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		 43 +1
9.
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Albert		 265 0
27.
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Alexander		 114 -6
15.
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Alfred		 203 +4
40.
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Allan		 68 -5
78.
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Allen		 25 +11
44.
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Andrew		 61 +1
43.
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Archibald		 62 +20
65.
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Arnold		 35 +7
8.
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Arthur		 271 0
94.
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Basil		 15 -21
86.
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Benjamin		 20 -6
62.
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Bernard		 36 -2
92.
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Bertie		 16 +3
94.
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Bertram		 15 new
94.
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Bruce		 15 new
34.
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Cecil		 77 -4
6.
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Charles		 344 +1
37.
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Clarence		 74 +5
68.
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Claude		 29 -14
55.
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Clifford		 40 +15
55.
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Colin		 40 +10
29.
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Cyril		 107 +4
80.
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Daniel		 23 -14
19.
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David		 147 +2
47.
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Donald		 56 -6
36.
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Douglas		 76 +10
94.
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Dudley		 15 new
68.
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Edgar		 29 +8
87.
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Edmund		 19 +8
12.
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Edward		 216 -2
55.
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Edwin		 40 -3
16.
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Eric		 184 -2
18.
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Ernest		 150 -2
19.
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Francis		 147 -2
32.
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Frank		 86 -6
10.
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Frederick		 256 +3
94.
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Fredrick		 15 new
68.
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Geoffrey		 29 +5
4.
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George		 441 0
88.
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Gerald		 18 new
75.
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Gilbert		 26 -4
30.
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Gordon		 106 -2
14.
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Harold		 206 +1
44.
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Harry		 61 -7
42.
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Hector		 63 -3
11.
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Henry		 219 0
24.
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Herbert		 122 0
54.
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Horace		 42 -1
94.
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Howard		 15 -7
46.
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Hugh		 58 -3
72.
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Ian		 27 -4
79.
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Ivan		 24 -21
40.
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Jack		 68 +7
3.
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James		 464 0
2.
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John		 738 0
22.
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Joseph		 126 -2
61.
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Keith		 37 -1
31.
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Kenneth		 88 +3
75.
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Laurence		 26 +7
49.
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Lawrence		 53 -2
62.
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Leo		 36 +1
23.
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Leonard		 124 0
13.
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Leslie		 214 -1
90.
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Lewis		 17 -9
59.
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Lionel		 39 +1
84.
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Louis		 22 +3
80.
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Malcolm		 23 -7
80.
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Martin		 23 +2
94.
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Matthew		 15 new
62.
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Maurice		 36 -5
92.
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Mervyn		 16 new
66.
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Michael		 30 +2
72.
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Noel		 27 +17
25.
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Norman		 119 0
72.
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Owen		 27 +4
55.
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Patrick		 40 +12
80.
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Percival		 23 -4
34.
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Percy		 77 +2
66.
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Peter		 30 -12
52.
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Philip		 44 +6
68.
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Ralph		 29 +8
38.
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Raymond		 72 -1
28.
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Reginald		 112 +3
21.
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Richard		 129 +8
7.
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Robert		 309 -1
85.
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Roland		 21 +7
33.
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Ronald		 85 -1
39.
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Roy		 70 +1
88.
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Rupert		 18 new
94.
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Russell		 15 new
51.
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Samuel		 47 -7
75.
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Sidney		 26 +7
25.
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Stanley		 119 +2
94.
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Stephen		 15 -12
48.
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Sydney		 55 +1
5.
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Thomas		 353 0
90.
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Trevor		 17 -1
49.
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Victor		 53 0
17.
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Walter		 157 +1
59.
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Wilfred		 39 -8
1.
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William		 862 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
41.
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Ada		 73 -3
32.
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Agnes		 91 -13
8.
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Alice		 188 -3
51.
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Alma		 53 +11
93.
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Amelia		 25 -3
60.
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Amy		 46 -8
3.
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Annie		 254 0
97.
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Barbara		 22 new
51.
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Beatrice		 53 +10
76.
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Bertha		 35 -12
84.
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Beryl		 29 +9
87.
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Bessie		 27 +1
25.
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Catherine		 110 -2
80.
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Charlotte		 30 +15
65.
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Christina		 43 -7
73.
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Clara		 36 -5
85.
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Clarice		 28 -4
45.
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Constance		 64 +3
67.
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Daisy		 42 +9
76.
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Doreen		 35 +19
10.
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Doris		 183 -2
4.
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Dorothy		 225 0
22.
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Edith		 135 -1
24.
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Edna		 114 +1
6.
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Eileen		 196 +9
78.
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Eleanor		 33 -2
97.
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Eliza		 22 new
9.
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Elizabeth		 186 +1
69.
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Ella		 41 +4
20.
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Ellen		 140 -1
12.
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Elsie		 165 -5
37.
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Emily		 79 -5
80.
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Emma		 30 -16
70.
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Esther		 39 +6
13.
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Ethel		 161 0
43.
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Eva		 68 -9
38.
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Evelyn		 78 -12
78.
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Flora		 33 +9
5.
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Florence		 205 +1
35.
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Frances		 81 +3
93.
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Freda		 25 -12
56.
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Gertrude		 49 -6
7.
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Gladys		 193 +5
39.
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Grace		 76 -7
67.
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Gwendoline		 42 -8
34.
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Hazel		 88 +7
44.
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Helen		 67 -2
40.
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Hilda		 74 -9
45.
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Ida		 64 -1
16.
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Irene		 154 +8
54.
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Iris		 51 +10
71.
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Isabel		 38 +10
47.
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Isabella		 58 0
11.
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Ivy		 172 -2
61.
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Jane		 45 -10
65.
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Janet		 43 +5
64.
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Jean		 44 +3
18.
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Jessie		 149 -7
14.
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Kathleen		 159 +2
80.
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Laura		 30 -1
50.
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Lilian		 55 -5
51.
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Lillian		 53 +1
61.
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Lily		 45 +11
80.
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Linda		 30 +14
96.
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Lorna		 23 -6
87.
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Louisa		 27 -17
55.
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Lucy		 50 -1
27.
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Mabel		 106 0
2.
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Margaret		 292 0
73.
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Marion		 36 -16
28.
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Marjorie		 100 +17
85.
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Martha		 28 +10
1.
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Mary		 459 0
73.
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Maud		 36 0
32.
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Mavis		 91 +8
42.
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May		 70 +1
90.
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Mildred		 26 new
71.
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Minnie		 38 -3
49.
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Mona		 57 +6
23.
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Muriel		 121 +11
58.
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Myra		 48 +30
15.
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Myrtle		 155 +2
97.
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Nancy		 22 -16
56.
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Nellie		 49 -1
95.
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Nora		 24 -14
17.
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Olive		 150 +1
90.
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Pearl		 26 -15
28.
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Phyllis		 100 +9
31.
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Rita		 92 +3
59.
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Rose		 47 0
36.
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Ruby		 80 -9
61.
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Ruth		 45 +1
47.
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Sarah		 58 +2
90.
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Stella		 26 new
87.
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Sylvia		 27 new
30.
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Thelma		 97 0
20.
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Vera		 140 +2
97.
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Veronica		 22 new
19.
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Violet		 141 -5
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Winifred		 109 +1
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand