Aaron vs Åge
Aaron and Ågecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2024, Aaron was ranked #354 and Åge #509 among boys in Norway.
Aaron and Åge over time
Aaron and Åge appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Åge held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Aaron in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Åge reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Aaron in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Aaron and Åge changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1972 and 2024, ending at #354 and #509.
List by list
Norway · Boys20 shared years, 1972–2024
Aaron held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Åge in 13.
Highest recorded here: Aaron #172 in 2019, Åge #176 in 1972.
The order changed in 2006: Aaron moved ahead. In 2005 they stood at #453 and #403; by 2006 that had become #210 and #574.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Aaron #354, Åge #509.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Aaron | Åge |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Best known as the name of Moses's elder brother and the first high priest of Israel in the Old Testament; the literal meaning of the name itself is not reliably established. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Biblical Hebrew (likely of Egyptian origin) | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛrən/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #71 (2025) | Norway · Boys #509 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aaron has a recorded origin (Biblical Hebrew (likely of Egyptian origin)); Åge does not have one recorded yet.
- Aaron has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Åge.
- A meaning is recorded for Aaron; Åge doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Aaron
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #334 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Åge
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #63 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #45 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys