Grete vs Åsa
Grete and Åsacompared 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 2022, Grete was ranked #484 and Åsa #291 among girls in Norway.
Grete and Åsa over time
Grete and Åsa appear together in 1 published list, across 58 years of shared records. Grete held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Åsa 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.
Grete reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Åsa 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
Grete and Åsa changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2022, ending at #484 and #291.
- Longest-running competitions
Grete and Åsa were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 58 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #484 and #291.
List by list
Norway · Girls58 shared years, 1945–2022
Grete held the stronger position in 51 of those years, Åsa in 7.
Highest recorded here: Grete #19 in 1956, Åsa #217 in 1971.
The order changed in 2020: Åsa moved ahead. In 2019 they stood at #485 and #541; by 2020 that had become #486 and #229.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Grete #484, Åsa #291.
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 | Grete | Åsa |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #484 (2022) | Norway · Girls #179 (2025) |
| 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
- Grete has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Åsa.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Grete
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #28 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #18 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #484 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls
Åsa
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #336 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: #179 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #179 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls