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
100.	Thomas	71	new	new	new
99.	Sigmund	74	-7	-12	-14.0%
98.	Bent	75	+1	+5	+7.1%
97.	Torgeir	76	new	new	new
96.	Torstein	77	new	new	new
95.	Ulf	81	-4	-7	-8.0%
94.	Eivind	82	-10	-14	-14.6%
93.	Bernt	83	-11	-20	-19.4%
92.	Willy	84	-3	-8	-8.7%
91.	Dagfinn	88	+5	+11	+14.3%
88.	Håkon	91	+8	+14	+18.2%
88.	Michael	91	new	new	new
88.	Roald	91	-10	-16	-15.0%
87.	Atle	92	+1	-1	-1.1%
86.	Peter	93	-3	-8	-7.9%
84.	Arnfinn	97	-9	-16	-14.2%
84.	Trygve	97	+2	+3	+3.2%
83.	Magnar	99	+11	+17	+20.7%
82.	Sven	103	-2	-2	-1.9%
81.	David	104	-4	-5	-4.6%
80.	Arnt	106	+6	+12	+12.8%
79.	Jarle	108	-9	-17	-13.6%
78.	Kai	110	-2	-1	-0.9%
77.	Ragnar	111	-15	-32	-22.4%
75.	Jørn	112	+3	+5	+4.7%
75.	Pål	112	+9	+16	+16.7%
74.	Frode	113	+15	+21	+22.8%
73.	Robert	122	+7	+17	+16.2%
72.	Johan	125	+2	+11	+9.6%
71.	Petter	126	-1	+1	+0.8%
70.	Johnny	127	+2	+5	+4.1%
69.	Jostein	128	-4	-8	-5.9%
68.	Paul	129	-5	-10	-7.2%
67.	Bjarne	130	0	-4	-3.0%
64.	Arve	131	+4	+3	+2.3%
64.	Kurt	131	+8	+9	+7.4%
64.	Øivind	131	-5	-15	-10.3%
63.	Anders	135	-4	-11	-7.5%
61.	Åge	136	+3	-2	-1.4%
61.	Inge	136	+5	+1	+0.7%
59.	Asbjørn	137	0	-9	-6.2%
59.	Ola	137	+10	+10	+7.9%
58.	Oddvar	148	-9	-28	-15.9%
57.	Torbjørn	149	-2	-7	-4.5%
56.	Sverre	150	-2	-7	-4.5%
55.	Erling	151	-3	-10	-6.2%
54.	Jens	157	+1	+1	+0.6%
52.	Arvid	168	-3	-8	-4.5%
52.	Karl	168	-9	-28	-14.3%
50.	Ove	170	+2	+9	+5.6%
50.	Reidar	170	-5	-19	-10.1%
49.	Roger	171	+2	+6	+3.6%
48.	Stig	174	+10	+24	+16.0%
47.	Roy	183	+10	+30	+19.6%
46.	Finn	185	-1	-4	-2.1%
44.	Øystein	187	+3	+4	+2.2%
44.	Thor	187	+3	+4	+2.2%
43.	Alf	196	-2	-17	-8.0%
42.	Øyvind	204	-4	-33	-13.9%
41.	Ivar	211	-2	-19	-8.3%
40.	Kåre	213	-7	-41	-16.1%
39.	Vidar	222	+3	+24	+12.1%
38.	Egil	239	-4	-14	-5.5%
37.	Roar	240	+7	+46	+23.7%
36.	Frank	243	+4	+15	+6.6%
35.	Dag	250	-1	-3	-1.2%
34.	Magne	252	+3	+4	+1.6%
33.	Einar	259	-2	-19	-6.8%
32.	Olav	283	-2	+3	+1.1%
31.	Harald	292	-7	-58	-16.6%
30.	Jon	301	+2	+26	+9.5%
29.	Nils	327	-2	+6	+1.9%
28.	Morten	333	+8	+84	+33.7%
27.	Arild	338	-3	-12	-3.4%
26.	Rune	342	+3	+46	+15.5%
25.	Erik	344	-2	-20	-5.5%
24.	Tom	361	+4	+43	+13.5%
23.	Leif	366	+3	+39	+11.9%
22.	Steinar	367	-3	-28	-7.1%
21.	Gunnar	374	-7	-97	-20.6%
20.	Rolf	382	-3	-34	-8.2%
19.	Lars	384	+2	-6	-1.5%
18.	Helge	389	0	-10	-2.5%
17.	Tore	419	-1	-6	-1.4%
16.	Trond	439	+4	+48	+12.3%
15.	Stein	450	+7	+82	+22.3%
14.	Hans	495	-3	-12	-2.4%
13.	Ole	497	0	+11	+2.3%
11.	John	516	+4	+62	+13.7%
11.	Tor	516	-1	-16	-3.0%
10.	Odd	538	-1	-35	-6.1%
9.	Geir	573	+3	+82	+16.7%
8.	Knut	580	0	-64	-9.9%
7.	Arne	672	0	-9	-1.3%
6.	Terje	689	0	-1	-0.1%
5.	Svein	825	0	0	0.0%
4.	Kjell	867	0	-35	-3.9%
3.	Bjørn	901	0	-106	-10.5%
2.	Per	1,078	0	+15	+1.4%
1.	Jan	1,429	0	+16	+1.1%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
98.	Aase	64	-10	-5	-7.2%
98.	Helen	64	-1	+4	+6.7%
98.	Sigrid	64	-12	-13	-16.9%
96.	Ingeborg	65	new	new	new
96.	Margaret	65	-6	+1	+1.6%
94.	Gunhild	67	+3	+7	+11.7%
94.	Trine	67	+5	+8	+13.6%
91.	Åshild	68	new	new	new
91.	Marie	68	-21	-33	-32.7%
91.	Vera	68	-1	+4	+6.3%
89.	Ingebjørg	69	+5	+6	+9.5%
89.	Olaug	69	-2	-2	-2.8%
87.	Jane	71	new	new	new
87.	Siv	71	new	new	new
86.	Mari	72	new	new	new
85.	Signe	77	-2	-4	-4.9%
84.	Linda	78	0	-2	-2.5%
82.	Evy	83	-7	-14	-14.4%
82.	Sigrun	83	0	+1	+1.2%
80.	Anne-Lise	84	+1	-1	-1.2%
80.	Helga	84	-5	-13	-13.4%
79.	Siri	85	+20	+26	+44.1%
78.	Birgit	86	+2	0	0.0%
77.	Torild	89	-9	-16	-15.2%
75.	Jorun	91	+3	+4	+4.6%
75.	Sidsel	91	-13	-30	-24.8%
73.	Maria	95	+4	0	0.0%
73.	Sonja	95	-3	-6	-5.9%
72.	Mary	101	+6	+14	+16.1%
71.	Lise	102	-2	0	0.0%
70.	Rigmor	112	-14	-37	-24.8%
69.	Synnøve	115	-11	-20	-14.8%
68.	Torhild	116	-2	+1	+0.9%
66.	Kjersti	122	+1	+14	+13.0%
66.	Sølvi	122	+8	+24	+24.5%
65.	Karen	129	-1	+12	+10.3%
63.	Anita	131	+10	+32	+32.3%
63.	Torunn	131	-13	-34	-20.6%
62.	Hilde	136	+1	+16	+13.3%
61.	Heidi	137	+28	+71	+108%
60.	Solfrid	139	+5	+23	+19.8%
59.	Kirsti	140	-2	-8	-5.4%
58.	Lillian	141	-5	-23	-14.0%
57.	Nina	143	+15	+43	+43.0%
56.	Anna	144	+4	+19	+15.2%
55.	Ruth	150	-7	-27	-15.3%
54.	Kristin	157	-6	-20	-11.3%
53.	Ingunn	165	+2	+2	+1.2%
52.	Hanne	169	+7	+42	+33.1%
51.	Toril	171	-1	+6	+3.6%
50.	Rita	187	+3	+23	+14.0%
49.	Lisbeth	194	-4	-17	-8.1%
48.	Bodil	201	-5	-15	-6.9%
47.	Marianne	203	-5	-19	-8.6%
46.	Mona	207	+15	+83	+66.9%
45.	Irene	210	+1	+7	+3.4%
44.	Mette	218	+6	+53	+32.1%
42.	Brit	228	+2	+14	+6.5%
42.	Gro	228	+5	+44	+23.9%
41.	Laila	241	-2	+2	+0.8%
40.	Åse	245	-14	-57	-18.9%
38.	May	249	0	+1	+0.4%
38.	Tone	249	-1	0	0.0%
37.	Ragnhild	251	-1	-4	-1.6%
36.	Eli	256	+4	+23	+9.9%
35.	Grethe	262	-5	-26	-9.0%
34.	Kirsten	265	-10	-50	-15.9%
33.	Torill	267	0	-14	-5.0%
32.	Else	270	-12	-58	-17.7%
31.	Jorunn	271	0	-15	-5.2%
30.	Ann	276	+11	+49	+21.6%
29.	Ingrid	278	-2	-21	-7.0%
28.	Britt	281	+1	-9	-3.1%
27.	Elisabeth	282	+8	+17	+6.4%
26.	Elin	297	+2	+6	+2.1%
25.	Grete	303	-7	-31	-9.3%
24.	Solveig	305	+1	-6	-1.9%
23.	Turid	312	-5	-22	-6.6%
21.	Sissel	327	+11	+42	+14.7%
21.	Vigdis	327	+13	+54	+19.8%
20.	Reidun	328	+1	+1	+0.3%
19.	Ellen	330	+3	+8	+2.5%
18.	Astrid	351	-1	-13	-3.6%
17.	Karin	363	-4	-54	-12.9%
16.	Gerd	368	-1	-16	-4.2%
15.	Gunn	379	+8	+62	+19.6%
14.	Aud	385	0	-12	-3.0%
13.	Unni	397	+3	+15	+3.9%
12.	Bjørg	473	-1	+3	+0.6%
11.	Randi	498	-2	-38	-7.1%
10.	Wenche	511	0	+2	+0.4%
9.	Tove	533	+3	+67	+14.4%
8.	Berit	537	0	-9	-1.6%
7.	Eva	561	0	+2	+0.4%
6.	Bente	665	0	+81	+13.9%
5.	Liv	721	0	-34	-4.5%
4.	Kari	722	-1	-73	-9.2%
3.	Marit	733	+1	-32	-4.2%
2.	Inger	861	0	-80	-8.5%
1.	Anne	1,697	0	-20	-1.2%

Popularity extremes for Norway