Alicja vs Josefine
Alicja and Josefinecompared 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 2025, Alicja was ranked #426 and Josefine #24 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2023, Alicja was ranked #677 and Josefine #5687 among girls in England and Wales.
Alicja and Josefine over time
Alicja and Josefine appear together in 2 published lists, across 55 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
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.
- Longest-running competitions
Alicja and Josefine were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 42 years, from 1975 to 2025, ending at #426 and #24.
List by list
Norway · Girls42 shared years, 1975–2025
Alicja held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Josefine in 34.
Highest recorded here: Alicja #273 in 2021, Josefine #24 in 2025.
The order changed in 1989: Josefine moved ahead. In 1988 they stood at #436 and #528; by 1989 that had become #650 and #317.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Alicja #426, Josefine #24.
England and Wales · Girls13 shared years, 1998–2023
Alicja held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Josefine in 0.
Highest recorded here: Alicja #261 in 2016, Josefine #3225 in 1999.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2023: Alicja #677, Josefine #5687.
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 | Alicja | Josefine |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #426 (2025) | Norway · Girls #24 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Alicja has 3 syllables, compared with 4 for Josefine.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Alicja
Popularity journey
First recorded1955
First recorded at #416 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2025
Highest recorded position: #114 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2006–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #426 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Josefine
Popularity journey
First recorded1975
First recorded at #606 among girls in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2025
Highest recorded position: #24 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1975–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #24 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls