Aina vs Beate
Aina and Beatecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 2017, Aina was ranked #417 and Beate #523 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2018, Aina was ranked #3985 and Beate #5666 among girls in England and Wales.
Aina and Beate over time
Aina and Beate appear together in 1 published list, across 69 years of shared records. Aina held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Beate in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Aina reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Beate in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Aina and Beate changed places 14 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2017, ending at #417 and #523.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 69 shared years in Norway · Girls, Aina and Beate averaged 45.9 places apart, ending at #417 and #523.
- Longest-running competitions
Aina and Beate were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 69 years, from 1945 to 2017, ending at #417 and #523.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Aina #52 in 1975, Beate #47 in 1977.
List by list
Norway · Girls69 shared years, 1945–2017
Aina held the stronger position in 38 of those years, Beate in 31.
Highest recorded here: Aina #52 in 1975, Beate #47 in 1977.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2017: Aina #417, Beate #523.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Aina | Beate |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #455 (2025) | England and Wales · Girls #5666 (2018) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aina and Beate both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Aina
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #133 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #52 among girls in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #455 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Beate
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #270 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2017
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Norway, in 1977 (recorded 1945–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #523 among girls in Norway, in 2017.
Norway · Girls