Janet vs Maj
Janet and Majcompared 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 1988, Janet was ranked #622 and Maj #678 among girls in Norway.
Janet and Maj over time
Janet and Maj appear together in 1 published list, across 36 years of shared records. Janet held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Maj in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Janet reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Maj 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
Janet and Maj changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1947 and 1988, ending at #622 and #678.
- Longest-running competitions
Janet and Maj were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 36 years, from 1947 to 1988, ending at #622 and #678.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Janet #239 in 1958, Maj #150 in 1959.
List by list
Norway · Girls36 shared years, 1947–1988
Janet held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Maj in 15.
Highest recorded here: Janet #239 in 1958, Maj #150 in 1959.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1988: Janet #622, Maj #678.
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 | Janet | Maj |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #3318 (2024) | Norway · Girls #416 (1990) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Janet has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Maj.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Janet
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #308 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1966
Highest recorded position: #19 among girls in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1966).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Maj
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #299 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1990
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1946–1990).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1990
Most recently recorded at #416 among girls in Norway, in 1990.
Norway · Girls