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.	Thomas	619	+7	+182	+41.6%
50.	Jørgen	187	new	new	new
33.	Anders	338	+8	+77	+29.5%
30.	Kenneth	351	+7	+73	+26.3%
5.	Lars	751	0	+59	+8.5%
65.	Kristian	145	+34	+53	+57.6%
28.	Pål	353	+5	+51	+16.9%
13.	Tor	447	+9	+42	+10.4%
59.	Henning	157	+20	+35	+28.7%
59.	Martin	157	+19	+34	+27.6%
27.	Tommy	354	+4	+32	+9.9%
78.	Stian	123	new	new	new
42.	Christian	231	+8	+30	+14.9%
66.	Krzysztof	144	+15	+29	+25.2%
80.	Andreas	120	+16	+25	+26.3%
82.	Raymond	116	new	new	new
55.	Karl	159	+11	+22	+16.1%
73.	Kurt	129	+11	+22	+20.6%
85.	Johan	114	new	new	new
14.	Kjetil	430	+4	+21	+5.1%
41.	Arild	246	+4	+20	+8.8%
74.	Richard	126	+10	+19	+17.8%
47.	Jarle	204	+4	+16	+8.5%
86.	Bjørnar	113	+7	+14	+14.1%
36.	Vidar	296	0	+13	+4.6%
43.	Jørn	225	+5	+13	+6.1%
7.	Trond	633	+1	+12	+1.9%
53.	Andre	170	+5	+11	+6.9%
87.	Egil	111	+4	+11	+11.0%
62.	Glenn	150	+2	+9	+6.4%
87.	Lasse	111	+2	+9	+8.8%
31.	Robert	346	-1	+8	+2.4%
100.	Bjarte	100	new	new	new
10.	Frode	546	0	+7	+1.3%
58.	Petter	158	+5	+6	+3.9%
98.	David	102	-3	+6	+6.3%
67.	Jens	142	-1	+5	+3.6%
93.	Ola	106	-3	+5	+5.0%
95.	Sven	104	-4	+4	+4.0%
97.	Henrik	103	-4	+4	+4.0%
18.	Espen	409	+3	+3	+0.7%
35.	Øystein	301	0	+1	+0.3%
54.	Rolf	166	0	+1	+0.6%
70.	Torbjørn	133	+2	+1	+0.8%
55.	Eirik	159	+3	0	0.0%
87.	Piotr	111	-5	-1	-0.9%
19.	Ronny	387	+5	-2	-0.5%
39.	Arne	273	-1	-2	-0.7%
55.	Ståle	159	+1	-2	-1.2%
78.	Alf	123	-1	-2	-1.6%
12.	Ole	521	-1	-3	-0.6%
72.	Einar	131	-1	-3	-2.2%
99.	Peter	101	-11	-3	-2.9%
81.	Paul	118	-2	-4	-3.3%
6.	Morten	637	+1	-5	-0.8%
29.	Frank	352	-1	-6	-1.7%
94.	Håkon	105	-11	-6	-5.4%
63.	Gunnar	147	-2	-7	-4.5%
64.	Ove	146	-3	-8	-5.2%
48.	Leif	200	+1	-9	-4.3%
2.	Geir	855	0	-10	-1.2%
75.	Kai	125	-9	-12	-8.8%
25.	Roger	364	+1	-14	-3.7%
40.	Roy	259	-1	-14	-5.1%
76.	Bård	124	-11	-14	-10.1%
84.	Inge	115	-10	-14	-10.9%
32.	Tore	344	-5	-17	-4.7%
44.	Helge	221	-1	-17	-7.1%
82.	Johnny	116	-12	-19	-14.1%
91.	Ivar	108	-15	-19	-15.0%
90.	Eivind	109	-16	-20	-15.5%
19.	John	387	0	-21	-5.1%
37.	Odd	283	-5	-24	-7.8%
49.	Roar	193	-3	-25	-11.5%
11.	Terje	542	-2	-26	-4.6%
26.	Erik	356	-1	-26	-6.8%
16.	Stig	424	-2	-27	-6.0%
38.	Dag	274	-4	-27	-9.0%
59.	Atle	157	-7	-28	-15.1%
70.	Olav	133	-14	-28	-17.4%
95.	Thor	104	-23	-28	-21.2%
68.	Magne	135	-13	-29	-17.7%
91.	Michael	108	-25	-29	-21.2%
34.	Jon	314	-5	-31	-9.0%
76.	Arve	124	-16	-31	-20.0%
22.	Tom	373	-2	-34	-8.4%
23.	Øyvind	367	0	-34	-8.5%
69.	Håvard	134	-16	-34	-20.2%
45.	Nils	214	-3	-38	-15.1%
52.	Harald	179	-6	-39	-17.9%
3.	Rune	824	-1	-41	-4.7%
8.	Per	619	-2	-42	-6.4%
21.	Kjell	383	-5	-47	-10.9%
51.	Stein	183	-7	-48	-20.8%
17.	Knut	417	-4	-53	-11.3%
46.	Steinar	213	-6	-53	-19.9%
24.	Hans	365	-7	-54	-12.9%
4.	Bjørn	766	0	-71	-8.5%
1.	Jan	1,109	0	-83	-7.0%
15.	Svein	428	-3	-89	-17.2%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
3.	Monica	778	+4	+114	+17.2%
12.	Hanne	449	+9	+95	+26.8%
2.	Hege	875	0	+74	+9.2%
33.	Anna	261	+13	+61	+30.5%
62.	Therese	138	+30	+50	+56.8%
4.	Nina	731	+1	+47	+6.9%
19.	Eva	373	+4	+38	+11.3%
58.	Camilla	162	+8	+34	+26.6%
42.	Anette	221	+6	+31	+16.3%
25.	Wenche	337	+4	+29	+9.4%
38.	Trude	239	+5	+29	+13.8%
78.	Tonje	108	new	new	new
34.	Gry	258	+4	+28	+12.2%
32.	Gro	277	+4	+26	+10.4%
53.	Ingunn	193	+3	+26	+15.6%
50.	Cecilie	199	+3	+25	+14.4%
56.	Monika	165	+6	+24	+17.0%
31.	Janne	280	+3	+23	+8.9%
53.	Ingrid	193	+2	+23	+13.5%
16.	Elin	406	+2	+21	+5.5%
47.	Rita	204	+4	+21	+11.5%
63.	Solveig	136	+6	+20	+17.2%
64.	Lill	134	+8	+20	+17.5%
9.	Linda	589	+1	+18	+3.2%
72.	Ragnhild	120	+12	+18	+17.6%
51.	Siri	198	-1	+14	+7.6%
48.	Cathrine	203	0	+13	+6.8%
70.	Anja	124	+6	+13	+11.7%
71.	Christine	121	+9	+13	+12.0%
24.	Siv	344	0	+12	+3.6%
41.	Gunn	236	-1	+12	+5.4%
83.	Kristine	102	+6	+12	+13.3%
26.	Vibeke	323	+1	+11	+3.5%
60.	Astrid	146	+5	+11	+8.1%
68.	Jorunn	126	+3	+11	+9.6%
85.	Sølvi	96	+9	+11	+12.9%
43.	Randi	217	+1	+10	+4.8%
46.	Lise	207	+1	+9	+4.5%
81.	Annette	106	+5	+9	+9.3%
90.	Tina	90	+8	+9	+11.1%
40.	Merete	238	-2	+8	+3.5%
80.	Tanja	107	+5	+8	+8.1%
87.	Helene	95	+6	+8	+9.2%
95.	Christina	87	new	new	new
95.	Jeanette	87	new	new	new
37.	Kjersti	245	0	+7	+2.9%
44.	May	211	+1	+7	+3.4%
76.	Karianne	112	+6	+7	+6.7%
92.	Katrine	89	+3	+5	+6.0%
98.	Linn	84	new	new	new
93.	Lillian	88	+2	+4	+4.8%
8.	Marianne	614	0	+3	+0.5%
27.	Mette	315	0	+3	+1.0%
73.	Turid	117	-1	+3	+2.6%
89.	Kathrine	91	+2	+2	+2.2%
18.	Line	398	-1	+1	+0.3%
59.	Karin	154	-1	+1	+0.7%
100.	Jane	79	new	new	new
23.	Lene	346	-1	-2	-0.6%
76.	Aina	112	-4	-2	-1.8%
75.	Siw	116	-7	-3	-2.5%
78.	Pia	108	-2	-3	-2.7%
28.	Tove	302	+2	-4	-1.3%
55.	Berit	175	-3	-5	-2.8%
67.	Sonja	131	-4	-5	-3.7%
97.	Stine	85	-8	-5	-5.6%
22.	Inger	350	-2	-7	-2.0%
13.	Bente	447	0	-9	-2.0%
17.	Trine	400	-1	-9	-2.2%
21.	Marit	356	-2	-9	-2.5%
66.	Britt	133	-5	-9	-6.3%
57.	Beate	163	-3	-10	-5.8%
81.	Eli	106	-12	-10	-8.6%
28.	Kari	302	-2	-11	-3.5%
61.	Lisbeth	142	-4	-14	-9.0%
85.	Mariann	96	-6	-14	-12.7%
99.	Ann-Kristin	82	-12	-14	-14.6%
64.	Unni	134	-4	-15	-10.1%
6.	Anita	677	-2	-16	-2.3%
15.	Elisabeth	435	-1	-16	-3.5%
49.	Irene	202	-8	-16	-7.3%
87.	Torill	95	-12	-17	-15.2%
11.	Kristin	502	0	-18	-3.5%
36.	Liv	253	-4	-19	-7.0%
38.	Ellen	239	-5	-19	-7.4%
73.	Grethe	117	-10	-19	-14.0%
93.	Merethe	88	-12	-19	-17.8%
52.	Maria	194	-10	-20	-9.3%
28.	Lena	302	-3	-21	-6.5%
90.	Kirsti	90	-14	-21	-18.9%
35.	Laila	254	-4	-22	-8.0%
68.	Åse	126	-9	-24	-16.0%
84.	Grete	97	-17	-26	-21.1%
7.	Heidi	628	-1	-39	-5.8%
44.	Sissel	211	-9	-44	-17.3%
13.	Mona	447	-1	-49	-9.9%
10.	Tone	547	-1	-56	-9.3%
20.	Ann	372	-5	-59	-13.7%
5.	Hilde	719	-2	-74	-9.3%
1.	Anne	1,103	0	-93	-7.8%

Popularity extremes for Norway