Navnestatistikk, 1997:
Tabell 01. Mest brukte guttenavn i 1997
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                     Per
Nr.  Ant.            1 000
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1   699              22      Andreas
2   649              20      Markus
          371                  Markus
          278                  Marcus
3   639              20      Kristian
               411             Kristian
               228             Christian
4   626              20      Martin
5   595              19      Kristoffer
               371             Kristoffer
                 3             Christofer
               157             Christoffer
                59             Christopher
                 5             Kristofer
6   535              17      Thomas
               483             Thomas
                52             Tomas
7   518              16      Jonas
8   499              16      Fredrik
               469             Fredrik
                 3             Frederick
                14             Frederik
                 2             Fredric
                11            Fredrick
9   484              15     Daniel
10  477              15     Marius
11  469              15     Alexander
               246            Alexander
               223            Aleksander
12  462              14     Henrik
13  461              14     Magnus
14  442              14     Ole
15  431              13     Mathias
               389            Mathias
                42            Matias
16  426              13     Joakim
               286            Joakim
               122            Joachim
                18            Joacim
17  423              13     Håkon
               345            Håkon
                78            Haakon
18  410              13     Simen
19  409              13     Stian
20  395              12     Sondre
21  377              12     Anders
22  372              11     Lars
23  362              11    Jørgen
24  345              11    Eirik
25  319              10    Sindre
26  312              10    Vegard
              279            Vegard
               33            Vegar
27  308               9    Sander
28  303               9    Erik
              282            Erik
               21            Eric
29  285               9    Adrian
30  284               9    Mats
              178            Mats
              106            Mads
31  277               8    Erlend
32  267               8    Sebastian
33  263               8    Emil
34  258               8	   Håvard
              239            Håvard
                6            Haavard
               13            Håvar
35  233               7    Petter
36  228               7    Tobias
37  221               7    Benjamin
38  211               6    Espen
39  192               6    Simon
40  186               5    Nikolai
              117            Nikolai
               55            Nicolai
               14            Nicolay
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