Grete vs Vera
Grete and Veracompared 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, Grete was ranked #484 and Vera #139 among girls in Norway.
Grete and Vera over time
Grete and Vera appear together in 1 published list, across 64 years of shared records. Grete held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Vera 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.
Grete reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Vera 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
Grete and Vera changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2022, ending at #484 and #139.
- Longest-running competitions
Grete and Vera were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 64 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #484 and #139.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Grete #18 in 1953, Vera #92 in 1955.
List by list
Norway · Girls64 shared years, 1945–2022
Grete held the stronger position in 49 of those years, Vera in 15.
Highest recorded here: Grete #18 in 1953, Vera #92 in 1955.
The order changed in 1999: Vera moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #246 and #285; by 1999 that had become #372 and #269.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Grete #484, Vera #139.
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 | Grete | Vera |
|---|---|---|
| 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, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #484 (2022) | Norway · Girls #81 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Grete and Vera both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
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
Vera
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #96 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: #81 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #81 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls