Top five girl names
Nora, Emma, Ella, Maja, and Olivia.
NO ranking · 2020
Most popular baby names in Norway in 2020.
Nora and Jakob lead the 2020 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Noranumber-one girl name
Jakobnumber-one boy name
100ranked names listed
22,433recorded uses in these rows
Top five boy names
Jakob, Emil, Noah, Oliver, and Filip.
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What changed in 2020?
This is the first reviewed year in our 2020–2025 series, so it provides the baseline for later comparisons.
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Open the next annual ranking to see which names entered the top 50 and which returning names gained rank.
Top girl names in 2020
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Norway. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nora | 416 |
| 2 | Emma | 362 |
| 3 | Ella | 337 |
| 4 | Maja | 321 |
| 5 | Olivia | 315 |
| 6 | Emilie | 306 |
| 7 | Sofie | 296 |
| 8 | Leah | 288 |
| 9 | Sofia | 282 |
| 10 | Ingrid | 271 |
| 11 | Frida | 268 |
| 12 | Sara | 264 |
| 13 | Tiril | 244 |
| 14 | Selma | 241 |
| 15 | Ada | 239 |
| 16 | Hedda | 238 |
| 17 | Amalie | 232 |
| 18 | Anna | 227 |
| 19 | Alma | 225 |
| 20 | Hanna | 221 |
| 21 | Eva | 220 |
| 22 | Mia | 207 |
| 23 | Thea | 203 |
| 24 | Live | 198 |
| 25 | Ida | 197 |
| 26 | Astrid | 197 |
| 27 | Ellinor | 194 |
| 28 | Vilde | 193 |
| 29 | Linnea | 185 |
| 30 | Iben | 180 |
| 31 | Aurora | 174 |
| 32 | Mathilde | 171 |
| 33 | Jenny | 171 |
| 34 | Tuva | 170 |
| 35 | Julie | 162 |
| 36 | Oda | 159 |
| 37 | Sigrid | 158 |
| 38 | Amanda | 153 |
| 39 | Lilly | 148 |
| 40 | Hedvig | 139 |
| 41 | Victoria | 138 |
| 42 | Amelia | 136 |
| 43 | Josefine | 134 |
| 44 | Agnes | 134 |
| 45 | Solveig | 132 |
| 46 | Saga | 132 |
| 47 | Marie | 132 |
| 48 | Eline | 128 |
| 49 | Oline | 126 |
| 50 | Maria | 124 |
Top boy names in 2020
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Norway. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakob | 422 |
| 2 | Emil | 419 |
| 3 | Noah | 396 |
| 4 | Oliver | 382 |
| 5 | Filip | 381 |
| 6 | William | 339 |
| 7 | Lucas | 316 |
| 8 | Liam | 308 |
| 9 | Henrik | 300 |
| 10 | Oskar | 297 |
| 11 | Aksel | 291 |
| 12 | Theodor | 284 |
| 13 | Elias | 283 |
| 14 | Kasper | 282 |
| 15 | Magnus | 280 |
| 16 | Johannes | 275 |
| 17 | Isak | 274 |
| 18 | Mathias | 264 |
| 19 | Tobias | 254 |
| 20 | Olav | 250 |
| 21 | Sander | 244 |
| 22 | Håkon | 227 |
| 23 | Jonas | 226 |
| 24 | Ludvig | 222 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 222 |
| 26 | Matheo | 217 |
| 27 | Alfred | 215 |
| 28 | Alexander | 210 |
| 29 | Victor | 204 |
| 30 | Markus | 203 |
| 31 | Mohammad | 202 |
| 31 | Theo | 202 |
| 33 | Herman | 200 |
| 34 | Adam | 198 |
| 35 | Ulrik | 185 |
| 36 | Iver | 178 |
| 37 | Sebastian | 177 |
| 38 | Johan | 172 |
| 39 | Leon | 171 |
| 39 | Odin | 171 |
| 41 | Nikolai | 170 |
| 42 | Even | 169 |
| 43 | Leo | 165 |
| 44 | Kristian | 162 |
| 45 | Gustav | 160 |
| 45 | Mikkel | 160 |
| 47 | Felix | 159 |
| 48 | Sverre | 154 |
| 49 | Adrian | 153 |
| 50 | Erik | 150 |
Publisher
Statistics Norway
Reviewed data
Publisher artifact
Geographic scope
Norway
Release
Final reviewed release for 2020
Coverage
50 girl names and 50 boy names
Reviewed data licence
CC BY 4.0
Source review
Checked 6 August 2026
Source methodology
National 2020 naming-year statistics. Statistics Norway groups spelling variants and transliterates specified characters. The grouped publication is authoritative because suppressed variants cannot always be reconstructed from table 10467. Official sequential top-50 rank and grouped count are preserved.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
What are the most popular baby names in Norway?
Nora is the number-one girl name and Jakob is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2020 release.
What area does this list cover?
It covers Norway exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
How are tied names shown?
3 tied rank positions are preserved from the reviewed data. After a tie, the next rank advances by the number of names sharing that position.
How complete is the page?
The page includes every reviewed row through rank 50 for both categories: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Counts are retained from the source; display-casing normalization is documented in the methodology.
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