Kjersti vs May
Kjersti and Maycompared 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 2024, Kjersti was ranked #498 and May #435 among girls in Norway.
Kjersti and May over time
Kjersti and May appear together in 1 published list, across 74 years of shared records. Kjersti held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, May in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
May reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kjersti 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.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Kjersti and May changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2024, ending at #498 and #435.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 74 shared years in Norway · Girls, Kjersti and May averaged 48.2 places apart, ending at #498 and #435.
- Longest-running competitions
Kjersti and May were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 74 years, from 1945 to 2024, ending at #498 and #435.
List by list
Norway · Girls74 shared years, 1945–2024
Kjersti held the stronger position in 42 of those years, May in 32.
Highest recorded here: Kjersti #30 in 1963, May #24 in 1956.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Kjersti #498, May #435.
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 | Kjersti | May |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #498 (2024) | Norway · Girls #481 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kjersti has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for May.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kjersti
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #171 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #30 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #498 among girls in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Girls
May
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #43 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #24 among girls in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #610 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls