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.	Ståle	77	-14	-15	-16.3%
99.	Oddvar	78	-14	-20	-20.4%
98.	Martin	82	new	new	new
97.	Øivind	83	new	new	new
96.	Henning	84	-8	-7	-7.7%
95.	Bård	85	new	new	new
93.	Bent	86	new	new	new
93.	David	86	-2	0	0.0%
90.	Asbjørn	88	-25	-43	-32.8%
90.	Jonny	88	0	-1	-1.1%
90.	Trygve	88	+2	+3	+3.5%
88.	Ketil	89	+5	+5	+6.0%
88.	Thomas	89	+9	+11	+14.1%
87.	Roald	91	+11	+14	+18.2%
86.	Arnt	93	+12	+16	+20.8%
85.	Eivind	95	-2	-7	-6.9%
84.	Runar	98	new	new	new
82.	Johan	99	-4	-12	-10.8%
82.	Ulf	99	+14	+17	+20.7%
80.	Arvid	102	-3	-11	-9.7%
80.	Håkon	102	-13	-26	-20.3%
79.	Michael	108	0	0	0.0%
76.	Espen	110	+12	+19	+20.9%
76.	Jostein	110	-16	-28	-20.3%
76.	Paul	110	-3	-13	-10.6%
74.	Sven	115	+12	+23	+25.0%
74.	Sverre	115	-2	-11	-8.7%
73.	Åge	116	+1	-6	-4.9%
72.	Inge	117	-10	-20	-14.6%
71.	Erling	118	+8	+10	+9.3%
70.	Reidar	119	+1	-8	-6.3%
68.	Jens	126	-15	-36	-22.2%
68.	Ola	126	-1	-2	-1.6%
67.	Torbjørn	127	0	-1	-0.8%
66.	Robert	129	+9	+10	+8.4%
65.	Tommy	130	-9	-21	-13.9%
64.	Kai	132	-1	-1	-0.8%
63.	Petter	136	-4	-5	-3.5%
62.	Peter	139	+3	+8	+6.1%
61.	Arve	140	+20	+34	+32.1%
60.	Karl	141	+7	+13	+10.2%
59.	Atle	143	-2	-4	-2.7%
58.	Kåre	146	-3	-9	-5.8%
57.	Finn	150	-6	-31	-17.1%
56.	Ivar	159	-10	-37	-18.9%
55.	Kjetil	160	+21	+44	+37.9%
54.	Johnny	161	+6	+23	+16.7%
53.	Jarle	162	+11	+30	+22.7%
51.	Egil	168	-9	-39	-18.8%
51.	Magne	168	-3	-21	-11.1%
50.	Thor	171	+4	+10	+6.2%
49.	Kurt	174	+8	+27	+18.4%
47.	Alf	179	+3	-4	-2.2%
47.	Anders	179	+2	-6	-3.2%
46.	Øystein	183	+1	-8	-4.2%
45.	Jørn	190	+7	+18	+10.5%
44.	Einar	207	-4	-11	-5.0%
43.	Pål	209	+1	+6	+3.0%
42.	Ove	212	+3	+10	+5.0%
41.	Roar	227	+2	+22	+10.7%
40.	Olav	230	-4	-13	-5.3%
39.	Øyvind	234	0	+1	+0.4%
38.	Roy	239	-3	-9	-3.6%
37.	Stig	243	+1	+5	+2.1%
36.	Steinar	253	-10	-53	-17.3%
35.	Roger	254	+2	+15	+6.3%
34.	Gunnar	259	-4	-36	-12.2%
33.	Vidar	260	-8	-49	-15.9%
32.	Frode	275	+9	+59	+27.3%
31.	Nils	285	-2	-11	-3.7%
29.	Arild	286	-1	-14	-4.7%
29.	Harald	286	+5	+24	+9.2%
28.	Leif	292	+4	+12	+4.3%
27.	Helge	299	-3	-22	-6.9%
26.	Frank	307	+1	+2	+0.7%
25.	Jon	312	+8	+37	+13.5%
24.	Rolf	314	-3	-86	-21.5%
23.	Dag	329	+8	+35	+11.9%
22.	Erik	332	0	+4	+1.2%
21.	Stein	341	+2	+17	+5.2%
20.	Tore	384	0	-25	-6.1%
19.	Hans	431	0	-9	-2.0%
18.	John	455	-1	-16	-3.4%
17.	Odd	475	+1	+10	+2.2%
16.	Trond	505	-1	+1	+0.2%
15.	Arne	514	+1	+12	+2.4%
14.	Tor	524	0	+16	+3.1%
13.	Tom	553	0	+36	+7.0%
12.	Lars	576	0	+29	+5.3%
11.	Morten	581	-1	-26	-4.3%
10.	Ole	582	+1	+17	+3.0%
9.	Rune	599	-1	-41	-6.4%
8.	Knut	617	+1	-9	-1.4%
7.	Svein	628	-1	-22	-3.4%
6.	Terje	661	0	+11	+1.7%
5.	Kjell	672	0	-48	-6.7%
4.	Geir	906	0	+30	+3.4%
3.	Bjørn	983	0	-31	-3.1%
2.	Per	995	0	-146	-12.8%
1.	Jan	1,457	0	-34	-2.3%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Guri	62	new	new	new
98.	Ingeborg	63	-17	-20	-24.1%
98.	Lena	63	new	new	new
97.	Beate	64	new	new	new
95.	Sonja	65	-15	-21	-24.4%
95.	Torild	65	-4	-7	-9.7%
94.	Jorun	67	-10	-11	-14.1%
93.	Mariann	68	-4	-5	-6.8%
90.	Lene	69	+7	+10	+16.9%
90.	Lill	69	+7	+10	+16.9%
90.	Rigmor	69	-2	-5	-6.8%
88.	Monica	71	+9	+12	+20.3%
88.	Vibeke	71	-1	-4	-5.3%
86.	Mari	74	-2	-4	-5.1%
86.	Marie	74	-5	-9	-10.8%
85.	Signe	75	-2	-5	-6.3%
84.	Torhild	76	+2	0	0.0%
81.	Evy	78	-2	-15	-16.1%
81.	Helle	78	new	new	new
81.	Solfrid	78	-4	-21	-21.2%
80.	Birgit	97	+12	+26	+36.6%
79.	Synnøve	99	-3	-7	-6.6%
78.	Trude	101	+15	+33	+48.5%
77.	Ruth	105	-10	-28	-21.1%
75.	Karen	106	0	-2	-1.9%
75.	Merete	106	+3	+8	+8.2%
74.	Gry	109	+15	+36	+49.3%
73.	Kirsti	110	0	-4	-3.5%
72.	Torunn	115	-2	-13	-10.2%
71.	Jane	120	+3	+9	+8.1%
70.	Anna	130	-2	-1	-0.8%
67.	Bodil	134	-14	-44	-24.7%
67.	Brit	134	-11	-31	-18.8%
67.	Ingunn	134	-5	-2	-1.5%
66.	Toril	138	-5	-3	-2.1%
65.	Siri	142	-5	-12	-7.8%
64.	Lillian	143	+1	+8	+5.9%
63.	Sølvi	144	-1	+8	+5.9%
62.	Else	154	-5	-10	-6.1%
61.	Kjersti	158	-2	+1	+0.6%
58.	Janne	162	+13	+39	+31.7%
58.	Maria	162	+13	+39	+31.7%
58.	Siv	162	+8	+28	+20.9%
57.	Reidun	166	+1	+3	+1.8%
55.	Kirsten	169	-3	-15	-8.2%
55.	Trine	169	+7	+33	+24.3%
54.	Hege	173	+15	+43	+33.1%
53.	Ragnhild	174	+2	0	0.0%
52.	Lise	182	-2	-17	-8.5%
51.	Irene	188	-4	-23	-10.9%
50.	Solveig	189	-9	-46	-19.6%
49.	Gerd	195	0	-12	-5.8%
48.	Laila	196	-3	-28	-12.5%
47.	Vigdis	197	+4	0	0.0%
45.	Lisbeth	201	+3	-7	-3.4%
45.	Torill	201	-3	-29	-12.6%
44.	Rita	207	-1	-21	-9.2%
43.	Eli	209	+1	-18	-7.9%
42.	Aud	230	-4	-31	-11.9%
40.	Åse	236	-4	-27	-10.3%
40.	Linda	236	+14	+61	+34.9%
39.	Britt	238	+7	+25	+11.7%
38.	Turid	244	-4	-32	-11.6%
37.	Bjørg	249	-13	-69	-21.7%
35.	Grethe	253	-5	-41	-13.9%
35.	Ingrid	253	+5	+16	+6.8%
34.	Grete	260	-7	-43	-14.2%
33.	Jorunn	261	+6	+12	+4.8%
32.	Astrid	271	+3	+6	+2.3%
31.	Karin	274	+6	+12	+4.6%
30.	Gro	280	+1	-1	-0.4%
29.	Hanne	288	+4	+10	+3.6%
28.	Unni	289	-6	-58	-16.7%
27.	Mette	301	+4	+20	+7.1%
26.	May	305	-1	-12	-3.8%
25.	Elisabeth	307	-2	-14	-4.4%
24.	Ellen	318	+3	+15	+5.0%
22.	Elin	343	+4	+30	+9.6%
22.	Gunn	343	-1	-8	-2.3%
21.	Kristin	347	-3	-21	-5.7%
20.	Randi	364	-3	-24	-6.2%
19.	Ann	377	+8	+74	+24.4%
18.	Mona	383	+2	+28	+7.9%
17.	Sissel	394	-1	-13	-3.2%
15.	Berit	415	-2	-17	-3.9%
15.	Heidi	415	-4	-44	-9.6%
14.	Marianne	427	-6	-58	-12.0%
13.	Wenche	434	-4	-49	-10.1%
12.	Anita	451	+3	+29	+6.9%
11.	Tone	456	+8	+96	+26.7%
10.	Eva	478	-3	-36	-7.0%
9.	Liv	494	+1	+22	+4.7%
8.	Nina	514	+6	+86	+20.1%
6.	Hilde	530	+6	+84	+18.8%
6.	Tove	530	0	+4	+0.8%
5.	Marit	622	0	+35	+6.0%
4.	Kari	623	-1	-95	-13.2%
3.	Inger	651	+1	-54	-7.7%
2.	Bente	752	0	+2	+0.3%
1.	Anne	1,870	0	-27	-1.4%

Popularity extremes for Norway