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Ingfrid vs Åsta

Ingfrid 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, Ingfrid was ranked #533 and Åsta #680 among girls in Norway.

Ingfrid and Åsta over time

Ingfrid and Åsta appear together in 1 published list, across 23 years of shared records. Ingfrid held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Åsta 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 Ingfrid 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls23 shared years, 19451983

    Ingfrid held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Åsta in 7.

    Highest recorded here: Ingfrid #200 in 1957, Åsta #235 in 1945.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 1983: Ingfrid #533, 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

Side-by-side comparison of Ingfrid, Åsta
FieldIngfridÅsta
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables21
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageNONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #533 (1983)Norway · Girls #272 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Ingfrid has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Åsta.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Ingfrid

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #232 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–1983

    Highest recorded position: #200 among girls in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–1983).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent1983

    Most recently recorded at #533 among girls in Norway, in 1983.

    Norway · Girls

Åsta

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #235 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #272 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls