Agnete vs Birte
Agnete and Birtecompared 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 2001, Agnete was ranked #365 and Birte #479 among girls in Norway.
Agnete and Birte over time
Agnete and Birte appear together in 1 published list, across 43 years of shared records. Birte held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Agnete in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Birte reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Agnete 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
Agnete and Birte changed places 18 times in Norway · Girls between 1951 and 2001, ending at #365 and #479.
- Longest-running competitions
Agnete and Birte were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 43 years, from 1951 to 2001, ending at #365 and #479.
List by list
Norway · Girls43 shared years, 1951–2001
Agnete held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Birte in 27.
Highest recorded here: Agnete #236 in 1969, Birte #171 in 1963.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2001: Agnete #365, Birte #479.
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 | Agnete | Birte |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #463 (2019) | Norway · Girls #590 (2006) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Agnete has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Birte.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Agnete
Popularity journey
First recorded1951
First recorded at #356 among girls in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1951–2019
Highest recorded position: #236 among girls in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1951–2019).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #463 among girls in Norway, in 2019.
Norway · Girls
Birte
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #324 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2006
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1946–2006).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #590 among girls in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Girls