Margrethe vs Vera
Margrethe and Veracompared 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 2025, Margrethe was ranked #377 and Vera #81 among girls in Norway.
Margrethe and Vera over time
Margrethe and Vera appear together in 1 published list, across 81 years of shared records. Margrethe held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Vera 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 Vera 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 Vera changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2025, ending at #377 and #81.
- Longest-running competitions
Margrethe and Vera were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #377 and #81.
- Started together, ended far apart
In 1945 they stood at #100 and #96 in Norway · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #377 and #81.
List by list
Norway · Girls81 shared years, 1945–2025
Margrethe held the stronger position in 49 of those years, Vera in 32.
Highest recorded here: Margrethe #100 in 1945, Vera #81 in 2025.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Margrethe #377, Vera #81.
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 | Vera |
|---|---|---|
| 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-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #377 (2025) | Norway · Girls #81 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margrethe has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Vera.
- 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
Vera
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #96 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: #81 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #719 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls