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		 62 -5
10.
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Albert		 229 +1
18.
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Alexander		 172 +13
13.
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Alfred		 200 +1
35.
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Allan		 108 +6
68.
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Allen		 36 +5
48.
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Andrew		 67 -4
68.
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Archibald		 36 -15
64.
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Arnold		 41 +15
7.
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Arthur		 340 +1
84.
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Athol		 27 +13
63.
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Bernard		 43 -3
75.
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Bruce		 33 +25
36.
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Cecil		 107 +2
89.
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Cedric		 23 new
8.
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Charles		 335 -1
42.
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Clarence		 79 -4
64.
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Claude		 41 -7
48.
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Clifford		 67 +6
87.
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Clive		 24 new
46.
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Colin		 71 +3
34.
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Cyril		 120 -2
87.
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Daniel		 24 0
24.
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David		 143 -4
40.
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Donald		 84 -4
36.
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Douglas		 107 +1
72.
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Edgar		 35 0
12.
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Edward		 214 +1
60.
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Edwin		 44 +7
14.
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Eric		 199 -2
17.
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Ernest		 184 0
23.
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Francis		 145 -7
31.
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Frank		 129 -6
9.
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Frederick		 259 0
77.
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Geoffrey		 31 -6
4.
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George		 427 0
90.
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Gerald		 21 +7
68.
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Gilbert		 36 -3
20.
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Gordon		 169 +9
16.
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Harold		 189 +2
43.
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Harry		 77 -1
56.
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Hector		 50 +5
15.
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Henry		 197 -1
25.
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Herbert		 142 +2
79.
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Horace		 29 -12
75.
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Howard		 33 +17
97.
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Hubert		 17 new
50.
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Hugh		 63 -3
44.
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Ian		 76 +7
57.
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Ivan		 49 +7
38.
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Jack		 106 -4
3.
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James		 527 0
2.
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John		 858 0
29.
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Joseph		 134 -3
45.
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Keith		 73 +10
26.
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Kenneth		 140 +2
83.
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Laurence		 28 -4
60.
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Lawrence		 44 -4
58.
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Leo		 47 +18
27.
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Leonard		 139 +3
11.
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Leslie		 215 -1
93.
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Lewis		 19 -14
85.
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Lionel		 26 -23
97.
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Louis		 17 -2
85.
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Malcolm		 26 -3
90.
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Martin		 21 +7
95.
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Matthew		 18 new
54.
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Maurice		 55 -10
79.
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Mervyn		 29 -1
79.
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Michael		 29 -5
67.
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Noel		 37 -1
22.
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Norman		 155 -1
77.
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Owen		 31 +7
55.
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Patrick		 54 -4
93.
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Percival		 19 -8
52.
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Percy		 60 -5
72.
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Peter		 35 -9
79.
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Philip		 29 -21
59.
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Ralph		 45 +8
32.
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Raymond		 128 0
33.
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Reginald		 123 +1
28.
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Richard		 136 -4
5.
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Robert		 394 +1
21.
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Ronald		 166 +2
39.
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Roy		 85 +1
90.
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Russell		 21 new
53.
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Samuel		 59 +14
66.
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Sidney		 39 +10
30.
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Stanley		 133 -8
95.
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Stephen		 18 -8
97.
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Stewart		 17 new
41.
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Sydney		 82 +9
6.
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Thomas		 346 -1
68.
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Trevor		 36 +6
46.
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Victor		 71 -4
72.
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Vincent		 35 +19
97.
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Wallace		 17 new
19.
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Walter		 170 0
60.
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Wilfred		 44 -2
1.
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William		 898 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
70.
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Ada		 47 -22
31.
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Agnes		 118 -7
7.
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Alice		 218 -1
53.
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Alma		 62 -1
95.
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Amelia		 28 -13
52.
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Amy		 63 -3
6.
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Annie		 223 +2
90.
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Barbara		 30 new
58.
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Beatrice		 54 +3
81.
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Bertha		 37 -8
75.
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Beryl		 40 +22
17.
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Catherine		 157 +10
60.
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Christina		 53 +8
73.
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Clara		 42 +24
97.
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Clarice		 27 -3
48.
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Constance		 68 -4
86.
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Daisy		 34 -17
63.
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Daphne		 50 +15
80.
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Doreen		 38 -15
10.
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Doris		 196 -6
3.
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Dorothy		 269 0
75.
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Dulcie		 40 -1
21.
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Edith		 146 +2
4.
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Edna		 245 +5
8.
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Eileen		 207 -1
72.
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Eleanor		 43 +7
14.
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Elizabeth		 184 -2
86.
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Ella		 34 -15
16.
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Ellen		 167 +15
13.
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Elsie		 190 +2
50.
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Emily		 64 -3
88.
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Emma		 33 -6
97.
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Ena		 27 -5
95.
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Esther		 28 -10
18.
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Ethel		 155 -4
42.
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Eva		 78 -3
31.
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Evelyn		 118 +4
90.
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Flora		 30 -1
15.
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Florence		 181 -4
39.
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Frances		 86 -1
75.
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Freda		 40 -25
68.
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Gertrude		 48 +3
9.
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Gladys		 198 -5
38.
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Grace		 97 -2
45.
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Gwendoline		 74 +11
28.
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Hazel		 131 +6
44.
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Helen		 77 +6
42.
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Hilda		 78 -1
57.
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Ida		 56 +8
20.
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Irene		 147 -1
39.
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Iris		 86 +4
60.
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Isabel		 53 +3
50.
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Isabella		 64 +4
23.
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Ivy		 144 -7
81.
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Jane		 37 -25
70.
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Janet		 47 -1
27.
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Jean		 132 +13
18.
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Jessie		 155 +1
90.
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Joan		 30 -1
46.
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Joyce		 70 +14
5.
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Kathleen		 236 +5
94.
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Laura		 29 -15
55.
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Lilian		 57 -3
65.
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Lillian		 49 -9
65.
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Lily		 49 +17
97.
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Linda		 27 -8
63.
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Lorna		 50 +13
88.
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Louisa		 33 -3
65.
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Lucy		 49 -1
36.
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Mabel		 99 -8
2.
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Margaret		 368 0
60.
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Marion		 53 +1
22.
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Marjorie		 145 +6
68.
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Marjory		 48 +24
1.
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Mary		 513 0
97.
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Maud		 27 new
12.
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Mavis		 192 +5
41.
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May		 79 +3
75.
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Mildred		 40 +1
97.
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Minnie		 27 -9
48.
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Mona		 68 -6
36.
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Muriel		 99 0
83.
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Myra		 36 +2
33.
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Myrtle		 114 -11
47.
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Nancy		 69 -1
55.
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Nellie		 57 -1
74.
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Nora		 41 +26
26.
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Olive		 139 -8
11.
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Phyllis		 194 +2
34.
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Rita		 109 -1
84.
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Rona		 35 +11
54.
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Rose		 61 +25
34.
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Ruby		 109 -3
58.
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Ruth		 54 +7
84.
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Sarah		 35 -28
79.
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Sylvia		 39 new
25.
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Thelma		 141 +1
90.
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Una		 30 new
29.
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Vera		 128 -4
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Violet		 142 -3
30.
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Winifred		 126 0
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand