Top five girl names
Nora, Emma, Olivia, Sofie, and Ella.
NO ranking · 2024
Most popular baby names in Norway in 2024.
Nora and Lucas lead the 2024 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Girls NoraBoys Lucas100 ranked names23,148 recorded usesSource checked 6 August 2026
The short answer
Nora and Lucas were the most popular girl and boy names in Norway in 2024.
Top five
The 2024 leaders.
Top five boy names
Lucas, Noah, Oliver, Emil, and Jakob.
Compared with 2023
What changed in 2024?
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
- Josefine#41 to #27
- Lilly#34 to #21
- Saga#47 to #36
- Live#44 to #35
New to this top 50: Marie, Mille, Eline, Eira, Signe.
Boy-name risers
- Sverre#48 to #32
- Theo#28 to #18
- Herman#37 to #28
- Vetle#46 to #38
New to this top 50: Luka.
Top girl names in 2024
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Norway. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nora | 385 |
| 2 | Emma | 379 |
| 3 | Olivia | 342 |
| 4 | Sofie | 329 |
| 5 | Ella | 324 |
| 6 | Maja | 307 |
| 7 | Sofia | 307 |
| 8 | Leah | 303 |
| 9 | Selma | 291 |
| 10 | Ellinor | 280 |
| 11 | Hedda | 277 |
| 12 | Alma | 268 |
| 13 | Frida | 264 |
| 14 | Iben | 253 |
| 15 | Ingrid | 249 |
| 16 | Astrid | 248 |
| 17 | Emilie | 245 |
| 18 | Sara | 242 |
| 19 | Mia | 239 |
| 20 | Ada | 238 |
| 21 | Lilly | 225 |
| 22 | Tiril | 215 |
| 23 | Amalie | 205 |
| 24 | Aurora | 194 |
| 25 | Hedvig | 191 |
| 26 | Jenny | 191 |
| 27 | Josefine | 189 |
| 28 | Ellie | 185 |
| 29 | Eva | 179 |
| 30 | Hennie | 178 |
| 31 | Hanna | 174 |
| 32 | Vilde | 170 |
| 33 | Mathilde | 167 |
| 34 | Anna | 164 |
| 35 | Live | 158 |
| 36 | Saga | 158 |
| 37 | Tuva | 157 |
| 38 | Solveig | 152 |
| 39 | Linnea | 151 |
| 40 | Ida | 147 |
| 41 | Sigrid | 144 |
| 42 | Amelia | 141 |
| 43 | Thea | 138 |
| 44 | Marie | 136 |
| 45 | Mille | 135 |
| 46 | Eline | 133 |
| 47 | Eira | 130 |
| 48 | Signe | 130 |
| 49 | Mie | 124 |
| 50 | Hermine | 121 |
Top boy names in 2024
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Norway. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas | 431 |
| 2 | Noah | 402 |
| 3 | Oliver | 398 |
| 4 | Emil | 396 |
| 5 | Jakob | 386 |
| 6 | William | 360 |
| 7 | Theodor | 356 |
| 8 | Ludvig | 336 |
| 9 | Liam | 330 |
| 10 | Johannes | 322 |
| 11 | Elias | 319 |
| 12 | Isak | 316 |
| 13 | Filip | 312 |
| 14 | Oskar | 310 |
| 15 | Olav | 298 |
| 16 | Henrik | 292 |
| 17 | Aksel | 290 |
| 18 | Theo | 275 |
| 19 | Kasper | 272 |
| 20 | Tobias | 267 |
| 21 | Magnus | 264 |
| 22 | Ulrik | 250 |
| 23 | Adam | 247 |
| 24 | Matheo | 246 |
| 25 | Gustav | 234 |
| 26 | Mohammad | 234 |
| 27 | Alfred | 228 |
| 28 | Herman | 210 |
| 29 | Håkon | 204 |
| 30 | Mathias | 203 |
| 31 | Sander | 197 |
| 32 | Sverre | 197 |
| 33 | Even | 195 |
| 34 | Mikkel | 194 |
| 35 | Victor | 193 |
| 36 | Leo | 187 |
| 37 | Felix | 184 |
| 38 | Vetle | 178 |
| 39 | Birk | 177 |
| 40 | Leon | 176 |
| 41 | Iver | 173 |
| 42 | Edvin | 170 |
| 43 | Odin | 170 |
| 44 | Johan | 169 |
| 45 | Luka | 165 |
| 46 | Benjamin | 163 |
| 47 | Jens | 159 |
| 48 | Jonas | 158 |
| 49 | Alexander | 157 |
| 50 | Markus | 146 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
- Publisher
- Statistics Norway
- Reviewed data
- Publisher artifact
- Geographic scope
- Norway
- Release
- Final reviewed release for 2024
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Source review
- Checked 6 August 2026
- Source methodology
- National 2024 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 Lucas is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2024 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.