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		 893 0 +24 +2.8%
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William		 548 0 -70 -11.3%
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Robert		 437 0 +7 +1.6%
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James		 416 0 -12 -2.8%
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David		 327 +2 +9 +2.8%
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Brian		 310 +3 +3 +1.0%
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Peter		 309 -1 -37 -10.7%
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Donald		 302 0 -10 -3.2%
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Ronald		 301 -4 -88 -22.6%
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Raymond		 275 0 -30 -9.8%
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Ian		 271 0 -29 -9.7%
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George		 226 0 +16 +7.6%
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Kenneth		 198 +3 +25 +14.5%
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Colin		 197 -1 -11 -5.3%
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Thomas		 188 -2 -20 -9.6%
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Douglas		 168 +2 +5 +3.1%
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Bruce		 152 +5 0 0.0%
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Trevor		 147 +10 +2 +1.4%
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Edward		 143 +3 -9 -5.9%
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Alan		 140 +6 -7 -4.8%
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Gordon		 139 -2 -18 -11.5%
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Graham		 135 +2 -13 -8.8%
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Arthur		 134 -6 -33 -19.8%
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Charles		 134 +7 -2 -1.5%
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Keith		 133 -10 -42 -24.0%
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Barry		 131 +9 +26 +24.8%
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Leslie		 131 -5 -24 -15.5%
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Richard		 130 -1 -16 -11.0%
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Allan		 117 -5 -31 -20.9%
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Maurice		 116 -11 -41 -26.1%
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Norman		 114 +2 -8 -6.6%
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Albert		 101 +4 +2 +2.0%
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Eric		 101 -1 -30 -22.9%
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Ivan		 98 0 -15 -13.3%
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Noel		 95 -3 -30 -24.0%
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Desmond		 94 -7 -46 -32.9%
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Graeme		 93 +20 +24 +34.8%
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Rex		 93 +18 +23 +32.9%
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Mervyn		 89 +6 +5 +6.0%
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Francis		 86 -3 -11 -11.3%
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Patrick		 86 0 -6 -6.5%
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Frederick		 78 +2 -8 -9.3%
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Stanley		 78 -2 -14 -15.2%
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Henry		 76 +8 0 0.0%
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Murray		 76 +5 -4 -5.0%
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Joseph		 73 +4 -4 -5.2%
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Neil		 73 +18 +14 +23.7%
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Michael		 72 +7 +2 +2.9%
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Leonard		 71 -12 -26 -26.8%
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Alfred		 69 -8 -18 -20.7%
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Jack		 69 -5 -15 -17.9%
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Roy		 69 -8 -18 -20.7%
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Walter		 68 -14 -26 -27.7%
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Ernest		 66 +12 +8 +13.8%
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Bryan		 64 +3 -2 -3.0%
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Malcolm		 64 +6 +4 +6.7%
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Russell		 63 -7 -14 -18.2%
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Kevin		 62 +3 +2 +3.3%
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Bernard		 61 -5 -10 -14.1%
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Terence		 60 +8 +7 +13.2%
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Anthony		 59 +6 +4 +7.3%
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Alexander		 58 -17 -26 -31.0%
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Harold		 58 -9 -14 -19.4%
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Neville		 57 +7 +9 +18.8%
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Owen		 57 -16 -26 -31.3%
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Lawrence		 53 -5 -7 -11.7%
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Geoffrey		 52 -3 -7 -11.9%
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Gerald		 49 +17 +15 +44.1%
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Reginald		 47 -10 -14 -23.0%
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Allen		 46 +15 +12 +35.3%
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Paul		 45 0 -3 -6.3%
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Hugh		 43 -1 -5 -10.4%
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Stuart		 43 +12 +8 +22.9%
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Maxwell		 41 +25 +18 +78.3%
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Robin		 41 +3 -1 -2.4%
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Ross		 39 0 -4 -9.3%
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Victor		 39 +7 +3 +8.3%
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Clifford		 36 +4 -2 -5.3%
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Dennis		 36 +17 +10 +38.5%
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Frank		 36 -19 -25 -41.0%
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Harry		 36 +2 -3 -7.7%
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Andrew		 35 -7 -10 -22.2%
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Cyril		 35 -4 -6 -14.6%
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Ralph		 35 -2 -4 -10.3%
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Denis		 34 +10 +8 +30.8%
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Philip		 34 -15 -15 -30.6%
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Samuel		 34 new new new
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Roger		 33 -14 -13 -28.3%
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Laurence		 32 -11 -9 -22.0%
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Edwin		 31 -5 -3 -8.8%
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Sydney		 31 new new new
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Leo		 30 -4 -1 -3.2%
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Clarence		 28 +5 +4 +16.7%
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Derek		 28 -3 -2 -6.7%
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Warwick		 27 new new new
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Arnold		 26 new new new
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Clive		 26 -6 -4 -13.3%
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Herbert		 26 -27 -24 -48.0%
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Lionel		 26 -1 0 0.0%
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Cecil		 25 -12 -6 -19.4%
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Lindsay		 25 -8 -3 -10.7%
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Wiremu		 25 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 775 0 -40 -4.9%
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Shirley		 333 +1 -5 -1.5%
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Patricia		 327 -1 -48 -12.8%
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Joan		 287 +1 +9 +3.2%
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Mary		 282 -1 -29 -9.3%
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Dorothy		 227 +1 -6 -2.6%
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Barbara		 222 +4 +30 +15.6%
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Betty		 214 -2 -49 -18.6%
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Elizabeth		 204 -1 -18 -8.1%
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June		 183 -1 -24 -11.6%
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Valerie		 173 -1 -24 -12.2%
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Maureen		 166 +6 +17 +11.4%
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Jean		 160 0 -16 -9.1%
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Marie		 160 +3 -2 -1.2%
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Joyce		 150 0 -20 -11.8%
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Beverley		 146 +5 +17 +13.2%
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Kathleen		 138 0 -23 -14.3%
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Doreen		 134 -6 -44 -24.7%
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Helen		 129 0 -8 -5.8%
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Audrey		 124 -6 -49 -28.3%
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Nancy		 112 +1 -14 -11.1%
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Eileen		 111 +1 -5 -4.3%
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Ngaire		 111 -2 -21 -15.9%
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Pamela		 110 0 -4 -3.5%
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Colleen		 109 +1 +2 +1.9%
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Dawn		 96 +3 0 0.0%
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Pauline		 91 +5 +3 +3.4%
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Judith		 86 +9 +13 +17.8%
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Marjorie		 86 +5 +7 +8.9%
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Daphne		 85 -3 -18 -17.5%
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Norma		 81 -3 -21 -20.6%
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Joy		 79 +10 +10 +14.5%
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Noeline		 77 -8 -31 -28.7%
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Janet		 76 +12 +11 +16.9%
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Lois		 73 -4 -19 -20.7%
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Nola		 72 -2 -3 -4.0%
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Ruth		 72 +2 0 0.0%
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Elaine		 71 0 -1 -1.4%
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Fay		 71 -4 -4 -5.3%
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Phyllis		 71 -8 -22 -23.7%
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Frances		 70 -3 -2 -2.8%
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Lorna		 69 0 0 0.0%
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Thelma		 66 +3 +1 +1.5%
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Heather		 65 +8 +5 +8.3%
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Marion		 65 +1 -1 -1.5%
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Anne		 60 +15 +10 +20.0%
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Gladys		 58 +10 +4 +7.4%
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Olive		 58 +17 +11 +23.4%
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Evelyn		 57 +1 -6 -9.5%
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Catherine		 56 -8 -13 -18.8%
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Mavis		 56 -16 -19 -25.3%
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Hazel		 55 +11 +7 +14.6%
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Jocelyn		 55 +4 0 0.0%
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Edna		 54 -6 -10 -15.6%
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Florence		 53 -1 -3 -5.4%
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Beryl		 52 +3 -1 -1.9%
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Irene		 52 -18 -20 -27.8%
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Yvonne		 52 -8 -12 -18.8%
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Sylvia		 49 +1 -3 -5.8%
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Ellen		 48 +10 +8 +20.0%
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Alice		 47 -8 -10 -17.5%
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Doris		 47 -11 -16 -25.4%
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Elsie		 47 +1 -2 -4.1%
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Alison		 46 -7 -8 -14.8%
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Iris		 45 +3 +4 +9.8%
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Lorraine		 45 +2 0 0.0%
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Grace		 42 +29 +13 +44.8%
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Josephine		 42 -13 -14 -25.0%
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Jennifer		 40 new new new
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Ann		 39 +26 +10 +34.5%
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Muriel		 39 +2 +1 +2.6%
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Peggy		 38 +20 +7 +22.6%
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Rita		 38 -6 -8 -17.4%
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Annie		 37 -6 -4 -9.8%
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Gloria		 37 +1 +1 +2.8%
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Jessie		 37 +5 +2 +5.7%
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Beverly		 36 new new new
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Edith		 36 +8 +3 +9.1%
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Isabel		 36 +19 +7 +24.1%
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Violet		 36 +10 +4 +12.5%
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Diana		 35 -6 -1 -2.8%
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Constance		 34 new new new
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Lesley		 34 -3 -1 -2.9%
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Melva		 33 new new new
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Winifred		 33 +8 +2 +6.5%
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Aileen		 32 +13 +4 +14.3%
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Ethel		 32 +1 0 0.0%
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Jill		 31 new new new
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Rosemary		 31 -1 -1 -3.1%
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Isobel		 30 new new new
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Gwendoline		 29 -20 -10 -25.6%
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Ivy		 29 -4 -3 -9.4%
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Noelene		 29 new new new
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Vera		 29 -8 -5 -14.7%
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Agnes		 28 -31 -19 -40.4%
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Ailsa		 27 -11 -6 -18.2%
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Mabel		 27 new new new
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Janice		 26 new new new
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Monica		 26 new new new
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Rona		 26 -15 -8 -23.5%
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Valmai		 26 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand