Astri vs Toril
Astri and Torilcompared 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 1998, Astri was ranked #289 and Toril #451 among girls in Norway.
Astri and Toril over time
Astri and Toril appear together in 1 published list, across 52 years of shared records. Toril held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Astri in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Astri reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Toril 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
Astri and Toril changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1998, ending at #289 and #451.
- Longest-running competitions
Astri and Toril were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 52 years, from 1945 to 1998, ending at #289 and #451.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Astri #85 in 1945, Toril #35 in 1947.
List by list
Norway · Girls52 shared years, 1945–1998
Astri held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Toril in 42.
Highest recorded here: Astri #85 in 1945, Toril #35 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Astri #289, Toril #451.
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 | Astri | Toril |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #304 (2025) | Norway · Girls #451 (1998) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Astri and Toril both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Astri
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #85 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: #85 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #304 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Toril
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #88 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #35 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #451 among girls in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Girls