Kari vs Marit
Kari and Maritcompared 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 Marit #446 among girls in Norway.
Kari and Marit over time
Kari and Marit appear together in 1 published list, across 81 years of shared records. Marit held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Kari in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Kari reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Marit 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
Kari and Marit changed places 20 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2025, ending at #222 and #446.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 81 shared years in Norway · Girls, Kari and Marit averaged 31.8 places apart, ending at #222 and #446.
- Longest-running competitions
Kari and Marit were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #222 and #446.
- Started together, ended far apart
In 1945 they stood at #4 and #5 in Norway · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2025 they were #222 and #446.
List by list
Norway · Girls81 shared years, 1945–2025
Kari held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Marit in 51.
Highest recorded here: Kari #3 in 1946, Marit #3 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Kari #222, Marit #446.
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 | Kari | Marit |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #222 (2025) | Norway · Girls #446 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kari and Marit both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kari
Popularity journey
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
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #222 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Marit
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #5 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #446 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls