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
8.	Rune	640	+3	+110	+20.8%
4.	Geir	876	0	+97	+12.5%
12.	Lars	547	+7	+96	+21.3%
25.	Vidar	309	+12	+69	+28.8%
49.	Anders	185	+20	+60	+48.0%
38.	Stig	238	+11	+55	+30.1%
1.	Jan	1,491	0	+52	+3.6%
11.	Ole	565	+3	+49	+9.5%
26.	Steinar	306	+7	+33	+12.1%
60.	Jostein	138	+19	+30	+27.8%
22.	Erik	328	+6	+27	+9.0%
27.	Frank	305	+5	+27	+9.7%
31.	Dag	294	+3	+26	+9.7%
79.	Michael	108	+18	+26	+31.7%
42.	Egil	207	+4	+21	+11.3%
37.	Roger	239	+2	+20	+9.1%
67.	Håkon	128	+12	+20	+18.5%
54.	Thor	161	+4	+19	+13.4%
78.	Johan	111	+10	+19	+20.7%
76.	Kjetil	116	+6	+18	+18.4%
21.	Rolf	400	0	+17	+4.4%
63.	Kai	133	+11	+17	+14.7%
50.	Alf	183	+1	+15	+8.9%
86.	Ståle	92	new	new	new
41.	Frode	216	+3	+13	+6.4%
82.	Ragnar	103	+8	+13	+14.4%
46.	Ivar	196	+2	+11	+5.9%
52.	Jørn	172	0	+11	+6.8%
90.	Jonny	89	new	new	new
65.	Asbjørn	131	+7	+10	+8.3%
28.	Arild	300	+2	+9	+3.1%
75.	Robert	119	+2	+9	+8.2%
13.	Tom	517	+2	+8	+1.6%
51.	Finn	181	-1	+8	+4.6%
57.	Kurt	147	+3	+8	+5.8%
84.	Bjarne	99	+5	+8	+8.8%
73.	Paul	123	+1	+7	+6.0%
92.	Trygve	85	new	new	new
88.	Henning	91	+8	+6	+7.1%
93.	Mohammad	84	new	new	new
47.	Øystein	191	-1	+5	+2.7%
57.	Atle	147	+1	+5	+3.5%
83.	Eivind	102	0	+5	+5.2%
53.	Jens	162	0	+4	+2.5%
59.	Petter	141	+3	+4	+2.9%
71.	Reidar	127	-1	+4	+3.3%
2.	Per	1,141	0	+2	+0.2%
23.	Stein	324	+1	0	0.0%
62.	Inge	137	0	0	0.0%
79.	Erling	108	0	0	0.0%
40.	Einar	218	-1	-1	-0.5%
98.	Jørgen	77	new	new	new
98.	Roald	77	new	new	new
64.	Jarle	132	+1	-2	-1.5%
3.	Bjørn	1,014	0	-3	-0.3%
91.	David	86	+2	-3	-3.4%
56.	Tommy	151	-2	-4	-2.6%
65.	Peter	131	-1	-4	-3.0%
86.	Sven	92	-2	-4	-4.2%
72.	Sverre	126	-5	-5	-3.8%
44.	Pål	203	-2	-6	-2.9%
60.	Johnny	138	-3	-6	-4.2%
93.	Arnfinn	84	-3	-6	-6.7%
6.	Terje	650	+1	-7	-1.1%
35.	Roy	248	0	-7	-2.7%
45.	Ove	202	-3	-7	-3.3%
43.	Roar	205	-2	-8	-3.8%
17.	John	471	0	-10	-2.1%
67.	Torbjørn	128	-6	-10	-7.2%
77.	Arvid	113	-7	-10	-8.1%
74.	Åge	122	-8	-11	-8.3%
93.	Ketil	84	-8	-11	-11.6%
98.	Arnt	77	-4	-11	-12.5%
39.	Øyvind	233	-3	-12	-4.9%
9.	Knut	626	-1	-14	-2.2%
29.	Nils	296	-3	-14	-4.5%
30.	Gunnar	295	-4	-15	-4.8%
97.	Thomas	78	-10	-15	-16.1%
14.	Tor	508	-2	-17	-3.2%
67.	Karl	128	-11	-19	-12.9%
88.	Espen	91	-11	-19	-17.3%
18.	Odd	465	-2	-20	-4.1%
15.	Trond	504	-3	-21	-4.0%
20.	Tore	409	0	-21	-4.9%
85.	Oddvar	98	-12	-21	-17.6%
33.	Jon	275	-4	-23	-7.7%
67.	Ola	128	-12	-24	-15.8%
81.	Arve	106	-13	-24	-18.5%
24.	Helge	321	-2	-28	-8.0%
96.	Ulf	82	-20	-31	-27.4%
10.	Morten	607	-1	-32	-5.0%
19.	Hans	440	-1	-32	-6.8%
36.	Olav	243	-5	-38	-13.5%
55.	Kåre	155	-10	-44	-22.1%
48.	Magne	189	-10	-46	-19.6%
34.	Harald	262	-9	-49	-15.8%
16.	Arne	502	-6	-54	-9.7%
6.	Svein	650	0	-56	-7.9%
5.	Kjell	720	-1	-59	-7.6%
32.	Leif	280	-9	-65	-18.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
11.	Heidi	459	+14	+142	+44.8%
14.	Nina	428	+15	+140	+48.6%
18.	Kristin	368	+17	+97	+35.8%
3.	Kari	718	+1	+82	+12.9%
15.	Anita	422	+3	+64	+17.9%
66.	Siv	134	+21	+60	+81.1%
50.	Lise	199	+10	+52	+35.4%
39.	Jorunn	249	+11	+45	+22.1%
25.	May	317	+9	+40	+14.4%
33.	Hanne	278	+9	+40	+16.8%
23.	Elisabeth	321	+6	+33	+11.5%
26.	Elin	313	+5	+33	+11.8%
69.	Hege	130	+5	+31	+31.3%
78.	Merete	98	+12	+31	+46.3%
8.	Marianne	485	+3	+29	+6.4%
59.	Kjersti	157	+9	+27	+20.8%
43.	Rita	228	+8	+26	+12.9%
47.	Irene	211	+6	+25	+13.4%
54.	Linda	175	+4	+22	+14.4%
71.	Janne	123	+1	+22	+21.8%
74.	Jane	111	+3	+17	+18.1%
81.	Marie	83	+9	+16	+23.9%
83.	Signe	80	+12	+16	+25.0%
84.	Mari	78	+13	+16	+25.8%
87.	Vibeke	75	new	new	new
36.	Åse	263	+2	+12	+4.8%
68.	Anna	131	+3	+12	+10.1%
80.	Sonja	86	+6	+11	+14.7%
84.	Jorun	78	+6	+11	+16.4%
31.	Mette	281	+4	+10	+3.7%
53.	Bodil	178	+1	+8	+4.7%
60.	Siri	154	+1	+8	+5.5%
62.	Ingunn	136	+7	+7	+5.4%
75.	Karen	108	-3	+7	+6.9%
5.	Marit	587	0	+6	+1.0%
40.	Ingrid	237	+3	+6	+2.6%
62.	Trine	136	+5	+3	+2.3%
77.	Solfrid	99	-1	+3	+3.1%
31.	Gro	281	+1	+2	+0.7%
95.	May-Britt	62	new	new	new
56.	Brit	165	-1	+1	+0.6%
57.	Else	164	-1	+1	+0.6%
70.	Torunn	128	0	0	0.0%
79.	Evy	93	-1	0	0.0%
91.	Torild	72	-3	0	0.0%
96.	Sidsel	60	new	new	new
97.	Lene	59	new	new	new
97.	Lill	59	new	new	new
94.	Mary	66	-5	-2	-2.9%
34.	Turid	276	-2	-3	-1.1%
89.	Gry	73	-6	-3	-3.9%
81.	Ingeborg	83	-1	-4	-4.6%
100.	Anne-Lise	58	-3	-4	-6.5%
13.	Berit	432	0	-5	-1.1%
27.	Ellen	303	0	-5	-1.6%
41.	Solveig	235	-2	-5	-2.1%
92.	Birgit	71	-9	-5	-6.6%
97.	Monica	59	-2	-5	-7.8%
17.	Randi	388	-1	-6	-1.5%
21.	Gunn	351	-2	-6	-1.7%
52.	Kirsten	184	0	-7	-3.7%
67.	Ruth	133	-3	-8	-5.7%
48.	Lisbeth	208	0	-9	-4.1%
6.	Tove	526	+1	-10	-1.9%
65.	Lillian	135	-4	-11	-7.5%
44.	Eli	227	-4	-12	-5.0%
49.	Gerd	207	-2	-12	-5.5%
89.	Mariann	73	-8	-12	-14.1%
93.	Trude	68	-11	-14	-17.1%
24.	Bjørg	318	-3	-15	-4.5%
45.	Laila	224	-5	-15	-6.3%
7.	Eva	514	+1	-17	-3.2%
46.	Britt	213	-2	-17	-7.4%
62.	Sølvi	136	-4	-17	-11.1%
61.	Toril	141	-4	-18	-11.3%
88.	Rigmor	74	-9	-18	-19.6%
27.	Ann	303	-5	-21	-6.5%
30.	Grethe	294	-4	-21	-6.7%
86.	Torhild	76	-11	-21	-21.6%
9.	Wenche	483	+1	-22	-4.4%
51.	Vigdis	197	-6	-23	-10.5%
71.	Maria	123	-10	-23	-15.8%
73.	Kirsti	114	-8	-23	-16.8%
4.	Inger	705	-1	-24	-3.3%
1.	Anne	1,897	0	-27	-1.4%
42.	Torill	230	-5	-28	-10.9%
76.	Synnøve	106	-10	-29	-21.5%
16.	Sissel	407	-4	-32	-7.3%
22.	Unni	347	-5	-32	-8.4%
19.	Tone	360	-4	-35	-8.9%
55.	Ragnhild	174	-6	-39	-18.3%
20.	Mona	355	-6	-41	-10.4%
38.	Aud	261	-11	-47	-15.3%
27.	Grete	303	-7	-48	-13.7%
35.	Astrid	265	-11	-55	-17.2%
58.	Reidun	163	-13	-57	-25.9%
2.	Bente	750	0	-59	-7.3%
12.	Hilde	446	-3	-61	-12.0%
37.	Karin	262	-14	-61	-18.9%
10.	Liv	472	-4	-87	-15.6%

Popularity extremes for Norway