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
17.	Stein	419	+15	+155	+58.7%
13.	Helge	492	+4	+103	+26.5%
2.	Bjørn	1,031	+1	+84	+8.9%
1.	Jan	1,390	0	+81	+6.2%
23.	Trond	359	+7	+69	+23.8%
17.	Geir	419	+4	+61	+17.0%
41.	Morten	200	+21	+61	+43.9%
35.	Rune	254	+8	+60	+30.9%
58.	Arnfinn	147	+31	+59	+67.0%
34.	Dag	255	+6	+53	+26.2%
16.	Tore	427	+2	+50	+13.3%
7.	Terje	658	+1	+44	+7.2%
4.	Kjell	970	0	+42	+4.5%
63.	Kurt	134	+15	+36	+36.7%
46.	Roar	188	+11	+35	+22.9%
55.	Ola	162	+11	+35	+27.6%
9.	Odd	580	0	+33	+6.0%
25.	Olav	334	0	+29	+9.5%
53.	Åge	163	+11	+26	+19.0%
44.	Øystein	189	+6	+24	+14.5%
72.	Stig	118	+11	+24	+25.5%
75.	Jørn	103	+20	+24	+30.4%
15.	Gunnar	455	-1	+20	+4.6%
37.	Alf	229	+2	+20	+9.6%
42.	Thor	195	+6	+20	+11.4%
67.	Jostein	123	+7	+20	+19.4%
20.	Lars	383	0	+19	+5.2%
27.	Arild	320	0	+19	+6.3%
25.	Nils	334	-1	+18	+5.7%
50.	Torbjørn	176	+5	+17	+10.7%
32.	Egil	270	+1	+16	+6.3%
95.	Willy	87	+5	+14	+19.2%
24.	Harald	357	-2	+13	+3.8%
67.	Roy	123	+4	+13	+11.8%
90.	Sigurd	89	+7	+13	+17.1%
92.	Frode	88	+6	+13	+17.3%
48.	Frank	180	+1	+12	+7.1%
36.	Ivar	245	-1	+11	+4.7%
83.	Pål	96	+10	+11	+12.9%
83.	Martin	96	+8	+10	+11.6%
98.	Arnt	83	new	new	new
98.	Bernt	83	new	new	new
10.	Hans	512	+2	+9	+1.8%
77.	Sven	102	+7	+9	+9.7%
80.	Magnar	100	+6	+9	+9.9%
74.	Dagfinn	104	+5	+7	+7.2%
75.	Petter	103	+5	+7	+7.3%
96.	Torstein	85	0	+7	+9.0%
83.	Michael	96	+4	+6	+6.7%
40.	Arvid	201	+2	+5	+2.6%
43.	Karl	193	+1	+4	+2.1%
60.	Arve	143	+2	+4	+2.9%
73.	Robert	112	-1	+4	+3.7%
22.	Steinar	371	-3	+2	+0.5%
55.	Inge	162	-1	+1	+0.6%
83.	Johnny	96	-2	+1	+1.1%
88.	Eivind	94	-4	+1	+1.1%
92.	Atle	88	-2	+1	+1.1%
69.	Roger	121	-2	0	0.0%
90.	Harry	89	-2	0	0.0%
79.	Kai	101	-4	-1	-1.0%
96.	Håkon	85	-5	-1	-1.2%
6.	Arne	671	0	-2	-0.3%
31.	Jon	271	0	-3	-1.1%
57.	Jens	150	0	-3	-2.0%
83.	Sigmund	96	-6	-4	-4.0%
89.	David	91	-8	-4	-4.2%
39.	Øyvind	202	-1	-8	-3.8%
69.	Øivind	121	-4	-9	-6.9%
46.	Vidar	188	-5	-11	-5.5%
51.	Ove	171	-6	-12	-6.6%
8.	Knut	655	-1	-13	-1.9%
77.	Roald	102	-9	-13	-11.3%
81.	Peter	99	-11	-14	-12.4%
21.	Leif	378	-5	-15	-3.8%
58.	Oddvar	147	-6	-15	-9.3%
52.	Asbjørn	166	-6	-16	-8.8%
53.	Sverre	163	-6	-16	-8.9%
66.	Paul	128	-5	-16	-11.1%
65.	Ragnar	133	-6	-17	-11.3%
92.	Jarle	88	-19	-17	-16.2%
82.	Trygve	97	-14	-18	-15.7%
98.	Birger	83	-22	-18	-17.8%
19.	Rolf	416	-5	-19	-4.4%
11.	Tor	501	0	-22	-4.2%
62.	Erling	140	-10	-22	-13.6%
30.	Tom	276	-2	-23	-7.7%
61.	Bjarne	141	-10	-23	-14.0%
29.	Einar	280	-3	-24	-7.9%
38.	Magne	216	-4	-25	-10.4%
63.	Johan	134	-8	-25	-15.7%
14.	John	475	-1	-27	-5.4%
71.	Anders	120	-11	-28	-18.9%
44.	Finn	189	-8	-30	-13.7%
12.	Ole	494	-2	-31	-5.9%
33.	Kåre	261	-4	-32	-10.9%
49.	Reidar	177	-12	-36	-16.9%
28.	Erik	286	-5	-37	-11.5%
3.	Per	1,024	-1	-71	-6.5%
5.	Svein	812	0	-74	-8.4%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Anne	1,688	0	+152	+9.9%
11.	Bente	478	+5	+113	+31.0%
10.	Wenche	502	+2	+85	+20.4%
13.	Tove	452	+2	+75	+19.9%
43.	Toril	201	+9	+61	+43.6%
44.	Ann	200	+5	+53	+36.1%
16.	Else	376	+4	+52	+16.0%
39.	Elin	226	+5	+52	+29.9%
22.	Sissel	309	+10	+50	+19.3%
46.	Tone	185	+7	+50	+37.0%
63.	Hilde	126	+16	+41	+48.2%
31.	Gunn	282	+6	+40	+16.5%
68.	Sigrid	108	+19	+36	+50.0%
28.	Vigdis	289	+6	+34	+13.3%
59.	Sidsel	131	+12	+32	+32.3%
27.	Britt	297	+3	+31	+11.7%
12.	Aud	464	-2	+29	+6.7%
46.	Gro	185	0	+29	+18.6%
66.	Birgit	117	+9	+29	+33.0%
49.	Kirsti	178	-1	+27	+17.9%
65.	Kristin	120	+8	+26	+27.7%
60.	Hanne	128	+8	+25	+24.3%
6.	Eva	579	+1	+23	+4.1%
76.	Aase	89	+16	+23	+34.8%
38.	Irene	230	+2	+22	+10.6%
60.	Karen	128	+6	+22	+20.8%
71.	Nina	103	+9	+22	+27.2%
32.	Ingrid	281	-1	+21	+8.1%
79.	Kjersti	86	+14	+21	+32.3%
73.	Evy	95	+11	+20	+26.7%
56.	Solfrid	132	+4	+19	+16.8%
62.	Torild	127	-1	+17	+15.5%
55.	Rita	133	+4	+15	+12.7%
23.	Jorunn	307	+3	+13	+4.4%
34.	Elisabeth	271	-1	+13	+5.0%
52.	Rigmor	146	+2	+13	+9.8%
35.	Laila	261	+1	+12	+4.8%
36.	Eli	237	+2	+12	+5.3%
18.	Kirsten	322	+5	+10	+3.2%
84.	Gunhild	78	+6	+9	+13.0%
70.	Ingunn	106	+2	+8	+8.2%
5.	Liv	681	0	+6	+0.9%
45.	Ruth	191	-2	+6	+3.2%
83.	Helga	80	+2	+6	+8.1%
23.	Reidun	307	+2	+5	+1.7%
42.	May	203	0	+5	+2.5%
92.	Ingeborg	67	+5	+5	+8.1%
26.	Grete	298	0	+4	+1.4%
50.	Marianne	174	-5	+2	+1.2%
93.	Målfrid	61	new	new	new
93.	Oddny	61	new	new	new
2.	Inger	1,001	0	+1	+0.1%
19.	Unni	316	+3	+1	+0.3%
56.	Torunn	132	0	+1	+0.8%
88.	Linda	73	-1	+1	+1.4%
95.	Lill	60	new	new	new
52.	Mette	146	-2	0	0.0%
56.	Synnøve	132	-1	0	0.0%
64.	Torhild	122	-6	0	0.0%
97.	Ellinor	59	new	new	new
54.	Anna	140	-3	-1	-0.7%
68.	Sonja	108	-7	-2	-1.8%
89.	Olaug	72	-4	-2	-2.7%
99.	Greta	57	new	new	new
41.	Bodil	214	-2	-3	-1.4%
79.	Gunvor	86	-5	-3	-3.4%
33.	Grethe	280	-4	-4	-1.4%
3.	Kari	750	+1	-5	-0.7%
85.	Anita	74	-4	-5	-6.3%
85.	Ingebjørg	74	-4	-5	-6.3%
51.	Lillian	149	-5	-7	-4.5%
72.	Mary	101	-7	-7	-6.5%
82.	Sølvi	81	-7	-7	-8.0%
90.	Åshild	70	-7	-7	-9.1%
98.	Edel	58	-5	-7	-10.8%
9.	Bjørg	503	0	-8	-1.6%
99.	Erna	57	-6	-8	-12.3%
19.	Torill	316	0	-9	-2.8%
95.	Margaret	60	-5	-9	-13.0%
8.	Randi	530	0	-10	-1.9%
15.	Gerd	387	-2	-10	-2.5%
14.	Karin	409	-3	-12	-2.9%
85.	Maria	74	-8	-13	-14.9%
76.	Lise	89	-9	-15	-14.4%
78.	Signe	87	-9	-15	-14.7%
79.	Marie	86	-10	-16	-15.7%
90.	Sigrun	70	-12	-16	-18.6%
48.	Lisbeth	184	-7	-17	-8.5%
67.	Mona	109	-10	-17	-13.5%
74.	Anne-Lise	92	-10	-17	-15.6%
25.	Ellen	301	-4	-20	-6.2%
75.	Jorun	90	-14	-20	-18.2%
37.	Brit	231	-2	-21	-8.3%
29.	Åse	285	-5	-22	-7.2%
17.	Astrid	346	-3	-35	-9.2%
19.	Turid	316	-1	-35	-10.0%
40.	Ragnhild	224	-12	-64	-22.2%
7.	Berit	548	-1	-67	-10.9%
4.	Marit	701	-1	-74	-9.5%
30.	Solveig	283	-13	-78	-21.6%

Popularity extremes for Norway