Names with the earliest records

Names first recorded in an official list in 1965 or earlier.

How far back a name's record reaches is as much a fact about the registry as about the name — Norway publishes from 1945 and Scotland from 2014, so an early first record means an early-publishing source as well as an established name.

60 names, selected from the 2,573 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

• Ada

  First recorded at #229 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Aksel

  First recorded at #174 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Alfred

  First recorded at #127 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Alice

  First recorded at #292 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Alma

  First recorded at #293 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Anders

  First recorded at #55 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Andreas

  First recorded at #140 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Anita

  First recorded at #162 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Annie

  First recorded at #180 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Arild

  First recorded at #32 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Arne

  First recorded at #6 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Åse

  First recorded at #25 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Astrid

  First recorded at #12 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Aud

  First recorded at #13 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Bente

  First recorded at #66 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2011.

• Berit

  First recorded at #7 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2023.

• Bjørg

  First recorded at #6 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Bjørn

  First recorded at #3 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Cecilie

  First recorded at #359 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2024.

• Christian

  First recorded at #161 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Dag

  First recorded at #48 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Egil

  First recorded at #25 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Eileen

  First recorded at #324 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Einar

  First recorded at #23 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Eirik

  First recorded at #136 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Elias

  First recorded at #328 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Elin

  First recorded at #41 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Elisabeth

  First recorded at #50 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Elise

  First recorded at #223 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Ella

  First recorded at #137 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Ellen

  First recorded at #29 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Ellinor

  First recorded at #102 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Else

  First recorded at #15 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Elsie

  First recorded at #301 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Emil

  First recorded at #271 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Emma

  First recorded at #342 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Erik

  First recorded at #27 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Espen

  First recorded at #315 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Eva

  First recorded at #8 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Evelyn

  First recorded at #121 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Even

  First recorded at #180 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Finn

  First recorded at #31 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Fredrik

  First recorded at #137 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Frida

  First recorded at #302 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Frode

  First recorded at #116 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2008.

• Geir

  First recorded at #59 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2024.

• Gerd

  First recorded at #9 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2003.

• Grete

  First recorded at #28 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2022.

• Grethe

  First recorded at #21 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2012.

• Gro

  First recorded at #65 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2023.

• Gunn

  First recorded at #53 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2005.

• Gunnar

  First recorded at #13 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Gustav

  First recorded at #154 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Håkon

  First recorded at #49 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Hanna

  First recorded at #164 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Hanne

  First recorded at #123 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Hans

  First recorded at #11 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Harald

  First recorded at #8 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.

• Harry

  First recorded at #70 among boys in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2019.

• Hedvig

  First recorded at #244 among girls in Norway in 1945, and recorded through 2025.