Katja vs Rabia
Katja and Rabiacompared 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 2008, Katja was ranked #424 and Rabia #610 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2016, Katja was ranked #5785 and Rabia #1370 among girls in England and Wales.
Katja and Rabia over time
Katja and Rabia appear together in 2 published lists, across 37 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Katja #1666 in 1997, Rabia #597 in 1998.
List by list
Norway · Girls21 shared years, 1970–2008
Katja held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Rabia in 1.
Highest recorded here: Katja #251 in 2004, Rabia #326 in 1983.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Katja #424, Rabia #610.
England and Wales · Girls16 shared years, 1996–2016
Katja held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Rabia in 16.
Highest recorded here: Katja #1666 in 1997, Rabia #597 in 1998.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Katja #5785, Rabia #1370.
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 | Rabia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #496 (2017) | England and Wales · Girls #1743 (2024) |
| 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 Rabia 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
Rabia
Popularity journey
First recorded1970
First recorded at #460 among girls in Norway in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1970–2014
Highest recorded position: #326 among girls in Norway, in 1983 (recorded 1970–2014).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1743 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls