Norway Yearbook - 2003

General subjects
1 9 Most popular names1 in 20022. Girls and boys
No.
Girls
Names Number Per 1 000 Names Number Per 1 000
Sara 511 19 Markus 550 19
2 Ida 493 18 Kristian 544 19
3 Thea 479 17 Mathias 528 18
4 Julie 451 16 Martin 514 18
5 Nora 414 15 Sander 485 17
6 Emma 395 14 Jonas 475 16
7 Ingrid 386 14 Andreas 474 16
8 Emilie 385 14 Henrik 470 16
9 Hanna 382 14 Kristoffer 456 16
10 Maria 381 14 Magnus 452 16
11 Malin 369 13 Alexander 436 15
12 Tuya 344 12 Daniel 421 15
13 Marte 333 12 Tobias 401 14
14 Vilde 324 12 Thomas 361 12
15 Sofie 307 11 Marius 357 12
16 Victoria 300 11 Sondre 354 12
17 Silje 297 11 Emil 346 12
18 Martine 290 10 Sebastian 343 12
19 Amalie 281 10 Fredrik 343 12
20 Hedda 280 10 Adrian 332 11
21 Anna 277 10 Simen 315 11
22 Karoline 274 10 Benjamin 292 10
23 Andrea 266 9 Ole 289 10
24 Kristine 257 9 Mats 278 9
25 Helene 251 9 Joakim 268 9
26 Marie 249 9 Jakob 263 9
27 Frida 247 9 Hâkon 257 9
28 Camilla 224 8 Lars 256 9
29 Elise 220 8 Anders 247 8
30 Oda 213 7 Oskar 245 8
31 Mia 208 7 Elias 242 8
32 Maren 201 7 Sindre 240 8
33 Stine 198 7 Nikolai 239 8
34 Kaja 186 6 Erik 236 8
35 Mari 172 6 Jørgen 235 8
36 Jenny 172 6 Eirik 235 8
37 Mathilde 170 6 Herman 205 7
38 Celine 169 6 Stian 194 6
39 Sandra 162 6 Kasper 191 6
40 Kristina 157 5 William 188 6
41 Aurora 157 5 Vegard 187 6
42 Maja 155 5 Philip 182 6
43 Sunniva 154 5 Isak 178 6
44 Eline 152 5 Johannes 176 6
45 Synne 151 5 Hâvard 169 6
46 Madeleine 151 5 Even 166 5
47 Salma 137 5 Oliver 154 5
48 Hanne 135 5 Simon 151 5
49 Anne 132 4 Erlend 150 5
50 TinI 129 4 Robin 147 5
1Variant spellings have been combined and the table shows the most common spelling. 2lncludes children that were named in 2002
(26 757 girls and 28035 boys), i.e. not all children born in 2002.
Source: First name statistics, Statistics Norway. More information: http://s.ssb.no/navn_en/.
Boys
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