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
99.	Bent	70	new	new	new
99.	Harry	70	-9	-19	-21.3%
98.	Birger	76	0	-7	-8.4%
96.	Dagfinn	77	-22	-27	-26.0%
96.	Håkon	77	0	-8	-9.4%
95.	Henning	81	new	new	new
94.	Magnar	82	-14	-18	-18.0%
93.	Martin	83	-10	-13	-13.5%
92.	Sigmund	86	-9	-10	-10.4%
91.	Ulf	88	new	new	new
89.	Frode	92	+3	+4	+4.5%
89.	Willy	92	+6	+5	+5.7%
88.	Atle	93	+4	+5	+5.7%
86.	Arnt	94	+12	+11	+13.3%
86.	Trygve	94	-4	-3	-3.1%
84.	Eivind	96	+4	+2	+2.1%
84.	Pål	96	-1	0	0.0%
83.	Peter	101	-2	+2	+2.0%
82.	Bernt	103	+16	+20	+24.1%
80.	Robert	105	-7	-7	-6.3%
80.	Sven	105	-3	+3	+2.9%
78.	Jørn	107	-3	+4	+3.9%
78.	Roald	107	-1	+5	+4.9%
77.	David	109	+12	+18	+19.8%
76.	Kai	111	+3	+10	+9.9%
75.	Arnfinn	113	-17	-34	-23.1%
74.	Johan	114	-11	-20	-14.9%
72.	Johnny	122	+11	+26	+27.1%
72.	Kurt	122	-9	-12	-9.0%
70.	Jarle	125	+22	+37	+42.0%
70.	Petter	125	+5	+22	+21.4%
69.	Ola	127	-14	-35	-21.6%
68.	Arve	128	-8	-15	-10.5%
67.	Bjarne	134	-6	-7	-5.0%
66.	Inge	135	-11	-27	-16.7%
65.	Jostein	136	+2	+13	+10.6%
64.	Åge	138	-11	-25	-15.3%
63.	Paul	139	+3	+11	+8.6%
62.	Ragnar	143	+3	+10	+7.5%
59.	Anders	146	+12	+26	+21.7%
59.	Asbjørn	146	-7	-20	-12.0%
59.	Øivind	146	+10	+25	+20.7%
58.	Stig	150	+14	+32	+27.1%
57.	Roy	153	+10	+30	+24.4%
55.	Jens	156	+2	+6	+4.0%
55.	Torbjørn	156	-5	-20	-11.4%
54.	Sverre	157	-1	-6	-3.7%
52.	Erling	161	+10	+21	+15.0%
52.	Ove	161	-1	-10	-5.8%
51.	Roger	165	+18	+44	+36.4%
49.	Arvid	176	-9	-25	-12.4%
49.	Oddvar	176	+9	+29	+19.7%
47.	Øystein	183	-3	-6	-3.2%
47.	Thor	183	-5	-12	-6.2%
45.	Finn	189	-1	0	0.0%
45.	Reidar	189	+4	+12	+6.8%
44.	Roar	194	+2	+6	+3.2%
43.	Karl	196	0	+3	+1.6%
42.	Vidar	198	+4	+10	+5.3%
41.	Alf	213	-4	-16	-7.0%
40.	Frank	228	+8	+48	+26.7%
39.	Ivar	230	-3	-15	-6.1%
38.	Øyvind	237	+1	+35	+17.3%
37.	Magne	248	+1	+32	+14.8%
36.	Morten	249	+5	+49	+24.5%
34.	Dag	253	0	-2	-0.8%
34.	Egil	253	-2	-17	-6.3%
33.	Kåre	254	0	-7	-2.7%
32.	Jon	275	-1	+4	+1.5%
31.	Einar	278	-2	-2	-0.7%
30.	Olav	280	-5	-54	-16.2%
29.	Rune	296	+6	+42	+16.5%
28.	Tom	318	+2	+42	+15.2%
27.	Nils	321	-2	-13	-3.9%
26.	Leif	327	-5	-51	-13.5%
24.	Arild	350	+3	+30	+9.4%
24.	Harald	350	0	-7	-2.0%
23.	Erik	364	+5	+78	+27.3%
22.	Stein	368	-5	-51	-12.2%
21.	Lars	390	-1	+7	+1.8%
20.	Trond	391	+3	+32	+8.9%
19.	Steinar	395	+3	+24	+6.5%
18.	Helge	399	-5	-93	-18.9%
17.	Rolf	416	+2	0	0.0%
16.	Tore	425	0	-2	-0.5%
15.	John	454	-1	-21	-4.4%
14.	Gunnar	471	+1	+16	+3.5%
13.	Ole	486	-1	-8	-1.6%
12.	Geir	491	+5	+72	+17.2%
11.	Hans	507	-1	-5	-1.0%
10.	Tor	532	+1	+31	+6.2%
9.	Odd	573	0	-7	-1.2%
8.	Knut	644	0	-11	-1.7%
7.	Arne	681	-1	+10	+1.5%
6.	Terje	690	+1	+32	+4.9%
5.	Svein	825	0	+13	+1.6%
4.	Kjell	902	0	-68	-7.0%
3.	Bjørn	1,007	-1	-24	-2.3%
2.	Per	1,063	+1	+39	+3.8%
1.	Jan	1,413	0	+23	+1.7%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Siri	59	new	new	new
99.	Trine	59	new	new	new
97.	Gunhild	60	-13	-18	-23.1%
97.	Helen	60	new	new	new
96.	Aslaug	62	new	new	new
94.	Edel	63	+4	+5	+8.6%
94.	Ingebjørg	63	-9	-11	-14.9%
90.	Ellinor	64	+7	+5	+8.5%
90.	Margaret	64	+5	+4	+6.7%
90.	Oddny	64	+3	+3	+4.9%
90.	Vera	64	new	new	new
89.	Heidi	66	new	new	new
88.	Aase	69	-12	-20	-22.5%
87.	Olaug	71	+2	-1	-1.4%
86.	Sigrid	77	-18	-31	-28.7%
84.	Gunvor	80	-5	-6	-7.0%
84.	Linda	80	+4	+7	+9.6%
83.	Signe	81	-5	-6	-6.9%
82.	Sigrun	82	+8	+12	+17.1%
81.	Anne-Lise	85	-7	-7	-7.6%
80.	Birgit	86	-14	-31	-26.5%
78.	Jorun	87	-3	-3	-3.3%
78.	Mary	87	-6	-14	-13.9%
77.	Maria	95	+8	+21	+28.4%
75.	Evy	97	-2	+2	+2.1%
75.	Helga	97	+8	+17	+21.3%
74.	Sølvi	98	+8	+17	+21.0%
73.	Anita	99	+12	+25	+33.8%
72.	Nina	100	-1	-3	-2.9%
70.	Marie	101	+9	+15	+17.4%
70.	Sonja	101	-2	-7	-6.5%
69.	Lise	102	+7	+13	+14.6%
68.	Torild	105	-6	-22	-17.3%
67.	Kjersti	108	+12	+22	+25.6%
66.	Torhild	115	-2	-7	-5.7%
65.	Solfrid	116	-9	-16	-12.1%
64.	Karen	117	-4	-11	-8.6%
63.	Hilde	120	0	-6	-4.8%
62.	Sidsel	121	-3	-10	-7.6%
61.	Mona	124	+6	+15	+13.8%
60.	Anna	125	-6	-15	-10.7%
59.	Hanne	127	+1	-1	-0.8%
58.	Synnøve	135	-2	+3	+2.3%
57.	Kirsti	148	-8	-30	-16.9%
56.	Rigmor	149	-4	+3	+2.1%
55.	Ingunn	163	+15	+57	+53.8%
53.	Lillian	164	-2	+15	+10.1%
53.	Rita	164	+2	+31	+23.3%
50.	Mette	165	+2	+19	+13.0%
50.	Toril	165	-7	-36	-17.9%
50.	Torunn	165	+6	+33	+25.0%
48.	Kristin	177	+17	+57	+47.5%
48.	Ruth	177	-3	-14	-7.3%
47.	Gro	184	-1	-1	-0.5%
46.	Irene	203	-8	-27	-11.7%
45.	Lisbeth	211	+3	+27	+14.7%
44.	Brit	214	-7	-17	-7.4%
43.	Bodil	216	-2	+2	+0.9%
42.	Marianne	222	+8	+48	+27.6%
41.	Ann	227	+3	+27	+13.5%
40.	Eli	233	-4	-4	-1.7%
39.	Laila	239	-4	-22	-8.4%
38.	May	248	+4	+45	+22.2%
37.	Tone	249	+9	+64	+34.6%
36.	Ragnhild	255	+4	+31	+13.8%
35.	Elisabeth	265	-1	-6	-2.2%
34.	Vigdis	273	-6	-16	-5.5%
33.	Torill	281	-14	-35	-11.1%
32.	Sissel	285	-10	-24	-7.8%
31.	Jorunn	286	-8	-21	-6.8%
30.	Grethe	288	+3	+8	+2.9%
29.	Britt	290	-2	-7	-2.4%
28.	Elin	291	+11	+65	+28.8%
27.	Ingrid	299	+5	+18	+6.4%
26.	Åse	302	+3	+17	+6.0%
25.	Solveig	311	+5	+28	+9.9%
24.	Kirsten	315	-6	-7	-2.2%
23.	Gunn	317	+8	+35	+12.4%
22.	Ellen	322	+3	+21	+7.0%
21.	Reidun	327	+2	+20	+6.5%
20.	Else	328	-4	-48	-12.8%
18.	Grete	334	+8	+36	+12.1%
18.	Turid	334	+1	+18	+5.7%
17.	Astrid	364	0	+18	+5.2%
16.	Unni	382	+3	+66	+20.9%
15.	Gerd	384	0	-3	-0.8%
14.	Aud	397	-2	-67	-14.4%
13.	Karin	417	+1	+8	+2.0%
12.	Tove	466	+1	+14	+3.1%
11.	Bjørg	470	-2	-33	-6.6%
10.	Wenche	509	0	+7	+1.4%
9.	Randi	536	-1	+6	+1.1%
8.	Berit	546	-1	-2	-0.4%
7.	Eva	559	-1	-20	-3.5%
6.	Bente	584	+5	+106	+22.2%
5.	Liv	755	0	+74	+10.9%
4.	Marit	765	0	+64	+9.1%
3.	Kari	795	0	+45	+6.0%
2.	Inger	941	0	-60	-6.0%
1.	Anne	1,717	0	+29	+1.7%

Popularity extremes for Norway