Tale vs Åse
Tale 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 2025, Tale was ranked #205 and Åse #93 among girls in Norway.
Tale and Åse over time
Tale and Åse appear together in 1 published list, across 57 years of shared records. Åse held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Tale 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 Tale 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
Tale and Åse changed places 10 times in Norway · Girls between 1967 and 2025, ending at #205 and #93.
- Mirrored each other
Over 57 shared years in Norway · Girls, Tale rose about as far as Åse fell — from #475 and #60 in 1967 to #205 and #93 in 2025.
- Longest-running competitions
Tale and Åse were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 57 years, from 1967 to 2025, ending at #205 and #93.
List by list
Norway · Girls57 shared years, 1967–2025
Tale held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Åse in 44.
Highest recorded here: Tale #205 in 2025, Åse #57 in 1968.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Tale #205, Åse #93.
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 | Tale | 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #205 (2025) | 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
- Tale has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Åse.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Tale
Popularity journey
First recorded1967
First recorded at #475 among girls in Norway in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1967–2025
Highest recorded position: #205 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1967–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #205 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
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