Gitte vs Josefine
Gitte and Josefinecompared 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 1998, Gitte was ranked #548 and Josefine #107 among girls in Norway.
Gitte and Josefine over time
Gitte and Josefine appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Josefine held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gitte 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.
Gitte reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Josefine 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.
List by list
Norway · Girls15 shared years, 1975–1998
Gitte held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Josefine in 8.
Highest recorded here: Gitte #178 in 1975, Josefine #107 in 1998.
The order changed in 1989: Josefine moved ahead. In 1988 they stood at #484 and #528; by 1989 that had become #611 and #317.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Gitte #548, Josefine #107.
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 | Gitte | Josefine |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #548 (1998) | Norway · Girls #24 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Gitte has 2 syllables, compared with 4 for Josefine.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Gitte
Popularity journey
First recorded1955
First recorded at #427 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1955–1998
Highest recorded position: #134 among girls in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1955–1998).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #548 among girls in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Girls
Josefine
Popularity journey
First recorded1975
First recorded at #606 among girls in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2025
Highest recorded position: #24 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1975–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #24 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls