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Kari vs Mari

Kari and Maricompared 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, Kari was ranked #222 and Mari #94 among girls in Norway.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2024, Kari was ranked #5891 and Mari #952 among girls in England and Wales.

Kari and Mari over time

Kari and Mari appear together in 2 published lists, across 101 years of shared records. Mari held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Kari in 0.

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.

Kari reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Mari 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls81 shared years, 1945–2025

    Kari held the stronger position in 35 of those years, Mari in 46.

    Highest recorded here: Kari #3 in 1946, Mari #11 in 1989.

    The order changed in 1980: Mari moved ahead. In 1979 they stood at #40 and #48; by 1980 that had become #56 and #37.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Kari #222, Mari #94.

  • England and Wales · Girls20 shared years, 1996–2024

    Kari held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Mari in 20.

    Highest recorded here: Kari #2165 in 1998, Mari #717 in 2006.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Kari #5891, Mari #952.

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.

Where to go next

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.

Other comparisons involving Kari

Pairs where Kari shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Mari

Pairs where Mari shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — one took the other's place near the top.

All one took the other's place near the top→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Kari, Mari
FieldKariMari
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, IE, NOGB-ENW, IE, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #222 (2025)Norway · Girls #94 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Kari and Mari both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE, NO.

How each name got here

Kari

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #4 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #222 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Mari

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #157 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #1051 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls