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		 929 0 +37 +4.1%
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William		 729 0 -29 -3.8%
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James		 493 0 -12 -2.4%
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Robert		 453 0 -47 -9.4%
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George		 323 0 -47 -12.7%
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Thomas		 279 0 -23 -7.6%
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Ronald		 267 0 -6 -2.2%
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Raymond		 251 0 +1 +0.4%
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Arthur		 237 0 -10 -4.0%
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Donald		 221 +1 0 0.0%
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Kenneth		 203 +5 +8 +4.1%
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Douglas		 202 -2 -21 -9.4%
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David		 196 0 -20 -9.3%
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Charles		 195 -3 -26 -11.8%
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Edward		 194 +6 +14 +7.8%
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Peter		 194 +10 +33 +20.5%
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Ian		 188 0 +2 +1.1%
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Gordon		 185 -4 -13 -6.6%
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Leslie		 185 -1 -1 -0.5%
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Eric		 181 -6 -17 -8.6%
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Colin		 173 +2 +9 +5.5%
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Keith		 173 -2 -9 -4.9%
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Richard		 171 +4 +14 +8.9%
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Allan		 163 -4 -18 -9.9%
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Norman		 157 +4 +16 +11.3%
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Jack		 151 -4 -25 -14.2%
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Francis		 149 +4 +18 +13.7%
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Albert		 148 -2 -11 -6.9%
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Desmond		 145 +7 +20 +16.0%
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Alan		 144 +2 +14 +10.8%
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Noel		 137 -1 +2 +1.5%
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Walter		 132 0 +2 +1.5%
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Leonard		 126 +8 +8 +6.8%
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Alexander		 125 0 -3 -2.3%
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Brian		 123 +13 +23 +23.0%
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Frederick		 123 -11 -39 -24.1%
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Harold		 122 0 0 0.0%
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Stanley		 121 -10 -32 -20.9%
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Bruce		 118 +8 +11 +10.3%
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Maurice		 118 +4 +1 +0.9%
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Trevor		 116 0 -2 -1.7%
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Frank		 115 +4 +7 +6.5%
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Alfred		 111 -6 -11 -9.0%
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Henry		 110 -5 -11 -9.1%
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Ernest		 105 -1 -5 -4.5%
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Ivan		 104 -6 -16 -13.3%
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Patrick		 99 +1 -1 -1.0%
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Joseph		 93 -3 -16 -14.7%
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Reginald		 77 +5 -2 -2.5%
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Bernard		 76 +5 +2 +2.7%
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Roy		 76 -15 -50 -39.7%
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Herbert		 75 0 -10 -11.8%
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Owen		 75 -1 -11 -12.8%
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Mervyn		 70 +2 +2 +2.9%
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Clifford		 68 +7 +13 +23.6%
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Harry		 65 +3 +7 +12.1%
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Hugh		 62 +10 +16 +34.8%
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Cyril		 57 -5 -23 -28.8%
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Rex		 57 +2 0 0.0%
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Victor		 56 -2 -4 -6.7%
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Andrew		 53 +3 +3 +6.0%
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Lawrence		 52 -12 -43 -45.3%
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Ralph		 52 +8 +8 +18.2%
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Graham		 51 -7 -16 -23.9%
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Leo		 51 +16 +14 +37.8%
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Philip		 50 -2 0 0.0%
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Laurence		 48 +7 +8 +20.0%
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Malcolm		 48 +14 +13 +37.1%
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Neville		 48 +1 +3 +6.7%
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Sydney		 48 +5 +5 +11.6%
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Kevin		 47 +4 +8 +20.5%
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Edwin		 45 +21 +15 +50.0%
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Maxwell		 44 +17 +13 +41.9%
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Cecil		 43 -11 -11 -20.4%
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Neil		 43 -4 -1 -2.3%
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Murray		 42 -4 -1 -2.3%
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Athol		 41 +16 +11 +36.7%
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Geoffrey		 40 -18 -17 -29.8%
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Ross		 38 +9 +6 +18.8%
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Allen		 37 -5 -2 -5.1%
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Lionel		 37 +4 +4 +12.1%
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Terence		 37 +8 +5 +15.6%
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Russell		 35 -2 0 0.0%
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Basil		 34 -16 -11 -24.4%
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Clarence		 34 -18 -14 -29.2%
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Arnold		 33 -2 0 0.0%
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Michael		 33 -7 -5 -13.2%
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Gerald		 32 -13 -7 -17.9%
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Stuart		 31 +1 0 0.0%
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Howard		 30 new new new
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Samuel		 30 -9 -5 -14.3%
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Lindsay		 29 new new new
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Wallace		 29 +5 0 0.0%
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Wilfred		 29 -17 -10 -25.6%
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Bryan		 28 new new new
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Paul		 28 new new new
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Gilbert		 27 -7 -4 -12.9%
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Lewis		 27 -4 -3 -10.0%
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Vincent		 27 new new new
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Sidney		 26 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 536 0 +20 +3.9%
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Mary		 410 +1 -1 -0.2%
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Joan		 372 -1 -48 -11.4%
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Dorothy		 348 0 -9 -2.5%
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Joyce		 329 0 +20 +6.5%
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Patricia		 295 +3 +66 +28.8%
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Betty		 292 0 +16 +5.8%
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Jean		 269 -2 -19 -6.6%
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Shirley		 252 +3 +89 +54.6%
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Kathleen		 221 -2 -13 -5.6%
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June		 220 -1 +33 +17.6%
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Audrey		 210 +2 +52 +32.9%
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Phyllis		 203 0 +43 +26.9%
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Elizabeth		 173 +4 +32 +22.7%
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Eileen		 161 -4 -20 -11.0%
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Doreen		 150 -1 -6 -3.8%
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Nancy		 136 +2 -4 -2.9%
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Edna		 129 +3 +2 +1.6%
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Norma		 126 +6 +9 +7.7%
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Marjorie		 124 -3 -26 -17.3%
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Helen		 118 +12 +20 +20.4%
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Thelma		 115 +2 -6 -5.0%
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Doris		 114 -1 -8 -6.6%
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Mavis		 114 -7 -41 -26.5%
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Irene		 110 +8 +12 +12.2%
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Daphne		 106 0 -7 -6.2%
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Marie		 105 -5 -17 -13.9%
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Florence		 100 +2 -3 -2.9%
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Gladys		 97 -9 -33 -25.4%
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Nola		 97 +14 +16 +19.8%
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Annie		 96 -4 -14 -12.7%
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Elsie		 96 +14 +17 +21.5%
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Olive		 96 -3 -11 -10.3%
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Hazel		 95 -5 -11 -10.4%
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Barbara		 94 +2 +8 +9.3%
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Frances		 92 -1 -5 -5.2%
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Lorna		 91 -5 -10 -9.9%
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Ngaire		 91 -1 0 0.0%
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Beryl		 85 +5 +5 +6.3%
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Alice		 84 -10 -19 -18.4%
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Evelyn		 81 +5 +4 +5.2%
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Valerie		 81 +21 +28 +52.8%
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Ruth		 79 -3 -4 -4.8%
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Violet		 77 +11 +15 +24.2%
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Catherine		 74 +6 +6 +8.8%
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Edith		 74 -7 -11 -12.9%
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Muriel		 73 -8 -11 -13.1%
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Noeline		 72 +7 +10 +16.1%
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Winifred		 72 -8 -11 -13.3%
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Agnes		 65 -1 -7 -9.7%
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Dulcie		 64 -1 -7 -9.9%
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Gwendoline		 64 +10 +8 +14.3%
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Marion		 63 0 -2 -3.1%
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Rita		 63 -2 -5 -7.4%
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Jessie		 62 -8 -12 -16.2%
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Iris		 61 -8 -12 -16.4%
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Maureen		 60 +18 +17 +39.5%
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Peggy		 60 +3 +2 +3.4%
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Sylvia		 60 +1 0 0.0%
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Ellen		 57 -18 -25 -30.5%
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Ethel		 57 -2 -3 -5.0%
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Lois		 56 +4 +6 +12.0%
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Ivy		 55 +6 +8 +17.0%
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Alma		 54 0 +2 +3.8%
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Myrtle		 53 +16 +15 +39.5%
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Joy		 51 -4 -2 -3.8%
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Rona		 50 -12 -12 -19.4%
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Pauline		 49 -4 -3 -5.8%
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Colleen		 47 new new new
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Enid		 47 +25 +17 +56.7%
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Grace		 47 -15 -16 -25.4%
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Josephine		 47 +18 +14 +42.4%
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Beatrice		 45 -4 -2 -4.3%
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Eunice		 45 -5 -4 -8.2%
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Isabel		 44 +6 +6 +15.8%
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Vera		 44 -6 -3 -6.4%
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Lilian		 43 +10 +10 +30.3%
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Merle		 42 new new new
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Constance		 41 0 +2 +5.1%
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Elva		 41 +18 +12 +41.4%
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Hilda		 40 -5 -1 -2.4%
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Mona		 40 +2 +4 +11.1%
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Yvonne		 40 +19 +12 +42.9%
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Eva		 38 -15 -9 -19.1%
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Melva		 37 new new new
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Ruby		 37 -9 -4 -9.8%
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Christina		 36 new new new
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Elaine		 36 +4 +5 +16.1%
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Sheila		 36 new new new
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Gloria		 35 -11 -4 -10.3%
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Dawn		 34 new new new
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Pamela		 34 new new new
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Alison		 33 -8 -1 -2.9%
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Eleanor		 33 +7 +5 +17.9%
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Heather		 33 +7 +5 +17.9%
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Myra		 33 -15 -7 -17.5%
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Ailsa		 32 new new new
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Janet		 32 -23 -13 -28.9%
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Marjory		 32 new new new
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Freda		 30 -16 -5 -14.3%
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Jocelyn		 30 new new new
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Mabel		 30 -27 -16 -34.8%
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May		 30 -15 -4 -11.8%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand