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
63.	Åge	129	-9	-31	-19.4%
44.	Alf	190	+2	-3	-1.6%
50.	Anders	163	+7	+16	+10.9%
30.	Arild	305	-6	-60	-16.4%
10.	Arne	535	-1	-80	-13.0%
88.	Arnfinn	89	-7	-20	-18.3%
98.	Arnt	79	+2	+6	+8.2%
57.	Arve	142	+13	+15	+11.8%
66.	Arvid	126	-4	-13	-9.4%
60.	Asbjørn	132	-1	-11	-7.7%
68.	Atle	120	+5	-6	-4.8%
100.	Bernt	78	-12	-13	-14.3%
73.	Bjarne	118	+7	+8	+7.3%
3.	Bjørn	966	0	-7	-0.7%
31.	Dag	304	-1	+5	+1.7%
94.	David	82	-3	-6	-6.8%
34.	Egil	253	+8	+38	+17.7%
36.	Einar	245	+2	+11	+4.7%
85.	Eivind	98	+9	+15	+18.1%
26.	Erik	321	+2	+4	+1.3%
68.	Erling	120	+5	-6	-4.8%
91.	Espen	86	new	new	new
49.	Finn	170	-5	-37	-17.9%
35.	Frank	247	-1	+2	+0.8%
51.	Frode	162	+10	+20	+14.1%
5.	Geir	779	+1	+32	+4.3%
23.	Gunnar	355	+2	-7	-1.9%
67.	Håkon	123	+8	-1	-0.8%
15.	Hans	473	+2	+38	+8.7%
27.	Harald	310	+2	-1	-0.3%
24.	Helge	344	+2	-5	-1.4%
86.	Henning	90	new	new	new
65.	Inge	128	-7	-17	-11.7%
43.	Ivar	205	-2	-11	-5.1%
1.	Jan	1,550	0	+69	+4.7%
82.	Jarle	101	-17	-34	-25.2%
68.	Jens	120	-13	-36	-23.1%
84.	Johan	99	-17	-31	-23.8%
12.	John	502	0	+5	+1.0%
57.	Johnny	142	-12	-62	-30.4%
28.	Jon	306	+3	+12	+4.1%
61.	Jørn	131	+9	+4	+3.1%
62.	Jostein	130	+8	+3	+2.4%
82.	Kai	101	-5	-19	-15.8%
47.	Kåre	175	-1	-18	-9.3%
54.	Karl	154	-5	-29	-15.8%
89.	Ketil	87	+6	+5	+6.1%
4.	Kjell	907	0	+58	+6.8%
91.	Kjetil	86	-7	-15	-14.9%
8.	Knut	649	0	+22	+3.5%
63.	Kurt	129	+13	+7	+5.7%
19.	Lars	419	+1	+13	+3.2%
28.	Leif	306	-7	-88	-22.3%
46.	Magne	185	-6	-33	-15.1%
94.	Michael	82	-2	-5	-5.7%
17.	Morten	458	+5	+67	+17.1%
32.	Nils	286	0	-2	-0.7%
14.	Odd	484	-4	-83	-14.6%
79.	Oddvar	109	-17	-30	-21.6%
73.	Øivind	118	+13	+19	+19.2%
59.	Ola	135	+5	-1	-0.7%
33.	Olav	281	0	+23	+8.9%
11.	Ole	510	0	-20	-3.8%
41.	Ove	215	+7	+30	+16.2%
45.	Øystein	189	+5	+14	+8.0%
38.	Øyvind	238	-1	+3	+1.3%
53.	Pål	156	-1	-10	-6.0%
78.	Paul	111	-10	-17	-13.3%
2.	Per	1,098	0	-68	-5.8%
77.	Peter	115	-9	-13	-10.2%
55.	Petter	148	+23	+32	+27.6%
81.	Ragnar	102	+2	-1	-1.0%
56.	Reidar	143	0	-11	-7.1%
86.	Roald	90	+6	+3	+3.4%
42.	Roar	209	-3	-23	-9.9%
71.	Robert	119	+8	+8	+7.2%
38.	Roger	238	+5	+28	+13.3%
21.	Rolf	389	-2	-21	-5.1%
40.	Roy	234	-5	-8	-3.3%
80.	Runar	108	new	new	new
9.	Rune	552	+5	+84	+17.9%
97.	Sigurd	80	new	new	new
98.	Ståle	79	new	new	new
22.	Stein	360	+1	-18	-4.8%
25.	Steinar	325	+2	-21	-6.1%
52.	Stig	157	-1	-13	-7.6%
6.	Svein	735	-1	-20	-2.6%
76.	Sven	116	+5	+7	+6.4%
75.	Sverre	117	-16	-26	-18.2%
7.	Terje	665	0	-17	-2.5%
48.	Thor	171	+5	+7	+4.3%
15.	Tom	473	+3	+60	+14.5%
89.	Tommy	87	new	new	new
13.	Tor	492	+2	+29	+6.3%
71.	Torbjørn	119	-6	-16	-11.9%
20.	Tore	416	-4	-39	-8.6%
18.	Trond	448	-5	-44	-8.9%
93.	Trygve	83	-3	-6	-6.7%
36.	Vidar	245	-1	+3	+1.2%
94.	Willy	82	+4	+3	+3.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
94.	Aase	66	new	new	new
15.	Anita	362	+18	+74	+25.7%
30.	Ann	300	-6	-20	-6.3%
72.	Anna	107	-7	-11	-9.3%
1.	Anne	1,871	0	+109	+6.2%
89.	Anne-Lise	71	-8	-7	-9.0%
33.	Åse	279	+6	+12	+4.5%
95.	Åshild	64	new	new	new
19.	Astrid	340	+3	+12	+3.7%
22.	Aud	322	-7	-51	-13.7%
3.	Bente	785	-1	-64	-7.5%
10.	Berit	480	0	-23	-4.6%
82.	Birgit	82	-4	-3	-3.5%
27.	Bjørg	312	-15	-82	-20.8%
54.	Bodil	186	-1	-9	-4.6%
56.	Brit	180	-9	-42	-18.9%
44.	Britt	234	-12	-56	-19.3%
35.	Eli	266	+20	+75	+39.3%
29.	Elin	301	0	+2	+0.7%
30.	Elisabeth	300	0	+2	+0.7%
25.	Ellen	315	-2	-12	-3.7%
40.	Else	245	+2	-14	-5.4%
9.	Eva	509	0	-29	-5.4%
85.	Evy	76	-10	-20	-20.8%
41.	Gerd	242	0	-22	-8.3%
25.	Grete	315	-4	-22	-6.5%
13.	Grethe	383	0	-7	-1.8%
21.	Gro	324	+15	+51	+18.7%
99.	Gunhild	58	new	new	new
17.	Gunn	344	0	-8	-2.3%
100.	Guri	56	-1	-4	-6.7%
45.	Hanne	232	+6	+33	+16.6%
90.	Hege	70	-2	+2	+2.9%
39.	Heidi	248	+4	-7	-2.7%
95.	Helen	64	-10	-9	-12.3%
87.	Helga	75	+4	+8	+11.9%
18.	Hilde	342	+8	+30	+9.6%
98.	Ingebjørg	60	new	new	new
91.	Ingeborg	69	+4	+7	+11.3%
2.	Inger	807	+1	+19	+2.4%
43.	Ingrid	240	-4	-27	-10.1%
58.	Ingunn	168	-1	-2	-1.2%
57.	Irene	175	-1	-3	-1.7%
81.	Jane	84	-4	-2	-2.3%
76.	Janne	90	+2	+5	+5.9%
77.	Jorun	89	+5	+14	+18.7%
38.	Jorunn	259	-3	-21	-7.5%
71.	Karen	110	-3	-1	-0.9%
5.	Kari	682	-1	-20	-2.8%
24.	Karin	317	-4	-21	-6.2%
49.	Kirsten	217	-3	-16	-6.9%
70.	Kirsti	112	-6	-9	-7.4%
61.	Kjersti	144	+8	+34	+30.9%
47.	Kristin	224	+7	+31	+16.1%
47.	Laila	224	-9	-44	-16.4%
83.	Lill	79	+15	+18	+29.5%
59.	Lillian	159	+2	+11	+7.4%
64.	Linda	128	+9	+24	+23.1%
53.	Lisbeth	204	-3	-10	-4.7%
66.	Lise	124	-3	+2	+1.6%
7.	Liv	577	-1	-53	-8.4%
65.	Maria	127	+1	+14	+12.4%
91.	Mariann	69	new	new	new
23.	Marianne	320	+8	+26	+8.8%
85.	Marie	76	new	new	new
4.	Marit	683	+1	+40	+6.2%
77.	Mary	89	-1	+1	+1.1%
34.	May	276	-7	-35	-11.3%
46.	Mette	225	-2	-26	-10.4%
16.	Mona	350	+12	+50	+16.7%
42.	Nina	241	+9	+42	+21.1%
50.	Ragnhild	215	-1	-2	-0.9%
11.	Randi	424	0	-65	-13.3%
51.	Reidun	212	-6	-29	-12.0%
80.	Rigmor	87	-6	-11	-11.2%
52.	Rita	211	-4	-9	-4.1%
67.	Ruth	122	-7	-27	-18.1%
91.	Sidsel	69	0	+2	+3.0%
88.	Signe	74	-8	-6	-7.5%
97.	Sigrid	63	-10	-9	-12.5%
74.	Siri	99	+8	+24	+32.0%
12.	Sissel	399	+4	+29	+7.8%
84.	Siv	78	+1	+5	+6.8%
73.	Solfrid	106	-1	+1	+1.0%
37.	Solveig	260	-3	-25	-8.8%
62.	Sølvi	137	0	-10	-6.8%
79.	Sonja	88	-12	-24	-21.4%
60.	Synnøve	146	+11	+40	+37.7%
14.	Tone	367	+4	+22	+6.4%
68.	Torhild	121	+2	+13	+12.0%
55.	Toril	185	+4	+29	+18.6%
75.	Torild	96	+13	+28	+41.2%
28.	Torill	306	-3	-9	-2.9%
63.	Torunn	133	-5	-26	-16.4%
6.	Tove	611	+2	+44	+7.8%
69.	Trine	116	+15	+42	+56.8%
32.	Turid	293	-13	-49	-14.3%
20.	Unni	334	-6	-55	-14.1%
36.	Vigdis	261	0	-12	-4.4%
8.	Wenche	551	-1	-27	-4.7%

Popularity extremes for Norway