Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 126 +14
11.
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Albert		 223 -2
26.
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Alexander		 157 +5
20.
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Alfred		 173 +14
39.
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Allan		 110 -1
72.
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Allen		 44 +15
57.
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Andrew		 65 -7
72.
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Archibald		 44 +6
85.
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Arnold		 31 +2
7.
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Arthur		 305 0
85.
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Athol		 31 new
52.
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Bernard		 70 +3
83.
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Brian		 32 -7
65.
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Bruce		 53 +3
59.
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Cecil		 64 -3
8.
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Charles		 292 0
54.
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Clarence		 69 +6
68.
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Claude		 47 +15
51.
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Clifford		 71 0
41.
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Colin		 104 -4
34.
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Cyril		 122 +9
100.
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Daniel		 23 -31
18.
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David		 178 +7
98.
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Denis		 24 new
67.
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Desmond		 48 +2
31.
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Donald		 126 +2
9.
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Douglas		 257 +8
89.
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Edgar		 29 -6
13.
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Edward		 205 +1
72.
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Edwin		 44 -10
13.
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Eric		 205 0
21.
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Ernest		 172 -2
17.
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Francis		 191 +2
36.
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Frank		 121 -4
12.
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Frederick		 209 -2
93.
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Fredrick		 27 new
85.
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Geoffrey		 31 -23
5.
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George		 410 -1
90.
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Gilbert		 28 -5
28.
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Gordon		 155 -5
23.
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Harold		 166 -2
50.
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Harry		 76 -3
62.
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Hector		 56 +10
15.
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Henry		 200 -1
24.
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Herbert		 160 +4
80.
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Horace		 36 -2
93.
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Howard		 27 -1
57.
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Hugh		 65 +3
40.
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Ian		 107 -10
47.
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Ivan		 85 -8
25.
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Jack		 158 -9
3.
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James		 562 0
1.
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John		 900 0
38.
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Joseph		 112 -2
48.
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Keith		 82 +1
22.
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Kenneth		 168 0
85.
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Laurence		 31 +4
55.
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Lawrence		 67 -3
64.
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Leo		 54 +11
34.
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Leonard		 122 +1
10.
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Leslie		 244 +2
83.
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Lewis		 32 new
81.
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Lionel		 35 -5
45.
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Lloyd		 88 +27
100.
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Louis		 23 -1
78.
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Malcolm		 38 +16
90.
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Martin		 28 +9
33.
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Maurice		 123 +7
93.
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Maxwell		 27 new
62.
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Mervyn		 56 +4
75.
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Michael		 42 +5
79.
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Neil		 37 +3
93.
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Neville		 27 -1
43.
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Noel		 96 +3
29.
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Norman		 152 -11
69.
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Owen		 46 +3
46.
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Patrick		 86 -5
55.
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Percy		 67 +3
60.
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Peter		 63 -3
69.
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Philip		 46 -10
100.
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Phillip		 23 new
69.
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Ralph		 46 -2
26.
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Raymond		 157 +3
42.
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Reginald		 98 0
76.
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Rex		 40 -7
37.
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Richard		 120 -14
4.
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Robert		 448 +1
100.
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Roland		 23 new
16.
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Ronald		 194 -5
44.
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Roy		 89 0
77.
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Samuel		 39 +3
82.
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Sidney		 33 +8
30.
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Stanley		 144 -3
90.
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Stuart		 28 new
61.
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Sydney		 62 -13
6.
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Thomas		 356 0
52.
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Trevor		 70 +12
98.
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Verdun		 24 -34
100.
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Vernon		 23 -15
49.
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Victor		 77 +4
93.
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Vincent		 27 +4
19.
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Walter		 174 +7
66.
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Wilfred		 52 -12
2.
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William		 835 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
74.
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Ada		 43 -12
31.
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Agnes		 111 +3
18.
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Alice		 149 -1
52.
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Alma		 71 +2
90.
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Amy		 34 new
12.
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Annie		 174 +6
48.
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Audrey		 75 -4
66.
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Barbara		 50 -9
57.
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Beatrice		 61 +1
65.
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Beryl		 51 +7
22.
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Betty		 131 +5
30.
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Catherine		 112 +11
85.
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Christina		 38 -2
100.
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Clara		 29 new
100.
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Clarice		 29 new
56.
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Constance		 62 +2
47.
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Daphne		 76 +18
43.
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Doreen		 87 +5
15.
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Doris		 166 -1
3.
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Dorothy		 343 0
63.
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Dulcie		 53 -2
28.
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Edith		 114 -4
10.
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Edna		 195 0
9.
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Eileen		 209 -1
18.
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Elizabeth		 149 -7
96.
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Ella		 31 new
23.
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Ellen		 129 +5
21.
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Elsie		 140 -5
71.
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Emily		 46 +2
79.
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Enid		 41 -2
28.
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Ethel		 114 +7
79.
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Eunice		 41 -13
57.
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Eva		 61 -3
33.
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Evelyn		 109 -4
17.
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Florence		 164 -4
24.
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Frances		 127 -3
70.
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Freda		 48 +3
85.
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Gertrude		 38 +1
13.
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Gladys		 172 +2
46.
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Grace		 78 -4
53.
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Gwendoline		 68 -5
25.
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Hazel		 118 +6
36.
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Helen		 107 -6
50.
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Hilda		 73 +1
93.
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Ida		 32 -7
37.
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Irene		 105 0
34.
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Iris		 108 -2
62.
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Isabel		 54 +11
81.
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Isabella		 40 -11
45.
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Ivy		 81 -7
74.
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Janet		 43 +6
4.
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Jean		 335 0
27.
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Jessie		 116 -5
5.
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Joan		 297 +1
91.
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Josephine		 33 -18
6.
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Joyce		 279 +1
74.
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June		 43 new
7.
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Kathleen		 267 -2
72.
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Lilian		 45 -10
66.
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Lillian		 50 +14
100.
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Linda		 29 new
100.
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Lois		 29 new
41.
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Lorna		 94 +5
81.
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Lucy		 40 +5
49.
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Mabel		 74 +3
1.
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Margaret		 510 +1
57.
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Marie		 61 -3
50.
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Marion		 73 +16
15.
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Marjorie		 166 +11
81.
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Marjory		 40 +13
2.
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Mary		 481 -1
11.
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Mavis		 191 +1
81.
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May		 40 -19
96.
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Mildred		 31 new
93.
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Molly		 32 +7
69.
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Mona		 49 -9
96.
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Monica		 31 new
39.
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Muriel		 99 -7
87.
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Myra		 37 -8
60.
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Myrtle		 59 -12
26.
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Nancy		 117 -3
72.
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Nellie		 45 -1
99.
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Ngaire		 30 -7
64.
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Nola		 52 +13
88.
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Nora		 36 new
66.
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Norma		 50 0
61.
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Olga		 56 +22
20.
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Olive		 141 0
31.
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Patricia		 111 +5
91.
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Peggy		 33 new
8.
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Phyllis		 240 +1
44.
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Rita		 84 +2
40.
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Rona		 95 +12
78.
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Rose		 42 +8
54.
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Ruby		 64 -10
54.
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Ruth		 64 -15
89.
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Sarah		 35 new
93.
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Sheila		 32 new
74.
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Sylvia		 43 -8
14.
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Thelma		 168 +5
42.
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Vera		 93 +1
38.
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Violet		 102 +2
34.
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Winifred		 108 -10
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand