Katherine vs Paulina

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 2001, Katherine was ranked #334 and Paulina #294 among girls in Norway.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2017, Katherine was ranked #355 and Paulina #432 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2020, Katherine was ranked #544 and Paulina #628 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Katherine was ranked #872 and Paulina #3705 among girls in England and Wales.

Katherine and Paulina over time

Katherine and Paulina appear together in 3 published lists, across 71 years of shared records. Katherine held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Paulina in 1.

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.

Katherine reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Paulina 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.

List by list

• England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Katherine held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Paulina in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Katherine #48 in 1996, Paulina #601 in 2009.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Katherine #872, Paulina #3705.

• Norway · Girls23 shared years, 1974–2001

  Katherine held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Paulina in 19.

  Highest recorded here: Katherine #323 in 1983, Paulina #141 in 1990.

  The order changed in 1980: Paulina moved ahead. In 1979 they stood at #578 and #649; by 1980 that had become #419 and #347.

  Most recent shared year, 2001: Katherine #334, Paulina #294.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls18 shared years, 2002–2020

  Katherine held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Paulina in 3.

  Highest recorded here: Katherine #150 in 2003, Paulina #215 in 2009.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2020: Katherine #544, Paulina #628.

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.

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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.

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How each name got here