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I'm working on developing data for names registered in Western Australia from when records began in 1841. This is the first batch!

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For boys there were 690 registered births and 85 different names.

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Names used more than once:
John - 99
William - 99
Charles - 43
James - 42
George - 41
Henry - 41
Thomas - 41
Edward - 35
Frederick - 21
Robert - 21
Alfred - 19
Richard - 14
Joseph - 13
Samuel - 13
Walter - 8
Albert - 7
Alexander - 7
Francis - 7
Stephen - 7
Edwin - 6
Andrew - 5
David - 5
Harry - 5
Jesse - 5
Arthur - 4
Isaac - 4
Edmund - 3
Elijah - 3
Frederic - 3
Michael - 3
Sydney - 3
Abraham - 2
Benjamin - 2
Ephraim - 2
Frank - 2
Herbert - 2
Horace - 2
Matthew - 2
Nathan - 2
Owen - 2

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Names used once only:
Arnott
Austin
Benoni
Bernard
Campbell
Cornelius
Daniel
Edgar
Eli
Ferdinand
Godfrey
Horatio
Hugh
Ira
Jabez
Jeremiah
Joshua
Julius
Lawrence
Lewis
Lionel
Louis
Maitland
Marshall
Nathaniel
Oliver
Patrick
Philip
Ribben
Roland
Rowland
Seymour
Silas
Simeon
Spring
Stewart
Theophilus
Tom
Trevarton
Uriah
Vernon
Victor
Vincent
Wallace
Wesley

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