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	899	0	-60	-6.3%
2.	Rune	769	0	+23	+3.1%
3.	Thomas	755	+2	+49	+6.9%
4.	Morten	748	+2	+52	+7.5%
5.	Geir	668	-2	-75	-10.1%
6.	Lars	655	+1	-1	-0.2%
7.	Bjørn	608	-3	-109	-15.2%
8.	Frode	593	0	+32	+5.7%
9.	Per	524	0	-33	-5.9%
10.	Ole	508	0	-41	-7.5%
11.	Trond	507	0	-18	-3.4%
12.	Espen	482	0	+23	+5.0%
13.	Tommy	467	+3	+45	+10.7%
14.	Kjetil	430	+1	-5	-1.1%
15.	Tom	429	+6	+38	+9.7%
16.	Tor	404	-2	-32	-7.3%
17.	Ronny	377	+5	-13	-3.3%
18.	Hans	358	+1	-36	-9.1%
19.	Anders	356	+16	+50	+16.3%
20.	Terje	351	-7	-88	-20.0%
21.	Stig	349	-2	-45	-11.4%
21.	Svein	349	+2	-21	-5.7%
23.	Robert	341	+2	-9	-2.6%
24.	Knut	340	-6	-56	-14.1%
25.	Roger	331	-8	-69	-17.3%
26.	Kenneth	328	+4	-14	-4.1%
27.	Pål	318	-1	-28	-8.1%
28.	Erik	315	-2	-31	-9.0%
29.	Øyvind	312	+2	-19	-5.7%
30.	Stian	307	+6	+14	+4.8%
31.	Jon	300	-3	-45	-13.0%
32.	John	296	-8	-60	-16.9%
33.	Christian	292	+6	+43	+17.3%
34.	Tore	289	-5	-54	-15.7%
35.	Vidar	280	-2	-31	-10.0%
36.	Kjell	277	-4	-46	-14.2%
37.	Frank	270	-3	-38	-12.3%
38.	Øystein	269	-1	-18	-6.3%
39.	Dag	224	+4	-6	-2.6%
40.	Arne	222	-2	-47	-17.5%
41.	Odd	220	-1	-24	-9.8%
42.	Kim	218	+15	+63	+40.6%
43.	Håvard	216	+23	+73	+51.0%
44.	Arild	200	+1	-15	-7.0%
45.	Roy	196	-1	-33	-14.4%
46.	Eirik	192	+11	+37	+23.9%
47.	Jørn	180	-6	-61	-25.3%
48.	Martin	179	+7	+17	+10.5%
48.	Petter	179	+14	+25	+16.2%
50.	Andre	178	+1	+5	+2.9%
51.	Nils	177	-9	-59	-25.0%
52.	Stein	174	-4	-13	-7.0%
53.	Leif	173	-3	-6	-3.4%
54.	Roar	170	-8	-41	-19.4%
55.	Piotr	166	+29	+46	+38.3%
56.	Jarle	164	+1	+9	+5.8%
57.	Atle	162	-8	-20	-11.0%
58.	Henning	160	-4	-4	-2.4%
59.	Helge	155	-6	-10	-6.1%
60.	Fredrik	147	+19	+21	+16.7%
61.	Harald	146	-4	-9	-5.8%
62.	Steinar	145	-15	-43	-22.9%
63.	Glenn	144	+11	+10	+7.5%
64.	Jørgen	140	-13	-33	-19.1%
64.	Kristian	140	-7	-15	-9.7%
64.	Krzysztof	140	+22	+25	+21.7%
67.	Eivind	139	+9	+7	+5.3%
67.	Marius	139	-11	-20	-12.6%
69.	Rolf	138	+3	-1	-0.7%
70.	Vegard	136	new	new	new
71.	Michael	135	+3	+1	+0.7%
72.	Peter	132	+18	+20	+17.9%
73.	Ståle	131	-8	-16	-10.9%
74.	Karl	130	-3	-10	-7.1%
74.	Richard	130	+19	+21	+19.3%
76.	Tomasz	129	+7	+8	+6.6%
77.	David	126	+3	+3	+2.4%
78.	Henrik	125	+11	+12	+10.6%
79.	Bård	124	-7	-15	-10.8%
79.	Jens	124	-16	-28	-18.4%
81.	Andreas	123	-13	-18	-12.8%
82.	Kai	121	-15	-21	-14.8%
83.	Håkon	120	+11	+14	+13.2%
84.	Lasse	118	0	-2	-1.7%
85.	Gunnar	117	-22	-35	-23.0%
86.	Jostein	116	new	new	new
87.	Raymond	113	-5	-9	-7.4%
88.	Bjørnar	111	new	new	new
89.	Olav	110	-12	-20	-15.4%
90.	Ørjan	109	new	new	new
91.	Daniel	108	new	new	new
92.	Cato	107	+5	+3	+2.9%
93.	Johan	104	+4	0	0.0%
94.	Einar	103	-8	-12	-10.4%
94.	Paul	103	new	new	new
96.	Magne	102	-4	-8	-7.3%
97.	Alexander	99	new	new	new
97.	Johnny	99	-29	-42	-29.8%
99.	Ove	98	-31	-43	-30.5%
100.	Adam	96	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Anne	927	0	-51	-5.2%
2.	Hege	856	+1	-8	-0.9%
3.	Linda	729	+1	+65	+9.8%
4.	Monica	690	-2	-175	-20.2%
5.	Nina	599	0	-49	-7.6%
6.	Anita	584	0	-62	-9.6%
7.	Hilde	579	0	-28	-4.6%
8.	Marianne	544	+1	-4	-0.7%
9.	Heidi	534	-1	-66	-11.0%
10.	Elin	526	+8	+109	+26.1%
11.	Kristin	522	-1	-24	-4.4%
12.	Tone	432	-1	-48	-10.0%
13.	Elisabeth	419	+2	-7	-1.6%
14.	Line	400	-2	-77	-16.1%
15.	Mona	369	-2	-65	-15.0%
16.	Hanne	367	-2	-61	-14.3%
17.	Lene	356	+4	+30	+9.2%
18.	Ann	348	+1	-46	-11.7%
19.	Trine	343	-2	-79	-18.7%
20.	Siv	316	0	-29	-8.4%
21.	Bente	310	-5	-115	-27.1%
22.	Janne	307	+6	+28	+10.0%
23.	Laila	304	+11	+51	+20.2%
24.	Cecilie	281	+9	+26	+10.2%
25.	Camilla	270	+15	+44	+19.5%
26.	Vibeke	267	0	-18	-6.3%
27.	Inger	266	-5	-30	-10.1%
28.	Anna	264	+2	-6	-2.2%
29.	Marit	258	-4	-31	-10.7%
30.	Mette	257	-2	-22	-7.9%
31.	Gro	256	-8	-39	-13.2%
32.	Kari	254	+3	+7	+2.8%
33.	Eva	252	-6	-32	-11.3%
34.	Trude	248	+8	+23	+10.2%
35.	Maria	244	+11	+33	+15.6%
36.	Lena	242	-12	-48	-16.6%
37.	Anette	234	+1	+3	+1.3%
38.	Cathrine	232	-1	-5	-2.1%
39.	Ingvild	230	+58	+145	+171%
40.	Gry	229	-4	-15	-6.1%
41.	Wenche	219	-11	-51	-18.9%
42.	Kjersti	214	-3	-14	-6.1%
42.	Liv	214	-2	-12	-5.3%
44.	Ellen	200	0	-19	-8.7%
45.	Tove	199	-13	-60	-23.2%
46.	Lise	195	0	-16	-7.6%
47.	Siri	187	+4	+6	+3.3%
48.	Merete	183	-3	-35	-16.1%
49.	Ingrid	180	+1	-5	-2.7%
50.	Gunn	174	-2	-15	-7.9%
50.	Rita	174	-7	-48	-21.6%
52.	Beate	172	+1	-3	-1.7%
53.	May	168	+2	-2	-1.2%
54.	Sissel	163	-5	-23	-12.4%
55.	Aina	161	+12	+39	+32.0%
56.	Irene	160	0	0	0.0%
57.	Randi	159	-5	-19	-10.7%
58.	Therese	156	+3	+16	+11.4%
59.	Ingunn	150	0	+3	+2.0%
60.	Monika	137	-6	-34	-19.9%
61.	Tonje	135	+12	+19	+16.4%
62.	Anja	133	+18	+24	+22.0%
63.	Ragnhild	128	+6	+9	+7.6%
64.	Karin	125	-6	-24	-16.1%
64.	Kristine	125	+14	+14	+12.6%
66.	Berit	123	-9	-32	-20.6%
67.	Astrid	121	-4	-18	-12.9%
68.	Renate	120	+15	+13	+12.1%
69.	Annette	116	+16	+12	+11.5%
69.	Britt	116	+2	-1	-0.9%
71.	Christine	112	+18	+17	+17.9%
72.	Tina	109	+15	+11	+11.2%
73.	Helene	108	+18	+15	+16.1%
73.	Jeanette	108	+1	-6	-5.3%
75.	Stine	107	-11	-30	-21.9%
76.	Lisbeth	103	-16	-40	-28.0%
77.	Charlotte	102	0	-10	-8.9%
77.	Kathrine	102	+18	+13	+14.6%
77.	Mariann	102	+23	+22	+27.5%
77.	Solveig	102	-7	-16	-13.6%
81.	Åse	99	+5	-4	-3.9%
81.	Katrine	99	+9	+5	+5.3%
83.	Karianne	98	-18	-32	-24.6%
84.	Merethe	96	-10	-18	-15.8%
85.	Veronica	94	new	new	new
86.	Eli	93	-15	-24	-20.5%
87.	Grethe	92	-11	-21	-18.6%
87.	Siw	92	-6	-16	-14.8%
89.	Lill	90	-23	-34	-27.4%
89.	Tanja	90	-28	-50	-35.7%
91.	Jorunn	89	-8	-18	-16.8%
92.	Grete	87	+1	-5	-5.4%
92.	Mari	87	new	new	new
92.	Unni	87	-13	-23	-20.9%
95.	Sølvi	86	new	new	new
96.	Ann-Kristin	85	+2	+1	+1.2%
97.	Pia	80	-30	-42	-34.4%
98.	Christina	79	new	new	new
99.	Lillian	77	-18	-31	-28.7%
100.	Birgitte	76	-9	-17	-18.3%

Popularity extremes for Norway