Catrine vs Isabel
Catrine and Isabelcompared 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 2002, Catrine was ranked #444 and Isabel #132 among girls in Norway.
Catrine and Isabel over time
Catrine and Isabel appear together in 1 published list, across 33 years of shared records. Isabel held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Catrine in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Catrine reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Isabel 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
Catrine and Isabel changed places 10 times in Norway · Girls between 1965 and 2002, ending at #444 and #132.
- Longest-running competitions
Catrine and Isabel were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 33 years, from 1965 to 2002, ending at #444 and #132.
List by list
Norway · Girls33 shared years, 1965–2002
Catrine held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Isabel in 18.
Highest recorded here: Catrine #218 in 1986, Isabel #132 in 2002.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2002: Catrine #444, Isabel #132.
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 | Catrine | Isabel |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #444 (2002) | Republic of Ireland · Girls #127 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Catrine and Isabel both have 3 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Catrine
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #453 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–2002
Highest recorded position: #218 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1963–2002).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #444 among girls in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Girls
Isabel
Popularity journey
First recorded1953
First recorded at #422 among girls in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #45 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #320 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls