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A name. A world of connections.
“ash tree”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Ask is a masculine given name documented in Swedish, Danish, Finnish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Askr, with the stated meaning “ash tree”.
Meaning: “ash tree”
Compare ask (“ash tree”); from Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”). The given name may also be a short form of Áskell, whence also Åskjell and Askjell. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Askur.
02 / Across borders
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2 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Ask
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | 4 | 608 | observed |
| 1990 | 4 | 600 | observed |
| 1991 | 7 | 473 | observed |
| 1992 | 6 | 483 | observed |
| 1993 | 12 | 329 | observed |
| 1994 | 17 | 277 | observed |
| 1995 | 12 | 333 | observed |
| 1996 | 21 | 239 | observed |
| 1997 | 26 | 204 | observed |
| 1998 | 22 | 232 | observed |
| 1999 | 21 | 230 | observed |
| 2000 | 26 | 204 | observed |
| 2001 | 31 | 185 | observed |
| 2002 | 39 | 152 | observed |
| 2003 | 49 | 132 | observed |
| 2004 | 52 | 136 | observed |
| 2005 | 52 | 132 | observed |
| 2006 | 69 | 112 | observed |
| 2007 | 54 | 132 | observed |
| 2008 | 66 | 117 | observed |
| 2009 | 61 | 124 | observed |
| 2010 | 63 | 122 | observed |
| 2011 | 62 | 125 | observed |
| 2012 | 59 | 125 | observed |
| 2013 | 63 | 113 | observed |
| 2014 | 61 | 113 | observed |
| 2015 | 51 | 129 | observed |
| 2016 | 68 | 110 | observed |
| 2017 | 56 | 122 | observed |
| 2018 | 75 | 99 | observed |
| 2019 | 62 | 104 | observed |
| 2020 | 59 | 98 | observed |
| 2021 | 74 | 85 | observed |
| 2022 | 76 | 90 | observed |
| 2023 | 90 | 81 | observed |
| 2024 | 88 | 78 | observed |
| 2025 | 90 | 77 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Ask” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
