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
32.	Vidar	304	+4	+30	+10.9%
98.	Ulf	94	+1	+1	+1.1%
10.	Trond	647	-1	+6	+0.9%
71.	Torgeir	127	+22	+29	+29.6%
17.	Tore	490	+2	+27	+5.8%
77.	Torbjørn	117	-6	-16	-12.0%
15.	Tor	511	0	-14	-2.7%
81.	Tommy	115	-18	-35	-23.3%
19.	Tom	435	-1	-38	-8.0%
54.	Thor	166	+2	-12	-6.7%
68.	Thomas	132	-2	-8	-5.7%
5.	Terje	739	+2	+82	+12.5%
83.	Sverre	109	+10	+11	+11.2%
75.	Sven	121	+10	+12	+11.0%
11.	Svein	604	-3	-51	-7.8%
26.	Stig	350	-3	-24	-6.4%
30.	Steinar	309	+4	+21	+7.3%
27.	Stein	329	+2	+15	+4.8%
65.	Ståle	135	+8	+6	+4.7%
6.	Rune	699	-1	-36	-4.9%
95.	Runar	98	new	new	new
34.	Roy	283	-6	-33	-10.4%
69.	Ronny	130	+5	+2	+1.6%
33.	Rolf	286	-2	-23	-7.4%
22.	Roger	392	+11	+90	+29.8%
44.	Robert	230	-4	-28	-10.9%
44.	Roar	230	+3	+29	+14.4%
99.	Reidar	92	-7	-7	-7.1%
63.	Petter	145	+1	0	0.0%
69.	Peter	130	+7	+4	+3.2%
3.	Per	1,065	-1	-50	-4.5%
77.	Paul	117	-8	-19	-14.0%
39.	Pål	252	-1	-19	-7.0%
29.	Øyvind	323	+3	+15	+4.9%
46.	Øystein	224	-1	+7	+3.2%
51.	Ove	187	-2	-12	-6.0%
12.	Ole	585	-1	-28	-4.6%
48.	Olav	214	-4	-20	-8.5%
88.	Ola	105	-16	-27	-20.5%
20.	Odd	422	0	+19	+4.7%
38.	Nils	266	-1	-7	-2.6%
13.	Morten	575	+1	+31	+5.7%
73.	Michael	125	-3	-10	-7.4%
84.	Martin	107	-4	-13	-10.8%
55.	Magne	165	-5	-33	-16.7%
35.	Leif	282	+4	+23	+8.9%
7.	Lars	682	-1	+1	+0.1%
66.	Kurt	134	-5	-22	-14.1%
8.	Knut	664	+2	+38	+6.1%
40.	Kjetil	251	+6	+43	+20.7%
9.	Kjell	659	+3	+83	+14.4%
97.	Ketil	97	-1	+3	+3.2%
76.	Kenneth	118	+2	-5	-4.1%
61.	Karl	155	-4	-17	-9.9%
79.	Kåre	116	+5	+6	+5.5%
60.	Kai	157	+8	+20	+14.6%
90.	Jostein	104	-23	-35	-25.2%
43.	Jørn	233	+5	+33	+16.5%
64.	Jonny	144	0	-1	-0.7%
25.	Jon	351	-3	-24	-6.4%
56.	Johnny	161	-2	-21	-11.5%
18.	John	481	-5	-74	-13.3%
84.	Johan	107	+5	+4	+3.9%
56.	Jens	161	+2	-3	-1.8%
46.	Jarle	224	-5	-30	-11.8%
1.	Jan	1,442	0	+62	+4.5%
50.	Ivar	192	+1	+1	+0.5%
87.	Inge	106	-13	-22	-17.2%
94.	Henrik	99	new	new	new
73.	Henning	125	+14	+21	+20.2%
30.	Helge	309	0	-4	-1.3%
90.	Håvard	104	-4	-2	-1.9%
36.	Harald	281	-1	-2	-0.7%
14.	Hans	521	+2	+26	+5.3%
82.	Håkon	111	-1	-4	-3.5%
41.	Gunnar	243	+2	+3	+1.3%
4.	Geir	993	0	+59	+6.3%
23.	Frode	377	+2	+30	+8.6%
95.	Fred	98	new	new	new
24.	Frank	376	0	+8	+2.2%
62.	Finn	154	0	+1	+0.7%
49.	Espen	196	+6	+17	+9.5%
21.	Erik	417	0	+17	+4.3%
79.	Eivind	116	-1	-7	-5.7%
92.	Eirik	100	new	new	new
52.	Einar	186	-1	-5	-2.6%
58.	Egil	158	+1	-5	-3.1%
27.	Dag	329	-1	-12	-3.5%
84.	Christian	107	+15	+14	+15.1%
92.	Bjørnar	100	+4	+6	+6.4%
2.	Bjørn	1,125	+1	+19	+1.7%
72.	Bård	126	+10	+15	+13.5%
53.	Atle	179	0	-7	-3.8%
88.	Asbjørn	105	+2	+3	+2.9%
66.	Arve	134	+11	+9	+7.2%
16.	Arne	498	+1	+8	+1.6%
37.	Arild	269	-10	-49	-15.4%
42.	Anders	238	0	-8	-3.3%
58.	Alf	158	+2	-1	-0.6%
100.	Åge	91	-18	-20	-18.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
14.	Wenche	505	+1	-20	-3.8%
58.	Vigdis	167	+6	+27	+19.3%
88.	Vibeke	95	-4	-6	-5.9%
49.	Unni	199	+3	+8	+4.2%
57.	Turid	170	-2	-15	-8.1%
63.	Trude	154	-1	+4	+2.7%
27.	Trine	314	0	-8	-2.5%
9.	Tove	565	+5	+35	+6.6%
86.	Torunn	98	-10	-18	-15.5%
66.	Torill	139	-5	-12	-7.9%
90.	Toril	93	-16	-27	-22.5%
13.	Tone	515	0	-20	-3.7%
81.	Synnøve	106	+5	+9	+9.3%
87.	Susanne	97	+11	+23	+31.1%
96.	Sonja	80	new	new	new
75.	Sølvi	113	+2	0	0.0%
55.	Solveig	173	-12	-48	-21.7%
85.	Siw	100	+10	+24	+31.6%
31.	Siv	279	+5	+35	+14.3%
26.	Sissel	317	-4	-38	-10.7%
61.	Siri	164	-1	+2	+1.2%
89.	Ruth	94	-3	-3	-3.1%
39.	Rita	233	-9	-38	-14.0%
71.	Reidun	130	-2	+3	+2.4%
29.	Randi	292	-5	-55	-15.9%
65.	Ragnhild	147	0	+10	+7.3%
4.	Nina	688	-2	+3	+0.4%
93.	Monika	83	new	new	new
36.	Monica	254	+15	+62	+32.3%
16.	Mona	484	0	+1	+0.2%
15.	Mette	503	-3	-46	-8.4%
97.	Merethe	78	-3	0	0.0%
37.	Merete	250	+11	+46	+22.5%
35.	May	255	+3	+13	+5.4%
10.	Marit	564	-1	-12	-2.1%
99.	Marie	77	+1	+4	+5.5%
7.	Marianne	578	0	-6	-1.0%
93.	Mariann	83	new	new	new
50.	Maria	194	+4	+4	+2.1%
22.	Liv	354	-1	-23	-6.1%
38.	Lise	242	-5	-8	-3.2%
46.	Lisbeth	219	-2	+4	+1.9%
53.	Line	185	+3	+7	+3.9%
24.	Linda	337	+4	+19	+6.0%
74.	Lillian	116	+7	+11	+10.5%
68.	Lene	138	+4	+13	+10.4%
78.	Lena	109	+12	+19	+21.1%
32.	Laila	273	-2	+2	+0.7%
8.	Kristin	567	0	-14	-2.4%
42.	Kjersti	226	-8	-23	-9.2%
69.	Kirsti	136	+10	+28	+25.9%
72.	Kirsten	120	-5	-11	-8.4%
40.	Karin	232	-8	-33	-12.5%
12.	Kari	524	-1	-34	-6.1%
92.	Karen	87	-17	-30	-25.6%
54.	Jorunn	175	-7	-34	-16.3%
47.	Janne	215	+9	+37	+20.8%
84.	Jane	103	-4	-3	-2.8%
33.	Irene	268	+9	+43	+19.1%
60.	Ingunn	165	-8	-26	-13.6%
45.	Ingrid	220	-4	-6	-2.7%
10.	Inger	564	-4	-33	-5.5%
3.	Hilde	701	0	+17	+2.5%
77.	Helle	111	+6	+9	+8.8%
91.	Helene	90	+4	+14	+18.4%
97.	Helen	78	-8	-14	-15.2%
2.	Heidi	751	+2	+78	+11.6%
30.	Hege	289	+5	+42	+17.0%
20.	Hanne	393	+5	+55	+16.3%
28.	Gunn	309	+1	0	0.0%
62.	Gry	155	+11	+31	+25.0%
43.	Gro	223	-6	-20	-8.2%
34.	Grethe	263	+15	+62	+30.8%
52.	Grete	187	-12	-40	-17.6%
83.	Gerd	104	-2	-1	-1.0%
17.	Eva	443	0	-12	-2.6%
66.	Else	139	0	+5	+3.7%
23.	Ellen	352	+3	+19	+5.7%
21.	Elisabeth	372	-2	-27	-6.8%
19.	Elin	397	+1	+13	+3.4%
44.	Eli	221	+6	+28	+14.5%
99.	Cecilie	77	new	new	new
73.	Cathrine	119	+18	+30	+33.7%
48.	Britt	203	-2	-8	-3.8%
75.	Brit	113	+3	+3	+2.7%
82.	Bodil	105	-13	-22	-17.3%
64.	Bjørg	152	-5	-14	-8.4%
93.	Birgit	83	-8	-16	-16.2%
25.	Berit	325	-3	-30	-8.5%
5.	Bente	683	0	+22	+3.3%
70.	Beate	132	-2	+4	+3.1%
56.	Aud	171	+6	+21	+14.0%
41.	Astrid	228	-2	-10	-4.2%
51.	Åse	191	-6	-21	-9.9%
1.	Anne	1,850	0	+59	+3.3%
58.	Anna	167	0	-7	-4.0%
18.	Ann	439	0	+2	+0.5%
6.	Anita	658	+4	+87	+15.2%
78.	Anette	109	-7	-17	-13.5%
80.	Aina	107	+8	+11	+11.5%

Popularity extremes for Norway