# Mette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 68 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 68 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 6 | 6,015 |
| 1966 | 6 | 6,312 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,782 |
| 1969 | 6 | 7,165 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,846 |
| 1971 | 5 | 9,147 |
| 1977 | 6 | 9,214 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,420 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,478 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,467 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,239 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,597 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |

## People named Mette

- Anne Mette Hansen, Danish handball player
- Mette Schjoldager, Danish badminton player
- Mette Tranborg, Danish handball player
- Mette Vestergaard, Danish handball player
- Mette Gjerskov, Danish politician (1966–2023)
- Mette Bock, Danish politician, journalist and consultant
- Mette Mestad, biathlete
- Mette Gravholt, Danish handball player
- Mette Melgaard, Danish handball player
- Mette Kierkgaard, Danish politician
- Mette Abildgaard, Danish politician
- Mette Poulsen, badminton player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.