Bernadette vs Karen

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.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  In 1970, Bernadette was ranked #95 and Karen #2 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2008, Bernadette was ranked #439 and Karen #439 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2019, Bernadette was ranked #871 and Karen #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Bernadette was ranked #1719 and Karen #2440 among girls in England and Wales.

Bernadette and Karen over time

Bernadette and Karen appear together in 3 published lists, across 88 years of shared records. Karen held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Bernadette 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.

Bernadette reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Karen 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.

List by list

• Republic of Ireland · Girls51 shared years, 1964–2019

  Bernadette held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Karen in 45.

  Highest recorded here: Bernadette #12 in 1969, Karen #5 in 1977.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2019: Bernadette #871, Karen #871.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2025

  Bernadette held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Karen in 24.

  Highest recorded here: Bernadette #620 in 1996, Karen #417 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2020: Bernadette moved ahead. In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #1940; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #1773.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Bernadette #1719, Karen #2440.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls8 shared years, 1958–1970

  Bernadette held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Karen in 8.

  Highest recorded here: Bernadette #79 in 1958, Karen #1 in 1965.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 1970: Bernadette #95, Karen #2.

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.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

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