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.	Sigurd	73	new	new	new
99.	Willy	76	-7	-8	-9.5%
97.	Thomas	77	+3	+6	+8.5%
97.	Torgeir	77	0	+1	+1.3%
94.	Bernt	80	-1	-3	-3.6%
94.	Dagfinn	80	-3	-8	-9.1%
94.	Magnar	80	-11	-19	-19.2%
93.	Trygve	82	-9	-15	-15.5%
92.	Michael	85	-4	-6	-6.6%
91.	David	86	-10	-18	-17.3%
90.	Arnt	88	-10	-18	-17.0%
89.	Roald	90	-1	-1	-1.1%
88.	Ulf	91	+7	+10	+12.3%
86.	Henning	92	new	new	new
86.	Kjetil	92	new	new	new
85.	Ragnar	97	-8	-14	-12.6%
84.	Sven	98	-2	-5	-4.9%
83.	Kai	99	-5	-11	-10.0%
82.	Jostein	103	-13	-25	-19.5%
81.	Eivind	104	+13	+22	+26.8%
80.	Atle	105	+7	+13	+14.1%
79.	Robert	106	-6	-16	-13.1%
77.	Arnfinn	111	+7	+14	+14.4%
77.	Johan	111	-5	-14	-11.2%
76.	Øivind	113	-12	-18	-13.7%
75.	Jarle	116	+4	+8	+7.4%
74.	Peter	120	+12	+27	+29.0%
72.	Paul	123	-4	-6	-4.7%
72.	Petter	123	-1	-3	-2.4%
70.	Bjarne	124	-3	-6	-4.6%
70.	Jørn	124	+5	+12	+10.7%
69.	Håkon	125	+19	+34	+37.4%
67.	Kurt	128	-3	-3	-2.3%
67.	Pål	128	+8	+16	+14.3%
66.	Oddvar	131	-8	-17	-11.5%
65.	Anders	134	-2	-1	-0.7%
64.	Inge	135	-3	-1	-0.7%
62.	Arve	141	+2	+10	+7.6%
62.	Sverre	141	-6	-9	-6.0%
61.	Frode	142	+13	+29	+25.7%
60.	Ola	144	-1	+7	+5.1%
59.	Asbjørn	147	0	+10	+7.3%
58.	Åge	150	+3	+14	+10.3%
57.	Erling	151	-2	0	0.0%
56.	Torbjørn	156	+1	+7	+4.7%
55.	Jens	159	-1	+2	+1.3%
54.	Johnny	160	+16	+33	+26.0%
53.	Ove	167	-3	-3	-1.8%
52.	Thor	169	-8	-18	-9.6%
51.	Arvid	178	+1	+10	+6.0%
49.	Karl	179	+3	+11	+6.5%
49.	Stig	179	-1	+5	+2.9%
48.	Reidar	183	+2	+13	+7.6%
47.	Finn	185	-1	0	0.0%
46.	Øystein	205	-2	+18	+9.6%
44.	Alf	206	-1	+10	+5.1%
44.	Roger	206	+5	+35	+20.5%
43.	Kåre	216	-3	+3	+1.4%
42.	Ivar	219	-1	+8	+3.8%
40.	Øyvind	221	+2	+17	+8.3%
40.	Roy	221	+7	+38	+20.8%
39.	Frank	233	-3	-10	-4.1%
38.	Roar	243	-1	+3	+1.3%
37.	Einar	251	-4	-8	-3.1%
36.	Vidar	252	+3	+30	+13.5%
35.	Magne	253	-1	+1	+0.4%
34.	Egil	263	+4	+24	+10.0%
33.	Nils	268	-4	-59	-18.0%
32.	Jon	270	-2	-31	-10.3%
31.	Olav	274	+1	-9	-3.2%
30.	Dag	300	+5	+50	+20.0%
28.	Arild	315	-1	-23	-6.8%
28.	Morten	315	0	-18	-5.4%
27.	Erik	331	-2	-13	-3.8%
26.	Harald	342	+5	+50	+17.1%
25.	Leif	348	-2	-18	-4.9%
24.	Gunnar	352	-3	-22	-5.9%
23.	Steinar	366	-1	-1	-0.3%
22.	Tom	385	+2	+24	+6.6%
21.	Tore	386	-4	-33	-7.9%
20.	Helge	388	-2	-1	-0.3%
19.	Rolf	397	+1	+15	+3.9%
18.	Stein	415	-3	-35	-7.8%
17.	Lars	418	+2	+34	+8.9%
16.	Rune	434	+10	+92	+26.9%
15.	Trond	444	+1	+5	+1.1%
14.	Hans	485	0	-10	-2.0%
13.	Ole	506	0	+9	+1.8%
12.	Odd	543	-2	+5	+0.9%
11.	John	548	0	+32	+6.2%
10.	Tor	553	+1	+37	+7.2%
9.	Arne	638	-2	-34	-5.1%
8.	Knut	640	0	+60	+10.3%
7.	Geir	663	+2	+90	+15.7%
6.	Terje	683	0	-6	-0.9%
5.	Svein	803	0	-22	-2.7%
4.	Kjell	850	0	-17	-2.0%
3.	Bjørn	1,021	0	+120	+13.3%
2.	Per	1,137	0	+59	+5.5%
1.	Jan	1,474	0	+45	+3.1%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Guri	57	new	new	new
99.	Trine	57	-5	-10	-14.9%
97.	Lill	59	new	new	new
97.	Merete	59	new	new	new
95.	Aase	61	+3	-3	-4.7%
95.	Helen	61	+3	-3	-4.7%
94.	Vera	62	-3	-6	-8.8%
93.	Jane	63	-6	-8	-11.3%
92.	Åshild	64	-1	-4	-5.9%
91.	Gunvor	66	new	new	new
90.	Siv	68	-3	-3	-4.2%
89.	Olaug	69	0	0	0.0%
87.	Anne-Lise	73	-7	-11	-13.1%
87.	Marie	73	+4	+5	+7.4%
86.	Sigrid	75	+12	+11	+17.2%
85.	Birgit	78	-7	-8	-9.3%
84.	Helga	80	-4	-4	-4.8%
83.	Janne	81	new	new	new
81.	Sigrun	82	+1	-1	-1.2%
81.	Torild	82	-4	-7	-7.9%
80.	Siri	83	-1	-2	-2.4%
78.	Linda	84	+6	+6	+7.7%
78.	Mary	84	-6	-17	-16.8%
77.	Jorun	86	-2	-5	-5.5%
76.	Signe	89	+9	+12	+15.6%
74.	Sidsel	90	+1	-1	-1.1%
74.	Sonja	90	-1	-5	-5.3%
73.	Evy	91	+9	+8	+9.6%
72.	Torhild	102	-4	-14	-12.1%
71.	Lise	104	0	+2	+2.0%
70.	Solfrid	107	-10	-32	-23.0%
68.	Karen	109	-3	-20	-15.5%
68.	Maria	109	+5	+14	+14.7%
67.	Kjersti	112	-1	-10	-8.2%
65.	Sølvi	117	+1	-5	-4.1%
65.	Synnøve	117	+4	+2	+1.7%
63.	Anna	118	-7	-26	-18.1%
63.	Torunn	118	0	-13	-9.9%
62.	Kirsti	124	-3	-16	-11.4%
61.	Rigmor	127	+9	+15	+13.4%
60.	Ruth	131	-5	-19	-12.7%
59.	Hanne	140	-7	-29	-17.2%
58.	Toril	146	-7	-25	-14.6%
57.	Lillian	150	+1	+9	+6.4%
56.	Ingunn	169	-3	+4	+2.4%
55.	Bodil	170	-7	-31	-15.4%
54.	Nina	175	+3	+32	+22.4%
53.	Kristin	179	+1	+22	+14.0%
52.	Heidi	184	+9	+47	+34.3%
51.	Anita	197	+12	+66	+50.4%
50.	Rita	209	0	+22	+11.8%
49.	Gro	220	-7	-8	-3.5%
48.	Hilde	221	+14	+85	+62.5%
47.	Brit	222	-5	-6	-2.6%
45.	Irene	223	0	+13	+6.2%
45.	Mette	223	-1	+5	+2.3%
44.	Lisbeth	224	+5	+30	+15.5%
43.	Marianne	230	+4	+27	+13.3%
42.	Laila	231	-1	-10	-4.1%
41.	Ragnhild	237	-4	-14	-5.6%
40.	Torill	251	-7	-16	-6.0%
39.	Mona	253	+7	+46	+22.2%
38.	Else	254	-6	-16	-5.9%
37.	Jorunn	263	-6	-8	-3.0%
36.	Eli	271	0	+15	+5.9%
35.	Ingrid	272	-6	-6	-2.2%
34.	Solveig	280	-10	-25	-8.2%
33.	Kirsten	282	+1	+17	+6.4%
31.	Britt	283	-3	+2	+0.7%
31.	Reidun	283	-11	-45	-13.7%
30.	Grete	285	-5	-18	-5.9%
29.	Tone	290	+9	+41	+16.5%
28.	Grethe	291	+7	+29	+11.1%
27.	May	293	+11	+44	+17.7%
26.	Elisabeth	295	+1	+13	+4.6%
25.	Vigdis	296	-4	-31	-9.5%
24.	Ann	302	+6	+26	+9.4%
23.	Sissel	306	-2	-21	-6.4%
22.	Elin	317	+4	+20	+6.7%
21.	Åse	318	+19	+73	+29.8%
20.	Karin	325	-3	-38	-10.5%
19.	Gerd	326	-3	-42	-11.4%
18.	Turid	339	+5	+27	+8.7%
16.	Astrid	350	+2	-1	-0.3%
16.	Gunn	350	-1	-29	-7.7%
15.	Ellen	375	+4	+45	+13.6%
14.	Aud	383	0	-2	-0.5%
13.	Unni	391	0	-6	-1.5%
12.	Bjørg	403	0	-70	-14.8%
11.	Randi	500	0	+2	+0.4%
10.	Eva	522	-3	-39	-7.0%
9.	Tove	532	0	-1	-0.2%
8.	Berit	533	0	-4	-0.7%
7.	Wenche	547	+3	+36	+7.0%
6.	Liv	651	-1	-70	-9.7%
5.	Kari	687	-1	-35	-4.8%
4.	Marit	693	-1	-40	-5.5%
3.	Bente	843	+3	+178	+26.8%
2.	Inger	851	0	-10	-1.2%
1.	Anne	1,801	0	+104	+6.1%

Popularity extremes for Norway