Dorthe vs Mette
Dorthe and Mettecompared 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 2012, Dorthe was ranked #519 and Mette #542 among girls in Norway.
Dorthe and Mette over time
Dorthe and Mette appear together in 1 published list, across 47 years of shared records. Mette held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Dorthe 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.
Mette reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Dorthe 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
Dorthe and Mette were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 47 years, from 1950 to 2012, ending at #519 and #542.
List by list
Norway · Girls47 shared years, 1950–2012
Dorthe held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Mette in 41.
Highest recorded here: Dorthe #211 in 2000, Mette #11 in 1963.
The order changed in 2010: Dorthe moved ahead. In 2009 they stood at #472 and #458; by 2010 that had become #516 and #602.
Most recent shared year, 2012: Dorthe #519, Mette #542.
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 | Dorthe | Mette |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #568 (2013) | Norway · Girls #542 (2012) |
| 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
- Dorthe and Mette both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Dorthe
Popularity journey
First recorded1950
First recorded at #361 among girls in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1950–2013
Highest recorded position: #211 among girls in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1950–2013).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #568 among girls in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Girls
Mette
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #57 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2012
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #542 among girls in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Girls