Merethe

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Merethe: Recorded since 1949, it reached #69 in 1968, and it was last ranked in 2004.

1registrar recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#69highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1949–2004

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1949	#391
1950	#376
1951	#280
1952	#276
1953	#352
1954	#312
1955	#316
1956	#269
1957	#302
1958	#256
1959	#222
1960	#151
1961	#114
1962	#108
1963	#90
1964	#91
1965	#90
1966	#88
1967	#78
1968	#69
1969	#72
1970	#78
1971	#88
1972	#71
1973	#82
1974	#76
1975	#86
1976	#90
1977	#103
1978	#98
1979	#122
1980	#107
1981	#125
1982	#99
1983	#132
1984	#144
1985	#142
1986	#154
1987	#142
1988	#164
1989	#200
1990	#244
1991	#172
1992	#174
1993	#192
1994	#189
1995	#294
1996	#273
1997	#273
1998	#623
1999	#409
2000	#433
2002	#516
2004	#586

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 54 of the 56 years from 1949 to 2004.

Official data for Norway, 1949–2004 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #391 among girls in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1949–2004
Highest recorded position: #69 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1949–2004).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #586 among girls in Norway, in 2004.
Norway · Girls

Merethe 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 Merethe in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1950s	100	10 of 10	10
1960s	792	10 of 10	79
1970sbusiest	835	10 of 10	84
1980s	499	10 of 10	50
1990s	224	10 of 10	22
2000s	18	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 84 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1967 and 1968, when recorded births rose by 27, from 100 to 127.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Merethe 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 1949 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #69 in Norway in 1968.

Merethe'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
2004	Norway	female	#586	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#516	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#433	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#409	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#623	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#273	15	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#273	16	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#294	15	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#189	31	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#192	33	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#174	39	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#172	39	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#244	23	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#200	32	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#164	40	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#142	49	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#154	44	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#142	47	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#144	46	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#132	49	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#99	72	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#125	55	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#107	65	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#122	53	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#98	72	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#103	62	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#90	76	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#86	84	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#76	92	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#82	94	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#71	112	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#88	88	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#78	102	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#72	126	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#69	127	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#78	100	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#88	90	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#90	77	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#91	76	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#90	72	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#108	50	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#114	46	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#151	28	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#222	16	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#256	13	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#302	9	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#276	11	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#280	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#376	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#391	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 1949 and 2004, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #69, first reached in 1968.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 127 births, registered in Norway in 1968.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Meredith · #333, 29y
Merete · #33, 61y
Merida · #790, 12y
Meriel · #385, 16y

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.

Olaug · #68, 53y
Malene · #66, 50y
Karianne · #64, 56y
Aslaug · #63, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Evy · #69, 80y
Lina · #69, 72y
Sven · #69, 81y
Torgeir · #69, 72y

Merethe was ranked #69 in Norway · Girls in 1968. 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.

Merethe 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 Merethe without appearing here.

Merethe moved ahead of

Kate Compare
In 1998 they stood at #623 and #434 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #409 and #620.
Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #623 and #445 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #433 and #627.
Tove Compare
In 1999 they stood at #409 and #362 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #433 and #575.
Elsie Compare
In 1954 they stood at #312 and #263 in Norway · Girls; by 1955 that had become #316 and #422.

Moved ahead of Merethe

Isabelle Compare
In 1997 they stood at #273 and #328 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #623 and #239.
Maya Compare
In 1997 they stood at #273 and #354 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #623 and #295.
Cassandra Compare
In 1997 they stood at #273 and #322 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #623 and #301.
Iben Compare
In 1997 they stood at #273 and #374 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #623 and #330.

Moved the opposite way to Merethe

Ada Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 while Ada went from #215 to #104.
Alma Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 while Alma went from #377 to #166.
Anette Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 while Anette went from #332 to #177.
Anna Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 while Anna went from #49 to #10.

Moved the same way as Merethe

Anita Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 and Anita from #108 to #219.
Ann Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 and Ann from #60 to #220.
Anne Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 and Anne from #1 to #63.
Annie Compare
Between 1949 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Merethe went from #391 to #586 and Annie from #151 to #295.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1949 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #69 in Norway in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Merethe

Merethe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Merethe by decade in Norway · Girls

Merethe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Merethe moved ahead of

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Merethe at a glance

Merethe by decade in Norway · Girls

Merethe appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Merethe

Merethe and the names beside it

Merethe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Merethe

Moved the opposite way to Merethe

Moved the same way as Merethe