Statistics Norway (SSB) · 2025

Popular boy names in Norway, 2025

Name: Popular boy names in Norway, 2025
Creator: Statistics Norway (SSB)
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Noah is number one in Norway in 2025, given to 460 boys. That is 1 in 51 of the boys counted there that year.

The 100 most common boys' names registered in Norway in 2025, as published by Statistics Norway (SSB).

1 Noah 460 boys
2 Emil 405 boys
3 William 368 boys

16,216 boys got one of these 100 names in 2025.
Bjørn climbed 30 places to #56, the biggest rise on 2024.

Full list: the publisher lists nearly every name given, so the counts are real totals.

Popular boy names in Norway, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
1	Noah	460	up 2	2	1
2	Emil	405	no change	771	1,354
3	William	368	up 1	25	12
4	Elias	357	up 3	69	74
5	Oliver	343	down 4	6	4
6	Isak	320	up 5	1,307	·
7	Liam	314	down 2	68	2
8	Johannes	305	down 2	2,939	·
9	Jakob	297	up 5	1,124	1,354
10	Olav	285	down 1	·	·
11	Theodor	276	down 3	606	1,216
12	Matheo	264	up 7	2,012	1,216
13	Ludvig	262	up 2	·	·
14	Ulrik	259	up 1	·	·
15	Tobias	257	down 3	116	341
16	Henrik	256	down 6	1,704	1,216
17	Magnus	252	down 4	432	445
18	Birk	251	up 18	·	·
19	Gustav	250	up 2	2,659	·
20	Herman	241	up 7	·	·

80 more names

Popular boy names in Norway, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
21	Oskar	236	up 4	349	1,354
22	Theo	232	down 5	12	33
23	Kasper	227	up 9	469	1,122
24	Lucas	225	down 1	32	8
25	Aksel	222	down 5	1,796	1,216
26	Alfred	211	down 4	76	458
27	Filip	210	down 3	342	718
28	Leo	201	up 4	3	10
29	Adam	198	down 11	26	13
30	Jens	195	up 14	·	·
30	Odin	195	up 10	462	366
30	Vetle	195	up 5	·	·
33	Sverre	188	down 5	·	·
34	Iver	186	up 5	2,659	·
34	Lukas	186	down 8	321	217
34	Mikkel	186	down 3	·	·
37	Håkon	181	up 5	·	·
37	Sander	181	down 9	4,975	·
39	Johan	175	up 2	1,007	458
40	Felix	174	down 6	59	57
41	Mathias	173	down 4	507	607
42	Even	163	down 12	3,657	·
43	Brage	161	up 3	·	·
44	Gabriel	155	up 7	80	21
45	Edvin	148	up 1	·	·
46	Leon	147	down 9	101	122
47	Sigurd	145	down 1	·	·
48	Benjamin	144	down 5	61	7
49	Jonas	142	down 4	716	521
50	Henry	138	up 2	13	6
50	Oscar	138	up 16	8	159
52	Ole	135	up 3	·	·
53	Sebastian	131	up 1	47	60
54	Julian	128	up 3	314	88
55	Jesper	121	up 18	4,975	·
56	Bjørn	119	up 30	556	1,516
57	Einar	118	up 6	4,213	·
58	Albert	116	up 10	57	503
58	Jacob	116	down 2	41	23
60	Luca	114	up 2	4	15
61	Nils	113	up 4	4,213	·
61	Ola	113	down 3	·	·
63	Viktor	112	down 4	934	848
64	Erik	111	down 15	408	675
65	Georg	104	up 29	·	·
66	Daniel	100	down 5	62	19
66	Edvard	100	up 8	·	·
68	Markus	99	down 2	1,613	636
69	Martin	98	down 9	363	245
70	Adrian	97	up 6	279	78
70	August	97	up 18	310	105
70	Max	97	up 6	48	69
73	Emrik	96	up 20	·	·
74	Amund	93	up 15	·	·
74	Samuel	93	down 21	66	36
76	Casper	92	up 7	167	963
77	Ask	90	up 1	·	·
78	Aron	89	up 2	497	·
78	Storm	89	down 29	2,012	·
80	Mio	87	down 17	·	·
81	Alexander	85	down 11	40	25
81	Fredrik	85	up 10	1,895	·
83	Arthur	82	down 2	5	50
84	Elliot	78	down 2	94	99
85	Mateo	77	up 22	160	53
86	Levi	76	up 6	107	14
86	Linus	76	down 11	3,657	·
88	David	73	down 19	73	46
88	Leander	73	down 18	1,307	1,354
90	Lars	72	down 6	2,012	·
90	Philip	72	up 11	549	542
92	Anton	71	down 13	1,066	1,122
92	Jonathan	71	down 2	296	129
92	Muhammad	71	down 22	1	9
95	Ludvik	70	down 9	·	·
96	Andreas	69	down 12	687	793
96	Hans	69	down 2	3,657	1,122
98	Helmer	67	up 16	·	·
99	Victor	66	down 5	312	248
100	Peder	65	up 21	·	·

Change in rank since 2024. “new” means the name was not in the 2024 list at all.

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Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) (1945-2025), CC BY 4.0.