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

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

Popularity extremes for Norway