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.	Sverre	96	new	new	new
98.	Andreas	97	new	new	new
98.	Andrzej	97	new	new	new
97.	Finn	99	-18	-19	-16.1%
96.	Glenn	100	+3	+6	+6.4%
94.	Bjørnar	101	0	+3	+3.1%
94.	Dariusz	101	-2	+2	+2.0%
92.	Kåre	102	+5	+5	+5.2%
92.	Kristian	102	new	new	new
91.	Eivind	109	-14	-14	-11.4%
89.	Bent	111	+2	+8	+7.8%
89.	Johan	111	+5	+13	+13.3%
88.	Torbjørn	113	-10	-7	-5.8%
87.	Jonny	116	-5	+2	+1.8%
86.	Paul	117	-6	0	0.0%
85.	Michael	119	-9	-6	-4.8%
84.	Jens	120	-17	-19	-13.7%
82.	Ketil	121	0	+7	+6.1%
82.	Ola	121	+15	+24	+24.7%
81.	Alf	124	-18	-19	-13.3%
80.	Inge	126	+5	+14	+12.5%
79.	Magne	127	-21	-24	-15.9%
78.	Andre	128	+12	+24	+23.1%
76.	Einar	129	-15	-18	-12.2%
76.	Martin	129	+12	+22	+20.6%
74.	Bård	130	0	+2	+1.6%
74.	Sven	130	-13	-17	-11.6%
73.	Egil	131	-5	-7	-5.1%
72.	Jostein	132	+20	+33	+33.3%
71.	Lasse	134	+13	+21	+18.6%
70.	Henning	136	+2	+3	+2.3%
69.	Kurt	137	+1	0	0.0%
68.	Håkon	139	+5	+8	+6.1%
67.	Peter	140	+14	+24	+20.7%
66.	Ove	141	-7	-9	-6.0%
65.	Ivar	142	-2	-1	-0.7%
64.	Thor	146	+6	+9	+6.6%
63.	Arve	147	0	+4	+2.8%
62.	Kai	148	+4	+7	+5.0%
61.	Karl	151	-2	+1	+0.7%
60.	Eirik	156	+15	+29	+22.8%
59.	Johnny	159	-2	-5	-3.0%
58.	Håvard	161	+31	+55	+51.9%
56.	Petter	166	+12	+28	+20.3%
56.	Ståle	166	-1	-6	-3.5%
55.	Christian	169	+1	+4	+2.4%
54.	Olav	182	-1	-6	-3.2%
53.	Gunnar	186	-6	-33	-15.1%
52.	Atle	193	0	+1	+0.5%
51.	Roar	200	-2	-13	-6.1%
50.	Rolf	208	-2	-7	-3.3%
49.	Jørn	214	+1	+16	+8.1%
48.	Kenneth	215	+3	+22	+11.4%
47.	Leif	225	-3	-21	-8.5%
46.	Jarle	231	-3	-16	-6.5%
45.	Øystein	235	+1	-3	-1.3%
44.	Harald	245	-3	-10	-3.9%
43.	Helge	248	-3	-12	-4.6%
42.	Nils	253	-6	-33	-11.5%
41.	Anders	260	-5	-26	-9.1%
40.	Steinar	261	+5	+19	+7.9%
39.	Stein	276	-9	-43	-13.5%
38.	Robert	281	-4	-15	-5.1%
37.	Arild	293	+1	+27	+10.2%
35.	Ronny	308	+19	+126	+69.2%
35.	Tommy	308	+7	+60	+24.2%
34.	Roy	310	+1	+22	+7.6%
32.	Dag	322	0	+12	+3.9%
32.	Pål	322	-1	+10	+3.2%
31.	Arne	328	-3	-32	-8.9%
30.	Thomas	336	+9	+75	+28.7%
29.	Espen	344	+4	+42	+13.9%
28.	Øyvind	350	-3	-38	-9.8%
27.	Vidar	353	0	-8	-2.2%
26.	Odd	363	0	-24	-6.2%
25.	Frank	369	-3	-49	-11.7%
24.	Jon	382	0	-20	-5.0%
23.	Kjetil	392	+6	+58	+17.4%
22.	Hans	415	-5	-45	-9.8%
21.	Roger	421	+2	+4	+1.0%
20.	John	429	-4	-60	-12.3%
19.	Erik	443	+1	+15	+3.5%
18.	Tore	456	-1	-4	-0.9%
17.	Stig	457	+2	+22	+5.1%
16.	Tom	474	+5	+49	+11.5%
15.	Kjell	482	-1	-40	-7.7%
13.	Knut	498	-2	-70	-12.3%
13.	Tor	498	0	-29	-5.5%
12.	Ole	549	0	-11	-2.0%
11.	Frode	551	+4	+59	+12.0%
10.	Svein	592	0	-18	-3.0%
9.	Terje	624	0	+3	+0.5%
8.	Trond	670	-2	-38	-5.4%
7.	Morten	684	0	-10	-1.4%
6.	Lars	731	+1	+37	+5.3%
5.	Per	809	-1	-100	-11.0%
4.	Geir	894	-1	-111	-11.0%
3.	Rune	897	+2	+58	+6.9%
2.	Bjørn	898	0	-176	-16.4%
1.	Jan	1,229	0	-118	-8.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
99.	Marie	81	new	new	new
99.	Reidun	81	-9	-13	-13.8%
98.	Anja	82	new	new	new
96.	Aud	83	-16	-25	-23.1%
96.	Kirsten	83	-8	-12	-12.6%
95.	Tanja	85	new	new	new
94.	Karianne	88	new	new	new
92.	Jane	90	-9	-16	-15.1%
92.	Tina	90	0	-3	-3.2%
91.	Bodil	91	-20	-31	-25.4%
90.	Annette	94	-6	-10	-9.6%
89.	Helene	95	+6	+8	+9.2%
88.	Else	96	-8	-12	-11.1%
87.	Torunn	97	-9	-14	-12.6%
85.	Bjørg	98	new	new	new
85.	Pia	98	+12	+12	+14.0%
83.	Ann-Kristin	102	+5	+7	+7.4%
83.	Kirsti	102	-12	-20	-16.4%
82.	Synnøve	104	+8	+10	+10.6%
80.	Lill	106	+5	+4	+3.9%
80.	Sølvi	106	+2	-1	-0.9%
79.	Camilla	109	+16	+22	+25.3%
78.	Vigdis	116	-5	-5	-4.1%
77.	Monika	123	+2	+14	+12.8%
76.	Merethe	124	-6	-7	-5.3%
75.	Lillian	125	+11	+25	+25.0%
74.	Ragnhild	126	-13	-24	-16.0%
73.	Aina	128	+26	+45	+54.2%
72.	Turid	130	-5	-13	-9.1%
71.	Mariann	133	+4	+17	+14.7%
70.	Åse	137	-10	-20	-12.7%
69.	Jorunn	140	-11	-30	-17.6%
68.	Solveig	143	-1	0	0.0%
67.	Sonja	144	-12	-33	-18.6%
65.	Torill	145	+4	+5	+3.6%
65.	Unni	145	0	-3	-2.0%
64.	Siw	148	+13	+36	+32.1%
63.	Cecilie	156	+13	+42	+36.8%
62.	Astrid	160	-6	-13	-7.5%
61.	Grethe	161	-12	-37	-18.7%
60.	Grete	167	+3	+18	+12.1%
59.	Eli	168	+4	+19	+12.8%
58.	Britt	170	-5	-9	-5.0%
57.	Karin	173	-12	-40	-18.8%
56.	Siri	175	-2	-3	-1.7%
55.	Beate	185	+6	+35	+23.3%
54.	Anette	186	-4	+2	+1.1%
53.	Lisbeth	191	-1	+10	+5.5%
52.	May	194	-6	-18	-8.5%
51.	Kjersti	195	-12	-60	-23.5%
50.	Maria	201	-3	-3	-1.5%
49.	Trude	202	+7	+29	+16.8%
48.	Cathrine	203	+26	+84	+70.6%
47.	Anna	206	+4	+24	+13.2%
46.	Vibeke	209	+1	+5	+2.5%
45.	Ingrid	213	-1	-15	-6.6%
44.	Rita	216	-1	-13	-5.7%
43.	Berit	228	-4	-27	-10.6%
42.	Lise	236	-5	-23	-8.9%
41.	Irene	243	-5	-18	-6.9%
40.	Ellen	249	-8	-47	-15.9%
39.	Randi	251	-4	-21	-7.7%
38.	Merete	254	0	-4	-1.6%
37.	Laila	255	-9	-68	-21.1%
36.	Ingunn	260	+30	+115	+79.3%
35.	Gro	268	-1	-6	-2.2%
34.	Gunn	277	-7	-48	-14.8%
33.	Sissel	282	-3	-24	-7.8%
32.	Lene	283	+10	+52	+22.5%
31.	Gry	284	+10	+33	+13.1%
30.	Liv	293	-1	-25	-7.9%
29.	Janne	308	+4	+21	+7.3%
28.	Elin	338	-3	-26	-7.1%
27.	Hanne	352	-4	-18	-4.9%
26.	Wenche	354	-4	-41	-10.4%
25.	Siv	367	-1	-2	-0.5%
24.	Trine	378	+7	+77	+25.6%
23.	Mette	383	-4	-47	-10.9%
22.	Tove	403	-4	-31	-7.1%
21.	Inger	404	-6	-52	-11.4%
20.	Eva	406	+1	0	0.0%
19.	Marit	409	-3	-39	-8.7%
18.	Lena	410	+41	+245	+148%
17.	Kari	424	0	-19	-4.3%
16.	Linda	434	-2	-52	-10.7%
15.	Line	458	+11	+98	+27.2%
14.	Ann	462	-2	-41	-8.2%
13.	Elisabeth	475	+7	+66	+16.1%
12.	Mona	496	-3	-37	-6.9%
11.	Bente	513	-3	-136	-21.0%
10.	Kristin	527	0	+9	+1.7%
9.	Monica	588	+4	+95	+19.3%
8.	Hege	611	+3	+100	+19.6%
7.	Marianne	621	-3	-110	-15.0%
6.	Anita	677	0	-15	-2.2%
5.	Tone	687	+2	+18	+2.7%
4.	Nina	756	+1	+32	+4.4%
3.	Hilde	794	-1	+18	+2.3%
2.	Heidi	858	+1	+112	+15.0%
1.	Anne	1,420	0	-124	-8.0%

Popularity extremes for Norway