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
1.	Jan	1,192	0	-37	-3.0%
2.	Geir	865	+2	-29	-3.2%
2.	Rune	865	+1	-32	-3.6%
4.	Bjørn	837	-2	-61	-6.8%
5.	Lars	692	+1	-39	-5.3%
6.	Per	661	-1	-148	-18.3%
7.	Morten	642	0	-42	-6.1%
8.	Trond	621	0	-49	-7.3%
9.	Terje	568	0	-56	-9.0%
10.	Frode	539	+1	-12	-2.2%
11.	Ole	524	+1	-25	-4.6%
12.	Svein	517	-2	-75	-12.7%
13.	Knut	470	0	-28	-5.6%
14.	Stig	451	+3	-6	-1.3%
15.	Thomas	437	+15	+101	+30.1%
16.	Kjell	430	-1	-52	-10.8%
17.	Hans	419	+5	+4	+1.0%
18.	Kjetil	409	+5	+17	+4.3%
19.	John	408	+1	-21	-4.9%
20.	Tom	407	-4	-67	-14.1%
21.	Espen	406	+8	+62	+18.0%
22.	Tor	405	-9	-93	-18.7%
23.	Øyvind	401	+5	+51	+14.6%
24.	Ronny	389	+11	+81	+26.3%
25.	Erik	382	-6	-61	-13.8%
26.	Roger	378	-5	-43	-10.2%
27.	Tore	361	-9	-95	-20.8%
28.	Frank	358	-3	-11	-3.0%
29.	Jon	345	-5	-37	-9.7%
30.	Robert	338	+8	+57	+20.3%
31.	Tommy	322	+4	+14	+4.5%
32.	Odd	307	-6	-56	-15.4%
33.	Pål	302	-1	-20	-6.2%
34.	Dag	301	-2	-21	-6.5%
35.	Øystein	300	+10	+65	+27.7%
36.	Vidar	283	-9	-70	-19.8%
37.	Kenneth	278	+11	+63	+29.3%
38.	Arne	275	-7	-53	-16.2%
39.	Roy	273	-5	-37	-11.9%
40.	Steinar	266	0	+5	+1.9%
41.	Anders	261	0	+1	+0.4%
42.	Nils	252	0	-1	-0.4%
43.	Helge	238	0	-10	-4.0%
44.	Stein	231	-5	-45	-16.3%
45.	Arild	226	-8	-67	-22.9%
46.	Harald	218	-2	-27	-11.0%
46.	Roar	218	+5	+18	+9.0%
48.	Jørn	212	+1	-2	-0.9%
49.	Leif	209	-2	-16	-7.1%
50.	Christian	201	+5	+32	+18.9%
51.	Jarle	188	-5	-43	-18.6%
52.	Atle	185	0	-8	-4.1%
53.	Håvard	168	+5	+7	+4.3%
54.	Rolf	165	-4	-43	-20.7%
55.	Magne	164	+24	+37	+29.1%
56.	Olav	161	-2	-21	-11.5%
56.	Ståle	161	0	-5	-3.0%
58.	Andre	159	+20	+31	+24.2%
58.	Eirik	159	+2	+3	+1.9%
60.	Arve	155	+3	+8	+5.4%
61.	Gunnar	154	-8	-32	-17.2%
61.	Ove	154	+5	+13	+9.2%
63.	Petter	152	-7	-14	-8.4%
64.	Glenn	141	+32	+41	+41.0%
65.	Bård	138	+9	+8	+6.2%
66.	Jens	137	+18	+17	+14.2%
66.	Kai	137	-4	-11	-7.4%
66.	Karl	137	-5	-14	-9.3%
66.	Michael	137	+19	+18	+15.1%
70.	Johnny	135	-11	-24	-15.1%
71.	Einar	134	+5	+5	+3.9%
72.	Thor	132	-8	-14	-9.6%
72.	Torbjørn	132	+16	+19	+16.8%
74.	Eivind	129	+17	+20	+18.3%
74.	Inge	129	+6	+3	+2.4%
76.	Ivar	127	-11	-15	-10.6%
77.	Alf	125	+4	+1	+0.8%
78.	Martin	123	-2	-6	-4.7%
79.	Henning	122	-9	-14	-10.3%
79.	Paul	122	+7	+5	+4.3%
81.	Krzysztof	115	new	new	new
82.	Piotr	112	new	new	new
83.	Håkon	111	-15	-28	-20.1%
84.	Ketil	107	-2	-14	-11.6%
84.	Kurt	107	-15	-30	-21.9%
84.	Richard	107	new	new	new
87.	Jostein	106	-15	-26	-19.7%
88.	Peter	104	-21	-36	-25.7%
89.	Lasse	102	-18	-32	-23.9%
90.	Ola	101	-8	-20	-16.5%
91.	Egil	100	-18	-31	-23.7%
91.	Sven	100	-17	-30	-23.1%
93.	Bjørnar	99	+1	-2	-2.0%
93.	Henrik	99	new	new	new
95.	David	96	new	new	new
96.	Andreas	95	+2	-2	-2.1%
96.	Cato	95	new	new	new
96.	Dariusz	95	-2	-6	-5.9%
99.	Jonny	92	-12	-24	-20.7%
99.	Kristian	92	-7	-10	-9.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Anne	1,196	0	-224	-15.8%
2.	Hege	801	+6	+190	+31.1%
3.	Hilde	793	0	-1	-0.1%
4.	Anita	693	+2	+16	+2.4%
5.	Nina	684	-1	-72	-9.5%
6.	Heidi	667	-4	-191	-22.3%
7.	Monica	664	+2	+76	+12.9%
8.	Marianne	611	-1	-10	-1.6%
9.	Tone	603	-4	-84	-12.2%
10.	Linda	571	+6	+137	+31.6%
11.	Kristin	520	-1	-7	-1.3%
12.	Mona	496	0	0	0.0%
13.	Bente	456	-2	-57	-11.1%
14.	Elisabeth	451	-1	-24	-5.1%
15.	Ann	431	-1	-31	-6.7%
16.	Trine	409	+8	+31	+8.2%
17.	Line	397	-2	-61	-13.3%
18.	Elin	385	+10	+47	+13.9%
19.	Marit	365	0	-44	-10.8%
20.	Inger	357	+1	-47	-11.6%
21.	Hanne	354	+6	+2	+0.6%
22.	Lene	348	+10	+65	+23.0%
23.	Eva	335	-3	-71	-17.5%
24.	Siv	332	+1	-35	-9.5%
25.	Lena	323	-7	-87	-21.2%
26.	Kari	313	-9	-111	-26.2%
27.	Mette	312	-4	-71	-18.5%
27.	Vibeke	312	+19	+103	+49.3%
29.	Wenche	308	-3	-46	-13.0%
30.	Tove	306	-8	-97	-24.1%
31.	Laila	276	+6	+21	+8.2%
32.	Liv	272	-2	-21	-7.2%
33.	Ellen	258	+7	+9	+3.6%
34.	Janne	257	-5	-51	-16.6%
35.	Sissel	255	-2	-27	-9.6%
36.	Gro	251	-1	-17	-6.3%
37.	Kjersti	238	+14	+43	+22.1%
38.	Gry	230	-7	-54	-19.0%
38.	Merete	230	0	-24	-9.4%
40.	Gunn	224	-6	-53	-19.1%
41.	Irene	218	0	-25	-10.3%
42.	Maria	214	+8	+13	+6.5%
43.	Trude	210	+6	+8	+4.0%
44.	Randi	207	-5	-44	-17.5%
45.	May	204	+7	+10	+5.2%
46.	Anna	200	+1	-6	-2.9%
47.	Lise	198	-5	-38	-16.1%
48.	Anette	190	+6	+4	+2.2%
48.	Cathrine	190	0	-13	-6.4%
50.	Siri	184	+6	+9	+5.1%
51.	Rita	183	-7	-33	-15.3%
52.	Berit	180	-9	-48	-21.1%
53.	Cecilie	174	+10	+18	+11.5%
54.	Beate	173	+1	-12	-6.5%
55.	Ingrid	170	-10	-43	-20.2%
56.	Ingunn	167	-20	-93	-35.8%
57.	Lisbeth	156	-4	-35	-18.3%
58.	Karin	153	-1	-20	-11.6%
59.	Åse	150	+11	+13	+9.5%
60.	Unni	149	+5	+4	+2.8%
61.	Britt	142	-3	-28	-16.5%
62.	Monika	141	+15	+18	+14.6%
63.	Grethe	136	-2	-25	-15.5%
63.	Sonja	136	+4	-8	-5.6%
65.	Astrid	135	-3	-25	-15.6%
66.	Camilla	128	+13	+19	+17.4%
67.	Grete	123	-7	-44	-26.3%
68.	Siw	119	-4	-29	-19.6%
69.	Eli	116	-10	-52	-31.0%
69.	Solveig	116	-1	-27	-18.9%
71.	Jorunn	115	-2	-25	-17.9%
72.	Aina	114	+1	-14	-10.9%
72.	Lill	114	+8	+8	+7.5%
72.	Turid	114	0	-16	-12.3%
75.	Torill	112	-10	-33	-22.8%
76.	Anja	111	+22	+29	+35.4%
76.	Kirsti	111	+7	+9	+8.8%
76.	Pia	111	+9	+13	+13.3%
79.	Mariann	110	-8	-23	-17.3%
80.	Christine	108	new	new	new
81.	Merethe	107	-5	-17	-13.7%
82.	Karianne	105	+12	+17	+19.3%
83.	Torunn	103	+4	+6	+6.2%
84.	Ragnhild	102	-10	-24	-19.0%
85.	Tanja	99	+10	+14	+16.5%
86.	Annette	97	+4	+3	+3.2%
87.	Ann-Kristin	96	-4	-6	-5.9%
88.	Helen	92	new	new	new
89.	Kristine	90	new	new	new
89.	Stine	90	new	new	new
91.	Kathrine	89	new	new	new
92.	Therese	88	new	new	new
93.	Helene	87	-4	-8	-8.4%
94.	Sølvi	85	-14	-21	-19.8%
95.	Katrine	84	new	new	new
95.	Lillian	84	-20	-41	-32.8%
95.	Toril	84	new	new	new
98.	Tina	81	-6	-9	-10.0%
99.	Birgitte	80	new	new	new
100.	Aud	79	-4	-4	-4.8%

Popularity extremes for Norway