Beata vs Helga
Beata and Helgacompared 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 1996, Beata was ranked #624 and Helga #407 among girls in Norway.
Beata and Helga over time
Beata and Helga appear together in 1 published list, across 35 years of shared records. Helga held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Beata in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Helga reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Beata 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
Beata and Helga changed places 14 times in Norway · Girls between 1961 and 1996, ending at #624 and #407.
- Longest-running competitions
Beata and Helga were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 35 years, from 1961 to 1996, ending at #624 and #407.
List by list
Norway · Girls35 shared years, 1961–1996
Beata held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Helga in 21.
Highest recorded here: Beata #141 in 1966, Helga #101 in 1962.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1996: Beata #624, Helga #407.
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 | Beata | Helga |
|---|---|---|
| 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, IE, NO | IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #3970 (2022) | Norway · Girls #439 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Beata and Helga both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE, NO.
How each name got here
Beata
Popularity journey
First recorded1961
First recorded at #360 among girls in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1961–1996
Highest recorded position: #141 among girls in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1961–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3970 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls
Helga
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #58 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: #58 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #439 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls