Kathinka

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kathinka: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kathinka: Recorded since 1970, it reached #311 in 2001, and it was last ranked in 2009.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#311highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1970–2009

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1970	#492
1972	#555
1973	#451
1974	#457
1975	#404
1976	#464
1982	#644
1983	#484
1984	#606
1986	#477
1987	#490
1988	#354
1989	#353
1990	#451
1991	#513
1992	#350
1993	#454
1994	#479
1995	#502
1996	#583
1998	#508
1999	#403
2000	#428
2001	#311
2003	#553
2004	#580
2005	#505
2009	#604

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 28 of the 40 years from 1970 to 2009.

Official data for Norway, 1970–2009 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #492 among girls in Norway in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1970–2009
Highest recorded position: #311 among girls in Norway, in 2001 (recorded 1970–2009).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #604 among girls in Norway, in 2009.
Norway · Girls

Kathinka by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kathinka in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	41	6 of 10	7
1980sbusiest	58	7 of 10	8
1990s	70	9 of 10	8
2000s	40	6 of 10	7

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kathinka appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1970 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #311 in Norway in 2001.

Kathinka's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2009	Norway	female	#604	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#505	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#580	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#553	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#311	13	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#428	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#403	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#508	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#583	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#502	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#479	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#454	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#350	12	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#513	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#451	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#353	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#354	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#490	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#477	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#606	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#484	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#644	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#464	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#404	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#457	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#451	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#555	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#492	6	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1970 and 2009, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #311, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Norway in 1988.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Katherina · #288, 34y
Katherine · #24, 71y
Kathleen · #18, 74y
Kathlyn · #211, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ragni · #311, 25y
Aled · #312, 29y
Ellena · #312, 29y
Tor-Arne · #312, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kenny · #311, 44y
Edelle · #312, 10y
Liban · #312, 42y
Treacy · #312, 17y

Kathinka was ranked #311 in Norway · Girls in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kathinka and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kathinka without appearing here.

Kathinka moved ahead of

Vigdis Compare
In 1988 they stood at #354 and #312 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #353 and #595.
Torill Compare
In 1998 they stood at #583 and #504 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #403 and #591.
Susan Compare
In 1998 they stood at #583 and #363 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #403 and #587.
Renee Compare
In 1993 they stood at #454 and #344 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #479 and #650.

Moved ahead of Kathinka

Lily Compare
In 2008 they stood at #505 and #555 in Norway · Girls; by 2009 that had become #604 and #180.
Natalie Compare
In 1981 they stood at #464 and #570 in Norway · Girls; by 1982 that had become #644 and #284.
Amelia Compare
In 2002 they stood at #311 and #368 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #553 and #194.
Matilda Compare
In 2008 they stood at #505 and #513 in Norway · Girls; by 2009 that had become #604 and #255.

Moved the opposite way to Kathinka

Josefine Compare
Between 1975 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Kathinka went from #404 to #604 while Josefine went from #606 to #76.
Olivia Compare
Between 1975 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Kathinka went from #404 to #604 while Olivia went from #617 to #44.
Iben Compare
Between 1988 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Kathinka went from #354 to #604 while Iben went from #668 to #136.

Moved the same way as Kathinka

Katherine Compare
Between 1972 and 2001 in Norway · Girls, Kathinka went from #555 to #311 and Katherine from #606 to #334.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1970 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #311 in Norway in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kathinka

Kathinka at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kathinka by decade in Norway · Girls

Kathinka appears in

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Kathinka at a glance

Kathinka by decade in Norway · Girls

Kathinka appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Kathinka and the names beside it

Kathinka moved ahead of

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