Grete

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Grete: Recorded since 1945, it reached #18 in 1953, and it stood at #484 in 2022.

1registrar recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for
14names it appears alongside

What stands out in Grete's record

Held a top-100 place for 29 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 64 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2022

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#28
1946	#29
1947	#26
1948	#21
1949	#26
1950	#25
1951	#26
1952	#24
1953	#18
1954	#24
1955	#27
1956	#19
1957	#25
1958	#19
1959	#26
1960	#32
1961	#34
1962	#30
1963	#38
1964	#39
1965	#51
1966	#44
1967	#46
1968	#61
1969	#55
1970	#66
1971	#81
1972	#85
1973	#88
1974	#115
1975	#90
1976	#104
1977	#102
1978	#104
1979	#136
1980	#142
1981	#132
1982	#190
1983	#202
1984	#253
1985	#200
1986	#193
1987	#260
1988	#239
1989	#303
1990	#274
1991	#381
1992	#299
1993	#303
1994	#337
1995	#290
1996	#405
1998	#246
1999	#372
2000	#596
2002	#504
2003	#593
2005	#544
2006	#483
2010	#558
2013	#494
2015	#485
2020	#486
2022	#484

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 64 of the 78 years from 1945 to 2022.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2022 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #28 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #18 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #484 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls

Grete 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 Grete in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	1,552	5 of 10	310
1950s	3,034	10 of 10	303
1960s	2,047	10 of 10	205
1970s	759	10 of 10	76
1980s	284	10 of 10	28
1990s	124	9 of 10	14
2000s	26	5 of 10	5
2010s	17	3 of 10	6
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 310 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Grete 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 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 1953.

Grete'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
2022	Norway	female	#484	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#486	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#485	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#494	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#558	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#544	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#593	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#504	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#596	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#372	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#246	18	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#405	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#290	15	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#337	12	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#303	15	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#299	15	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#381	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#274	19	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#303	16	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#239	24	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#260	20	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#193	29	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#200	25	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#253	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#202	26	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#190	29	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#132	53	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#142	44	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#136	44	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#104	64	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#102	62	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#104	62	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#90	78	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#115	61	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#88	86	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#85	89	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#81	94	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#66	119	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#55	162	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#61	144	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#46	180	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#44	205	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#51	178	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#39	222	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#38	224	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#30	252	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#34	228	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#32	252	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#26	297	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#19	336	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#25	298	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#19	329	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#27	276	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#24	299	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#18	327	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#24	292	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#26	284	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#25	296	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#26	301	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#21	332	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#26	323	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#29	310	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#28	286	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 1945 and 2022, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 30 years, 29 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 336 births, registered in Norway in 1958.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Gregory · #7, 74y
Greta · #73, 76y
Gretha · #122, 24y
Grethe · #13, 60y

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.

Reidun · #17, 65y
Siv · #20, 68y
Gunn · #15, 60y
Tonje · #15, 69y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alfred · #18, 78y
Hugo · #18, 81y
Jorunn · #18, 72y
Marthe · #18, 71y

Comparisons involving Grete

Existing comparison pages where Grete and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Grete in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ingrid vs Grete
In 1945 they stood at #27 and #28 in Norway · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2022 they were #8 and #484.
Ingrid · Grete · 64 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Anna vs Grete
In 1945 they stood at #38 and #28 in Norway · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2022 they were #15 and #484.
Anna · Grete · 64 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Ragnhild vs Grete
In 1945 they stood at #18 and #28 in Norway · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2022 they were #160 and #484.
Ragnhild · Grete · 64 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Grete measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Grete at its highest position.

Jorunn vs Grete
Jorunn and Grete changed places 26 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2020, ending at #449 and #486.
Jorunn · Grete · 62 shared years, 1945–2020 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2020 Norway ranking
Grethe vs Grete
Grethe and Grete changed places 21 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2003, ending at #594 and #593.
Grethe · Grete · 56 shared years, 1945–2003 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2003 Norway ranking
Grete vs Åse
Grete and Åse changed places 18 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2022, ending at #484 and #112.
Grete · Åse · 64 shared years, 1945–2022 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2022 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Grete was ranked #18 in Norway · Girls in 1953. 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.

Grete 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 Grete without appearing here.

Grete moved ahead of

Turid Compare
In 1994 they stood at #337 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #290 and #556.
Berit Compare
In 2014 they stood at #494 and #466 in Norway · Girls; by 2015 that had become #485 and #545.
Tove Compare
In 2005 they stood at #544 and #321 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #483 and #537.
Randi Compare
In 2014 they stood at #494 and #452 in Norway · Girls; by 2015 that had become #485 and #501.

Moved ahead of Grete

Nicole Compare
In 1999 they stood at #372 and #411 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #596 and #303.
Lara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #372 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #596 and #311.
Josephine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #504 and #621 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #593 and #329.
Rachel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #372 and #381 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #596 and #337.

Moved the opposite way to Grete

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 while Ada went from #229 to #12.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 while Alice went from #292 to #170.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 while Alma went from #293 to #9.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 while Anna went from #38 to #15.

Moved the same way as Grete

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 and Anne from #1 to #121.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 and Annie from #180 to #332.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Grete went from #28 to #484 and Åse from #25 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Grete

Grete at a glance

What stands out in Grete's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Grete by decade in Norway · Girls

Grete appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Grete

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Grete

Grete and the names beside it

Grete moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Grete

Moved the opposite way to Grete

Moved the same way as Grete

Grete at a glance

What stands out in Grete's record

Grete by decade in Norway · Girls

Grete appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Grete

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Grete

Grete and the names beside it

Grete moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Grete

Moved the opposite way to Grete

Moved the same way as Grete