Doris vs Margrete
Doris and Margretecompared 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 1987, Doris was ranked #648 and Margrete #337 among girls in Norway.
Doris and Margrete over time
Doris and Margrete appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Margrete held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Doris in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Margrete reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Doris 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
Doris and Margrete changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1987, ending at #648 and #337.
- Longest-running competitions
Doris and Margrete were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 30 years, from 1945 to 1987, ending at #648 and #337.
List by list
Norway · Girls30 shared years, 1945–1987
Doris held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Margrete in 23.
Highest recorded here: Doris #173 in 1955, Margrete #155 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1987: Doris #648, Margrete #337.
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 | Doris | Margrete |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #2411 (2024) | Norway · Girls #523 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Doris has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Margrete.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Doris
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #296 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1987
Highest recorded position: #173 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–1987).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Margrete
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #225 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #155 among girls in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #523 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls