Longest recorded names
Names with the longest unbroken span of official records.
A measurement, not a claim that these names are classics: it counts how many years of published data exist, which is a fact about the registries as much as the names.
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
- Arild
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (75 years of data).
- Åse
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Aud
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (59 years of data).
- Bjørg
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (70 years of data).
- Bjørn
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Dag
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (75 years of data).
- Egil
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (79 years of data).
- Eirik
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Else
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (80 years of data).
- Even
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Håkon
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Hanne
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (80 years of data).
- Harald
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Hedvig
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (76 years of data).
- Helge
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Herman
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (76 years of data).
- Hilde
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (75 years of data).
- Inger
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Jørgen
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Kåre
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (75 years of data).
- Kjell
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Knut
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Live
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (80 years of data).
- Ludvig
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (60 years of data).
- Marit
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Odd
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (80 years of data).
- Olav
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Øystein
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Øyvind
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Pål
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Per
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Ragnhild
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Randi
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (75 years of data).
- Rolf
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Solveig
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (81 years of data).
- Steinar
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (77 years of data).
- Terje
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (77 years of data).
- Tore
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (79 years of data).
- Unni
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (64 years of data).
- Vegard
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (79 years of data).
- Vidar
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2025 (78 years of data).
- Geir
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2024 (73 years of data).
- Marte
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1946 to 2025 (79 years of data).
- Steffen
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1946 to 2025 (71 years of data).
- Tone
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2024 (76 years of data).
- Ulrik
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1946 to 2025 (56 years of data).
- Berit
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2023 (72 years of data).
- Gro
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2023 (62 years of data).
- Janne
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2023 (72 years of data).
- Simen
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1947 to 2025 (73 years of data).
- Sissel
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2023 (62 years of data).
- Siv
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2023 (68 years of data).
- Stian
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1947 to 2025 (71 years of data).
- Svein
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2023 (77 years of data).
- Trond
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2023 (74 years of data).
- Anette
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1947 to 2024 (69 years of data).
- Grete
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2022 (64 years of data).
- Kjetil
Recorded among boys in Norway from 1945 to 2022 (75 years of data).
- Marthe
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1946 to 2023 (71 years of data).
- Reidun
Recorded among girls in Norway from 1945 to 2022 (65 years of data).