Margrete vs Rania
Margrete and Raniacompared 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 2017, Margrete was ranked #539 and Rania #474 among girls in Norway.
Margrete and Rania over time
Margrete and Rania appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Margrete held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Rania 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.
Margrete reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Rania 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Margrete and Rania were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 30 years, from 1975 to 2017, ending at #539 and #474.
List by list
Norway · Girls30 shared years, 1975–2017
Margrete held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Rania in 4.
Highest recorded here: Margrete #217 in 1997, Rania #349 in 2003.
The order changed in 2015: Rania moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #426 and #431; by 2015 that had become #530 and #400.
Most recent shared year, 2017: Margrete #539, Rania #474.
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 | Margrete | Rania |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #523 (2023) | Norway · Girls #436 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margrete has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Rania.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Margrete
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #225 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #155 among girls in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #523 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls
Rania
Popularity journey
First recorded1975
First recorded at #619 among girls in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2024
Highest recorded position: #349 among girls in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1975–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #776 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls