According to Statistics Norway, the most popular baby names in the country in 2020 were Nora/Norah and Jakob/Jacob.
Here are Norway’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2020:
Girl Names
- Nora/Norah, 416 baby girls
- Emma, 362
- Ella, 337
- Maja/Maia/Maya, 321
- Olivia, 315
- Emilie, 306
- Sofie/Sophie, 296
- Leah/Lea, 288
- Sofia/Sophia, 282
- Ingrid, 271
Boy Names
- Jakob/Jacob, 422 baby boys
- Emil, 419
- Noah/Noa, 396
- Oliver, 382
- Filip/Fillip/Philip/Phillip, 381
- William, 339
- Lucas/Lukas, 316
- Liam, 308
- Henrik, 300
- Oskar/Oscar, 297
In the girls’ top 10, Emilie and Leah/Lea replaced Ada and Sara/Sarah/Zara.
In the boys’ top 10, Liam replaced Aksel/Axel.
In the capital city of Oslo, the top names were Mohammad and Maja.
Finally, in 2019, the top two names were Emma and Jakob/Jacob.
Sources: Navn – SSB, Dette var de mest populære navnene i 2020 – SSB
Image: Adapted from Flag of Norway (public domain)
