Eli vs Grete
Eli and Gretecompared 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 2022, Eli was ranked #293 and Grete #484 among girls in Norway.
Eli and Grete over time
Eli and Grete appear together in 1 published list, across 64 years of shared records. Eli held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Grete 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.
Eli reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Grete 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
Eli and Grete changed places 11 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2022, ending at #293 and #484.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 64 shared years in Norway · Girls, Eli and Grete averaged 57.8 places apart, ending at #293 and #484.
- Longest-running competitions
Eli and Grete were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 64 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #293 and #484.
List by list
Norway · Girls64 shared years, 1945–2022
Eli held the stronger position in 36 of those years, Grete in 28.
Highest recorded here: Eli #30 in 1945, Grete #18 in 1953.
The order changed in 1999: Eli moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #258 and #246; by 1999 that had become #302 and #372.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Eli #293, Grete #484.
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 | Eli | Grete |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | Used for both boys and girls | 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 | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | New South Wales, Australia · Boys #89 (2025) | Norway · Girls #484 (2022) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Eli and Grete both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Eli
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #30 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: #30 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #89 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Grete
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #28 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #18 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #484 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls