Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 892 0 -61 -6.4%
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William		 758 0 -6 -0.8%
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James		 505 0 -26 -4.9%
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Robert		 500 0 +24 +5.0%
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George		 370 0 -6 -1.6%
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Thomas		 302 +2 +34 +12.7%
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Ronald		 273 -1 +2 +0.7%
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Raymond		 250 -2 -21 -7.7%
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Arthur		 247 0 -18 -6.8%
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Douglas		 223 +1 +6 +2.8%
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Charles		 221 +4 +22 +11.1%
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Donald		 221 +5 +24 +12.2%
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David		 216 +4 +21 +10.8%
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Eric		 198 -2 -12 -5.7%
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Gordon		 198 -2 -12 -5.7%
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Kenneth		 195 -6 -30 -13.3%
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Ian		 186 +1 -7 -3.6%
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Leslie		 186 -3 -18 -8.8%
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Keith		 182 +7 +17 +10.3%
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Allan		 181 +4 +13 +7.7%
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Edward		 180 -1 -4 -2.2%
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Jack		 176 -3 -16 -8.3%
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Colin		 164 -2 -19 -10.4%
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Frederick		 162 -2 -14 -8.0%
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Peter		 161 +3 +1 +0.6%
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Albert		 159 +3 0 0.0%
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Richard		 157 +5 +13 +9.0%
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Stanley		 153 +5 +14 +10.1%
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Norman		 141 -6 -32 -18.5%
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Noel		 135 +14 +27 +25.0%
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Francis		 131 0 -15 -10.3%
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Alan		 130 +3 -6 -4.4%
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Walter		 130 +1 -9 -6.5%
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Alexander		 128 +6 +9 +7.6%
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Roy		 126 +13 +25 +24.8%
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Desmond		 125 +6 +11 +9.6%
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Alfred		 122 +6 +10 +8.9%
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Harold		 122 -1 -11 -8.3%
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Henry		 121 -13 -44 -26.7%
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Ivan		 120 +4 +12 +11.1%
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Leonard		 118 -17 -50 -29.8%
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Trevor		 118 -3 -3 -2.5%
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Maurice		 117 -6 -15 -11.4%
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Ernest		 110 -4 -9 -7.6%
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Joseph		 109 -6 -11 -9.2%
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Frank		 108 -16 -40 -27.0%
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Bruce		 107 0 +5 +4.9%
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Brian		 100 +3 +11 +12.4%
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Patrick		 100 -2 -6 -5.7%
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Lawrence		 95 +7 +26 +37.7%
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Owen		 86 +1 -1 -1.1%
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Herbert		 85 0 -2 -2.3%
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Cyril		 80 +1 -2 -2.4%
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Reginald		 79 -6 -22 -21.8%
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Bernard		 74 0 -6 -7.5%
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Mervyn		 68 -6 -22 -24.4%
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Graham		 67 +3 +9 +15.5%
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Victor		 60 +6 +12 +25.0%
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Harry		 58 -3 -13 -18.3%
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Geoffrey		 57 0 -1 -1.7%
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Rex		 57 +11 +14 +32.6%
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Clifford		 55 -4 -13 -19.1%
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Cecil		 54 +12 +14 +35.0%
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Andrew		 50 -1 -2 -3.8%
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Philip		 50 -5 -10 -16.7%
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Clarence		 48 -1 +1 +2.1%
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Hugh		 46 -5 -9 -16.4%
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Basil		 45 +13 +9 +25.0%
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Neville		 45 +9 +7 +18.4%
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Neil		 44 +5 +4 +10.0%
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Ralph		 44 +9 +7 +18.9%
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Murray		 43 +18 +10 +30.3%
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Sydney		 43 -2 -1 -2.3%
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Laurence		 40 -7 -6 -13.0%
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Allen		 39 +8 +4 +11.4%
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Gerald		 39 new new new
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Kevin		 39 -8 -7 -15.2%
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Wilfred		 39 +8 +4 +11.4%
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Michael		 38 +4 +3 +8.6%
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Leo		 37 +1 +1 +2.8%
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Malcolm		 35 -12 -10 -22.2%
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Russell		 35 -8 -7 -16.7%
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Samuel		 35 +7 +1 +2.9%
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Arnold		 33 +10 +3 +10.0%
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Hector		 33 new new new
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Lionel		 33 +6 0 0.0%
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Vernon		 33 -13 -10 -23.3%
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Ross		 32 -23 -15 -31.9%
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Terence		 32 +9 +5 +18.5%
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Gilbert		 31 -2 -3 -8.8%
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Maxwell		 31 -11 -6 -16.2%
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Stuart		 31 +6 +3 +10.7%
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Athol		 30 -10 -5 -14.3%
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Edwin		 30 -20 -12 -28.6%
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Lewis		 30 -16 -8 -21.1%
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Lloyd		 30 -1 -2 -6.3%
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Daniel		 29 new new new
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Wallace		 29 -14 -6 -17.1%
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Roland		 28 new new new
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Claude		 27 new new new
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Horace		 27 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 516 0 -50 -8.8%
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Joan		 420 +1 +19 +4.7%
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Mary		 411 -1 -58 -12.4%
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Dorothy		 357 +1 -4 -1.1%
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Joyce		 309 -1 -82 -21.0%
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Jean		 288 0 -35 -10.8%
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Betty		 276 0 -1 -0.4%
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Kathleen		 234 +1 -2 -0.8%
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Patricia		 229 -1 -18 -7.3%
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June		 187 +2 +16 +9.4%
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Eileen		 181 0 -15 -7.7%
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Shirley		 163 +13 +36 +28.3%
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Phyllis		 160 -3 -40 -20.0%
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Audrey		 158 +1 -1 -0.6%
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Doreen		 156 +5 +12 +8.3%
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Mavis		 155 +2 +5 +3.3%
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Marjorie		 150 -2 -9 -5.7%
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Elizabeth		 141 -1 -11 -7.2%
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Nancy		 140 -6 -20 -12.5%
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Gladys		 130 -1 -18 -12.2%
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Edna		 127 -8 -33 -20.6%
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Doris		 122 -2 -22 -15.3%
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Marie		 122 +7 +16 +15.1%
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Thelma		 121 -2 -15 -11.0%
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Norma		 117 +1 -7 -5.6%
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Daphne		 113 +9 +19 +20.2%
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Annie		 110 +3 +8 +7.8%
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Olive		 107 -4 -28 -20.7%
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Hazel		 106 -1 -5 -4.5%
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Alice		 103 +1 +5 +5.1%
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Florence		 103 -3 -17 -14.2%
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Lorna		 101 +16 +25 +32.9%
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Helen		 98 -1 +1 +1.0%
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Irene		 98 +5 +8 +8.9%
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Frances		 97 +1 +6 +6.6%
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Ngaire		 91 +9 +12 +15.2%
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Barbara		 86 +14 +15 +21.1%
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Edith		 85 +3 +1 +1.2%
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Muriel		 84 0 -5 -5.6%
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Ruth		 83 +10 +11 +15.3%
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Winifred		 83 +4 +3 +3.8%
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Ellen		 82 +3 +3 +3.8%
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Nola		 81 -1 -2 -2.4%
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Beryl		 80 -5 -9 -10.1%
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Elsie		 79 -23 -57 -41.9%
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Evelyn		 77 -14 -20 -20.6%
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Jessie		 74 +6 +6 +8.8%
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Iris		 73 -16 -24 -24.7%
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Agnes		 72 -1 -4 -5.3%
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Dulcie		 71 +21 +22 +44.9%
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Catherine		 68 0 -3 -4.2%
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Rita		 68 +15 +14 +25.9%
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Marion		 65 +9 +7 +12.1%
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Grace		 63 +5 +3 +5.0%
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Noeline		 62 +9 +6 +10.7%
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Rona		 62 +3 +1 +1.6%
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Violet		 62 -12 -19 -23.5%
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Ethel		 60 -22 -31 -34.1%
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Sylvia		 60 -3 -3 -4.8%
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Peggy		 58 0 -1 -1.7%
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Gwendoline		 56 +4 +1 +1.8%
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Joy		 53 +5 0 0.0%
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Valerie		 53 +18 +14 +35.9%
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Alma		 52 -9 -11 -17.5%
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Pauline		 52 +18 +14 +36.8%
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Aileen		 50 +33 +19 +61.3%
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Lois		 50 +5 +1 +2.0%
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Eunice		 49 +14 +11 +28.9%
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Beatrice		 47 -15 -18 -27.7%
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Eva		 47 +8 +6 +14.6%
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Ivy		 47 -9 -12 -20.3%
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Vera		 47 -22 -31 -39.7%
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Mabel		 46 -18 -17 -27.0%
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Janet		 45 0 -2 -4.3%
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Maureen		 43 new new new
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Hilda		 41 -8 -11 -21.2%
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Ruby		 41 -13 -16 -28.1%
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Myra		 40 -3 -2 -4.8%
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Constance		 39 -8 -10 -20.4%
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Gloria		 39 +20 +8 +25.8%
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Isabel		 38 -12 -12 -24.0%
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Myrtle		 38 -12 -12 -24.0%
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Mona		 36 -5 -4 -10.0%
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Freda		 35 +15 +4 +12.9%
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Alison		 34 +2 -3 -8.1%
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May		 34 +3 -1 -2.9%
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Ada		 33 new new new
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Isobel		 33 new new new
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Josephine		 33 +1 -2 -5.7%
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Lilian		 33 -5 -5 -13.2%
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Elaine		 31 -3 -4 -11.4%
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Olga		 31 -9 -7 -18.4%
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Rose		 31 new new new
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Emily		 30 +2 -2 -6.3%
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Enid		 30 -19 -12 -28.6%
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Una		 30 +2 -2 -6.3%
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Elva		 29 -5 -4 -12.1%
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Ida		 29 new new new
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Pearl		 29 -19 -11 -27.5%
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Eleanor		 28 new new new
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Heather		 28 new new new
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Lucy		 28 -20 -11 -28.2%
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Yvonne		 28 -18 -10 -26.3%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand