Ann-Karin vs Åse
Ann-Karin and Åsecompared 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 1989, Ann-Karin was ranked #654 and Åse #185 among girls in Norway.
Ann-Karin and Åse over time
Ann-Karin and Åse appear together in 1 published list, across 39 years of shared records. Åse held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ann-Karin in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Åse reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ann-Karin 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Ann-Karin and Åse were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 39 years, from 1946 to 1989, ending at #654 and #185.
List by list
Norway · Girls39 shared years, 1946–1989
Ann-Karin held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Åse in 39.
Highest recorded here: Ann-Karin #171 in 1962, Åse #20 in 1955.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1989: Ann-Karin #654, Åse #185.
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 | Ann-Karin | Åse |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #654 (1989) | Norway · Girls #93 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ann-Karin has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Åse.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ann-Karin
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #304 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1989
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Norway, in 1962 (recorded 1946–1989).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1989
Most recently recorded at #654 among girls in Norway, in 1989.
Norway · Girls
Åse
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #25 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: #20 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #93 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls