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Most popular baby names in Norway, 1972

The most-registered girls' and boys' names in Norway in 1972, from the Statistics Norway. Anne and Jan led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Anne	920
2	Hege	845
3	Monica	838
4	Linda	624
5	Anita	618
6	Nina	609
7	Hilde	584
8	Heidi	557
9	Kristin	530
10	Marianne	513
11	Tone	469
12	Line	458
13	Mona	416
14	Bente	412
15	Elisabeth	410
16	Elin	405
17	Hanne	402
18	Trine	396
19	Ann	369
20	Siv	334
21	Lene	299
22	Marit	283
23	Inger	281
24	Gro	276
25	Vibeke	275
26	Janne	273
27	Wenche	264
28	Lena	260
29	Tove	255
30	Mette	243
31	Laila	240
32	Cecilie	238
33	Eva	237
34	Kari	235
35	Gry	234
36	Cathrine	230
37	Kjersti	221
38	Trude	221
39	Liv	216
40	Rita	215
41	Anette	212
42	Ellen	208
43	Merete	208
44	Camilla	200
45	Lise	197
46	Gunn	184
47	Sissel	183
48	Siri	177
49	Ingrid	176
50	Randi	174
51	Beate	170
52	May	168
53	Anna	164
54	Monika	164
55	Maria	159
56	Irene	156
57	Berit	146
58	Ingunn	141
59	Therese	136
60	Tanja	133
61	Lisbeth	129
62	Stine	129
63	Astrid	128
64	Karianne	127
65	Lill	117
66	Aina	115
67	Karin	115
68	Ragnhild	115
69	Eli	114
70	Solveig	113
71	Merethe	112
72	Grethe	109
73	Tonje	109
74	Jeanette	107
75	Jorunn	105
76	Kristine	105
77	Siw	105
78	Unni	105
79	Lillian	104
80	Britt	103
81	Renate	103
82	Annette	96
83	Åse	96
84	Pia	90
85	Grete	89
86	Katrine	88
87	Kathrine	87
88	Birgitte	86
89	Anja	84
90	Christine	84
91	Ingvild	84
92	Sonja	84
93	Charlotte	82
94	Ann-Kristin	81
95	Helene	81
96	Mariann	79
97	Turid	76
98	Bodil	74
99	Linn	74
100	Synnøve	74

Boys

	Name	Births
1	Jan	875
2	Rune	728
3	Geir	725
4	Bjørn	693
5	Morten	661
6	Thomas	639
7	Lars	584
8	Frode	553
9	Ole	527
10	Trond	514
11	Per	505
12	Espen	449
13	Terje	428
14	Kjetil	424
15	Tor	420
16	Tommy	399
17	Stig	391
18	Roger	390
19	Knut	382
20	Ronny	376
21	Tom	373
22	Svein	363
23	Hans	351
24	Pål	337
25	Tore	331
26	Kenneth	322
27	Øyvind	322
28	Jon	321
29	John	318
30	Erik	307
31	Vidar	305
32	Kjell	302
33	Robert	295
34	Stian	288
35	Frank	287
36	Anders	283
37	Øystein	278
38	Arne	256
39	Odd	238
40	Jørn	233
41	Dag	222
42	Christian	218
43	Nils	216
44	Arild	215
45	Roy	213
46	Roar	204
47	Steinar	185
48	Stein	184
49	Atle	180
50	Andre	164
51	Jørgen	161
52	Leif	161
53	Helge	160
54	Henning	156
55	Petter	153
56	Jarle	151
57	Eirik	150
58	Marius	147
59	Harald	146
60	Ståle	142
61	Håvard	141
62	Kristian	141
63	Gunnar	138
64	Ove	137
65	Kai	135
66	Kim	135
67	Bård	133
68	Rolf	132
69	Johnny	131
70	Eivind	129
71	Andreas	127
72	Glenn	127
73	Olav	126
74	Thor	124
75	Jens	123
76	Martin	123
77	Fredrik	120
78	Alf	119
79	Raymond	117
80	Lasse	114
81	Karl	113
82	Einar	111
83	Magne	109
84	Håkon	106
85	Kent	105
86	Tomasz	103
87	Krzysztof	102
88	Cato	101
89	Inge	101
90	Torbjørn	101
91	Ola	100
92	Kurt	99
93	Arve	97
94	Henrik	97
95	Piotr	97
96	Bjørnar	92
97	Richard	92
98	Sven	92
99	Arnt	90
100	Ørjan	90

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Source: Statistics Norway. Licensed under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data 2.0.