Gitte

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gitte: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gitte: Recorded since 1955, it reached #134 in 1966, and it was last ranked in 1998.

1registrar recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#134highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1955–1998

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1955	#427
1956	#440
1957	#371
1958	#355
1960	#317
1961	#307
1962	#247
1963	#203
1964	#172
1965	#162
1966	#134
1967	#162
1968	#199
1969	#164
1970	#208
1971	#208
1972	#191
1973	#227
1974	#229
1975	#178
1976	#259
1977	#305
1978	#390
1979	#359
1980	#568
1981	#529
1983	#301
1984	#433
1985	#441
1986	#390
1987	#425
1988	#484
1989	#611
1990	#390
1991	#600
1992	#594
1993	#526
1996	#441
1997	#608
1998	#548

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 40 of the 44 years from 1955 to 1998.

Official data for Norway, 1955–1998 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #427 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1955–1998
Highest recorded position: #134 among girls in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1955–1998).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #548 among girls in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Girls

Gitte by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gitte in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	21	4 of 10	5
1960sbusiest	227	10 of 10	23
1970s	193	10 of 10	19
1980s	77	9 of 10	9
1990s	44	7 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gitte appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1955 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #134 in Norway in 1966.

Gitte's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1998	Norway	female	#548	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#608	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#441	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#526	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#594	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#600	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#390	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#611	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#484	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#425	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#390	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#441	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#433	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#301	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#529	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#568	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#359	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#390	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#305	14	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#259	17	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#178	29	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#229	21	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#227	20	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#191	27	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#208	23	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#208	22	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#164	30	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#199	23	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#162	30	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#134	39	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#162	27	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#172	25	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#247	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#307	10	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#317	9	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#355	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#371	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#440	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#427	4	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1955 and 1998, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #134, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in Norway in 1966.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Giselle · #677, 29y
Gisle · #142, 55y
Gittel · #1843, 25y
Gitty · #1454, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jeppe · #134, 43y
Karstein · #134, 36y
Yngvar · #134, 40y
Agnar · #132, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Edwin · #135, 63y
Tim · #135, 67y
Emine · #132, 55y
Irina · #136, 74y

Gitte was ranked #134 in Norway · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gitte and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gitte without appearing here.

Gitte moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 1982 they stood at #529 and #491 in Norway · Girls; by 1983 that had become #301 and #535.
Wendy Compare
In 1982 they stood at #529 and #391 in Norway · Girls; by 1983 that had become #301 and #511.
Tove Compare
In 1997 they stood at #608 and #452 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #548 and #587.
Patricia Compare
In 1997 they stood at #608 and #399 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #548 and #572.

Moved ahead of Gitte

Sophie Compare
In 1988 they stood at #484 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #611 and #297.
Josefine Compare
In 1988 they stood at #484 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #611 and #317.
Amy Compare
In 1991 they stood at #390 and #549 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #594 and #304.
Natasha Compare
In 1990 they stood at #390 and #397 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #600 and #344.

Moved the opposite way to Gitte

Andrea Compare
Between 1957 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #371 to #548 while Andrea went from #403 to #15.
Cathrine Compare
Between 1957 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #371 to #548 while Cathrine went from #337 to #121.
Sofie Compare
Between 1957 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #371 to #548 while Sofie went from #333 to #23.
Victoria Compare
Between 1957 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #371 to #548 while Victoria went from #435 to #30.

Moved the same way as Gitte

Angela Compare
Between 1955 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #427 to #608 and Angela from #417 to #596.
Susan Compare
Between 1955 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #427 to #608 and Susan from #338 to #481.
Torill Compare
Between 1955 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #427 to #608 and Torill from #36 to #534.
Unni Compare
Between 1955 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Gitte went from #427 to #608 and Unni from #13 to #591.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1955 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #134 in Norway in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gitte

Gitte at a glance

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Popularity journey

Gitte by decade in Norway · Girls

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Gitte at a glance

Gitte by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Gitte

Gitte and the names beside it

Gitte moved ahead of

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