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		 130 +3
26.
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Albert		 159 +3
34.
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Alexander		 128 +6
37.
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Alfred		 122 +6
20.
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Allan		 181 +4
75.
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Allen		 39 +8
64.
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Andrew		 50 -1
84.
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Arnold		 33 +10
9.
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Arthur		 247 0
93.
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Athol		 30 -10
68.
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Basil		 45 +13
55.
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Bernard		 74 0
48.
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Brian		 100 +3
47.
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Bruce		 107 0
63.
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Cecil		 54 +12
11.
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Charles		 221 +4
66.
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Clarence		 48 -1
100.
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Claude		 27 new
62.
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Clifford		 55 -4
23.
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Colin		 164 -2
53.
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Cyril		 80 +1
97.
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Daniel		 29 new
13.
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David		 216 +4
36.
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Desmond		 125 +6
11.
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Donald		 221 +5
10.
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Douglas		 223 +1
21.
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Edward		 180 -1
93.
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Edwin		 30 -20
14.
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Eric		 198 -2
44.
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Ernest		 110 -4
31.
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Francis		 131 0
46.
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Frank		 108 -16
24.
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Frederick		 162 -2
60.
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Geoffrey		 57 0
5.
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George		 370 0
75.
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Gerald		 39 new
90.
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Gilbert		 31 -2
14.
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Gordon		 198 -2
57.
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Graham		 67 +3
37.
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Harold		 122 -1
59.
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Harry		 58 -3
84.
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Hector		 33 new
39.
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Henry		 121 -13
52.
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Herbert		 85 0
100.
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Horace		 27 new
67.
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Hugh		 46 -5
17.
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Ian		 186 +1
40.
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Ivan		 120 +4
22.
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Jack		 176 -3
3.
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James		 505 0
1.
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John		 892 0
45.
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Joseph		 109 -6
19.
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Keith		 182 +7
16.
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Kenneth		 195 -6
75.
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Kevin		 39 -8
74.
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Laurence		 40 -7
50.
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Lawrence		 95 +7
80.
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Leo		 37 +1
41.
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Leonard		 118 -17
17.
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Leslie		 186 -3
93.
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Lewis		 30 -16
84.
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Lionel		 33 +6
93.
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Lloyd		 30 -1
81.
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Malcolm		 35 -12
43.
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Maurice		 117 -6
90.
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Maxwell		 31 -11
56.
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Mervyn		 68 -6
79.
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Michael		 38 +4
72.
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Murray		 43 +18
70.
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Neil		 44 +5
68.
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Neville		 45 +9
30.
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Noel		 135 +14
29.
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Norman		 141 -6
51.
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Owen		 86 +1
48.
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Patrick		 100 -2
25.
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Peter		 161 +3
64.
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Philip		 50 -5
70.
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Ralph		 44 +9
8.
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Raymond		 250 -2
54.
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Reginald		 79 -6
60.
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Rex		 57 +11
27.
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Richard		 157 +5
4.
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Robert		 500 0
99.
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Roland		 28 new
7.
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Ronald		 273 -1
88.
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Ross		 32 -23
35.
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Roy		 126 +13
81.
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Russell		 35 -8
81.
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Samuel		 35 +7
28.
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Stanley		 153 +5
90.
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Stuart		 31 +6
72.
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Sydney		 43 -2
88.
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Terence		 32 +9
6.
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Thomas		 302 +2
41.
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Trevor		 118 -3
84.
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Vernon		 33 -13
58.
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Victor		 60 +6
97.
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Wallace		 29 -14
32.
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Walter		 130 +1
75.
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Wilfred		 39 +8
2.
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William		 758 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
87.
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Ada		 33 new
49.
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Agnes		 72 -1
66.
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Aileen		 50 +33
30.
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Alice		 103 +1
85.
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Alison		 34 +2
64.
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Alma		 52 -9
27.
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Annie		 110 +3
14.
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Audrey		 158 +1
37.
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Barbara		 86 +14
69.
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Beatrice		 47 -15
44.
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Beryl		 80 -5
7.
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Betty		 276 0
51.
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Catherine		 68 0
79.
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Constance		 39 -8
26.
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Daphne		 113 +9
15.
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Doreen		 156 +5
22.
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Doris		 122 -2
4.
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Dorothy		 357 +1
50.
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Dulcie		 71 +21
38.
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Edith		 85 +3
21.
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Edna		 127 -8
11.
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Eileen		 181 0
91.
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Elaine		 31 -3
100.
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Eleanor		 28 new
18.
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Elizabeth		 141 -1
42.
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Ellen		 82 +3
45.
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Elsie		 79 -23
97.
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Elva		 29 -5
94.
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Emily		 30 +2
94.
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Enid		 30 -19
58.
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Ethel		 60 -22
68.
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Eunice		 49 +14
69.
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Eva		 47 +8
46.
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Evelyn		 77 -14
30.
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Florence		 103 -3
35.
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Frances		 97 +1
84.
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Freda		 35 +15
20.
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Gladys		 130 -1
79.
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Gloria		 39 +20
54.
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Grace		 63 +5
61.
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Gwendoline		 56 +4
29.
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Hazel		 106 -1
100.
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Heather		 28 new
33.
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Helen		 98 -1
76.
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Hilda		 41 -8
97.
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Ida		 29 new
33.
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Irene		 98 +5
48.
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Iris		 73 -16
81.
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Isabel		 38 -12
87.
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Isobel		 33 new
69.
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Ivy		 47 -9
74.
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Janet		 45 0
6.
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Jean		 288 0
47.
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Jessie		 74 +6
2.
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Joan		 420 +1
87.
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Josephine		 33 +1
62.
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Joy		 53 +5
5.
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Joyce		 309 -1
10.
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June		 187 +2
8.
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Kathleen		 234 +1
87.
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Lilian		 33 -5
66.
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Lois		 50 +5
32.
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Lorna		 101 +16
100.
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Lucy		 28 -20
73.
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Mabel		 46 -18
1.
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Margaret		 516 0
22.
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Marie		 122 +7
53.
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Marion		 65 +9
17.
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Marjorie		 150 -2
3.
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Mary		 411 -1
75.
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Maureen		 43 new
16.
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Mavis		 155 +2
85.
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May		 34 +3
83.
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Mona		 36 -5
39.
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Muriel		 84 0
78.
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Myra		 40 -3
81.
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Myrtle		 38 -12
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Nancy		 140 -6
36.
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Ngaire		 91 +9
55.
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Noeline		 62 +9
43.
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Nola		 81 -1
25.
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Norma		 117 +1
91.
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Olga		 31 -9
28.
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Olive		 107 -4
9.
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Patricia		 229 -1
64.
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Pauline		 52 +18
97.
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Pearl		 29 -19
60.
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Peggy		 58 0
13.
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Phyllis		 160 -3
51.
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Rita		 68 +15
55.
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Rona		 62 +3
91.
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Rose		 31 new
76.
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Ruby		 41 -13
40.
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Ruth		 83 +10
12.
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Shirley		 163 +13
58.
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Sylvia		 60 -3
24.
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Thelma		 121 -2
94.
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Una		 30 +2
62.
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Valerie		 53 +18
69.
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Vera		 47 -22
55.
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Violet		 62 -12
40.
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Winifred		 83 +4
100.
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Yvonne		 28 -18
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand