Names that peaked in Norway in the 1970s

Names whose highest recorded position in Norway's published list falls in the 1970s, 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.

42 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

• Linda

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in Norway in 1975, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Thomas

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in Norway in 1974, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Hege

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1970, across a record running 1945–2012.

• Lars

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1976, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Rune

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1972, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Frode

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in Norway in 1974, across a record running 1945–2008.

• Monica

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in Norway in 1971, across a record running 1946–2017.

• Morten

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in Norway in 1973, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Elin

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in Norway in 1974, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Lene

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in Norway in 1976, across a record running 1946–2021.

• Kristin

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Norway in 1977, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Elisabeth

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in Norway in 1978, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Ole

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in Norway in 1979, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Kenneth

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in Norway in 1979, across a record running 1945–2021.

• Line

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in Norway in 1975, across a record running 1952–2025.

• Tommy

  Highest recorded position #11 among boys in Norway in 1976, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Kjetil

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 1971, across a record running 1945–2022.

• Stig

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 1970, across a record running 1945–2021.

• Ronny

  Highest recorded position #15 among boys in Norway in 1975, across a record running 1945–2011.

• Cecilie

  Highest recorded position #17 among girls in Norway in 1975, across a record running 1945–2024.

• Trine

  Highest recorded position #17 among girls in Norway in 1970, across a record running 1945–2015.

• Roger

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in Norway in 1972, across a record running 1945–2013.

• Siv

  Highest recorded position #20 among girls in Norway in 1972, across a record running 1945–2023.

• Cathrine

  Highest recorded position #21 among girls in Norway in 1978, across a record running 1951–2020.

• Janne

  Highest recorded position #22 among girls in Norway in 1973, across a record running 1945–2023.

• Pål

  Highest recorded position #23 among boys in Norway in 1971, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Vibeke

  Highest recorded position #24 among girls in Norway in 1970, across a record running 1945–2008.

• Robert

  Highest recorded position #25 among boys in Norway in 1974, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Trude

  Highest recorded position #25 among girls in Norway in 1974, across a record running 1946–2005.

• Glenn

  Highest recorded position #57 among boys in Norway in 1974, across a record running 1948–2012.

• Kai

  Highest recorded position #57 among boys in Norway in 1976, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Raymond

  Highest recorded position #60 among boys in Norway in 1978, across a record running 1945–2008.

• Richard

  Highest recorded position #80 among boys in Norway in 1979, across a record running 1945–2023.

• Helen

  Highest recorded position #93 among girls in Norway in 1970, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Catherine

  Highest recorded position #196 among girls in Norway in 1972, across a record running 1947–2018.

• Mark

  Highest recorded position #211 among boys in Norway in 1970, across a record running 1950–2025.

• Rachel

  Highest recorded position #214 among girls in Norway in 1973, across a record running 1951–2024.

• James

  Highest recorded position #218 among boys in Norway in 1978, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Belinda

  Highest recorded position #223 among girls in Norway in 1976, across a record running 1960–2013.

• Eileen

  Highest recorded position #224 among girls in Norway in 1972, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Wendy

  Highest recorded position #319 among girls in Norway in 1973, across a record running 1953–2009.

• Jason

  Highest recorded position #330 among boys in Norway in 1972, across a record running 1969–2024.