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		 899 0
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Rune		 769 0
3.
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Thomas		 755 +2
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Morten		 748 +2
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Geir		 668 -2
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Lars		 655 +1
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Bjørn		 608 -3
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Frode		 593 0
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Per		 524 0
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Ole		 508 0
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Trond		 507 0
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Espen		 482 0
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Tommy		 467 +3
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Kjetil		 430 +1
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Tom		 429 +6
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Tor		 404 -2
17.
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Ronny		 377 +5
18.
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Hans		 358 +1
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Anders		 356 +16
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Terje		 351 -7
21.
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Stig		 349 -2
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Svein		 349 +2
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Robert		 341 +2
24.
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Knut		 340 -6
25.
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Roger		 331 -8
26.
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Kenneth		 328 +4
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Pål		 318 -1
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Erik		 315 -2
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Øyvind		 312 +2
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Stian		 307 +6
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Jon		 300 -3
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John		 296 -8
33.
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Christian		 292 +6
34.
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Tore		 289 -5
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Vidar		 280 -2
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Kjell		 277 -4
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Frank		 270 -3
38.
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Øystein		 269 -1
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Dag		 224 +4
40.
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Arne		 222 -2
41.
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Odd		 220 -1
42.
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Kim		 218 +15
43.
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Håvard		 216 +23
44.
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Arild		 200 +1
45.
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Roy		 196 -1
46.
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Eirik		 192 +11
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Jørn		 180 -6
48.
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Martin		 179 +7
48.
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Petter		 179 +14
50.
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Andre		 178 +1
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Nils		 177 -9
52.
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Stein		 174 -4
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Leif		 173 -3
54.
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Roar		 170 -8
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Piotr		 166 +29
56.
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Jarle		 164 +1
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Atle		 162 -8
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Henning		 160 -4
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Helge		 155 -6
60.
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Fredrik		 147 +19
61.
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Harald		 146 -4
62.
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Steinar		 145 -15
63.
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Glenn		 144 +11
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Jørgen		 140 -13
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Kristian		 140 -7
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Krzysztof		 140 +22
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Eivind		 139 +9
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Marius		 139 -11
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Rolf		 138 +3
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Vegard		 136 new
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Michael		 135 +3
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Peter		 132 +18
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Ståle		 131 -8
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Karl		 130 -3
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Richard		 130 +19
76.
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Tomasz		 129 +7
77.
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David		 126 +3
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Henrik		 125 +11
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Bård		 124 -7
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Jens		 124 -16
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Andreas		 123 -13
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Kai		 121 -15
83.
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Håkon		 120 +11
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Lasse		 118 0
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Gunnar		 117 -22
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Jostein		 116 new
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Raymond		 113 -5
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Bjørnar		 111 new
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Olav		 110 -12
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Ørjan		 109 new
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Daniel		 108 new
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Cato		 107 +5
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Johan		 104 +4
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Einar		 103 -8
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Paul		 103 new
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Magne		 102 -4
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Alexander		 99 new
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Johnny		 99 -29
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Ove		 98 -31
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Adam		 96 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne		 927 0
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Hege		 856 +1
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Linda		 729 +1
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Monica		 690 -2
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Nina		 599 0
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Anita		 584 0
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Hilde		 579 0
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Marianne		 544 +1
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Heidi		 534 -1
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Elin		 526 +8
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Kristin		 522 -1
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Tone		 432 -1
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Elisabeth		 419 +2
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Line		 400 -2
15.
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Mona		 369 -2
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Hanne		 367 -2
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Lene		 356 +4
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Ann		 348 +1
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Trine		 343 -2
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Siv		 316 0
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Bente		 310 -5
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Janne		 307 +6
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Laila		 304 +11
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Cecilie		 281 +9
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Camilla		 270 +15
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Vibeke		 267 0
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Inger		 266 -5
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Anna		 264 +2
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Marit		 258 -4
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Mette		 257 -2
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Gro		 256 -8
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Kari		 254 +3
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Eva		 252 -6
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Trude		 248 +8
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Maria		 244 +11
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Lena		 242 -12
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Anette		 234 +1
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Cathrine		 232 -1
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Ingvild		 230 +58
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Gry		 229 -4
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Wenche		 219 -11
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Kjersti		 214 -3
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Liv		 214 -2
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Ellen		 200 0
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Tove		 199 -13
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Lise		 195 0
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Siri		 187 +4
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Merete		 183 -3
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Ingrid		 180 +1
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Gunn		 174 -2
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Rita		 174 -7
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Beate		 172 +1
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May		 168 +2
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Sissel		 163 -5
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Aina		 161 +12
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Irene		 160 0
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Randi		 159 -5
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Therese		 156 +3
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Ingunn		 150 0
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Monika		 137 -6
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Tonje		 135 +12
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Anja		 133 +18
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Ragnhild		 128 +6
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Karin		 125 -6
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Kristine		 125 +14
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Berit		 123 -9
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Astrid		 121 -4
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Renate		 120 +15
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Annette		 116 +16
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Britt		 116 +2
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Christine		 112 +18
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Tina		 109 +15
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Helene		 108 +18
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Jeanette		 108 +1
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Stine		 107 -11
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Lisbeth		 103 -16
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Charlotte		 102 0
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Kathrine		 102 +18
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Mariann		 102 +23
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Solveig		 102 -7
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Åse		 99 +5
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Katrine		 99 +9
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Karianne		 98 -18
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Merethe		 96 -10
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Veronica		 94 new
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Eli		 93 -15
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Grethe		 92 -11
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Siw		 92 -6
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Lill		 90 -23
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Tanja		 90 -28
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Jorunn		 89 -8
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Grete		 87 +1
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Mari		 87 new
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Unni		 87 -13
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Sølvi		 86 new
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Ann-Kristin		 85 +2
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Pia		 80 -30
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Christina		 79 new
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Lillian		 77 -18
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Birgitte		 76 -9
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Popularity extremes for Norway