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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Adam		 11 new
63.
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Alan		 28 -8
9.
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Albert		 251 +2
15.
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Alexander		 153 +12
13.
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Alfred		 184 -1
44.
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Allan		 56 -7
93.
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Allen		 12 -8
40.
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Andrew		 60 0
83.
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Angus		 16 +2
53.
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Archibald		 39 +5
63.
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Arnold		 28 +14
8.
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Arthur		 269 0
98.
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Benjamin		 11 -1
72.
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Bernard		 25 -11
87.
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Bertie		 14 -9
98.
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Bertram		 11 new
30.
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Cecil		 84 -10
87.
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Cedric		 14 new
5.
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Charles		 343 0
33.
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Clarence		 73 +6
51.
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Claude		 41 +6
77.
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Clifford		 19 -22
60.
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Colin		 29 +7
35.
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Cyril		 69 -6
63.
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Daniel		 28 +2
21.
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David		 124 +3
38.
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Donald		 64 +3
38.
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Douglas		 64 -3
76.
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Edgar		 20 -1
10.
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Edward		 232 +5
55.
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Edwin		 33 -6
19.
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Eric		 145 +6
14.
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Ernest		 159 +3
17.
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Francis		 147 +1
24.
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Frank		 114 +2
11.
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Frederick		 216 -2
74.
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Geoffrey		 23 -5
3.
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George		 437 +1
98.
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Gerald		 11 -14
60.
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Gilbert		 29 +4
27.
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Gordon		 106 +1
18.
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Harold		 146 -5
34.
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Harry		 72 +4
31.
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Hector		 82 +1
12.
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Henry		 188 -2
22.
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Herbert		 120 -3
51.
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Horace		 41 +2
78.
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Howard		 18 new
80.
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Hubert		 17 +12
43.
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Hugh		 57 +3
67.
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Ian		 27 0
59.
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Ivan		 30 +30
48.
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Jack		 47 +10
4.
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James		 418 -1
2.
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John		 685 0
23.
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Joseph		 118 0
93.
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Keith		 12 -24
42.
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Kenneth		 58 -1
93.
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Laurence		 12 -24
55.
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Lawrence		 33 +6
63.
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Leo		 28 +6
26.
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Leonard		 107 -5
16.
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Leslie		 148 -2
80.
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Lewis		 17 +9
69.
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Lionel		 26 +11
69.
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Louis		 26 -4
78.
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Malcolm		 18 0
93.
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Mark		 12 new
80.
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Martin		 17 new
98.
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Matthew		 11 new
55.
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Maurice		 33 +8
69.
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Michael		 26 -9
90.
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Noel		 13 +2
25.
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Norman		 111 -3
90.
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Oswald		 13 new
49.
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Patrick		 46 -2
84.
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Percival		 15 -2
36.
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Percy		 68 -3
58.
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Peter		 32 -5
67.
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Philip		 27 +2
60.
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Ralph		 29 +9
54.
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Raymond		 34 -7
32.
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Reginald		 80 +2
28.
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Richard		 104 +3
6.
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Robert		 291 +1
93.
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Roderick		 12 new
84.
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Roland		 15 -2
40.
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Ronald		 60 +3
37.
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Roy		 65 -2
98.
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Rupert		 11 new
47.
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Samuel		 51 -4
72.
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Sidney		 25 +4
29.
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Stanley		 100 +1
87.
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Stephen		 14 +2
98.
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Stewart		 11 new
90.
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Stuart		 13 new
45.
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Sydney		 52 +4
7.
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Thomas		 284 -1
45.
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Victor		 52 -2
75.
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Vincent		 21 new
84.
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Vivian		 15 new
20.
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Walter		 135 -4
49.
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Wilfred		 46 +2
1.
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William		 793 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
43.
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Ada		 59 -8
25.
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Agnes		 105 -4
100.
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Aileen		 19 -9
7.
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Alice		 192 0
55.
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Alma		 44 +22
85.
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Amelia		 26 +1
53.
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Amy		 45 +12
3.
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Annie		 241 0
51.
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Beatrice		 49 +5
83.
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Bertha		 27 -13
89.
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Bessie		 24 new
96.
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Caroline		 20 -26
21.
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Catherine		 120 -3
66.
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Charlotte		 36 +13
76.
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Christina		 32 +1
89.
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Clara		 24 -23
78.
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Clarice		 30 +8
45.
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Constance		 56 +8
57.
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Daisy		 42 +2
93.
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Dora		 23 new
9.
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Doris		 172 0
4.
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Dorothy		 201 0
16.
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Edith		 137 +4
40.
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Edna		 66 +13
11.
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Eileen		 159 +5
100.
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Eliza		 19 -20
5.
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Elizabeth		 198 +1
65.
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Ella		 37 -6
15.
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Ellen		 140 -2
8.
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Elsie		 188 +2
33.
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Emily		 76 +11
70.
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Emma		 35 -11
94.
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Enid		 22 new
81.
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Esther		 28 -8
18.
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Ethel		 128 -1
37.
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Eva		 72 -13
28.
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Evelyn		 91 +1
61.
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Flora		 39 +6
10.
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Florence		 165 -5
34.
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Frances		 74 -4
77.
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Freda		 31 +14
49.
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Gertrude		 51 -4
6.
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Gladys		 194 +2
26.
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Grace		 99 +5
81.
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Gwendoline		 28 +5
88.
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Harriet		 25 new
42.
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Hazel		 62 +7
43.
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Helen		 59 -5
32.
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Hilda		 78 +5
35.
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Ida		 73 -2
22.
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Irene		 117 +3
70.
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Iris		 35 +10
59.
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Isabel		 40 +26
35.
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Isabella		 73 +6
13.
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Ivy		 145 -2
49.
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Jane		 51 0
59.
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Janet		 40 +4
78.
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Jean		 30 new
17.
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Jessie		 129 -3
96.
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Julia		 20 new
94.
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Kate		 22 -8
12.
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Kathleen		 154 +10
80.
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Laura		 29 -7
53.
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Lilian		 45 -5
56.
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Lillian		 43 -7
66.
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Lily		 36 +4
96.
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Linda		 20 0
61.
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Louisa		 39 +22
61.
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Lucy		 39 -20
30.
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Mabel		 87 -2
2.
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Margaret		 339 0
46.
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Marion		 54 +21
46.
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Marjorie		 54 +12
66.
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Marjory		 36 +17
74.
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Martha		 33 -11
1.
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Mary		 492 0
85.
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Maud		 26 -29
66.
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Mavis		 36 +1
29.
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May		 88 +5
61.
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Minnie		 39 +12
74.
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Mona		 33 -15
27.
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Muriel		 95 +5
85.
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Myra		 26 new
14.
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Myrtle		 142 -2
72.
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Nellie		 34 -27
89.
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Nora		 24 +2
100.
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Norah		 19 -4
19.
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Olive		 125 +4
89.
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Pearl		 24 +10
57.
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Phyllis		 42 -10
39.
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Rita		 67 0
52.
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Rose		 46 0
31.
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Ruby		 83 -5
72.
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Ruth		 34 -31
38.
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Sarah		 70 -2
83.
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Stella		 27 +8
41.
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Thelma		 63 -1
23.
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Vera		 112 +4
96.
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Veronica		 20 new
48.
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Victoria		 53 new
20.
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Violet		 124 -6
24.
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Winifred		 111 -5
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand