Mette
Mette is a name with multiple cultural origins: Danish, Norwegian.
- Danish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Mette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mette is a name with multiple cultural origins: Danish, Norwegian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Danish
- Norwegian
The Story of Mette
American parents first put Mette on the record books as a baby girl name in 1959, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 7 Mettes were born — ranking #13,446 that year. About 28% of every Mette on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Mette last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 68 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Mette
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Mette. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Mette
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About the name Mette
Mette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 68 births in the dataset. Mette's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #13,446. Use the chart and map above to compare Mette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.