Popular names in Norway

The latest top baby names and the most common surnames, from Statistics Norway (SSB).

Top baby names

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Girls

  1. 1EmmaGermanic
  2. 2OliviaLatin
  3. 3NoraIrish
  4. 4EllaGermanic
  5. 5Frida
  6. 6Sofie
  7. 7Ellinor
  8. 8AlmaLatin
  9. 9Astrid
  10. 9Hedda

Boys

  1. 1NoahHebrew
  2. 2EmilLatin
  3. 3WilliamGermanic
  4. 4EliasHebrew
  5. 5OliverLatin
  6. 6Isak
  7. 7LiamIrish
  8. 8Johannes
  9. 9Jakob
  10. 10Olav

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

Most common surnames

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RankSurnameOrigin & meaningPeople
1HansenNorwegian · “son of Hans”51,631
2JohansenNorwegian · “son of Johan”48,964
3OlsenNorwegian · “son of Ole”47,961
4LarsenNorwegian · “son of Lars”37,041
5AndersenNorwegian · “son of Anders”36,383
6PedersenNorwegian · “son of Peder”34,450
7NilsenNorwegian · “son of Nils”33,846
8KristiansenNorwegian · “son of Kristian”22,915
9JensenNorwegian · “son of Jens”22,494
10KarlsenNorwegian · “son of Karl”20,698

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.