Grethe vs Torunn
Grethe and Torunncompared 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 1999, Grethe was ranked #509 and Torunn #445 among girls in Norway.
Grethe and Torunn over time
Grethe and Torunn appear together in 1 published list, across 55 years of shared records. Grethe held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torunn 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.
Torunn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Grethe 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
Grethe and Torunn changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1999, ending at #509 and #445.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 55 shared years in Norway · Girls, Grethe and Torunn averaged 48.5 places apart, ending at #509 and #445.
- Longest-running competitions
Grethe and Torunn were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 55 years, from 1945 to 1999, ending at #509 and #445.
List by list
Norway · Girls55 shared years, 1945–1999
Grethe held the stronger position in 34 of those years, Torunn in 21.
Highest recorded here: Grethe #13 in 1957, Torunn #47 in 1947.
The order changed in 1997: Torunn moved ahead. In 1996 they stood at #375 and #387; by 1997 that had become #503 and #384.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Grethe #509, Torunn #445.
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 | Grethe | Torunn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #576 (2012) | Norway · Girls #619 (2008) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Grethe and Torunn both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Grethe
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #21 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: #13 among girls in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #576 among girls in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Girls
Torunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #61 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #619 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls