Birthe

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Birthe: Recorded since 1945, it reached #177 in 1969, and it was last ranked in 2002.

1registrar recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#177highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2002

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#338
1946	#367
1950	#387
1952	#305
1953	#362
1954	#277
1955	#391
1957	#413
1958	#350
1959	#303
1960	#244
1961	#303
1962	#226
1963	#268
1964	#183
1965	#221
1966	#243
1967	#233
1968	#247
1969	#177
1970	#369
1971	#250
1972	#250
1973	#192
1974	#192
1975	#267
1976	#224
1977	#288
1978	#384
1979	#272
1980	#264
1981	#277
1982	#390
1983	#380
1984	#338
1985	#470
1986	#362
1987	#420
1988	#510
1989	#368
1990	#437
1991	#397
1993	#566
1994	#433
1995	#483
1996	#345
1997	#599
1998	#603
1999	#494
2000	#412
2001	#480
2002	#544

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 52 of the 58 years from 1945 to 2002.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2002 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #338 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #177 among girls in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #544 among girls in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Girls

Birthe 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 Birthe in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	10	2 of 10	5
1950s	56	8 of 10	7
1960s	168	10 of 10	17
1970sbusiest	175	10 of 10	18
1980s	115	10 of 10	12
1990s	64	9 of 10	7
2000s	19	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Birthe 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 2002. Highest recorded position: #177 in Norway in 1969.

Birthe'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
2002	Norway	female	#544	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#480	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#412	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#494	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#603	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#599	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#345	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#483	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#433	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#397	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#437	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#368	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#510	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#420	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#362	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#470	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#338	13	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#380	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#390	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#277	16	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#264	17	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#272	16	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#384	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#288	15	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#224	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#267	16	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#192	28	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#192	26	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#250	18	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#250	18	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#369	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#177	26	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#247	17	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#233	17	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#243	15	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#221	18	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#183	23	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#268	13	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#226	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#244	13	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#391	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#277	10	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#362	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#305	9	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#387	4	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#367	5	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#338	5	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 2002, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #177, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in Norway in 1974.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

Birk · #18, 35y
Birte · #171, 56y
Bisma · #1106, 28y
Bismah · #1012, 27y

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.

Ann-Mari · #179, 47y
Werner · #179, 53y
Birte · #171, 56y
Silja · #183, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Sjur · #177, 81y
Alvilde · #176, 35y
Hermod · #176, 26y
Luis · #176, 76y

Birthe was ranked #177 in Norway · Girls in 1969. 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.

Birthe 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 Birthe without appearing here.

Birthe moved ahead of

Unni Compare
In 1999 they stood at #599 and #591 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #412 and #638.
Turid Compare
In 1999 they stood at #603 and #481 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #412 and #636.
Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #603 and #445 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #412 and #627.
Margaret Compare
In 1970 they stood at #369 and #269 in Norway · Girls; by 1971 that had become #250 and #413.

Moved ahead of Birthe

Jessica Compare
In 1996 they stood at #345 and #378 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #599 and #232.
Tara Compare
In 1996 they stood at #345 and #366 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #599 and #237.
Olivia Compare
In 1992 they stood at #397 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #566 and #281.
Maia Compare
In 1992 they stood at #397 and #659 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #566 and #325.

Moved the opposite way to Birthe

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 while Ada went from #229 to #120.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 while Anna went from #38 to #13.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 while Cecilie went from #359 to #74.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 while Christine went from #253 to #97.

Moved the same way as Birthe

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 and Ann from #82 to #185.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 and Anne from #1 to #47.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 and Annie from #180 to #341.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Birthe went from #338 to #544 and Åse from #25 to #264.

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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 2002. Highest recorded position: #177 in Norway in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Birthe

Birthe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Birthe by decade in Norway · Girls

Birthe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Birthe at a glance

Birthe by decade in Norway · Girls

Birthe 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 Birthe

Birthe and the names beside it

Birthe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Birthe

Moved the opposite way to Birthe

Moved the same way as Birthe