Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys
Rank Name Times
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William		 753
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John		 636
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James		 437
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George		 387
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Charles		 326
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Thomas		 309
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Robert		 299
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Arthur		 255
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Frederick		 211
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Henry		 206
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Albert		 196
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Alfred		 181
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Harold		 169
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Leslie		 166
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Edward		 158
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Walter		 154
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Ernest		 152
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Francis		 149
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Herbert		 127
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Cecil		 124
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Leonard		 119
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Norman		 112
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Joseph		 110
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David		 106
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Eric		 105
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Frank		 102
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Alexander		 101
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Gordon		 97
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Cyril		 96
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Stanley		 95
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Richard		 94
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Hector		 90
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Percy		 77
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Reginald		 67
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Douglas		 61
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Roy		 61
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Allan		 60
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Harry		 58
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Clarence		 55
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Andrew		 53
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Donald		 48
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Kenneth		 48
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Ronald		 47
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Samuel		 47
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Victor		 47
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Hugh		 45
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Patrick		 44
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Raymond		 44
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Edwin		 41
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Sydney		 41
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Baden		 38
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Wilfred		 38
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Horace		 37
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Peter		 37
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Alan		 35
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Clifford		 35
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Claude		 33
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Archibald		 32
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Jack		 32
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Michael		 31
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Bernard		 30
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Lawrence		 30
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Maurice		 29
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Gilbert		 28
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Daniel		 27
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Louis		 27
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Colin		 26
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Ian		 26
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Geoffrey		 25
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Keith		 25
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Laurence		 25
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Leo		 25
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Philip		 25
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Ralph		 25
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Edgar		 24
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Sidney		 23
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Arnold		 22
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Bertie		 21
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Malcolm		 21
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Lionel		 20
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Redvers		 20
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Percival		 19
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Roland		 19
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Gerald		 18
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Allen		 17
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Angus		 17
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Basil		 17
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Robin		 16
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Ivan		 15
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Lewis		 15
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Stephen		 15
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Edmund		 14
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Hubert		 14
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Noel		 14
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Vernon		 14
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Wallace		 14
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Benjamin		 13
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Dudley		 13
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Fred		 13
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Nelson		 13
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Oliver		 13
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Girls
Rank Name Times
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Mary		 410
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Margaret		 289
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Annie		 239
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Dorothy		 193
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Florence		 192
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Elizabeth		 186
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Alice		 183
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Gladys		 180
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Doris		 177
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Elsie		 166
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Ivy		 159
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Myrtle		 151
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Ellen		 135
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Jessie		 133
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Violet		 133
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Eileen		 132
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Ethel		 127
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Catherine		 126
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Winifred		 121
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Edith		 118
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Agnes		 117
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Kathleen		 116
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Olive		 113
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Eva		 96
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Irene		 94
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Ruby		 88
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Vera		 87
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Mabel		 86
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Evelyn		 83
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Frances		 78
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Grace		 77
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Muriel		 75
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Ida		 74
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May		 70
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Ada		 67
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Sarah		 65
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Hilda		 63
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Helen		 61
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Rita		 60
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Thelma		 59
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Isabella		 53
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Lucy		 53
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Ruth		 53
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Emily		 52
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Gertrude		 51
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Nellie		 51
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Phyllis		 50
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Lilian		 49
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Hazel		 48
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Jane		 48
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Lillian		 48
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Rose		 45
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Constance		 44
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Edna		 44
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Eleanor		 44
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Beatrice		 42
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Maud		 42
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Marjorie		 41
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Daisy		 40
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Ella		 40
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Emma		 40
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Mona		 40
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Janet		 39
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Martha		 39
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Amy		 37
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Clara		 35
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Flora		 34
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Marion		 34
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Mavis		 34
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Bertha		 33
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Caroline		 33
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Lily		 33
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Esther		 32
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Laura		 32
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Mildred		 32
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Minnie		 32
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Alma		 31
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Christina		 31
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Charlotte		 29
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Eliza		 28
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Eveline		 28
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Iris		 28
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Louisa		 27
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Marjory		 27
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Isabel		 26
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Amelia		 25
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Clarice		 25
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Gwendoline		 25
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Kate		 25
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Maggie		 25
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Aileen		 24
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Freda		 24
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Hannah		 24
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Nora		 24
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Stella		 24
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Linda		 23
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Norah		 23
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Rachel		 23
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Beryl		 22
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Pearl		 22
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand