Asle vs Erland
Asle and Erlandcompared 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 2004, Asle was ranked #546 and Erland #401 among boys in Norway.
Asle and Erland over time
Asle and Erland appear together in 1 published list, across 58 years of shared records. Asle held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Erland 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.
Erland reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Asle 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
Asle and Erland changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2004, ending at #546 and #401.
- Longest-running competitions
Asle and Erland were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 58 years, from 1945 to 2004, ending at #546 and #401.
List by list
Norway · Boys58 shared years, 1945–2004
Asle held the stronger position in 53 of those years, Erland in 5.
Highest recorded here: Asle #117 in 1959, Erland #163 in 1953.
The order changed in 2004: Erland moved ahead. In 2003 they stood at #337 and #434; by 2004 that had become #546 and #401.
Most recent shared year, 2004: Asle #546, Erland #401.
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 | Asle | Erland |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #519 (2005) | Norway · Boys #455 (2015) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Asle and Erland both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
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
Erland
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #272 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #163 among boys in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #455 among boys in Norway, in 2015.
Norway · Boys