Margrethe vs Margunn
Margrethe and Margunncompared 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 1985, Margrethe was ranked #168 and Margunn #532 among girls in Norway.
Margrethe and Margunn over time
Margrethe and Margunn appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Margrethe held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Margunn in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Margrethe reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Margunn 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
Margrethe and Margunn changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1985, ending at #168 and #532.
- Longest-running competitions
Margrethe and Margunn were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 40 years, from 1945 to 1985, ending at #168 and #532.
List by list
Norway · Girls40 shared years, 1945–1985
Margrethe held the stronger position in 38 of those years, Margunn in 2.
Highest recorded here: Margrethe #100 in 1945, Margunn #150 in 1960.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1985: Margrethe #168, Margunn #532.
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 | Margrethe | Margunn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #377 (2025) | Norway · Girls #532 (1985) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margrethe has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Margunn.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Margrethe
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #100 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: #100 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #377 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Margunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #260 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1985
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1945–1985).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1985
Most recently recorded at #532 among girls in Norway, in 1985.
Norway · Girls