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
23.	Erik	364	+5	+78	+27.3%
12.	Geir	491	+5	+72	+17.2%
36.	Morten	249	+5	+49	+24.5%
40.	Frank	228	+8	+48	+26.7%
51.	Roger	165	+18	+44	+36.4%
28.	Tom	318	+2	+42	+15.2%
29.	Rune	296	+6	+42	+16.5%
2.	Per	1,063	+1	+39	+3.8%
70.	Jarle	125	+22	+37	+42.0%
38.	Øyvind	237	+1	+35	+17.3%
6.	Terje	690	+1	+32	+4.9%
20.	Trond	391	+3	+32	+8.9%
37.	Magne	248	+1	+32	+14.8%
58.	Stig	150	+14	+32	+27.1%
10.	Tor	532	+1	+31	+6.2%
24.	Arild	350	+3	+30	+9.4%
57.	Roy	153	+10	+30	+24.4%
49.	Oddvar	176	+9	+29	+19.7%
59.	Anders	146	+12	+26	+21.7%
72.	Johnny	122	+11	+26	+27.1%
59.	Øivind	146	+10	+25	+20.7%
19.	Steinar	395	+3	+24	+6.5%
1.	Jan	1,413	0	+23	+1.7%
70.	Petter	125	+5	+22	+21.4%
52.	Erling	161	+10	+21	+15.0%
82.	Bernt	103	+16	+20	+24.1%
77.	David	109	+12	+18	+19.8%
14.	Gunnar	471	+1	+16	+3.5%
5.	Svein	825	0	+13	+1.6%
65.	Jostein	136	+2	+13	+10.6%
45.	Reidar	189	+4	+12	+6.8%
63.	Paul	139	+3	+11	+8.6%
86.	Arnt	94	+12	+11	+13.3%
7.	Arne	681	-1	+10	+1.5%
42.	Vidar	198	+4	+10	+5.3%
62.	Ragnar	143	+3	+10	+7.5%
76.	Kai	111	+3	+10	+9.9%
21.	Lars	390	-1	+7	+1.8%
44.	Roar	194	+2	+6	+3.2%
55.	Jens	156	+2	+6	+4.0%
78.	Roald	107	-1	+5	+4.9%
88.	Atle	93	+4	+5	+5.7%
89.	Willy	92	+6	+5	+5.7%
91.	Ulf	88	new	new	new
32.	Jon	275	-1	+4	+1.5%
78.	Jørn	107	-3	+4	+3.9%
89.	Frode	92	+3	+4	+4.5%
43.	Karl	196	0	+3	+1.6%
80.	Sven	105	-3	+3	+2.9%
83.	Peter	101	-2	+2	+2.0%
84.	Eivind	96	+4	+2	+2.1%
17.	Rolf	416	+2	0	0.0%
45.	Finn	189	-1	0	0.0%
84.	Pål	96	-1	0	0.0%
16.	Tore	425	0	-2	-0.5%
31.	Einar	278	-2	-2	-0.7%
34.	Dag	253	0	-2	-0.8%
95.	Henning	81	new	new	new
86.	Trygve	94	-4	-3	-3.1%
11.	Hans	507	-1	-5	-1.0%
47.	Øystein	183	-3	-6	-3.2%
54.	Sverre	157	-1	-6	-3.7%
9.	Odd	573	0	-7	-1.2%
24.	Harald	350	0	-7	-2.0%
33.	Kåre	254	0	-7	-2.7%
67.	Bjarne	134	-6	-7	-5.0%
80.	Robert	105	-7	-7	-6.3%
98.	Birger	76	0	-7	-8.4%
13.	Ole	486	-1	-8	-1.6%
96.	Håkon	77	0	-8	-9.4%
52.	Ove	161	-1	-10	-5.8%
92.	Sigmund	86	-9	-10	-10.4%
8.	Knut	644	0	-11	-1.7%
47.	Thor	183	-5	-12	-6.2%
72.	Kurt	122	-9	-12	-9.0%
27.	Nils	321	-2	-13	-3.9%
93.	Martin	83	-10	-13	-13.5%
99.	Bent	70	new	new	new
39.	Ivar	230	-3	-15	-6.1%
68.	Arve	128	-8	-15	-10.5%
41.	Alf	213	-4	-16	-7.0%
34.	Egil	253	-2	-17	-6.3%
94.	Magnar	82	-14	-18	-18.0%
99.	Harry	70	-9	-19	-21.3%
55.	Torbjørn	156	-5	-20	-11.4%
59.	Asbjørn	146	-7	-20	-12.0%
74.	Johan	114	-11	-20	-14.9%
15.	John	454	-1	-21	-4.4%
3.	Bjørn	1,007	-1	-24	-2.3%
49.	Arvid	176	-9	-25	-12.4%
64.	Åge	138	-11	-25	-15.3%
66.	Inge	135	-11	-27	-16.7%
96.	Dagfinn	77	-22	-27	-26.0%
75.	Arnfinn	113	-17	-34	-23.1%
69.	Ola	127	-14	-35	-21.6%
22.	Stein	368	-5	-51	-12.2%
26.	Leif	327	-5	-51	-13.5%
30.	Olav	280	-5	-54	-16.2%
4.	Kjell	902	0	-68	-7.0%
18.	Helge	399	-5	-93	-18.9%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
6.	Bente	584	+5	+106	+22.2%
5.	Liv	755	0	+74	+10.9%
16.	Unni	382	+3	+66	+20.9%
28.	Elin	291	+11	+65	+28.8%
4.	Marit	765	0	+64	+9.1%
37.	Tone	249	+9	+64	+34.6%
48.	Kristin	177	+17	+57	+47.5%
55.	Ingunn	163	+15	+57	+53.8%
42.	Marianne	222	+8	+48	+27.6%
3.	Kari	795	0	+45	+6.0%
38.	May	248	+4	+45	+22.2%
18.	Grete	334	+8	+36	+12.1%
23.	Gunn	317	+8	+35	+12.4%
50.	Torunn	165	+6	+33	+25.0%
36.	Ragnhild	255	+4	+31	+13.8%
53.	Rita	164	+2	+31	+23.3%
1.	Anne	1,717	0	+29	+1.7%
25.	Solveig	311	+5	+28	+9.9%
41.	Ann	227	+3	+27	+13.5%
45.	Lisbeth	211	+3	+27	+14.7%
73.	Anita	99	+12	+25	+33.8%
67.	Kjersti	108	+12	+22	+25.6%
22.	Ellen	322	+3	+21	+7.0%
77.	Maria	95	+8	+21	+28.4%
21.	Reidun	327	+2	+20	+6.5%
50.	Mette	165	+2	+19	+13.0%
17.	Astrid	364	0	+18	+5.2%
18.	Turid	334	+1	+18	+5.7%
27.	Ingrid	299	+5	+18	+6.4%
26.	Åse	302	+3	+17	+6.0%
74.	Sølvi	98	+8	+17	+21.0%
75.	Helga	97	+8	+17	+21.3%
53.	Lillian	164	-2	+15	+10.1%
61.	Mona	124	+6	+15	+13.8%
70.	Marie	101	+9	+15	+17.4%
12.	Tove	466	+1	+14	+3.1%
69.	Lise	102	+7	+13	+14.6%
82.	Sigrun	82	+8	+12	+17.1%
89.	Heidi	66	new	new	new
13.	Karin	417	+1	+8	+2.0%
30.	Grethe	288	+3	+8	+2.9%
10.	Wenche	509	0	+7	+1.4%
84.	Linda	80	+4	+7	+9.6%
90.	Vera	64	new	new	new
9.	Randi	536	-1	+6	+1.1%
90.	Ellinor	64	+7	+5	+8.5%
94.	Edel	63	+4	+5	+8.6%
96.	Aslaug	62	new	new	new
90.	Margaret	64	+5	+4	+6.7%
56.	Rigmor	149	-4	+3	+2.1%
58.	Synnøve	135	-2	+3	+2.3%
90.	Oddny	64	+3	+3	+4.9%
97.	Helen	60	new	new	new
43.	Bodil	216	-2	+2	+0.9%
75.	Evy	97	-2	+2	+2.1%
99.	Siri	59	new	new	new
99.	Trine	59	new	new	new
47.	Gro	184	-1	-1	-0.5%
59.	Hanne	127	+1	-1	-0.8%
87.	Olaug	71	+2	-1	-1.4%
8.	Berit	546	-1	-2	-0.4%
15.	Gerd	384	0	-3	-0.8%
72.	Nina	100	-1	-3	-2.9%
78.	Jorun	87	-3	-3	-3.3%
40.	Eli	233	-4	-4	-1.7%
35.	Elisabeth	265	-1	-6	-2.2%
63.	Hilde	120	0	-6	-4.8%
83.	Signe	81	-5	-6	-6.9%
84.	Gunvor	80	-5	-6	-7.0%
24.	Kirsten	315	-6	-7	-2.2%
29.	Britt	290	-2	-7	-2.4%
66.	Torhild	115	-2	-7	-5.7%
70.	Sonja	101	-2	-7	-6.5%
81.	Anne-Lise	85	-7	-7	-7.6%
62.	Sidsel	121	-3	-10	-7.6%
64.	Karen	117	-4	-11	-8.6%
94.	Ingebjørg	63	-9	-11	-14.9%
48.	Ruth	177	-3	-14	-7.3%
78.	Mary	87	-6	-14	-13.9%
60.	Anna	125	-6	-15	-10.7%
34.	Vigdis	273	-6	-16	-5.5%
65.	Solfrid	116	-9	-16	-12.1%
44.	Brit	214	-7	-17	-7.4%
97.	Gunhild	60	-13	-18	-23.1%
7.	Eva	559	-1	-20	-3.5%
88.	Aase	69	-12	-20	-22.5%
31.	Jorunn	286	-8	-21	-6.8%
39.	Laila	239	-4	-22	-8.4%
68.	Torild	105	-6	-22	-17.3%
32.	Sissel	285	-10	-24	-7.8%
46.	Irene	203	-8	-27	-11.7%
57.	Kirsti	148	-8	-30	-16.9%
80.	Birgit	86	-14	-31	-26.5%
86.	Sigrid	77	-18	-31	-28.7%
11.	Bjørg	470	-2	-33	-6.6%
33.	Torill	281	-14	-35	-11.1%
50.	Toril	165	-7	-36	-17.9%
20.	Else	328	-4	-48	-12.8%
2.	Inger	941	0	-60	-6.0%
14.	Aud	397	-2	-67	-14.4%

Popularity extremes for Norway