Karin vs Turid
Karin and Turidcompared 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 2021, Karin was ranked #442 and Turid #456 among girls in Norway.
Karin and Turid over time
Karin and Turid appear together in 1 published list, across 61 years of shared records. Karin held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Turid in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Karin reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Turid 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
Karin and Turid changed places 10 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2021, ending at #442 and #456.
- Longest-running competitions
Karin and Turid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 61 years, from 1945 to 2021, ending at #442 and #456.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Karin #10 in 1945, Turid #11 in 1946.
List by list
Norway · Girls61 shared years, 1945–2021
Karin held the stronger position in 53 of those years, Turid in 8.
Highest recorded here: Karin #10 in 1945, Turid #11 in 1946.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2021: Karin #442, Turid #456.
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 | Karin | Turid |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #476 (2025) | Norway · Girls #456 (2021) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Karin and Turid both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Karin
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #10 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: #10 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #476 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Turid
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #16 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2021
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #456 among girls in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Girls