Merete

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Merete: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #33 in 1967, and it was last ranked in 2005.

1registrar recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Merete's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 26 years running. Names by top-100 run

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2005

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#241
1946	#314
1947	#205
1948	#169
1949	#227
1950	#194
1951	#193
1952	#148
1953	#128
1954	#134
1955	#99
1956	#101
1957	#107
1958	#92
1959	#76
1960	#71
1961	#71
1962	#54
1963	#53
1964	#48
1965	#36
1966	#36
1967	#33
1968	#36
1969	#37
1970	#40
1971	#38
1972	#43
1973	#46
1974	#48
1975	#53
1976	#61
1977	#66
1978	#65
1979	#67
1980	#77
1981	#76
1982	#79
1983	#80
1984	#104
1985	#114
1986	#122
1987	#129
1988	#148
1989	#135
1990	#173
1991	#152
1992	#140
1993	#179
1994	#188
1995	#220
1996	#250
1997	#218
1998	#273
1999	#475
2000	#403
2001	#460
2002	#632
2003	#605
2004	#538
2005	#514

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 every year from 1945 to 2005.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2005 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #241 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2005
Highest recorded position: #33 among girls in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1945–2005).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #514 among girls in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Girls

Merete 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 Merete in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	81	5 of 10	16
1950s	452	10 of 10	45
1960sbusiest	2,008	10 of 10	201
1970s	1,629	10 of 10	163
1980s	720	10 of 10	72
1990s	292	10 of 10	29
2000s	35	6 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 201 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1961 and 1962, when recorded births rose by 70, from 110 to 180.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Merete 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 2005. Highest recorded position: #33 in Norway in 1967.

Merete'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
2005	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#538	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#605	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#632	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#460	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#403	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#273	16	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#218	23	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#250	18	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#220	24	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#188	31	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#179	35	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#140	52	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#152	47	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#173	39	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#135	60	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#148	48	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#129	55	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#122	54	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#114	61	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#104	67	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#80	89	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#79	95	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#76	96	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#77	95	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#67	115	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#65	121	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#66	111	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#61	119	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#53	153	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#48	172	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#46	180	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#43	208	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#38	231	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#40	219	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#37	240	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#36	253	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#33	273	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#36	240	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#36	237	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#48	193	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#53	179	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#54	180	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#71	110	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#71	103	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#76	90	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#92	61	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#107	48	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#101	53	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#99	53	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#134	36	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#128	39	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#148	31	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#193	20	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#194	21	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#227	16	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#169	25	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#205	19	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#314	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#241	13	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 2005, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 1967.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 26 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 273 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

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.

Mercy · #333, 29y
Meredith · #333, 29y
Merethe · #69, 54y
Merida · #790, 12y

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.

Pernille · #34, 64y
Renate · #32, 57y
Gry · #31, 57y
Synne · #30, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Håvard · #33, 81y
Karl · #33, 81y
Kristina · #33, 76y
Lise · #33, 81y

Merete was ranked #33 in Norway · Girls in 1967. 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.

Merete 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 Merete without appearing here.

Merete moved ahead of

Barbara Compare
In 1946 they stood at #314 and #271 in Norway · Girls; by 1947 that had become #205 and #322.
Randi Compare
In 2004 they stood at #538 and #286 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #514 and #614.
Margaret Compare
In 2004 they stood at #538 and #536 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #514 and #611.
Judith Compare
In 2004 they stood at #632 and #414 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #514 and #604.

Moved ahead of Merete

Alice Compare
In 1998 they stood at #273 and #298 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #475 and #198.
Maya Compare
In 1998 they stood at #273 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #475 and #201.
Tara Compare
In 1998 they stood at #273 and #275 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #475 and #259.
Jessica Compare
In 1998 they stood at #273 and #371 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #475 and #280.

Moved the opposite way to Merete

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 while Ada went from #229 to #89.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 while Alma went from #293 to #142.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 while Anna went from #38 to #13.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 while Cecilie went from #359 to #147.

Moved the same way as Merete

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 and Anita from #162 to #277.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 and Ann from #82 to #206.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 and Anne from #1 to #73.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Merete went from #241 to #514 and Annie from #180 to #399.

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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 2005. Highest recorded position: #33 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Merete

Merete at a glance

What stands out in Merete's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Merete by decade in Norway · Girls

Merete appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Merete

Merete and the names beside it

Merete moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Merete

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Merete at a glance

What stands out in Merete's record

Merete by decade in Norway · Girls

Merete 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 Merete

Merete and the names beside it

Merete moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Merete

Moved the opposite way to Merete

Moved the same way as Merete