Baby Name: Josephine

Last year, the Scandinavian country of Norway welcomed 54,013 babies — 26,129 girls and 27,884 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Nora and Lucas.

Here are Norway’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

1. Nora/Norah/Noora, 385 baby girls
2. Emma, 379
3. Olivia/Oliwia, 342
4. Sofie/Sophie, 329
5. Ella, 324
6. Maja/Maya/Maia, 307 (tie)
7. Sofia/Sophia, 307 (tie)
8. Leah/Lea, 303
9. Selma, 291
10. Ellinor/Elinor, 280
11. Hedda, 277
12. Alma, 268
13. Frida, 264
14. Iben, 253
15. Ingrid, 249
16. Astrid/Astri, 248
17. Emilie, 245
18. Sara/Sarah/Zara, 242
19. Mia, 239
20. Ada, 238
21. Lilly/Lily, 225
22. Tiril/Tirill, 215
23. Amalie, 205
24. Aurora, 194
25. Hedvig, 191 (tie)
26. Jenny/Jennie, 191 (tie)
27. Josefine/Josephine, 189
28. Ellie/Elli/Elly, 185
29. Eva, 179
30. Hennie/Henny, 178
31. Hanna/Hannah, 174
32. Vilde, 170
33. Mathilde/Matilde, 167
34. Anna, 164
35. Live, 158 (tie)
36. Saga, 158 (tie)
37. Tuva, 157
38. Solveig/Solvei, 152
39. Linnea/Linea, 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 (tie)
48. Signe, 130 (tie)
49. Mie, 124
50. Hermine, 121

Boy names

1. Lucas/Lukas, 431 baby boys
2. Noah/Noa, 402
3. Oliver, 398
4. Emil, 396
5. Jakob/Jacob, 386
6. William, 360
7. Theodor/Teodor, 356
8. Ludvig/Ludvik/Ludwig, 336
9. Liam, 330
10. Johannes, 322
11. Elias, 319
12. Isak/Isaac/Isac, 316
13. Filip/Philip/Fillip/Phillip, 312
14. Oskar/Oscar, 310
15. Olav, 298
16. Henrik, 292
17. Aksel/Axel, 290
18. Theo/Teo, 275
19. Kasper/Casper/Kacper, 272
20. Tobias, 267
21. Magnus, 264
22. Ulrik, 250
23. Adam, 247
24. Matheo, 246
25. Gustav, 234 (tie)
26. Muhammad/Mohammad/Mohammed/Mohamed/Muhammed/Mohamad, 234 (tie)
27. Alfred, 228
28. Herman/Hermann, 210
29. Håkon/Haakon, 204
30. Mathias/Matias/Mattias, 203
31. Sander, 197 (tie)
32. Sverre, 197 (tie)
33. Even, 195 – looks like Evan, but actually comes from the Old Norse name Eyvindr
34. Mikkel, 194
35. Viktor/Victor/Wiktor, 193
36. Leo, 187
37. Felix, 184
38. Vetle, 178
39. Birk, 177
40. Leon, 176
41. Iver, 173
42. Edvin/Edwin, 170 (tie)
43. Odin, 170 (tie)
44. Johan, 169
45. Luca/Luka, 165
46. Benjamin, 163
47. Jens, 159
48. Jonas, 158
49. Alexander/Aleksander, 157
50. Markus/Marcus, 146

Interestingly, “almost every fifth child” born in Norway last year received a double name. The most popular combination was Emma Sofie, which was given to 14 baby girls.

I didn’t post about Norway’s top baby names of 2023, but here are Norway’s 2022 rankings.

Sources: Statistikk om Navn – Statistics Norway, Sjekk listen over de mest populære navnene i 2024 – SSB, Births – Statistics Norway

Image: Adapted from Flag of Norway (public domain)