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	1,374	0	+29	+2.2%
2.	Per	1,100	0	-61	-5.3%
3.	Bjørn	974	0	-55	-5.3%
4.	Svein	926	+1	+15	+1.6%
5.	Kjell	925	-1	-100	-9.8%
6.	Arne	772	0	-55	-6.7%
7.	Knut	679	0	-118	-14.8%
8.	Terje	623	0	-36	-5.5%
9.	Odd	602	0	-30	-4.7%
10.	Tor	526	+2	+23	+4.6%
11.	John	517	+3	+28	+5.7%
12.	Gunnar	515	-1	+5	+1.0%
13.	Hans	511	-3	-50	-8.9%
14.	Ole	505	-1	+5	+1.0%
15.	Rolf	441	+1	+13	+3.0%
16.	Harald	420	-1	-32	-7.1%
17.	Helge	409	0	-7	-1.7%
18.	Tore	402	+1	+3	+0.8%
19.	Leif	381	-1	-34	-8.2%
20.	Steinar	370	0	-7	-1.9%
21.	Lars	361	0	+11	+3.1%
22.	Nils	350	+2	+24	+7.4%
23.	Erik	338	0	+8	+2.4%
24.	Arild	322	+1	-2	-0.6%
25.	Kåre	303	+2	+12	+4.1%
26.	Olav	299	-4	-45	-13.1%
27.	Egil	296	+5	+37	+14.3%
28.	Einar	293	-2	-26	-8.2%
29.	Magne	283	+1	+14	+5.2%
30.	Tom	267	+1	+7	+2.7%
31.	Geir	266	+6	+31	+13.2%
32.	Trond	265	-3	-16	-5.7%
33.	Ivar	257	-5	-29	-10.1%
34.	Jon	251	0	+5	+2.0%
35.	Alf	230	+3	0	0.0%
36.	Karl	229	+4	+3	+1.3%
37.	Arvid	221	-1	-18	-7.5%
37.	Finn	221	-2	-23	-9.4%
39.	Asbjørn	211	+3	+8	+3.9%
40.	Reidar	210	-7	-41	-16.3%
40.	Stein	210	+7	+34	+19.3%
42.	Øyvind	187	+2	-5	-2.6%
43.	Sverre	184	-2	-36	-16.4%
44.	Dag	181	+6	+14	+8.4%
44.	Øystein	181	+2	-4	-2.2%
46.	Thor	177	-3	-19	-9.7%
47.	Frank	175	+9	+25	+16.7%
48.	Vidar	174	-3	-17	-8.9%
49.	Bjarne	173	+4	+17	+10.9%
50.	Jens	170	+8	+28	+19.7%
51.	Torbjørn	169	-4	-7	-4.0%
52.	Oddvar	162	-13	-65	-28.6%
53.	Rune	156	+6	+16	+11.4%
54.	Ragnar	155	0	0	0.0%
55.	Johan	153	+2	+9	+6.3%
56.	Roar	152	+5	+16	+11.8%
57.	Åge	151	-8	-20	-11.7%
58.	Inge	143	-6	-19	-11.7%
59.	Anders	142	+9	+31	+27.9%
60.	Erling	139	-9	-26	-15.8%
61.	Morten	138	+23	+49	+55.1%
61.	Ove	138	+2	+9	+7.0%
63.	Øivind	135	-8	-17	-11.2%
64.	Ola	133	-5	-7	-5.0%
65.	Jostein	132	-3	-1	-0.8%
66.	Paul	126	-2	-2	-1.6%
67.	Trygve	119	-1	+2	+1.7%
68.	Arve	118	-3	0	0.0%
69.	Robert	117	+7	+15	+14.7%
70.	Jarle	114	+1	+6	+5.6%
71.	Johnny	113	+15	+29	+34.5%
72.	Sigmund	112	-5	-3	-2.6%
73.	Roy	109	+7	+15	+16.0%
74.	Birger	106	+5	+11	+11.6%
74.	David	106	+9	+15	+16.5%
74.	Willy	106	+1	+3	+2.9%
77.	Dagfinn	105	+3	+11	+11.7%
78.	Peter	103	-9	-7	-6.4%
78.	Roald	103	-4	-1	-1.0%
80.	Sven	101	-10	-8	-7.3%
81.	Roger	99	-8	-7	-6.6%
82.	Eivind	96	new	new	new
83.	Oddbjørn	95	new	new	new
84.	Håkon	94	-7	-4	-4.1%
84.	Petter	94	+4	+11	+13.3%
86.	Arnfinn	92	+6	+13	+16.5%
87.	Johannes	91	-2	+5	+5.8%
87.	Kai	91	+7	+15	+19.7%
89.	Harry	89	-17	-18	-16.8%
90.	Ulf	88	new	new	new
91.	Bernt	86	+3	+10	+13.2%
91.	Mohammad	86	new	new	new
93.	Magnar	85	-2	+5	+6.3%
93.	Michael	85	new	new	new
95.	Atle	84	-17	-12	-12.5%
96.	Frode	83	+2	+10	+13.7%
97.	Martin	78	-4	+1	+1.3%
98.	Pål	74	-2	0	0.0%
98.	Sigurd	74	-18	-20	-21.3%
100.	Tormod	71	-10	-10	-12.3%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Anne	1,582	0	+76	+5.0%
2.	Inger	1,020	0	-10	-1.0%
3.	Marit	821	0	-8	-1.0%
4.	Liv	772	+1	+24	+3.2%
5.	Kari	720	-1	-107	-12.9%
6.	Berit	639	0	-1	-0.2%
7.	Bjørg	564	0	-49	-8.0%
8.	Randi	520	0	-79	-13.2%
9.	Eva	509	0	-12	-2.3%
10.	Karin	449	+3	+32	+7.7%
11.	Aud	432	+6	+37	+9.4%
12.	Gerd	423	-2	-44	-9.4%
13.	Solveig	409	-2	-37	-8.3%
14.	Tove	401	+9	+60	+17.6%
15.	Astrid	400	-3	-27	-6.3%
16.	Wenche	399	-2	+1	+0.3%
17.	Turid	382	-3	-16	-4.0%
18.	Unni	368	+3	+22	+6.4%
19.	Else	367	-3	-29	-7.3%
20.	Reidun	351	-2	-26	-6.9%
21.	Torill	328	-2	-39	-10.6%
22.	Grethe	325	+4	+8	+2.5%
23.	Kirsten	322	+2	+3	+0.9%
24.	Jorunn	319	-4	-42	-11.6%
24.	Sissel	319	-2	-23	-6.7%
26.	Grete	308	+1	-8	-2.5%
27.	Åse	302	-3	-25	-7.6%
28.	Vigdis	297	+3	+21	+7.6%
29.	Ellen	293	0	-7	-2.3%
29.	Ingrid	293	-1	-13	-4.2%
31.	Bente	290	+5	+59	+25.5%
32.	Ragnhild	283	-2	-12	-4.1%
33.	Brit	271	0	+1	+0.4%
34.	Laila	270	0	+1	+0.4%
35.	Eli	237	0	+5	+2.2%
36.	Elisabeth	231	+4	+22	+10.5%
37.	Bodil	226	+2	+6	+2.7%
38.	Britt	224	-6	-47	-17.3%
39.	Elin	207	+2	+28	+15.6%
40.	May	187	-2	-36	-16.1%
41.	Gunn	186	+2	+9	+5.1%
42.	Lisbeth	181	+7	+31	+20.7%
43.	Toril	180	-7	-51	-22.1%
44.	Kirsti	173	+11	+43	+33.1%
45.	Anna	167	-4	-12	-6.7%
46.	Lillian	162	-1	-1	-0.6%
47.	Ruth	159	-3	-15	-8.6%
48.	Marianne	150	+18	+46	+44.2%
48.	Torhild	150	0	-1	-0.7%
50.	Rigmor	149	-5	-14	-8.6%
51.	Tone	140	-1	-7	-4.8%
52.	Ann	139	+6	+17	+13.9%
53.	Synnøve	134	-6	-18	-11.8%
54.	Torunn	127	-3	-11	-8.0%
55.	Mette	126	+5	+12	+10.5%
56.	Gro	125	+5	+12	+10.6%
56.	Gunvor	125	+9	+19	+17.9%
56.	Rita	125	+8	+18	+16.8%
59.	Irene	124	-7	-12	-8.8%
59.	Kristin	124	+22	+44	+55.0%
61.	Karen	120	-4	-5	-4.0%
62.	Birgit	119	+8	+21	+21.4%
62.	Sonja	119	-3	+4	+3.5%
64.	Torild	115	-10	-19	-14.2%
65.	Mary	114	+2	+11	+10.7%
66.	Solfrid	107	-14	-29	-21.3%
67.	Ingebjørg	105	+17	+29	+38.2%
67.	Maria	105	+13	+24	+29.6%
69.	Helga	103	0	+3	+3.0%
69.	Jorun	103	-7	-8	-7.2%
71.	Anne-Lise	98	-15	-29	-22.8%
72.	Ingeborg	97	+6	+15	+18.3%
72.	Sigrid	97	+3	+9	+10.2%
74.	Ingunn	96	+7	+16	+20.0%
74.	Sigrun	96	+9	+19	+24.7%
76.	Mona	92	-3	+1	+1.1%
77.	Marie	91	-14	-18	-16.5%
77.	Sidsel	91	-6	-6	-6.2%
79.	Hanne	90	-1	+8	+9.8%
80.	Lise	89	-5	+1	+1.1%
80.	Signe	89	-13	-14	-13.6%
82.	Olaug	83	-8	-7	-7.8%
83.	Hilde	82	+15	+17	+26.2%
83.	Kjersti	82	new	new	new
85.	Elsa	78	-13	-16	-17.0%
86.	Aase	77	-9	-7	-8.3%
87.	Aslaug	73	+3	+3	+4.3%
88.	Kjellaug	70	-2	-3	-4.1%
89.	Åshild	68	new	new	new
89.	Erna	68	+8	+2	+3.0%
91.	Nina	66	0	-3	-4.3%
92.	Anita	64	new	new	new
92.	Ellinor	64	new	new	new
92.	Judith	64	-1	-5	-7.2%
95.	Evy	63	-7	-8	-11.3%
95.	Margaret	63	new	new	new
95.	Siri	63	new	new	new
98.	Anny	62	new	new	new
98.	Eldbjørg	62	new	new	new
98.	Gunhild	62	-10	-9	-12.7%

Popularity extremes for Norway