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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway