Names, 2005

The use of short girls’ names ending in "a" or "ah" stands at 33.5 per cent for the third year running. This indicates that the peak has been reached. The last peak was in 1883.

New in the top 40 for girls are Linnea, imported from Sweden, and Selma, which is still a typical phenomenon in Oslo.

The only new name on the boys’ list is Lucas; last year it was Noah. Johannes is climbing, and even Matheus has started being used.

The statistics cover first names. For first names overall, Alexander/Aleksander is the most common. For girls, Marie dominates as the number two name. If we look at all living women, Marie even beats Anne as the most popular name, and typically Anne Marie as the most common combination (6 109 women).

More information and tables are available on the Norwegian pages.

10 most popular girl names in 2005

No.	Number		Per 1 000	First name
1	514		18	Emma
2	499		18	Thea
		482		Thea
		17		Tea
3	448		16	Ida
4	434		15	Sara
		314		Sara
		120		Sarah
5	406		14	Julie
6	383		13	Emilie
7	375		13	Hanna
		206		Hanna
		169		Hannah
8	374		13	Nora
9	360		13	Malin
10	359		13	Ingrid
		351		Ingrid
		8		Ingri

10 most popular boy names in 2005

No.	Number		Per 1 000	First name
1	515		17	Markus
		305		Markus
		210		Marcus
2	470		16	Mathias
		435		Mathias
		35		Matias
3	469		16	Jonas
4	463		16	Kristian
		302		Kristian
		161		Christian
5	454		15	Tobias
6	436		15	Alexander
		268		Alexander
		168		Aleksander
7	426		14	Adrian
8	423		14	Henrik
9	419		14	Andreas
10	407		14	Martin