Marte vs Stine
Marte and Stinecompared 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, Marte was ranked #480 and Stine #384 among girls in Norway.
Marte and Stine over time
Marte and Stine appear together in 1 published list, across 72 years of shared records. Stine held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Marte in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Stine reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Marte 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
Marte and Stine changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1951 and 2025, ending at #480 and #384.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 72 shared years in Norway · Girls, Marte and Stine averaged 56.5 places apart, ending at #480 and #384.
- Longest-running competitions
Marte and Stine were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 72 years, from 1951 to 2025, ending at #480 and #384.
List by list
Norway · Girls72 shared years, 1951–2025
Marte held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Stine in 46.
Highest recorded here: Marte #6 in 1991, Stine #3 in 1986.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Marte #480, Stine #384.
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 | Marte | Stine |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #480 (2025) | Norway · Girls #384 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Marte and Stine both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Marte
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #358 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in Norway, in 1991 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #480 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Stine
Popularity journey
First recorded1951
First recorded at #312 among girls in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1951–2025
Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1951–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #384 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls