Kim vs Marcin
Kim and Marcincompared 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 · Boys
In 2007, Kim was ranked #184 and Marcin #560 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2015, Kim was ranked #4747 and Marcin #1786 among boys in England and Wales.
Kim and Marcin over time
Kim and Marcin appear together in 2 published lists, across 43 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Kim and Marcin were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 32 years, from 1968 to 2007, ending at #184 and #560.
List by list
Norway · Boys32 shared years, 1968–2007
Kim held the stronger position in 32 of those years, Marcin in 0.
Highest recorded here: Kim #10 in 1987, Marcin #42 in 1981.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2007: Kim #184, Marcin #560.
England and Wales · Boys11 shared years, 1996–2015
Kim held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Marcin in 8.
Highest recorded here: Kim #1168 in 1996, Marcin #1169 in 2007.
The order changed in 2007: Marcin moved ahead. In 2006 they stood at #1892 and #2870; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #1169.
Most recent shared year, 2015: Kim #4747, Marcin #1786.
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 | Kim | Marcin |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | Used for both boys and girls | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZ | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #736 (2024) | England and Wales · Boys #4107 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kim has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Marcin.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE, NO.
How each name got here
Kim
Popularity journey
First recorded1951
First recorded at #344 among girls in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1958–1985
Highest recorded position: #5 among girls in New Zealand, in 1968 (recorded 1958–1985).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Marcin
Popularity journey
First recorded1968
First recorded at #440 among boys in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1968–2007
Highest recorded position: #42 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1968–2007).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4107 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys