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Torleif vs Åsmund

Torleif and Åsmundcompared 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 2015, Torleif was ranked #544 and Åsmund #242 among boys in Norway.

Torleif and Åsmund over time

Torleif and Åsmund appear together in 1 published list, across 52 years of shared records. Åsmund held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torleif in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Torleif reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Åsmund 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

    Torleif and Åsmund changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2015, ending at #544 and #242.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Torleif and Åsmund were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 52 years, from 1945 to 2015, ending at #544 and #242.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Torleif #112 in 1946, Åsmund #137 in 1948.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys52 shared years, 19452015

    Torleif held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Åsmund in 37.

    Highest recorded here: Torleif #112 in 1946, Åsmund #137 in 1948.

    The order changed in 1964: Åsmund moved ahead. In 1963 they stood at #184 and #225; by 1964 that had become #241 and #229.

    Most recent shared year, 2015: Torleif #544, Åsmund #242.

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 Torleif, Åsmund
FieldTorleifÅsmund
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
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 · Boys #544 (2015)Norway · Boys #206 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

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

How each name got here

Torleif

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #123 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2015

    Highest recorded position: #112 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2015).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2015

    Most recently recorded at #544 among boys in Norway, in 2015.

    Norway · Boys

Åsmund

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #226 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #137 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #206 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys