Names that peaked in Norway in the 1980s

Names whose highest recorded position in Norway's published list falls in the 1980s, 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.

47 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

• Ida

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in Norway in 1988, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Silje

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in Norway in 1982, across a record running 1966–2025.

• Camilla

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1980, across a record running 1949–2025.

• Linn

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1984, across a record running 1958–2025.

• Marianne

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Norway in 1981, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Stian

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Norway in 1983, across a record running 1947–2025.

• Anders

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in Norway in 1981, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Daniel

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Maria

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in Norway in 1982, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Stine

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in Norway in 1986, across a record running 1951–2025.

• Marius

  Highest recorded position #4 among boys in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1955–2025.

• Anette

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Norway in 1982, across a record running 1947–2024.

• Fredrik

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Christian

  Highest recorded position #7 among boys in Norway in 1983, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Espen

  Highest recorded position #8 among boys in Norway in 1982, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Hanne

  Highest recorded position #9 among girls in Norway in 1987, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Øyvind

  Highest recorded position #9 among boys in Norway in 1980, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Kim

  Highest recorded position #10 among boys in Norway in 1987, across a record running 1951–2023.

• Mari

  Highest recorded position #11 among girls in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Alexander

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in Norway in 1987, across a record running 1948–2025.

• Christina

  Highest recorded position #12 among girls in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1946–2025.

• Erik

  Highest recorded position #15 among boys in Norway in 1981, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Kine

  Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Norway in 1986, across a record running 1966–2025.

• Øystein

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in Norway in 1981, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Jon

  Highest recorded position #19 among boys in Norway in 1982, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Vegard

  Highest recorded position #19 among boys in Norway in 1987, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Tina

  Highest recorded position #20 among girls in Norway in 1987, across a record running 1958–2025.

• Mats

  Highest recorded position #21 among boys in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1949–2025.

• Therese

  Highest recorded position #21 among girls in Norway in 1986, across a record running 1946–2025.

• Christine

  Highest recorded position #22 among girls in Norway in 1988, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Jeanette

  Highest recorded position #23 among girls in Norway in 1986, across a record running 1949–2014.

• Steffen

  Highest recorded position #24 among boys in Norway in 1985, across a record running 1946–2025.

• Christopher

  Highest recorded position #54 among boys in Norway in 1987, across a record running 1946–2025.

• Patrick

  Highest recorded position #67 among boys in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1948–2025.

• Peter

  Highest recorded position #72 among boys in Norway in 1987, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Stephanie

  Highest recorded position #178 among girls in Norway in 1989, across a record running 1966–2018.

• Steven

  Highest recorded position #224 among boys in Norway in 1983, across a record running 1946–2017.

• Martina

  Highest recorded position #248 among girls in Norway in 1986, across a record running 1958–2019.

• Denis

  Highest recorded position #249 among boys in Norway in 1984, across a record running 1970–2024.

• Matthew

  Highest recorded position #267 among boys in Norway in 1985, across a record running 1966–2023.

• Joseph

  Highest recorded position #272 among boys in Norway in 1985, across a record running 1949–2025.

• Suzanne

  Highest recorded position #272 among girls in Norway in 1986, across a record running 1955–2005.

• Melanie

  Highest recorded position #281 among girls in Norway in 1983, across a record running 1970–2025.

• Katherine

  Highest recorded position #323 among girls in Norway in 1983, across a record running 1963–2001.

• Renee

  Highest recorded position #341 among girls in Norway in 1988, across a record running 1960–1994.

• Sharon

  Highest recorded position #354 among girls in Norway in 1980, across a record running 1961–2001.

• Timothy

  Highest recorded position #413 among boys in Norway in 1988, across a record running 1957–2019.