Beate vs Monika
Beate and Monikacompared 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 2017, Beate was ranked #523 and Monika #473 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2018, Beate was ranked #5666 and Monika #1526 among girls in England and Wales.
Beate and Monika over time
Beate and Monika appear together in 1 published list, across 66 years of shared records. Beate held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Monika 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.
Monika reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Beate 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
Beate and Monika changed places 13 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2017, ending at #523 and #473.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 66 shared years in Norway · Girls, Beate and Monika averaged 49.0 places apart, ending at #523 and #473.
- Longest-running competitions
Beate and Monika were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 66 years, from 1945 to 2017, ending at #523 and #473.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Beate #47 in 1977, Monika #50 in 1976.
List by list
Norway · Girls66 shared years, 1945–2017
Beate held the stronger position in 41 of those years, Monika in 25.
Highest recorded here: Beate #47 in 1977, Monika #50 in 1976.
The order changed in 2009: Monika moved ahead. In 2008 they stood at #437 and #479; by 2009 that had become #502 and #493.
Most recent shared year, 2017: Beate #523, Monika #473.
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 | Beate | Monika |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #5666 (2018) | England and Wales · Girls #3015 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Beate has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Monika.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Beate
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #270 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2017
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Norway, in 1977 (recorded 1945–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #523 among girls in Norway, in 2017.
Norway · Girls
Monika
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #277 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2020
Highest recorded position: #50 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1945–2020).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls