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	959	0	-150	-13.5%
2.	Rune	746	+1	-78	-9.5%
3.	Geir	743	-1	-112	-13.1%
4.	Bjørn	717	0	-49	-6.4%
5.	Thomas	706	+3	+87	+14.1%
6.	Morten	696	0	+59	+9.3%
7.	Lars	656	-2	-95	-12.6%
8.	Frode	561	+2	+15	+2.7%
9.	Per	557	-1	-62	-10.0%
10.	Ole	549	+2	+28	+5.4%
11.	Trond	525	-4	-108	-17.1%
12.	Espen	459	+6	+50	+12.2%
13.	Terje	439	-2	-103	-19.0%
14.	Tor	436	-1	-11	-2.5%
15.	Kjetil	435	-1	+5	+1.2%
16.	Tommy	422	+11	+68	+19.2%
17.	Roger	400	+8	+36	+9.9%
18.	Knut	396	-1	-21	-5.0%
19.	Hans	394	+5	+29	+7.9%
19.	Stig	394	-3	-30	-7.1%
21.	Tom	391	+1	+18	+4.8%
22.	Ronny	390	-3	+3	+0.8%
23.	Svein	370	-8	-58	-13.6%
24.	John	356	-5	-31	-8.0%
25.	Robert	350	+6	+4	+1.2%
26.	Erik	346	0	-10	-2.8%
26.	Pål	346	+2	-7	-2.0%
28.	Jon	345	+6	+31	+9.9%
29.	Tore	343	+3	-1	-0.3%
30.	Kenneth	342	0	-9	-2.6%
31.	Øyvind	331	-8	-36	-9.8%
32.	Kjell	323	-11	-60	-15.7%
33.	Vidar	311	+3	+15	+5.1%
34.	Frank	308	-5	-44	-12.5%
35.	Anders	306	-2	-32	-9.5%
36.	Stian	293	+42	+170	+138%
37.	Øystein	287	-2	-14	-4.7%
38.	Arne	269	+1	-4	-1.5%
39.	Christian	249	+3	+18	+7.8%
40.	Odd	244	-3	-39	-13.8%
41.	Jørn	241	+2	+16	+7.1%
42.	Nils	236	+3	+22	+10.3%
43.	Dag	230	-5	-44	-16.1%
44.	Roy	229	-4	-30	-11.6%
45.	Arild	215	-4	-31	-12.6%
46.	Roar	211	+3	+18	+9.3%
47.	Steinar	188	-1	-25	-11.7%
48.	Stein	187	+3	+4	+2.2%
49.	Atle	182	+10	+25	+15.9%
50.	Leif	179	-2	-21	-10.5%
51.	Andre	173	+2	+3	+1.8%
51.	Jørgen	173	-1	-14	-7.5%
53.	Helge	165	-9	-56	-25.3%
54.	Henning	164	+5	+7	+4.5%
55.	Martin	162	+4	+5	+3.2%
56.	Marius	159	new	new	new
57.	Eirik	155	-2	-4	-2.5%
57.	Harald	155	-5	-24	-13.4%
57.	Jarle	155	-10	-49	-24.0%
57.	Kim	155	new	new	new
57.	Kristian	155	+8	+10	+6.9%
62.	Petter	154	-4	-4	-2.5%
63.	Gunnar	152	0	+5	+3.4%
63.	Jens	152	+4	+10	+7.0%
65.	Ståle	147	-10	-12	-7.5%
66.	Håvard	143	+3	+9	+6.7%
67.	Kai	142	+8	+17	+13.6%
68.	Andreas	141	+12	+21	+17.5%
68.	Johnny	141	+14	+25	+21.6%
68.	Ove	141	-4	-5	-3.4%
71.	Karl	140	-16	-19	-11.9%
72.	Bård	139	+4	+15	+12.1%
72.	Rolf	139	-18	-27	-16.3%
74.	Glenn	134	-12	-16	-10.7%
74.	Michael	134	+17	+26	+24.1%
76.	Eivind	132	+14	+23	+21.1%
77.	Olav	130	-7	-3	-2.3%
78.	Thor	127	+17	+23	+22.1%
79.	Fredrik	126	new	new	new
80.	Alf	123	-2	0	0.0%
80.	David	123	+18	+21	+20.6%
82.	Raymond	122	0	+6	+5.2%
83.	Tomasz	121	new	new	new
84.	Lasse	120	+3	+9	+8.1%
84.	Piotr	120	+3	+9	+8.1%
86.	Einar	115	-14	-16	-12.2%
86.	Kent	115	new	new	new
86.	Krzysztof	115	-20	-29	-20.1%
89.	Henrik	113	+8	+10	+9.7%
90.	Peter	112	+9	+11	+10.9%
90.	Sven	112	+5	+8	+7.7%
92.	Magne	110	-24	-25	-18.5%
93.	Richard	109	-19	-17	-13.5%
94.	Håkon	106	0	+1	+1.0%
94.	Kurt	106	-21	-23	-17.8%
96.	Inge	105	-12	-10	-8.7%
97.	Cato	104	new	new	new
97.	Johan	104	-12	-10	-8.8%
99.	Arve	103	-23	-21	-16.9%
99.	Torbjørn	103	-29	-30	-22.6%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Anne	978	0	-125	-11.3%
2.	Monica	865	+1	+87	+11.2%
3.	Hege	864	-1	-11	-1.3%
4.	Linda	664	+5	+75	+12.7%
5.	Nina	648	-1	-83	-11.4%
6.	Anita	646	0	-31	-4.6%
7.	Hilde	607	-2	-112	-15.6%
8.	Heidi	600	-1	-28	-4.5%
9.	Marianne	548	-1	-66	-10.7%
10.	Kristin	546	+1	+44	+8.8%
11.	Tone	480	-1	-67	-12.2%
12.	Line	477	+6	+79	+19.8%
13.	Mona	434	0	-13	-2.9%
14.	Hanne	428	-2	-21	-4.7%
15.	Elisabeth	426	0	-9	-2.1%
16.	Bente	425	-3	-22	-4.9%
17.	Trine	422	0	+22	+5.5%
18.	Elin	417	-2	+11	+2.7%
19.	Ann	394	+1	+22	+5.9%
20.	Siv	345	+4	+1	+0.3%
21.	Lene	326	+2	-20	-5.8%
22.	Inger	296	0	-54	-15.4%
23.	Gro	295	+9	+18	+6.5%
24.	Lena	290	+4	-12	-4.0%
25.	Marit	289	-4	-67	-18.8%
26.	Vibeke	285	0	-38	-11.8%
27.	Eva	284	-8	-89	-23.9%
28.	Janne	279	+3	-1	-0.4%
28.	Mette	279	-1	-36	-11.4%
30.	Anna	270	+3	+9	+3.4%
30.	Wenche	270	-5	-67	-19.9%
32.	Tove	259	-4	-43	-14.2%
33.	Cecilie	255	+17	+56	+28.1%
34.	Laila	253	+1	-1	-0.4%
35.	Kari	247	-7	-55	-18.2%
36.	Gry	244	-2	-14	-5.4%
37.	Cathrine	237	+11	+34	+16.7%
38.	Anette	231	+4	+10	+4.5%
39.	Kjersti	228	-2	-17	-6.9%
40.	Camilla	226	+18	+64	+39.5%
40.	Liv	226	-4	-27	-10.7%
42.	Trude	225	-4	-14	-5.9%
43.	Rita	222	+4	+18	+8.8%
44.	Ellen	219	-6	-20	-8.4%
45.	Merete	218	-5	-20	-8.4%
46.	Lise	211	0	+4	+1.9%
46.	Maria	211	+6	+17	+8.8%
48.	Gunn	189	-7	-47	-19.9%
49.	Sissel	186	-5	-25	-11.8%
50.	Ingrid	185	+3	-8	-4.1%
51.	Siri	181	0	-17	-8.6%
52.	Randi	178	-9	-39	-18.0%
53.	Beate	175	+4	+12	+7.4%
54.	Monika	171	+2	+6	+3.6%
55.	May	170	-11	-41	-19.4%
56.	Irene	160	-7	-42	-20.8%
57.	Berit	155	-2	-20	-11.4%
58.	Karin	149	+1	-5	-3.2%
59.	Ingunn	147	-6	-46	-23.8%
60.	Lisbeth	143	+1	+1	+0.7%
61.	Tanja	140	+19	+33	+30.8%
61.	Therese	140	+1	+2	+1.4%
63.	Astrid	139	-3	-7	-4.8%
64.	Stine	137	+33	+52	+61.2%
65.	Karianne	130	+11	+18	+16.1%
66.	Lill	124	-2	-10	-7.5%
67.	Aina	122	+9	+10	+8.9%
67.	Pia	122	+11	+14	+13.0%
69.	Ragnhild	119	+3	-1	-0.8%
70.	Solveig	118	-7	-18	-13.2%
71.	Britt	117	-5	-16	-12.0%
71.	Eli	117	+10	+11	+10.4%
73.	Tonje	116	+5	+8	+7.4%
74.	Jeanette	114	+21	+27	+31.0%
74.	Merethe	114	+19	+26	+29.5%
76.	Grethe	113	-3	-4	-3.4%
77.	Charlotte	112	new	new	new
78.	Kristine	111	+5	+9	+8.8%
79.	Unni	110	-15	-24	-17.9%
80.	Anja	109	-10	-15	-12.1%
81.	Lillian	108	+12	+20	+22.7%
81.	Siw	108	-6	-8	-6.9%
83.	Jorunn	107	-15	-19	-15.1%
83.	Renate	107	new	new	new
85.	Annette	104	-4	-2	-1.9%
86.	Åse	103	-18	-23	-18.3%
87.	Sonja	98	-20	-33	-25.2%
87.	Tina	98	+3	+8	+8.9%
89.	Christine	95	-18	-26	-21.5%
90.	Katrine	94	+2	+5	+5.6%
91.	Birgitte	93	new	new	new
91.	Helene	93	-4	-2	-2.1%
93.	Grete	92	-9	-5	-5.2%
93.	Susanne	92	new	new	new
95.	Kathrine	89	-6	-2	-2.2%
96.	Karen	88	new	new	new
97.	Ingvild	85	new	new	new
98.	Ann-Kristin	84	+1	+2	+2.4%
98.	Marie	84	new	new	new
100.	Mariann	80	-15	-16	-16.7%

Popularity extremes for Norway