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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway