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.	Andre	87	new	new	new
99.	Bjørnar	88	-7	-12	-12.0%
98.	Arnt	89	new	new	new
96.	Åge	91	+4	0	0.0%
96.	David	91	new	new	new
94.	Andrzej	92	new	new	new
94.	Asbjørn	92	-6	-13	-12.4%
92.	Håvard	93	-2	-11	-10.6%
92.	Johan	93	-8	-14	-13.1%
91.	Reidar	97	+8	+5	+5.4%
90.	Eivind	99	-11	-17	-14.7%
88.	Bent	101	new	new	new
88.	Torbjørn	101	-11	-16	-13.7%
87.	Håkon	103	-5	-8	-7.2%
86.	Michael	104	-13	-21	-16.8%
84.	Martin	109	0	+2	+1.9%
84.	Sverre	109	-1	0	0.0%
83.	Henning	111	-10	-14	-11.2%
82.	Ketil	114	+15	+17	+17.5%
81.	Paul	115	-4	-2	-1.7%
80.	Sven	123	-5	+2	+1.7%
79.	Jostein	124	+11	+20	+19.2%
78.	Peter	126	-9	-4	-3.1%
77.	Kåre	130	+2	+14	+12.1%
75.	Arve	132	-9	-2	-1.5%
75.	Inge	132	+12	+26	+24.5%
73.	Gjermund	133	new	new	new
73.	Karl	133	-12	-22	-14.2%
72.	Ola	135	+16	+30	+28.6%
71.	Finn	137	-9	-17	-11.0%
69.	Christian	138	+15	+31	+29.0%
69.	Ståle	138	-4	+3	+2.2%
68.	Kurt	140	-2	+6	+4.5%
67.	Bård	142	+5	+16	+12.7%
66.	Kai	143	-6	-14	-8.9%
65.	Kenneth	151	+11	+33	+28.0%
64.	Thomas	153	+4	+21	+15.9%
62.	Jonny	156	+2	+12	+8.3%
62.	Petter	156	+1	+11	+7.6%
61.	Einar	157	-9	-29	-15.6%
60.	Tommy	161	+21	+46	+40.0%
59.	Alf	164	-1	+6	+3.8%
58.	Egil	165	0	+7	+4.4%
57.	Ronny	167	+12	+37	+28.5%
56.	Ivar	168	-6	-24	-12.5%
55.	Thor	169	-1	+3	+1.8%
54.	Magne	171	+1	+6	+3.6%
53.	Jens	175	+3	+14	+8.7%
52.	Johnny	178	+4	+17	+10.6%
51.	Atle	184	+2	+5	+2.8%
49.	Olav	185	-1	-29	-13.6%
49.	Ove	185	+2	-2	-1.1%
48.	Gunnar	208	-7	-35	-14.4%
47.	Espen	218	+2	+22	+11.2%
46.	Robert	221	-2	-9	-3.9%
45.	Roar	223	-1	-7	-3.0%
44.	Jørn	235	-1	+2	+0.9%
43.	Øystein	240	+3	+16	+7.1%
42.	Jarle	251	+4	+27	+12.1%
41.	Anders	257	+1	+19	+8.0%
40.	Leif	263	-5	-19	-6.7%
39.	Rolf	267	-6	-19	-6.6%
38.	Roy	269	-4	-14	-4.9%
37.	Pål	276	+2	+24	+9.5%
36.	Dag	277	-9	-52	-15.8%
35.	Harald	278	+1	-3	-1.1%
34.	Nils	285	+4	+19	+7.1%
32.	Helge	286	-2	-23	-7.4%
32.	Vidar	286	0	-18	-5.9%
31.	Steinar	289	-1	-20	-6.5%
30.	Kjetil	327	+10	+76	+30.3%
29.	Stein	329	-2	0	0.0%
28.	Øyvind	335	+1	+12	+3.7%
27.	Arild	337	+10	+68	+25.3%
26.	Stig	364	0	+14	+4.0%
25.	Jon	386	0	+35	+10.0%
24.	Frode	398	-1	+21	+5.6%
22.	Frank	400	+2	+24	+6.4%
22.	Odd	400	-2	-22	-5.2%
21.	Roger	401	+1	+9	+2.3%
20.	Arne	404	-4	-94	-18.9%
19.	Erik	469	+2	+52	+12.5%
17.	Hans	471	-3	-50	-9.6%
17.	Tore	471	0	-19	-3.9%
16.	Tom	481	+3	+46	+10.6%
15.	John	526	+3	+45	+9.4%
14.	Tor	529	+1	+18	+3.5%
13.	Morten	583	0	+8	+1.4%
12.	Kjell	591	-3	-68	-10.3%
11.	Trond	614	-1	-33	-5.1%
10.	Svein	634	+1	+30	+5.0%
9.	Terje	654	-4	-85	-11.5%
8.	Knut	655	0	-9	-1.4%
7.	Ole	660	+5	+75	+12.8%
6.	Lars	709	+1	+27	+4.0%
5.	Rune	764	+1	+65	+9.3%
4.	Per	978	-1	-87	-8.2%
3.	Geir	987	+1	-6	-0.6%
2.	Bjørn	1,117	0	-8	-0.7%
1.	Jan	1,446	0	+4	+0.3%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Mari	76	new	new	new
99.	Birgit	77	-6	-6	-7.2%
98.	Ann-Kristin	78	new	new	new
97.	Helene	85	-6	-5	-5.6%
96.	Reidun	91	-25	-39	-30.0%
94.	Helle	92	-17	-19	-17.1%
94.	Monika	92	-1	+9	+10.8%
93.	Karen	93	-1	+6	+6.9%
92.	Merethe	94	+5	+16	+20.5%
89.	Ruth	96	0	+2	+2.1%
89.	Siw	96	-4	-4	-4.0%
89.	Torunn	96	-3	-2	-2.0%
88.	Gerd	98	-5	-6	-5.8%
86.	Birgitte	100	new	new	new
86.	Tina	100	new	new	new
85.	Sølvi	101	-10	-12	-10.6%
84.	Susanne	102	+3	+5	+5.2%
83.	Brit	103	-8	-10	-8.8%
82.	Else	104	-16	-35	-25.2%
80.	Kirsten	108	-8	-12	-10.0%
80.	Lena	108	-2	-1	-0.9%
78.	Aina	110	+2	+3	+2.8%
78.	Synnøve	110	+3	+4	+3.8%
77.	Jane	112	+7	+9	+8.7%
76.	Toril	113	+14	+20	+21.5%
75.	Lillian	116	-1	0	0.0%
74.	Cathrine	127	-1	+8	+6.7%
72.	Aud	130	-16	-41	-24.0%
72.	Mariann	130	+21	+47	+56.6%
71.	Vibeke	133	+17	+38	+40.0%
70.	Bodil	137	+12	+32	+30.5%
69.	Torill	141	-3	+2	+1.4%
68.	Kirsti	144	+1	+8	+5.9%
67.	Anette	146	+11	+37	+33.9%
66.	Beate	147	+4	+15	+11.4%
65.	Bjørg	151	-1	-1	-0.7%
63.	Ingunn	152	-3	-13	-7.9%
63.	Turid	152	-6	-18	-10.6%
62.	Vigdis	154	-4	-13	-7.8%
61.	Anna	158	-3	-9	-5.4%
60.	Siri	161	+1	-3	-1.8%
59.	Gry	162	+3	+7	+4.5%
58.	Ragnhild	168	+7	+21	+14.3%
57.	Jorunn	176	-3	+1	+0.6%
56.	Maria	182	-6	-12	-6.2%
54.	Eli	183	-10	-38	-17.2%
54.	Lene	183	+14	+45	+32.6%
53.	Lisbeth	185	-7	-34	-15.5%
52.	Astrid	190	-11	-38	-16.7%
51.	Trude	194	+12	+40	+26.0%
50.	Unni	195	-1	-4	-2.0%
48.	Åse	196	+3	+5	+2.6%
48.	Line	196	+5	+11	+5.9%
47.	Solveig	203	+8	+30	+17.3%
46.	Grete	208	+6	+21	+11.2%
45.	Grethe	209	-11	-54	-20.5%
44.	Kjersti	223	-2	-3	-1.3%
43.	Britt	229	+5	+26	+12.8%
42.	Gro	231	+1	+8	+3.6%
41.	Ingrid	235	+4	+15	+6.8%
40.	Karin	240	0	+8	+3.4%
38.	Irene	241	-5	-27	-10.1%
38.	May	241	-3	-14	-5.5%
37.	Janne	246	+10	+31	+14.4%
36.	Merete	247	+1	-3	-1.2%
35.	Rita	251	+4	+18	+7.7%
34.	Randi	258	-5	-34	-11.6%
33.	Lise	272	+5	+30	+12.4%
32.	Ellen	292	-9	-60	-17.0%
31.	Monica	294	+5	+40	+15.7%
30.	Gunn	308	-2	-1	-0.3%
29.	Sissel	315	-3	-2	-0.6%
28.	Trine	316	-1	+2	+0.6%
27.	Laila	318	+5	+45	+16.5%
26.	Siv	326	+5	+47	+16.8%
25.	Berit	331	0	+6	+1.8%
23.	Hege	346	+7	+57	+19.7%
23.	Liv	346	-1	-8	-2.3%
22.	Linda	348	+2	+11	+3.3%
21.	Elin	388	-2	-9	-2.3%
20.	Hanne	416	0	+23	+5.9%
19.	Eva	433	-2	-10	-2.3%
18.	Tove	444	-9	-121	-21.4%
17.	Elisabeth	452	+4	+80	+21.5%
16.	Mette	486	-1	-17	-3.4%
15.	Marit	493	-5	-71	-12.6%
14.	Wenche	498	0	-7	-1.4%
13.	Inger	509	-3	-55	-9.8%
12.	Ann	522	+6	+83	+18.9%
11.	Kari	523	+1	-1	-0.2%
10.	Mona	537	+6	+53	+11.0%
9.	Kristin	564	-1	-3	-0.5%
8.	Tone	567	+5	+52	+10.1%
7.	Heidi	639	-5	-112	-14.9%
6.	Bente	647	-1	-36	-5.3%
5.	Marianne	673	+2	+95	+16.4%
4.	Anita	679	+2	+21	+3.2%
3.	Hilde	794	0	+93	+13.3%
2.	Nina	807	+2	+119	+17.3%
1.	Anne	1,758	0	-92	-5.0%

Popularity extremes for Norway