Names recorded longest inside the top five hundred
Names ranked inside the top 500 of one published list in at least 50 separate years.
The widest persistence band Namewise measures. It describes a name that kept being published rather than one that reached a high position — those are different achievements, and the top-ten and top-fifty groupings cover the other.
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
- Aksel
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Alice
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Anders
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Andreas
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Anne
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Arne
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Astrid
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Bjørn
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Christian
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Einar
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Eirik
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Elin
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Elisabeth
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Elise
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Ellen
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Emil
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Erik
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Espen
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Eva
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Even
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Finn
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Fredrik
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Gunnar
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Håkon
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Hanna
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Hans
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Harald
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Heidi
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Helene
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Helge
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Henrik
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Ida
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Inger
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Ingrid
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Jakob
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Jan
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Jenny
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Johannes
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Jon
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Jørgen
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Kai
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Karen
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Kari
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Knut
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Kristian
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Kristin
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Kristine
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Lars
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Leif
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Lena
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Liv
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Magnus
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Mari
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Marie
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Marit
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Martin
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Mona
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Morten
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Nils
Ranked inside the top 500 among boys in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.
- Nina
Ranked inside the top 500 among girls in Norway in 81 years between 1945 and 2025.