🇳🇴 Most Popular Baby Names in Norway (2025)
Statistics Norway (SSB) publishes annual baby name statistics based on registrations in the National Population Register. Norwegian naming culture is among the most distinctively Nordic in Europe — names like Maja, Nora, Ingrid, and Astrid for girls, and Elias, Noah, Oliver, and Lucas for boys reflect a blend of Norse tradition and international influence. Norway has a long tradition of nature-inspired and mythological names that remain popular today.
Data source: Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB) · Year: 2025 · 50 girl names, 50 boy names
👧 Most Popular Girl Names in Norway (2025)
#1EmmaGermanic
Meaning: Whole, universal
Emma is a Germanic name that was popular among medieval queens and has remained a top choice across Europe and North America for over a century.
#2OliviaLatin
Meaning: Olive tree
Olivia was first popularised by Shakespeare in Twelfth Night and is now consistently ranked among the top girl's names in the English-speaking world.
#3NoraLatinIrish
Meaning: Honour
Nora arose as a short form of Honora or Eleanor and has become an independently popular name across Ireland, Scandinavia and central Europe.
#4EllaGermanic
Meaning: All, completely
Ella developed as a short form of Eleanor or Elisabeth and has surged in popularity across Europe and North America since the early 2000s.
#5Frida
#6SofieGreek
Meaning: Wisdom
#7Ellinor
#8AlmaLatinArabic
Meaning: Nourishing, soul
Alma has roots in both Latin, meaning nourishing, and Arabic, meaning learned, and is a simple, elegant name popular across Scandinavia.
#9Hedda
#10AstridNorse
Meaning: Divinely beautiful
Astrid is an Old Norse name meaning divinely beautiful and has been borne by queens of Norway and Sweden, making it a timeless Scandinavian classic.
#11Selma
#12LeahHebrew
Meaning: Weary
#13SofiaGreek
Meaning: Wisdom
Sofia is the Slavic and southern European form of Sophia, meaning wisdom in Greek, and is the most popular girl's name in Italy and Spain.
#14AuroraLatin
Meaning: Dawn
Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn; the name has been popular in Italy and Spain for generations and is now rising across northern Europe.
#15IngridNorse
Meaning: Beautiful, beloved
Ingrid is a Norse name meaning beautiful or beloved, borne by queens of Sweden and Denmark, and a quintessential Scandinavian classic.
#16Emilie
#17Iben
#18Ada
#19Hedvig
#20Hennie
#21MiaHebrewScandinavian
Meaning: Mine; wished-for child
Mia began as a Scandinavian pet form of Maria and has become an international favourite, topping charts from Norway to the United States.
#22Eva
#23AnnaHebrew
Meaning: Grace, favour
Anna is the Latinised form of the Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace, and has been a royal name across Russia, Denmark, Austria and Britain.
#24Josefine
#25AmalieGermanic
Meaning: Work, industrious
#26Tiril
#27Solveig
#28MajaGreekScandinavian
Meaning: Pearl; great
Maja is the Scandinavian form of Maya or Maria and is consistently among the most popular girl's names in Sweden and Germany.
#29Jenny
#30Tuva
#31Vilde
#32Linnea
#33MathildeGermanic
Meaning: Battle-mighty
#34EllieGreek
Meaning: Bright, shining
#35Sonja
#36Saga
#37IdaGermanic
Meaning: Work, labour
#38Lilly
#39Live
#40AmeliaGermanic
Meaning: Work, industrious
Amelia is a blend of the Germanic Amalia and the Latin Aemilia, meaning industrious, and has been a top name in the UK and Australia for over a decade.
#41Sigrid
#42Signe
#43SaraHebrew
Meaning: Princess
#44Eira
#45MarieHebrewFrench
Meaning: Wished-for child; sea of bitterness
Marie is the French and German form of Mary, rooted in Hebrew, and has been among the most consistently given names in Europe for centuries.
#46Ylva
#47Johanne
#48Mie
#49Thea
#50Agnes
👦 Most Popular Boy Names in Norway (2025)
#1NoahHebrew
Meaning: Rest, comfort
Noah is a Hebrew name meaning rest or comfort, famous as the biblical patriarch who built the ark, and the most popular boy's name across much of Europe.
#2Emil
#3WilliamGermanic
Meaning: Resolute protector
William comes from the Germanic Willahelm, meaning resolute protector, and remains one of the most enduring royal names in the English-speaking world.
#4EliasHebrew
Meaning: My God is Yahweh
Elias is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew Elijah, meaning my God is Yahweh, and is a top name across Austria, Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
#5OliverLatinNorse
Meaning: Olive tree
Oliver has Norse and Latin roots linked to the olive tree and ancestor-descendants, and has been the top boy's name in England and Wales for several years.
#6Isak
#7LiamIrishGermanic
Meaning: Resolute protector
Liam is the Irish short form of William, meaning resolute protector, and has been the most popular boy's name in the USA and Canada for over a decade.
#8Johannes
#9JakobHebrew
Meaning: Supplanter
Jakob is the German and Scandinavian form of Jacob, meaning supplanter in Hebrew, and is among the most enduring biblical names in central Europe.
#10Olav
#11Theodor
Theodor is the German and Scandinavian form of Theodore, meaning gift of God in Greek, and a distinguished name across central and northern Europe.
#12Matheo
#13Ludvig
#14Ulrik
#15TobiasHebrew
Meaning: God is good
Tobias is the Greek form of the Hebrew Tobiah, meaning God is good, and has been a popular name in German-speaking countries for centuries.
#16HenrikGermanicScandinavian
Meaning: Home ruler
#17Magnus
#18Birk
#19Gustav
#20Herman
#21Oskar
#22Theo
#23Kasper
#24LucasLatinGreek
Meaning: Bringer of light
Lucas is the Latin form of Luke, meaning bringer of light, and ranks highly across Europe and the Americas.
#25Aksel
#26Alfred
#27Filip
#28LeoLatin
Meaning: Lion
Leo is the Latin word for lion and the name of thirteen popes, making it both a timeless classic and a modern favourite across Europe.
#29AdamHebrew
Meaning: Earth, man
#30Vetle
#31Odin
#32Jens
#33Sverre
#34Mikkel
#35LukasLatinGreek
Meaning: Bringer of light
Lukas is the German and Scandinavian spelling of Luke, meaning bringer of light in Greek, and has been a consistent favourite in central Europe.
#36Iver
#37Sander
#38Håkon
#39Johan
#40FelixLatin
Meaning: Happy, fortunate
Felix is a Latin name meaning happy or fortunate and was borne by four popes and numerous early Christian saints.
#41Mathias
#42Even
#43Brage
#44GabrielHebrew
Meaning: God is my strength
Gabriel is the Hebrew name of the archangel who announced the birth of Jesus, meaning God is my strength, popular across southern Europe and Latin America.
#45Edvin
#46LeonGreekLatin
Meaning: Lion
Leon is the Greek form of Leo, meaning lion, and has been rising steadily across Germany, Austria and the Netherlands since the 1990s.
#47Sigurd
#48BenjaminHebrew
Meaning: Son of the right hand
Benjamin is a Hebrew name meaning son of the right hand, the youngest son of Jacob in the Bible, and a perennial favourite across Europe.
#49JonasHebrew
Meaning: Dove
Jonas is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew Jonah, meaning dove, and is a consistently popular name across Germany, Austria and Scandinavia.
#50OscarNorseIrish
Meaning: God's spear; divine strength
Oscar is of Norse or Irish origin, possibly meaning friend of deer, and has been popular in Scandinavia and Ireland for generations.
Data: Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB). Rankings reflect official birth registrations for 2025. Updated automatically from the national statistics registry. Browse all countries →