Else-Marie vs Åsta
Else-Marie and Åstacompared 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 1983, Else-Marie was ranked #635 and Åsta #680 among girls in Norway.
Else-Marie and Åsta over time
Else-Marie and Åsta appear together in 1 published list, across 16 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
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.
Åsta reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Else-Marie 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
Else-Marie and Åsta changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1983, ending at #635 and #680.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Else-Marie #217 in 1947, Åsta #235 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Girls16 shared years, 1945–1983
Else-Marie held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Åsta in 8.
Highest recorded here: Else-Marie #217 in 1947, Åsta #235 in 1945.
The order changed in 1964: Else-Marie moved ahead. In 1963 they stood at #454 and #289; by 1964 that had become #511 and #543.
Most recent shared year, 1983: Else-Marie #635, Åsta #680.
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 | Else-Marie | Åsta |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #635 (1983) | Norway · Girls #272 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 64/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Else-Marie has 4 syllables, compared with 1 for Åsta.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Else-Marie
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #238 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1983
Highest recorded position: #217 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1983).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1983
Most recently recorded at #635 among girls in Norway, in 1983.
Norway · Girls
Åsta
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #235 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: #235 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #272 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls