Katja vs Mirjam
Katja and Mirjamcompared 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 2005, Katja was ranked #350 and Mirjam #612 among girls in Norway.
Katja and Mirjam over time
Katja and Mirjam appear together in 1 published list, across 37 years of shared records. Katja held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mirjam 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.
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
Katja and Mirjam changed places 19 times in Norway · Girls between 1967 and 2005, ending at #350 and #612.
- Longest-running competitions
Katja and Mirjam were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 37 years, from 1967 to 2005, ending at #350 and #612.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Katja #229 in 1975, Mirjam #230 in 1975.
List by list
Norway · Girls37 shared years, 1967–2005
Katja held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Mirjam in 15.
Highest recorded here: Katja #229 in 1975, Mirjam #230 in 1975.
The order changed in 2001: Katja moved ahead. In 2000 they stood at #515 and #474; by 2001 that had become #381 and #506.
Most recent shared year, 2005: Katja #350, Mirjam #612.
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 | Katja | Mirjam |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #496 (2017) | Norway · Girls #611 (2009) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Katja and Mirjam both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Katja
Popularity journey
First recorded1967
First recorded at #515 among girls in Norway in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1967–2017
Highest recorded position: #229 among girls in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1967–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #496 among girls in Norway, in 2017.
Norway · Girls
Mirjam
Popularity journey
First recorded1952
First recorded at #394 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2009
Highest recorded position: #230 among girls in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1952–2009).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #611 among girls in Norway, in 2009.
Norway · Girls