Names that peaked in Norway in the 1960s

Names whose highest recorded position in Norway's published list falls in the 1960s, 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.

28 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

• Geir

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1963, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Heidi

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1965, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Hilde

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1963, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Nina

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in Norway in 1964, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Anita

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in Norway in 1963, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Terje

  Highest recorded position #5 among boys in Norway in 1960, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Tone

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Norway in 1969, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Trond

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in Norway in 1968, across a record running 1945–2023.

• Mona

  Highest recorded position #9 among girls in Norway in 1968, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Ann

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in Norway in 1967, across a record running 1945–2023.

• Mette

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in Norway in 1963, across a record running 1945–2012.

• Tom

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in Norway in 1960, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Dag

  Highest recorded position #19 among boys in Norway in 1961, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Lena

  Highest recorded position #20 among girls in Norway in 1969, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Frank

  Highest recorded position #22 among boys in Norway in 1968, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Rita

  Highest recorded position #25 among girls in Norway in 1963, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Jane

  Highest recorded position #73 among girls in Norway in 1960, across a record running 1945–2013.

• Elizabeth

  Highest recorded position #154 among girls in Norway in 1968, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Barbara

  Highest recorded position #167 among girls in Norway in 1960, across a record running 1946–2015.

• Susan

  Highest recorded position #172 among girls in Norway in 1961, across a record running 1946–2003.

• Roman

  Highest recorded position #196 among boys in Norway in 1965, across a record running 1952–2025.

• Kim

  Highest recorded position #205 among girls in Norway in 1967, across a record running 1951–2011.

• Andrew

  Highest recorded position #206 among boys in Norway in 1963, across a record running 1946–2021.

• Ben

  Highest recorded position #233 among boys in Norway in 1965, across a record running 1950–2023.

• Teresa

  Highest recorded position #236 among girls in Norway in 1961, across a record running 1946–2016.

• George

  Highest recorded position #253 among boys in Norway in 1968, across a record running 1946–2023.

• Patricia

  Highest recorded position #264 among girls in Norway in 1966, across a record running 1946–2017.

• Jacqueline

  Highest recorded position #286 among girls in Norway in 1965, across a record running 1955–1995.