Catharina vs Ingelin
Catharina and Ingelincompared 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 2014, Catharina was ranked #549 and Ingelin #486 among girls in Norway.
Catharina and Ingelin over time
Catharina and Ingelin appear together in 1 published list, across 42 years of shared records. Catharina held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingelin in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Catharina reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ingelin 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
Catharina and Ingelin changed places 16 times in Norway · Girls between 1960 and 2014, ending at #549 and #486.
- Longest-running competitions
Catharina and Ingelin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 42 years, from 1960 to 2014, ending at #549 and #486.
List by list
Norway · Girls42 shared years, 1960–2014
Catharina held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Ingelin in 14.
Highest recorded here: Catharina #238 in 1989, Ingelin #269 in 1995.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2014: Catharina #549, Ingelin #486.
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 | Catharina | Ingelin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #5591 (2019) | Norway · Girls #478 (2021) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Catharina has 4 syllables, compared with 3 for Ingelin.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Catharina
Popularity journey
First recorded1960
First recorded at #460 among girls in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1960–2014
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1960–2014).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls
Ingelin
Popularity journey
First recorded1960
First recorded at #405 among girls in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1960–2021
Highest recorded position: #269 among girls in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1960–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #478 among girls in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Girls