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.	Willy	73	-26	-33	-31.1%
99.	Ulf	74	-9	-14	-15.9%
98.	Frode	75	-2	-8	-9.6%
97.	Sigurd	76	+1	+2	+2.7%
96.	Torstein	78	new	new	new
95.	Jørn	79	new	new	new
94.	Bjørnar	82	new	new	new
93.	Pål	85	+5	+11	+14.9%
91.	Håkon	86	-7	-8	-8.5%
91.	Martin	86	+6	+8	+10.3%
90.	Atle	87	+5	+3	+3.6%
89.	Arnfinn	88	-3	-4	-4.3%
88.	Harry	89	+1	0	0.0%
87.	Michael	90	+6	+5	+5.9%
86.	Magnar	91	+7	+6	+7.1%
84.	Eivind	93	-2	-3	-3.1%
84.	Sven	93	-4	-8	-7.9%
83.	Stig	94	new	new	new
81.	David	95	-7	-11	-10.4%
81.	Johnny	95	-10	-18	-15.9%
80.	Petter	96	+4	+2	+2.1%
79.	Dagfinn	97	-2	-8	-7.6%
78.	Kurt	98	new	new	new
77.	Sigmund	100	-5	-12	-10.7%
76.	Birger	101	-2	-5	-4.7%
75.	Kai	102	+12	+11	+12.1%
74.	Jostein	103	-9	-29	-22.0%
73.	Jarle	105	-3	-9	-7.9%
72.	Robert	108	-3	-9	-7.7%
71.	Roy	110	+2	+1	+0.9%
70.	Peter	113	+8	+10	+9.7%
68.	Roald	115	+10	+12	+11.7%
68.	Trygve	115	-1	-4	-3.4%
67.	Roger	121	+14	+22	+22.2%
66.	Ola	127	-2	-6	-4.5%
65.	Øivind	130	-2	-5	-3.7%
64.	Åge	137	-7	-14	-9.3%
62.	Arve	139	+6	+21	+17.8%
62.	Morten	139	-1	+1	+0.7%
61.	Paul	144	+5	+18	+14.3%
60.	Anders	148	-1	+6	+4.2%
59.	Ragnar	150	-5	-5	-3.2%
57.	Jens	153	-7	-17	-10.0%
57.	Roar	153	-1	+1	+0.7%
55.	Johan	159	0	+6	+3.9%
55.	Torbjørn	159	-4	-10	-5.9%
54.	Inge	161	+4	+18	+12.6%
52.	Erling	162	+8	+23	+16.5%
52.	Oddvar	162	0	0	0.0%
51.	Bjarne	164	-2	-9	-5.2%
50.	Øystein	165	-6	-16	-8.8%
49.	Frank	168	-2	-7	-4.0%
48.	Thor	175	-2	-2	-1.1%
47.	Sverre	179	-4	-5	-2.7%
46.	Asbjørn	182	-7	-29	-13.7%
45.	Ove	183	+16	+45	+32.6%
44.	Karl	189	-8	-40	-17.5%
43.	Rune	194	+10	+38	+24.4%
42.	Arvid	196	-5	-25	-11.3%
41.	Vidar	199	+7	+25	+14.4%
40.	Dag	202	+4	+21	+11.6%
39.	Alf	209	-4	-21	-9.1%
38.	Øyvind	210	+4	+23	+12.3%
37.	Reidar	213	+3	+3	+1.4%
36.	Finn	219	+1	-2	-0.9%
35.	Ivar	234	-2	-23	-8.9%
34.	Magne	241	-5	-42	-14.8%
33.	Egil	254	-6	-42	-14.2%
32.	Stein	264	+8	+54	+25.7%
31.	Jon	274	+3	+23	+9.2%
30.	Trond	290	+2	+25	+9.4%
29.	Kåre	293	-4	-10	-3.3%
28.	Tom	299	+2	+32	+12.0%
27.	Arild	301	-3	-21	-6.5%
26.	Einar	304	+2	+11	+3.8%
25.	Olav	305	+1	+6	+2.0%
24.	Nils	316	-2	-34	-9.7%
23.	Erik	323	0	-15	-4.4%
22.	Harald	344	-6	-76	-18.1%
21.	Geir	358	+10	+92	+34.6%
20.	Lars	364	+1	+3	+0.8%
19.	Steinar	369	+1	-1	-0.3%
18.	Tore	377	0	-25	-6.2%
17.	Helge	389	0	-20	-4.9%
16.	Leif	393	+3	+12	+3.1%
14.	Gunnar	435	-2	-80	-15.5%
14.	Rolf	435	+1	-6	-1.4%
13.	John	502	-2	-15	-2.9%
12.	Hans	503	+1	-8	-1.6%
11.	Tor	523	-1	-3	-0.6%
10.	Ole	525	+4	+20	+4.0%
9.	Odd	547	0	-55	-9.1%
8.	Terje	614	0	-9	-1.4%
7.	Knut	668	0	-11	-1.6%
6.	Arne	673	0	-99	-12.8%
5.	Svein	886	-1	-40	-4.3%
4.	Kjell	928	+1	+3	+0.3%
3.	Bjørn	947	0	-27	-2.8%
2.	Per	1,095	0	-5	-0.5%
1.	Jan	1,309	0	-65	-4.7%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Guri	59	new	new	new
99.	Aslaug	60	-12	-13	-17.8%
97.	Ingeborg	62	-25	-35	-36.1%
97.	Kjellaug	62	-9	-8	-11.4%
96.	Anny	64	+2	+2	+3.2%
93.	Edel	65	new	new	new
93.	Erna	65	-4	-3	-4.4%
93.	Kjersti	65	-10	-17	-20.7%
92.	Aase	66	-6	-11	-14.3%
90.	Gunhild	69	+8	+7	+11.3%
90.	Margaret	69	+5	+6	+9.5%
89.	Solbjørg	71	new	new	new
87.	Linda	72	new	new	new
87.	Sigrid	72	-15	-25	-25.8%
85.	Helga	74	-16	-29	-28.2%
85.	Olaug	74	-3	-9	-10.8%
84.	Evy	75	+11	+12	+19.0%
83.	Åshild	77	+6	+9	+13.2%
81.	Anita	79	+11	+15	+23.4%
81.	Ingebjørg	79	-14	-26	-24.8%
80.	Nina	81	+11	+15	+22.7%
79.	Hilde	85	+4	+3	+3.7%
78.	Sigrun	86	-4	-10	-10.4%
77.	Maria	87	-10	-18	-17.1%
75.	Birgit	88	-13	-31	-26.1%
75.	Sølvi	88	new	new	new
74.	Gunvor	89	-18	-36	-28.8%
73.	Kristin	94	-14	-30	-24.2%
72.	Ingunn	98	+2	+2	+2.1%
71.	Sidsel	99	+6	+8	+8.8%
69.	Marie	102	+8	+11	+12.1%
69.	Signe	102	+11	+13	+14.6%
68.	Hanne	103	+11	+13	+14.4%
67.	Lise	104	+13	+15	+16.9%
66.	Karen	106	-5	-14	-11.7%
65.	Mary	108	0	-6	-5.3%
64.	Anne-Lise	109	+7	+11	+11.2%
61.	Jorun	110	+8	+7	+6.8%
61.	Sonja	110	+1	-9	-7.6%
61.	Torild	110	+3	-5	-4.3%
60.	Solfrid	113	+6	+6	+5.6%
59.	Rita	118	-3	-7	-5.6%
58.	Torhild	122	-10	-28	-18.7%
57.	Mona	126	+19	+34	+37.0%
56.	Torunn	131	-2	+4	+3.1%
55.	Synnøve	132	-2	-2	-1.5%
54.	Rigmor	133	-4	-16	-10.7%
53.	Tone	135	-2	-5	-3.6%
52.	Toril	140	-9	-40	-22.2%
51.	Anna	141	-6	-26	-15.6%
50.	Mette	146	+5	+20	+15.9%
49.	Ann	147	+3	+8	+5.8%
48.	Kirsti	151	-4	-22	-12.7%
46.	Gro	156	+10	+31	+24.8%
46.	Lillian	156	0	-6	-3.7%
45.	Marianne	172	+3	+22	+14.7%
44.	Elin	174	-5	-33	-15.9%
43.	Ruth	185	+4	+26	+16.4%
42.	May	198	-2	+11	+5.9%
41.	Lisbeth	201	+1	+20	+11.0%
40.	Irene	208	+19	+84	+67.7%
39.	Bodil	217	-2	-9	-4.0%
38.	Eli	225	-3	-12	-5.1%
37.	Gunn	242	+4	+56	+30.1%
36.	Laila	249	-2	-21	-7.8%
35.	Brit	252	-2	-19	-7.0%
34.	Vigdis	255	-6	-42	-14.1%
33.	Elisabeth	258	+3	+27	+11.7%
32.	Sissel	259	-8	-60	-18.8%
31.	Ingrid	260	-2	-33	-11.3%
30.	Britt	266	+8	+42	+18.8%
29.	Grethe	284	-7	-41	-12.6%
28.	Ragnhild	288	+4	+5	+1.8%
26.	Grete	294	0	-14	-4.5%
26.	Jorunn	294	-2	-25	-7.8%
25.	Reidun	302	-5	-49	-14.0%
24.	Åse	307	+3	+5	+1.7%
23.	Kirsten	312	0	-10	-3.1%
22.	Unni	315	-4	-53	-14.4%
21.	Ellen	321	+8	+28	+9.6%
20.	Else	324	-1	-43	-11.7%
19.	Torill	325	+2	-3	-0.9%
18.	Turid	351	-1	-31	-8.1%
17.	Solveig	361	-4	-48	-11.7%
16.	Bente	365	+15	+75	+25.9%
15.	Tove	377	-1	-24	-6.0%
14.	Astrid	381	+1	-19	-4.8%
13.	Gerd	397	-1	-26	-6.1%
12.	Wenche	417	+4	+18	+4.5%
11.	Karin	421	-1	-28	-6.2%
10.	Aud	435	+1	+3	+0.7%
9.	Bjørg	511	-2	-53	-9.4%
8.	Randi	540	0	+20	+3.8%
7.	Eva	556	+2	+47	+9.2%
6.	Berit	615	0	-24	-3.8%
5.	Liv	675	-1	-97	-12.6%
4.	Kari	755	+1	+35	+4.9%
3.	Marit	775	0	-46	-5.6%
2.	Inger	1,000	0	-20	-2.0%
1.	Anne	1,536	0	-46	-2.9%

Popularity extremes for Norway