Elisabeth vs Rita

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 2024, Elisabeth was ranked #138 and Rita #473 among girls in Norway.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Elisabeth was ranked #1449 and Rita #625 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Elisabeth was ranked #885 and Rita #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Elisabeth and Rita over time

Elisabeth and Rita appear together in 3 published lists, across 124 years of shared records. Elisabeth held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Rita in 1.

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.

Rita reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Elisabeth in 1. 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

• Norway · Girls79 shared years, 1945–2024

  Elisabeth held the stronger position in 79 of those years, Rita in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Elisabeth #6 in 1978, Rita #25 in 1963.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Elisabeth #138, Rita #473.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Elisabeth held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Rita in 9.

  Highest recorded here: Elisabeth #374 in 1998, Rita #573 in 2016.

  The order changed in 2018: Rita moved ahead. In 2017 they stood at #576 and #764; by 2018 that had become #864 and #710.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Elisabeth #1449, Rita #625.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls16 shared years, 1995–2025

  Elisabeth held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Rita in 11.

  Highest recorded here: Elisabeth #502 in 2019, Rita #272 in 1995.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Elisabeth #885, Rita #718.

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.

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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.

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How each name got here