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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway