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Elisabeth vs Mette

Elisabeth 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, Elisabeth was ranked #157 and Mette #542 among girls in Norway.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2007, Elisabeth was ranked #549 and Mette #5201 among girls in England and Wales.

Elisabeth and Mette over time

Elisabeth and Mette appear together in 1 published list, across 65 years of shared records. Elisabeth held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mette in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Mette reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Elisabeth 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls65 shared years, 1945–2012

    Elisabeth held the stronger position in 60 of those years, Mette in 5.

    Highest recorded here: Elisabeth #6 in 1978, Mette #11 in 1963.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2012: Elisabeth #157, 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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Elisabeth

Pairs where Elisabeth shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Mette

Pairs where Mette shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — started together, ended far apart.

All started together, ended far apart→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2010s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2010 and 2019.

The 2010s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Elisabeth, Mette
FieldElisabethMette
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Pronunciation
Syllables42
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, IE, NOGB-ENW, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #171 (2025)Norway · Girls #542 (2012)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)70/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Elisabeth has 4 syllables, compared with 2 for Mette.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.

How each name got here

Elisabeth

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #50 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in Norway, in 1978 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #171 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Mette

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1945–2012

    Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2012).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2012

    Most recently recorded at #542 among girls in Norway, in 2012.

    Norway · Girls