Alice vs Catrine
Alice and Catrinecompared 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 2002, Alice was ranked #198 and Catrine #444 among girls in Norway.
Alice and Catrine over time
Alice and Catrine appear together in 1 published list, across 35 years of shared records. Alice held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Catrine in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Catrine reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Alice 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
Alice and Catrine changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1963 and 2002, ending at #198 and #444.
- Longest-running competitions
Alice and Catrine were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 35 years, from 1963 to 2002, ending at #198 and #444.
List by list
Norway · Girls35 shared years, 1963–2002
Alice held the stronger position in 32 of those years, Catrine in 3.
Highest recorded here: Alice #191 in 1995, Catrine #218 in 1986.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2002: Alice #198, Catrine #444.
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 | Alice | Catrine |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #41 (2025) | Norway · Girls #444 (2002) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Alice and Catrine both have 3 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Alice
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #292 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #52 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Catrine
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #453 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–2002
Highest recorded position: #218 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1963–2002).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #444 among girls in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Girls