Aisha vs Ausra
Aisha and Ausracompared 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 1996, Aisha was ranked #224 and Ausra #622 among girls in Norway.
Aisha and Ausra over time
Aisha and Ausra appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Aisha held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ausra in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ausra reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Aisha 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
Aisha and Ausra changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1965 and 1996, ending at #224 and #622.
List by list
Norway · Girls21 shared years, 1965–1996
Aisha held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Ausra in 4.
Highest recorded here: Aisha #224 in 1996, Ausra #315 in 1984.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1996: Aisha #224, Ausra #622.
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 | Aisha | Ausra |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Commonly interpreted as 'living' or 'she who lives', from the Arabic root for 'to live'. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Arabic | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /aɪˈiːʃə/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #226 (2025) | Norway · Girls #622 (1996) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aisha has a recorded origin (Arabic); Ausra does not have one recorded yet.
- Aisha and Ausra both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Aisha; Ausra doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Aisha
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #528 among girls in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #76 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #274 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Ausra
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #531 among girls in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1965–1996
Highest recorded position: #315 among girls in Norway, in 1984 (recorded 1965–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #622 among girls in Norway, in 1996.
Norway · Girls