Agnete vs Hilde
Agnete and Hildecompared 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 2017, Agnete was ranked #520 and Hilde #532 among girls in Norway.
Agnete and Hilde over time
Agnete and Hilde appear together in 1 published list, across 52 years of shared records. Hilde held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Agnete in 0.
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.
Hilde 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Agnete and Hilde were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 52 years, from 1951 to 2017, ending at #520 and #532.
List by list
Norway · Girls52 shared years, 1951–2017
Agnete held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Hilde in 50.
Highest recorded here: Agnete #236 in 1969, Hilde #2 in 1963.
The order changed in 2015: Agnete moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #481 and #395; by 2015 that had become #542 and #553.
Most recent shared year, 2017: Agnete #520, Hilde #532.
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 | Hilde |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #463 (2019) | Norway · Girls #506 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Agnete has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Hilde.
- 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
Hilde
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #89 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: #2 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #506 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls