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
8.	Trond	600	+6	+76	+14.5%
15.	John	509	+4	+56	+12.4%
9.	Lars	593	+3	+55	+10.2%
28.	Stig	302	+10	+52	+20.8%
24.	Nils	316	+8	+44	+16.2%
25.	Frode	314	+9	+43	+15.9%
25.	Arild	314	+7	+42	+15.4%
40.	Roar	219	+9	+36	+19.7%
68.	Jonny	131	+16	+34	+35.1%
36.	Roger	268	+4	+32	+13.6%
60.	Ola	144	+18	+31	+27.4%
3.	Bjørn	998	0	+28	+2.9%
79.	Bård	107	new	new	new
5.	Svein	666	+2	+22	+3.4%
71.	Sverre	126	+10	+22	+21.2%
42.	Øystein	217	+2	+19	+9.6%
59.	Espen	146	+8	+19	+15.0%
48.	Alf	185	+6	+17	+10.1%
76.	Sven	112	+9	+17	+17.9%
64.	Peter	136	+7	+16	+13.3%
23.	Frank	325	+1	+15	+4.8%
45.	Jarle	196	+5	+15	+8.3%
78.	Henning	110	+7	+15	+15.8%
84.	David	103	+11	+15	+17.0%
10.	Ole	589	0	+14	+2.4%
17.	Odd	484	+1	+14	+3.0%
90.	Håvard	95	new	new	new
27.	Jon	313	-1	+11	+3.6%
35.	Øyvind	270	+2	+11	+4.2%
83.	Ståle	104	+6	+11	+11.8%
86.	Ronny	101	+7	+11	+12.2%
67.	Tommy	132	+2	+10	+8.2%
86.	Thomas	101	+6	+10	+11.0%
30.	Steinar	294	-2	+9	+3.2%
56.	Kjetil	158	+5	+9	+6.0%
70.	Arve	129	+1	+9	+7.5%
73.	Torbjørn	123	+4	+9	+7.9%
33.	Harald	282	-2	+7	+2.5%
48.	Anders	185	+3	+7	+3.9%
92.	Eirik	90	new	new	new
51.	Finn	172	+4	+6	+3.6%
80.	Martin	105	+3	+6	+6.1%
80.	Michael	105	+2	+5	+5.0%
93.	Kenneth	88	new	new	new
44.	Jørn	200	+2	+4	+2.0%
6.	Terje	631	+2	+3	+0.5%
32.	Helge	285	-3	+2	+0.7%
69.	Paul	130	-3	+2	+1.6%
71.	Jostein	126	-3	+2	+1.6%
95.	Ulf	85	+4	+2	+2.4%
20.	Tore	427	+1	+1	+0.2%
51.	Thor	172	+1	+1	+0.6%
34.	Leif	278	-4	0	0.0%
57.	Karl	153	+1	0	0.0%
77.	Johan	111	+2	0	0.0%
80.	Erling	105	0	0	0.0%
96.	Andreas	83	new	new	new
14.	Hans	513	+2	-2	-0.4%
66.	Robert	134	-2	-2	-1.5%
75.	Kai	119	-5	-2	-1.7%
97.	Bjørnar	81	new	new	new
97.	Arnt	81	+1	-3	-3.6%
54.	Magne	165	-1	-4	-2.4%
22.	Erik	344	0	-5	-1.4%
38.	Roy	256	-2	-5	-1.9%
40.	Pål	219	+2	-6	-2.7%
65.	Kurt	135	-2	-6	-4.3%
97.	Ketil	81	-3	-8	-9.0%
2.	Per	1,035	0	-10	-1.0%
61.	Petter	142	-2	-10	-6.6%
97.	Eivind	81	-6	-11	-12.0%
58.	Kåre	149	-2	-12	-7.5%
62.	Jens	140	-3	-12	-7.9%
21.	Dag	421	-1	-13	-3.0%
84.	Håkon	103	-8	-14	-12.0%
50.	Johnny	174	-3	-16	-8.4%
53.	Ivar	170	-5	-16	-8.6%
18.	Arne	479	-1	-18	-3.6%
47.	Ove	187	-4	-18	-8.8%
4.	Geir	907	0	-19	-2.1%
31.	Rolf	287	-6	-19	-6.2%
88.	Åge	99	-14	-19	-16.1%
63.	Atle	137	-6	-20	-12.7%
73.	Inge	123	-11	-20	-14.0%
89.	Asbjørn	98	-15	-20	-16.9%
28.	Stein	302	-5	-21	-6.5%
37.	Vidar	267	-10	-22	-7.6%
12.	Knut	564	-3	-24	-4.1%
13.	Morten	543	-2	-27	-4.7%
39.	Gunnar	238	-4	-27	-10.2%
91.	Reidar	92	-18	-27	-22.7%
7.	Rune	617	-2	-34	-5.2%
55.	Egil	159	-10	-38	-19.3%
46.	Einar	190	-5	-41	-17.7%
93.	Arvid	88	-28	-41	-31.8%
16.	Tom	485	-3	-46	-8.7%
43.	Olav	201	-4	-47	-19.0%
19.	Tor	457	-4	-62	-11.9%
1.	Jan	1,453	0	-64	-4.2%
11.	Kjell	567	-5	-79	-12.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
22.	Elisabeth	370	+7	+86	+30.3%
16.	Mette	410	+8	+84	+25.8%
51.	Merete	192	+21	+73	+61.3%
3.	Hilde	638	+3	+60	+10.4%
30.	Rita	264	+18	+59	+28.8%
18.	Elin	403	+4	+53	+15.1%
59.	Trude	156	+17	+49	+45.8%
11.	Tone	506	+1	+48	+10.5%
28.	Linda	284	+8	+47	+19.8%
12.	Mona	485	+3	+45	+10.2%
30.	Trine	264	+15	+44	+20.0%
19.	Kristin	402	-1	+41	+11.4%
38.	Lise	227	+11	+34	+17.6%
83.	Mari	93	new	new	new
10.	Anita	519	+1	+29	+5.9%
22.	Ann	370	+1	+28	+8.2%
60.	Lillian	155	+9	+24	+18.3%
78.	Line	107	+8	+24	+28.9%
32.	Grete	257	+6	+23	+9.8%
6.	Nina	585	+1	+21	+3.7%
44.	Siv	211	+7	+20	+10.5%
74.	Lene	121	+4	+20	+19.8%
82.	Beate	96	+8	+20	+26.3%
8.	Heidi	544	+1	+19	+3.6%
34.	Grethe	253	+4	+19	+8.1%
15.	Wenche	416	+1	+18	+4.5%
20.	Berit	376	-1	+17	+4.7%
88.	Vibeke	80	+11	+17	+27.0%
50.	Janne	193	+4	+16	+9.0%
53.	Torill	187	+2	+16	+9.4%
26.	Gunn	329	-1	+15	+4.8%
61.	Ingunn	154	+5	+14	+10.0%
13.	Marianne	463	0	+13	+2.9%
46.	Irene	199	+7	+13	+7.0%
89.	Åshild	75	new	new	new
76.	Kirsti	112	+4	+12	+12.0%
70.	Gry	128	+3	+11	+9.4%
77.	Monica	109	+4	+10	+10.1%
62.	Bodil	150	+3	+8	+5.6%
67.	Anna	137	+3	+8	+6.2%
95.	Anette	70	new	new	new
95.	Birgitte	70	new	new	new
79.	Karen	106	+2	+7	+7.1%
91.	Ingeborg	73	+5	+7	+10.6%
97.	Torild	69	new	new	new
27.	Ellen	291	+1	+6	+2.1%
47.	Eli	198	+3	+6	+3.1%
70.	Torunn	128	+1	+6	+4.9%
80.	Ruth	104	-2	+3	+3.0%
33.	Astrid	255	0	+2	+0.8%
58.	Ragnhild	160	+2	+2	+1.3%
81.	Helle	97	+2	+1	+1.0%
86.	Mariann	85	-1	+1	+1.2%
94.	Lena	72	-1	+1	+1.4%
100.	Anne-Lise	63	new	new	new
37.	Britt	231	+3	-1	-0.4%
53.	Kjersti	187	-1	-1	-0.5%
68.	Sølvi	132	0	-1	-0.8%
98.	Guri	66	-4	-2	-2.9%
99.	Susanne	65	-4	-2	-3.0%
57.	Vigdis	164	-1	-5	-3.0%
91.	Lill	73	-2	-6	-7.6%
42.	Åse	221	-1	-7	-3.1%
63.	Else	149	-2	-7	-4.5%
1.	Anne	1,824	0	-8	-0.4%
64.	Kirsten	144	0	-8	-5.3%
24.	Randi	348	-4	-9	-2.5%
90.	Evy	74	-4	-9	-10.8%
91.	Solfrid	73	-3	-9	-11.0%
25.	Sissel	344	-4	-10	-2.8%
73.	Toril	124	-6	-10	-7.5%
40.	Ingrid	223	-3	-12	-5.1%
9.	Tove	531	-1	-15	-2.7%
47.	Laila	198	0	-15	-7.0%
21.	Hanne	373	-4	-16	-4.1%
84.	Synnøve	92	-9	-16	-14.8%
5.	Marit	596	0	-19	-3.1%
35.	Karin	242	-4	-21	-8.0%
87.	Birgit	82	-10	-22	-21.2%
45.	Bjørg	203	-3	-23	-10.2%
65.	Maria	141	-8	-24	-14.5%
66.	Siri	139	-8	-24	-14.7%
43.	Unni	220	-8	-26	-10.6%
69.	Reidun	129	-7	-26	-16.8%
85.	Jane	89	-11	-26	-22.6%
52.	Aud	189	-6	-27	-12.5%
2.	Bente	668	0	-29	-4.2%
70.	Gerd	128	-11	-31	-19.5%
4.	Kari	601	0	-34	-5.4%
41.	Turid	222	-9	-35	-13.6%
29.	May	275	-3	-36	-11.6%
55.	Hege	186	-12	-36	-16.2%
75.	Brit	117	-12	-37	-24.0%
56.	Solveig	184	-13	-38	-17.1%
17.	Eva	408	-4	-42	-9.3%
35.	Gro	242	-8	-50	-17.1%
49.	Lisbeth	197	-15	-53	-21.2%
39.	Jorunn	226	-10	-58	-20.4%
14.	Liv	450	-4	-72	-13.8%
7.	Inger	570	-4	-85	-13.0%

Popularity extremes for Norway