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		 50 0
9.
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Albert		 247 +1
20.
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Alexander		 157 -1
18.
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Alfred		 161 -6
40.
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Allan		 74 +2
77.
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Allen		 28 -1
45.
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Andrew		 56 +2
58.
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Archibald		 46 +1
100.
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Archie		 15 new
74.
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Arnold		 29 +2
8.
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Arthur		 309 -2
92.
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Athol		 19 new
85.
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Basil		 21 new
83.
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Benjamin		 26 new
64.
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Bernard		 38 +16
100.
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Bruce		 15 new
35.
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Cecil		 92 -8
6.
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Charles		 335 -1
35.
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Clarence		 92 +1
100.
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Claud		 15 new
49.
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Claude		 52 +8
54.
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Clifford		 48 +8
55.
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Colin		 47 -1
34.
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Cyril		 99 -2
67.
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Daniel		 34 +1
27.
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David		 130 -4
41.
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Donald		 73 0
31.
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Douglas		 106 +7
89.
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Duncan		 20 +7
68.
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Edgar		 33 -2
11.
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Edward		 209 +2
63.
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Edwin		 39 -13
16.
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Eric		 180 -2
17.
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Ernest		 164 +3
14.
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Francis		 191 +2
25.
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Frank		 140 +4
10.
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Frederick		 222 -1
94.
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Fredrick		 18 new
80.
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Geoffrey		 27 -5
4.
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George		 425 0
100.
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Gerald		 15 -15
64.
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Gilbert		 38 +9
30.
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Gordon		 125 -3
15.
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Harold		 184 +1
42.
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Harry		 64 -2
52.
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Hector		 51 -8
12.
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Henry		 203 +2
23.
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Herbert		 149 +1
55.
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Horace		 47 -7
89.
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Howard		 20 +4
45.
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Hugh		 56 -1
68.
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Ian		 33 -17
60.
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Ivan		 42 +4
37.
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Jack		 90 +2
3.
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James		 489 0
2.
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John		 784 0
29.
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Joseph		 126 -7
60.
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Keith		 42 +1
38.
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Kenneth		 88 -1
92.
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Laurence		 19 +4
58.
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Lawrence		 46 +1
77.
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Leo		 28 -6
22.
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Leonard		 151 +3
13.
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Leslie		 200 -2
85.
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Lewis		 21 -12
66.
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Lionel		 36 -3
74.
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Louis		 29 +2
96.
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Malcolm		 17 -8
55.
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Maurice		 47 +1
100.
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Mervyn		 15 -12
72.
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Michael		 30 -6
85.
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Nelson		 21 -9
74.
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Noel		 29 -3
21.
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Norman		 154 +4
99.
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Oswald		 16 +1
71.
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Owen		 31 +14
49.
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Patrick		 52 +8
80.
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Percival		 27 0
44.
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Percy		 63 -1
60.
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Peter		 42 +28
72.
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Philip		 30 -4
68.
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Ralph		 33 -3
39.
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Raymond		 85 -5
33.
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Reginald		 103 -2
28.
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Richard		 129 +2
5.
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Robert		 353 +2
26.
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Ronald		 131 +8
32.
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Roy		 105 +1
45.
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Samuel		 56 +4
85.
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Sidney		 21 -17
24.
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Stanley		 142 -3
77.
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Stephen		 28 new
96.
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Stewart		 17 new
84.
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Stuart		 23 -4
42.
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Sydney		 64 +12
7.
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Thomas		 312 +1
80.
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Trevor		 27 0
45.
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Victor		 56 +1
89.
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Vincent		 20 -4
94.
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Vivian		 18 new
96.
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Wallace		 17 new
19.
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Walter		 160 -1
49.
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Wilfred		 52 +3
1.
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William		 888 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
48.
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Ada		 63 -7
22.
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Agnes		 131 +4
4.
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Alice		 240 +2
44.
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Alma		 68 +8
76.
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Amelia		 36 new
63.
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Amy		 49 -4
12.
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Annie		 174 -7
60.
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Beatrice		 51 +9
81.
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Bertha		 33 +14
83.
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Beryl		 32 new
83.
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Caroline		 32 new
21.
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Catherine		 137 0
86.
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Charlotte		 31 +8
57.
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Christina		 54 -4
66.
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Clara		 45 +11
79.
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Clarice		 35 +8
44.
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Constance		 68 +3
71.
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Daisy		 42 +10
83.
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Daphne		 32 new
96.
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Dora		 28 -4
91.
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Doreen		 29 -26
7.
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Doris		 216 -3
3.
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Dorothy		 257 0
14.
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Edith		 161 +3
17.
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Edna		 153 +8
6.
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Eileen		 217 +2
91.
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Eleanor		 29 -4
13.
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Elizabeth		 173 -4
91.
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Ella		 29 -15
26.
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Ellen		 116 -9
9.
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Elsie		 184 +3
40.
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Emily		 81 +5
86.
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Emma		 31 -21
60.
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Ena		 51 new
91.
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Enid		 29 new
15.
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Ethel		 155 0
37.
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Eva		 87 +3
38.
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Evelyn		 85 -4
86.
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Flora		 31 -9
11.
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Florence		 179 -2
39.
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Frances		 83 -4
62.
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Freda		 50 -2
54.
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Gertrude		 56 +1
5.
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Gladys		 227 +1
27.
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Grace		 112 +3
58.
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Gwendoline		 53 +2
35.
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Hazel		 92 +2
43.
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Helen		 71 -4
42.
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Hilda		 75 -4
50.
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Ida		 60 -3
79.
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Ina		 35 new
16.
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Irene		 154 +5
46.
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Iris		 65 +7
72.
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Isabel		 40 -12
48.
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Isabella		 63 +3
19.
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Ivy		 145 -6
51.
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Jane		 58 +18
69.
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Janet		 43 +10
41.
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Jean		 80 +8
10.
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Jessie		 180 +6
86.
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Joyce		 31 -5
8.
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Kathleen		 203 +3
90.
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Laura		 30 -5
52.
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Lilian		 57 -6
67.
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Lillian		 44 -7
76.
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Lily		 36 +11
96.
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Linda		 28 -23
91.
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Lorna		 29 -10
72.
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Louisa		 40 -7
56.
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Lucy		 55 +1
30.
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Mabel		 102 +1
2.
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Margaret		 354 0
67.
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Marion		 44 -2
36.
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Marjorie		 89 -7
69.
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Marjory		 43 +5
1.
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Mary		 450 0
76.
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Maud		 36 +5
28.
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Mavis		 107 0
54.
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May		 56 -11
96.
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Minnie		 28 -16
46.
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Mona		 65 -4
30.
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Muriel		 102 +13
74.
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Myra		 38 -2
17.
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Myrtle		 153 +2
75.
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Nancy		 37 -1
52.
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Nellie		 57 -3
81.
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Nora		 33 +4
20.
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Olive		 143 +3
29.
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Phyllis		 104 +2
96.
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Reta		 28 new
33.
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Rita		 100 -2
63.
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Rose		 49 -6
34.
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Ruby		 99 +2
58.
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Ruth		 53 +6
65.
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Sarah		 48 -10
96.
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Sybil		 28 new
23.
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Thelma		 130 +4
25.
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Vera		 119 -5
24.
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Violet		 122 -10
30.
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Winifred		 102 -7
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand