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		 159 +4
38.
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Albert		 90 -6
41.
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Alexander		 83 +21
63.
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Alfred		 51 -13
32.
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Allan		 101 -3
76.
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Allen		 38 -6
76.
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Andrew		 38 +6
66.
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Anthony		 49 -5
88.
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Arnold		 28 +8
28.
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Arthur		 110 -5
76.
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Barrie		 38 new
20.
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Barry		 146 +6
97.
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Basil		 26 new
56.
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Bernard		 62 +3
7.
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Brian		 325 -1
24.
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Bruce		 129 -7
53.
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Bryan		 64 +2
17.
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Charles		 148 +6
83.
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Clifford		 32 -5
76.
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Clive		 38 +20
13.
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Colin		 197 +1
85.
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Cyril		 29 -3
8.
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David		 317 -3
88.
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Dennis		 28 -10
36.
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Desmond		 94 0
10.
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Donald		 246 -2
23.
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Douglas		 137 -7
25.
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Edward		 128 -6
76.
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Edwin		 38 +14
29.
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Eric		 107 +3
63.
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Ernest		 51 -9
40.
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Francis		 84 0
74.
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Frank		 40 +4
44.
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Frederick		 80 -2
73.
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Geoffrey		 41 -6
12.
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George		 220 0
69.
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Gerald		 44 -1
27.
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Gordon		 120 -6
34.
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Graeme		 96 +3
21.
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Graham		 141 +1
59.
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Harold		 55 +3
91.
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Harry		 27 -13
58.
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Henry		 56 -14
83.
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Herbert		 32 +13
81.
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Hugh		 33 -9
9.
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Ian		 258 +2
51.
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Ivan		 69 -17
53.
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Jack		 64 -3
5.
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James		 388 -1
1.
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John		 860 0
45.
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Joseph		 79 +1
26.
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Keith		 125 -1
15.
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Kenneth		 179 -2
55.
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Kevin		 63 +3
72.
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Laurence		 42 +17
65.
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Lawrence		 50 +1
81.
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Leo		 33 +11
52.
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Leonard		 68 -3
34.
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Leslie		 96 -8
85.
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Lewis		 29 new
91.
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Lindsay		 27 +9
91.
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Lionel		 27 +5
88.
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Lloyd		 28 new
50.
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Malcolm		 70 +5
21.
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Maurice		 141 +9
61.
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Mervyn		 53 -22
30.
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Michael		 103 +18
37.
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Murray		 91 +7
47.
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Neil		 72 -1
70.
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Neville		 43 -6
33.
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Noel		 98 +2
31.
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Norman		 102 0
49.
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Owen		 71 +15
46.
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Patrick		 78 -6
62.
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Paul		 52 +9
6.
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Peter		 353 +1
91.
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Philip		 27 -6
91.
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Ralph		 27 -9
11.
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Raymond		 229 -1
68.
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Reginald		 45 +1
39.
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Rex		 89 -2
19.
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Richard		 147 +9
3.
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Robert		 405 0
70.
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Robin		 43 +4
91.
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Rodney		 27 new
66.
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Roger		 49 +22
4.
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Ronald		 393 +5
74.
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Ross		 40 +2
59.
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Roy		 55 -9
47.
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Russell		 72 +10
97.
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Selwyn		 26 new
42.
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Stanley		 82 0
97.
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Stuart		 26 -25
57.
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Terence		 60 +3
14.
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Thomas		 193 +1
17.
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Trevor		 148 +1
85.
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Victor		 29 -9
42.
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Walter		 82 +11
97.
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Warwick		 26 -2
2.
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William		 518 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
71.
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Agnes		 37 +24
82.
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Ailsa		 32 +14
60.
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Alice		 46 +1
45.
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Alison		 62 +19
82.
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Ann		 32 -12
32.
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Anne		 82 +14
68.
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Annie		 38 +6
23.
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Audrey		 111 -3
7.
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Barbara		 230 0
49.
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Beryl		 59 +7
10.
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Betty		 192 -2
15.
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Beverley		 147 +1
64.
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Beverly		 41 +13
42.
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Catherine		 74 +8
20.
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Colleen		 128 +5
32.
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Daphne		 82 -2
27.
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Dawn		 94 -1
63.
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Diana		 43 +18
13.
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Doreen		 157 +5
58.
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Doris		 48 +3
6.
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Dorothy		 247 0
57.
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Edith		 49 +20
64.
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Edna		 41 -10
27.
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Eileen		 94 -5
35.
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Elaine		 80 +3
92.
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Eleanor		 28 new
8.
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Elizabeth		 221 +1
76.
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Ellen		 35 -16
68.
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Elsie		 38 -7
92.
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Ethel		 28 -6
90.
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Eunice		 29 new
56.
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Evelyn		 52 -7
41.
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Fay		 75 -3
52.
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Florence		 56 +3
45.
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Frances		 62 -4
60.
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Gladys		 46 -13
86.
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Gloria		 31 -12
47.
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Hazel		 61 +5
31.
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Heather		 84 +13
21.
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Helen		 127 -2
97.
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Hilda		 26 new
52.
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Irene		 56 +4
77.
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Iris		 34 -12
92.
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Isabel		 28 -15
82.
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Isobel		 32 +8
90.
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Jacqueline		 29 new
24.
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Janet		 110 +10
95.
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Janice		 27 +3
14.
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Jean		 154 -1
77.
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Jennifer		 34 -8
77.
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Jessie		 34 -3
5.
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Joan		 280 -1
60.
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Jocelyn		 46 -8
59.
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Josephine		 47 +8
38.
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Joy		 78 -6
18.
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Joyce		 138 -3
22.
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Judith		 115 +6
11.
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June		 169 -1
19.
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Kathleen		 134 -2
86.
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Lesley		 31 -4
25.
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Lois		 104 +10
50.
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Lorna		 57 -8
52.
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Lorraine		 56 +13
1.
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Margaret		 702 0
17.
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Marie		 144 -4
35.
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Marion		 80 +9
50.
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Marjorie		 57 -22
95.
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Marlene		 27 new
3.
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Mary		 309 +2
12.
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Maureen		 168 0
44.
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Mavis		 67 +6
86.
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Muriel		 31 -16
86.
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Myra		 31 new
26.
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Nancy		 103 -5
97.
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Natalie		 26 new
40.
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Ngaire		 76 -18
74.
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Noelene		 36 +17
27.
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Noeline		 94 +6
48.
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Nola		 60 -12
30.
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Norma		 87 +1
67.
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Olive		 39 -20
16.
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Pamela		 146 +8
2.
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Patricia		 363 +1
39.
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Pauline		 77 -12
71.
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Peggy		 37 +1
43.
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Phyllis		 69 -5
82.
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Rae		 32 new
71.
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Rita		 37 +1
74.
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Rona		 36 +24
68.
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Rosemary		 38 +20
97.
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Ruby		 26 new
35.
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Ruth		 80 +1
4.
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Shirley		 281 -2
66.
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Sylvia		 40 -7
55.
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Thelma		 54 -12
9.
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Valerie		 193 +2
80.
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Valmai		 33 +18
97.
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Violet		 26 -20
80.
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Winifred		 33 +4
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Yvonne		 82 +24
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand