Ayse vs Marte
Ayse and Martecompared 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 2017, Ayse was ranked #522 and Marte #166 among girls in Norway.
Ayse and Marte over time
Ayse and Marte appear together in 1 published list, across 42 years of shared records. Marte held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ayse 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.
Ayse reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Marte 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
Ayse and Marte were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 42 years, from 1952 to 2017, ending at #522 and #166.
List by list
Norway · Girls42 shared years, 1952–2017
Ayse held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Marte in 39.
Highest recorded here: Ayse #333 in 1962, Marte #8 in 1990.
The order changed in 1958: Marte moved ahead. In 1957 they stood at #360 and #402; by 1958 that had become #446 and #321.
Most recent shared year, 2017: Ayse #522, Marte #166.
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 | Ayse | Marte |
|---|---|---|
| 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, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #2253 (2024) | Norway · Girls #480 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ayse and Marte both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ayse
Popularity journey
First recorded1950
First recorded at #385 among girls in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1950–2017
Highest recorded position: #333 among girls in Norway, in 1962 (recorded 1950–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Marte
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #358 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in Norway, in 1991 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #480 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls