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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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There were 650 named births and 122 different names.

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Names used more than once:
Mary - 101
Elizabeth - 60
Sarah - 47
Jane - 27
Amelia - 19
Eliza - 19
Emma - 19
Anne - 17
Ellen - 16
Ann - 14
Catherine - 13
Emily - 13
Fanny - 13
Hannah - 13
Margaret - 13
Maria - 13
Charlotte - 11
Louisa - 9
Martha - 8
Matilda - 8
Caroline - 7
Frances - 7
Alice - 6
Susanna - 6
Annie - 5
Harriet - 5
Julia - 5
Sophia - 5
Anna - 4
Cecilia - 4
Jessie - 4
Laura - 4
Rebecca - 4
Susannah - 4
Ada - 3
Agnes - 3
Christiana - 3
Esther - 3
Georgiana - 3
Grace - 3
Helen - 3
Henrietta - 3
Lucy - 3
Rosa - 3
Selina - 3
Susan - 3
Adelaide - 2
Amy - 2
Christina - 2
Clara - 2
Eleanor - 2
Flora - 2
Hellen - 2
Hester - 2
Honoria - 2
Janet - 2
Kate - 2
Lydia - 2
Marion - 2
Mercy - 2
Priscilla - 2

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Names used once only:
Adeline
Agness
Alecia
Ame
Asenath
Augusta
Betsey
Blanche
Bridget
Celia
Clarissa
Clementina
Comfort
Cora
Diana
Dinah
Eleonora
Elinor
Elisabeth
Ellenor
Emely
Eth
Eulalie
Eunice
Eveline
Faira
Florentine
Gestina
Harriett
Harriot
Isabella
Issabella
Jane-Maria
Jean
Jenet
Jennet
Jessy
Julian
Lenor
Lois
Margrett
Marian
Mildred
Naomi
Nesbeth
Phillis
Phoebe
Ricarda
Robinna
Rose
Rosea
Roseanna
Roseannah
Selena
Stella
Theodosia
Theresa
Vasy
Virtue
Zelia
Zillah

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