Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 40 +2
9.
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Albert		 234 -1
21.
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Alexander		 138 +3
19.
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Alfred		 143 -6
35.
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Allan		 76 +3
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Allen		 16 new
45.
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Andrew		 56 +1
63.
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Archibald		 34 0
72.
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Arnold		 26 +9
8.
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Arthur		 269 +1
73.
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Basil		 24 new
80.
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Benjamin		 21 new
60.
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Bernard		 35 +26
95.
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Bertie		 14 -7
30.
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Cecil		 98 -9
7.
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Charles		 318 -2
42.
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Clarence		 68 -6
92.
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Claud		 15 new
54.
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Claude		 40 +21
92.
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Clement		 15 new
70.
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Clifford		 29 -5
95.
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Clive		 14 new
65.
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Colin		 33 -4
33.
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Cyril		 85 +1
66.
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Daniel		 32 -7
21.
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David		 138 -3
99.
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Denis		 13 new
41.
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Donald		 70 +4
46.
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Douglas		 55 -4
99.
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Duncan		 13 -15
76.
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Edgar		 23 +5
95.
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Edmund		 14 -25
10.
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Edward		 225 0
52.
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Edwin		 46 -1
14.
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Eric		 164 +5
16.
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Ernest		 158 +7
17.
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Francis		 157 -2
26.
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Frank		 110 +3
95.
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Fred		 14 new
13.
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Frederick		 185 -2
73.
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Geoffrey		 24 +11
4.
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George		 404 0
71.
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Gilbert		 27 -8
28.
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Gordon		 104 +4
15.
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Harold		 161 +5
37.
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Harry		 73 +7
39.
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Hector		 72 -12
11.
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Henry		 201 +1
24.
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Herbert		 126 -2
53.
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Horace		 41 0
87.
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Howard		 18 -12
43.
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Hugh		 59 -2
68.
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Ian		 30 -9
58.
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Ivan		 36 +9
47.
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Jack		 54 0
3.
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James		 464 0
2.
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John		 731 0
20.
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Joseph		 141 -4
60.
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Keith		 35 +19
34.
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Kenneth		 78 +13
82.
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Laurence		 19 -12
47.
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Lawrence		 54 +6
63.
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Leo		 34 +5
23.
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Leonard		 133 +3
12.
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Leslie		 194 +2
81.
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Lewis		 20 +11
60.
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Lionel		 35 +15
87.
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Louis		 18 -22
73.
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Malcolm		 24 -3
82.
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Martin		 19 +8
57.
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Maurice		 37 -8
68.
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Michael		 30 -10
82.
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Neil		 19 new
89.
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Noel		 16 -10
25.
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Norman		 113 0
99.
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Oliver		 13 -1
76.
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Owen		 23 new
67.
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Patrick		 31 -12
76.
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Percival		 23 -8
36.
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Percy		 75 -6
54.
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Peter		 40 +7
58.
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Philip		 36 -2
76.
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Ralph		 23 -6
37.
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Raymond		 73 +13
31.
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Reginald		 93 +2
29.
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Richard		 102 -1
6.
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Robert		 322 0
92.
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Roland		 15 -6
32.
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Ronald		 87 +8
40.
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Roy		 71 -3
44.
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Samuel		 57 -9
82.
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Sidney		 19 -12
27.
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Stanley		 108 +4
82.
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Stephen		 19 -1
49.
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Sydney		 53 -6
5.
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Thomas		 328 +2
89.
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Trevor		 16 +3
49.
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Victor		 53 -11
99.
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Vivian		 13 new
18.
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Walter		 155 -1
51.
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Wilfred		 47 +1
1.
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William		 882 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
38.
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Ada		 79 +2
19.
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Agnes		 131 +4
80.
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Aileen		 29 new
5.
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Alice		 204 +1
62.
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Alma		 44 +2
90.
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Amelia		 24 -4
52.
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Amy		 51 -5
3.
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Annie		 229 +1
61.
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Beatrice		 45 -8
64.
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Bertha		 40 -11
93.
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Beryl		 23 new
88.
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Bessie		 25 0
23.
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Catherine		 118 -6
95.
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Charlotte		 21 -13
58.
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Christina		 47 -14
68.
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Clara		 38 -11
81.
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Clarice		 28 +1
48.
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Constance		 57 +2
76.
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Daisy		 32 -6
95.
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Doreen		 21 -7
8.
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Doris		 183 -1
4.
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Dorothy		 226 -1
21.
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Edith		 128 -5
25.
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Edna		 112 +11
15.
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Eileen		 148 -4
76.
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Eleanor		 32 +4
10.
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Elizabeth		 173 -3
73.
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Ella		 35 -5
19.
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Ellen		 131 +2
7.
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Elsie		 191 +3
32.
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Emily		 84 +5
64.
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Emma		 40 +10
76.
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Esther		 32 +1
13.
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Ethel		 161 +1
90.
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Eunice		 24 new
34.
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Eva		 83 -1
26.
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Evelyn		 104 +3
87.
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Flora		 26 -13
6.
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Florence		 193 +3
38.
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Frances		 79 -3
81.
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Freda		 28 new
50.
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Gertrude		 54 0
12.
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Gladys		 163 -7
32.
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Grace		 84 -5
59.
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Gwendoline		 46 +7
95.
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Hannah		 21 -2
41.
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Hazel		 73 +2
42.
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Helen		 68 -5
31.
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Hilda		 86 0
44.
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Ida		 64 +1
24.
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Irene		 116 -1
64.
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Iris		 40 +1
81.
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Isabel		 28 -11
47.
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Isabella		 61 -15
9.
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Ivy		 178 +8
51.
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Jane		 52 +2
70.
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Janet		 37 -20
67.
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Jean		 39 +13
11.
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Jessie		 168 +4
99.
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Kate		 20 new
16.
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Kathleen		 144 +3
79.
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Laura		 30 -1
45.
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Lilian		 63 +12
52.
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Lillian		 51 +18
72.
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Lily		 36 -15
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Linda		 22 -2
90.
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Lorna		 24 new
70.
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Louisa		 37 -8
54.
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Lucy		 50 -8
27.
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Mabel		 99 -2
99.
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Maggie		 20 new
2.
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Margaret		 293 0
57.
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Marion		 48 0
45.
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Marjorie		 63 +21
86.
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Marjory		 27 -8
95.
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Martha		 21 -10
1.
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Mary		 452 0
73.
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Maud		 35 0
40.
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Mavis		 75 +28
43.
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May		 66 -1
68.
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Minnie		 38 new
55.
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Mona		 49 +7
34.
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Muriel		 83 -8
88.
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Myra		 25 +7
17.
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Myrtle		 142 -5
81.
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Nancy		 28 +14
55.
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Nellie		 49 +2
81.
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Nora		 28 new
99.
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Norah		 20 -11
18.
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Olive		 132 +2
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Pearl		 34 -1
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Phyllis		 80 +16
34.
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Rita		 83 0
59.
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Rose		 46 -12
27.
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Ruby		 99 +1
62.
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Ruth		 44 -13
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Sarah		 56 -8
30.
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Thelma		 95 +7
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Vera		 122 0
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Violet		 153 -1
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Winifred		 99 +3
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand