Popular Names in Norway

Information from Statistics Norway. This data is based on the names and birth dates of current residents. This means that residents who have died are not included, hence the numbers are lower for early years. Additionally, this means the names of immigrants who were not born in the country will be included.
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Jan		 1,491 0
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Per		 1,141 0
3.
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Bjørn		 1,014 0
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Geir		 876 0
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Kjell		 720 -1
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Svein		 650 0
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Terje		 650 +1
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Rune		 640 +3
9.
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Knut		 626 -1
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Morten		 607 -1
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Ole		 565 +3
12.
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Lars		 547 +7
13.
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Tom		 517 +2
14.
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Tor		 508 -2
15.
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Trond		 504 -3
16.
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Arne		 502 -6
17.
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John		 471 0
18.
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Odd		 465 -2
19.
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Hans		 440 -1
20.
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Tore		 409 0
21.
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Rolf		 400 0
22.
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Erik		 328 +6
23.
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Stein		 324 +1
24.
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Helge		 321 -2
25.
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Vidar		 309 +12
26.
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Steinar		 306 +7
27.
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Frank		 305 +5
28.
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Arild		 300 +2
29.
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Nils		 296 -3
30.
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Gunnar		 295 -4
31.
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Dag		 294 +3
32.
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Leif		 280 -9
33.
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Jon		 275 -4
34.
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Harald		 262 -9
35.
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Roy		 248 0
36.
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Olav		 243 -5
37.
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Roger		 239 +2
38.
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Stig		 238 +11
39.
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Øyvind		 233 -3
40.
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Einar		 218 -1
41.
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Frode		 216 +3
42.
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Egil		 207 +4
43.
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Roar		 205 -2
44.
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Pål		 203 -2
45.
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Ove		 202 -3
46.
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Ivar		 196 +2
47.
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Øystein		 191 -1
48.
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Magne		 189 -10
49.
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Anders		 185 +20
50.
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Alf		 183 +1
51.
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Finn		 181 -1
52.
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Jørn		 172 0
53.
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Jens		 162 0
54.
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Thor		 161 +4
55.
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Kåre		 155 -10
56.
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Tommy		 151 -2
57.
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Atle		 147 +1
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Kurt		 147 +3
59.
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Petter		 141 +3
60.
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Johnny		 138 -3
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Jostein		 138 +19
62.
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Inge		 137 0
63.
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Kai		 133 +11
64.
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Jarle		 132 +1
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Asbjørn		 131 +7
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Peter		 131 -1
67.
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Håkon		 128 +12
67.
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Karl		 128 -11
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Ola		 128 -12
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Torbjørn		 128 -6
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Reidar		 127 -1
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Sverre		 126 -5
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Paul		 123 +1
74.
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Åge		 122 -8
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Robert		 119 +2
76.
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Kjetil		 116 +6
77.
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Arvid		 113 -7
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Johan		 111 +10
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Erling		 108 0
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Michael		 108 +18
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Arve		 106 -13
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Ragnar		 103 +8
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Eivind		 102 0
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Bjarne		 99 +5
85.
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Oddvar		 98 -12
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Ståle		 92 new
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Sven		 92 -2
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Espen		 91 -11
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Henning		 91 +8
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Jonny		 89 new
91.
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David		 86 +2
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Trygve		 85 new
93.
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Arnfinn		 84 -3
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Ketil		 84 -8
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Mohammad		 84 new
96.
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Ulf		 82 -20
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Thomas		 78 -10
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Arnt		 77 -4
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Jørgen		 77 new
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Roald		 77 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne		 1,897 0
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Bente		 750 0
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Kari		 718 +1
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Inger		 705 -1
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Marit		 587 0
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Tove		 526 +1
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Eva		 514 +1
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Marianne		 485 +3
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Wenche		 483 +1
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Liv		 472 -4
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Heidi		 459 +14
12.
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Hilde		 446 -3
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Berit		 432 0
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Nina		 428 +15
15.
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Anita		 422 +3
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Sissel		 407 -4
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Randi		 388 -1
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Kristin		 368 +17
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Tone		 360 -4
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Mona		 355 -6
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Gunn		 351 -2
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Unni		 347 -5
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Elisabeth		 321 +6
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Bjørg		 318 -3
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May		 317 +9
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Elin		 313 +5
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Ann		 303 -5
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Ellen		 303 0
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Grete		 303 -7
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Grethe		 294 -4
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Gro		 281 +1
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Mette		 281 +4
33.
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Hanne		 278 +9
34.
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Turid		 276 -2
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Astrid		 265 -11
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Åse		 263 +2
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Karin		 262 -14
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Aud		 261 -11
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Jorunn		 249 +11
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Ingrid		 237 +3
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Solveig		 235 -2
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Torill		 230 -5
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Rita		 228 +8
44.
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Eli		 227 -4
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Laila		 224 -5
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Britt		 213 -2
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Irene		 211 +6
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Lisbeth		 208 0
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Gerd		 207 -2
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Lise		 199 +10
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Vigdis		 197 -6
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Kirsten		 184 0
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Bodil		 178 +1
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Linda		 175 +4
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Ragnhild		 174 -6
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Brit		 165 -1
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Else		 164 -1
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Reidun		 163 -13
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Kjersti		 157 +9
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Siri		 154 +1
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Toril		 141 -4
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Ingunn		 136 +7
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Sølvi		 136 -4
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Trine		 136 +5
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Lillian		 135 -4
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Siv		 134 +21
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Ruth		 133 -3
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Anna		 131 +3
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Hege		 130 +5
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Torunn		 128 0
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Janne		 123 +1
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Maria		 123 -10
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Kirsti		 114 -8
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Jane		 111 +3
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Karen		 108 -3
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Synnøve		 106 -10
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Solfrid		 99 -1
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Merete		 98 +12
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Evy		 93 -1
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Sonja		 86 +6
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Ingeborg		 83 -1
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Marie		 83 +9
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Signe		 80 +12
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Jorun		 78 +6
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Mari		 78 +13
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Torhild		 76 -11
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Vibeke		 75 new
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Rigmor		 74 -9
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Gry		 73 -6
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Mariann		 73 -8
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Torild		 72 -3
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Birgit		 71 -9
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Trude		 68 -11
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Mary		 66 -5
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May-Britt		 62 new
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Sidsel		 60 new
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Lene		 59 new
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Lill		 59 new
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Monica		 59 -2
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Anne-Lise		 58 -3
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Popularity extremes for Norway