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.

Shrink changes

Boys · Girls

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Åge	91	-18	-20	-18.0%
99.	Reidar	92	-7	-7	-7.1%
98.	Ulf	94	+1	+1	+1.1%
97.	Ketil	97	-1	+3	+3.2%
95.	Fred	98	new	new	new
95.	Runar	98	new	new	new
94.	Henrik	99	new	new	new
92.	Bjørnar	100	+4	+6	+6.4%
92.	Eirik	100	new	new	new
90.	Håvard	104	-4	-2	-1.9%
90.	Jostein	104	-23	-35	-25.2%
88.	Asbjørn	105	+2	+3	+2.9%
88.	Ola	105	-16	-27	-20.5%
87.	Inge	106	-13	-22	-17.2%
84.	Christian	107	+15	+14	+15.1%
84.	Johan	107	+5	+4	+3.9%
84.	Martin	107	-4	-13	-10.8%
83.	Sverre	109	+10	+11	+11.2%
82.	Håkon	111	-1	-4	-3.5%
81.	Tommy	115	-18	-35	-23.3%
79.	Eivind	116	-1	-7	-5.7%
79.	Kåre	116	+5	+6	+5.5%
77.	Paul	117	-8	-19	-14.0%
77.	Torbjørn	117	-6	-16	-12.0%
76.	Kenneth	118	+2	-5	-4.1%
75.	Sven	121	+10	+12	+11.0%
73.	Henning	125	+14	+21	+20.2%
73.	Michael	125	-3	-10	-7.4%
72.	Bård	126	+10	+15	+13.5%
71.	Torgeir	127	+22	+29	+29.6%
69.	Peter	130	+7	+4	+3.2%
69.	Ronny	130	+5	+2	+1.6%
68.	Thomas	132	-2	-8	-5.7%
66.	Arve	134	+11	+9	+7.2%
66.	Kurt	134	-5	-22	-14.1%
65.	Ståle	135	+8	+6	+4.7%
64.	Jonny	144	0	-1	-0.7%
63.	Petter	145	+1	0	0.0%
62.	Finn	154	0	+1	+0.7%
61.	Karl	155	-4	-17	-9.9%
60.	Kai	157	+8	+20	+14.6%
58.	Alf	158	+2	-1	-0.6%
58.	Egil	158	+1	-5	-3.1%
56.	Jens	161	+2	-3	-1.8%
56.	Johnny	161	-2	-21	-11.5%
55.	Magne	165	-5	-33	-16.7%
54.	Thor	166	+2	-12	-6.7%
53.	Atle	179	0	-7	-3.8%
52.	Einar	186	-1	-5	-2.6%
51.	Ove	187	-2	-12	-6.0%
50.	Ivar	192	+1	+1	+0.5%
49.	Espen	196	+6	+17	+9.5%
48.	Olav	214	-4	-20	-8.5%
46.	Jarle	224	-5	-30	-11.8%
46.	Øystein	224	-1	+7	+3.2%
44.	Roar	230	+3	+29	+14.4%
44.	Robert	230	-4	-28	-10.9%
43.	Jørn	233	+5	+33	+16.5%
42.	Anders	238	0	-8	-3.3%
41.	Gunnar	243	+2	+3	+1.3%
40.	Kjetil	251	+6	+43	+20.7%
39.	Pål	252	-1	-19	-7.0%
38.	Nils	266	-1	-7	-2.6%
37.	Arild	269	-10	-49	-15.4%
36.	Harald	281	-1	-2	-0.7%
35.	Leif	282	+4	+23	+8.9%
34.	Roy	283	-6	-33	-10.4%
33.	Rolf	286	-2	-23	-7.4%
32.	Vidar	304	+4	+30	+10.9%
30.	Helge	309	0	-4	-1.3%
30.	Steinar	309	+4	+21	+7.3%
29.	Øyvind	323	+3	+15	+4.9%
27.	Dag	329	-1	-12	-3.5%
27.	Stein	329	+2	+15	+4.8%
26.	Stig	350	-3	-24	-6.4%
25.	Jon	351	-3	-24	-6.4%
24.	Frank	376	0	+8	+2.2%
23.	Frode	377	+2	+30	+8.6%
22.	Roger	392	+11	+90	+29.8%
21.	Erik	417	0	+17	+4.3%
20.	Odd	422	0	+19	+4.7%
19.	Tom	435	-1	-38	-8.0%
18.	John	481	-5	-74	-13.3%
17.	Tore	490	+2	+27	+5.8%
16.	Arne	498	+1	+8	+1.6%
15.	Tor	511	0	-14	-2.7%
14.	Hans	521	+2	+26	+5.3%
13.	Morten	575	+1	+31	+5.7%
12.	Ole	585	-1	-28	-4.6%
11.	Svein	604	-3	-51	-7.8%
10.	Trond	647	-1	+6	+0.9%
9.	Kjell	659	+3	+83	+14.4%
8.	Knut	664	+2	+38	+6.1%
7.	Lars	682	-1	+1	+0.1%
6.	Rune	699	-1	-36	-4.9%
5.	Terje	739	+2	+82	+12.5%
4.	Geir	993	0	+59	+6.3%
3.	Per	1,065	-1	-50	-4.5%
2.	Bjørn	1,125	+1	+19	+1.7%
1.	Jan	1,442	0	+62	+4.5%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Cecilie	77	new	new	new
99.	Marie	77	+1	+4	+5.5%
97.	Helen	78	-8	-14	-15.2%
97.	Merethe	78	-3	0	0.0%
96.	Sonja	80	new	new	new
93.	Birgit	83	-8	-16	-16.2%
93.	Mariann	83	new	new	new
93.	Monika	83	new	new	new
92.	Karen	87	-17	-30	-25.6%
91.	Helene	90	+4	+14	+18.4%
90.	Toril	93	-16	-27	-22.5%
89.	Ruth	94	-3	-3	-3.1%
88.	Vibeke	95	-4	-6	-5.9%
87.	Susanne	97	+11	+23	+31.1%
86.	Torunn	98	-10	-18	-15.5%
85.	Siw	100	+10	+24	+31.6%
84.	Jane	103	-4	-3	-2.8%
83.	Gerd	104	-2	-1	-1.0%
82.	Bodil	105	-13	-22	-17.3%
81.	Synnøve	106	+5	+9	+9.3%
80.	Aina	107	+8	+11	+11.5%
78.	Anette	109	-7	-17	-13.5%
78.	Lena	109	+12	+19	+21.1%
77.	Helle	111	+6	+9	+8.8%
75.	Brit	113	+3	+3	+2.7%
75.	Sølvi	113	+2	0	0.0%
74.	Lillian	116	+7	+11	+10.5%
73.	Cathrine	119	+18	+30	+33.7%
72.	Kirsten	120	-5	-11	-8.4%
71.	Reidun	130	-2	+3	+2.4%
70.	Beate	132	-2	+4	+3.1%
69.	Kirsti	136	+10	+28	+25.9%
68.	Lene	138	+4	+13	+10.4%
66.	Else	139	0	+5	+3.7%
66.	Torill	139	-5	-12	-7.9%
65.	Ragnhild	147	0	+10	+7.3%
64.	Bjørg	152	-5	-14	-8.4%
63.	Trude	154	-1	+4	+2.7%
62.	Gry	155	+11	+31	+25.0%
61.	Siri	164	-1	+2	+1.2%
60.	Ingunn	165	-8	-26	-13.6%
58.	Anna	167	0	-7	-4.0%
58.	Vigdis	167	+6	+27	+19.3%
57.	Turid	170	-2	-15	-8.1%
56.	Aud	171	+6	+21	+14.0%
55.	Solveig	173	-12	-48	-21.7%
54.	Jorunn	175	-7	-34	-16.3%
53.	Line	185	+3	+7	+3.9%
52.	Grete	187	-12	-40	-17.6%
51.	Åse	191	-6	-21	-9.9%
50.	Maria	194	+4	+4	+2.1%
49.	Unni	199	+3	+8	+4.2%
48.	Britt	203	-2	-8	-3.8%
47.	Janne	215	+9	+37	+20.8%
46.	Lisbeth	219	-2	+4	+1.9%
45.	Ingrid	220	-4	-6	-2.7%
44.	Eli	221	+6	+28	+14.5%
43.	Gro	223	-6	-20	-8.2%
42.	Kjersti	226	-8	-23	-9.2%
41.	Astrid	228	-2	-10	-4.2%
40.	Karin	232	-8	-33	-12.5%
39.	Rita	233	-9	-38	-14.0%
38.	Lise	242	-5	-8	-3.2%
37.	Merete	250	+11	+46	+22.5%
36.	Monica	254	+15	+62	+32.3%
35.	May	255	+3	+13	+5.4%
34.	Grethe	263	+15	+62	+30.8%
33.	Irene	268	+9	+43	+19.1%
32.	Laila	273	-2	+2	+0.7%
31.	Siv	279	+5	+35	+14.3%
30.	Hege	289	+5	+42	+17.0%
29.	Randi	292	-5	-55	-15.9%
28.	Gunn	309	+1	0	0.0%
27.	Trine	314	0	-8	-2.5%
26.	Sissel	317	-4	-38	-10.7%
25.	Berit	325	-3	-30	-8.5%
24.	Linda	337	+4	+19	+6.0%
23.	Ellen	352	+3	+19	+5.7%
22.	Liv	354	-1	-23	-6.1%
21.	Elisabeth	372	-2	-27	-6.8%
20.	Hanne	393	+5	+55	+16.3%
19.	Elin	397	+1	+13	+3.4%
18.	Ann	439	0	+2	+0.5%
17.	Eva	443	0	-12	-2.6%
16.	Mona	484	0	+1	+0.2%
15.	Mette	503	-3	-46	-8.4%
14.	Wenche	505	+1	-20	-3.8%
13.	Tone	515	0	-20	-3.7%
12.	Kari	524	-1	-34	-6.1%
10.	Inger	564	-4	-33	-5.5%
10.	Marit	564	-1	-12	-2.1%
9.	Tove	565	+5	+35	+6.6%
8.	Kristin	567	0	-14	-2.4%
7.	Marianne	578	0	-6	-1.0%
6.	Anita	658	+4	+87	+15.2%
5.	Bente	683	0	+22	+3.3%
4.	Nina	688	-2	+3	+0.4%
3.	Hilde	701	0	+17	+2.5%
2.	Heidi	751	+2	+78	+11.6%
1.	Anne	1,850	0	+59	+3.3%

Popularity extremes for Norway