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		 904 0 -21 -2.3%
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Robert		 490 +1 +59 +13.7%
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William		 486 -1 -22 -4.3%
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David		 475 +1 +69 +17.0%
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Brian		 464 +1 +69 +17.5%
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Peter		 449 -2 +21 +4.9%
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James		 352 0 +9 +2.6%
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Donald		 324 +1 +39 +13.7%
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Ronald		 312 -1 -19 -5.7%
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Ian		 295 +1 +48 +19.4%
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Colin		 256 +1 +25 +10.8%
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Graham		 229 -2 -24 -9.5%
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Raymond		 223 +1 +18 +8.8%
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Barry		 206 -1 -9 -4.2%
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George		 202 0 +15 +8.0%
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Kenneth		 182 0 -2 -1.1%
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Alan		 169 +9 +53 +45.7%
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Richard		 166 0 -15 -8.3%
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Michael		 165 +4 +25 +17.9%
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Bruce		 162 0 -8 -4.7%
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Graeme		 162 +1 +11 +7.3%
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Thomas		 158 -5 -24 -13.2%
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Edward		 150 -4 -28 -15.7%
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Trevor		 136 -3 -15 -9.9%
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Allan		 129 +3 +18 +16.2%
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Arthur		 124 +5 +16 +14.8%
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Gordon		 116 -3 -6 -4.9%
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Keith		 113 +2 +4 +3.7%
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Leslie		 113 0 +2 +1.8%
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Noel		 113 +5 +10 +9.7%
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Kevin		 112 +8 +30 +36.6%
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Maurice		 104 +2 +10 +10.6%
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Murray		 104 0 -3 -2.8%
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Douglas		 97 -8 -19 -16.4%
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Neil		 95 +6 +16 +20.3%
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Neville		 95 +18 +32 +50.8%
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Anthony		 90 +10 +16 +21.6%
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Charles		 90 -12 -28 -23.7%
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Gary		 90 +14 +24 +36.4%
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Patrick		 90 -2 -3 -3.2%
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Terence		 89 +12 +26 +41.3%
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Norman		 85 -6 -1 -1.2%
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Rex		 85 0 +7 +9.0%
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Desmond		 84 -6 0 0.0%
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Frederick		 83 -9 -3 -3.5%
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Robin		 82 +10 +20 +32.3%
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Russell		 81 +14 +22 +37.3%
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Francis		 77 -5 +1 +1.3%
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Albert		 74 -6 -2 -2.6%
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Roger		 74 +9 +13 +21.3%
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Paul		 72 -2 +4 +5.9%
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Joseph		 71 0 +7 +10.9%
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Malcolm		 65 -10 -11 -14.5%
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Eric		 64 -8 -11 -14.7%
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Roy		 64 +18 +21 +48.8%
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Alexander		 60 -16 -20 -25.0%
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Ross		 60 +15 +15 +33.3%
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Walter		 60 -7 -8 -11.8%
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Bernard		 59 +20 +24 +68.6%
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Jack		 59 +3 +2 +3.5%
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Barrie		 58 +28 +29 +100%
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Owen		 57 +5 +6 +11.8%
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Ivan		 56 -3 -4 -6.7%
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Leonard		 56 0 0 0.0%
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Stanley		 56 -15 -16 -22.2%
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Alfred		 55 -1 +3 +5.8%
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Henry		 54 -14 -9 -14.3%
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Mervyn		 54 -11 -8 -12.9%
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Bryan		 53 -11 -8 -13.1%
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Ernest		 52 +8 +14 +36.8%
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Stuart		 52 new new new
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Geoffrey		 48 -8 -5 -9.4%
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Lawrence		 48 -2 +2 +4.3%
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Philip		 46 +1 +6 +15.0%
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Denis		 44 -2 +2 +4.8%
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Frank		 41 -7 -6 -12.8%
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Reginald		 41 -8 -9 -18.0%
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Warren		 41 -1 +1 +2.5%
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Gerald		 38 -5 -3 -7.3%
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Hugh		 38 0 +3 +8.6%
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Dennis		 36 +16 +11 +44.0%
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Clive		 33 +4 +2 +6.5%
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Warwick		 33 new new new
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Wiremu		 32 +11 +6 +23.1%
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Andrew		 31 -8 -8 -20.5%
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Garry		 31 -3 -2 -6.1%
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Herbert		 31 +4 +2 +6.9%
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Maxwell		 31 -4 -3 -8.8%
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Christopher		 30 new new new
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Edwin		 30 -5 -2 -6.3%
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Rodney		 30 -2 0 0.0%
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Ralph		 29 -8 -3 -9.4%
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Stewart		 29 new new new
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Clifford		 28 -7 -2 -6.7%
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Gavin		 28 new new new
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Harry		 28 -3 0 0.0%
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Laurence		 28 -12 -5 -15.2%
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Harold		 27 -33 -25 -48.1%
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Lindsay		 27 -1 +2 +8.0%
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Errol		 26 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 779 0 +36 +4.8%
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Shirley		 391 0 -63 -13.9%
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Patricia		 380 0 +36 +10.5%
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Mary		 344 0 +36 +11.7%
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Beverley		 289 0 +30 +11.6%
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Barbara		 283 0 +28 +11.0%
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Elizabeth		 256 +2 +44 +20.8%
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Judith		 251 +3 +49 +24.3%
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Valerie		 222 -1 +6 +2.8%
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Joan		 206 -3 -28 -12.0%
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Pamela		 197 +3 +44 +28.8%
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Dorothy		 194 -2 -11 -5.4%
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Maureen		 173 0 +12 +7.5%
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Colleen		 164 +1 +15 +10.1%
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Marie		 148 +5 +20 +15.6%
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Helen		 147 +1 +6 +4.3%
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Heather		 133 +5 +16 +13.7%
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Janice		 132 +10 +40 +43.5%
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June		 129 +2 +2 +1.6%
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Kathleen		 128 -2 -9 -6.6%
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Janet		 126 -2 -4 -3.1%
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Jennifer		 122 +6 +30 +32.6%
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Elaine		 120 0 +17 +16.5%
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Betty		 114 -8 -29 -20.3%
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Anne		 101 -1 -1 -1.0%
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Ngaire		 100 +4 +9 +9.9%
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Jean		 99 -15 -65 -39.6%
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Lorraine		 99 +14 +24 +32.0%
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Doreen		 94 -3 +1 +1.1%
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Lois		 93 +7 +14 +17.7%
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Dawn		 88 +2 +1 +1.1%
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Yvonne		 88 -6 -9 -9.3%
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Jeanette		 85 +20 +31 +57.4%
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Nancy		 85 -2 -5 -5.6%
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Marion		 84 +1 +1 +1.2%
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Pauline		 83 +8 +15 +22.1%
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Joyce		 82 -3 -4 -4.7%
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Noeline		 80 -12 -13 -14.0%
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Eileen		 79 -8 -11 -12.2%
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Frances		 78 -5 -6 -7.1%
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Ann		 76 +1 +3 +4.1%
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Audrey		 75 -3 -1 -1.3%
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Beverly		 73 -4 -3 -3.9%
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Jocelyn		 70 +17 +22 +45.8%
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Joy		 67 -1 -1 -1.5%
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Evelyn		 66 +1 +2 +3.1%
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Ruth		 64 +5 +9 +16.4%
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Alison		 62 -10 -16 -20.5%
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Rosemary		 61 +14 +14 +29.8%
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Fay		 57 -4 -10 -14.9%
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Irene		 57 +4 +4 +7.5%
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Annette		 56 +16 +13 +30.2%
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Marjorie		 56 -4 -5 -8.2%
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Daphne		 55 +11 +10 +22.2%
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Nola		 55 -11 -14 -20.3%
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Josephine		 52 -6 -5 -8.8%
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Catherine		 51 -3 -2 -3.8%
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Florence		 49 +14 +10 +25.6%
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Jill		 49 0 -2 -3.9%
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Lesley		 49 +11 +8 +19.5%
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Marlene		 49 +14 +10 +25.6%
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Gloria		 46 +26 +18 +64.3%
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Norma		 46 -3 -4 -8.0%
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Phyllis		 46 -11 -10 -17.9%
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Sylvia		 46 -13 -13 -22.0%
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Edna		 45 +15 +14 +45.2%
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Alice		 44 -2 -1 -2.2%
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Beryl		 44 0 0 0.0%
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Diane		 42 new new new
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Lorna		 42 -9 -7 -14.3%
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Mavis		 42 -15 -11 -20.8%
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Thelma		 42 -8 -6 -12.5%
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Eleanor		 39 +6 +7 +21.9%
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Diana		 38 -20 -15 -28.3%
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Gillian		 37 +13 +9 +32.1%
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Jacqueline		 37 +1 +1 +2.8%
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Merle		 37 +9 +8 +27.6%
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Hazel		 36 -2 0 0.0%
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Ellen		 35 -4 -3 -7.9%
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Olive		 35 -10 -6 -14.6%
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Edith		 34 -17 -12 -26.1%
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Grace		 34 +7 +6 +21.4%
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Muriel		 34 +3 +5 +17.2%
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Annie		 33 0 +4 +13.8%
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Jessie		 33 new new new
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Peggy		 33 -2 +3 +10.0%
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Noelene		 32 +1 +4 +14.3%
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Carol		 31 -4 +2 +6.9%
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Iris		 30 new new new
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Wendy		 30 new new new
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Vivienne		 29 new new new
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Angela		 28 new new new
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Lynette		 28 new new new
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Robin		 28 +3 +2 +7.7%
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Violet		 28 -10 -2 -6.7%
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Agnes		 27 -8 -1 -3.6%
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Doris		 27 -1 +1 +3.8%
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Julia		 27 +1 +2 +8.0%
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Lilian		 27 new new new
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Aileen		 26 -6 -1 -3.7%
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Marilyn		 26 -3 +1 +4.0%
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Shona		 26 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand