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.	Bjarte	100	new	new	new
99.	Peter	101	-11	-3	-2.9%
98.	David	102	-3	+6	+6.3%
97.	Henrik	103	-4	+4	+4.0%
95.	Sven	104	-4	+4	+4.0%
95.	Thor	104	-23	-28	-21.2%
94.	Håkon	105	-11	-6	-5.4%
93.	Ola	106	-3	+5	+5.0%
91.	Ivar	108	-15	-19	-15.0%
91.	Michael	108	-25	-29	-21.2%
90.	Eivind	109	-16	-20	-15.5%
87.	Egil	111	+4	+11	+11.0%
87.	Lasse	111	+2	+9	+8.8%
87.	Piotr	111	-5	-1	-0.9%
86.	Bjørnar	113	+7	+14	+14.1%
85.	Johan	114	new	new	new
84.	Inge	115	-10	-14	-10.9%
82.	Johnny	116	-12	-19	-14.1%
82.	Raymond	116	new	new	new
81.	Paul	118	-2	-4	-3.3%
80.	Andreas	120	+16	+25	+26.3%
78.	Alf	123	-1	-2	-1.6%
78.	Stian	123	new	new	new
76.	Arve	124	-16	-31	-20.0%
76.	Bård	124	-11	-14	-10.1%
75.	Kai	125	-9	-12	-8.8%
74.	Richard	126	+10	+19	+17.8%
73.	Kurt	129	+11	+22	+20.6%
72.	Einar	131	-1	-3	-2.2%
70.	Olav	133	-14	-28	-17.4%
70.	Torbjørn	133	+2	+1	+0.8%
69.	Håvard	134	-16	-34	-20.2%
68.	Magne	135	-13	-29	-17.7%
67.	Jens	142	-1	+5	+3.6%
66.	Krzysztof	144	+15	+29	+25.2%
65.	Kristian	145	+34	+53	+57.6%
64.	Ove	146	-3	-8	-5.2%
63.	Gunnar	147	-2	-7	-4.5%
62.	Glenn	150	+2	+9	+6.4%
59.	Atle	157	-7	-28	-15.1%
59.	Henning	157	+20	+35	+28.7%
59.	Martin	157	+19	+34	+27.6%
58.	Petter	158	+5	+6	+3.9%
55.	Eirik	159	+3	0	0.0%
55.	Karl	159	+11	+22	+16.1%
55.	Ståle	159	+1	-2	-1.2%
54.	Rolf	166	0	+1	+0.6%
53.	Andre	170	+5	+11	+6.9%
52.	Harald	179	-6	-39	-17.9%
51.	Stein	183	-7	-48	-20.8%
50.	Jørgen	187	new	new	new
49.	Roar	193	-3	-25	-11.5%
48.	Leif	200	+1	-9	-4.3%
47.	Jarle	204	+4	+16	+8.5%
46.	Steinar	213	-6	-53	-19.9%
45.	Nils	214	-3	-38	-15.1%
44.	Helge	221	-1	-17	-7.1%
43.	Jørn	225	+5	+13	+6.1%
42.	Christian	231	+8	+30	+14.9%
41.	Arild	246	+4	+20	+8.8%
40.	Roy	259	-1	-14	-5.1%
39.	Arne	273	-1	-2	-0.7%
38.	Dag	274	-4	-27	-9.0%
37.	Odd	283	-5	-24	-7.8%
36.	Vidar	296	0	+13	+4.6%
35.	Øystein	301	0	+1	+0.3%
34.	Jon	314	-5	-31	-9.0%
33.	Anders	338	+8	+77	+29.5%
32.	Tore	344	-5	-17	-4.7%
31.	Robert	346	-1	+8	+2.4%
30.	Kenneth	351	+7	+73	+26.3%
29.	Frank	352	-1	-6	-1.7%
28.	Pål	353	+5	+51	+16.9%
27.	Tommy	354	+4	+32	+9.9%
26.	Erik	356	-1	-26	-6.8%
25.	Roger	364	+1	-14	-3.7%
24.	Hans	365	-7	-54	-12.9%
23.	Øyvind	367	0	-34	-8.5%
22.	Tom	373	-2	-34	-8.4%
21.	Kjell	383	-5	-47	-10.9%
19.	John	387	0	-21	-5.1%
19.	Ronny	387	+5	-2	-0.5%
18.	Espen	409	+3	+3	+0.7%
17.	Knut	417	-4	-53	-11.3%
16.	Stig	424	-2	-27	-6.0%
15.	Svein	428	-3	-89	-17.2%
14.	Kjetil	430	+4	+21	+5.1%
13.	Tor	447	+9	+42	+10.4%
12.	Ole	521	-1	-3	-0.6%
11.	Terje	542	-2	-26	-4.6%
10.	Frode	546	0	+7	+1.3%
8.	Per	619	-2	-42	-6.4%
8.	Thomas	619	+7	+182	+41.6%
7.	Trond	633	+1	+12	+1.9%
6.	Morten	637	+1	-5	-0.8%
5.	Lars	751	0	+59	+8.5%
4.	Bjørn	766	0	-71	-8.5%
3.	Rune	824	-1	-41	-4.7%
2.	Geir	855	0	-10	-1.2%
1.	Jan	1,109	0	-83	-7.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Jane	79	new	new	new
99.	Ann-Kristin	82	-12	-14	-14.6%
98.	Linn	84	new	new	new
97.	Stine	85	-8	-5	-5.6%
95.	Christina	87	new	new	new
95.	Jeanette	87	new	new	new
93.	Lillian	88	+2	+4	+4.8%
93.	Merethe	88	-12	-19	-17.8%
92.	Katrine	89	+3	+5	+6.0%
90.	Kirsti	90	-14	-21	-18.9%
90.	Tina	90	+8	+9	+11.1%
89.	Kathrine	91	+2	+2	+2.2%
87.	Helene	95	+6	+8	+9.2%
87.	Torill	95	-12	-17	-15.2%
85.	Mariann	96	-6	-14	-12.7%
85.	Sølvi	96	+9	+11	+12.9%
84.	Grete	97	-17	-26	-21.1%
83.	Kristine	102	+6	+12	+13.3%
81.	Annette	106	+5	+9	+9.3%
81.	Eli	106	-12	-10	-8.6%
80.	Tanja	107	+5	+8	+8.1%
78.	Pia	108	-2	-3	-2.7%
78.	Tonje	108	new	new	new
76.	Aina	112	-4	-2	-1.8%
76.	Karianne	112	+6	+7	+6.7%
75.	Siw	116	-7	-3	-2.5%
73.	Grethe	117	-10	-19	-14.0%
73.	Turid	117	-1	+3	+2.6%
72.	Ragnhild	120	+12	+18	+17.6%
71.	Christine	121	+9	+13	+12.0%
70.	Anja	124	+6	+13	+11.7%
68.	Åse	126	-9	-24	-16.0%
68.	Jorunn	126	+3	+11	+9.6%
67.	Sonja	131	-4	-5	-3.7%
66.	Britt	133	-5	-9	-6.3%
64.	Lill	134	+8	+20	+17.5%
64.	Unni	134	-4	-15	-10.1%
63.	Solveig	136	+6	+20	+17.2%
62.	Therese	138	+30	+50	+56.8%
61.	Lisbeth	142	-4	-14	-9.0%
60.	Astrid	146	+5	+11	+8.1%
59.	Karin	154	-1	+1	+0.7%
58.	Camilla	162	+8	+34	+26.6%
57.	Beate	163	-3	-10	-5.8%
56.	Monika	165	+6	+24	+17.0%
55.	Berit	175	-3	-5	-2.8%
53.	Ingrid	193	+2	+23	+13.5%
53.	Ingunn	193	+3	+26	+15.6%
52.	Maria	194	-10	-20	-9.3%
51.	Siri	198	-1	+14	+7.6%
50.	Cecilie	199	+3	+25	+14.4%
49.	Irene	202	-8	-16	-7.3%
48.	Cathrine	203	0	+13	+6.8%
47.	Rita	204	+4	+21	+11.5%
46.	Lise	207	+1	+9	+4.5%
44.	May	211	+1	+7	+3.4%
44.	Sissel	211	-9	-44	-17.3%
43.	Randi	217	+1	+10	+4.8%
42.	Anette	221	+6	+31	+16.3%
41.	Gunn	236	-1	+12	+5.4%
40.	Merete	238	-2	+8	+3.5%
38.	Ellen	239	-5	-19	-7.4%
38.	Trude	239	+5	+29	+13.8%
37.	Kjersti	245	0	+7	+2.9%
36.	Liv	253	-4	-19	-7.0%
35.	Laila	254	-4	-22	-8.0%
34.	Gry	258	+4	+28	+12.2%
33.	Anna	261	+13	+61	+30.5%
32.	Gro	277	+4	+26	+10.4%
31.	Janne	280	+3	+23	+8.9%
28.	Kari	302	-2	-11	-3.5%
28.	Lena	302	-3	-21	-6.5%
28.	Tove	302	+2	-4	-1.3%
27.	Mette	315	0	+3	+1.0%
26.	Vibeke	323	+1	+11	+3.5%
25.	Wenche	337	+4	+29	+9.4%
24.	Siv	344	0	+12	+3.6%
23.	Lene	346	-1	-2	-0.6%
22.	Inger	350	-2	-7	-2.0%
21.	Marit	356	-2	-9	-2.5%
20.	Ann	372	-5	-59	-13.7%
19.	Eva	373	+4	+38	+11.3%
18.	Line	398	-1	+1	+0.3%
17.	Trine	400	-1	-9	-2.2%
16.	Elin	406	+2	+21	+5.5%
15.	Elisabeth	435	-1	-16	-3.5%
13.	Bente	447	0	-9	-2.0%
13.	Mona	447	-1	-49	-9.9%
12.	Hanne	449	+9	+95	+26.8%
11.	Kristin	502	0	-18	-3.5%
10.	Tone	547	-1	-56	-9.3%
9.	Linda	589	+1	+18	+3.2%
8.	Marianne	614	0	+3	+0.5%
7.	Heidi	628	-1	-39	-5.8%
6.	Anita	677	-2	-16	-2.3%
5.	Hilde	719	-2	-74	-9.3%
4.	Nina	731	+1	+47	+6.9%
3.	Monica	778	+4	+114	+17.2%
2.	Hege	875	0	+74	+9.2%
1.	Anne	1,103	0	-93	-7.8%

Popularity extremes for Norway