Names that peaked in Norway in the 1950s
Names whose highest recorded position in Norway's published list falls in the 1950s, with at least 3 recorded years on each side of that year.
Scoped to one registrar: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name. A name can be at its height here a generation before or after it is elsewhere, and this says only when it peaked in Norway — never when it peaked generally, which is not a thing any single source can show.
32 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
- Bente
Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1955, across a record running 1945–2011.
- Bjørn
Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1952, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Svein
Highest recorded position #4 among boys in Norway in 1950, across a record running 1945–2023.
- Eva
Highest recorded position #6 among girls in Norway in 1952, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Tove
Highest recorded position #6 among girls in Norway in 1957, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Randi
Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Norway in 1951, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Wenche
Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Norway in 1955, across a record running 1945–2008.
- Aud
Highest recorded position #10 among girls in Norway in 1951, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Sissel
Highest recorded position #11 among girls in Norway in 1958, across a record running 1945–2023.
- Helge
Highest recorded position #12 among boys in Norway in 1952, across a record running 1945–2025.
- John
Highest recorded position #12 among boys in Norway in 1955, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Grethe
Highest recorded position #13 among girls in Norway in 1957, across a record running 1945–2012.
- Unni
Highest recorded position #13 among girls in Norway in 1954, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Rolf
Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 1950, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Stein
Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 1954, across a record running 1945–2015.
- Ellen
Highest recorded position #15 among girls in Norway in 1955, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Gunn
Highest recorded position #15 among girls in Norway in 1954, across a record running 1945–2005.
- Steinar
Highest recorded position #17 among boys in Norway in 1953, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Grete
Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Norway in 1953, across a record running 1945–2022.
- Åse
Highest recorded position #20 among girls in Norway in 1955, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Vigdis
Highest recorded position #21 among girls in Norway in 1954, across a record running 1945–2006.
- Gro
Highest recorded position #22 among girls in Norway in 1957, across a record running 1945–2023.
- May
Highest recorded position #24 among girls in Norway in 1956, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Vidar
Highest recorded position #25 among boys in Norway in 1959, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Kate
Highest recorded position #104 among girls in Norway in 1956, across a record running 1945–2022.
- Margaret
Highest recorded position #108 among girls in Norway in 1953, across a record running 1945–2023.
- Judith
Highest recorded position #112 among girls in Norway in 1950, across a record running 1945–2023.
- Jack
Highest recorded position #151 among boys in Norway in 1956, across a record running 1945–2025.
- Stephen
Highest recorded position #210 among boys in Norway in 1956, across a record running 1946–2001.
- Angela
Highest recorded position #229 among girls in Norway in 1959, across a record running 1947–2022.
- Janet
Highest recorded position #239 among girls in Norway in 1958, across a record running 1947–1991.
- Grace
Highest recorded position #321 among girls in Norway in 1959, across a record running 1946–2025.