Names that reached the top ten in Norway

Names that reached the top 10 of Norway's published list in at least one year.

Scoped to one registrar: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name. A top-ten position here is a position in Norway's own list and is never compared against a top-ten position anywhere else — the two are different lists, not two readings of one scale.

60 names, selected from the 2,573 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

• Andreas

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 1991, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 25 years.

• Anne

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 1945, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 45 years.

• Emil

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 2008, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 22 years.

• Emilie

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 1999, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 25 years.

• Emma

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 2003, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 28 years.

• Ida

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 1988, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 30 years.

• Ingrid

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 35 years.

• Jan

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 1946, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 39 years.

• Jonas

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 2006, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 23 years.

• Julie

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 2001, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 22 years.

• Linda

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 1975, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Martin

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 1992, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 21 years.

• Noah

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 2021, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Nora

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 2014, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 27 years.

• Oliver

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 2018, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Per

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 1945, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 27 years.

• Silje

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 1982, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 20 years.

• Thea

  Reached #1 among girls in Norway in 2006, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 20 years.

• Thomas

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 1974, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 29 years.

• Tobias

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 2005, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• William

  Reached #1 among boys in Norway in 2012, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Bente

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1955, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 16 years.

• Bjørn

  Reached #2 among boys in Norway in 1952, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 37 years.

• Camilla

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1980, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 20 years.

• Geir

  Reached #2 among boys in Norway in 1963, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 22 years.

• Hege

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1970, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Heidi

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1965, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Hilde

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1963, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 21 years.

• Inger

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1945, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 20 years.

• Lars

  Reached #2 among boys in Norway in 1976, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 27 years.

• Linn

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1984, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Linnea

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 2008, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Marianne

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 1981, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 23 years.

• Mathias

  Reached #2 among boys in Norway in 2004, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Olivia

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Rune

  Reached #2 among boys in Norway in 1972, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 21 years.

• Sander

  Reached #2 among boys in Norway in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Sofie

  Reached #2 among girls in Norway in 2013, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Stian

  Reached #2 among boys in Norway in 1983, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Adrian

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 2005, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Anders

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 1981, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Daniel

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 1989, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 28 years.

• Elias

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 2006, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Ella

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 2019, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Frode

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 1974, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Henrik

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 2018, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 23 years.

• Kari

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1946, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Kjell

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 1949, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 20 years.

• Liam

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 2015, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Liv

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1945, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Magnus

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 2013, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 24 years.

• Malin

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Maria

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1982, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 32 years.

• Marit

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1949, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 21 years.

• Monica

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1971, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Morten

  Reached #3 among boys in Norway in 1973, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 24 years.

• Nina

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1964, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 16 years.

• Stine

  Reached #3 among girls in Norway in 1986, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Anita

  Reached #4 among girls in Norway in 1963, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Anna

  Reached #4 among girls in Norway in 2007, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.