Asta vs Ingvil
Asta and Ingvilcompared 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 2008, Asta was ranked #496 and Ingvil #596 among girls in Norway.
Asta and Ingvil over time
Asta and Ingvil appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Asta held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingvil in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ingvil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Asta 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
Asta and Ingvil changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1956 and 2008, ending at #496 and #596.
List by list
Norway · Girls21 shared years, 1956–2008
Asta held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Ingvil in 4.
Highest recorded here: Asta #238 in 1985, Ingvil #325 in 1956.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Asta #496, Ingvil #596.
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 | Asta | Ingvil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #220 (2025) | Norway · Girls #517 (2009) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Asta and Ingvil both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Asta
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #218 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: #217 among girls in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #220 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Ingvil
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #325 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–2009
Highest recorded position: #325 among girls in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1956–2009).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #517 among girls in Norway, in 2009.
Norway · Girls