🇮🇸 Most Common Names in Iceland

These are the first names carried by the most living people in Iceland — not the most popular baby names of any single year. Source: Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Islands), Roed eiginnafna (given-name frequency). Covering 200 names and 203,200 people.

Most common women's names in Iceland

#	Name	People alive today
1	Anna	4,782
2	Guðrún	4,472
3	Kristin	3,383
4	Sigríður	3,192
5	Margret	2,838
6	Helga	2,674
7	Sigrun	2,466
8	Ingibjörg	2,054
9	Johanna	1,855
10	Katrin	1,627
11	Elin	1,610
12	Eva	1,460
13	Hildur	1,460
14	Sara	1,394
15	Lilja	1,359
16	Elisabet	1,314
17	Ragnheiður	1,241
18	Asta	1,237
19	Guðbjörg	1,171
20	Erla	1,168
21	Auður	1,113
22	Steinunn	1,106
23	Guðný	1,088
24	Kolbrún	1,085
25	Iris	1,077
26	Olof	1,071
27	Inga	1,050
28	Bryndis	1,049
29	Berglind	1,047
30	Solveig	1,036
31	Rakel	1,025
32	Hrafnhildur	1,013
33	Ásdís	1,007
34	Þórunn	996
35	Unnur	986
36	Hulda	978
37	Þóra	913
38	Þórdís	901
39	Birna	886
40	Hanna	871
41	Emilia	863
42	Halldóra	823
43	Karen	822
44	Sandra	820
45	Linda	813
46	Harpa	811
47	Erna	809
48	Andrea	803
49	Jona	800
50	Telma	798
51	Edda	777
52	Hafdís	756
53	Helena	740
54	Tinna	735
55	Brynja	729
56	Soley	726
57	Anita	704
58	Valgerður	693
59	Lara	660
60	Arna	657
61	Jonina	648
62	Sigurbjörg	647
63	Guðlaug	637
64	Kristjana	632
65	Marta	626
66	Hjordis	622
67	Freyja	621
68	Stefania	601
69	Viktoria	590
70	Alexandra	584
71	Julia	579
72	Sunna	570
73	Rosa	565
74	Hrefna	563
75	Isabella	563
76	Laufey	561
77	Ragnhildur	561
78	Hólmfríður	541
79	Aðalheiður	535
80	Katla	535
81	Dagny	534
82	Aslaug	533
83	Emma	524
84	Birta	521
85	Agnes	512
86	Björg	512
87	Halla	510
88	Agusta	508
89	Embla	506
90	Elva	505
91	Hekla	503
92	Elsa	487
93	Ingunn	486
94	Soffia	478
95	Fanney	474
96	Maria	473
97	Rebekka	469
98	Vigdis	467
99	Asa	457
100	Rannveig	457

Most common men's names in Iceland

#	Name	People alive today
1	Jon	5,052
2	Sigurður	4,073
3	Guðmundur	3,838
4	Gunnar	3,074
5	Ólafur	2,743
6	Kristjan	2,451
7	Einar	2,390
8	Magnus	2,287
9	Stefan	2,281
10	Johann	2,039
11	Arnar	1,742
12	Bjorn	1,715
13	Arni	1,558
14	Bjarni	1,473
15	Aron	1,451
16	Helgi	1,435
17	Pétur	1,402
18	Halldór	1,394
19	Kristinn	1,282
20	Ragnar	1,256
21	Robert	1,237
22	Alexander	1,235
23	Viktor	1,220
24	Gísli	1,204
25	Þorsteinn	1,157
26	Guðjón	1,117
27	Andri	1,084
28	Oskar	1,064
29	Davíð	1,040
30	Birgir	1,021
31	Bjarki	1,020
32	Tomas	1,016
33	Sveinn	1,013
34	Páll	979
35	Haukur	929
36	Brynjar	908
37	Agust	905
38	Kari	898
39	Benedikt	866
40	Johannes	864
41	Kristofer	857
42	Atli	847
43	Karl	842
44	Asgeir	827
45	Haraldur	825
46	Baldur	818
47	Kjartan	807
48	Hilmar	782
49	Friðrik	773
50	Runar	765
51	Sigurjón	763
52	Þórður	752
53	Egill	724
54	Sindri	722
55	Hörður	713
56	Emil	706
57	Jonas	701
58	Elvar	690
59	Eiríkur	669
60	Björgvin	667
61	Adam	655
62	Isak	650
63	Hlynur	642
64	Ari	640
65	Dagur	638
66	Matthias	616
67	Jakob	608
68	Sævar	606
69	Mikael	601
70	Birkir	598
71	Piotr	590
72	Omar	589
73	Snorri	586
74	Guðni	585
75	Anton	584
76	Arnór	583
77	Ingvar	559
78	Sverrir	559
79	Örn	557
80	Ivar	551
81	Axel	529
82	Daniel	528
83	Tomasz	528
84	Eyþór	527
85	Hafsteinn	527
86	Jökull	525
87	Reynir	521
88	Ingólfur	517
89	Marcin	504
90	Garðar	503
91	Michal	503
92	Tryggvi	503
93	Krzysztof	502
94	Steinar	501
95	Gabriel	492
96	Þórarinn	490
97	Þórir	490
98	Valdimar	487
99	Grétar	486
100	Pawel	486

How this list is built

Counts people registered in Iceland with the name as a first name, as at the published snapshot date. Iceland does not publish per-year birth counts at name level, so this register is the most complete national picture available.

Names are ordered by headcount — the number of living people recorded with that first name — taken directly from the register with no estimation, smoothing or modelling of any kind. Where the register suppresses very small counts for privacy, those names simply do not appear.

These are people, not births. We keep the two strictly separate across this site: a headcount of living people is never displayed as a birth count, because the two differ by an order of magnitude for exactly the names people look up most.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most common name in Iceland?

Anna and Jon are the most common women's and men's first names among people currently living in Iceland, according to Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Islands).

Are these the most popular baby names in Iceland?

No. This list counts everyone alive today, so it is dominated by names that were popular decades ago. Names given to babies right now are a separate ranking, and the two often disagree completely.

Where does this data come from?

Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Islands) publishes Roed eiginnafna (given-name frequency), an official count of living people by first name. We reproduce it directly and do not adjust the figures.

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