Hiba vs Mette
Hiba 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.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2007, Hiba was ranked #469 and Mette #5201 among girls in England and Wales.
Norway · Girls
In 2012, Hiba was ranked #582 and Mette #542 among girls in Norway.
Hiba and Mette over time
Hiba and Mette appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Mette held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Hiba in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Hiba and Mette changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1983 and 2012, ending at #582 and #542.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Hiba #411 in 1983, Mette #82 in 1983.
List by list
Norway · Girls22 shared years, 1983–2012
Hiba held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Mette in 19.
Highest recorded here: Hiba #411 in 1983, Mette #82 in 1983.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2012: Hiba #582, 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.
Side by side
| Field | Hiba | Mette |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #281 (2025) | Norway · Girls #542 (2012) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hiba and Mette both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Hiba
Popularity journey
First recorded1983
First recorded at #411 among girls in Norway in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #254 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #281 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Mette
Popularity journey
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
Highest recorded1945–2012
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #542 among girls in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Girls