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
97.	Arnt	72	new	new	new
97.	Bjørnar	72	new	new	new
97.	Johnny	72	+1	-3	-4.0%
97.	Jørgen	72	-7	-15	-17.2%
96.	Michael	74	-4	-6	-7.5%
92.	Aage	75	new	new	new
92.	Johannes	75	-7	-24	-24.2%
92.	Pål	75	+5	-1	-1.3%
92.	Petter	75	new	new	new
90.	Magnar	77	-5	-22	-22.2%
90.	Torgeir	77	new	new	new
89.	Bernt	79	new	new	new
88.	Atle	80	-11	-25	-23.8%
87.	Ulf	81	+1	-15	-15.6%
85.	David	91	-13	-22	-19.5%
85.	Kai	91	-2	-9	-9.0%
84.	Torstein	92	+7	+9	+10.8%
83.	Arnfinn	94	-1	-8	-7.8%
82.	Eivind	95	+13	+16	+20.3%
81.	Sven	96	-3	-8	-7.7%
80.	Roger	98	+1	-5	-4.9%
79.	Peter	99	-12	-22	-18.2%
78.	Morten	100	0	-4	-3.8%
77.	Harry	104	+12	+13	+14.3%
76.	Robert	105	-6	-12	-10.3%
75.	Birger	108	+12	+10	+10.2%
73.	Arve	109	-4	-9	-7.6%
73.	Dagfinn	109	+3	+3	+2.8%
72.	Sigmund	111	+2	+1	+0.9%
69.	Jarle	114	-3	-8	-6.6%
69.	Jostein	114	+5	+4	+3.6%
69.	Roy	114	+9	+10	+9.6%
68.	Håkon	115	-3	-9	-7.3%
67.	Trygve	116	-6	-22	-15.9%
66.	Willy	117	-2	-18	-13.3%
65.	Roald	121	+6	+6	+5.2%
64.	Paul	123	-4	-19	-13.4%
63.	Rune	127	+10	+16	+14.4%
62.	Ola	132	-10	-39	-22.8%
61.	Anders	138	0	0	0.0%
60.	Frank	143	+7	+22	+18.2%
58.	Jens	145	-1	-16	-9.9%
58.	Øivind	145	-7	-29	-16.7%
57.	Ove	152	+1	-8	-5.0%
55.	Dag	155	-10	-32	-17.1%
55.	Øyvind	155	-13	-38	-19.7%
54.	Inge	162	+7	+24	+17.4%
53.	Johan	163	-10	-26	-13.8%
52.	Ragnar	165	-5	-20	-10.8%
51.	Bjarne	167	+8	+8	+5.0%
50.	Roar	169	0	-6	-3.4%
49.	Åge	173	-3	-13	-7.0%
48.	Erling	177	-5	-12	-6.3%
47.	Vidar	178	+9	+12	+7.2%
46.	Oddvar	180	+9	+13	+7.8%
45.	Stein	184	+4	+7	+4.0%
44.	Geir	186	+10	+18	+10.7%
43.	Torbjørn	189	+10	+20	+11.8%
42.	Øystein	198	+6	+17	+9.4%
41.	Asbjørn	212	-6	-28	-11.7%
40.	Thor	216	+1	+9	+4.3%
38.	Arvid	226	-1	-10	-4.2%
38.	Sverre	226	-6	-30	-11.7%
37.	Trond	233	+1	+4	+1.7%
36.	Karl	245	+4	+32	+15.0%
35.	Tom	252	+4	+33	+15.1%
34.	Ivar	255	-4	-29	-10.2%
33.	Reidar	256	0	+1	+0.4%
32.	Alf	268	+4	+29	+12.1%
31.	Finn	271	0	0	0.0%
30.	Jon	290	+3	+35	+13.7%
29.	Magne	296	0	+9	+3.1%
28.	Egil	304	0	+11	+3.8%
27.	Einar	317	-1	-18	-5.4%
26.	Arild	330	+1	+24	+7.8%
25.	Lars	331	-4	-72	-17.9%
24.	Erik	339	+1	-1	-0.3%
23.	Kåre	340	+1	-52	-13.3%
22.	Olav	353	+1	-41	-10.4%
21.	Steinar	369	-1	-54	-12.8%
20.	Nils	370	+2	-30	-7.5%
19.	Leif	401	-1	-55	-12.1%
18.	Helge	430	+1	+1	+0.2%
17.	John	481	-7	-99	-17.1%
16.	Rolf	483	+1	-10	-2.0%
15.	Tore	507	+1	-10	-1.9%
14.	Harald	518	-1	-25	-4.6%
13.	Hans	521	-1	-41	-7.3%
12.	Ole	534	+2	+5	+0.9%
11.	Tor	555	+4	+34	+6.5%
10.	Gunnar	560	+1	-17	-2.9%
9.	Terje	630	0	-17	-2.6%
8.	Odd	672	-1	-79	-10.5%
7.	Knut	720	+1	-23	-3.1%
6.	Arne	889	0	-17	-1.9%
5.	Svein	977	0	+3	+0.3%
4.	Kjell	979	0	-13	-1.3%
3.	Bjørn	1,110	0	-4	-0.4%
2.	Per	1,238	0	+6	+0.5%
1.	Jan	1,440	0	+53	+3.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Kristin	63	new	new	new
98.	Eldbjørg	65	-15	-11	-14.5%
98.	Margaret	65	new	new	new
96.	Anny	66	-13	-10	-13.2%
96.	Greta	66	-3	-6	-8.3%
93.	Hilde	67	+2	-3	-4.3%
93.	Oddbjørg	67	new	new	new
93.	Solbjørg	67	new	new	new
91.	Magnhild	68	-2	-6	-8.1%
91.	Tordis	68	+6	+1	+1.5%
90.	Aslaug	70	-1	-4	-5.4%
89.	Gudrun	71	-7	-8	-10.1%
88.	Åshild	72	-15	-24	-25.0%
86.	Maria	73	-6	-9	-11.0%
86.	Sølvi	73	+3	-1	-1.4%
85.	Hanne	75	-2	-1	-1.3%
84.	Evy	80	+15	+14	+21.2%
83.	Sigrun	81	-6	-10	-11.0%
82.	Lise	82	-4	-8	-8.9%
81.	Ingunn	85	-7	-7	-7.6%
80.	Helga	86	-10	-20	-18.9%
79.	Gunhild	88	new	new	new
78.	Ingebjørg	89	-4	-3	-3.3%
76.	Erna	91	+7	+15	+19.7%
76.	Rita	91	+11	+16	+21.3%
74.	Olaug	93	+7	+13	+16.3%
74.	Sonja	93	-9	-23	-19.8%
72.	Marianne	94	+2	+2	+2.2%
72.	Mona	94	+6	+4	+4.4%
71.	Marie	96	-10	-25	-20.7%
69.	Ingeborg	97	+18	+22	+29.3%
69.	Sigrid	97	-2	-12	-11.0%
68.	Anne-Lise	101	-16	-42	-29.4%
67.	Sidsel	105	-1	-9	-7.9%
66.	Jorun	108	-7	-16	-12.9%
64.	Birgit	110	+8	+11	+11.1%
64.	Mary	110	-16	-35	-24.1%
62.	Elsa	112	+2	-6	-5.1%
62.	Irene	112	-9	-30	-21.1%
61.	Signe	113	+7	+5	+4.6%
60.	Kirsti	116	-4	-19	-14.1%
57.	Gro	117	+12	+10	+9.3%
57.	Lisbeth	117	+4	-4	-3.3%
57.	Mette	117	0	-15	-11.4%
56.	Ann	121	-1	-16	-11.7%
54.	Aase	124	+9	+5	+4.2%
54.	Torunn	124	-8	-23	-15.6%
53.	Tone	125	+4	-7	-5.3%
52.	Karen	128	+7	+4	+3.2%
51.	Solfrid	134	-4	-12	-8.2%
50.	Gunvor	137	+20	+31	+29.2%
49.	Rigmor	141	+5	+2	+1.4%
48.	Elin	147	0	+2	+1.4%
47.	Torild	148	+1	+3	+2.1%
46.	Synnøve	154	-2	-14	-8.3%
45.	Torhild	157	+3	+12	+8.3%
44.	Anna	166	-1	-5	-2.9%
43.	Lillian	167	-1	-5	-2.9%
42.	Gunn	168	-2	-22	-11.6%
41.	May	178	0	-1	-0.6%
40.	Ruth	184	-1	-12	-6.1%
39.	Bente	194	+6	+46	+31.1%
37.	Bodil	215	+1	+11	+5.4%
37.	Elisabeth	215	0	+5	+2.4%
36.	Eli	233	-3	-35	-13.1%
35.	Toril	248	0	-1	-0.4%
34.	Brit	267	+2	+22	+9.0%
33.	Britt	280	-2	-26	-8.5%
32.	Ellen	292	-2	-19	-6.1%
31.	Ragnhild	297	-6	-45	-13.2%
30.	Sissel	300	+4	+36	+13.6%
29.	Ingrid	307	-3	-34	-10.0%
28.	Jorunn	310	-5	-47	-13.2%
27.	Åse	314	-3	-42	-11.8%
26.	Vigdis	315	+3	+1	+0.3%
25.	Unni	327	+3	-1	-0.3%
24.	Laila	332	+8	+30	+9.9%
23.	Grethe	335	-2	-31	-8.5%
22.	Grete	344	+5	+7	+2.1%
21.	Kirsten	346	-3	-56	-13.9%
20.	Reidun	374	-3	-33	-8.1%
19.	Tove	384	0	-17	-4.2%
18.	Wenche	417	+2	+20	+5.0%
17.	Turid	442	-2	-36	-7.5%
16.	Torill	443	+6	+82	+22.7%
15.	Else	448	+1	-3	-0.7%
14.	Astrid	450	0	-33	-6.8%
13.	Aud	458	0	-26	-5.4%
12.	Solveig	460	0	-31	-6.3%
11.	Gerd	495	-3	-82	-14.2%
10.	Karin	506	0	-49	-8.8%
9.	Eva	512	0	-61	-10.6%
8.	Randi	553	+3	+26	+4.9%
7.	Bjørg	670	-1	-50	-6.9%
6.	Berit	692	+1	-18	-2.5%
5.	Kari	844	-2	-77	-8.4%
4.	Marit	846	+1	-10	-1.2%
3.	Liv	884	+1	-23	-2.5%
2.	Inger	1,075	0	-61	-5.4%
1.	Anne	1,517	0	+40	+2.7%

Popularity extremes for Norway