Top five girl names
Nora, Emma, Sofie, Olivia, and Ella.
NO ranking · 2021
Most popular baby names in Norway in 2021.
Nora and Noah lead the 2021 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Noranumber-one girl name
Noahnumber-one boy name
100ranked names listed
21,708recorded uses in these rows
Top five boy names
Noah, Oskar, Oliver, Lucas, and Isak.
Compared with 2020
What changed in 2021?
Names are matched by publisher spelling and category. A rise means a better source-derived rank than in the previous annual release.
Girl-name risers
- Iben#30 to #19
- Saga#46 to #37
- Astrid#26 to #18
- Alma#19 to #12
New to this top 50: Ellie, Mie, Mille, Hermine.
Boy-name risers
- Gustav#45 to #25
- Isak#17 to #5
- Mikkel#45 to #33
- Oskar#10 to #2
New to this top 50: Vetle, Jens.
Top girl names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Norway. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nora | 409 |
| 2 | Emma | 369 |
| 3 | Sofie | 327 |
| 4 | Olivia | 311 |
| 5 | Ella | 302 |
| 6 | Sofia | 295 |
| 7 | Maja | 282 |
| 8 | Leah | 279 |
| 9 | Frida | 276 |
| 10 | Ingrid | 273 |
| 11 | Ada | 272 |
| 12 | Alma | 261 |
| 13 | Emilie | 259 |
| 14 | Hedda | 254 |
| 15 | Amalie | 244 |
| 16 | Tiril | 244 |
| 17 | Selma | 226 |
| 18 | Astrid | 219 |
| 19 | Iben | 212 |
| 20 | Mia | 211 |
| 21 | Sara | 211 |
| 22 | Anna | 207 |
| 23 | Eva | 203 |
| 24 | Vilde | 200 |
| 25 | Hanna | 191 |
| 26 | Ida | 183 |
| 27 | Thea | 179 |
| 28 | Aurora | 176 |
| 29 | Tuva | 173 |
| 30 | Ellinor | 170 |
| 31 | Amanda | 165 |
| 32 | Ellie | 163 |
| 33 | Lilly | 162 |
| 34 | Jenny | 160 |
| 35 | Linnea | 159 |
| 36 | Mathilde | 159 |
| 37 | Saga | 151 |
| 38 | Hedvig | 149 |
| 39 | Sigrid | 149 |
| 40 | Marie | 146 |
| 41 | Live | 144 |
| 42 | Mie | 143 |
| 43 | Solveig | 137 |
| 44 | Amelia | 135 |
| 45 | Julie | 126 |
| 46 | Mille | 125 |
| 47 | Agnes | 124 |
| 48 | Hermine | 122 |
| 49 | Victoria | 120 |
| 50 | Eline | 119 |
Top boy names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Norway. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 402 |
| 2 | Oskar | 370 |
| 3 | Oliver | 367 |
| 4 | Lucas | 364 |
| 5 | Isak | 361 |
| 6 | Aksel | 346 |
| 7 | Emil | 346 |
| 8 | Filip | 346 |
| 9 | Jakob | 325 |
| 10 | William | 313 |
| 11 | Kasper | 290 |
| 12 | Elias | 283 |
| 13 | Liam | 282 |
| 14 | Magnus | 275 |
| 15 | Tobias | 275 |
| 16 | Henrik | 267 |
| 17 | Theodor | 265 |
| 18 | Johannes | 256 |
| 19 | Ludvig | 256 |
| 20 | Mathias | 248 |
| 21 | Olav | 232 |
| 22 | Victor | 218 |
| 23 | Matheo | 209 |
| 24 | Sander | 209 |
| 25 | Gustav | 207 |
| 26 | Håkon | 207 |
| 27 | Adam | 201 |
| 28 | Jonas | 198 |
| 29 | Ulrik | 197 |
| 30 | Alfred | 194 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 174 |
| 32 | Herman | 174 |
| 33 | Mikkel | 174 |
| 34 | Mohammad | 173 |
| 35 | Alexander | 171 |
| 36 | Theo | 166 |
| 37 | Sebastian | 161 |
| 38 | Even | 160 |
| 39 | Leon | 159 |
| 40 | Johan | 156 |
| 41 | Felix | 153 |
| 42 | Markus | 153 |
| 43 | Adrian | 152 |
| 44 | Odin | 150 |
| 45 | Sverre | 149 |
| 46 | Iver | 146 |
| 47 | Vetle | 145 |
| 48 | Leo | 141 |
| 49 | Kristian | 135 |
| 50 | Jens | 131 |
Publisher
Statistics Norway
Reviewed data
Publisher artifact
Geographic scope
Norway
Release
Final reviewed release for 2021
Coverage
50 girl names and 50 boy names
Reviewed data licence
CC BY 4.0
Source review
Checked 6 August 2026
Source methodology
National 2021 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 Noah is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2021 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?
The reviewed data does not contain a tied position within the ranks shown on this page.
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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