Asma vs Ma
Asma and Macompared 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 2005, Asma was ranked #448 and Ma #609 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2009, Asma was ranked #664 and Ma #5556 among girls in England and Wales.
Asma and Ma over time
Asma and Ma appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Ma held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Asma 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
Asma and Ma changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1974 and 2005, ending at #448 and #609.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Asma #250 in 1985, Ma #252 in 1985.
List by list
Norway · Girls21 shared years, 1974–2005
Asma held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Ma in 13.
Highest recorded here: Asma #250 in 1985, Ma #252 in 1985.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2005: Asma #448, Ma #609.
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 | Asma | Ma |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Scotland · Girls #541 (2024) | England and Wales · Girls #5556 (2009) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Asma has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Ma.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Asma
Popularity journey
First recorded1974
First recorded at #537 among girls in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1974–2021
Highest recorded position: #250 among girls in Norway, in 1985 (recorded 1974–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Ma
Popularity journey
First recorded1962
First recorded at #462 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1962–2005
Highest recorded position: #252 among girls in Norway, in 1985 (recorded 1962–2005).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #609 among girls in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Girls