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A name. A world of connections.
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01 / Meaning & origin
Asle is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian Nynorsk and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Ásli.
From Old Norse Atli with a change of tl to sl, cf. netle > nesle. Also a short form of names beginning with Asl- (e.g. Asleiv), or from Old Norse Ásli, from Proto-Germanic *Ansilô.
02 / Across borders
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Norway, 2005: 4 boys (rank 516). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Asle
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 | 30 | 149 | observed |
| 1946 | 41 | 134 | observed |
| 1947 | 39 | 129 | observed |
| 1948 | 30 | 155 | observed |
| 1949 | 25 | 170 | observed |
| 1950 | 40 | 129 | observed |
| 1951 | 30 | 152 | observed |
| 1952 | 39 | 130 | observed |
| 1953 | 29 | 160 | observed |
| 1954 | 34 | 140 | observed |
| 1955 | 43 | 128 | observed |
| 1956 | 46 | 125 | observed |
| 1957 | 44 | 123 | observed |
| 1958 | 45 | 131 | observed |
| 1959 | 52 | 117 | observed |
| 1960 | 47 | 127 | observed |
| 1961 | 37 | 149 | observed |
| 1962 | 51 | 122 | observed |
| 1963 | 41 | 137 | observed |
| 1964 | 38 | 157 | observed |
| 1965 | 49 | 138 | observed |
| 1966 | 38 | 157 | observed |
| 1967 | 57 | 125 | observed |
| 1968 | 47 | 146 | observed |
| 1969 | 50 | 140 | observed |
| 1970 | 49 | 146 | observed |
| 1971 | 55 | 141 | observed |
| 1972 | 50 | 152 | observed |
| 1973 | 39 | 178 | observed |
| 1974 | 65 | 128 | observed |
| 1975 | 50 | 144 | observed |
| 1976 | 36 | 184 | observed |
| 1977 | 29 | 205 | observed |
| 1978 | 39 | 170 | observed |
| 1979 | 26 | 219 | observed |
| 1980 | 31 | 200 | observed |
| 1981 | 20 | 241 | observed |
| 1982 | 17 | 283 | observed |
| 1983 | 9 | 431 | observed |
| 1984 | 18 | 277 | observed |
| 1985 | 23 | 242 | observed |
| 1986 | 10 | 404 | observed |
| 1987 | 17 | 276 | observed |
| 1988 | 12 | 357 | observed |
| 1989 | 13 | 343 | observed |
| 1990 | 10 | 405 | observed |
| 1991 | 12 | 344 | observed |
| 1992 | 9 | 388 | observed |
| 1993 | 9 | 391 | observed |
| 1994 | 9 | 383 | observed |
| 1995 | 16 | 274 | observed |
| 1996 | 6 | 459 | observed |
| 1997 | 14 | 295 | observed |
| 1998 | 5 | 492 | observed |
| 1999 | 9 | 368 | observed |
| 2000 | 8 | 388 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | 9 | 336 | observed |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | 4 | 539 | observed |
| 2005 | 4 | 516 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Asle” 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
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.
