Birte

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Birte: Recorded since 1946, it reached #171 in 1963, and it was last ranked in 2006.

1registrar recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#171highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1946–2006

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#324
1947	#303
1948	#319
1950	#386
1951	#386
1952	#283
1953	#254
1954	#317
1955	#347
1956	#358
1957	#293
1958	#212
1959	#198
1960	#296
1961	#251
1962	#217
1963	#171
1964	#192
1965	#249
1966	#256
1967	#259
1968	#233
1969	#239
1970	#405
1971	#316
1972	#249
1973	#279
1974	#238
1975	#266
1976	#369
1977	#276
1978	#259
1979	#313
1980	#363
1981	#315
1982	#525
1983	#286
1984	#424
1985	#469
1986	#500
1987	#320
1988	#557
1989	#476
1990	#593
1991	#355
1992	#429
1993	#330
1994	#336
1995	#352
1996	#344
1997	#340
1998	#426
1999	#392
2000	#583
2001	#479
2006	#590

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 56 of the 61 years from 1946 to 2006.

Official data for Norway, 1946–2006 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #324 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2006
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1946–2006).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #590 among girls in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Girls

Birte 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 Birte in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	22	3 of 10	7
1950s	94	10 of 10	9
1960sbusiest	166	10 of 10	17
1970s	146	10 of 10	15
1980s	97	10 of 10	10
1990s	101	10 of 10	10
2000s	14	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Birte 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 1946 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #171 in Norway in 1963.

Birte'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
2006	Norway	female	#590	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#479	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#583	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#392	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#426	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#340	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#344	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#352	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#336	12	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#330	13	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#429	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#355	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#593	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#476	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#557	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#320	14	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#500	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#469	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#424	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#286	15	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#315	13	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#363	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#313	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#259	18	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#276	16	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#369	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#266	16	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#238	20	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#279	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#249	18	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#316	12	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#405	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#239	18	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#233	18	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#259	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#256	14	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#249	15	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#192	21	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#171	25	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#217	17	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#251	14	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#296	10	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#198	18	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#212	16	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#293	9	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#358	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#347	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#317	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#254	12	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#283	10	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#386	4	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#386	4	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#324	7	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 1946 and 2006, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #171, first reached in 1963.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Norway in 1963.

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.

Birgitte · #86, 69y
Birk · #18, 35y
Birthe · #177, 52y
Bisma · #1106, 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.

Hermann · #174, 58y
Gunnhild · #166, 61y
Birthe · #177, 52y
Werner · #179, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ann-Karin · #171, 39y
Brynhild · #171, 37y
Christel · #170, 54y
Elly · #170, 47y

Birte was ranked #171 in Norway · Girls in 1963. 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.

Birte 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 Birte without appearing here.

Birte moved ahead of

Margaret Compare
In 1990 they stood at #593 and #529 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #355 and #661.
Unni Compare
In 1990 they stood at #593 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #355 and #624.
Turid Compare
In 1994 they stood at #336 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #352 and #556.
Kate Compare
In 1990 they stood at #593 and #450 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #355 and #512.

Moved ahead of Birte

Mathilde Compare
In 1987 they stood at #320 and #356 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #557 and #216.
Fiona Compare
In 2005 they stood at #392 and #464 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #590 and #265.
Nicole Compare
In 1999 they stood at #392 and #411 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #583 and #303.
Lara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #392 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #583 and #311.

Moved the opposite way to Birte

Ada Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 while Ada went from #256 to #95.
Alma Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 while Alma went from #390 to #119.
Anna Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 while Anna went from #46 to #10.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 while Cecilie went from #325 to #159.

Moved the same way as Birte

Anita Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 and Anita from #152 to #296.
Ann Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 and Ann from #104 to #273.
Anne Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 and Anne from #1 to #63.
Annie Compare
Between 1946 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Birte went from #324 to #590 and Annie from #192 to #326.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1946 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #171 in Norway in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Birte

Birte at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Birte by decade in Norway · Girls

Birte appears in

Popularity data

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Birte at a glance

Birte by decade in Norway · Girls

Birte 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 Birte

Birte and the names beside it

Birte moved ahead of

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