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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway