Margrete vs Solvår
Margrete and Solvårcompared 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, Margrete was ranked #422 and Solvår #503 among girls in Norway.
Margrete and Solvår over time
Margrete and Solvår appear together in 1 published list, across 42 years of shared records. Margrete held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Solvår in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Margrete reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Solvår 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 Solvår were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 42 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #422 and #503.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Margrete #155 in 1949, Solvår #207 in 1951.
List by list
Norway · Girls42 shared years, 1945–2022
Margrete held the stronger position in 41 of those years, Solvår in 1.
Highest recorded here: Margrete #155 in 1949, Solvår #207 in 1951.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Margrete #422, Solvår #503.
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 | Solvår |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #523 (2023) | Norway · Girls #383 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margrete has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Solvår.
- 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
Solvår
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #266 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: #207 among girls in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #383 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls