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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway