Katja vs Nancy
Katja and Nancycompared 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.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2016, Katja was ranked #5785 and Nancy #70 among girls in England and Wales.
Norway · Girls
In 2008, Katja was ranked #424 and Nancy #606 among girls in Norway.
Katja and Nancy over time
Katja and Nancy appear together in 2 published lists, across 52 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
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.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
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 Nancy changed places 11 times in Norway · Girls between 1967 and 2008, ending at #424 and #606.
- Longest-running competitions
Katja and Nancy were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 36 years, from 1967 to 2008, ending at #424 and #606.
List by list
Norway · Girls36 shared years, 1967–2008
Katja held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Nancy in 14.
Highest recorded here: Katja #229 in 1975, Nancy #151 in 1970.
The order changed in 1989: Katja moved ahead. In 1988 they stood at #492 and #406; by 1989 that had become #355 and #464.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Katja #424, Nancy #606.
England and Wales · Girls16 shared years, 1996–2016
Katja held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Nancy in 16.
Highest recorded here: Katja #1666 in 1997, Nancy #70 in 2016.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Katja #5785, Nancy #70.
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 | Nancy |
|---|---|---|
| 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, NO | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #496 (2017) | Republic of Ireland · Girls #99 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Katja and Nancy both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, 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
Nancy
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #249 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #64 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #99 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls