Kaisa vs Kajsa
Kaisa and Kajsacompared 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 2025, Kaisa was ranked #243 and Kajsa #265 among girls in Norway.
Kaisa and Kajsa over time
Kaisa and Kajsa appear together in 1 published list, across 38 years of shared records. Kaisa held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Kajsa in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Kajsa reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kaisa 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
Kaisa and Kajsa changed places 18 times in Norway · Girls between 1985 and 2025, ending at #243 and #265.
- Longest-running competitions
Kaisa and Kajsa were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 38 years, from 1985 to 2025, ending at #243 and #265.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Kaisa #147 in 2004, Kajsa #159 in 2003.
List by list
Norway · Girls38 shared years, 1985–2025
Kaisa held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Kajsa in 10.
Highest recorded here: Kaisa #147 in 2004, Kajsa #159 in 2003.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Kaisa #243, Kajsa #265.
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 | Kaisa | Kajsa |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #243 (2025) | Norway · Girls #265 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kaisa and Kajsa both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kaisa
Popularity journey
First recorded1976
First recorded at #612 among girls in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1976–2025
Highest recorded position: #147 among girls in Norway, in 2004 (recorded 1976–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #243 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Kajsa
Popularity journey
First recorded1979
First recorded at #576 among girls in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1979–2025
Highest recorded position: #159 among girls in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1979–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #265 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls