Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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William		 793 0 +40 +5.3%
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John		 685 0 +49 +7.7%
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George		 437 +1 +50 +12.9%
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James		 418 -1 -19 -4.3%
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Charles		 343 0 +17 +5.2%
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Robert		 291 +1 -8 -2.7%
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Thomas		 284 -1 -25 -8.1%
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Arthur		 269 0 +14 +5.5%
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Albert		 251 +2 +55 +28.1%
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Edward		 232 +5 +74 +46.8%
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Frederick		 216 -2 +5 +2.4%
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Henry		 188 -2 -18 -8.7%
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Alfred		 184 -1 +3 +1.7%
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Ernest		 159 +3 +7 +4.6%
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Alexander		 153 +12 +52 +51.5%
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Leslie		 148 -2 -18 -10.8%
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Francis		 147 +1 -2 -1.3%
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Harold		 146 -5 -23 -13.6%
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Eric		 145 +6 +40 +38.1%
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Walter		 135 -4 -19 -12.3%
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David		 124 +3 +18 +17.0%
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Herbert		 120 -3 -7 -5.5%
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Joseph		 118 0 +8 +7.3%
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Frank		 114 +2 +12 +11.8%
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Norman		 111 -3 -1 -0.9%
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Leonard		 107 -5 -12 -10.1%
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Gordon		 106 +1 +9 +9.3%
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Richard		 104 +3 +10 +10.6%
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Stanley		 100 +1 +5 +5.3%
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Cecil		 84 -10 -40 -32.3%
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Hector		 82 +1 -8 -8.9%
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Reginald		 80 +2 +13 +19.4%
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Clarence		 73 +6 +18 +32.7%
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Harry		 72 +4 +14 +24.1%
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Cyril		 69 -6 -27 -28.1%
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Percy		 68 -3 -9 -11.7%
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Roy		 65 -2 +4 +6.6%
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Donald		 64 +3 +16 +33.3%
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Douglas		 64 -3 +3 +4.9%
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Andrew		 60 0 +7 +13.2%
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Ronald		 60 +3 +13 +27.7%
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Kenneth		 58 -1 +10 +20.8%
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Hugh		 57 +3 +12 +26.7%
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Allan		 56 -7 -4 -6.7%
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Sydney		 52 +4 +11 +26.8%
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Victor		 52 -2 +5 +10.6%
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Samuel		 51 -4 +4 +8.5%
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Jack		 47 +10 +15 +46.9%
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Patrick		 46 -2 +2 +4.5%
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Wilfred		 46 +2 +8 +21.1%
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Claude		 41 +6 +8 +24.2%
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Horace		 41 +2 +4 +10.8%
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Archibald		 39 +5 +7 +21.9%
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Raymond		 34 -7 -10 -22.7%
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Edwin		 33 -6 -8 -19.5%
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Lawrence		 33 +6 +3 +10.0%
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Maurice		 33 +8 +4 +13.8%
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Peter		 32 -5 -5 -13.5%
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Ivan		 30 +30 +15 +100%
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Colin		 29 +7 +3 +11.5%
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Gilbert		 29 +4 +1 +3.6%
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Ralph		 29 +9 +4 +16.0%
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Alan		 28 -8 -7 -20.0%
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Arnold		 28 +14 +6 +27.3%
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Daniel		 28 +2 +1 +3.7%
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Leo		 28 +6 +3 +12.0%
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Ian		 27 0 +1 +3.8%
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Philip		 27 +2 +2 +8.0%
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Lionel		 26 +11 +6 +30.0%
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Louis		 26 -4 -1 -3.7%
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Michael		 26 -9 -5 -16.1%
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Bernard		 25 -11 -5 -16.7%
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Sidney		 25 +4 +2 +8.7%
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Geoffrey		 23 -5 -2 -8.0%
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Vincent		 21 new new new
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Edgar		 20 -1 -4 -16.7%
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Clifford		 19 -22 -16 -45.7%
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Howard		 18 new new new
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Malcolm		 18 0 -3 -14.3%
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Hubert		 17 +12 +3 +21.4%
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Lewis		 17 +9 +2 +13.3%
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Martin		 17 new new new
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Angus		 16 +2 -1 -5.9%
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Percival		 15 -2 -4 -21.1%
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Roland		 15 -2 -4 -21.1%
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Vivian		 15 new new new
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Bertie		 14 -9 -7 -33.3%
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Cedric		 14 new new new
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Stephen		 14 +2 -1 -6.7%
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Noel		 13 +2 -1 -7.1%
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Oswald		 13 new new new
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Stuart		 13 new new new
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Allen		 12 -8 -5 -29.4%
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Keith		 12 -24 -13 -52.0%
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Laurence		 12 -24 -13 -52.0%
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Mark		 12 new new new
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Roderick		 12 new new new
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Adam		 11 new new new
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Benjamin		 11 -1 -2 -15.4%
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Bertram		 11 new new new
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Gerald		 11 -14 -7 -38.9%
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Matthew		 11 new new new
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Rupert		 11 new new new
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Stewart		 11 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 492 0 +82 +20.0%
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Margaret		 339 0 +50 +17.3%
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Annie		 241 0 +2 +0.8%
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Dorothy		 201 0 +8 +4.1%
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Elizabeth		 198 +1 +12 +6.5%
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Gladys		 194 +2 +14 +7.8%
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Alice		 192 0 +9 +4.9%
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Elsie		 188 +2 +22 +13.3%
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Doris		 172 0 -5 -2.8%
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Florence		 165 -5 -27 -14.1%
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Eileen		 159 +5 +27 +20.5%
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Kathleen		 154 +10 +38 +32.8%
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Ivy		 145 -2 -14 -8.8%
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Myrtle		 142 -2 -9 -6.0%
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Ellen		 140 -2 +5 +3.7%
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Edith		 137 +4 +19 +16.1%
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Jessie		 129 -3 -4 -3.0%
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Ethel		 128 -1 +1 +0.8%
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Olive		 125 +4 +12 +10.6%
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Violet		 124 -6 -9 -6.8%
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Catherine		 120 -3 -6 -4.8%
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Irene		 117 +3 +23 +24.5%
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Vera		 112 +4 +25 +28.7%
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Winifred		 111 -5 -10 -8.3%
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Agnes		 105 -4 -12 -10.3%
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Grace		 99 +5 +22 +28.6%
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Muriel		 95 +5 +20 +26.7%
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Evelyn		 91 +1 +8 +9.6%
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May		 88 +5 +18 +25.7%
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Mabel		 87 -2 +1 +1.2%
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Ruby		 83 -5 -5 -5.7%
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Hilda		 78 +5 +15 +23.8%
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Emily		 76 +11 +24 +46.2%
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Frances		 74 -4 -4 -5.1%
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Ida		 73 -2 -1 -1.4%
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Isabella		 73 +6 +20 +37.7%
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Eva		 72 -13 -24 -25.0%
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Sarah		 70 -2 +5 +7.7%
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Rita		 67 0 +7 +11.7%
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Edna		 66 +13 +22 +50.0%
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Thelma		 63 -1 +4 +6.8%
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Hazel		 62 +7 +14 +29.2%
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Ada		 59 -8 -8 -11.9%
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Helen		 59 -5 -2 -3.3%
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Constance		 56 +8 +12 +27.3%
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Marion		 54 +21 +20 +58.8%
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Marjorie		 54 +12 +13 +31.7%
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Victoria		 53 new new new
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Gertrude		 51 -4 0 0.0%
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Jane		 51 0 +3 +6.3%
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Beatrice		 49 +5 +7 +16.7%
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Rose		 46 0 +1 +2.2%
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Amy		 45 +12 +8 +21.6%
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Lilian		 45 -5 -4 -8.2%
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Alma		 44 +22 +13 +41.9%
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Lillian		 43 -7 -5 -10.4%
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Daisy		 42 +2 +2 +5.0%
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Phyllis		 42 -10 -8 -16.0%
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Isabel		 40 +26 +14 +53.8%
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Janet		 40 +4 +1 +2.6%
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Flora		 39 +6 +5 +14.7%
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Louisa		 39 +22 +12 +44.4%
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Lucy		 39 -20 -14 -26.4%
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Minnie		 39 +12 +7 +21.9%
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Ella		 37 -6 -3 -7.5%
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Charlotte		 36 +13 +7 +24.1%
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Lily		 36 +4 +3 +9.1%
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Marjory		 36 +17 +9 +33.3%
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Mavis		 36 +1 +2 +5.9%
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Emma		 35 -11 -5 -12.5%
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Iris		 35 +10 +7 +25.0%
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Nellie		 34 -27 -17 -33.3%
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Ruth		 34 -31 -19 -35.8%
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Martha		 33 -11 -6 -15.4%
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Mona		 33 -15 -7 -17.5%
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Christina		 32 +1 +1 +3.2%
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Freda		 31 +14 +7 +29.2%
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Clarice		 30 +8 +5 +20.0%
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Jean		 30 new new new
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Laura		 29 -7 -3 -9.4%
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Esther		 28 -8 -4 -12.5%
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Gwendoline		 28 +5 +3 +12.0%
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Bertha		 27 -13 -6 -18.2%
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Stella		 27 +8 +3 +12.5%
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Amelia		 26 +1 +1 +4.0%
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Maud		 26 -29 -16 -38.1%
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Myra		 26 new new new
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Harriet		 25 new new new
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Bessie		 24 new new new
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Clara		 24 -23 -11 -31.4%
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Nora		 24 +2 0 0.0%
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Pearl		 24 +10 +2 +9.1%
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Dora		 23 new new new
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Enid		 22 new new new
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Kate		 22 -8 -3 -12.0%
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Caroline		 20 -26 -13 -39.4%
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Julia		 20 new new new
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Linda		 20 0 -3 -13.0%
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Veronica		 20 new new new
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Aileen		 19 -9 -5 -20.8%
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Eliza		 19 -20 -9 -32.1%
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Norah		 19 -4 -4 -17.4%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand