Brita vs Katrin
Brita and Katrincompared 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 2004, Brita was ranked #563 and Katrin #581 among girls in Norway.
Brita and Katrin over time
Brita and Katrin appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Brita held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Katrin in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Brita reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Katrin 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
Brita and Katrin changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1957 and 2004, ending at #563 and #581.
- Longest-running competitions
Brita and Katrin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 40 years, from 1957 to 2004, ending at #563 and #581.
List by list
Norway · Girls40 shared years, 1957–2004
Brita held the stronger position in 33 of those years, Katrin in 7.
Highest recorded here: Brita #114 in 1965, Katrin #182 in 1968.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2004: Brita #563, Katrin #581.
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 | Brita | Katrin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | IE, NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #524 (2017) | England and Wales · Girls #4056 (2023) |
| 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
- Brita and Katrin both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE, NO.
How each name got here
Brita
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #101 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: #101 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #524 among girls in Norway, in 2017.
Norway · Girls
Katrin
Popularity journey
First recorded1957
First recorded at #346 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1957–2007
Highest recorded position: #182 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1957–2007).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4056 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls