Ausra vs Hedvig
Ausra and Hedvigcompared 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 1996, Ausra was ranked #622 and Hedvig #284 among girls in Norway.
Ausra and Hedvig over time
Ausra and Hedvig appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Ausra held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Hedvig 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.
Ausra reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Hedvig 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 Hedvig changed places 9 times in Norway · Girls between 1967 and 1996, ending at #622 and #284.
List by list
Norway · Girls25 shared years, 1967–1996
Ausra held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Hedvig in 11.
Highest recorded here: Ausra #315 in 1984, Hedvig #284 in 1996.
The order changed in 1992: Hedvig moved ahead. In 1991 they stood at #538 and #602; by 1992 that had become #582 and #475.
Most recent shared year, 1996: Ausra #622, Hedvig #284.
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 | Hedvig |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #622 (1996) | Norway · Girls #19 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ausra and Hedvig both have 2 syllables.
- 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
Hedvig
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #244 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: #19 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #19 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls