Dorthe

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dorthe: Recorded since 1950, it reached #211 in 2000, and it was last ranked in 2013.

1registrar recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#211highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1950–2013

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1950	#361
1952	#404
1953	#364
1954	#362
1958	#378
1959	#380
1960	#398
1961	#393
1962	#364
1963	#362
1965	#490
1966	#293
1967	#418
1968	#366
1969	#404
1970	#525
1971	#375
1972	#429
1973	#412
1975	#542
1976	#495
1977	#597
1978	#459
1979	#565
1980	#515
1981	#432
1982	#628
1983	#523
1984	#594
1986	#638
1987	#649
1991	#639
1992	#641
1994	#619
1995	#408
1996	#347
1997	#238
1998	#427
1999	#301
2000	#211
2001	#230
2002	#331
2003	#304
2004	#378
2006	#386
2007	#472
2009	#549
2010	#516
2011	#572
2012	#519
2013	#568

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 51 of the 64 years from 1950 to 2013.

Official data for Norway, 1950–2013 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1950
First recorded at #361 among girls in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1950–2013
Highest recorded position: #211 among girls in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1950–2013).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #568 among girls in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Girls

Dorthe 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 Dorthe in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	33	6 of 10	6
1960s	67	9 of 10	7
1970s	57	9 of 10	6
1980s	37	7 of 10	5
1990s	72	8 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	102	8 of 10	13
2010s	19	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Dorthe 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 1950 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #211 in Norway in 2000.

Dorthe'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
2013	Norway	female	#568	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#519	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#572	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#516	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#549	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#386	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#378	10	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#331	12	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#230	21	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#211	24	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#301	13	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#427	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#238	19	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#347	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#408	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#619	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#641	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#639	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#649	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#638	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#594	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#523	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#628	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#432	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#515	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#565	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#459	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#542	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#412	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#429	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#375	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#525	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#404	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#366	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#418	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#293	12	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#490	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#362	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#364	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#398	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#362	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#364	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#404	4	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#361	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 1950 and 2013, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #211, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Norway in 2000.

Its record falls into 10 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.

Dorothea · #425, 31y
Dorothy · #75, 65y
Dorthea · #304, 27y
Doruk · #2199, 13y

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.

Hjalmar · #212, 56y
Jahn · #207, 49y
Ann-Helen · #216, 47y
Jøran · #220, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Viola · #211, 40y
Bogdan · #212, 62y
Daniela · #207, 64y
Ann-Helen · #216, 47y

Dorthe was ranked #211 in Norway · Girls in 2000. 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.

Dorthe 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 Dorthe without appearing here.

Dorthe moved ahead of

Gerd Compare
In 1999 they stood at #619 and #517 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #211 and #593.
Margaret Compare
In 2000 they stood at #619 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #230 and #599.
Teresa Compare
In 1999 they stood at #641 and #424 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #211 and #573.
Vigdis Compare
In 1996 they stood at #619 and #604 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #238 and #592.

Moved ahead of Dorthe

Emilie Compare
In 1985 they stood at #594 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #638 and #200.
Emily Compare
In 1983 they stood at #523 and #525 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #594 and #342.
Samantha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #516 and #539 in Norway · Girls; by 2011 that had become #572 and #321.
Louise Compare
In 1974 they stood at #412 and #425 in Norway · Girls; by 1975 that had become #542 and #295.

Moved the opposite way to Dorthe

Ada Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 while Ada went from #237 to #52.
Alma Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 while Alma went from #311 to #30.
Anna Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 while Anna went from #54 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 while Elise went from #223 to #44.

Moved the same way as Dorthe

Anita Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 and Anita from #109 to #413.
Ann Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 and Ann from #52 to #377.
Anne Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 and Anne from #1 to #89.
Annie Compare
Between 1950 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Dorthe went from #361 to #568 and Annie from #161 to #379.

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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 1950 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #211 in Norway in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dorthe

Dorthe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dorthe by decade in Norway · Girls

Dorthe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Dorthe

Dorthe and the names beside it

Dorthe moved ahead of

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Dorthe at a glance

Dorthe by decade in Norway · Girls

Dorthe appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Dorthe

Dorthe and the names beside it

Dorthe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dorthe

Moved the opposite way to Dorthe

Moved the same way as Dorthe