Cathrina vs Chloe

Cathrina and Chloecompared 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.

Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 1991, Cathrina was ranked #457 and Chloe #50 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Cathrina and Chloe over time

Cathrina and Chloe appear together in 1 published list, across 10 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

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.

Cathrina reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Chloe 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 · Girls10 shared years, 1974–1991
Cathrina held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Chloe in 4.
Highest recorded here: Cathrina #293 in 1974, Chloe #50 in 1991.
The order changed in 1984: Chloe moved ahead. In 1983 they stood at #365 and #476; by 1984 that had become #516 and #459.
Most recent shared year, 1991: Cathrina #457, Chloe #50.

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.

Where to go next

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.

Other comparisons involving Chloe

Pairs where Chloe shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Chloe vs Katie
In 1996 they stood at #2 and #12 in England and Wales · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2024 they were #72 and #547.
Chloe · Katie · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Chloe vs Ruby
Chloe and Ruby changed places 15 times in New Zealand · Girls between 1992 and 2023, ending at #23 and #17.
Chloe · Ruby · 30 shared years, 1992–2023 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking
Chloe vs Aisling
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Girls within 2 years — Chloe #1 in 1997, Aisling #60 in 1998.
Chloe · Aisling · 26 shared years, 1997–2022 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1998 Northern Ireland ranking
Chloe vs Alexandra
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Chloe #1 in 1997, Alexandra #38 in 1996.
Chloe · Alexandra · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1997 England and Wales ranking

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Cathrina, Chloe
Field	Cathrina	Chloe
Record type	Official statistical record (evidence-only)	Editorially researched profile
Gender usage	female	female
Meaning	Not yet recorded	Commonly interpreted as 'green shoot', referring to new plant growth in spring; used as an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.
Origin	Not yet recorded	Ancient Greek
Pronunciation	Not yet recorded	/ˈkloʊi/
Syllables	3	1
Common variants / nicknames	Not yet recorded	Not yet recorded
Recorded regional usage	IE	AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ
Most recent popularity observation	Republic of Ireland · Girls #457 (1991)	New South Wales, Australia · Girls #7 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)	Not yet recorded	90/100
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)	76/100	94/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)	40/100	100/100
Data Confidence	medium	medium

What the data shows

Chloe has a recorded origin (Ancient Greek); Cathrina does not have one recorded yet.
Cathrina has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Chloe.
A meaning is recorded for Chloe; Cathrina doesn't have one written yet.
Both names have recorded usage in IE.

How each name got here

Cathrina

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #354 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1967–1991
Highest recorded position: #293 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1967–1991).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1991
Most recently recorded at #457 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1991.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chloe

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #490 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #7 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls