Birte vs Jolanta
Birte and Jolantacompared 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 1992, Birte was ranked #429 and Jolanta #506 among girls in Norway.
Birte and Jolanta over time
Birte and Jolanta appear together in 1 published list, across 38 years of shared records. Jolanta held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Birte in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Birte reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Jolanta 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
Birte and Jolanta changed places 14 times in Norway · Girls between 1955 and 1992, ending at #429 and #506.
- Longest-running competitions
Birte and Jolanta were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 38 years, from 1955 to 1992, ending at #429 and #506.
List by list
Norway · Girls38 shared years, 1955–1992
Birte held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Jolanta in 28.
Highest recorded here: Birte #171 in 1963, Jolanta #151 in 1968.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1992: Birte #429, Jolanta #506.
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 | Birte | Jolanta |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #590 (2006) | England and Wales · Girls #5730 (2015) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Birte has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Jolanta.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Birte
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #324 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2006
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1946–2006).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #590 among girls in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Girls
Jolanta
Popularity journey
First recorded1955
First recorded at #433 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1955–1992
Highest recorded position: #151 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1955–1992).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1992
Most recently recorded at #506 among girls in Norway, in 1992.
Norway · Girls