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.	Olaf	74	-11	-10	-11.9%
98.	Johnny	75	new	new	new
98.	William	75	new	new	new
97.	Pål	76	0	0	0.0%
95.	Eivind	79	-19	-27	-25.5%
95.	Otto	79	new	new	new
92.	Martin	80	-1	-2	-2.4%
92.	Michael	80	+8	+6	+8.1%
92.	Tormod	80	+3	+2	+2.6%
91.	Torstein	83	new	new	new
90.	Jørgen	87	+1	+5	+6.1%
89.	Harry	91	-18	-25	-21.6%
88.	Ulf	96	-3	0	0.0%
87.	Birger	98	-5	-1	-1.0%
85.	Johannes	99	-7	-5	-4.8%
85.	Magnar	99	+1	+5	+5.3%
83.	Kai	100	-2	0	0.0%
83.	Sigurd	100	-8	-10	-9.1%
82.	Arnfinn	102	+15	+26	+34.2%
81.	Roger	103	+1	+4	+4.0%
78.	Morten	104	+16	+25	+31.6%
78.	Roy	104	-5	-10	-8.8%
78.	Sven	104	-8	-17	-14.0%
77.	Atle	105	+10	+12	+12.9%
76.	Dagfinn	106	+8	+8	+8.2%
74.	Jostein	110	-8	-14	-11.3%
74.	Sigmund	110	-11	-26	-19.1%
73.	Rune	111	new	new	new
72.	David	113	+8	+10	+9.7%
71.	Roald	115	+7	+11	+10.6%
70.	Robert	117	-3	-6	-4.9%
69.	Arve	118	+8	+13	+12.4%
67.	Frank	121	+4	+5	+4.3%
67.	Peter	121	0	-2	-1.6%
66.	Jarle	122	-1	-13	-9.6%
65.	Håkon	124	+9	+12	+10.7%
64.	Willy	135	+3	+12	+9.8%
61.	Anders	138	0	0	0.0%
61.	Inge	138	-6	-29	-17.4%
61.	Trygve	138	-4	-23	-14.3%
60.	Paul	142	0	-8	-5.3%
59.	Bjarne	159	-9	-23	-12.6%
58.	Ove	160	-7	-19	-10.6%
57.	Jens	161	-1	-5	-3.0%
56.	Vidar	166	+6	+29	+21.2%
55.	Oddvar	167	-7	-20	-10.7%
54.	Geir	168	-8	-20	-10.6%
53.	Torbjørn	169	+4	+8	+5.0%
52.	Ola	171	-3	-15	-8.1%
51.	Øivind	174	+3	+5	+3.0%
50.	Roar	175	+13	+39	+28.7%
49.	Stein	177	-6	-44	-19.9%
48.	Øystein	181	+11	+23	+14.6%
47.	Ragnar	185	-6	-39	-17.4%
46.	Åge	186	+7	+16	+9.4%
45.	Dag	187	-4	-37	-16.5%
43.	Erling	189	+2	-12	-6.0%
43.	Johan	189	+1	-16	-7.8%
42.	Øyvind	193	+10	+16	+9.0%
41.	Thor	207	-2	-28	-11.9%
40.	Karl	213	-7	-61	-22.3%
39.	Tom	219	-3	-35	-13.8%
38.	Trond	229	+8	+41	+21.8%
37.	Arvid	236	+3	+10	+4.4%
36.	Alf	239	-2	-22	-8.4%
35.	Asbjørn	240	0	-19	-7.3%
33.	Jon	255	-2	-53	-17.2%
33.	Reidar	255	+5	+14	+5.8%
32.	Sverre	256	+5	+4	+1.6%
31.	Finn	271	-1	-41	-13.1%
30.	Ivar	284	-2	-40	-12.3%
29.	Magne	287	+3	+5	+1.8%
28.	Egil	293	+1	-29	-9.0%
27.	Arild	306	0	-22	-6.7%
26.	Einar	335	-4	-61	-15.4%
25.	Erik	340	0	-24	-6.6%
24.	Kåre	392	-1	+19	+5.1%
23.	Olav	394	-3	-24	-5.7%
22.	Nils	400	+4	+61	+18.0%
21.	Lars	403	+3	+31	+8.3%
20.	Steinar	423	+1	+16	+3.9%
19.	Helge	429	-1	-44	-9.3%
18.	Leif	456	+1	0	0.0%
17.	Rolf	493	-1	-27	-5.2%
16.	Tore	517	-3	-74	-12.5%
15.	Tor	521	0	-13	-2.4%
14.	Ole	529	0	-8	-1.5%
13.	Harald	543	-1	-91	-14.4%
12.	Hans	562	-2	-85	-13.1%
11.	Gunnar	577	0	-61	-9.6%
10.	John	580	+7	+71	+13.9%
9.	Terje	647	0	-40	-5.8%
8.	Knut	743	-1	-149	-16.7%
7.	Odd	751	+1	-8	-1.1%
6.	Arne	906	-1	-135	-13.0%
5.	Svein	974	+1	-48	-4.7%
4.	Kjell	992	0	-114	-10.3%
3.	Bjørn	1,114	0	-25	-2.2%
2.	Per	1,232	0	-139	-10.1%
1.	Jan	1,387	0	-89	-6.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Astri	66	-3	-3	-4.3%
99.	Evy	66	-11	-6	-8.3%
97.	Margit	67	new	new	new
97.	Tordis	67	-13	-11	-14.1%
96.	Edel	69	-5	-2	-2.8%
95.	Hilde	70	new	new	new
94.	Kjellaug	71	0	+1	+1.4%
93.	Greta	72	-21	-25	-25.8%
92.	Guri	73	new	new	new
89.	Aslaug	74	-14	-18	-19.6%
89.	Magnhild	74	-12	-14	-15.9%
89.	Sølvi	74	new	new	new
87.	Ingeborg	75	-8	-11	-12.8%
87.	Rita	75	-8	-11	-12.8%
83.	Anny	76	new	new	new
83.	Eldbjørg	76	+8	+5	+7.0%
83.	Erna	76	+5	+4	+5.6%
83.	Hanne	76	0	-3	-3.8%
82.	Gudrun	79	new	new	new
81.	Olaug	80	-2	-6	-7.0%
80.	Maria	82	+6	+7	+9.3%
78.	Lise	90	-6	-7	-7.2%
78.	Mona	90	-2	-1	-1.1%
77.	Sigrun	91	new	new	new
74.	Ingebjørg	92	+4	+5	+5.7%
74.	Ingunn	92	0	-1	-1.1%
74.	Marianne	92	+20	+22	+31.4%
73.	Åshild	96	+12	+19	+24.7%
72.	Birgit	99	-3	-10	-9.2%
70.	Gunvor	106	-12	-23	-17.8%
70.	Helga	106	-5	-9	-7.8%
69.	Gro	107	-2	-6	-5.3%
68.	Signe	108	-9	-20	-15.6%
67.	Sigrid	109	-10	-21	-16.2%
66.	Sidsel	114	-13	-24	-17.4%
65.	Sonja	116	0	+1	+0.9%
64.	Elsa	118	-5	-10	-7.8%
63.	Aase	119	-15	-36	-23.2%
61.	Lisbeth	121	+3	+3	+2.5%
61.	Marie	121	+10	+16	+15.2%
59.	Jorun	124	+11	+16	+14.8%
59.	Karen	124	-9	-21	-14.5%
57.	Mette	132	-8	-14	-9.6%
57.	Tone	132	-15	-44	-25.0%
56.	Kirsti	135	+11	+22	+19.5%
55.	Ann	137	+32	+64	+87.7%
54.	Rigmor	139	-9	-34	-19.7%
53.	Irene	142	0	+4	+2.9%
52.	Anne-Lise	143	0	-1	-0.7%
48.	Elin	145	-10	-57	-28.2%
48.	Mary	145	+7	+9	+6.6%
48.	Torhild	145	+14	+20	+16.0%
48.	Torild	145	+15	+25	+20.8%
47.	Solfrid	146	+3	+1	+0.7%
46.	Torunn	147	+15	+20	+15.7%
45.	Bente	148	-2	-26	-14.9%
44.	Synnøve	168	+11	+32	+23.5%
43.	Anna	171	-3	-17	-9.0%
42.	Lillian	172	+1	-2	-1.1%
41.	May	179	+5	+7	+4.1%
40.	Gunn	190	+7	+34	+21.8%
39.	Ruth	196	+2	+9	+4.8%
38.	Bodil	204	-2	-14	-6.4%
37.	Elisabeth	210	+2	+13	+6.6%
36.	Brit	245	-2	-34	-12.2%
35.	Toril	249	+2	+38	+18.0%
34.	Sissel	264	-7	-79	-23.0%
33.	Eli	268	+2	+4	+1.5%
32.	Laila	302	-4	-36	-10.7%
31.	Britt	306	+1	-3	-1.0%
30.	Ellen	311	+3	+3	+1.0%
29.	Vigdis	314	-3	-31	-9.0%
28.	Unni	328	+3	+14	+4.5%
27.	Grete	337	+2	+11	+3.4%
26.	Ingrid	341	-1	-10	-2.8%
25.	Ragnhild	342	-3	-30	-8.1%
24.	Åse	356	-1	-2	-0.6%
23.	Jorunn	357	-3	-38	-9.6%
22.	Torill	361	+8	+46	+14.6%
21.	Grethe	366	+3	+10	+2.8%
20.	Wenche	397	+1	+15	+3.9%
19.	Tove	401	-1	-5	-1.2%
18.	Kirsten	402	+1	0	0.0%
17.	Reidun	407	0	-37	-8.3%
16.	Else	451	-1	-47	-9.4%
15.	Turid	478	-3	-85	-15.1%
14.	Astrid	483	+2	+8	+1.7%
13.	Aud	484	+1	-23	-4.5%
12.	Solveig	491	+1	-27	-5.2%
11.	Randi	527	-1	-55	-9.5%
10.	Karin	555	+1	-20	-3.5%
9.	Eva	573	-1	-144	-20.1%
8.	Gerd	577	+1	-14	-2.4%
7.	Berit	710	0	-16	-2.2%
6.	Bjørg	720	0	-94	-11.5%
5.	Marit	856	0	-18	-2.1%
4.	Liv	907	0	-46	-4.8%
3.	Kari	921	0	-72	-7.3%
2.	Inger	1,136	0	-109	-8.8%
1.	Anne	1,477	0	-108	-6.8%

Popularity extremes for Norway