Anne-Grethe

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Anne-Grethe: Recorded since 1945, it reached #122 in 1959, and it was last ranked in 1987.

1registrar recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#122highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1987

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#163
1946	#153
1947	#202
1948	#179
1949	#221
1950	#160
1951	#174
1952	#164
1953	#163
1954	#136
1955	#249
1956	#192
1957	#170
1958	#131
1959	#122
1960	#165
1961	#173
1962	#223
1963	#196
1964	#151
1965	#186
1966	#176
1967	#168
1968	#165
1969	#238
1970	#321
1971	#271
1972	#279
1973	#390
1974	#314
1975	#317
1976	#451
1977	#413
1978	#382
1979	#554
1981	#612
1982	#524
1987	#592

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 38 of the 43 years from 1945 to 1987.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1987 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #163 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1987
Highest recorded position: #122 among girls in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–1987).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1987
Most recently recorded at #592 among girls in Norway, in 1987.
Norway · Girls

Anne-Grethe 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 Anne-Grethe in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	116	5 of 10	23
1950sbusiest	264	10 of 10	26
1960s	235	10 of 10	24
1970s	104	10 of 10	10
1980s	15	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Anne-Grethe 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 1987. Highest recorded position: #122 in Norway in 1959.

Anne-Grethe'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
1987	Norway	female	#592	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#524	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#554	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#382	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#413	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#451	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#317	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#314	13	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#390	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#279	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#271	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#321	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#238	18	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#165	28	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#168	28	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#176	25	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#186	22	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#151	30	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#196	21	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#223	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#173	23	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#165	24	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#122	36	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#131	33	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#170	23	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#192	20	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#249	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#136	35	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#163	27	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#164	26	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#174	23	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#160	28	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#221	16	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#179	22	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#202	19	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#153	31	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#163	28	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 1987, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #122, first reached in 1959.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in Norway in 1959.

Its record falls into 3 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.

Anne-Britt · #152, 35y
Anne-Grete · #164, 35y
Anne-Kari · #250, 25y
Anne-Karin · #142, 30y

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.

Audhild · #119, 42y
Hjørdis · #116, 34y
Oddveig · #114, 36y
Torbjørg · #114, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Edgar · #122, 76y
Gretha · #122, 24y
Konrad · #122, 76y
Rakel · #122, 79y

Anne-Grethe was ranked #122 in Norway · Girls in 1959. 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.

Anne-Grethe 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 Anne-Grethe without appearing here.

Anne-Grethe moved ahead of

Ella Compare
In 1981 they stood at #612 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 1982 that had become #524 and #629.

Moved ahead of Anne-Grethe

Isabelle Compare
In 1986 they stood at #524 and #535 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #592 and #270.
Katherine Compare
In 1986 they stood at #524 and #543 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #592 and #334.
Nicole Compare
In 1978 they stood at #382 and #441 in Norway · Girls; by 1979 that had become #554 and #306.
Selma Compare
In 1978 they stood at #382 and #406 in Norway · Girls; by 1979 that had become #554 and #308.

Moved the opposite way to Anne-Grethe

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 while Anita went from #162 to #59.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 while Anna went from #38 to #19.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 while Cecilie went from #359 to #23.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 while Christine went from #253 to #24.

Moved the same way as Anne-Grethe

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 and Ada from #229 to #444.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 and Alma from #293 to #514.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 and Anne from #1 to #8.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Anne-Grethe went from #163 to #592 and Annie from #180 to #419.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1987. Highest recorded position: #122 in Norway in 1959. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Anne-Grethe

Anne-Grethe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anne-Grethe by decade in Norway · Girls

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Anne-Grethe at a glance

Anne-Grethe by decade in Norway · Girls

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Anne-Grethe

Anne-Grethe and the names beside it

Anne-Grethe moved ahead of

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