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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway