Popular Names in Norway

Information from Statistics Norway. This data is based on the names and birth dates of current residents. This means that residents who have died are not included, hence the numbers are lower for early years. Additionally, this means the names of immigrants who were not born in the country will be included.

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Boys · Girls

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Michael	74	new	new	new
99.	Stig	75	new	new	new
97.	Arnfinn	76	-9	-1	-1.3%
97.	Pål	76	+1	+13	+20.6%
96.	Kristian	77	-17	-14	-15.4%
95.	Tormod	78	new	new	new
94.	Morten	79	new	new	new
93.	Oddbjørn	81	0	+11	+15.7%
91.	Jørgen	82	-1	+9	+12.3%
91.	Martin	82	-9	-4	-4.7%
89.	Olaf	84	+6	+17	+25.4%
89.	Petter	84	new	new	new
88.	Bernt	91	+7	+24	+35.8%
87.	Atle	93	-5	+7	+8.1%
86.	Magnar	94	+12	+31	+49.2%
85.	Ulf	96	+7	+24	+33.3%
84.	Dagfinn	98	-15	-19	-16.2%
82.	Birger	99	0	+13	+15.1%
82.	Roger	99	-2	+10	+11.2%
81.	Kai	100	-4	+3	+3.1%
80.	David	103	+6	+18	+21.2%
78.	Johannes	104	-3	0	0.0%
78.	Roald	104	0	+11	+11.8%
77.	Arve	105	+4	+17	+19.3%
76.	Eivind	106	+6	+20	+23.3%
75.	Sigurd	110	+1	+9	+8.9%
74.	Håkon	112	-24	-54	-32.5%
73.	Roy	114	+17	+41	+56.2%
71.	Frank	116	-13	-22	-15.9%
71.	Harry	116	+1	+8	+7.4%
70.	Sven	121	-3	+3	+2.5%
67.	Peter	123	+3	+9	+7.9%
67.	Robert	123	+19	+38	+44.7%
67.	Willy	123	-5	-7	-5.4%
66.	Jostein	124	+4	+10	+8.8%
65.	Jarle	135	+9	+28	+26.2%
63.	Roar	136	-11	-26	-16.0%
63.	Sigmund	136	-2	+4	+3.0%
62.	Vidar	137	+10	+29	+26.9%
61.	Anders	138	-7	-10	-6.8%
60.	Paul	150	+7	+32	+27.1%
59.	Øystein	158	0	+22	+16.2%
57.	Torbjørn	161	+7	+34	+26.8%
57.	Trygve	161	+6	+33	+25.8%
56.	Jens	166	-3	+8	+5.1%
55.	Inge	167	+2	+28	+20.1%
54.	Øivind	169	+12	+47	+38.5%
53.	Åge	170	+12	+44	+34.9%
52.	Øyvind	177	-2	+11	+6.6%
51.	Ove	179	+4	+32	+21.8%
50.	Bjarne	182	-5	-5	-2.7%
49.	Ola	186	+7	+45	+31.9%
48.	Oddvar	187	-7	-18	-8.8%
46.	Geir	188	+14	+54	+40.3%
46.	Trond	188	+2	+17	+9.9%
45.	Erling	201	-2	+1	+0.5%
44.	Johan	205	+2	+24	+13.3%
43.	Stein	221	-2	+16	+7.8%
41.	Dag	224	+6	+49	+28.0%
41.	Ragnar	224	+3	+33	+17.3%
40.	Arvid	226	-3	-8	-3.4%
39.	Thor	235	+1	+16	+7.3%
38.	Reidar	241	-3	-11	-4.4%
37.	Sverre	252	0	+18	+7.7%
36.	Tom	254	+12	+83	+48.5%
35.	Asbjørn	259	+1	+23	+9.7%
34.	Alf	261	-4	-9	-3.3%
33.	Karl	274	-2	+11	+4.2%
32.	Magne	282	-3	+11	+4.1%
31.	Jon	308	+2	+48	+18.5%
30.	Finn	312	-2	+34	+12.2%
29.	Egil	322	-2	+2	+0.6%
28.	Ivar	324	+4	+62	+23.7%
27.	Arild	328	+7	+74	+29.1%
26.	Nils	339	-1	+7	+2.1%
25.	Erik	364	+1	+34	+10.3%
24.	Lars	372	0	+27	+7.8%
23.	Kåre	373	-2	-24	-6.0%
22.	Einar	396	+1	+43	+12.2%
21.	Steinar	407	-2	-10	-2.4%
20.	Olav	418	0	+4	+1.0%
19.	Leif	456	-1	+6	+1.3%
18.	Helge	473	+4	+102	+27.5%
17.	John	509	-2	+28	+5.8%
16.	Rolf	520	-2	+31	+6.3%
15.	Tor	534	+2	+57	+11.9%
14.	Ole	537	+2	+57	+11.9%
13.	Tore	591	0	+101	+20.6%
12.	Harald	634	-4	-47	-6.9%
11.	Gunnar	638	+1	+143	+28.9%
10.	Hans	647	0	+64	+11.0%
9.	Terje	687	+2	+105	+18.0%
8.	Odd	759	+1	+138	+22.2%
7.	Knut	892	0	+191	+27.2%
6.	Svein	1,022	-1	+117	+12.9%
5.	Arne	1,041	+1	+172	+19.8%
4.	Kjell	1,106	0	+72	+7.0%
3.	Bjørn	1,139	0	+87	+8.3%
2.	Per	1,371	0	+162	+13.4%
1.	Jan	1,476	0	+227	+18.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Judith	68	new	new	new
99.	Målfrid	68	-18	-9	-11.7%
96.	Astri	69	-3	+5	+7.8%
96.	Ellinor	69	new	new	new
96.	Evelyn	69	new	new	new
94.	Kjellaug	70	-1	+6	+9.4%
94.	Marianne	70	+4	+8	+12.9%
91.	Edel	71	0	+6	+9.2%
91.	Eldbjørg	71	-16	-12	-14.5%
91.	Sylvi	71	new	new	new
88.	Erna	72	-10	-6	-7.7%
88.	Evy	72	0	+6	+9.1%
88.	Svanhild	72	-10	-6	-7.7%
87.	Ann	73	-13	-11	-13.1%
86.	Maria	75	+1	+8	+11.9%
85.	Åshild	77	new	new	new
84.	Tordis	78	-2	+9	+13.0%
83.	Hanne	79	+10	+15	+23.4%
82.	Gunhild	84	0	+15	+21.7%
79.	Ingeborg	86	-13	-15	-14.9%
79.	Olaug	86	-7	-3	-3.4%
79.	Rita	86	new	new	new
78.	Ingebjørg	87	-20	-26	-23.0%
77.	Magnhild	88	-1	+8	+10.0%
76.	Mona	91	+20	+28	+44.4%
75.	Aslaug	92	-7	-5	-5.2%
74.	Ingunn	93	+11	+25	+36.8%
72.	Greta	97	+6	+19	+24.4%
72.	Lise	97	+10	+28	+40.6%
71.	Marie	105	-3	+8	+8.2%
70.	Jorun	108	-20	-20	-15.6%
69.	Birgit	109	-10	-3	-2.7%
67.	Gro	113	0	+13	+13.0%
67.	Kirsti	113	-16	-10	-8.1%
65.	Helga	115	-2	+6	+5.5%
65.	Sonja	115	-23	-32	-21.8%
64.	Lisbeth	118	+7	+26	+28.3%
63.	Torild	120	new	new	new
62.	Torhild	125	+14	+45	+56.3%
61.	Torunn	127	+4	+25	+24.5%
59.	Elsa	128	0	+16	+14.3%
59.	Signe	128	+3	+18	+16.4%
58.	Gunvor	129	-10	-4	-3.0%
57.	Sigrid	130	+13	+35	+36.8%
55.	Mary	136	+1	+22	+19.3%
55.	Synnøve	136	-9	0	0.0%
53.	Irene	138	+1	+19	+16.0%
53.	Sidsel	138	-2	+15	+12.2%
52.	Anne-Lise	144	-9	-1	-0.7%
50.	Karen	145	+11	+34	+30.6%
50.	Solfrid	145	-1	+16	+12.4%
49.	Mette	146	+6	+30	+25.9%
48.	Aase	155	-2	+19	+14.0%
47.	Gunn	156	+6	+36	+30.0%
46.	May	172	-1	+35	+25.5%
45.	Rigmor	173	-7	0	0.0%
43.	Bente	174	+20	+65	+59.6%
43.	Lillian	174	-4	+20	+13.0%
42.	Tone	176	+14	+62	+54.4%
41.	Ruth	187	-6	-12	-6.0%
40.	Anna	188	-3	+5	+2.7%
39.	Elisabeth	197	+5	+57	+40.7%
38.	Elin	202	+3	+52	+34.7%
37.	Toril	211	+48	+143	+210%
36.	Bodil	218	0	+32	+17.2%
35.	Eli	264	-4	-26	-9.0%
34.	Brit	279	-7	-27	-8.8%
33.	Ellen	308	-4	+8	+2.7%
32.	Britt	309	+1	+58	+23.1%
31.	Unni	314	-1	+23	+7.9%
30.	Torill	315	+10	+162	+106%
29.	Grete	326	-1	+22	+7.2%
28.	Laila	338	-4	+3	+0.9%
27.	Sissel	343	+7	+121	+54.5%
26.	Vigdis	345	+6	+68	+24.5%
25.	Ingrid	351	+1	+40	+12.9%
24.	Grethe	356	-3	+1	+0.3%
23.	Åse	358	+2	+38	+11.9%
22.	Ragnhild	372	-4	-16	-4.1%
21.	Wenche	382	+1	+38	+11.0%
20.	Jorunn	395	+3	+57	+16.9%
19.	Kirsten	402	0	+15	+3.9%
18.	Tove	406	+2	+38	+10.3%
17.	Reidun	444	0	+46	+11.6%
16.	Astrid	475	-4	-32	-6.3%
15.	Else	498	-2	-3	-0.6%
14.	Aud	507	+1	+10	+2.0%
13.	Solveig	518	+1	+18	+3.6%
12.	Turid	563	+3	+66	+13.3%
11.	Karin	575	-1	+26	+4.7%
10.	Randi	582	+1	+70	+13.7%
9.	Gerd	591	0	+37	+6.7%
8.	Eva	717	0	+101	+16.4%
7.	Berit	726	0	+75	+11.5%
6.	Bjørg	814	0	+117	+16.8%
5.	Marit	874	0	+131	+17.6%
4.	Liv	953	-1	+76	+8.7%
3.	Kari	993	+1	+162	+19.5%
2.	Inger	1,245	0	+107	+9.4%
1.	Anne	1,585	0	+202	+14.6%

Popularity extremes for Norway