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
99.	Oddvar	83	0	+5	+6.4%
99.	Ulf	83	-17	-16	-16.2%
98.	Arnt	84	-12	-9	-9.7%
97.	Ragnar	86	new	new	new
95.	Bjarne	88	new	new	new
95.	David	88	-2	+2	+2.3%
94.	Ketil	89	-6	0	0.0%
93.	Ronny	90	new	new	new
92.	Thomas	91	-4	+2	+2.2%
91.	Eivind	92	-6	-3	-3.2%
89.	Øivind	93	+8	+10	+12.0%
89.	Ståle	93	+11	+16	+20.8%
88.	Bernt	94	new	new	new
85.	Andrzej	95	new	new	new
85.	Henning	95	+11	+11	+13.1%
85.	Sven	95	-11	-20	-17.4%
84.	Jonny	97	+6	+9	+10.2%
83.	Martin	99	+15	+17	+20.7%
82.	Michael	100	-3	-8	-7.4%
81.	Sverre	104	-7	-11	-9.6%
80.	Erling	105	-9	-13	-11.0%
79.	Johan	111	+3	+12	+12.1%
78.	Ola	113	-10	-13	-10.3%
77.	Torbjørn	114	-10	-13	-10.2%
76.	Håkon	117	+4	+15	+14.7%
74.	Åge	118	-1	+2	+1.7%
74.	Asbjørn	118	+16	+30	+34.1%
73.	Reidar	119	-3	0	0.0%
71.	Arve	120	-10	-20	-14.3%
71.	Peter	120	-9	-19	-13.7%
70.	Kai	121	-6	-11	-8.3%
69.	Tommy	122	-4	-8	-6.2%
68.	Jostein	124	+8	+14	+12.7%
67.	Espen	127	+9	+17	+15.5%
66.	Paul	128	+10	+18	+16.4%
65.	Arvid	129	+15	+27	+26.5%
64.	Robert	136	+2	+7	+5.4%
63.	Kurt	141	-14	-33	-19.0%
62.	Inge	143	+10	+26	+22.2%
61.	Kjetil	149	-6	-11	-6.9%
59.	Jens	152	+9	+26	+20.6%
59.	Petter	152	+4	+16	+11.8%
58.	Karl	153	+2	+12	+8.5%
57.	Atle	157	+2	+14	+9.8%
56.	Kåre	161	+2	+15	+10.3%
55.	Finn	166	+2	+16	+10.7%
54.	Alf	168	-7	-11	-6.1%
53.	Magne	169	-2	+1	+0.6%
52.	Thor	171	-2	0	0.0%
51.	Anders	178	-4	-1	-0.6%
50.	Jarle	181	+3	+19	+11.7%
49.	Roar	183	-8	-44	-19.4%
48.	Ivar	186	+8	+27	+17.0%
47.	Johnny	190	+7	+29	+18.0%
46.	Jørn	196	-1	+6	+3.2%
45.	Egil	197	+6	+29	+17.3%
44.	Øystein	198	+2	+15	+8.2%
43.	Ove	205	-1	-7	-3.3%
42.	Pål	225	+1	+16	+7.7%
41.	Einar	231	+3	+24	+11.6%
40.	Roger	236	-5	-18	-7.1%
39.	Olav	248	+1	+18	+7.8%
38.	Stig	250	-1	+7	+2.9%
37.	Øyvind	259	+2	+25	+10.7%
36.	Roy	261	+2	+22	+9.2%
35.	Gunnar	265	-1	+6	+2.3%
34.	Frode	271	-2	-4	-1.5%
32.	Arild	272	-3	-14	-4.9%
32.	Nils	272	-1	-13	-4.6%
31.	Harald	275	-2	-11	-3.8%
30.	Leif	278	-2	-14	-4.8%
29.	Helge	283	-2	-16	-5.4%
28.	Steinar	285	+8	+32	+12.6%
27.	Vidar	289	+6	+29	+11.2%
26.	Jon	302	-1	-10	-3.2%
25.	Rolf	306	-1	-8	-2.5%
24.	Frank	310	+2	+3	+1.0%
23.	Stein	323	-2	-18	-5.3%
22.	Erik	349	0	+17	+5.1%
21.	Tore	426	-1	+42	+10.9%
20.	Dag	434	+3	+105	+31.9%
19.	John	453	-1	-2	-0.4%
18.	Odd	470	-1	-5	-1.1%
17.	Arne	497	-2	-17	-3.3%
16.	Hans	515	+3	+84	+19.5%
15.	Tor	519	-1	-5	-1.0%
14.	Trond	524	+2	+19	+3.8%
13.	Tom	531	0	-22	-4.0%
12.	Lars	538	0	-38	-6.6%
11.	Morten	570	0	-11	-1.9%
10.	Ole	575	0	-7	-1.2%
9.	Knut	588	-1	-29	-4.7%
8.	Terje	628	-2	-33	-5.0%
7.	Svein	644	0	+16	+2.5%
6.	Kjell	646	-1	-26	-3.9%
5.	Rune	651	+4	+52	+8.7%
4.	Geir	926	0	+20	+2.2%
3.	Bjørn	970	0	-13	-1.3%
2.	Per	1,045	0	+50	+5.0%
1.	Jan	1,517	0	+60	+4.1%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Jorun	62	-6	-5	-7.5%
99.	Vibeke	63	-11	-8	-11.3%
96.	Ingeborg	66	+2	+3	+4.8%
96.	Mai	66	new	new	new
96.	Mary	66	new	new	new
95.	Susanne	67	new	new	new
94.	Guri	68	+6	+6	+9.7%
93.	Lena	71	+5	+8	+12.7%
92.	Sonja	72	+3	+7	+10.8%
91.	Torhild	73	-7	-3	-3.9%
90.	Beate	76	+7	+12	+18.8%
89.	Lill	79	+1	+10	+14.5%
88.	Solfrid	82	-7	+4	+5.1%
86.	Evy	83	-5	+5	+6.4%
86.	Line	83	new	new	new
85.	Mariann	84	+8	+16	+23.5%
84.	Rigmor	88	+6	+19	+27.5%
83.	Helle	96	-2	+18	+23.1%
81.	Karen	99	-6	-7	-6.6%
81.	Monica	99	+7	+28	+39.4%
80.	Kirsti	100	-7	-10	-9.1%
78.	Lene	101	+12	+32	+46.4%
78.	Ruth	101	-1	-4	-3.8%
77.	Birgit	104	+3	+7	+7.2%
76.	Trude	107	+2	+6	+5.9%
75.	Synnøve	108	+4	+9	+9.1%
74.	Jane	115	-3	-5	-4.2%
73.	Gry	117	+1	+8	+7.3%
72.	Merete	119	+3	+13	+12.3%
71.	Torunn	122	+1	+7	+6.1%
70.	Anna	129	0	-1	-0.8%
69.	Lillian	131	-5	-12	-8.4%
68.	Sølvi	133	-5	-11	-7.6%
67.	Toril	134	-1	-4	-2.9%
66.	Ingunn	140	+1	+6	+4.5%
65.	Bodil	142	+2	+8	+6.0%
64.	Kirsten	152	-9	-17	-10.1%
63.	Brit	154	+4	+20	+14.9%
62.	Reidun	155	-5	-11	-6.6%
61.	Else	156	+1	+2	+1.3%
60.	Ragnhild	158	-7	-16	-9.2%
59.	Gerd	159	-10	-36	-18.5%
58.	Siri	163	+7	+21	+14.8%
57.	Maria	165	+1	+3	+1.9%
56.	Vigdis	169	-9	-28	-14.2%
55.	Torill	171	-10	-30	-14.9%
54.	Janne	177	+4	+15	+9.3%
53.	Irene	186	-2	-2	-1.1%
52.	Kjersti	188	+9	+30	+19.0%
51.	Siv	191	+7	+29	+17.9%
50.	Eli	192	-7	-17	-8.1%
49.	Lise	193	+3	+11	+6.0%
48.	Rita	205	-4	-2	-1.0%
47.	Laila	213	+1	+17	+8.7%
46.	Aud	216	-4	-14	-6.1%
45.	Trine	220	+10	+51	+30.2%
43.	Hege	222	+11	+49	+28.3%
43.	Solveig	222	+7	+33	+17.5%
42.	Bjørg	226	-5	-23	-9.2%
41.	Åse	228	-1	-8	-3.4%
40.	Britt	232	-1	-6	-2.5%
38.	Grete	234	-4	-26	-10.0%
38.	Grethe	234	-3	-19	-7.5%
37.	Ingrid	235	-2	-18	-7.1%
36.	Linda	237	+4	+1	+0.4%
35.	Unni	246	-7	-43	-14.9%
34.	Lisbeth	250	+11	+49	+24.4%
33.	Astrid	253	-1	-18	-6.6%
32.	Turid	257	+6	+13	+5.3%
31.	Karin	263	0	-11	-4.0%
29.	Elisabeth	284	-4	-23	-7.5%
29.	Jorunn	284	+4	+23	+8.8%
28.	Ellen	285	-4	-33	-10.4%
27.	Gro	292	+3	+12	+4.3%
26.	May	311	0	+6	+2.0%
25.	Gunn	314	-3	-29	-8.5%
24.	Mette	326	+3	+25	+8.3%
23.	Ann	342	-4	-35	-9.3%
22.	Elin	350	0	+7	+2.0%
21.	Sissel	354	-4	-40	-10.2%
20.	Randi	357	0	-7	-1.9%
19.	Berit	359	-4	-56	-13.5%
18.	Kristin	361	+3	+14	+4.0%
17.	Hanne	389	+12	+101	+35.1%
16.	Wenche	398	-3	-36	-8.3%
15.	Mona	440	+3	+57	+14.9%
13.	Eva	450	-3	-28	-5.9%
13.	Marianne	450	+1	+23	+5.4%
12.	Tone	458	-1	+2	+0.4%
11.	Anita	490	+1	+39	+8.6%
10.	Liv	522	-1	+28	+5.7%
9.	Heidi	525	+6	+110	+26.5%
8.	Tove	546	-2	+16	+3.0%
7.	Nina	564	+1	+50	+9.7%
6.	Hilde	578	0	+48	+9.1%
5.	Marit	615	0	-7	-1.1%
4.	Kari	635	0	+12	+1.9%
3.	Inger	655	0	+4	+0.6%
2.	Bente	697	0	-55	-7.3%
1.	Anne	1,832	0	-38	-2.0%

Popularity extremes for Norway