Ausra vs Gerd
Ausra and Gerdcompared 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 1993, Ausra was ranked #564 and Gerd #420 among girls in Norway.
Ausra and Gerd over time
Ausra and Gerd appear together in 1 published list, across 26 years of shared records. Gerd held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ausra in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Gerd reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ausra 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
Ausra and Gerd changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1965 and 1993, ending at #564 and #420.
List by list
Norway · Girls26 shared years, 1965–1993
Ausra held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Gerd in 22.
Highest recorded here: Ausra #315 in 1984, Gerd #77 in 1965.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1993: Ausra #564, Gerd #420.
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 | Ausra | Gerd |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #622 (1996) | Norway · Girls #545 (2003) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ausra has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Gerd.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ausra
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #531 among girls in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1965–1996
Highest recorded position: #315 among girls in Norway, in 1984 (recorded 1965–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #622 among girls in Norway, in 1996.
Norway · Girls
Gerd
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #9 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2003
Highest recorded position: #8 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #545 among girls in Norway, in 2003.
Norway · Girls