Katrin vs Yngvild
Katrin and Yngvildcompared 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 1996, Katrin was ranked #644 and Yngvild #664 among girls in Norway.
Katrin and Yngvild over time
Katrin and Yngvild appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Katrin held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Yngvild in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Katrin reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Yngvild 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Katrin and Yngvild were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 30 years, from 1962 to 1996, ending at #644 and #664.
List by list
Norway · Girls30 shared years, 1962–1996
Katrin held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Yngvild in 2.
Highest recorded here: Katrin #182 in 1968, Yngvild #317 in 1980.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1996: Katrin #644, Yngvild #664.
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 | Katrin | Yngvild |
|---|---|---|
| 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, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #4056 (2023) | Norway · Girls #640 (1999) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Katrin and Yngvild both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Katrin
Popularity journey
First recorded1957
First recorded at #346 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1957–2007
Highest recorded position: #182 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1957–2007).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4056 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls
Yngvild
Popularity journey
First recorded1960
First recorded at #497 among girls in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1960–1999
Highest recorded position: #317 among girls in Norway, in 1980 (recorded 1960–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #640 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls