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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway