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.	Christian	93	+1	+10	+12.0%
99.	Ulf	93	-9	0	0.0%
96.	Arnt	94	-10	-4	-4.1%
96.	Bjørnar	94	new	new	new
96.	Ketil	94	+1	+8	+9.3%
95.	Bjarne	97	+1	+10	+11.5%
93.	Sverre	98	-19	-17	-14.8%
93.	Torgeir	98	new	new	new
92.	Reidar	99	-3	+5	+5.3%
91.	Erling	101	-7	-4	-3.8%
90.	Asbjørn	102	-5	+2	+2.0%
89.	Johan	103	-6	-3	-2.8%
87.	David	104	+7	+15	+16.9%
87.	Henning	104	-10	-9	-8.0%
86.	Håvard	106	new	new	new
85.	Sven	109	-11	-6	-5.2%
84.	Kåre	110	-15	-17	-13.4%
82.	Åge	111	+15	+25	+29.1%
82.	Bård	111	+5	+15	+15.6%
81.	Håkon	115	-12	-12	-9.4%
80.	Martin	120	new	new	new
78.	Eivind	123	+1	+14	+12.8%
78.	Kenneth	123	+19	+37	+43.0%
77.	Arve	125	0	+12	+10.6%
76.	Peter	126	-10	-10	-7.4%
74.	Inge	128	-10	-11	-7.9%
74.	Ronny	128	+14	+33	+34.7%
73.	Ståle	129	+6	+20	+18.3%
72.	Ola	132	+2	+17	+14.8%
71.	Torbjørn	133	-6	-4	-2.9%
70.	Michael	135	+2	+15	+12.5%
69.	Paul	136	+13	+28	+25.9%
68.	Kai	137	0	+3	+2.2%
67.	Jostein	139	+12	+30	+27.5%
66.	Thomas	140	+7	+22	+18.6%
64.	Jonny	145	-10	-22	-13.2%
64.	Petter	145	-8	-10	-6.5%
63.	Tommy	150	+8	+27	+22.0%
62.	Finn	153	-2	+12	+8.5%
61.	Kurt	156	-1	+15	+10.6%
60.	Alf	159	-2	+6	+3.9%
59.	Egil	163	-4	-3	-1.8%
58.	Jens	164	+1	+12	+7.9%
57.	Karl	172	+6	+32	+22.9%
56.	Thor	178	+4	+37	+26.2%
55.	Espen	179	+11	+43	+31.6%
54.	Johnny	182	-4	+1	+0.6%
53.	Atle	186	-1	+6	+3.3%
51.	Einar	191	-7	-10	-5.0%
51.	Ivar	191	+2	+20	+11.7%
50.	Magne	198	-1	+12	+6.5%
49.	Ove	199	-2	+11	+5.9%
48.	Jørn	200	-2	+5	+2.6%
47.	Roar	201	-5	-11	-5.2%
46.	Kjetil	208	+4	+27	+14.9%
45.	Øystein	217	0	+18	+9.0%
44.	Olav	234	-1	+31	+15.3%
43.	Gunnar	240	-4	-9	-3.6%
42.	Anders	246	-1	+33	+15.5%
41.	Jarle	254	+6	+66	+35.1%
40.	Robert	258	+16	+103	+66.5%
39.	Leif	259	-7	-25	-8.8%
38.	Pål	271	-4	+1	+0.4%
37.	Nils	273	-11	-36	-11.7%
36.	Vidar	274	+2	+18	+7.0%
35.	Harald	283	-1	+13	+4.8%
34.	Steinar	288	+6	+50	+21.0%
33.	Roger	302	+4	+37	+14.0%
32.	Øyvind	308	+2	+38	+14.1%
31.	Rolf	309	-5	0	0.0%
30.	Helge	313	-5	+2	+0.6%
29.	Stein	314	-3	+5	+1.6%
28.	Roy	316	+3	+28	+9.7%
27.	Arild	318	+3	+23	+7.8%
26.	Dag	341	-3	-4	-1.2%
25.	Frode	347	-1	+18	+5.5%
24.	Frank	368	+2	+59	+19.1%
23.	Stig	374	+10	+100	+36.5%
22.	Jon	375	0	+28	+8.1%
21.	Erik	400	0	+22	+5.8%
20.	Odd	403	0	-15	-3.6%
19.	Tore	463	0	+22	+5.0%
18.	Tom	473	-2	-5	-1.0%
17.	Arne	490	+1	+32	+7.0%
16.	Hans	495	+1	+26	+5.5%
15.	Tor	525	0	0	0.0%
14.	Morten	544	-1	-10	-1.8%
13.	John	555	+1	+28	+5.3%
12.	Kjell	576	-1	+5	+0.9%
11.	Ole	613	+1	+47	+8.3%
10.	Knut	626	-1	-7	-1.1%
9.	Trond	641	+1	+53	+9.0%
8.	Svein	655	-2	-11	-1.7%
7.	Terje	657	+1	+21	+3.3%
6.	Lars	681	+1	+32	+4.9%
5.	Rune	735	0	+36	+5.2%
4.	Geir	934	0	-62	-6.2%
3.	Bjørn	1,106	0	+91	+9.0%
2.	Per	1,115	0	+85	+8.3%
1.	Jan	1,380	0	-100	-6.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Marie	73	new	new	new
98.	Ingeborg	74	new	new	new
98.	Susanne	74	-9	-3	-3.9%
97.	Mari	75	-9	-9	-10.7%
95.	Helene	76	+3	+7	+10.1%
95.	Siw	76	new	new	new
94.	Merethe	78	+2	+6	+8.3%
93.	Solfrid	80	-6	-6	-7.0%
92.	Birgitte	81	new	new	new
91.	Cathrine	89	-2	+12	+15.6%
90.	Lena	90	+2	+15	+20.0%
89.	Helen	92	+5	+19	+26.0%
88.	Aina	96	+5	+22	+29.7%
86.	Ruth	97	-3	+5	+5.4%
86.	Synnøve	97	-10	-9	-8.5%
85.	Birgit	99	0	+11	+12.5%
84.	Vibeke	101	-4	+5	+5.2%
83.	Helle	102	+3	+15	+17.2%
81.	Gerd	105	-12	-18	-14.6%
81.	Lillian	105	-2	+8	+8.2%
80.	Jane	106	+4	+17	+19.1%
79.	Kirsti	108	-9	-12	-10.0%
78.	Brit	110	-1	+5	+4.8%
77.	Sølvi	113	-9	-16	-12.4%
76.	Torunn	116	+5	+21	+22.1%
75.	Karen	117	+3	+15	+14.7%
74.	Toril	120	+8	+26	+27.7%
73.	Gry	124	-3	+4	+3.3%
72.	Lene	125	+1	+11	+9.6%
71.	Anette	126	+20	+50	+65.8%
69.	Bodil	127	+4	+13	+11.4%
69.	Reidun	127	+6	+14	+12.4%
68.	Beate	128	+4	+11	+9.4%
67.	Kirsten	131	-2	-11	-7.7%
66.	Else	134	-2	-10	-6.9%
65.	Ragnhild	137	-4	-12	-8.1%
64.	Vigdis	140	-1	-5	-3.4%
62.	Aud	150	-7	-18	-10.7%
62.	Trude	150	-3	-3	-2.0%
61.	Torill	151	+1	+4	+2.7%
60.	Siri	162	0	+12	+8.0%
59.	Bjørg	166	-8	-23	-12.2%
58.	Anna	174	0	+20	+13.0%
56.	Janne	178	-3	-9	-4.8%
56.	Line	178	+11	+43	+31.9%
55.	Turid	185	-6	-15	-7.5%
54.	Maria	190	+3	+27	+16.6%
52.	Ingunn	191	+13	+49	+34.5%
52.	Unni	191	-4	-13	-6.4%
51.	Monica	192	+5	+25	+15.0%
50.	Eli	193	-3	-15	-7.2%
49.	Grethe	201	-6	-26	-11.5%
48.	Merete	204	+3	+15	+7.9%
47.	Jorunn	209	-7	-24	-10.3%
46.	Britt	211	-2	-1	-0.5%
45.	Åse	212	+4	+12	+6.0%
44.	Lisbeth	215	-5	-20	-8.5%
43.	Solveig	221	+10	+34	+18.2%
42.	Irene	225	0	-4	-1.7%
41.	Ingrid	226	-8	-27	-10.7%
40.	Grete	227	+1	-5	-2.2%
39.	Astrid	238	-7	-19	-7.4%
38.	May	242	-3	-6	-2.4%
37.	Gro	243	0	-1	-0.4%
36.	Siv	244	+8	+32	+15.1%
35.	Hege	247	+9	+35	+16.5%
34.	Kjersti	249	-4	-22	-8.1%
33.	Lise	250	+5	+8	+3.3%
32.	Karin	265	+2	+15	+6.0%
30.	Laila	271	-4	-53	-16.4%
30.	Rita	271	-5	-69	-20.3%
29.	Gunn	309	-1	-5	-1.6%
28.	Linda	318	+3	+48	+17.8%
27.	Trine	322	+9	+76	+30.9%
26.	Ellen	333	+3	+25	+8.1%
25.	Hanne	338	-7	-68	-16.7%
24.	Randi	347	0	-5	-1.4%
22.	Berit	355	-6	-80	-18.4%
22.	Sissel	355	+5	+36	+11.3%
21.	Liv	377	-2	-18	-4.6%
20.	Elin	384	+1	-7	-1.8%
19.	Elisabeth	399	+1	+6	+1.5%
18.	Ann	437	+3	+46	+11.8%
17.	Eva	455	-2	+14	+3.2%
16.	Mona	483	+1	+49	+11.3%
15.	Wenche	525	+8	+143	+37.4%
14.	Tove	530	-2	+44	+9.1%
13.	Tone	535	-3	-12	-2.2%
12.	Mette	549	-1	+27	+5.2%
11.	Kari	558	-5	-38	-6.4%
10.	Anita	571	-6	-62	-9.8%
9.	Marit	576	-2	-14	-2.4%
8.	Kristin	581	+6	+131	+29.1%
7.	Marianne	584	+6	+114	+24.3%
6.	Inger	597	+3	+18	+3.1%
5.	Bente	661	+3	+74	+12.6%
4.	Heidi	673	-1	+11	+1.7%
3.	Hilde	684	-1	+4	+0.6%
2.	Nina	685	+3	+65	+10.5%
1.	Anne	1,791	0	-74	-4.0%

Popularity extremes for Norway