Norwegian Girl Names
Norwegian naming brings together inherited Scandinavian names and international forms. The collection balances recognizable names with less-used choices. The figures describe these spellings in U.S. records; they are not rankings in the source language’s home countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1934. | 90#2,087 | Down 616 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1931. | 34#4,251 | Down 1,164 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Nynorsk; in U.S. records from 1897. | 209#1,121 | Down 113 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Nynorsk as Åstrid; in U.S. records from 1892. | 818#376 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1916. | 654#472 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1892. | 135#1,565 | Down 675 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Nynorsk; in U.S. records from 1956. | 296#896 | Down 230 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1886. | 32#4,444 | Down 453 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1884. | 8#11,785 | Down 5,187 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1942. | 6#14,696 | Down 5,241 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1953. | 40#3,746 | Up 139 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1880. | 21#5,844 | Up 685 rank positions in five years | 1894 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1893. | 24#5,278 | Down 1,426 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1916. | —Unranked | — | 1956 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Bokmål; in U.S. records from 1909. | 17#6,790 | Down 966 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1952. | —Unranked | — | 1991 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Nynorsk; in U.S. records from 1974. | 16#7,018 | Down 1,903 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1886. | —Unranked | — | 1930 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1901. | 23#5,416 | Down 1,500 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1958. | 7#12,111 | Down 4,496 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1908. | —Unranked | — | 1959 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Nynorsk; in U.S. records from 2000. | 62#2,771 | Down 277 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1916. | 12#8,552 | Up 613 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Nynorsk; in U.S. records from 1903. | 14#7,591 | Down 2,538 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1895. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1930. | 17#6,806 | Up 2,101 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1900. | —Unranked | — | 1943 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Bokmål; in U.S. records from 1961. | 6#13,807 | new | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian Nynorsk; in U.S. records from 1890. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 2002. | —Unranked | — | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1900. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1962. | —Unranked | — | 1988 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1952. | —Unranked | — | 1952 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1921. | —Unranked | — | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 1984. | —Unranked | — | 1986 | ||
Recorded in Norwegian; in U.S. records from 2024. | —Unranked | — | 2024 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.