Asma vs Åshild
Asma and Åshildcompared 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 2021, Asma was ranked #463 and Åshild #426 among girls in Norway.
Asma and Åshild over time
Asma and Åshild appear together in 1 published list, across 37 years of shared records. Åshild 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.
Åshild reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Asma 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
Asma and Åshild changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1974 and 2021, ending at #463 and #426.
- Longest-running competitions
Asma and Åshild were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 37 years, from 1974 to 2021, ending at #463 and #426.
List by list
Norway · Girls37 shared years, 1974–2021
Asma held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Åshild in 33.
Highest recorded here: Asma #250 in 1985, Åshild #121 in 1979.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2021: Asma #463, Åshild #426.
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 | Åshild |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Scotland · Girls #541 (2024) | Norway · Girls #531 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Asma has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Åshild.
- Both names have recorded usage in 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
Åshild
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #104 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: #73 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #531 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls