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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway