Gro vs Åse
Gro and Åsecompared 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 2023, Gro was ranked #465 and Åse #123 among girls in Norway.
Gro and Åse over time
Gro and Åse appear together in 1 published list, across 62 years of shared records. Åse held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gro in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Åse reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Gro 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
Gro and Åse changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2023, ending at #465 and #123.
- Longest-running competitions
Gro and Åse were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 62 years, from 1945 to 2023, ending at #465 and #123.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Gro #22 in 1957, Åse #20 in 1955.
List by list
Norway · Girls62 shared years, 1945–2023
Gro held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Åse in 33.
Highest recorded here: Gro #22 in 1957, Åse #20 in 1955.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2023: Gro #465, Åse #123.
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 | Gro | Åse |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #465 (2023) | Norway · Girls #93 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Gro and Åse both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Gro
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #65 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #22 among girls in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #465 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls
Åse
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #25 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: #20 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #93 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls