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
98.	Arnt	83	new	new	new
98.	Bernt	83	new	new	new
98.	Birger	83	-22	-18	-17.8%
96.	Håkon	85	-5	-1	-1.2%
96.	Torstein	85	0	+7	+9.0%
95.	Willy	87	+5	+14	+19.2%
92.	Atle	88	-2	+1	+1.1%
92.	Frode	88	+6	+13	+17.3%
92.	Jarle	88	-19	-17	-16.2%
90.	Harry	89	-2	0	0.0%
90.	Sigurd	89	+7	+13	+17.1%
89.	David	91	-8	-4	-4.2%
88.	Eivind	94	-4	+1	+1.1%
83.	Johnny	96	-2	+1	+1.1%
83.	Martin	96	+8	+10	+11.6%
83.	Michael	96	+4	+6	+6.7%
83.	Pål	96	+10	+11	+12.9%
83.	Sigmund	96	-6	-4	-4.0%
82.	Trygve	97	-14	-18	-15.7%
81.	Peter	99	-11	-14	-12.4%
80.	Magnar	100	+6	+9	+9.9%
79.	Kai	101	-4	-1	-1.0%
77.	Roald	102	-9	-13	-11.3%
77.	Sven	102	+7	+9	+9.7%
75.	Jørn	103	+20	+24	+30.4%
75.	Petter	103	+5	+7	+7.3%
74.	Dagfinn	104	+5	+7	+7.2%
73.	Robert	112	-1	+4	+3.7%
72.	Stig	118	+11	+24	+25.5%
71.	Anders	120	-11	-28	-18.9%
69.	Øivind	121	-4	-9	-6.9%
69.	Roger	121	-2	0	0.0%
67.	Jostein	123	+7	+20	+19.4%
67.	Roy	123	+4	+13	+11.8%
66.	Paul	128	-5	-16	-11.1%
65.	Ragnar	133	-6	-17	-11.3%
63.	Johan	134	-8	-25	-15.7%
63.	Kurt	134	+15	+36	+36.7%
62.	Erling	140	-10	-22	-13.6%
61.	Bjarne	141	-10	-23	-14.0%
60.	Arve	143	+2	+4	+2.9%
58.	Arnfinn	147	+31	+59	+67.0%
58.	Oddvar	147	-6	-15	-9.3%
57.	Jens	150	0	-3	-2.0%
55.	Inge	162	-1	+1	+0.6%
55.	Ola	162	+11	+35	+27.6%
53.	Åge	163	+11	+26	+19.0%
53.	Sverre	163	-6	-16	-8.9%
52.	Asbjørn	166	-6	-16	-8.8%
51.	Ove	171	-6	-12	-6.6%
50.	Torbjørn	176	+5	+17	+10.7%
49.	Reidar	177	-12	-36	-16.9%
48.	Frank	180	+1	+12	+7.1%
46.	Roar	188	+11	+35	+22.9%
46.	Vidar	188	-5	-11	-5.5%
44.	Finn	189	-8	-30	-13.7%
44.	Øystein	189	+6	+24	+14.5%
43.	Karl	193	+1	+4	+2.1%
42.	Thor	195	+6	+20	+11.4%
41.	Morten	200	+21	+61	+43.9%
40.	Arvid	201	+2	+5	+2.6%
39.	Øyvind	202	-1	-8	-3.8%
38.	Magne	216	-4	-25	-10.4%
37.	Alf	229	+2	+20	+9.6%
36.	Ivar	245	-1	+11	+4.7%
35.	Rune	254	+8	+60	+30.9%
34.	Dag	255	+6	+53	+26.2%
33.	Kåre	261	-4	-32	-10.9%
32.	Egil	270	+1	+16	+6.3%
31.	Jon	271	0	-3	-1.1%
30.	Tom	276	-2	-23	-7.7%
29.	Einar	280	-3	-24	-7.9%
28.	Erik	286	-5	-37	-11.5%
27.	Arild	320	0	+19	+6.3%
25.	Nils	334	-1	+18	+5.7%
25.	Olav	334	0	+29	+9.5%
24.	Harald	357	-2	+13	+3.8%
23.	Trond	359	+7	+69	+23.8%
22.	Steinar	371	-3	+2	+0.5%
21.	Leif	378	-5	-15	-3.8%
20.	Lars	383	0	+19	+5.2%
19.	Rolf	416	-5	-19	-4.4%
17.	Geir	419	+4	+61	+17.0%
17.	Stein	419	+15	+155	+58.7%
16.	Tore	427	+2	+50	+13.3%
15.	Gunnar	455	-1	+20	+4.6%
14.	John	475	-1	-27	-5.4%
13.	Helge	492	+4	+103	+26.5%
12.	Ole	494	-2	-31	-5.9%
11.	Tor	501	0	-22	-4.2%
10.	Hans	512	+2	+9	+1.8%
9.	Odd	580	0	+33	+6.0%
8.	Knut	655	-1	-13	-1.9%
7.	Terje	658	+1	+44	+7.2%
6.	Arne	671	0	-2	-0.3%
5.	Svein	812	0	-74	-8.4%
4.	Kjell	970	0	+42	+4.5%
3.	Per	1,024	-1	-71	-6.5%
2.	Bjørn	1,031	+1	+84	+8.9%
1.	Jan	1,390	0	+81	+6.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Erna	57	-6	-8	-12.3%
99.	Greta	57	new	new	new
98.	Edel	58	-5	-7	-10.8%
97.	Ellinor	59	new	new	new
95.	Lill	60	new	new	new
95.	Margaret	60	-5	-9	-13.0%
93.	Målfrid	61	new	new	new
93.	Oddny	61	new	new	new
92.	Ingeborg	67	+5	+5	+8.1%
90.	Åshild	70	-7	-7	-9.1%
90.	Sigrun	70	-12	-16	-18.6%
89.	Olaug	72	-4	-2	-2.7%
88.	Linda	73	-1	+1	+1.4%
85.	Anita	74	-4	-5	-6.3%
85.	Ingebjørg	74	-4	-5	-6.3%
85.	Maria	74	-8	-13	-14.9%
84.	Gunhild	78	+6	+9	+13.0%
83.	Helga	80	+2	+6	+8.1%
82.	Sølvi	81	-7	-7	-8.0%
79.	Gunvor	86	-5	-3	-3.4%
79.	Kjersti	86	+14	+21	+32.3%
79.	Marie	86	-10	-16	-15.7%
78.	Signe	87	-9	-15	-14.7%
76.	Aase	89	+16	+23	+34.8%
76.	Lise	89	-9	-15	-14.4%
75.	Jorun	90	-14	-20	-18.2%
74.	Anne-Lise	92	-10	-17	-15.6%
73.	Evy	95	+11	+20	+26.7%
72.	Mary	101	-7	-7	-6.5%
71.	Nina	103	+9	+22	+27.2%
70.	Ingunn	106	+2	+8	+8.2%
68.	Sigrid	108	+19	+36	+50.0%
68.	Sonja	108	-7	-2	-1.8%
67.	Mona	109	-10	-17	-13.5%
66.	Birgit	117	+9	+29	+33.0%
65.	Kristin	120	+8	+26	+27.7%
64.	Torhild	122	-6	0	0.0%
63.	Hilde	126	+16	+41	+48.2%
62.	Torild	127	-1	+17	+15.5%
60.	Hanne	128	+8	+25	+24.3%
60.	Karen	128	+6	+22	+20.8%
59.	Sidsel	131	+12	+32	+32.3%
56.	Solfrid	132	+4	+19	+16.8%
56.	Synnøve	132	-1	0	0.0%
56.	Torunn	132	0	+1	+0.8%
55.	Rita	133	+4	+15	+12.7%
54.	Anna	140	-3	-1	-0.7%
52.	Mette	146	-2	0	0.0%
52.	Rigmor	146	+2	+13	+9.8%
51.	Lillian	149	-5	-7	-4.5%
50.	Marianne	174	-5	+2	+1.2%
49.	Kirsti	178	-1	+27	+17.9%
48.	Lisbeth	184	-7	-17	-8.5%
46.	Gro	185	0	+29	+18.6%
46.	Tone	185	+7	+50	+37.0%
45.	Ruth	191	-2	+6	+3.2%
44.	Ann	200	+5	+53	+36.1%
43.	Toril	201	+9	+61	+43.6%
42.	May	203	0	+5	+2.5%
41.	Bodil	214	-2	-3	-1.4%
40.	Ragnhild	224	-12	-64	-22.2%
39.	Elin	226	+5	+52	+29.9%
38.	Irene	230	+2	+22	+10.6%
37.	Brit	231	-2	-21	-8.3%
36.	Eli	237	+2	+12	+5.3%
35.	Laila	261	+1	+12	+4.8%
34.	Elisabeth	271	-1	+13	+5.0%
33.	Grethe	280	-4	-4	-1.4%
32.	Ingrid	281	-1	+21	+8.1%
31.	Gunn	282	+6	+40	+16.5%
30.	Solveig	283	-13	-78	-21.6%
29.	Åse	285	-5	-22	-7.2%
28.	Vigdis	289	+6	+34	+13.3%
27.	Britt	297	+3	+31	+11.7%
26.	Grete	298	0	+4	+1.4%
25.	Ellen	301	-4	-20	-6.2%
23.	Jorunn	307	+3	+13	+4.4%
23.	Reidun	307	+2	+5	+1.7%
22.	Sissel	309	+10	+50	+19.3%
19.	Torill	316	0	-9	-2.8%
19.	Turid	316	-1	-35	-10.0%
19.	Unni	316	+3	+1	+0.3%
18.	Kirsten	322	+5	+10	+3.2%
17.	Astrid	346	-3	-35	-9.2%
16.	Else	376	+4	+52	+16.0%
15.	Gerd	387	-2	-10	-2.5%
14.	Karin	409	-3	-12	-2.9%
13.	Tove	452	+2	+75	+19.9%
12.	Aud	464	-2	+29	+6.7%
11.	Bente	478	+5	+113	+31.0%
10.	Wenche	502	+2	+85	+20.4%
9.	Bjørg	503	0	-8	-1.6%
8.	Randi	530	0	-10	-1.9%
7.	Berit	548	-1	-67	-10.9%
6.	Eva	579	+1	+23	+4.1%
5.	Liv	681	0	+6	+0.9%
4.	Marit	701	-1	-74	-9.5%
3.	Kari	750	+1	-5	-0.7%
2.	Inger	1,001	0	+1	+0.1%
1.	Anne	1,688	0	+152	+9.9%

Popularity extremes for Norway