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
97.	Arnt	81	+1	-3	-3.6%
97.	Bjørnar	81	new	new	new
97.	Eivind	81	-6	-11	-12.0%
97.	Ketil	81	-3	-8	-9.0%
96.	Andreas	83	new	new	new
95.	Ulf	85	+4	+2	+2.4%
93.	Arvid	88	-28	-41	-31.8%
93.	Kenneth	88	new	new	new
92.	Eirik	90	new	new	new
91.	Reidar	92	-18	-27	-22.7%
90.	Håvard	95	new	new	new
89.	Asbjørn	98	-15	-20	-16.9%
88.	Åge	99	-14	-19	-16.1%
86.	Ronny	101	+7	+11	+12.2%
86.	Thomas	101	+6	+10	+11.0%
84.	David	103	+11	+15	+17.0%
84.	Håkon	103	-8	-14	-12.0%
83.	Ståle	104	+6	+11	+11.8%
80.	Erling	105	0	0	0.0%
80.	Martin	105	+3	+6	+6.1%
80.	Michael	105	+2	+5	+5.0%
79.	Bård	107	new	new	new
78.	Henning	110	+7	+15	+15.8%
77.	Johan	111	+2	0	0.0%
76.	Sven	112	+9	+17	+17.9%
75.	Kai	119	-5	-2	-1.7%
73.	Inge	123	-11	-20	-14.0%
73.	Torbjørn	123	+4	+9	+7.9%
71.	Jostein	126	-3	+2	+1.6%
71.	Sverre	126	+10	+22	+21.2%
70.	Arve	129	+1	+9	+7.5%
69.	Paul	130	-3	+2	+1.6%
68.	Jonny	131	+16	+34	+35.1%
67.	Tommy	132	+2	+10	+8.2%
66.	Robert	134	-2	-2	-1.5%
65.	Kurt	135	-2	-6	-4.3%
64.	Peter	136	+7	+16	+13.3%
63.	Atle	137	-6	-20	-12.7%
62.	Jens	140	-3	-12	-7.9%
61.	Petter	142	-2	-10	-6.6%
60.	Ola	144	+18	+31	+27.4%
59.	Espen	146	+8	+19	+15.0%
58.	Kåre	149	-2	-12	-7.5%
57.	Karl	153	+1	0	0.0%
56.	Kjetil	158	+5	+9	+6.0%
55.	Egil	159	-10	-38	-19.3%
54.	Magne	165	-1	-4	-2.4%
53.	Ivar	170	-5	-16	-8.6%
51.	Finn	172	+4	+6	+3.6%
51.	Thor	172	+1	+1	+0.6%
50.	Johnny	174	-3	-16	-8.4%
48.	Alf	185	+6	+17	+10.1%
48.	Anders	185	+3	+7	+3.9%
47.	Ove	187	-4	-18	-8.8%
46.	Einar	190	-5	-41	-17.7%
45.	Jarle	196	+5	+15	+8.3%
44.	Jørn	200	+2	+4	+2.0%
43.	Olav	201	-4	-47	-19.0%
42.	Øystein	217	+2	+19	+9.6%
40.	Pål	219	+2	-6	-2.7%
40.	Roar	219	+9	+36	+19.7%
39.	Gunnar	238	-4	-27	-10.2%
38.	Roy	256	-2	-5	-1.9%
37.	Vidar	267	-10	-22	-7.6%
36.	Roger	268	+4	+32	+13.6%
35.	Øyvind	270	+2	+11	+4.2%
34.	Leif	278	-4	0	0.0%
33.	Harald	282	-2	+7	+2.5%
32.	Helge	285	-3	+2	+0.7%
31.	Rolf	287	-6	-19	-6.2%
30.	Steinar	294	-2	+9	+3.2%
28.	Stein	302	-5	-21	-6.5%
28.	Stig	302	+10	+52	+20.8%
27.	Jon	313	-1	+11	+3.6%
25.	Arild	314	+7	+42	+15.4%
25.	Frode	314	+9	+43	+15.9%
24.	Nils	316	+8	+44	+16.2%
23.	Frank	325	+1	+15	+4.8%
22.	Erik	344	0	-5	-1.4%
21.	Dag	421	-1	-13	-3.0%
20.	Tore	427	+1	+1	+0.2%
19.	Tor	457	-4	-62	-11.9%
18.	Arne	479	-1	-18	-3.6%
17.	Odd	484	+1	+14	+3.0%
16.	Tom	485	-3	-46	-8.7%
15.	John	509	+4	+56	+12.4%
14.	Hans	513	+2	-2	-0.4%
13.	Morten	543	-2	-27	-4.7%
12.	Knut	564	-3	-24	-4.1%
11.	Kjell	567	-5	-79	-12.2%
10.	Ole	589	0	+14	+2.4%
9.	Lars	593	+3	+55	+10.2%
8.	Trond	600	+6	+76	+14.5%
7.	Rune	617	-2	-34	-5.2%
6.	Terje	631	+2	+3	+0.5%
5.	Svein	666	+2	+22	+3.4%
4.	Geir	907	0	-19	-2.1%
3.	Bjørn	998	0	+28	+2.9%
2.	Per	1,035	0	-10	-1.0%
1.	Jan	1,453	0	-64	-4.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Anne-Lise	63	new	new	new
99.	Susanne	65	-4	-2	-3.0%
98.	Guri	66	-4	-2	-2.9%
97.	Torild	69	new	new	new
95.	Anette	70	new	new	new
95.	Birgitte	70	new	new	new
94.	Lena	72	-1	+1	+1.4%
91.	Ingeborg	73	+5	+7	+10.6%
91.	Lill	73	-2	-6	-7.6%
91.	Solfrid	73	-3	-9	-11.0%
90.	Evy	74	-4	-9	-10.8%
89.	Åshild	75	new	new	new
88.	Vibeke	80	+11	+17	+27.0%
87.	Birgit	82	-10	-22	-21.2%
86.	Mariann	85	-1	+1	+1.2%
85.	Jane	89	-11	-26	-22.6%
84.	Synnøve	92	-9	-16	-14.8%
83.	Mari	93	new	new	new
82.	Beate	96	+8	+20	+26.3%
81.	Helle	97	+2	+1	+1.0%
80.	Ruth	104	-2	+3	+3.0%
79.	Karen	106	+2	+7	+7.1%
78.	Line	107	+8	+24	+28.9%
77.	Monica	109	+4	+10	+10.1%
76.	Kirsti	112	+4	+12	+12.0%
75.	Brit	117	-12	-37	-24.0%
74.	Lene	121	+4	+20	+19.8%
73.	Toril	124	-6	-10	-7.5%
70.	Gerd	128	-11	-31	-19.5%
70.	Gry	128	+3	+11	+9.4%
70.	Torunn	128	+1	+6	+4.9%
69.	Reidun	129	-7	-26	-16.8%
68.	Sølvi	132	0	-1	-0.8%
67.	Anna	137	+3	+8	+6.2%
66.	Siri	139	-8	-24	-14.7%
65.	Maria	141	-8	-24	-14.5%
64.	Kirsten	144	0	-8	-5.3%
63.	Else	149	-2	-7	-4.5%
62.	Bodil	150	+3	+8	+5.6%
61.	Ingunn	154	+5	+14	+10.0%
60.	Lillian	155	+9	+24	+18.3%
59.	Trude	156	+17	+49	+45.8%
58.	Ragnhild	160	+2	+2	+1.3%
57.	Vigdis	164	-1	-5	-3.0%
56.	Solveig	184	-13	-38	-17.1%
55.	Hege	186	-12	-36	-16.2%
53.	Kjersti	187	-1	-1	-0.5%
53.	Torill	187	+2	+16	+9.4%
52.	Aud	189	-6	-27	-12.5%
51.	Merete	192	+21	+73	+61.3%
50.	Janne	193	+4	+16	+9.0%
49.	Lisbeth	197	-15	-53	-21.2%
47.	Eli	198	+3	+6	+3.1%
47.	Laila	198	0	-15	-7.0%
46.	Irene	199	+7	+13	+7.0%
45.	Bjørg	203	-3	-23	-10.2%
44.	Siv	211	+7	+20	+10.5%
43.	Unni	220	-8	-26	-10.6%
42.	Åse	221	-1	-7	-3.1%
41.	Turid	222	-9	-35	-13.6%
40.	Ingrid	223	-3	-12	-5.1%
39.	Jorunn	226	-10	-58	-20.4%
38.	Lise	227	+11	+34	+17.6%
37.	Britt	231	+3	-1	-0.4%
35.	Gro	242	-8	-50	-17.1%
35.	Karin	242	-4	-21	-8.0%
34.	Grethe	253	+4	+19	+8.1%
33.	Astrid	255	0	+2	+0.8%
32.	Grete	257	+6	+23	+9.8%
30.	Rita	264	+18	+59	+28.8%
30.	Trine	264	+15	+44	+20.0%
29.	May	275	-3	-36	-11.6%
28.	Linda	284	+8	+47	+19.8%
27.	Ellen	291	+1	+6	+2.1%
26.	Gunn	329	-1	+15	+4.8%
25.	Sissel	344	-4	-10	-2.8%
24.	Randi	348	-4	-9	-2.5%
22.	Ann	370	+1	+28	+8.2%
22.	Elisabeth	370	+7	+86	+30.3%
21.	Hanne	373	-4	-16	-4.1%
20.	Berit	376	-1	+17	+4.7%
19.	Kristin	402	-1	+41	+11.4%
18.	Elin	403	+4	+53	+15.1%
17.	Eva	408	-4	-42	-9.3%
16.	Mette	410	+8	+84	+25.8%
15.	Wenche	416	+1	+18	+4.5%
14.	Liv	450	-4	-72	-13.8%
13.	Marianne	463	0	+13	+2.9%
12.	Mona	485	+3	+45	+10.2%
11.	Tone	506	+1	+48	+10.5%
10.	Anita	519	+1	+29	+5.9%
9.	Tove	531	-1	-15	-2.7%
8.	Heidi	544	+1	+19	+3.6%
7.	Inger	570	-4	-85	-13.0%
6.	Nina	585	+1	+21	+3.7%
5.	Marit	596	0	-19	-3.1%
4.	Kari	601	0	-34	-5.4%
3.	Hilde	638	+3	+60	+10.4%
2.	Bente	668	0	-29	-4.2%
1.	Anne	1,824	0	-8	-0.4%

Popularity extremes for Norway