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18 Most popular names1 in 20122. Girls and boys
No. Girls Boys
Names Number Per 1 000 Names Number Per 1 000
1 Nora  438 15 Lucas  527 17
2 Emma  436 15 Emil  424 14
3 Sofie  427 15 Mathias  407 13
4 Linnea  395 13 Jonas  405 13
5 Sara  352 12 Alexander  385 13
6 Emilie  347 12 William  373 12
7 Ingrid  346 12 Oskar  373 12
8 Thea  338 11 Magnus  368 12
9 Leah  325 11 Markus  367 12
10 Sofia  322 11 Oliver  355 12
11 Anna  312 11 Jakob  352 11
12 Amalie  309 11 Henrik  339 11
13 Ida  308 10 Elias  330 11
14 Mathilde  302 10 Liam  321 10
15 Julie  294 10 Adrian  317 10
16 Maja  290 10 Isak  312 10
17 Hanna  278 9 Kristian  310 10
18 Ella  278 9 Noah  309 10
19 Mia  259 9 Filip  309 10
20 Victoria  252 9 Sebastian  301 10
21 Vilde  242 8 Theodor  296 10
22 Frida  231 8 Martin  293 10
23 Aurora  229 8 Tobias  290 9
24 Maria  225 8 Kasper  286 9
25 Tuva  220 7 Daniel  286 9
26 Olivia  212 7 Sander  280 9
27 Hedda  210 7 Leon  278 9
28 Lilly  206 7 Nikolai  254 8
29 Elise  204 7 Aksel  253 8
30 Marie  203 7 Håkon  251 8
31 Jenny  185 6 Matheo  248 8
32 Selma  174 6 Benjamin  248 8
33 Live  173 6 Sondre  230 7
34 Oda  172 6 Johannes  229 7
35 Julia  172 6 Andreas  229 7
36 Eline  163 6 Mohammad  226 7
37 Malin  161 5 Jonathan  224 7
38 Tiril  157 5 Marius  217 7
39 Nathalie  154 5 Erik  214 7
40 Karoline  154 5 Fredrik  213 7
41 Mille  151 5 Kristoffer  201 7
42 Mathea  143 5 Julian  197 6
43 Martine  142 5 Theo  194 6
44 Mina  141 5 Sigurd  185 6
45 Pernille  140 5 Ludvig  185 6
46 Celine  140 5 Leander  182 6
47 Isabell  138 5 Gabriel  180 6
48 Amanda  137 5 Mikkel  179 6
49 Mari  136 5 Even  172 6
50 Sigrid  132 4 Johan  167 5
1  Variant spellings are grouped together.The table shows the most common spelling.
2  Includes children that were named in 2012 (29 399 girls and 30 785 boys), i.e. not all children born in 2012.
Source: First names statistics, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/navn 

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