Anja vs Kajsa
Anja and Kajsacompared 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, Anja was ranked #303 and Kajsa #265 among girls in Norway.
Anja and Kajsa over time
Anja and Kajsa appear together in 1 published list, across 42 years of shared records. Anja held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Kajsa in 0.
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.
Anja reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kajsa 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
Anja and Kajsa changed places 11 times in Norway · Girls between 1979 and 2025, ending at #303 and #265.
- Longest-running competitions
Anja and Kajsa were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 42 years, from 1979 to 2025, ending at #303 and #265.
List by list
Norway · Girls42 shared years, 1979–2025
Anja held the stronger position in 33 of those years, Kajsa in 9.
Highest recorded here: Anja #63 in 1979, Kajsa #159 in 2003.
The order changed in 2025: Kajsa moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #335 and #372; by 2025 that had become #303 and #265.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Anja #303, Kajsa #265.
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 | Anja | Kajsa |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #303 (2025) | Norway · Girls #265 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Anja and Kajsa both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Anja
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #272 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–2025
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1956–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #303 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Kajsa
Popularity journey
First recorded1979
First recorded at #576 among girls in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1979–2025
Highest recorded position: #159 among girls in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1979–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #265 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls