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.	Runar	93	-1	+5	+5.7%
99.	Glenn	94	new	new	new
97.	Kåre	97	-8	-11	-10.2%
97.	Ola	97	-19	-21	-17.8%
94.	Bjørnar	98	new	new	new
94.	Johan	98	0	+3	+3.2%
94.	Richard	98	new	new	new
92.	Dariusz	99	new	new	new
92.	Jostein	99	-15	-21	-17.5%
91.	Bent	103	-2	-5	-4.6%
90.	Andre	104	+4	+9	+9.5%
89.	Håvard	106	-1	-3	-2.8%
88.	Martin	107	-4	-4	-3.6%
87.	David	109	new	new	new
86.	Arnt	111	new	new	new
85.	Inge	112	-12	-19	-14.5%
84.	Lasse	113	0	+2	+1.8%
82.	Jonny	114	+2	+3	+2.7%
82.	Ketil	114	+9	+13	+12.9%
81.	Peter	116	+11	+17	+17.2%
80.	Paul	117	-5	-5	-4.1%
79.	Finn	118	+3	+5	+4.4%
78.	Torbjørn	120	+2	+3	+2.6%
77.	Eivind	123	+1	+5	+4.2%
76.	Michael	125	+7	+13	+11.6%
75.	Eirik	127	-10	-9	-6.6%
74.	Bård	128	-10	-14	-9.9%
73.	Håkon	131	-6	-3	-2.2%
72.	Henning	133	+4	+12	+9.9%
70.	Kurt	137	+1	+5	+3.8%
70.	Thor	137	-10	-20	-12.7%
68.	Egil	138	+1	+5	+3.8%
68.	Petter	138	-13	-33	-19.3%
67.	Jens	139	-5	-16	-10.3%
66.	Kai	141	-1	+5	+3.7%
63.	Alf	143	+8	+11	+8.3%
63.	Arve	143	+11	+20	+16.3%
63.	Ivar	143	+6	+10	+7.5%
61.	Einar	147	-1	-10	-6.4%
61.	Sven	147	+26	+37	+33.6%
59.	Karl	150	+4	+3	+2.0%
59.	Ove	150	-9	-52	-25.7%
58.	Magne	151	-1	-11	-6.8%
57.	Johnny	164	0	+2	+1.2%
56.	Christian	165	+11	+31	+23.1%
55.	Ståle	172	+1	+7	+4.2%
54.	Ronny	182	0	-4	-2.2%
53.	Olav	188	-4	-15	-7.4%
52.	Atle	192	+1	+3	+1.6%
51.	Kenneth	193	+8	+32	+19.9%
50.	Jørn	198	-2	-7	-3.4%
49.	Roar	213	-2	+2	+0.9%
48.	Rolf	215	-7	-24	-10.0%
47.	Gunnar	219	-3	-14	-6.0%
46.	Øystein	238	-5	-1	-0.4%
45.	Steinar	242	-6	-16	-6.2%
44.	Leif	246	-9	-33	-11.8%
43.	Jarle	247	-3	-5	-2.0%
42.	Tommy	248	+10	+55	+28.5%
41.	Harald	255	-3	-4	-1.5%
40.	Helge	260	-3	-11	-4.1%
39.	Thomas	261	+7	+43	+19.7%
38.	Arild	266	-5	-27	-9.2%
36.	Anders	286	+9	+64	+28.8%
36.	Nils	286	0	+12	+4.4%
35.	Roy	288	-6	-19	-6.2%
34.	Robert	296	+17	+95	+47.3%
33.	Espen	302	+10	+65	+27.4%
32.	Dag	310	+2	+26	+9.2%
31.	Pål	312	0	+18	+6.1%
30.	Stein	319	0	+13	+4.2%
29.	Kjetil	334	-2	-11	-3.2%
28.	Arne	360	-5	-28	-7.2%
27.	Vidar	361	+4	+67	+22.8%
26.	Odd	387	-1	+18	+4.9%
25.	Øyvind	388	+3	+58	+17.6%
24.	Jon	402	0	+28	+7.5%
23.	Roger	417	+3	+58	+16.2%
22.	Frank	418	0	+23	+5.8%
21.	Tom	425	-3	-39	-8.4%
20.	Erik	428	-3	-53	-11.0%
19.	Stig	435	+2	+16	+3.8%
17.	Hans	460	-1	-25	-5.2%
17.	Tore	460	+2	+18	+4.1%
16.	John	489	-1	+1	+0.2%
15.	Frode	492	+5	+58	+13.4%
14.	Kjell	522	0	-8	-1.5%
13.	Tor	527	-1	-47	-8.2%
12.	Ole	560	+1	-6	-1.1%
11.	Knut	568	0	-21	-3.6%
10.	Svein	610	-1	-16	-2.6%
9.	Terje	621	-1	-31	-4.8%
7.	Lars	694	-1	-4	-0.6%
7.	Morten	694	0	+32	+4.8%
6.	Trond	708	+3	+82	+13.1%
5.	Rune	839	0	+63	+8.1%
4.	Per	909	0	-6	-0.7%
3.	Geir	1,005	0	+20	+2.0%
2.	Bjørn	1,074	0	-5	-0.5%
1.	Jan	1,347	0	-24	-1.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Aina	83	-12	-15	-15.3%
99.	Christine	83	new	new	new
98.	Charlotte	85	new	new	new
97.	Pia	86	+1	+6	+7.5%
95.	Camilla	87	new	new	new
95.	Helene	87	-2	-2	-2.2%
94.	Toril	88	-13	-16	-15.4%
93.	Karen	91	-14	-16	-15.0%
92.	Tina	93	+7	+14	+17.7%
90.	Reidun	94	+3	+5	+5.6%
90.	Synnøve	94	new	new	new
88.	Ann-Kristin	95	-16	-24	-20.2%
88.	Kirsten	95	-11	-15	-13.6%
87.	Birgitte	98	-4	-4	-3.9%
86.	Lillian	100	-7	-7	-6.5%
85.	Lill	102	+7	+11	+12.1%
84.	Annette	104	+3	+6	+6.1%
83.	Jane	106	-9	-12	-10.2%
82.	Sølvi	107	-10	-12	-10.1%
80.	Aud	108	-9	-14	-11.5%
80.	Else	108	+4	+8	+8.0%
79.	Monika	109	+5	+9	+9.0%
78.	Torunn	111	+8	+12	+12.1%
77.	Siw	112	-3	-6	-5.1%
76.	Cecilie	114	+21	+29	+34.1%
75.	Mariann	116	-23	-58	-33.3%
74.	Cathrine	119	+4	+10	+9.2%
73.	Vigdis	121	-3	-13	-9.7%
71.	Bodil	122	+5	+11	+9.9%
71.	Kirsti	122	-3	-14	-10.3%
70.	Merethe	131	+12	+28	+27.2%
69.	Torill	140	-7	-19	-11.9%
67.	Solveig	143	-6	-19	-11.7%
67.	Turid	143	+2	+8	+5.9%
66.	Ingunn	145	-2	-13	-8.2%
65.	Unni	148	-11	-25	-14.5%
63.	Eli	149	-8	-23	-13.4%
63.	Grete	149	-13	-35	-19.0%
61.	Beate	150	+5	-1	-0.7%
61.	Ragnhild	150	+6	0	0.0%
60.	Åse	157	+5	+4	+2.6%
59.	Lena	165	+28	+67	+68.4%
58.	Jorunn	170	+4	+11	+6.9%
56.	Astrid	173	-8	-17	-8.9%
56.	Trude	173	-15	-47	-21.4%
55.	Sonja	177	new	new	new
54.	Siri	178	+3	+9	+5.3%
53.	Britt	179	-7	-28	-13.5%
52.	Lisbeth	181	-4	-9	-4.7%
51.	Anna	182	+5	+12	+7.1%
50.	Anette	184	+2	+10	+5.7%
49.	Grethe	198	+2	+22	+12.5%
47.	Maria	204	-3	-8	-3.8%
47.	Vibeke	204	+12	+39	+23.6%
46.	May	212	-3	-4	-1.9%
45.	Karin	213	+1	+6	+2.9%
44.	Ingrid	228	+1	+20	+9.6%
43.	Rita	229	-3	+8	+3.6%
42.	Lene	231	+17	+66	+40.0%
41.	Gry	251	+17	+84	+50.3%
39.	Berit	255	-5	-27	-9.6%
39.	Kjersti	255	0	+13	+5.4%
38.	Merete	258	-6	-30	-10.4%
37.	Lise	259	-1	-8	-3.0%
36.	Irene	261	+6	+43	+19.7%
35.	Randi	272	0	+1	+0.4%
34.	Gro	274	+3	+18	+7.0%
33.	Janne	287	0	0	0.0%
32.	Ellen	296	-4	-20	-6.3%
31.	Trine	301	-4	-20	-6.2%
30.	Sissel	306	-1	-1	-0.3%
29.	Liv	318	-3	-8	-2.5%
28.	Laila	323	+2	+28	+9.5%
27.	Gunn	325	+4	+33	+11.3%
26.	Line	360	+12	+116	+47.5%
25.	Elin	364	-3	-40	-9.9%
24.	Siv	369	+1	-14	-3.7%
23.	Hanne	370	0	-27	-6.8%
22.	Wenche	395	-6	-44	-10.0%
21.	Eva	406	0	-1	-0.2%
20.	Elisabeth	409	-2	-27	-6.2%
19.	Mette	430	0	+2	+0.5%
18.	Tove	434	-1	-3	-0.7%
17.	Kari	443	-4	-37	-7.7%
16.	Marit	448	-4	-51	-10.2%
15.	Inger	456	-1	-17	-3.6%
14.	Linda	486	+10	+99	+25.6%
13.	Monica	493	+7	+77	+18.5%
12.	Ann	503	-2	-33	-6.2%
11.	Hege	511	+4	+58	+12.8%
10.	Kristin	518	-3	-129	-19.9%
9.	Mona	533	+2	+20	+3.9%
8.	Bente	649	-2	-12	-1.8%
7.	Tone	669	+2	+72	+12.1%
6.	Anita	692	-1	+21	+3.1%
5.	Nina	724	-2	-47	-6.1%
4.	Marianne	731	0	+55	+8.1%
3.	Heidi	746	+5	+112	+17.7%
2.	Hilde	776	0	-29	-3.6%
1.	Anne	1,544	0	-103	-6.3%

Popularity extremes for Norway