Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys
Rank Name Times
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William
753
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John
636
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James
437
4.
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George
387
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Charles
326
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Thomas
309
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Robert
299
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Arthur
255
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Frederick
211
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Henry
206
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Albert
196
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Alfred
181
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Harold
169
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Leslie
166
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Edward
158
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Walter
154
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Ernest
152
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Francis
149
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Herbert
127
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Cecil
124
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Leonard
119
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Norman
112
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Joseph
110
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David
106
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Eric
105
26.
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Frank
102
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Alexander
101
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Gordon
97
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Cyril
96
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Stanley
95
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Richard
94
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Hector
90
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Percy
77
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Reginald
67
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Douglas
61
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Roy
61
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Allan
60
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Harry
58
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Clarence
55
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Andrew
53
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Donald
48
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Kenneth
48
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Ronald
47
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Samuel
47
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Victor
47
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Hugh
45
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Patrick
44
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Raymond
44
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Edwin
41
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Sydney
41
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Baden
38
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Wilfred
38
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Horace
37
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Peter
37
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Alan
35
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Clifford
35
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Claude
33
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Archibald
32
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Jack
32
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Michael
31
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Bernard
30
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Lawrence
30
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Maurice
29
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Gilbert
28
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Daniel
27
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Louis
27
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Colin
26
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Ian
26
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Geoffrey
25
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Keith
25
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Laurence
25
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Leo
25
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Philip
25
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Ralph
25
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Edgar
24
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Sidney
23
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Arnold
22
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Bertie
21
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Malcolm
21
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Lionel
20
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Redvers
20
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Percival
19
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Roland
19
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Gerald
18
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Allen
17
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Angus
17
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Basil
17
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Robin
16
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Ivan
15
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Lewis
15
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Stephen
15
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Edmund
14
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Hubert
14
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Noel
14
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Vernon
14
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Wallace
14
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Benjamin
13
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Dudley
13
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Fred
13
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Nelson
13
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Oliver
13
Girls
Rank Name Times
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Mary
410
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Margaret
289
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Annie
239
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Dorothy
193
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Florence
192
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Elizabeth
186
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Alice
183
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Gladys
180
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Doris
177
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Elsie
166
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Ivy
159
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Myrtle
151
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Ellen
135
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Jessie
133
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Violet
133
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Eileen
132
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Ethel
127
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Catherine
126
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Winifred
121
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Edith
118
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Agnes
117
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Kathleen
116
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Olive
113
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Eva
96
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Irene
94
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Ruby
88
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Vera
87
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Mabel
86
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Evelyn
83
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Frances
78
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Grace
77
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Muriel
75
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Ida
74
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May
70
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Ada
67
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Sarah
65
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Hilda
63
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Helen
61
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Rita
60
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Thelma
59
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Isabella
53
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Lucy
53
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Ruth
53
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Emily
52
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Gertrude
51
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Nellie
51
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Phyllis
50
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Lilian
49
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Hazel
48
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Jane
48
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Lillian
48
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Rose
45
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Constance
44
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Edna
44
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Eleanor
44
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Beatrice
42
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Maud
42
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Marjorie
41
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Daisy
40
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Ella
40
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Emma
40
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Mona
40
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Janet
39
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Martha
39
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Amy
37
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Clara
35
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Flora
34
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Marion
34
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Mavis
34
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Bertha
33
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Caroline
33
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Lily
33
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Esther
32
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Laura
32
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Mildred
32
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Minnie
32
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Alma
31
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Christina
31
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Charlotte
29
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Eliza
28
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Eveline
28
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Iris
28
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Louisa
27
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Marjory
27
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Isabel
26
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Amelia
25
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Clarice
25
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Gwendoline
25
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Kate
25
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Maggie
25
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Aileen
24
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Freda
24
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Hannah
24
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Nora
24
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Stella
24
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Linda
23
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Norah
23
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Rachel
23
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Beryl
22
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Pearl
22