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.	Christian	83	new	new	new
97.	Åge	86	-9	-13	-13.1%
97.	Kenneth	86	-4	-2	-2.3%
97.	Ketil	86	0	+5	+6.2%
96.	Bjarne	87	new	new	new
94.	David	89	-10	-14	-13.6%
94.	Runar	89	new	new	new
93.	Arvid	90	0	+2	+2.3%
92.	Eirik	91	0	+1	+1.1%
91.	Bernt	92	new	new	new
90.	Ulf	93	+5	+8	+9.4%
89.	Reidar	94	+2	+2	+2.2%
88.	Ronny	95	-2	-6	-5.9%
87.	Bård	96	-8	-11	-10.3%
86.	Arnt	98	+11	+17	+21.0%
85.	Asbjørn	100	+4	+2	+2.0%
84.	Erling	105	-4	0	0.0%
83.	Johan	106	-6	-5	-4.5%
82.	Paul	108	-13	-22	-16.9%
79.	Eivind	109	+18	+28	+34.6%
79.	Jostein	109	-8	-17	-13.5%
79.	Ståle	109	+4	+5	+4.8%
77.	Arve	113	-7	-16	-12.4%
77.	Henning	113	+1	+3	+2.7%
74.	Ola	115	-14	-29	-20.1%
74.	Sven	115	+2	+3	+2.7%
74.	Sverre	115	-3	-11	-8.7%
73.	Thomas	118	+13	+17	+16.8%
72.	Michael	120	+8	+15	+14.3%
71.	Tommy	123	-4	-9	-6.8%
69.	Håkon	127	+15	+24	+23.3%
69.	Kåre	127	-11	-22	-14.8%
68.	Kai	134	+7	+15	+12.6%
66.	Espen	136	-7	-10	-6.8%
66.	Peter	136	-2	0	0.0%
65.	Torbjørn	137	+8	+14	+11.4%
64.	Inge	139	+9	+16	+13.0%
63.	Karl	140	-6	-13	-8.5%
60.	Finn	141	-9	-31	-18.0%
60.	Kurt	141	+5	+6	+4.4%
60.	Thor	141	-9	-31	-18.0%
59.	Jens	152	+3	+12	+8.6%
58.	Alf	153	-10	-32	-17.3%
56.	Petter	155	+5	+13	+9.2%
56.	Robert	155	+10	+21	+15.7%
55.	Egil	166	0	+7	+4.4%
54.	Jonny	167	+14	+36	+27.5%
53.	Ivar	171	0	+1	+0.6%
52.	Atle	180	+11	+43	+31.4%
50.	Johnny	181	0	+7	+4.0%
50.	Kjetil	181	+6	+23	+14.6%
49.	Magne	186	+5	+21	+12.7%
47.	Jarle	188	-2	-8	-4.1%
47.	Ove	188	0	+1	+0.5%
46.	Jørn	195	-2	-5	-2.5%
45.	Øystein	199	-3	-18	-8.3%
44.	Einar	201	+2	+11	+5.8%
43.	Olav	203	0	+2	+1.0%
42.	Roar	212	-2	-7	-3.2%
41.	Anders	213	+7	+28	+15.1%
40.	Steinar	238	-10	-56	-19.0%
39.	Gunnar	249	0	+11	+4.6%
38.	Vidar	256	-1	-11	-4.1%
37.	Roger	265	-1	-3	-1.1%
34.	Harald	270	-1	-12	-4.3%
34.	Øyvind	270	+1	0	0.0%
34.	Pål	270	+6	+51	+23.3%
33.	Stig	274	-5	-28	-9.3%
32.	Leif	284	+2	+6	+2.2%
31.	Roy	288	+7	+32	+12.5%
30.	Arild	295	-5	-19	-6.1%
26.	Frank	309	-3	-16	-4.9%
26.	Nils	309	-2	-7	-2.2%
26.	Rolf	309	+5	+22	+7.7%
26.	Stein	309	+2	+7	+2.3%
25.	Helge	311	+7	+26	+9.1%
24.	Frode	329	+1	+15	+4.8%
23.	Dag	345	-2	-76	-18.1%
22.	Jon	347	+5	+34	+10.9%
21.	Erik	378	+1	+34	+9.9%
20.	Odd	418	-3	-66	-13.6%
19.	Tore	441	+1	+14	+3.3%
18.	Arne	458	0	-21	-4.4%
17.	Hans	469	-3	-44	-8.6%
16.	Tom	478	0	-7	-1.4%
15.	Tor	525	+4	+68	+14.9%
14.	John	527	+1	+18	+3.5%
13.	Morten	554	0	+11	+2.0%
12.	Ole	566	-2	-23	-3.9%
11.	Kjell	571	0	+4	+0.7%
10.	Trond	588	-2	-12	-2.0%
9.	Knut	633	+3	+69	+12.2%
8.	Terje	636	-2	+5	+0.8%
7.	Lars	649	+2	+56	+9.4%
6.	Svein	666	-1	0	0.0%
5.	Rune	699	+2	+82	+13.3%
4.	Geir	996	0	+89	+9.8%
3.	Bjørn	1,015	0	+17	+1.7%
2.	Per	1,030	0	-5	-0.5%
1.	Jan	1,480	0	+27	+1.9%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
98.	Helene	69	new	new	new
98.	Lill	69	-7	-4	-5.5%
98.	Mariann	69	-12	-16	-18.8%
97.	Monika	71	new	new	new
96.	Merethe	72	new	new	new
94.	Helen	73	new	new	new
94.	Sonja	73	new	new	new
93.	Aina	74	new	new	new
92.	Lena	75	+2	+3	+4.2%
91.	Anette	76	+4	+6	+8.6%
89.	Cathrine	77	new	new	new
89.	Susanne	77	+10	+12	+18.5%
88.	Mari	84	-5	-9	-9.7%
87.	Solfrid	86	+4	+13	+17.8%
86.	Helle	87	-5	-10	-10.3%
85.	Birgit	88	+2	+6	+7.3%
84.	Jane	89	+1	0	0.0%
83.	Ruth	92	-3	-12	-11.5%
82.	Toril	94	-9	-30	-24.2%
81.	Torunn	95	-11	-33	-25.8%
80.	Vibeke	96	+8	+16	+20.0%
79.	Lillian	97	-19	-58	-37.4%
78.	Karen	102	+1	-4	-3.8%
77.	Brit	105	-2	-12	-10.3%
76.	Synnøve	106	+8	+14	+15.2%
75.	Reidun	113	-6	-16	-12.4%
73.	Bodil	114	-11	-36	-24.0%
73.	Lene	114	+1	-7	-5.8%
72.	Beate	117	+10	+21	+21.9%
70.	Gry	120	0	-8	-6.3%
70.	Kirsti	120	+6	+8	+7.1%
69.	Gerd	123	+1	-5	-3.9%
68.	Sølvi	129	0	-3	-2.3%
67.	Line	135	+11	+28	+26.2%
65.	Ingunn	142	-4	-12	-7.8%
65.	Kirsten	142	-1	-2	-1.4%
64.	Else	144	-1	-5	-3.4%
63.	Vigdis	145	-6	-19	-11.6%
62.	Torill	147	-9	-40	-21.4%
61.	Ragnhild	149	-3	-11	-6.9%
60.	Siri	150	+6	+11	+7.9%
59.	Trude	153	0	-3	-1.9%
58.	Anna	154	+9	+17	+12.4%
57.	Maria	163	+8	+22	+15.6%
56.	Monica	167	+21	+58	+53.2%
55.	Aud	168	-3	-21	-11.1%
53.	Janne	187	-3	-6	-3.1%
53.	Solveig	187	+3	+3	+1.6%
51.	Bjørg	189	-6	-14	-6.9%
51.	Merete	189	0	-3	-1.6%
49.	Åse	200	-7	-21	-9.5%
49.	Turid	200	-8	-22	-9.9%
48.	Unni	204	-5	-16	-7.3%
47.	Eli	208	0	+10	+5.1%
44.	Britt	212	-7	-19	-8.2%
44.	Hege	212	+11	+26	+14.0%
44.	Siv	212	0	+1	+0.5%
43.	Grethe	227	-9	-26	-10.3%
42.	Irene	229	+4	+30	+15.1%
41.	Grete	232	-9	-25	-9.7%
40.	Jorunn	233	-1	+7	+3.1%
39.	Lisbeth	235	+10	+38	+19.3%
38.	Lise	242	0	+15	+6.6%
37.	Gro	244	-2	+2	+0.8%
36.	Trine	246	-6	-18	-6.8%
35.	May	248	-6	-27	-9.8%
34.	Karin	250	+1	+8	+3.3%
33.	Ingrid	253	+7	+30	+13.5%
32.	Astrid	257	+1	+2	+0.8%
31.	Linda	270	-3	-14	-4.9%
30.	Kjersti	271	+23	+84	+44.9%
29.	Ellen	308	-2	+17	+5.8%
28.	Gunn	314	-2	-15	-4.6%
27.	Sissel	319	-2	-25	-7.3%
26.	Laila	324	+21	+126	+63.6%
25.	Rita	340	+5	+76	+28.8%
24.	Randi	352	0	+4	+1.1%
23.	Wenche	382	-8	-34	-8.2%
21.	Ann	391	+1	+21	+5.7%
21.	Elin	391	-3	-12	-3.0%
20.	Elisabeth	393	+2	+23	+6.2%
19.	Liv	395	-5	-55	-12.2%
18.	Hanne	406	+3	+33	+8.8%
17.	Mona	434	-5	-51	-10.5%
16.	Berit	435	+4	+59	+15.7%
15.	Eva	441	+2	+33	+8.1%
14.	Kristin	450	+5	+48	+11.9%
13.	Marianne	470	0	+7	+1.5%
12.	Tove	486	-3	-45	-8.5%
11.	Mette	522	+5	+112	+27.3%
10.	Tone	547	+1	+41	+8.1%
9.	Inger	579	-2	+9	+1.6%
8.	Bente	587	-6	-81	-12.1%
7.	Marit	590	-2	-6	-1.0%
6.	Kari	596	-2	-5	-0.8%
5.	Nina	620	+1	+35	+6.0%
4.	Anita	633	+6	+114	+22.0%
3.	Heidi	662	+5	+118	+21.7%
2.	Hilde	680	+1	+42	+6.6%
1.	Anne	1,865	0	+41	+2.2%

Popularity extremes for Norway