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
98.	Arnt	77	-4	-11	-12.5%
98.	Jørgen	77	new	new	new
98.	Roald	77	new	new	new
97.	Thomas	78	-10	-15	-16.1%
96.	Ulf	82	-20	-31	-27.4%
93.	Arnfinn	84	-3	-6	-6.7%
93.	Ketil	84	-8	-11	-11.6%
93.	Mohammad	84	new	new	new
92.	Trygve	85	new	new	new
91.	David	86	+2	-3	-3.4%
90.	Jonny	89	new	new	new
88.	Espen	91	-11	-19	-17.3%
88.	Henning	91	+8	+6	+7.1%
86.	Ståle	92	new	new	new
86.	Sven	92	-2	-4	-4.2%
85.	Oddvar	98	-12	-21	-17.6%
84.	Bjarne	99	+5	+8	+8.8%
83.	Eivind	102	0	+5	+5.2%
82.	Ragnar	103	+8	+13	+14.4%
81.	Arve	106	-13	-24	-18.5%
79.	Erling	108	0	0	0.0%
79.	Michael	108	+18	+26	+31.7%
78.	Johan	111	+10	+19	+20.7%
77.	Arvid	113	-7	-10	-8.1%
76.	Kjetil	116	+6	+18	+18.4%
75.	Robert	119	+2	+9	+8.2%
74.	Åge	122	-8	-11	-8.3%
73.	Paul	123	+1	+7	+6.0%
72.	Sverre	126	-5	-5	-3.8%
71.	Reidar	127	-1	+4	+3.3%
67.	Håkon	128	+12	+20	+18.5%
67.	Karl	128	-11	-19	-12.9%
67.	Ola	128	-12	-24	-15.8%
67.	Torbjørn	128	-6	-10	-7.2%
65.	Asbjørn	131	+7	+10	+8.3%
65.	Peter	131	-1	-4	-3.0%
64.	Jarle	132	+1	-2	-1.5%
63.	Kai	133	+11	+17	+14.7%
62.	Inge	137	0	0	0.0%
60.	Johnny	138	-3	-6	-4.2%
60.	Jostein	138	+19	+30	+27.8%
59.	Petter	141	+3	+4	+2.9%
57.	Atle	147	+1	+5	+3.5%
57.	Kurt	147	+3	+8	+5.8%
56.	Tommy	151	-2	-4	-2.6%
55.	Kåre	155	-10	-44	-22.1%
54.	Thor	161	+4	+19	+13.4%
53.	Jens	162	0	+4	+2.5%
52.	Jørn	172	0	+11	+6.8%
51.	Finn	181	-1	+8	+4.6%
50.	Alf	183	+1	+15	+8.9%
49.	Anders	185	+20	+60	+48.0%
48.	Magne	189	-10	-46	-19.6%
47.	Øystein	191	-1	+5	+2.7%
46.	Ivar	196	+2	+11	+5.9%
45.	Ove	202	-3	-7	-3.3%
44.	Pål	203	-2	-6	-2.9%
43.	Roar	205	-2	-8	-3.8%
42.	Egil	207	+4	+21	+11.3%
41.	Frode	216	+3	+13	+6.4%
40.	Einar	218	-1	-1	-0.5%
39.	Øyvind	233	-3	-12	-4.9%
38.	Stig	238	+11	+55	+30.1%
37.	Roger	239	+2	+20	+9.1%
36.	Olav	243	-5	-38	-13.5%
35.	Roy	248	0	-7	-2.7%
34.	Harald	262	-9	-49	-15.8%
33.	Jon	275	-4	-23	-7.7%
32.	Leif	280	-9	-65	-18.8%
31.	Dag	294	+3	+26	+9.7%
30.	Gunnar	295	-4	-15	-4.8%
29.	Nils	296	-3	-14	-4.5%
28.	Arild	300	+2	+9	+3.1%
27.	Frank	305	+5	+27	+9.7%
26.	Steinar	306	+7	+33	+12.1%
25.	Vidar	309	+12	+69	+28.8%
24.	Helge	321	-2	-28	-8.0%
23.	Stein	324	+1	0	0.0%
22.	Erik	328	+6	+27	+9.0%
21.	Rolf	400	0	+17	+4.4%
20.	Tore	409	0	-21	-4.9%
19.	Hans	440	-1	-32	-6.8%
18.	Odd	465	-2	-20	-4.1%
17.	John	471	0	-10	-2.1%
16.	Arne	502	-6	-54	-9.7%
15.	Trond	504	-3	-21	-4.0%
14.	Tor	508	-2	-17	-3.2%
13.	Tom	517	+2	+8	+1.6%
12.	Lars	547	+7	+96	+21.3%
11.	Ole	565	+3	+49	+9.5%
10.	Morten	607	-1	-32	-5.0%
9.	Knut	626	-1	-14	-2.2%
8.	Rune	640	+3	+110	+20.8%
6.	Svein	650	0	-56	-7.9%
6.	Terje	650	+1	-7	-1.1%
5.	Kjell	720	-1	-59	-7.6%
4.	Geir	876	0	+97	+12.5%
3.	Bjørn	1,014	0	-3	-0.3%
2.	Per	1,141	0	+2	+0.2%
1.	Jan	1,491	0	+52	+3.6%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Anne-Lise	58	-3	-4	-6.5%
97.	Lene	59	new	new	new
97.	Lill	59	new	new	new
97.	Monica	59	-2	-5	-7.8%
96.	Sidsel	60	new	new	new
95.	May-Britt	62	new	new	new
94.	Mary	66	-5	-2	-2.9%
93.	Trude	68	-11	-14	-17.1%
92.	Birgit	71	-9	-5	-6.6%
91.	Torild	72	-3	0	0.0%
89.	Gry	73	-6	-3	-3.9%
89.	Mariann	73	-8	-12	-14.1%
88.	Rigmor	74	-9	-18	-19.6%
87.	Vibeke	75	new	new	new
86.	Torhild	76	-11	-21	-21.6%
84.	Jorun	78	+6	+11	+16.4%
84.	Mari	78	+13	+16	+25.8%
83.	Signe	80	+12	+16	+25.0%
81.	Ingeborg	83	-1	-4	-4.6%
81.	Marie	83	+9	+16	+23.9%
80.	Sonja	86	+6	+11	+14.7%
79.	Evy	93	-1	0	0.0%
78.	Merete	98	+12	+31	+46.3%
77.	Solfrid	99	-1	+3	+3.1%
76.	Synnøve	106	-10	-29	-21.5%
75.	Karen	108	-3	+7	+6.9%
74.	Jane	111	+3	+17	+18.1%
73.	Kirsti	114	-8	-23	-16.8%
71.	Janne	123	+1	+22	+21.8%
71.	Maria	123	-10	-23	-15.8%
70.	Torunn	128	0	0	0.0%
69.	Hege	130	+5	+31	+31.3%
68.	Anna	131	+3	+12	+10.1%
67.	Ruth	133	-3	-8	-5.7%
66.	Siv	134	+21	+60	+81.1%
65.	Lillian	135	-4	-11	-7.5%
62.	Ingunn	136	+7	+7	+5.4%
62.	Sølvi	136	-4	-17	-11.1%
62.	Trine	136	+5	+3	+2.3%
61.	Toril	141	-4	-18	-11.3%
60.	Siri	154	+1	+8	+5.5%
59.	Kjersti	157	+9	+27	+20.8%
58.	Reidun	163	-13	-57	-25.9%
57.	Else	164	-1	+1	+0.6%
56.	Brit	165	-1	+1	+0.6%
55.	Ragnhild	174	-6	-39	-18.3%
54.	Linda	175	+4	+22	+14.4%
53.	Bodil	178	+1	+8	+4.7%
52.	Kirsten	184	0	-7	-3.7%
51.	Vigdis	197	-6	-23	-10.5%
50.	Lise	199	+10	+52	+35.4%
49.	Gerd	207	-2	-12	-5.5%
48.	Lisbeth	208	0	-9	-4.1%
47.	Irene	211	+6	+25	+13.4%
46.	Britt	213	-2	-17	-7.4%
45.	Laila	224	-5	-15	-6.3%
44.	Eli	227	-4	-12	-5.0%
43.	Rita	228	+8	+26	+12.9%
42.	Torill	230	-5	-28	-10.9%
41.	Solveig	235	-2	-5	-2.1%
40.	Ingrid	237	+3	+6	+2.6%
39.	Jorunn	249	+11	+45	+22.1%
38.	Aud	261	-11	-47	-15.3%
37.	Karin	262	-14	-61	-18.9%
36.	Åse	263	+2	+12	+4.8%
35.	Astrid	265	-11	-55	-17.2%
34.	Turid	276	-2	-3	-1.1%
33.	Hanne	278	+9	+40	+16.8%
31.	Gro	281	+1	+2	+0.7%
31.	Mette	281	+4	+10	+3.7%
30.	Grethe	294	-4	-21	-6.7%
27.	Ann	303	-5	-21	-6.5%
27.	Ellen	303	0	-5	-1.6%
27.	Grete	303	-7	-48	-13.7%
26.	Elin	313	+5	+33	+11.8%
25.	May	317	+9	+40	+14.4%
24.	Bjørg	318	-3	-15	-4.5%
23.	Elisabeth	321	+6	+33	+11.5%
22.	Unni	347	-5	-32	-8.4%
21.	Gunn	351	-2	-6	-1.7%
20.	Mona	355	-6	-41	-10.4%
19.	Tone	360	-4	-35	-8.9%
18.	Kristin	368	+17	+97	+35.8%
17.	Randi	388	-1	-6	-1.5%
16.	Sissel	407	-4	-32	-7.3%
15.	Anita	422	+3	+64	+17.9%
14.	Nina	428	+15	+140	+48.6%
13.	Berit	432	0	-5	-1.1%
12.	Hilde	446	-3	-61	-12.0%
11.	Heidi	459	+14	+142	+44.8%
10.	Liv	472	-4	-87	-15.6%
9.	Wenche	483	+1	-22	-4.4%
8.	Marianne	485	+3	+29	+6.4%
7.	Eva	514	+1	-17	-3.2%
6.	Tove	526	+1	-10	-1.9%
5.	Marit	587	0	+6	+1.0%
4.	Inger	705	-1	-24	-3.3%
3.	Kari	718	+1	+82	+12.9%
2.	Bente	750	0	-59	-7.3%
1.	Anne	1,897	0	-27	-1.4%

Popularity extremes for Norway