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.	Arnt	73	-10	-15	-17.0%
99.	Tormod	74	new	new	new
98.	Willy	79	+1	+3	+3.9%
96.	Bent	80	new	new	new
96.	Magnar	80	-2	0	0.0%
95.	Ketil	82	new	new	new
94.	Eivind	83	-13	-21	-20.2%
92.	Michael	87	0	+2	+2.4%
92.	Roald	87	-3	-3	-3.3%
91.	David	88	0	+2	+2.3%
90.	Trygve	89	+3	+7	+8.5%
88.	Audun	91	new	new	new
88.	Bernt	91	+6	+11	+13.8%
87.	Ulf	95	+1	+4	+4.4%
86.	Øivind	99	-10	-14	-12.4%
85.	Dagfinn	100	+9	+20	+25.0%
84.	Kjetil	101	+2	+9	+9.8%
83.	Ragnar	103	+2	+6	+6.2%
81.	Arnfinn	109	-4	-2	-1.8%
81.	Sven	109	+3	+11	+11.2%
80.	Bjarne	110	-10	-14	-11.3%
79.	Robert	111	0	+5	+4.7%
78.	Petter	116	-6	-7	-5.7%
77.	Kai	120	+6	+21	+21.2%
76.	Kurt	122	-9	-6	-4.7%
75.	Håkon	124	-6	-1	-0.8%
73.	Atle	126	+7	+21	+20.0%
73.	Erling	126	-16	-25	-16.6%
70.	Arve	127	-8	-14	-9.9%
70.	Jørn	127	0	+3	+2.4%
70.	Jostein	127	+12	+24	+23.3%
68.	Paul	128	+4	+5	+4.1%
68.	Peter	128	+6	+8	+6.7%
67.	Johan	130	+10	+19	+17.1%
65.	Jarle	135	+10	+19	+16.4%
65.	Torbjørn	135	-9	-21	-13.5%
64.	Ola	136	-4	-8	-5.6%
62.	Arvid	139	-11	-39	-21.9%
62.	Oddvar	139	+4	+8	+6.1%
61.	Frode	142	0	0	0.0%
59.	Asbjørn	143	0	-4	-2.7%
59.	Sverre	143	+3	+2	+1.4%
58.	Inge	145	+6	+10	+7.4%
57.	Anders	147	+8	+13	+9.7%
56.	Reidar	154	-8	-29	-15.8%
55.	Jens	156	0	-3	-1.9%
54.	Åge	160	+4	+10	+6.7%
53.	Thor	164	-1	-5	-3.0%
52.	Pål	166	+15	+38	+29.7%
51.	Stig	170	-2	-9	-5.0%
50.	Øystein	175	-4	-30	-14.6%
49.	Karl	183	0	+4	+2.2%
48.	Ove	185	+5	+18	+10.8%
46.	Alf	193	-2	-13	-6.3%
46.	Kåre	193	-3	-23	-10.6%
45.	Johnny	204	+9	+44	+27.5%
44.	Finn	207	+3	+22	+11.9%
43.	Roger	210	+1	+4	+1.9%
42.	Egil	215	-8	-48	-18.3%
41.	Ivar	216	+1	-3	-1.4%
40.	Magne	218	-5	-35	-13.8%
39.	Roar	232	-1	-11	-4.5%
38.	Einar	234	-1	-17	-6.8%
37.	Øyvind	235	+3	+14	+6.3%
35.	Roy	242	+5	+21	+9.5%
35.	Vidar	242	+1	-10	-4.0%
34.	Frank	245	+5	+12	+5.2%
33.	Olav	258	-2	-16	-5.8%
32.	Nils	288	+1	+20	+7.5%
31.	Jon	294	+1	+24	+8.9%
30.	Dag	299	0	-1	-0.3%
29.	Harald	311	-3	-31	-9.1%
28.	Erik	317	-1	-14	-4.2%
27.	Steinar	346	-4	-20	-5.5%
26.	Helge	349	-6	-39	-10.1%
25.	Gunnar	362	-1	+10	+2.8%
24.	Arild	365	+4	+50	+15.9%
23.	Stein	378	-5	-37	-8.9%
22.	Morten	391	+6	+76	+24.1%
21.	Leif	394	+4	+46	+13.2%
20.	Lars	406	-3	-12	-2.9%
19.	Rolf	410	0	+13	+3.3%
18.	Tom	413	+4	+28	+7.3%
17.	Hans	435	-3	-50	-10.3%
16.	Tore	455	+5	+69	+17.9%
15.	Tor	463	-5	-90	-16.3%
14.	Rune	468	+2	+34	+7.8%
13.	Trond	492	+2	+48	+10.8%
12.	John	497	-1	-51	-9.3%
11.	Ole	530	+2	+24	+4.7%
10.	Odd	567	+2	+24	+4.4%
9.	Arne	615	0	-23	-3.6%
8.	Knut	627	0	-13	-2.0%
7.	Terje	682	-1	-1	-0.1%
6.	Geir	747	+1	+84	+12.7%
5.	Svein	755	0	-48	-6.0%
4.	Kjell	849	0	-1	-0.1%
3.	Bjørn	973	0	-48	-4.7%
2.	Per	1,166	0	+29	+2.6%
1.	Jan	1,481	0	+7	+0.5%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Guri	60	0	+3	+5.3%
99.	Merete	60	-2	+1	+1.7%
98.	Lill	61	-1	+2	+3.4%
95.	Anny	62	new	new	new
95.	Ingeborg	62	new	new	new
95.	Olaug	62	-6	-7	-10.1%
94.	Vera	64	0	+2	+3.2%
93.	Sigrun	65	-12	-17	-20.7%
91.	Helga	67	-7	-13	-16.3%
91.	Sidsel	67	-17	-23	-25.6%
88.	Hege	68	new	new	new
88.	Mari	68	new	new	new
88.	Torild	68	-7	-14	-17.1%
87.	Sigrid	72	-1	-3	-4.0%
85.	Helen	73	+10	+12	+19.7%
85.	Siv	73	+5	+5	+7.4%
84.	Trine	74	+15	+17	+29.8%
82.	Jorun	75	-5	-11	-12.8%
82.	Siri	75	-2	-8	-9.6%
81.	Anne-Lise	78	+6	+5	+6.8%
80.	Signe	80	-4	-9	-10.1%
78.	Birgit	85	+7	+7	+9.0%
78.	Janne	85	+5	+4	+4.9%
77.	Jane	86	+16	+23	+36.5%
76.	Mary	88	+2	+4	+4.8%
75.	Evy	96	-2	+5	+5.5%
74.	Rigmor	98	-13	-29	-22.8%
73.	Linda	104	+5	+20	+23.8%
72.	Solfrid	105	-2	-2	-1.9%
71.	Synnøve	106	-6	-11	-9.4%
70.	Torhild	108	+2	+6	+5.9%
69.	Kjersti	110	-2	-2	-1.8%
68.	Karen	111	0	+2	+1.8%
67.	Sonja	112	+7	+22	+24.4%
66.	Maria	113	+2	+4	+3.7%
65.	Anna	118	-2	0	0.0%
64.	Kirsti	121	-2	-3	-2.4%
63.	Lise	122	+8	+18	+17.3%
62.	Sølvi	147	+3	+30	+25.6%
61.	Lillian	148	-4	-2	-1.3%
60.	Ruth	149	0	+18	+13.7%
59.	Toril	156	-1	+10	+6.8%
58.	Torunn	159	+5	+41	+34.7%
57.	Ingunn	170	-1	+1	+0.6%
56.	Irene	178	-11	-45	-20.2%
55.	Eli	191	-19	-80	-29.5%
54.	Kristin	193	-1	+14	+7.8%
53.	Bodil	195	+2	+25	+14.7%
51.	Hanne	199	+8	+59	+42.1%
51.	Nina	199	+3	+24	+13.7%
50.	Lisbeth	214	-6	-10	-4.5%
49.	Ragnhild	217	-8	-20	-8.4%
48.	Rita	220	+2	+11	+5.3%
47.	Brit	222	0	0	0.0%
46.	Kirsten	233	-13	-49	-17.4%
45.	Reidun	241	-14	-42	-14.8%
44.	Mette	251	+1	+28	+12.6%
43.	Heidi	255	+9	+71	+38.6%
42.	Else	259	-4	+5	+2.0%
41.	Gerd	264	-22	-62	-19.0%
39.	Åse	267	-18	-51	-16.0%
39.	Ingrid	267	-4	-5	-1.8%
38.	Laila	268	+4	+37	+16.0%
36.	Gro	273	+13	+53	+24.1%
36.	Vigdis	273	-11	-23	-7.8%
35.	Jorunn	280	+2	+17	+6.5%
34.	Solveig	285	0	+5	+1.8%
33.	Anita	288	+18	+91	+46.2%
32.	Britt	290	-1	+7	+2.5%
31.	Marianne	294	+12	+64	+27.8%
30.	Elisabeth	298	-4	+3	+1.0%
29.	Elin	299	-7	-18	-5.7%
28.	Mona	300	+11	+47	+18.6%
27.	May	311	0	+18	+6.1%
26.	Hilde	312	+22	+91	+41.2%
25.	Torill	315	+15	+64	+25.5%
24.	Ann	320	0	+18	+6.0%
23.	Ellen	327	-8	-48	-12.8%
22.	Astrid	328	-6	-22	-6.3%
21.	Grete	337	+9	+52	+18.2%
20.	Karin	338	0	+13	+4.0%
19.	Turid	342	-1	+3	+0.9%
18.	Tone	345	+11	+55	+19.0%
17.	Gunn	352	-1	+2	+0.6%
16.	Sissel	370	+7	+64	+20.9%
15.	Aud	373	-1	-10	-2.6%
14.	Unni	389	-1	-2	-0.5%
13.	Grethe	390	+15	+99	+34.0%
12.	Bjørg	394	0	-9	-2.2%
11.	Randi	489	0	-11	-2.2%
10.	Berit	503	-2	-30	-5.6%
9.	Eva	538	+1	+16	+3.1%
8.	Tove	567	+1	+35	+6.6%
7.	Wenche	578	0	+31	+5.7%
6.	Liv	630	0	-21	-3.2%
5.	Marit	643	-1	-50	-7.2%
4.	Kari	702	+1	+15	+2.2%
3.	Inger	788	-1	-63	-7.4%
2.	Bente	849	+1	+6	+0.7%
1.	Anne	1,762	0	-39	-2.2%

Popularity extremes for Norway