Ann vs Ann-Karin
Ann and Ann-Karincompared 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 1989, Ann was ranked #59 and Ann-Karin #654 among girls in Norway.
Ann and Ann-Karin over time
Ann and Ann-Karin appear together in 1 published list, across 39 years of shared records. Ann held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ann-Karin in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ann-Karin reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ann 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Ann and Ann-Karin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 39 years, from 1946 to 1989, ending at #59 and #654.
List by list
Norway · Girls39 shared years, 1946–1989
Ann held the stronger position in 39 of those years, Ann-Karin in 0.
Highest recorded here: Ann #10 in 1967, Ann-Karin #171 in 1962.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1989: Ann #59, Ann-Karin #654.
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 | Ann | Ann-Karin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #443 (2025) | Norway · Girls #654 (1989) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 70/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ann has 1 syllable, compared with 3 for Ann-Karin.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ann
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #82 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Ann-Karin
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #304 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1989
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Norway, in 1962 (recorded 1946–1989).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1989
Most recently recorded at #654 among girls in Norway, in 1989.
Norway · Girls