Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 49 0
10.
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Albert		 224 -1
19.
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Alexander		 149 +8
12.
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Alfred		 203 +3
42.
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Allan		 76 -2
76.
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Allen		 24 +2
47.
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Andrew		 61 -3
59.
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Archibald		 42 -16
76.
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Arnold		 24 -11
6.
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Arthur		 320 +2
100.
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Aubrey		 15 new
80.
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Bernard		 23 -18
27.
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Cecil		 116 +7
5.
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Charles		 355 +1
36.
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Clarence		 87 +1
57.
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Claude		 45 +11
96.
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Clement		 16 new
62.
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Clifford		 39 -7
54.
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Colin		 48 +1
32.
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Cyril		 95 -3
68.
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Daniel		 31 +12
23.
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David		 127 -4
41.
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Donald		 77 +6
38.
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Douglas		 83 -2
96.
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Duncan		 16 new
66.
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Edgar		 32 +2
13.
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Edward		 195 -1
50.
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Edwin		 56 +5
14.
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Eric		 184 +2
20.
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Ernest		 135 -2
16.
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Francis		 175 +3
29.
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Frank		 114 +3
9.
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Frederick		 252 +1
75.
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Geoffrey		 27 -7
4.
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George		 416 0
85.
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Gerald		 20 +3
73.
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Gilbert		 28 +2
27.
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Gordon		 116 +3
16.
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Harold		 175 -2
40.
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Harry		 81 +4
44.
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Hector		 65 -2
14.
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Henry		 184 -3
24.
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Herbert		 126 0
48.
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Horace		 60 +6
93.
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Howard		 17 +1
93.
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Hubert		 17 new
44.
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Hugh		 65 +2
96.
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Huia		 16 new
51.
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Ian		 53 +21
64.
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Ivan		 35 +15
39.
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Jack		 82 +1
3.
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James		 467 0
2.
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John		 780 0
22.
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Joseph		 132 0
61.
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Keith		 40 0
37.
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Kenneth		 84 -6
96.
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Laurence		 16 -21
59.
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Lawrence		 42 -10
71.
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Leo		 30 -9
25.
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Leonard		 125 -2
11.
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Leslie		 209 +2
73.
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Lewis		 28 +17
63.
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Lionel		 36 -4
76.
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Louis		 24 +8
88.
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Malcolm		 19 -8
84.
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Martin		 22 -4
56.
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Maurice		 47 +6
88.
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Mervyn		 19 +4
66.
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Michael		 32 0
93.
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Neil		 17 new
76.
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Nelson		 24 new
71.
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Noel		 30 +1
25.
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Norman		 125 0
100.
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Oswald		 15 new
85.
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Owen		 20 -13
57.
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Patrick		 45 -2
80.
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Percival		 23 0
43.
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Percy		 70 -9
88.
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Peter		 19 -22
68.
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Philip		 31 -16
65.
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Ralph		 33 +3
34.
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Raymond		 88 +4
31.
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Reginald		 103 -3
30.
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Richard		 110 -9
7.
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Robert		 316 0
88.
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Roland		 19 -3
34.
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Ronald		 88 -1
33.
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Roy		 90 +6
49.
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Samuel		 57 +2
68.
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Sidney		 31 +7
21.
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Stanley		 134 +4
80.
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Stuart		 23 new
54.
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Sydney		 48 -6
92.
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Terence		 18 new
8.
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Thomas		 307 -3
80.
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Trevor		 23 +10
46.
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Victor		 62 +3
85.
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Vincent		 20 new
18.
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Walter		 163 -1
52.
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Wilfred		 50 +7
1.
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William		 894 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
41.
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Ada		 73 0
26.
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Agnes		 122 +6
6.
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Alice		 211 +2
52.
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Alma		 57 -1
59.
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Amy		 47 +1
5.
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Annie		 241 -2
69.
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Beatrice		 40 -18
95.
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Bertha		 24 -19
87.
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Bessie		 28 0
21.
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Catherine		 137 +4
94.
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Charlotte		 25 -14
53.
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Christina		 52 +12
77.
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Clara		 34 -4
87.
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Clarice		 28 -2
47.
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Constance		 62 -2
81.
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Daisy		 30 -14
92.
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Dora		 26 new
65.
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Doreen		 41 +11
4.
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Doris		 245 +6
3.
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Dorothy		 246 +1
17.
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Edith		 146 +5
25.
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Edna		 131 -1
8.
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Eileen		 208 -2
87.
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Eleanor		 28 -9
9.
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Elizabeth		 194 0
76.
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Ella		 35 -7
17.
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Ellen		 146 +3
12.
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Elsie		 180 0
45.
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Emily		 66 -8
65.
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Emma		 41 +15
71.
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Esther		 39 -1
15.
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Ethel		 150 -2
40.
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Eva		 74 +3
34.
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Evelyn		 92 +4
77.
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Flora		 34 +1
9.
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Florence		 194 -4
35.
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Frances		 91 0
60.
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Freda		 43 +33
55.
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Gertrude		 49 +1
6.
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Gladys		 211 +1
30.
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Grace		 96 +9
60.
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Gwendoline		 43 +7
98.
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Hannah		 23 new
37.
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Hazel		 86 -3
39.
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Helen		 82 +5
38.
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Hilda		 84 +2
47.
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Ida		 62 -2
21.
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Irene		 137 -5
53.
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Iris		 52 +1
60.
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Isabel		 43 +11
51.
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Isabella		 60 -4
13.
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Ivy		 161 -2
69.
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Jane		 40 -8
79.
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Janet		 33 -14
49.
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Jean		 61 +15
16.
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Jessie		 148 +2
81.
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Joyce		 30 new
98.
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Katherine		 23 new
11.
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Kathleen		 188 +3
85.
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Laura		 29 -5
46.
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Lilian		 64 +4
60.
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Lillian		 43 -9
87.
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Lily		 28 -26
73.
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Linda		 37 +7
81.
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Lorna		 30 +15
65.
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Louisa		 41 +22
57.
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Lucy		 48 -2
31.
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Mabel		 95 -4
2.
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Margaret		 314 0
98.
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Marie		 23 new
65.
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Marion		 41 +8
29.
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Marjorie		 104 -1
74.
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Marjory		 36 new
91.
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Martha		 27 -6
1.
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Mary		 481 0
81.
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Maud		 30 -8
28.
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Mavis		 111 +4
43.
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May		 71 -1
80.
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Minnie		 32 -9
42.
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Mona		 72 +7
43.
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Muriel		 71 -20
72.
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Myra		 38 -14
19.
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Myrtle		 141 -4
74.
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Nancy		 36 +23
49.
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Nellie		 61 +7
85.
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Nora		 29 +10
95.
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Norah		 24 new
23.
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Olive		 132 -6
31.
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Phyllis		 95 -3
31.
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Rita		 95 0
98.
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Rona		 23 new
57.
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Rose		 48 +2
36.
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Ruby		 88 0
64.
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Ruth		 42 -3
55.
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Sarah		 49 -8
95.
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Stella		 24 -5
27.
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Thelma		 118 +3
20.
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Vera		 138 0
92.
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Veronica		 26 +5
14.
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Violet		 156 +5
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Winifred		 132 +3
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand