Katharina vs Åshild
Katharina and Åshildcompared 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 2022, Katharina was ranked #449 and Åshild #465 among girls in Norway.
Katharina and Åshild over time
Katharina and Åshild appear together in 1 published list, across 52 years of shared records. Åshild held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Katharina 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.
Åshild reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Katharina 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
Katharina and Åshild changed places 19 times in Norway · Girls between 1962 and 2022, ending at #449 and #465.
- Longest-running competitions
Katharina and Åshild were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 52 years, from 1962 to 2022, ending at #449 and #465.
List by list
Norway · Girls52 shared years, 1962–2022
Katharina held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Åshild in 39.
Highest recorded here: Katharina #203 in 1988, Åshild #84 in 1962.
The order changed in 2022: Katharina moved ahead. In 2021 they stood at #537 and #415; by 2022 that had become #449 and #465.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Katharina #449, Åshild #465.
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 | Katharina | Åshild |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #449 (2022) | Norway · Girls #531 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Katharina has 4 syllables, compared with 1 for Åshild.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Katharina
Popularity journey
First recorded1962
First recorded at #507 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1962–2022
Highest recorded position: #203 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1962–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #449 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls
Åshild
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #104 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: #73 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #531 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls