Gudveig vs Åsta
Gudveig 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 1975, Gudveig was ranked #600 and Åsta #490 among girls in Norway.
Gudveig and Åsta over time
Gudveig and Åsta appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Åsta held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gudveig in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Åsta reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Gudveig 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
Gudveig and Åsta changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1975, ending at #600 and #490.
List by list
Norway · Girls15 shared years, 1945–1975
Gudveig held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Åsta in 10.
Highest recorded here: Gudveig #245 in 1948, Åsta #235 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1975: Gudveig #600, Åsta #490.
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 | Gudveig | 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #600 (1975) | Norway · Girls #272 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Gudveig has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Åsta.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Gudveig
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #284 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1975
Highest recorded position: #245 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1975).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1975
Most recently recorded at #600 among girls in Norway, in 1975.
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