Kate vs Torun
Kate and Toruncompared 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 1993, Kate was ranked #499 and Torun #605 among girls in Norway.
Kate and Torun over time
Kate and Torun appear together in 1 published list, across 41 years of shared records. Kate held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torun 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.
Torun reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kate 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
Kate and Torun changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1993, ending at #499 and #605.
- Longest-running competitions
Kate and Torun were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 41 years, from 1945 to 1993, ending at #499 and #605.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Kate #104 in 1956, Torun #153 in 1955.
List by list
Norway · Girls41 shared years, 1945–1993
Kate held the stronger position in 38 of those years, Torun in 3.
Highest recorded here: Kate #104 in 1956, Torun #153 in 1955.
The order changed in 1988: Kate moved ahead. In 1987 they stood at #647 and #464; by 1988 that had become #529 and #546.
Most recent shared year, 1993: Kate #499, Torun #605.
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 | Kate | Torun |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | A short form of Katherine, used independently since the Middle Ages — appears in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1593) as a short form of Katherina. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Greek, short form of Katherine | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪt/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #52 (2025) | Norway · Girls #605 (1993) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | 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
- Kate has a recorded origin (Greek, short form of Katherine); Torun does not have one recorded yet.
- Kate and Torun both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Kate; Torun doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kate
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #233 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #10 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #52 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Torun
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #179 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1993
Highest recorded position: #153 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–1993).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #605 among girls in Norway, in 1993.
Norway · Girls