Asle

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Asle: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Asle: Recorded since 1945, it reached #117 in 1959, and it was last ranked in 2005.

1registrar recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#117highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2005

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#149
1946	#134
1947	#129
1948	#155
1949	#170
1950	#129
1951	#153
1952	#130
1953	#160
1954	#140
1955	#128
1956	#125
1957	#123
1958	#131
1959	#117
1960	#127
1961	#149
1962	#122
1963	#137
1964	#157
1965	#138
1966	#157
1967	#125
1968	#147
1969	#140
1970	#147
1971	#141
1972	#152
1973	#178
1974	#130
1975	#144
1976	#184
1977	#205
1978	#171
1979	#219
1980	#200
1981	#243
1982	#284
1983	#436
1984	#280
1985	#242
1986	#407
1987	#278
1988	#361
1989	#345
1990	#407
1991	#347
1992	#391
1993	#393
1994	#386
1995	#275
1996	#463
1997	#297
1998	#499
1999	#372
2000	#391
2002	#337
2004	#546
2005	#519

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 59 of the 61 years from 1945 to 2005.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2005 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #149 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2005
Highest recorded position: #117 among boys in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–2005).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #519 among boys in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Boys

Asle by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Asle in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	165	5 of 10	33
1950s	402	10 of 10	40
1960sbusiest	455	10 of 10	46
1970s	438	10 of 10	44
1980s	170	10 of 10	17
1990s	99	10 of 10	10
2000s	25	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 46 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1973 and 1974, when recorded births rose by 26, from 39 to 65.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Asle appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 1959.

Asle's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2005	Norway	male	#519	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#546	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#337	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#391	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#372	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#499	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#463	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#275	16	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#386	9	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#391	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#347	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#407	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#345	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#361	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#278	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#407	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#242	23	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#280	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#436	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#284	17	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#243	20	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#200	31	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#219	26	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#171	39	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#205	29	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#184	36	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#144	50	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#130	65	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#178	39	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#152	50	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#141	55	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#147	49	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#140	50	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#147	47	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#125	57	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#157	38	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#138	49	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#157	38	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#137	41	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#122	51	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#149	37	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#127	47	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#117	52	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#131	45	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#123	44	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#125	46	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#128	43	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#140	34	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#160	29	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#130	39	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#153	30	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#129	40	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#170	25	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#155	30	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#129	39	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#134	41	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#149	30	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2005, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #117, first reached in 1959.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 65 births, registered in Norway in 1974.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

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.

Aslaug · #63, 52y
Åslaug · #250, 32y
Asli · #2643, 24y
Asma · #250, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ingvar · #117, 55y
Borghild · #115, 61y
Didrik · #115, 60y
Anine · #112, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Barbro · #117, 52y
Dagny · #117, 68y
Gard · #117, 69y
Inga · #117, 81y

Asle was ranked #117 in Norway · Boys in 1959. 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.

Asle 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Asle without appearing here.

Asle moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1990 they stood at #407 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #347 and #575.
Stig Compare
In 2004 they stood at #546 and #341 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #519 and #559.

Moved ahead of Asle

Isaac Compare
In 2003 they stood at #337 and #437 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #546 and #279.
Colin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #337 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #546 and #286.
Levi Compare
In 2003 they stood at #337 and #377 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #546 and #294.
James Compare
In 2003 they stood at #337 and #438 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #546 and #316.

Moved the opposite way to Asle

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 while Aksel went from #174 to #66.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 while Andreas went from #140 to #6.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 while Christian went from #161 to #42.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 while Daniel went from #280 to #5.

Moved the same way as Asle

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 and Alfred from #127 to #178.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 and Arild from #32 to #518.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 and Arne from #6 to #160.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Asle went from #149 to #519 and Arthur from #153 to #273.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 1959. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Asle

Asle at a glance

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Asle by decade in Norway · Boys

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Asle by decade in Norway · Boys

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