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.

Shrink changes

Boys · Girls

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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway