Astrid

femaleOld Norse

Commonly interpreted as 'beautiful god' or 'divinely beautiful'.

Origin: Old Norse

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in Norway in 2025. See regions.

Astrid: Recorded every year since 1945, its highest recorded position is #9, reached in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
133times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#9highest recorded position
29groupings it qualifies for
44names it appears alongside

What stands out in Astrid's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 41 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

ASS-trid/ˈæstɹɪd/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

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Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: Commonly interpreted as 'beautiful god' or 'divinely beautiful'.
Pronunciation: ASS-trid
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Old Norse

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#1126
1998	#1122
1999	#952
2000	#1313
2001	#1170
2002	#1032
2003	#1129
2004	#1158
2005	#916
2006	#928
2007	#693
2008	#937
2009	#664
2010	#683
2011	#594
2012	#607
2013	#626
2014	#486
2015	#532
2016	#396
2017	#376
2018	#328
2019	#316
2020	#241
2021	#240
2022	#239
2023	#235
2024	#263
2025	#238

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #9 among girls in Norway, #238 among girls in England and Wales, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #12 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #238 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Astrid appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 14,204 births with the name.

Astrid across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Astrid's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#12 (1945)	#9 (2025)	#9 (2025)	81 of 81	14,204 (1945–2025)	488 (1945)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#518 (1977)	#375 (2020)	#608 (2025)	19 of 49	84 (1977–2025)	10 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#1296 (1996)	#235 (2023)	#238 (2025)	30 of 30	2,491 (1996–2025)	209 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#446 (2021)	#354 (2022)	#354 (2022)	2 of 2	7 (2021–2022)	4 (2022)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Norway · Girls the name reached its highest position, #9, in 2025, when 296 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1945 — 488 — in a year it ranked #12.

Astrid by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Astrid in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	2,244	5 of 10	449
1950s	3,298	10 of 10	330
1960s	2,080	10 of 10	208
1970s	1,075	10 of 10	108
1980s	802	10 of 10	80
1990s	970	10 of 10	97
2000s	899	10 of 10	90
2010s	1,434	10 of 10	143
2020s	1,402	6 of 10	234

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 449 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2015 and 2016, when recorded births rose by 82, from 125 to 207.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Astrid appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #9, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 76 years, 41 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 488 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1977, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Astrid was ranked #9 in Norway · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Astra · #1755, 14y
Astri · #85, 81y
Asya · #1044, 29y
Ata · #500, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Annie · #8, 81y
Barbara · #10, 80y
Jakob · #6, 81y
Jenny · #13, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alan · #9, 78y
Hanne · #9, 80y
Helen · #9, 81y
Ian · #9, 77y

Comparisons involving Astrid

Existing comparison pages where Astrid and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Astrid in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Wenche vs Astrid
In 1945 they stood at #22 and #12 in Norway · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2008 they were #621 and #65.
Wenche · Astrid · 58 shared years, 1945–2008 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Astrid vs Grethe
In 1945 they stood at #12 and #21 in Norway · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2012 they were #52 and #576.
Astrid · Grethe · 60 shared years, 1945–2012 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2012 Norway ranking
Randi vs Astrid
In 1945 they stood at #11 and #12 in Norway · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2025 they were #522 and #9.
Randi · Astrid · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Astrid measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Astrid at its highest position.

Astrid vs Kirsten
In 1945 they stood at #12 and #20 in Norway · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #9 and #510.
Astrid · Kirsten · 68 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Berit vs Astrid
In 1945 they stood at #7 and #12 in Norway · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2023 they were #494 and #11.
Berit · Astrid · 72 shared years, 1945–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Tove vs Astrid
In 1945 they stood at #19 and #12 in Norway · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2025 they were #489 and #9.
Tove · Astrid · 67 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Astrid and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Astrid without appearing here.

Astrid moved ahead of

Cheryl
In 2000 they stood at #1313 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1170 and #3262.
Geraldine
In 2001 they stood at #1170 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1032 and #2301.
Jesse
In 2003 they stood at #1129 and #965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1158 and #1952.
Kylie
In 2008 they stood at #937 and #899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #664 and #1411.

Moved ahead of Astrid

Brooke
In 2006 they stood at #476 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #73.
Layla
In 2006 they stood at #476 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #127.
Harper
In 2011 they stood at #594 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #607 and #284.
Aria
In 2011 they stood at #594 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #607 and #294.

Moved the opposite way to Astrid

Abigail
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Astrid went from #1296 to #238 while Abigail went from #21 to #171.
Aimee
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Astrid went from #1296 to #238 while Aimee went from #70 to #1809.
Aisling
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Astrid went from #1296 to #238 while Aisling went from #440 to #1892.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Astrid went from #1296 to #238 while Alex went from #161 to #2605.

Moved the same way as Astrid

Charlotte
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Astrid went from #16 to #9 and Charlotte from #345 to #162.
Elizabeth
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Astrid went from #12 to #17 and Elizabeth from #341 to #484.
Louise
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Astrid went from #16 to #9 and Louise from #379 to #59.
Tone
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Astrid went from #12 to #17 and Tone from #56 to #518.

Meaning & Origin

Commonly interpreted as 'beautiful god' or 'divinely beautiful'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Old Norse

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Astrid is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Astrid, between 1945 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	81	#9 in 2025
Republic of Ireland	1977–2025	19	#375 in 2020
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#235 in 2023
Northern Ireland	2021–2022	2	#354 in 2022
Scotland	2024	1	#333 in 2024

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

ASS-trid/ˈæstɹɪd/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Astrid Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Astrid in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Astrid

Astrid at a glance

What stands out in Astrid's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Astrid across 4 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Astrid by decade in Norway · Girls

Astrid appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Astrid

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Astrid

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Astrid and the names beside it

Astrid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Astrid

Moved the opposite way to Astrid

Moved the same way as Astrid

Meaning & Origin

Where Astrid is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Astrid Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Astrid at a glance

What stands out in Astrid's record

Astrid across 4 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Astrid by decade in Norway · Girls

Astrid appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Astrid

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Astrid

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Astrid and the names beside it

Astrid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Astrid

Moved the opposite way to Astrid

Moved the same way as Astrid