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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway