Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 51 +1
10.
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Albert		 227 -1
21.
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Alexander		 162 -1
12.
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Alfred		 213 +6
42.
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Allan		 74 -2
48.
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Andrew		 64 -3
58.
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Archibald		 47 0
70.
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Arnold		 33 +4
8.
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Arthur		 340 0
92.
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Athol		 20 0
67.
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Basil		 36 +18
91.
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Benjamin		 21 -8
72.
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Bernard		 32 -8
96.
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Bertie		 18 new
90.
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Bruce		 22 +10
34.
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Cecil		 98 +1
7.
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Charles		 350 -1
38.
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Clarence		 93 -3
55.
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Claude		 48 -6
55.
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Clifford		 48 -1
51.
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Colin		 52 +4
36.
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Cyril		 97 -2
78.
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Daniel		 28 -11
19.
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David		 163 +8
40.
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Donald		 82 +1
37.
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Douglas		 95 -6
100.
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Duncan		 17 -11
59.
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Edgar		 46 +9
13.
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Edward		 210 -2
52.
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Edwin		 51 +11
17.
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Eric		 187 -1
18.
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Ernest		 174 -1
19.
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Francis		 163 -5
29.
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Frank		 120 -4
9.
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Frederick		 254 +1
67.
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Geoffrey		 36 +13
3.
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George		 485 +1
94.
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Gerald		 19 +6
63.
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Gilbert		 37 +1
31.
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Gordon		 115 -1
16.
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Harold		 190 -1
41.
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Harry		 75 +1
45.
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Hector		 71 +7
11.
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Henry		 223 +1
22.
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Herbert		 144 +1
60.
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Horace		 42 -5
87.
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Howard		 24 +2
49.
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Hugh		 59 -4
54.
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Ian		 50 +14
62.
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Ivan		 41 -2
33.
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Jack		 106 +4
4.
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James		 478 -1
2.
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John		 875 0
25.
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Joseph		 131 +4
63.
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Keith		 37 -3
32.
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Kenneth		 108 +6
79.
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Laurence		 27 +13
55.
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Lawrence		 48 +3
70.
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Leo		 33 +7
24.
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Leonard		 132 -2
14.
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Leslie		 203 -1
88.
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Lewis		 23 -3
67.
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Lionel		 36 -1
72.
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Louis		 32 +2
82.
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Malcolm		 26 +14
96.
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Martin		 18 new
46.
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Maurice		 69 +9
79.
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Mervyn		 27 +21
82.
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Michael		 26 -10
96.
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Neil		 18 new
72.
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Noel		 32 +2
23.
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Norman		 140 -2
77.
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Owen		 30 -6
60.
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Patrick		 42 -11
76.
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Percival		 31 +4
44.
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Percy		 72 0
79.
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Peter		 27 -19
63.
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Philip		 37 +9
72.
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Ralph		 32 -4
30.
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Raymond		 117 +9
34.
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Reginald		 98 -1
28.
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Richard		 125 0
5.
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Robert		 394 0
82.
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Roland		 26 new
26.
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Ronald		 127 0
39.
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Roy		 85 -7
96.
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Russell		 18 new
50.
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Samuel		 58 -5
82.
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Sidney		 26 +3
26.
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Stanley		 127 -2
94.
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Stewart		 19 +2
42.
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Sydney		 74 0
6.
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Thomas		 371 +1
88.
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Trevor		 23 -8
92.
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Vernon		 20 new
47.
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Victor		 66 -2
100.
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Vincent		 17 -11
86.
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Wallace		 25 +10
15.
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Walter		 197 +4
63.
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Wilfred		 37 -14
1.
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William		 901 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
44.
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Ada		 68 +4
35.
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Agnes		 108 -13
100.
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Aileen		 28 new
6.
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Alice		 218 -2
53.
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Alma		 56 -9
79.
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Amelia		 37 -3
55.
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Amy		 53 +8
5.
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Annie		 228 +7
96.
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Barbara		 29 new
50.
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Beatrice		 60 +10
96.
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Beryl		 29 -13
28.
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Catherine		 120 -7
96.
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Charlotte		 29 -10
55.
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Christina		 53 +2
86.
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Clara		 35 -20
89.
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Clarice		 34 -10
48.
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Constance		 61 -4
86.
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Daisy		 35 -15
71.
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Daphne		 43 +12
71.
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Doreen		 43 +20
7.
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Doris		 212 0
3.
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Dorothy		 257 0
78.
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Dulcie		 38 new
17.
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Edith		 144 -3
10.
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Edna		 205 +7
4.
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Eileen		 249 +2
74.
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Eleanor		 41 +17
9.
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Elizabeth		 206 +4
93.
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Ella		 32 -2
16.
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Ellen		 146 +10
12.
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Elsie		 173 -3
46.
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Emily		 65 -6
79.
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Emma		 37 +7
61.
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Ena		 49 -1
91.
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Esther		 33 new
17.
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Ethel		 144 -2
81.
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Eunice		 36 new
40.
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Eva		 84 -3
32.
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Evelyn		 110 +6
71.
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Flora		 43 +15
13.
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Florence		 168 -2
36.
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Frances		 106 +3
59.
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Freda		 50 +3
66.
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Gertrude		 47 -12
8.
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Gladys		 211 -3
38.
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Grace		 101 -11
66.
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Gwendoline		 47 -8
33.
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Hazel		 109 +2
42.
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Helen		 77 +1
43.
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Hilda		 73 -1
47.
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Ida		 62 +3
21.
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Irene		 141 -5
50.
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Iris		 60 -4
66.
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Isabel		 47 +6
52.
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Isabella		 57 -4
15.
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Ivy		 154 +4
75.
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Jane		 39 -24
81.
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Janet		 36 -12
39.
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Jean		 89 +2
14.
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Jessie		 160 -4
69.
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Joyce		 46 +17
11.
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Kathleen		 198 -3
81.
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Laura		 36 +9
48.
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Lilian		 61 +4
54.
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Lillian		 55 +13
81.
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Lily		 36 -5
89.
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Lorna		 34 +2
62.
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Louisa		 48 +10
58.
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Lucy		 51 -2
33.
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Mabel		 109 -3
2.
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Margaret		 322 0
62.
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Marion		 48 +5
31.
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Marjorie		 113 +5
75.
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Marjory		 39 -6
1.
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Mary		 506 0
93.
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Maud		 32 -17
23.
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Mavis		 131 +5
41.
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May		 78 +13
81.
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Mildred		 36 new
93.
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Minnie		 32 +3
44.
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Mona		 68 +2
29.
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Muriel		 119 +1
75.
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Myra		 39 -1
19.
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Myrtle		 142 -2
62.
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Nancy		 48 +13
69.
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Nellie		 46 -17
96.
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Nora		 29 -15
24.
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Olive		 130 -4
86.
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Pearl		 35 new
22.
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Phyllis		 138 +7
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Reta		 28 -4
27.
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Rita		 121 +6
55.
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Rose		 53 +8
37.
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Ruby		 103 -3
62.
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Ruth		 48 -4
59.
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Sarah		 50 +6
91.
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Stella		 33 new
26.
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Thelma		 129 -3
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Vera		 130 +1
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Violet		 142 +5
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Winifred		 117 0
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand