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
2.	Bjørn	898	0	-176	-16.4%
1.	Jan	1,229	0	-118	-8.8%
4.	Geir	894	-1	-111	-11.0%
5.	Per	809	-1	-100	-11.0%
13.	Knut	498	-2	-70	-12.3%
20.	John	429	-4	-60	-12.3%
25.	Frank	369	-3	-49	-11.7%
22.	Hans	415	-5	-45	-9.8%
39.	Stein	276	-9	-43	-13.5%
15.	Kjell	482	-1	-40	-7.7%
28.	Øyvind	350	-3	-38	-9.8%
8.	Trond	670	-2	-38	-5.4%
53.	Gunnar	186	-6	-33	-15.1%
42.	Nils	253	-6	-33	-11.5%
31.	Arne	328	-3	-32	-8.9%
13.	Tor	498	0	-29	-5.5%
41.	Anders	260	-5	-26	-9.1%
79.	Magne	127	-21	-24	-15.9%
26.	Odd	363	0	-24	-6.2%
47.	Leif	225	-3	-21	-8.5%
24.	Jon	382	0	-20	-5.0%
97.	Finn	99	-18	-19	-16.1%
84.	Jens	120	-17	-19	-13.7%
81.	Alf	124	-18	-19	-13.3%
76.	Einar	129	-15	-18	-12.2%
10.	Svein	592	0	-18	-3.0%
74.	Sven	130	-13	-17	-11.6%
46.	Jarle	231	-3	-16	-6.5%
38.	Robert	281	-4	-15	-5.1%
91.	Eivind	109	-14	-14	-11.4%
51.	Roar	200	-2	-13	-6.1%
43.	Helge	248	-3	-12	-4.6%
12.	Ole	549	0	-11	-2.0%
44.	Harald	245	-3	-10	-3.9%
7.	Morten	684	0	-10	-1.4%
66.	Ove	141	-7	-9	-6.0%
27.	Vidar	353	0	-8	-2.2%
88.	Torbjørn	113	-10	-7	-5.8%
73.	Egil	131	-5	-7	-5.1%
50.	Rolf	208	-2	-7	-3.3%
85.	Michael	119	-9	-6	-4.8%
56.	Ståle	166	-1	-6	-3.5%
54.	Olav	182	-1	-6	-3.2%
59.	Johnny	159	-2	-5	-3.0%
18.	Tore	456	-1	-4	-0.9%
45.	Øystein	235	+1	-3	-1.3%
65.	Ivar	142	-2	-1	-0.7%
86.	Paul	117	-6	0	0.0%
69.	Kurt	137	+1	0	0.0%
61.	Karl	151	-2	+1	+0.7%
52.	Atle	193	0	+1	+0.5%
94.	Dariusz	101	-2	+2	+2.0%
87.	Jonny	116	-5	+2	+1.8%
74.	Bård	130	0	+2	+1.6%
100.	Sverre	96	new	new	new
94.	Bjørnar	101	0	+3	+3.1%
70.	Henning	136	+2	+3	+2.3%
9.	Terje	624	0	+3	+0.5%
98.	Andreas	97	new	new	new
98.	Andrzej	97	new	new	new
63.	Arve	147	0	+4	+2.8%
55.	Christian	169	+1	+4	+2.4%
21.	Roger	421	+2	+4	+1.0%
92.	Kåre	102	+5	+5	+5.2%
96.	Glenn	100	+3	+6	+6.4%
82.	Ketil	121	0	+7	+6.1%
62.	Kai	148	+4	+7	+5.0%
89.	Bent	111	+2	+8	+7.8%
68.	Håkon	139	+5	+8	+6.1%
92.	Kristian	102	new	new	new
64.	Thor	146	+6	+9	+6.6%
32.	Pål	322	-1	+10	+3.2%
32.	Dag	322	0	+12	+3.9%
89.	Johan	111	+5	+13	+13.3%
80.	Inge	126	+5	+14	+12.5%
19.	Erik	443	+1	+15	+3.5%
49.	Jørn	214	+1	+16	+8.1%
40.	Steinar	261	+5	+19	+7.9%
71.	Lasse	134	+13	+21	+18.6%
76.	Martin	129	+12	+22	+20.6%
48.	Kenneth	215	+3	+22	+11.4%
34.	Roy	310	+1	+22	+7.6%
17.	Stig	457	+2	+22	+5.1%
82.	Ola	121	+15	+24	+24.7%
78.	Andre	128	+12	+24	+23.1%
67.	Peter	140	+14	+24	+20.7%
37.	Arild	293	+1	+27	+10.2%
56.	Petter	166	+12	+28	+20.3%
60.	Eirik	156	+15	+29	+22.8%
72.	Jostein	132	+20	+33	+33.3%
6.	Lars	731	+1	+37	+5.3%
29.	Espen	344	+4	+42	+13.9%
16.	Tom	474	+5	+49	+11.5%
58.	Håvard	161	+31	+55	+51.9%
23.	Kjetil	392	+6	+58	+17.4%
3.	Rune	897	+2	+58	+6.9%
11.	Frode	551	+4	+59	+12.0%
35.	Tommy	308	+7	+60	+24.2%
30.	Thomas	336	+9	+75	+28.7%
35.	Ronny	308	+19	+126	+69.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
11.	Bente	513	-3	-136	-21.0%
1.	Anne	1,420	0	-124	-8.0%
7.	Marianne	621	-3	-110	-15.0%
37.	Laila	255	-9	-68	-21.1%
51.	Kjersti	195	-12	-60	-23.5%
21.	Inger	404	-6	-52	-11.4%
16.	Linda	434	-2	-52	-10.7%
34.	Gunn	277	-7	-48	-14.8%
40.	Ellen	249	-8	-47	-15.9%
23.	Mette	383	-4	-47	-10.9%
26.	Wenche	354	-4	-41	-10.4%
14.	Ann	462	-2	-41	-8.2%
57.	Karin	173	-12	-40	-18.8%
19.	Marit	409	-3	-39	-8.7%
61.	Grethe	161	-12	-37	-18.7%
12.	Mona	496	-3	-37	-6.9%
67.	Sonja	144	-12	-33	-18.6%
91.	Bodil	91	-20	-31	-25.4%
22.	Tove	403	-4	-31	-7.1%
69.	Jorunn	140	-11	-30	-17.6%
43.	Berit	228	-4	-27	-10.6%
28.	Elin	338	-3	-26	-7.1%
96.	Aud	83	-16	-25	-23.1%
30.	Liv	293	-1	-25	-7.9%
74.	Ragnhild	126	-13	-24	-16.0%
33.	Sissel	282	-3	-24	-7.8%
42.	Lise	236	-5	-23	-8.9%
39.	Randi	251	-4	-21	-7.7%
83.	Kirsti	102	-12	-20	-16.4%
70.	Åse	137	-10	-20	-12.7%
17.	Kari	424	0	-19	-4.3%
52.	May	194	-6	-18	-8.5%
41.	Irene	243	-5	-18	-6.9%
27.	Hanne	352	-4	-18	-4.9%
92.	Jane	90	-9	-16	-15.1%
45.	Ingrid	213	-1	-15	-6.6%
6.	Anita	677	0	-15	-2.2%
87.	Torunn	97	-9	-14	-12.6%
99.	Reidun	81	-9	-13	-13.8%
72.	Turid	130	-5	-13	-9.1%
62.	Astrid	160	-6	-13	-7.5%
44.	Rita	216	-1	-13	-5.7%
96.	Kirsten	83	-8	-12	-12.6%
88.	Else	96	-8	-12	-11.1%
90.	Annette	94	-6	-10	-9.6%
58.	Britt	170	-5	-9	-5.0%
76.	Merethe	124	-6	-7	-5.3%
35.	Gro	268	-1	-6	-2.2%
78.	Vigdis	116	-5	-5	-4.1%
38.	Merete	254	0	-4	-1.6%
92.	Tina	90	0	-3	-3.2%
65.	Unni	145	0	-3	-2.0%
56.	Siri	175	-2	-3	-1.7%
50.	Maria	201	-3	-3	-1.5%
99.	Marie	81	new	new	new
25.	Siv	367	-1	-2	-0.5%
98.	Anja	82	new	new	new
80.	Sølvi	106	+2	-1	-0.9%
68.	Solveig	143	-1	0	0.0%
20.	Eva	406	+1	0	0.0%
95.	Tanja	85	new	new	new
54.	Anette	186	-4	+2	+1.1%
80.	Lill	106	+5	+4	+3.9%
94.	Karianne	88	new	new	new
65.	Torill	145	+4	+5	+3.6%
46.	Vibeke	209	+1	+5	+2.5%
83.	Ann-Kristin	102	+5	+7	+7.4%
89.	Helene	95	+6	+8	+9.2%
10.	Kristin	527	0	+9	+1.7%
82.	Synnøve	104	+8	+10	+10.6%
53.	Lisbeth	191	-1	+10	+5.5%
85.	Pia	98	+12	+12	+14.0%
77.	Monika	123	+2	+14	+12.8%
85.	Bjørg	98	new	new	new
71.	Mariann	133	+4	+17	+14.7%
60.	Grete	167	+3	+18	+12.1%
5.	Tone	687	+2	+18	+2.7%
3.	Hilde	794	-1	+18	+2.3%
59.	Eli	168	+4	+19	+12.8%
29.	Janne	308	+4	+21	+7.3%
79.	Camilla	109	+16	+22	+25.3%
47.	Anna	206	+4	+24	+13.2%
75.	Lillian	125	+11	+25	+25.0%
49.	Trude	202	+7	+29	+16.8%
4.	Nina	756	+1	+32	+4.4%
31.	Gry	284	+10	+33	+13.1%
55.	Beate	185	+6	+35	+23.3%
64.	Siw	148	+13	+36	+32.1%
63.	Cecilie	156	+13	+42	+36.8%
73.	Aina	128	+26	+45	+54.2%
32.	Lene	283	+10	+52	+22.5%
13.	Elisabeth	475	+7	+66	+16.1%
24.	Trine	378	+7	+77	+25.6%
48.	Cathrine	203	+26	+84	+70.6%
9.	Monica	588	+4	+95	+19.3%
15.	Line	458	+11	+98	+27.2%
8.	Hege	611	+3	+100	+19.6%
2.	Heidi	858	+1	+112	+15.0%
36.	Ingunn	260	+30	+115	+79.3%
18.	Lena	410	+41	+245	+148%

Popularity extremes for Norway