Names recorded only in Norway

Names that reached the top 300 in Norway and appear in no other live registrar's data.

A statement about Namewise's seven live sources and nothing wider: it means no other registrar Namewise holds recorded this spelling, not that the name is unknown elsewhere. A different spelling in another country counts as a different name here.

60 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) · All Norway names

• Per

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in Norway in 1945, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Silje

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in Norway in 1982, recorded 1966–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Bjørn

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1952, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Geir

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1963, recorded 1945–2024. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Hege

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1970, recorded 1945–2012. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Inger

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1945, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Linn

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1984, recorded 1958–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Stian

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1983, recorded 1947–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Frode

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in Norway in 1974, recorded 1945–2008. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Kjell

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in Norway in 1949, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Marit

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in Norway in 1949, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Stine

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in Norway in 1986, recorded 1951–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Svein

  Highest recorded position #4 among boys in Norway in 1950, recorded 1945–2023. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Terje

  Highest recorded position #5 among boys in Norway in 1960, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Tone

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Norway in 1969, recorded 1945–2024. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Berit

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in Norway in 1948, recorded 1945–2023. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Bjørg

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in Norway in 1945, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Marte

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in Norway in 1991, recorded 1946–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Trond

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in Norway in 1968, recorded 1945–2023. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Hedda

  Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Norway in 2024, recorded 1963–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Knut

  Highest recorded position #7 among boys in Norway in 1945, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Odd

  Highest recorded position #7 among boys in Norway in 1947, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Randi

  Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Norway in 1951, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Wenche

  Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Norway in 1955, recorded 1945–2008. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Gerd

  Highest recorded position #8 among girls in Norway in 1947, recorded 1945–2003. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Vilde

  Highest recorded position #8 among girls in Norway in 1997, recorded 1965–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Olav

  Highest recorded position #9 among boys in Norway in 2024, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Øyvind

  Highest recorded position #9 among boys in Norway in 1980, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Aud

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in Norway in 1951, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Line

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in Norway in 1975, recorded 1952–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Sondre

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in Norway in 1993, recorded 1966–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Simen

  Highest recorded position #11 among boys in Norway in 2000, recorded 1947–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Sissel

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in Norway in 1958, recorded 1945–2023. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Tiril

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in Norway in 2020, recorded 1974–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Turid

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in Norway in 1946, recorded 1945–2021. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Helge

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in Norway in 1952, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Grethe

  Highest recorded position #13 among girls in Norway in 1957, recorded 1945–2012. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Ludvig

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in Norway in 2025, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Unni

  Highest recorded position #13 among girls in Norway in 1954, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Kjetil

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 1971, recorded 1945–2022. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Stein

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 1954, recorded 1945–2015. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Stig

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 1970, recorded 1945–2021. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Ulrik

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 2025, recorded 1946–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Gunn

  Highest recorded position #15 among girls in Norway in 1954, recorded 1945–2005. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Tonje

  Highest recorded position #15 among girls in Norway in 1994, recorded 1949–2021. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Håkon

  Highest recorded position #16 among boys in Norway in 2016, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Torill

  Highest recorded position #16 among girls in Norway in 1948, recorded 1945–2004. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Jørgen

  Highest recorded position #17 among boys in Norway in 1995, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Reidun

  Highest recorded position #17 among girls in Norway in 1945, recorded 1945–2022. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Steinar

  Highest recorded position #17 among boys in Norway in 1953, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Trine

  Highest recorded position #17 among girls in Norway in 1970, recorded 1945–2015. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Birk

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in Norway in 2025, recorded 1990–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Grete

  Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Norway in 1953, recorded 1945–2022. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Jorunn

  Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Norway in 1946, recorded 1945–2020. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Kine

  Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Norway in 1986, recorded 1966–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Marthe

  Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Norway in 1991, recorded 1946–2023. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Øystein

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in Norway in 1981, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Ragnhild

  Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Norway in 1945, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Dag

  Highest recorded position #19 among boys in Norway in 1961, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.

• Hedvig

  Highest recorded position #19 among girls in Norway in 2025, recorded 1945–2025. No other live registrar records this spelling.