Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 1,057 0 +108 +11.4%
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William		 890 0 +43 +5.1%
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James		 586 0 +16 +2.8%
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George		 470 0 +41 +9.6%
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Robert		 417 0 +37 +9.7%
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Thomas		 364 0 +7 +2.0%
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Charles		 344 0 +37 +12.1%
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Arthur		 312 0 +6 +2.0%
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Leslie		 248 +3 +47 +23.4%
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Frederick		 228 -1 -1 -0.4%
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Henry		 228 0 +5 +2.2%
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Albert		 224 +1 +24 +12.0%
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Ronald		 217 -2 -2 -0.9%
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Francis		 211 +1 +25 +13.4%
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Eric		 205 -1 +6 +3.0%
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Edward		 192 +2 +18 +10.3%
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Harold		 180 0 +3 +1.7%
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David		 178 +5 +22 +14.1%
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Leonard		 171 +9 +26 +17.9%
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Gordon		 170 -4 -15 -8.1%
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Raymond		 170 +4 +17 +11.1%
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Walter		 169 +5 +23 +15.8%
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Alfred		 166 -4 0 0.0%
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Norman		 160 -3 -1 -0.6%
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Kenneth		 158 +1 +10 +6.8%
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Stanley		 158 +6 +25 +18.8%
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Ernest		 155 -7 -7 -4.3%
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Jack		 152 -7 -9 -5.6%
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Richard		 136 0 -2 -1.4%
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Joseph		 134 0 -3 -2.2%
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Allan		 129 +2 -1 -0.8%
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Alexander		 127 -7 -25 -16.4%
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Herbert		 125 +3 +7 +5.9%
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Frank		 123 0 +1 +0.8%
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Douglas		 112 0 -7 -5.9%
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Reginald		 111 +1 +4 +3.7%
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Alan		 108 +7 +28 +35.0%
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Cyril		 107 +1 +1 +0.9%
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Roy		 105 +2 +13 +14.1%
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Colin		 101 0 +6 +6.3%
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Donald		 99 -10 -34 -25.6%
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Maurice		 98 +1 +13 +15.3%
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Cecil		 86 -6 -21 -19.6%
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Patrick		 84 +1 +6 +7.7%
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Keith		 83 +5 +20 +31.7%
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Hugh		 82 -1 +4 +5.1%
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Ian		 79 +2 +12 +17.9%
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Harry		 74 -1 0 0.0%
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Percy		 72 +8 +18 +33.3%
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Victor		 72 +3 +11 +18.0%
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Clifford		 69 +4 +13 +23.2%
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Andrew		 66 +2 +9 +15.8%
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Clarence		 65 -11 -22 -25.3%
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Lawrence		 64 -6 -9 -12.3%
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Noel		 63 +1 +8 +14.5%
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Peter		 63 +6 +14 +28.6%
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Bernard		 61 +18 +24 +64.9%
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Wilfred		 61 +3 +11 +22.0%
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Ivan		 58 -8 -4 -6.5%
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Sydney		 57 -7 -3 -5.0%
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Philip		 48 +4 +6 +14.3%
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Trevor		 48 +3 +5 +11.6%
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Mervyn		 47 +4 +6 +14.6%
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Samuel		 47 -4 -4 -7.8%
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Laurence		 46 +32 +26 +130%
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Ralph		 45 -1 +3 +7.1%
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Claude		 43 +11 +8 +22.9%
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Bruce		 42 new new new
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Edgar		 42 +4 +4 +10.5%
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Edwin		 42 -5 -2 -4.5%
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Allen		 41 -4 0 0.0%
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Archibald		 41 -9 -7 -14.6%
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Geoffrey		 41 +4 +4 +10.8%
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Hector		 40 -16 -12 -23.1%
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Leo		 40 -4 +1 +2.6%
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Owen		 35 -6 -4 -10.3%
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Basil		 34 +3 +2 +6.3%
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Howard		 34 new new new
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Louis		 34 new new new
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Michael		 34 0 -2 -5.6%
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Daniel		 33 +1 +3 +10.0%
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Sidney		 33 +1 +3 +10.0%
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Gilbert		 31 -4 -2 -6.1%
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Horace		 31 -11 -7 -18.4%
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Malcolm		 31 -16 -10 -24.4%
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Lewis		 29 0 +4 +16.0%
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Gerald		 28 -1 +3 +12.0%
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Lionel		 28 +10 +8 +40.0%
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Desmond		 27 +8 +7 +35.0%
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Maxwell		 27 new new new
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Russell		 27 +4 +5 +22.7%
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Arnold		 26 -20 -12 -31.6%
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Dudley		 26 +4 +5 +23.8%
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Martin		 26 new new new
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Phillip		 26 new new new
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Brian		 24 new new new
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Vincent		 24 -10 -1 -4.0%
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Wallace		 24 new new new
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Lindsay		 23 -2 +3 +15.0%
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Murray		 23 new new new
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Neville		 23 -14 -3 -11.5%
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Roland		 23 -9 0 0.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 528 0 -70 -11.7%
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Margaret		 448 0 +19 +4.4%
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Dorothy		 293 0 -5 -1.7%
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Phyllis		 263 +1 +15 +6.0%
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Kathleen		 256 -1 +4 +1.6%
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Jean		 246 +1 +33 +15.5%
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Mavis		 227 0 +14 +6.6%
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Annie		 215 +5 +31 +16.8%
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Edna		 208 0 -4 -1.9%
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Eileen		 199 -4 -32 -13.9%
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Doris		 186 -1 -17 -8.4%
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Elizabeth		 183 +2 +5 +2.8%
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Alice		 181 -1 -14 -7.2%
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Gladys		 174 -3 -27 -13.4%
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Ethel		 161 +5 +15 +10.3%
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Marjorie		 161 +6 +24 +17.5%
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Florence		 159 +1 +12 +8.2%
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Thelma		 158 -1 +7 +4.6%
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Jessie		 155 -1 +8 +5.4%
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Ellen		 148 +10 +29 +24.4%
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Olive		 148 +4 +17 +13.0%
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Elsie		 144 -7 -28 -16.3%
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Joan		 138 +8 +22 +19.0%
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Joyce		 138 +4 +15 +12.2%
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Edith		 137 -9 -16 -10.5%
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Winifred		 134 -1 +4 +3.1%
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Violet		 130 +7 +19 +17.1%
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Hazel		 129 -2 +2 +1.6%
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Agnes		 127 -6 -5 -3.8%
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Rita		 119 +10 +23 +24.0%
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Catherine		 116 +2 +3 +2.7%
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Ivy		 115 -11 -22 -16.1%
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Irene		 114 -5 -7 -5.8%
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Myrtle		 114 +6 +16 +16.3%
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Mabel		 110 +2 +10 +10.0%
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Frances		 107 +2 +8 +8.1%
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Iris		 106 +11 +36 +51.4%
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Vera		 102 -3 -1 -1.0%
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Muriel		 95 -10 -25 -20.8%
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Nancy		 94 -9 -22 -19.0%
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Ruby		 90 +4 +11 +13.9%
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Grace		 89 -6 -13 -12.7%
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Helen		 89 0 -4 -4.3%
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Hilda		 88 -3 -7 -7.4%
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Ruth		 84 +6 +20 +31.3%
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Evelyn		 75 -3 -16 -17.6%
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Lorna		 74 0 0 0.0%
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Alma		 72 -2 -5 -6.5%
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Betty		 72 +25 +28 +63.6%
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Lilian		 72 +5 +11 +18.0%
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Beatrice		 71 +10 +18 +34.0%
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Dulcie		 65 +17 +18 +38.3%
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Mona		 64 +8 +11 +20.8%
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Eva		 62 -10 -23 -27.1%
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Marion		 62 -1 +1 +1.6%
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Nellie		 61 +3 +6 +10.9%
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May		 59 +2 +4 +7.3%
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Constance		 58 -8 -7 -10.8%
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Gwendoline		 58 -9 -9 -13.4%
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Isabella		 57 +5 +7 +14.0%
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Sarah		 57 +27 +21 +58.3%
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Sylvia		 57 +18 +16 +39.0%
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Christina		 55 +10 +11 +25.0%
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Doreen		 54 -11 -7 -11.5%
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Isabel		 54 +5 +7 +14.9%
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Eunice		 53 +24 +19 +55.9%
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Audrey		 52 -2 +2 +4.0%
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Patricia		 51 0 +3 +6.3%
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Ida		 50 +7 +7 +16.3%
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Marie		 50 +25 +17 +51.5%
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Freda		 48 0 +2 +4.3%
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Rose		 47 +9 +8 +20.5%
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Emily		 46 -17 -12 -20.7%
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Myra		 46 -17 -12 -20.7%
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Rona		 46 -12 -7 -13.2%
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Daphne		 45 +21 +14 +45.2%
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Ada		 44 -19 -13 -22.8%
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Lillian		 44 0 +2 +4.8%
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Barbara		 43 +8 +7 +19.4%
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Bertha		 43 +8 +7 +19.4%
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Beryl		 43 -7 -2 -4.4%
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Eleanor		 42 +3 +5 +13.5%
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Amy		 41 -10 -3 -6.8%
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Flora		 41 new new new
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Janet		 38 -20 -12 -24.0%
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Lucy		 38 -33 -24 -38.7%
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Marjory		 38 -21 -13 -25.5%
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Laura		 37 -3 0 0.0%
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Molly		 36 new new new
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Esther		 34 +7 +3 +9.7%
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Lily		 34 -7 -4 -10.5%
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Olga		 34 0 0 0.0%
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Aileen		 33 new new new
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Gertrude		 32 -16 -9 -22.0%
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Jane		 31 -5 -3 -8.8%
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Ella		 30 +3 0 0.0%
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Linda		 30 new new new
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Nora		 30 -6 -4 -11.8%
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Louisa		 29 new new new
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Norah		 29 new new new
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Stella		 29 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand