Lasse vs Noa
Lasse and Noacompared 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 · Boys
In 2025, Lasse was ranked #237 and Noa #244 among boys in Norway.
Lasse and Noa over time
Lasse and Noa appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Lasse held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Noa in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Lasse reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Noa 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
Lasse and Noa changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 2001 and 2025, ending at #237 and #244.
List by list
Norway · Boys25 shared years, 2001–2025
Lasse held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Noa in 2.
Highest recorded here: Lasse #112 in 2001, Noa #199 in 2011.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Lasse #237, Noa #244.
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 | Lasse | Noa |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | Used for both boys and girls |
| 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 | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #237 (2025) | Norway · Boys #244 (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 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Lasse has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Noa.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Lasse
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #114 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #44 among boys in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #237 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Noa
Popularity journey
First recorded1997
First recorded at #2152 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2025
Highest recorded position: #199 among boys in Norway, in 2011 (recorded 2001–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #244 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys