Mona vs Renate
Mona and Renatecompared 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 2010, Mona was ranked #353 and Renate #576 among girls in Norway.
Mona and Renate over time
Mona and Renate appear together in 1 published list, across 57 years of shared records. Mona held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Renate in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Mona reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Renate 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
Mona and Renate changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2010, ending at #353 and #576.
- Longest-running competitions
Mona and Renate were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 57 years, from 1945 to 2010, ending at #353 and #576.
List by list
Norway · Girls57 shared years, 1945–2010
Mona held the stronger position in 40 of those years, Renate in 17.
Highest recorded here: Mona #9 in 1968, Renate #32 in 1979.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2010: Mona #353, Renate #576.
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 | Mona | Renate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #413 (2025) | Norway · Girls #576 (2010) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Mona has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Renate.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Mona
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #98 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: #9 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Renate
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #308 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2010
Highest recorded position: #32 among girls in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1945–2010).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #576 among girls in Norway, in 2010.
Norway · Girls