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.	Andrzej	88	-5	-4	-4.3%
99.	Runar	88	new	new	new
98.	Asbjørn	91	-4	-1	-1.1%
96.	Henrik	94	new	new	new
96.	Kristian	94	new	new	new
94.	Andre	95	+6	+8	+9.2%
94.	Johan	95	-2	+2	+2.2%
93.	Reidar	97	-2	0	0.0%
92.	Peter	99	-14	-27	-21.4%
91.	Ketil	101	-9	-13	-11.4%
89.	Bent	108	-1	+7	+6.9%
89.	Kåre	108	-12	-22	-16.9%
88.	Håvard	109	+4	+16	+17.2%
87.	Sven	110	-7	-13	-10.6%
84.	Jonny	111	-22	-45	-28.8%
84.	Lasse	111	new	new	new
84.	Martin	111	0	+2	+1.8%
83.	Michael	112	+3	+8	+7.7%
82.	Finn	113	-11	-24	-17.5%
81.	Sverre	114	+3	+5	+4.6%
80.	Torbjørn	117	+8	+16	+15.8%
78.	Eivind	118	+12	+19	+19.2%
78.	Ola	118	-6	-17	-12.6%
77.	Jostein	120	+2	-4	-3.2%
76.	Henning	121	+7	+10	+9.0%
75.	Paul	122	+6	+7	+6.1%
74.	Arve	123	+1	-9	-6.8%
73.	Inge	131	+2	-1	-0.8%
71.	Alf	132	-12	-32	-19.5%
71.	Kurt	132	-3	-8	-5.7%
69.	Egil	133	-11	-32	-19.4%
69.	Ivar	133	-13	-35	-20.8%
67.	Christian	134	+2	-4	-2.9%
67.	Håkon	134	+20	+31	+30.1%
65.	Eirik	136	new	new	new
65.	Kai	136	+1	-7	-4.9%
64.	Bård	142	+3	0	0.0%
63.	Karl	147	+10	+14	+10.5%
62.	Jens	155	-9	-20	-11.4%
60.	Einar	157	+1	0	0.0%
60.	Thor	157	-5	-12	-7.1%
59.	Kenneth	161	+6	+10	+6.6%
57.	Johnny	162	-5	-16	-9.0%
57.	Magne	162	-3	-9	-5.3%
56.	Ståle	165	+13	+27	+19.6%
55.	Petter	171	+7	+15	+9.6%
54.	Ronny	186	+3	+19	+11.4%
53.	Atle	189	-2	+5	+2.7%
52.	Tommy	193	+8	+32	+19.9%
51.	Robert	201	-5	-20	-9.0%
50.	Ove	202	-1	+17	+9.2%
49.	Olav	203	0	+18	+9.7%
48.	Jørn	205	-4	-30	-12.8%
47.	Roar	211	-2	-12	-5.4%
46.	Thomas	218	+18	+65	+42.5%
45.	Anders	222	-4	-35	-13.6%
44.	Gunnar	233	+4	+25	+12.0%
43.	Espen	237	+4	+19	+8.7%
41.	Øystein	239	+2	-1	-0.4%
41.	Rolf	239	-2	-28	-10.5%
40.	Jarle	252	+2	+1	+0.4%
39.	Steinar	258	-8	-31	-10.7%
38.	Harald	259	-3	-19	-6.8%
37.	Helge	271	-5	-15	-5.2%
36.	Nils	274	-2	-11	-3.9%
35.	Leif	279	+5	+16	+6.1%
34.	Dag	284	+2	+7	+2.5%
33.	Arild	293	-6	-44	-13.1%
31.	Pål	294	+6	+18	+6.5%
31.	Vidar	294	+1	+8	+2.8%
30.	Stein	306	-1	-23	-7.0%
29.	Roy	307	+9	+38	+14.1%
28.	Øyvind	330	0	-5	-1.5%
27.	Kjetil	345	+3	+18	+5.5%
26.	Roger	359	-5	-42	-10.5%
25.	Odd	369	-3	-31	-7.8%
24.	Jon	374	+1	-12	-3.1%
23.	Arne	388	-3	-16	-4.0%
22.	Frank	395	0	-5	-1.3%
21.	Stig	419	+5	+55	+15.1%
20.	Frode	434	+4	+36	+9.0%
19.	Tore	442	-2	-29	-6.2%
18.	Tom	464	-2	-17	-3.5%
17.	Erik	481	+2	+12	+2.6%
16.	Hans	485	+1	+14	+3.0%
15.	John	488	0	-38	-7.2%
14.	Kjell	530	-2	-61	-10.3%
13.	Ole	566	-6	-94	-14.2%
12.	Tor	574	+2	+45	+8.5%
11.	Knut	589	-3	-66	-10.1%
9.	Svein	626	+1	-8	-1.3%
9.	Trond	626	+2	+12	+2.0%
8.	Terje	652	+1	-2	-0.3%
7.	Morten	662	+6	+79	+13.6%
6.	Lars	698	0	-11	-1.6%
5.	Rune	776	0	+12	+1.6%
4.	Per	915	0	-63	-6.4%
3.	Geir	985	0	-2	-0.2%
2.	Bjørn	1,079	0	-38	-3.4%
1.	Jan	1,371	0	-75	-5.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Gerd	77	-12	-21	-21.4%
99.	Tina	79	-13	-21	-21.0%
98.	Pia	80	new	new	new
97.	Cecilie	85	new	new	new
96.	Ruth	87	-7	-9	-9.4%
95.	Susanne	88	-11	-14	-13.7%
93.	Helene	89	+4	+4	+4.7%
93.	Reidun	89	+3	-2	-2.2%
92.	Lill	91	new	new	new
91.	Brit	96	-8	-7	-6.8%
90.	Bjørg	97	-25	-54	-35.8%
87.	Aina	98	-9	-12	-10.9%
87.	Annette	98	new	new	new
87.	Lena	98	-7	-10	-9.3%
86.	Torunn	99	+3	+3	+3.1%
84.	Else	100	-2	-4	-3.8%
84.	Monika	100	+10	+8	+8.7%
83.	Birgitte	102	+3	+2	+2.0%
82.	Merethe	103	+10	+9	+9.6%
81.	Toril	104	-5	-9	-8.0%
79.	Karen	107	+14	+14	+15.1%
79.	Lillian	107	-4	-9	-7.8%
78.	Cathrine	109	-4	-18	-14.2%
77.	Kirsten	110	+3	+2	+1.9%
76.	Bodil	111	-6	-26	-19.0%
74.	Jane	118	+3	+6	+5.4%
74.	Siw	118	+15	+22	+22.9%
72.	Ann-Kristin	119	+26	+41	+52.6%
72.	Sølvi	119	+13	+18	+17.8%
71.	Aud	122	+1	-8	-6.2%
70.	Vigdis	134	-8	-20	-13.0%
69.	Turid	135	-6	-17	-11.2%
68.	Kirsti	136	0	-8	-5.6%
67.	Ragnhild	150	-9	-18	-10.7%
66.	Beate	151	0	+4	+2.7%
65.	Åse	153	-17	-43	-21.9%
64.	Ingunn	158	-1	+6	+3.9%
62.	Jorunn	159	-5	-17	-9.7%
62.	Torill	159	+7	+18	+12.8%
61.	Solveig	162	-14	-41	-20.2%
59.	Lene	165	-5	-18	-9.8%
59.	Vibeke	165	+12	+32	+24.1%
58.	Gry	167	+1	+5	+3.1%
57.	Siri	169	+3	+8	+5.0%
56.	Anna	170	+5	+12	+7.6%
55.	Eli	172	-1	-11	-6.0%
54.	Unni	173	-4	-22	-11.3%
52.	Anette	174	+15	+28	+19.2%
52.	Mariann	174	+20	+44	+33.8%
51.	Grethe	176	-6	-33	-15.8%
50.	Grete	184	-4	-24	-11.5%
48.	Astrid	190	+4	0	0.0%
48.	Lisbeth	190	+5	+5	+2.7%
46.	Britt	207	-3	-22	-9.6%
46.	Karin	207	-6	-33	-13.8%
45.	Ingrid	208	-4	-27	-11.5%
44.	Maria	212	+12	+30	+16.5%
43.	May	216	-5	-25	-10.4%
42.	Irene	218	-4	-23	-9.5%
41.	Trude	220	+10	+26	+13.4%
40.	Rita	221	-5	-30	-12.0%
39.	Kjersti	242	+5	+19	+8.5%
38.	Line	244	+10	+48	+24.5%
37.	Gro	256	+5	+25	+10.8%
36.	Lise	267	-3	-5	-1.8%
35.	Randi	271	-1	+13	+5.0%
34.	Berit	282	-9	-49	-14.8%
33.	Janne	287	+4	+41	+16.7%
32.	Merete	288	+4	+41	+16.6%
31.	Gunn	292	-1	-16	-5.2%
30.	Laila	295	-3	-23	-7.2%
29.	Sissel	307	0	-8	-2.5%
28.	Ellen	316	+4	+24	+8.2%
27.	Trine	321	+1	+5	+1.6%
26.	Liv	326	-3	-20	-5.8%
25.	Siv	383	+1	+57	+17.5%
24.	Linda	387	-2	+39	+11.2%
23.	Hanne	397	-3	-19	-4.6%
22.	Elin	404	-1	+16	+4.1%
21.	Eva	407	-2	-26	-6.0%
20.	Monica	416	+11	+122	+41.5%
19.	Mette	428	-3	-58	-11.9%
18.	Elisabeth	436	-1	-16	-3.5%
17.	Tove	437	+1	-7	-1.6%
16.	Wenche	439	-2	-59	-11.8%
15.	Hege	453	+8	+107	+30.9%
14.	Inger	473	-1	-36	-7.1%
13.	Kari	480	-2	-43	-8.2%
12.	Marit	499	+3	+6	+1.2%
11.	Mona	513	-1	-24	-4.5%
10.	Ann	536	+2	+14	+2.7%
9.	Tone	597	-1	+30	+5.3%
8.	Heidi	634	-1	-5	-0.8%
7.	Kristin	647	+2	+83	+14.7%
6.	Bente	661	0	+14	+2.2%
5.	Anita	671	-1	-8	-1.2%
4.	Marianne	676	+1	+3	+0.4%
3.	Nina	771	-1	-36	-4.5%
2.	Hilde	805	+1	+11	+1.4%
1.	Anne	1,647	0	-111	-6.3%

Popularity extremes for Norway