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
99.	Andrzej	78	new	new	new
99.	Willy	78	-5	-4	-4.9%
97.	Michael	82	-3	0	0.0%
97.	Runar	82	-17	-26	-24.1%
96.	Henning	85	-10	-5	-5.6%
95.	Bård	87	new	new	new
94.	Arnt	88	+4	+9	+11.4%
93.	David	89	+1	+7	+8.5%
90.	Arnfinn	90	-2	+1	+1.1%
90.	Bernt	90	+10	+12	+15.4%
90.	Ragnar	90	-9	-12	-11.8%
89.	Bjarne	91	-16	-27	-22.9%
88.	Johan	92	-4	-7	-7.1%
87.	Thomas	93	new	new	new
85.	Ketil	95	+4	+8	+9.2%
85.	Øivind	95	-12	-23	-19.5%
84.	Sven	96	-8	-20	-17.2%
83.	Eivind	97	+2	-1	-1.0%
82.	Kjetil	98	+9	+12	+14.0%
79.	Erling	108	-11	-12	-10.0%
79.	Håkon	108	-12	-15	-12.2%
79.	Jostein	108	-17	-22	-16.9%
77.	Espen	110	+14	+24	+27.9%
77.	Robert	110	-6	-9	-7.6%
76.	Ulf	113	new	new	new
74.	Kai	116	+8	+15	+14.9%
74.	Paul	116	+4	+5	+4.5%
73.	Oddvar	119	+6	+10	+9.2%
72.	Asbjørn	121	-12	-11	-8.3%
70.	Arvid	123	-4	-3	-2.4%
70.	Reidar	123	-14	-20	-14.0%
69.	Anders	125	-19	-38	-23.3%
68.	Arve	130	-11	-12	-8.5%
67.	Sverre	131	+8	+14	+12.0%
66.	Åge	133	-3	+4	+3.1%
65.	Jarle	134	+17	+33	+32.7%
64.	Peter	135	+13	+20	+17.4%
62.	Inge	137	+3	+9	+7.0%
62.	Petter	137	-7	-11	-7.4%
61.	Torbjørn	138	+10	+19	+16.0%
60.	Kurt	139	+3	+10	+7.8%
58.	Atle	142	+10	+22	+18.3%
58.	Thor	142	-10	-29	-17.0%
57.	Johnny	144	0	+2	+1.4%
56.	Karl	147	-2	-7	-4.5%
55.	Ola	152	+4	+17	+12.6%
54.	Tommy	155	+35	+68	+78.2%
53.	Jens	158	+15	+38	+31.7%
52.	Jørn	161	+9	+30	+22.9%
51.	Alf	168	-7	-22	-11.6%
50.	Finn	173	-1	+3	+1.8%
49.	Stig	183	+3	+26	+16.6%
48.	Ivar	185	-5	-20	-9.8%
46.	Egil	186	-12	-67	-26.5%
46.	Øystein	186	-1	-3	-1.6%
45.	Kåre	199	+2	+24	+13.7%
44.	Frode	203	+7	+41	+25.3%
42.	Ove	209	-1	-6	-2.8%
42.	Pål	209	+11	+53	+34.0%
41.	Roar	213	+1	+4	+1.9%
39.	Einar	219	-3	-26	-10.6%
39.	Roger	219	-1	-19	-8.0%
38.	Magne	235	+8	+50	+27.0%
37.	Vidar	240	-1	-5	-2.0%
36.	Øyvind	245	+2	+7	+2.9%
35.	Roy	255	+5	+21	+9.0%
34.	Dag	268	-3	-36	-11.8%
33.	Steinar	273	-8	-52	-16.0%
32.	Frank	278	+3	+31	+12.6%
31.	Olav	281	+2	0	0.0%
30.	Arild	291	0	-14	-4.6%
29.	Jon	298	-1	-8	-2.6%
28.	Erik	301	-2	-20	-6.2%
26.	Gunnar	310	-3	-45	-12.7%
26.	Nils	310	+6	+24	+8.4%
25.	Harald	311	+2	+1	+0.3%
24.	Stein	324	-2	-36	-10.0%
23.	Leif	345	+5	+39	+12.7%
22.	Helge	349	+2	+5	+1.5%
21.	Rolf	383	0	-6	-1.5%
20.	Tore	430	0	+14	+3.4%
19.	Lars	451	0	+32	+7.6%
18.	Hans	472	-3	-1	-0.2%
17.	John	481	-5	-21	-4.2%
16.	Odd	485	-2	+1	+0.2%
15.	Tom	509	0	+36	+7.6%
14.	Ole	516	-3	+6	+1.2%
12.	Tor	525	+1	+33	+6.7%
12.	Trond	525	+6	+77	+17.2%
11.	Rune	530	-2	-22	-4.0%
10.	Arne	556	0	+21	+3.9%
9.	Morten	639	+8	+181	+39.5%
8.	Knut	640	0	-9	-1.4%
7.	Terje	657	0	-8	-1.2%
6.	Svein	706	0	-29	-3.9%
4.	Geir	779	+1	0	0.0%
4.	Kjell	779	0	-128	-14.1%
3.	Bjørn	1,017	0	+51	+5.3%
2.	Per	1,139	0	+41	+3.7%
1.	Jan	1,439	0	-111	-7.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Åshild	60	-5	-4	-6.3%
99.	Olaug	61	new	new	new
97.	Anne-Lise	62	-8	-9	-12.7%
97.	Mari	62	new	new	new
95.	Monica	64	new	new	new
95.	Signe	64	-7	-10	-13.5%
94.	Helga	65	-7	-10	-13.3%
93.	Sigrun	66	new	new	new
90.	Jorun	67	-13	-22	-24.7%
90.	Marie	67	-5	-9	-11.8%
90.	Merete	67	new	new	new
89.	Mary	68	-12	-21	-23.6%
88.	Torild	72	-13	-24	-25.0%
87.	Siv	74	-3	-4	-5.1%
86.	Sonja	75	-7	-13	-14.8%
83.	Birgit	76	-1	-6	-7.3%
83.	Gry	76	new	new	new
83.	Guri	76	+17	+20	+35.7%
82.	Trude	82	new	new	new
81.	Mariann	85	+10	+16	+23.2%
80.	Ingeborg	87	+11	+18	+26.1%
79.	Rigmor	92	+1	+5	+5.7%
78.	Evy	93	+7	+17	+22.4%
77.	Jane	94	+4	+10	+11.9%
76.	Solfrid	96	-3	-10	-9.4%
75.	Torhild	97	-7	-24	-19.8%
74.	Hege	99	+16	+29	+41.4%
72.	Janne	101	+4	+11	+12.2%
72.	Karen	101	-1	-9	-8.2%
71.	Anna	119	+1	+12	+11.2%
70.	Torunn	128	-7	-5	-3.8%
69.	Ingunn	129	-11	-39	-23.2%
68.	Kjersti	130	-7	-14	-9.7%
67.	Trine	133	+2	+17	+14.7%
66.	Synnøve	135	-6	-11	-7.5%
65.	Kirsti	137	+5	+25	+22.3%
64.	Ruth	141	+3	+19	+15.6%
61.	Lillian	146	-2	-13	-8.2%
61.	Maria	146	+4	+19	+15.0%
61.	Siri	146	+13	+47	+47.5%
60.	Lise	147	+6	+23	+18.5%
58.	Linda	153	+6	+25	+19.5%
58.	Sølvi	153	+4	+16	+11.7%
57.	Toril	159	-2	-26	-14.1%
56.	Else	163	-16	-82	-33.5%
55.	Brit	164	+1	-16	-8.9%
54.	Bodil	170	0	-16	-8.6%
53.	Irene	186	+4	+11	+6.3%
52.	Kirsten	191	-3	-26	-12.0%
51.	Rita	202	+1	-9	-4.3%
50.	Jorunn	204	-12	-55	-21.2%
49.	Ragnhild	213	+1	-2	-0.9%
48.	Lisbeth	217	+5	+13	+6.4%
47.	Gerd	219	-6	-23	-9.5%
45.	Reidun	220	+6	+8	+3.8%
45.	Vigdis	220	-9	-41	-15.7%
44.	Britt	230	0	-4	-1.7%
43.	Ingrid	231	0	-9	-3.8%
42.	Hanne	238	+3	+6	+2.6%
40.	Eli	239	-5	-27	-10.2%
40.	Laila	239	+7	+15	+6.7%
39.	Solveig	240	-2	-20	-7.7%
38.	Åse	251	-5	-28	-10.0%
37.	Torill	258	-9	-48	-15.7%
35.	Kristin	271	+12	+47	+21.0%
35.	Mette	271	+11	+46	+20.4%
34.	May	277	0	+1	+0.4%
32.	Gro	279	-11	-45	-13.9%
32.	Turid	279	0	-14	-4.8%
31.	Elin	280	-2	-21	-7.0%
29.	Elisabeth	288	+1	-12	-4.0%
29.	Nina	288	+13	+47	+19.5%
27.	Aud	308	-5	-14	-4.3%
27.	Ellen	308	-2	-7	-2.2%
26.	Grethe	315	-13	-68	-17.8%
25.	Heidi	317	+14	+69	+27.8%
24.	Astrid	320	-5	-20	-5.9%
23.	Karin	323	+1	+6	+1.9%
22.	Ann	324	+8	+24	+8.0%
21.	Bjørg	333	+6	+21	+6.7%
20.	Grete	351	+5	+36	+11.4%
19.	Gunn	357	-2	+13	+3.8%
18.	Anita	358	-3	-4	-1.1%
17.	Unni	379	+3	+45	+13.5%
16.	Randi	394	-5	-30	-7.1%
15.	Tone	395	-1	+28	+7.6%
14.	Mona	396	+2	+46	+13.1%
13.	Berit	437	-3	-43	-9.0%
12.	Sissel	439	0	+40	+10.0%
11.	Marianne	456	+12	+136	+42.5%
10.	Wenche	505	-2	-46	-8.3%
9.	Hilde	507	+9	+165	+48.2%
8.	Eva	531	+1	+22	+4.3%
7.	Tove	536	-1	-75	-12.3%
6.	Liv	559	+1	-18	-3.1%
5.	Marit	581	-1	-102	-14.9%
4.	Kari	636	+1	-46	-6.7%
3.	Inger	729	-1	-78	-9.7%
2.	Bente	809	+1	+24	+3.1%
1.	Anne	1,924	0	+53	+2.8%

Popularity extremes for Norway