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		 1,442 0
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Bjørn		 1,125 +1
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Per		 1,065 -1
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Geir		 993 0
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Terje		 739 +2
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Rune		 699 -1
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Lars		 682 -1
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Knut		 664 +2
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Kjell		 659 +3
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Trond		 647 -1
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Svein		 604 -3
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Ole		 585 -1
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Morten		 575 +1
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Hans		 521 +2
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Tor		 511 0
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Arne		 498 +1
17.
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Tore		 490 +2
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John		 481 -5
19.
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Tom		 435 -1
20.
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Odd		 422 0
21.
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Erik		 417 0
22.
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Roger		 392 +11
23.
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Frode		 377 +2
24.
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Frank		 376 0
25.
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Jon		 351 -3
26.
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Stig		 350 -3
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Dag		 329 -1
27.
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Stein		 329 +2
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Øyvind		 323 +3
30.
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Helge		 309 0
30.
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Steinar		 309 +4
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Vidar		 304 +4
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Rolf		 286 -2
34.
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Roy		 283 -6
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Leif		 282 +4
36.
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Harald		 281 -1
37.
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Arild		 269 -10
38.
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Nils		 266 -1
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Pål		 252 -1
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Kjetil		 251 +6
41.
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Gunnar		 243 +2
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Anders		 238 0
43.
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Jørn		 233 +5
44.
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Roar		 230 +3
44.
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Robert		 230 -4
46.
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Jarle		 224 -5
46.
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Øystein		 224 -1
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Olav		 214 -4
49.
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Espen		 196 +6
50.
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Ivar		 192 +1
51.
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Ove		 187 -2
52.
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Einar		 186 -1
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Atle		 179 0
54.
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Thor		 166 +2
55.
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Magne		 165 -5
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Jens		 161 +2
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Johnny		 161 -2
58.
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Alf		 158 +2
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Egil		 158 +1
60.
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Kai		 157 +8
61.
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Karl		 155 -4
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Finn		 154 0
63.
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Petter		 145 +1
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Jonny		 144 0
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Ståle		 135 +8
66.
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Arve		 134 +11
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Kurt		 134 -5
68.
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Thomas		 132 -2
69.
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Peter		 130 +7
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Ronny		 130 +5
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Torgeir		 127 +22
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Bård		 126 +10
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Henning		 125 +14
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Michael		 125 -3
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Sven		 121 +10
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Kenneth		 118 +2
77.
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Paul		 117 -8
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Torbjørn		 117 -6
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Eivind		 116 -1
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Kåre		 116 +5
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Tommy		 115 -18
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Håkon		 111 -1
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Sverre		 109 +10
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Christian		 107 +15
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Johan		 107 +5
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Martin		 107 -4
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Inge		 106 -13
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Asbjørn		 105 +2
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Ola		 105 -16
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Håvard		 104 -4
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Jostein		 104 -23
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Bjørnar		 100 +4
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Eirik		 100 new
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Henrik		 99 new
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Fred		 98 new
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Runar		 98 new
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Ketil		 97 -1
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Ulf		 94 +1
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Reidar		 92 -7
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Åge		 91 -18
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne		 1,850 0
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Heidi		 751 +2
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Hilde		 701 0
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Nina		 688 -2
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Bente		 683 0
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Anita		 658 +4
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Marianne		 578 0
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Kristin		 567 0
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Tove		 565 +5
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Inger		 564 -4
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Marit		 564 -1
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Kari		 524 -1
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Tone		 515 0
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Wenche		 505 +1
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Mette		 503 -3
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Mona		 484 0
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Eva		 443 0
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Ann		 439 0
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Elin		 397 +1
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Hanne		 393 +5
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Elisabeth		 372 -2
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Liv		 354 -1
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Ellen		 352 +3
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Linda		 337 +4
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Berit		 325 -3
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Sissel		 317 -4
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Trine		 314 0
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Gunn		 309 +1
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Randi		 292 -5
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Hege		 289 +5
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Siv		 279 +5
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Laila		 273 -2
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Irene		 268 +9
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Grethe		 263 +15
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May		 255 +3
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Monica		 254 +15
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Merete		 250 +11
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Lise		 242 -5
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Rita		 233 -9
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Karin		 232 -8
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Astrid		 228 -2
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Kjersti		 226 -8
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Gro		 223 -6
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Eli		 221 +6
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Ingrid		 220 -4
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Lisbeth		 219 -2
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Janne		 215 +9
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Britt		 203 -2
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Unni		 199 +3
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Maria		 194 +4
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Åse		 191 -6
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Grete		 187 -12
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Line		 185 +3
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Jorunn		 175 -7
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Solveig		 173 -12
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Aud		 171 +6
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Turid		 170 -2
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Anna		 167 0
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Vigdis		 167 +6
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Ingunn		 165 -8
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Siri		 164 -1
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Gry		 155 +11
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Trude		 154 -1
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Bjørg		 152 -5
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Ragnhild		 147 0
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Else		 139 0
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Torill		 139 -5
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Lene		 138 +4
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Kirsti		 136 +10
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Beate		 132 -2
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Reidun		 130 -2
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Kirsten		 120 -5
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Cathrine		 119 +18
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Lillian		 116 +7
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Brit		 113 +3
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Sølvi		 113 +2
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Helle		 111 +6
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Anette		 109 -7
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Lena		 109 +12
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Aina		 107 +8
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Synnøve		 106 +5
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Bodil		 105 -13
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Gerd		 104 -2
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Jane		 103 -4
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Siw		 100 +10
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Torunn		 98 -10
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Susanne		 97 +11
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Vibeke		 95 -4
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Ruth		 94 -3
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Toril		 93 -16
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Helene		 90 +4
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Karen		 87 -17
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Birgit		 83 -8
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Mariann		 83 new
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Monika		 83 new
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Sonja		 80 new
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Helen		 78 -8
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Merethe		 78 -3
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Cecilie		 77 new
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Marie		 77 +1
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Popularity extremes for Norway