Bente vs Margun
Bente and Marguncompared 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 1968, Bente was ranked #8 and Margun #555 among girls in Norway.
Bente and Margun over time
Bente and Margun appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Bente held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Margun in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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.
- Mirrored each other
Over 22 shared years in Norway · Girls, Bente rose about as far as Margun fell — from #66 and #348 in 1945 to #8 and #555 in 1968.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Bente #2 in 1955, Margun #200 in 1955.
List by list
Norway · Girls22 shared years, 1945–1968
Bente held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Margun in 0.
Highest recorded here: Bente #2 in 1955, Margun #200 in 1955.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1968: Bente #8, Margun #555.
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 | Bente | Margun |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #568 (2011) | Norway · Girls #555 (1968) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bente and Margun both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bente
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #66 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2011
Highest recorded position: #2 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–2011).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #568 among girls in Norway, in 2011.
Norway · Girls
Margun
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #348 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1968
Highest recorded position: #200 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–1968).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1968
Most recently recorded at #555 among girls in Norway, in 1968.
Norway · Girls