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		 33 +7
8.
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Albert		 275 +1
24.
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Alexander		 114 -9
13.
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Alfred		 174 0
38.
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Allan		 65 +6
46.
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Andrew		 55 -6
92.
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Angus		 14 -9
63.
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Archibald		 28 -10
100.
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Archie		 12 new
81.
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Arnold		 19 -18
9.
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Arthur		 256 -1
98.
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Athol		 13 new
86.
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Bernard		 17 -14
88.
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Bertie		 16 -1
21.
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Cecil		 126 +9
5.
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Charles		 345 0
36.
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Clarence		 68 -3
75.
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Claude		 22 -24
65.
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Clifford		 26 +12
61.
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Colin		 29 -1
34.
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Cyril		 77 +1
59.
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Daniel		 30 +4
18.
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David		 133 +3
45.
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Donald		 56 -7
42.
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Douglas		 62 -4
84.
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Duncan		 18 new
81.
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Edgar		 19 -5
70.
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Edmund		 23 new
10.
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Edward		 240 0
51.
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Edwin		 46 +4
19.
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Eric		 132 0
23.
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Ernest		 123 -9
15.
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Francis		 158 +2
29.
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Frank		 96 -5
11.
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Frederick		 218 0
84.
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Geoffrey		 18 -10
4.
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George		 423 -1
75.
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Gerald		 22 +23
63.
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Gilbert		 28 -3
32.
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Gordon		 86 -5
90.
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Guy		 15 new
20.
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Harold		 129 -2
44.
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Harry		 58 -10
27.
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Hector		 101 +4
12.
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Henry		 183 0
22.
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Herbert		 125 0
53.
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Horace		 39 -2
75.
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Howard		 22 +3
41.
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Hugh		 63 +2
59.
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Ian		 30 +8
67.
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Ivan		 25 -8
47.
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Jack		 52 +1
3.
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James		 447 +1
2.
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John		 735 0
16.
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Joseph		 148 +7
79.
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Keith		 21 +14
47.
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Kenneth		 52 -5
70.
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Laurence		 23 +23
53.
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Lawrence		 39 +2
68.
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Leo		 24 -5
26.
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Leonard		 106 0
14.
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Leslie		 165 +2
92.
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Lewis		 14 -12
75.
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Lionel		 22 -6
65.
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Louis		 26 +4
70.
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Malcolm		 23 +8
90.
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Martin		 15 -10
92.
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Matthew		 14 +6
49.
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Maurice		 49 +6
58.
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Michael		 32 +11
79.
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Noel		 21 +11
25.
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Norman		 112 0
98.
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Oliver		 13 new
55.
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Patrick		 35 -6
68.
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Percival		 24 +16
30.
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Percy		 89 +6
61.
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Peter		 29 -3
56.
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Philip		 33 +11
100.
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Phillip		 12 new
70.
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Ralph		 23 -10
50.
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Raymond		 48 +4
33.
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Reginald		 85 -1
28.
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Richard		 100 0
6.
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Robert		 307 0
86.
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Roland		 17 -2
40.
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Ronald		 64 0
37.
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Roy		 67 0
35.
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Samuel		 69 +12
70.
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Sidney		 23 +2
31.
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Stanley		 88 -2
81.
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Stephen		 19 +6
43.
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Sydney		 60 +2
7.
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Thomas		 281 0
92.
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Trevor		 14 new
92.
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Vernon		 14 new
38.
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Victor		 65 +7
88.
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Vincent		 16 -13
92.
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Wallace		 14 new
17.
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Walter		 137 +3
52.
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Wilfred		 42 -3
1.
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William		 871 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
40.
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Ada		 64 +3
23.
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Agnes		 113 +2
88.
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Alexandra		 24 new
6.
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Alice		 202 +1
64.
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Alma		 39 -9
86.
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Amelia		 25 -1
47.
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Amy		 47 +6
4.
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Annie		 221 -1
86.
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Barbara		 25 new
53.
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Beatrice		 44 -2
53.
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Bertha		 44 +30
88.
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Bessie		 24 +1
17.
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Catherine		 135 +4
82.
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Charlotte		 27 -16
44.
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Christina		 52 +32
57.
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Clara		 43 +32
82.
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Clarice		 27 -4
50.
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Constance		 45 -5
70.
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Daisy		 34 -13
95.
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Dora		 21 -2
88.
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Doreen		 24 new
7.
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Doris		 195 +2
3.
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Dorothy		 223 +1
16.
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Edith		 137 0
36.
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Edna		 73 +4
11.
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Eileen		 175 0
80.
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Eleanor		 29 new
95.
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Eliza		 21 +5
7.
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Elizabeth		 195 -2
68.
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Ella		 35 -3
21.
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Ellen		 130 -6
10.
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Elsie		 176 -2
37.
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Emily		 72 -4
74.
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Emma		 32 -4
77.
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Esther		 31 +4
14.
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Ethel		 141 +4
33.
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Eva		 78 +4
29.
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Evelyn		 85 -1
95.
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Fanny		 21 new
74.
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Flora		 32 -13
9.
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Florence		 194 +1
35.
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Frances		 74 -1
50.
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Gertrude		 45 -1
5.
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Gladys		 203 +1
27.
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Grace		 91 -1
66.
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Gwendoline		 37 +15
93.
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Hannah		 22 new
43.
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Hazel		 55 -1
37.
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Helen		 72 +6
95.
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Henrietta		 21 new
31.
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Hilda		 81 +1
45.
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Ida		 51 -10
23.
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Irene		 113 -1
65.
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Iris		 38 +5
70.
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Isabel		 34 -11
32.
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Isabella		 80 +3
17.
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Ivy		 135 -4
53.
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Jane		 44 -4
50.
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Janet		 45 +9
80.
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Jean		 29 -2
15.
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Jessie		 138 +2
19.
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Kathleen		 134 -7
78.
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Laura		 30 +2
57.
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Lilian		 43 -4
70.
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Lillian		 34 -14
57.
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Lily		 43 +9
92.
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Linda		 23 +4
62.
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Louisa		 42 -1
46.
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Lucy		 49 +15
25.
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Mabel		 105 +5
2.
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Margaret		 299 0
57.
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Marion		 43 -11
66.
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Marjorie		 37 -20
78.
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Marjory		 30 -12
85.
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Martha		 26 -11
1.
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Mary		 464 0
73.
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Maud		 33 +12
68.
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Mavis		 35 -2
42.
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May		 61 -13
62.
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Mona		 42 +12
26.
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Muriel		 94 +1
95.
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Myra		 21 -10
12.
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Myrtle		 153 +2
95.
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Nancy		 21 new
57.
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Nellie		 43 +15
88.
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Norah		 24 +12
20.
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Olive		 132 -1
74.
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Pearl		 32 +15
53.
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Phyllis		 44 +4
34.
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Rita		 76 +5
47.
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Rose		 47 +5
28.
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Ruby		 89 +3
49.
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Ruth		 46 +23
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Sarah		 62 -3
93.
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Stella		 22 -10
37.
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Thelma		 72 +4
22.
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Vera		 115 +1
82.
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Veronica		 27 +14
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Violet		 143 +7
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Winifred		 82 -6
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand