Hong vs Kathe
Hong and Kathecompared 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 1979, Hong was ranked #517 and Kathe #577 among girls in Norway.
Hong and Kathe over time
Hong and Kathe appear together in 1 published list, across 16 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.
Hong reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kathe 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
Hong and Kathe changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1952 and 1979, ending at #517 and #577.
List by list
Norway · Girls16 shared years, 1952–1979
Hong held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Kathe in 8.
Highest recorded here: Hong #360 in 1959, Kathe #255 in 1965.
The order changed in 1973: Hong moved ahead. In 1972 they stood at #472 and #394; by 1973 that had become #488 and #543.
Most recent shared year, 1979: Hong #517, Kathe #577.
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 | Hong | Kathe |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #3315 (2013) | Norway · Girls #577 (1979) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hong has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Kathe.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Hong
Popularity journey
First recorded1952
First recorded at #412 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1993
Highest recorded position: #360 among girls in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1952–1993).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #3315 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013.
England and Wales · Boys
Kathe
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #234 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1979
Highest recorded position: #234 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1979).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1979
Most recently recorded at #577 among girls in Norway, in 1979.
Norway · Girls