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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway