Andreas vs Asle
Andreas and Aslecompared 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 2005, Andreas was ranked #6 and Asle #519 among boys in Norway.
Andreas and Asle over time
Andreas and Asle appear together in 1 published list, across 59 years of shared records. Andreas held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Asle in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Asle reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Andreas 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
Andreas and Asle changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2005, ending at #6 and #519.
- Longest-running competitions
Andreas and Asle were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 59 years, from 1945 to 2005, ending at #6 and #519.
- Started together, ended far apart
In 1945 they stood at #140 and #149 in Norway · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2005 they were #6 and #519.
List by list
Norway · Boys59 shared years, 1945–2005
Andreas held the stronger position in 53 of those years, Asle in 6.
Highest recorded here: Andreas #1 in 1991, Asle #117 in 1959.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2005: Andreas #6, Asle #519.
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 | Andreas | Asle |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #96 (2025) | Norway · Boys #519 (2005) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Andreas and Asle both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Andreas
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #140 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #1 among boys in Norway, in 1991 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #96 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Asle
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #149 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2005
Highest recorded position: #117 among boys in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–2005).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #519 among boys in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Boys