Lisbet vs Margareth
Lisbet and Margarethcompared 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 1988, Lisbet was ranked #632 and Margareth #634 among girls in Norway.
Lisbet and Margareth over time
Lisbet and Margareth appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Margareth held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Lisbet 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
Lisbet and Margareth changed places 14 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1988, ending at #632 and #634.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 40 shared years in Norway · Girls, Lisbet and Margareth averaged 55.8 places apart, ending at #632 and #634.
- Longest-running competitions
Lisbet and Margareth were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 40 years, from 1945 to 1988, ending at #632 and #634.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Lisbet #110 in 1953, Margareth #113 in 1953.
List by list
Norway · Girls40 shared years, 1945–1988
Lisbet held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Margareth in 29.
Highest recorded here: Lisbet #110 in 1953, Margareth #113 in 1953.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1988: Lisbet #632, Margareth #634.
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 | Lisbet | Margareth |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #648 (1996) | Norway · Girls #613 (1992) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 70/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Lisbet has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Margareth.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Lisbet
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #216 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1996
Highest recorded position: #110 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #648 among girls in Norway, in 1996.
Norway · Girls
Margareth
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #240 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1992
Highest recorded position: #113 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–1992).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1992
Most recently recorded at #613 among girls in Norway, in 1992.
Norway · Girls