Aase vs Jorun
Aase and Joruncompared 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 · Girls
In 1993, Aase was ranked #477 and Jorun #645 among girls in Norway.
Aase and Jorun over time
Aase and Jorun appear together in 1 published list, across 43 years of shared records. Jorun held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Aase in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Aase and Jorun changed places 16 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1993, ending at #477 and #645.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 43 shared years in Norway · Girls, Aase and Jorun averaged 47.5 places apart, ending at #477 and #645.
- Longest-running competitions
Aase and Jorun were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 43 years, from 1945 to 1993, ending at #477 and #645.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Aase #47 in 1945, Jorun #49 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Girls43 shared years, 1945–1993
Aase held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Jorun in 32.
Highest recorded here: Aase #47 in 1945, Jorun #49 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1993: Aase #477, Jorun #645.
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 | Aase | Jorun |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #424 (2025) | Norway · Girls #566 (1999) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aase and Jorun both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Aase
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #47 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #424 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Jorun
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #49 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #49 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #566 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls