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		 959 0
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Rune		 746 +1
3.
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Geir		 743 -1
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Bjørn		 717 0
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Thomas		 706 +3
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Morten		 696 0
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Lars		 656 -2
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Frode		 561 +2
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Per		 557 -1
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Ole		 549 +2
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Trond		 525 -4
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Espen		 459 +6
13.
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Terje		 439 -2
14.
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Tor		 436 -1
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Kjetil		 435 -1
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Tommy		 422 +11
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Roger		 400 +8
18.
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Knut		 396 -1
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Hans		 394 +5
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Stig		 394 -3
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Tom		 391 +1
22.
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Ronny		 390 -3
23.
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Svein		 370 -8
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John		 356 -5
25.
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Robert		 350 +6
26.
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Erik		 346 0
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Pål		 346 +2
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Jon		 345 +6
29.
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Tore		 343 +3
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Kenneth		 342 0
31.
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Øyvind		 331 -8
32.
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Kjell		 323 -11
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Vidar		 311 +3
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Frank		 308 -5
35.
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Anders		 306 -2
36.
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Stian		 293 +42
37.
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Øystein		 287 -2
38.
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Arne		 269 +1
39.
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Christian		 249 +3
40.
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Odd		 244 -3
41.
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Jørn		 241 +2
42.
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Nils		 236 +3
43.
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Dag		 230 -5
44.
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Roy		 229 -4
45.
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Arild		 215 -4
46.
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Roar		 211 +3
47.
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Steinar		 188 -1
48.
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Stein		 187 +3
49.
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Atle		 182 +10
50.
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Leif		 179 -2
51.
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Andre		 173 +2
51.
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Jørgen		 173 -1
53.
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Helge		 165 -9
54.
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Henning		 164 +5
55.
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Martin		 162 +4
56.
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Marius		 159 new
57.
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Eirik		 155 -2
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Harald		 155 -5
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Jarle		 155 -10
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Kim		 155 new
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Kristian		 155 +8
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Petter		 154 -4
63.
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Gunnar		 152 0
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Jens		 152 +4
65.
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Ståle		 147 -10
66.
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Håvard		 143 +3
67.
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Kai		 142 +8
68.
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Andreas		 141 +12
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Johnny		 141 +14
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Ove		 141 -4
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Karl		 140 -16
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Bård		 139 +4
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Rolf		 139 -18
74.
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Glenn		 134 -12
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Michael		 134 +17
76.
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Eivind		 132 +14
77.
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Olav		 130 -7
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Thor		 127 +17
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Fredrik		 126 new
80.
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Alf		 123 -2
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David		 123 +18
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Raymond		 122 0
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Tomasz		 121 new
84.
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Lasse		 120 +3
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Piotr		 120 +3
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Einar		 115 -14
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Kent		 115 new
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Krzysztof		 115 -20
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Henrik		 113 +8
90.
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Peter		 112 +9
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Sven		 112 +5
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Magne		 110 -24
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Richard		 109 -19
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Håkon		 106 0
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Kurt		 106 -21
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Inge		 105 -12
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Cato		 104 new
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Johan		 104 -12
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Arve		 103 -23
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Torbjørn		 103 -29
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne		 978 0
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Monica		 865 +1
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Hege		 864 -1
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Linda		 664 +5
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Nina		 648 -1
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Anita		 646 0
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Hilde		 607 -2
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Heidi		 600 -1
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Marianne		 548 -1
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Kristin		 546 +1
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Tone		 480 -1
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Line		 477 +6
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Mona		 434 0
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Hanne		 428 -2
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Elisabeth		 426 0
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Bente		 425 -3
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Trine		 422 0
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Elin		 417 -2
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Ann		 394 +1
20.
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Siv		 345 +4
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Lene		 326 +2
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Inger		 296 0
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Gro		 295 +9
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Lena		 290 +4
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Marit		 289 -4
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Vibeke		 285 0
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Eva		 284 -8
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Janne		 279 +3
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Mette		 279 -1
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Anna		 270 +3
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Wenche		 270 -5
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Tove		 259 -4
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Cecilie		 255 +17
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Laila		 253 +1
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Kari		 247 -7
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Gry		 244 -2
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Cathrine		 237 +11
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Anette		 231 +4
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Kjersti		 228 -2
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Camilla		 226 +18
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Liv		 226 -4
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Trude		 225 -4
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Rita		 222 +4
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Ellen		 219 -6
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Merete		 218 -5
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Lise		 211 0
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Maria		 211 +6
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Gunn		 189 -7
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Sissel		 186 -5
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Ingrid		 185 +3
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Siri		 181 0
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Randi		 178 -9
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Beate		 175 +4
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Monika		 171 +2
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May		 170 -11
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Irene		 160 -7
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Berit		 155 -2
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Karin		 149 +1
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Ingunn		 147 -6
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Lisbeth		 143 +1
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Tanja		 140 +19
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Therese		 140 +1
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Astrid		 139 -3
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Stine		 137 +33
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Karianne		 130 +11
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Lill		 124 -2
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Aina		 122 +9
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Pia		 122 +11
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Ragnhild		 119 +3
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Solveig		 118 -7
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Britt		 117 -5
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Eli		 117 +10
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Tonje		 116 +5
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Jeanette		 114 +21
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Merethe		 114 +19
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Grethe		 113 -3
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Charlotte		 112 new
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Kristine		 111 +5
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Unni		 110 -15
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Anja		 109 -10
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Lillian		 108 +12
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Siw		 108 -6
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Jorunn		 107 -15
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Renate		 107 new
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Annette		 104 -4
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Åse		 103 -18
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Sonja		 98 -20
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Tina		 98 +3
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Christine		 95 -18
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Katrine		 94 +2
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Birgitte		 93 new
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Helene		 93 -4
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Grete		 92 -9
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Susanne		 92 new
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Kathrine		 89 -6
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Karen		 88 new
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Ingvild		 85 new
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Ann-Kristin		 84 +1
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Marie		 84 new
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Mariann		 80 -15
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Popularity extremes for Norway