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
82.	Åge	111	+15	+25	+29.1%
60.	Alf	159	-2	+6	+3.9%
42.	Anders	246	-1	+33	+15.5%
27.	Arild	318	+3	+23	+7.8%
17.	Arne	490	+1	+32	+7.0%
96.	Arnt	94	-10	-4	-4.1%
77.	Arve	125	0	+12	+10.6%
90.	Asbjørn	102	-5	+2	+2.0%
53.	Atle	186	-1	+6	+3.3%
82.	Bård	111	+5	+15	+15.6%
95.	Bjarne	97	+1	+10	+11.5%
3.	Bjørn	1,106	0	+91	+9.0%
96.	Bjørnar	94	new	new	new
99.	Christian	93	+1	+10	+12.0%
26.	Dag	341	-3	-4	-1.2%
87.	David	104	+7	+15	+16.9%
59.	Egil	163	-4	-3	-1.8%
51.	Einar	191	-7	-10	-5.0%
78.	Eivind	123	+1	+14	+12.8%
21.	Erik	400	0	+22	+5.8%
91.	Erling	101	-7	-4	-3.8%
55.	Espen	179	+11	+43	+31.6%
62.	Finn	153	-2	+12	+8.5%
24.	Frank	368	+2	+59	+19.1%
25.	Frode	347	-1	+18	+5.5%
4.	Geir	934	0	-62	-6.2%
43.	Gunnar	240	-4	-9	-3.6%
81.	Håkon	115	-12	-12	-9.4%
16.	Hans	495	+1	+26	+5.5%
35.	Harald	283	-1	+13	+4.8%
86.	Håvard	106	new	new	new
30.	Helge	313	-5	+2	+0.6%
87.	Henning	104	-10	-9	-8.0%
74.	Inge	128	-10	-11	-7.9%
51.	Ivar	191	+2	+20	+11.7%
1.	Jan	1,380	0	-100	-6.8%
41.	Jarle	254	+6	+66	+35.1%
58.	Jens	164	+1	+12	+7.9%
89.	Johan	103	-6	-3	-2.8%
13.	John	555	+1	+28	+5.3%
54.	Johnny	182	-4	+1	+0.6%
22.	Jon	375	0	+28	+8.1%
64.	Jonny	145	-10	-22	-13.2%
48.	Jørn	200	-2	+5	+2.6%
67.	Jostein	139	+12	+30	+27.5%
68.	Kai	137	0	+3	+2.2%
84.	Kåre	110	-15	-17	-13.4%
57.	Karl	172	+6	+32	+22.9%
78.	Kenneth	123	+19	+37	+43.0%
96.	Ketil	94	+1	+8	+9.3%
12.	Kjell	576	-1	+5	+0.9%
46.	Kjetil	208	+4	+27	+14.9%
10.	Knut	626	-1	-7	-1.1%
61.	Kurt	156	-1	+15	+10.6%
6.	Lars	681	+1	+32	+4.9%
39.	Leif	259	-7	-25	-8.8%
50.	Magne	198	-1	+12	+6.5%
80.	Martin	120	new	new	new
70.	Michael	135	+2	+15	+12.5%
14.	Morten	544	-1	-10	-1.8%
37.	Nils	273	-11	-36	-11.7%
20.	Odd	403	0	-15	-3.6%
72.	Ola	132	+2	+17	+14.8%
44.	Olav	234	-1	+31	+15.3%
11.	Ole	613	+1	+47	+8.3%
49.	Ove	199	-2	+11	+5.9%
45.	Øystein	217	0	+18	+9.0%
32.	Øyvind	308	+2	+38	+14.1%
38.	Pål	271	-4	+1	+0.4%
69.	Paul	136	+13	+28	+25.9%
2.	Per	1,115	0	+85	+8.3%
76.	Peter	126	-10	-10	-7.4%
64.	Petter	145	-8	-10	-6.5%
92.	Reidar	99	-3	+5	+5.3%
47.	Roar	201	-5	-11	-5.2%
40.	Robert	258	+16	+103	+66.5%
33.	Roger	302	+4	+37	+14.0%
31.	Rolf	309	-5	0	0.0%
74.	Ronny	128	+14	+33	+34.7%
28.	Roy	316	+3	+28	+9.7%
5.	Rune	735	0	+36	+5.2%
73.	Ståle	129	+6	+20	+18.3%
29.	Stein	314	-3	+5	+1.6%
34.	Steinar	288	+6	+50	+21.0%
23.	Stig	374	+10	+100	+36.5%
8.	Svein	655	-2	-11	-1.7%
85.	Sven	109	-11	-6	-5.2%
93.	Sverre	98	-19	-17	-14.8%
7.	Terje	657	+1	+21	+3.3%
66.	Thomas	140	+7	+22	+18.6%
56.	Thor	178	+4	+37	+26.2%
18.	Tom	473	-2	-5	-1.0%
63.	Tommy	150	+8	+27	+22.0%
15.	Tor	525	0	0	0.0%
71.	Torbjørn	133	-6	-4	-2.9%
19.	Tore	463	0	+22	+5.0%
93.	Torgeir	98	new	new	new
9.	Trond	641	+1	+53	+9.0%
99.	Ulf	93	-9	0	0.0%
36.	Vidar	274	+2	+18	+7.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
88.	Aina	96	+5	+22	+29.7%
71.	Anette	126	+20	+50	+65.8%
10.	Anita	571	-6	-62	-9.8%
18.	Ann	437	+3	+46	+11.8%
58.	Anna	174	0	+20	+13.0%
1.	Anne	1,791	0	-74	-4.0%
45.	Åse	212	+4	+12	+6.0%
39.	Astrid	238	-7	-19	-7.4%
62.	Aud	150	-7	-18	-10.7%
68.	Beate	128	+4	+11	+9.4%
5.	Bente	661	+3	+74	+12.6%
22.	Berit	355	-6	-80	-18.4%
85.	Birgit	99	0	+11	+12.5%
92.	Birgitte	81	new	new	new
59.	Bjørg	166	-8	-23	-12.2%
69.	Bodil	127	+4	+13	+11.4%
78.	Brit	110	-1	+5	+4.8%
46.	Britt	211	-2	-1	-0.5%
91.	Cathrine	89	-2	+12	+15.6%
50.	Eli	193	-3	-15	-7.2%
20.	Elin	384	+1	-7	-1.8%
19.	Elisabeth	399	+1	+6	+1.5%
26.	Ellen	333	+3	+25	+8.1%
66.	Else	134	-2	-10	-6.9%
17.	Eva	455	-2	+14	+3.2%
81.	Gerd	105	-12	-18	-14.6%
40.	Grete	227	+1	-5	-2.2%
49.	Grethe	201	-6	-26	-11.5%
37.	Gro	243	0	-1	-0.4%
73.	Gry	124	-3	+4	+3.3%
29.	Gunn	309	-1	-5	-1.6%
25.	Hanne	338	-7	-68	-16.7%
35.	Hege	247	+9	+35	+16.5%
4.	Heidi	673	-1	+11	+1.7%
89.	Helen	92	+5	+19	+26.0%
95.	Helene	76	+3	+7	+10.1%
83.	Helle	102	+3	+15	+17.2%
3.	Hilde	684	-1	+4	+0.6%
98.	Ingeborg	74	new	new	new
6.	Inger	597	+3	+18	+3.1%
41.	Ingrid	226	-8	-27	-10.7%
52.	Ingunn	191	+13	+49	+34.5%
42.	Irene	225	0	-4	-1.7%
80.	Jane	106	+4	+17	+19.1%
56.	Janne	178	-3	-9	-4.8%
47.	Jorunn	209	-7	-24	-10.3%
75.	Karen	117	+3	+15	+14.7%
11.	Kari	558	-5	-38	-6.4%
32.	Karin	265	+2	+15	+6.0%
67.	Kirsten	131	-2	-11	-7.7%
79.	Kirsti	108	-9	-12	-10.0%
34.	Kjersti	249	-4	-22	-8.1%
8.	Kristin	581	+6	+131	+29.1%
30.	Laila	271	-4	-53	-16.4%
90.	Lena	90	+2	+15	+20.0%
72.	Lene	125	+1	+11	+9.6%
81.	Lillian	105	-2	+8	+8.2%
28.	Linda	318	+3	+48	+17.8%
56.	Line	178	+11	+43	+31.9%
44.	Lisbeth	215	-5	-20	-8.5%
33.	Lise	250	+5	+8	+3.3%
21.	Liv	377	-2	-18	-4.6%
97.	Mari	75	-9	-9	-10.7%
54.	Maria	190	+3	+27	+16.6%
7.	Marianne	584	+6	+114	+24.3%
100.	Marie	73	new	new	new
9.	Marit	576	-2	-14	-2.4%
38.	May	242	-3	-6	-2.4%
48.	Merete	204	+3	+15	+7.9%
94.	Merethe	78	+2	+6	+8.3%
12.	Mette	549	-1	+27	+5.2%
16.	Mona	483	+1	+49	+11.3%
51.	Monica	192	+5	+25	+15.0%
2.	Nina	685	+3	+65	+10.5%
65.	Ragnhild	137	-4	-12	-8.1%
24.	Randi	347	0	-5	-1.4%
69.	Reidun	127	+6	+14	+12.4%
30.	Rita	271	-5	-69	-20.3%
86.	Ruth	97	-3	+5	+5.4%
60.	Siri	162	0	+12	+8.0%
22.	Sissel	355	+5	+36	+11.3%
36.	Siv	244	+8	+32	+15.1%
95.	Siw	76	new	new	new
93.	Solfrid	80	-6	-6	-7.0%
43.	Solveig	221	+10	+34	+18.2%
77.	Sølvi	113	-9	-16	-12.4%
98.	Susanne	74	-9	-3	-3.9%
86.	Synnøve	97	-10	-9	-8.5%
13.	Tone	535	-3	-12	-2.2%
74.	Toril	120	+8	+26	+27.7%
61.	Torill	151	+1	+4	+2.7%
76.	Torunn	116	+5	+21	+22.1%
14.	Tove	530	-2	+44	+9.1%
27.	Trine	322	+9	+76	+30.9%
62.	Trude	150	-3	-3	-2.0%
55.	Turid	185	-6	-15	-7.5%
52.	Unni	191	-4	-13	-6.4%
84.	Vibeke	101	-4	+5	+5.2%
64.	Vigdis	140	-1	-5	-3.4%
15.	Wenche	525	+8	+143	+37.4%

Popularity extremes for Norway