Asta vs Jorunn
Asta and Jorunncompared 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 2020, Asta was ranked #318 and Jorunn #449 among girls in Norway.
Asta and Jorunn over time
Asta and Jorunn appear together in 1 published list, across 55 years of shared records. Jorunn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Asta 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.
Asta reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Jorunn 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
Asta and Jorunn were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 55 years, from 1945 to 2020, ending at #318 and #449.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Asta #218 in 1945, Jorunn #18 in 1946.
List by list
Norway · Girls55 shared years, 1945–2020
Asta held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Jorunn in 48.
Highest recorded here: Asta #218 in 1945, Jorunn #18 in 1946.
The order changed in 2016: Asta moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #513 and #461; by 2016 that had become #470 and #521.
Most recent shared year, 2020: Asta #318, Jorunn #449.
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 | Jorunn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 #449 (2020) |
| 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 Jorunn 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
Jorunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #23 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2020
Highest recorded position: #18 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2020).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #449 among girls in Norway, in 2020.
Norway · Girls