Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Edmund		 23 new new new
70.
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Laurence		 23 +23 +11 +91.7%
75.
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Gerald		 22 +23 +11 +100%
84.
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Duncan		 18 new new new
68.
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Percival		 24 +16 +9 +60.0%
79.
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Keith		 21 +14 +9 +75.0%
35.
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Samuel		 69 +12 +18 +35.3%
65.
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Clifford		 26 +12 +7 +36.8%
56.
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Philip		 33 +11 +6 +22.2%
58.
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Michael		 32 +11 +6 +23.1%
79.
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Noel		 21 +11 +8 +61.5%
90.
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Guy		 15 new new new
21.
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Cecil		 126 +9 +42 +50.0%
92.
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Trevor		 14 new new new
92.
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Vernon		 14 new new new
92.
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Wallace		 14 new new new
59.
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Ian		 30 +8 +3 +11.1%
70.
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Malcolm		 23 +8 +5 +27.8%
16.
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Joseph		 148 +7 +30 +25.4%
38.
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Victor		 65 +7 +13 +25.0%
56.
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Alan		 33 +7 +5 +17.9%
30.
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Percy		 89 +6 +21 +30.9%
38.
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Allan		 65 +6 +9 +16.1%
49.
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Maurice		 49 +6 +16 +48.5%
81.
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Stephen		 19 +6 +5 +35.7%
92.
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Matthew		 14 +6 +3 +27.3%
27.
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Hector		 101 +4 +19 +23.2%
50.
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Raymond		 48 +4 +14 +41.2%
51.
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Edwin		 46 +4 +13 +39.4%
59.
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Daniel		 30 +4 +2 +7.1%
65.
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Louis		 26 +4 0 0.0%
17.
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Walter		 137 +3 +2 +1.5%
18.
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David		 133 +3 +9 +7.3%
75.
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Howard		 22 +3 +4 +22.2%
98.
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Athol		 13 new new new
98.
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Oliver		 13 new new new
14.
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Leslie		 165 +2 +17 +11.5%
15.
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Francis		 158 +2 +11 +7.5%
41.
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Hugh		 63 +2 +6 +10.5%
43.
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Sydney		 60 +2 +8 +15.4%
53.
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Lawrence		 39 +2 +6 +18.2%
70.
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Sidney		 23 +2 -2 -8.0%
3.
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James		 447 +1 +29 +6.9%
8.
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Albert		 275 +1 +24 +9.6%
34.
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Cyril		 77 +1 +8 +11.6%
47.
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Jack		 52 +1 +5 +10.6%
100.
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Archie		 12 new new new
100.
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Phillip		 12 new new new
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William		 871 0 +78 +9.8%
2.
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John		 735 0 +50 +7.3%
5.
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Charles		 345 0 +2 +0.6%
6.
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Robert		 307 0 +16 +5.5%
7.
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Thomas		 281 0 -3 -1.1%
10.
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Edward		 240 0 +8 +3.4%
11.
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Frederick		 218 0 +2 +0.9%
12.
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Henry		 183 0 -5 -2.7%
13.
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Alfred		 174 0 -10 -5.4%
19.
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Eric		 132 0 -13 -9.0%
22.
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Herbert		 125 0 +5 +4.2%
25.
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Norman		 112 0 +1 +0.9%
26.
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Leonard		 106 0 -1 -0.9%
28.
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Richard		 100 0 -4 -3.8%
37.
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Roy		 67 0 +2 +3.1%
40.
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Ronald		 64 0 +4 +6.7%
4.
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George		 423 -1 -14 -3.2%
9.
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Arthur		 256 -1 -13 -4.8%
33.
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Reginald		 85 -1 +5 +6.3%
61.
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Colin		 29 -1 0 0.0%
88.
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Bertie		 16 -1 +2 +14.3%
20.
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Harold		 129 -2 -17 -11.6%
31.
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Stanley		 88 -2 -12 -12.0%
53.
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Horace		 39 -2 -2 -4.9%
86.
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Roland		 17 -2 +2 +13.3%
36.
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Clarence		 68 -3 -5 -6.8%
52.
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Wilfred		 42 -3 -4 -8.7%
61.
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Peter		 29 -3 -3 -9.4%
63.
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Gilbert		 28 -3 -1 -3.4%
42.
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Douglas		 62 -4 -2 -3.1%
29.
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Frank		 96 -5 -18 -15.8%
32.
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Gordon		 86 -5 -20 -18.9%
47.
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Kenneth		 52 -5 -6 -10.3%
68.
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Leo		 24 -5 -4 -14.3%
81.
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Edgar		 19 -5 -1 -5.0%
46.
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Andrew		 55 -6 -5 -8.3%
55.
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Patrick		 35 -6 -11 -23.9%
75.
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Lionel		 22 -6 -4 -15.4%
45.
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Donald		 56 -7 -8 -12.5%
67.
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Ivan		 25 -8 -5 -16.7%
23.
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Ernest		 123 -9 -36 -22.6%
24.
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Alexander		 114 -9 -39 -25.5%
92.
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Angus		 14 -9 -2 -12.5%
44.
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Harry		 58 -10 -14 -19.4%
63.
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Archibald		 28 -10 -11 -28.2%
70.
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Ralph		 23 -10 -6 -20.7%
84.
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Geoffrey		 18 -10 -5 -21.7%
90.
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Martin		 15 -10 -2 -11.8%
92.
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Lewis		 14 -12 -3 -17.6%
88.
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Vincent		 16 -13 -5 -23.8%
86.
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Bernard		 17 -14 -8 -32.0%
81.
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Arnold		 19 -18 -9 -32.1%
75.
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Claude		 22 -24 -19 -46.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
44.
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Christina		 52 +32 +20 +62.5%
57.
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Clara		 43 +32 +19 +79.2%
53.
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Bertha		 44 +30 +17 +63.0%
49.
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Ruth		 46 +23 +12 +35.3%
80.
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Eleanor		 29 new new new
46.
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Lucy		 49 +15 +10 +25.6%
57.
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Nellie		 43 +15 +9 +26.5%
66.
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Gwendoline		 37 +15 +9 +32.1%
74.
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Pearl		 32 +15 +8 +33.3%
86.
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Barbara		 25 new new new
82.
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Veronica		 27 +14 +7 +35.0%
88.
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Alexandra		 24 new new new
88.
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Doreen		 24 new new new
62.
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Mona		 42 +12 +9 +27.3%
73.
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Maud		 33 +12 +7 +26.9%
88.
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Norah		 24 +12 +5 +26.3%
50.
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Janet		 45 +9 +5 +12.5%
57.
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Lily		 43 +9 +7 +19.4%
93.
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Hannah		 22 new new new
13.
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Violet		 143 +7 +19 +15.3%
37.
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Helen		 72 +6 +13 +22.0%
47.
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Amy		 47 +6 +2 +4.4%
95.
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Fanny		 21 new new new
95.
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Henrietta		 21 new new new
95.
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Nancy		 21 new new new
25.
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Mabel		 105 +5 +18 +20.7%
34.
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Rita		 76 +5 +9 +13.4%
47.
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Rose		 47 +5 +1 +2.2%
65.
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Iris		 38 +5 +3 +8.6%
95.
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Eliza		 21 +5 +2 +10.5%
14.
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Ethel		 141 +4 +13 +10.2%
17.
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Catherine		 135 +4 +15 +12.5%
33.
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Eva		 78 +4 +6 +8.3%
36.
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Edna		 73 +4 +7 +10.6%
37.
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Thelma		 72 +4 +9 +14.3%
53.
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Phyllis		 44 +4 +2 +4.8%
77.
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Esther		 31 +4 +3 +10.7%
92.
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Linda		 23 +4 +3 +15.0%
28.
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Ruby		 89 +3 +6 +7.2%
32.
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Isabella		 80 +3 +7 +9.6%
40.
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Ada		 64 +3 +5 +8.5%
7.
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Doris		 195 +2 +23 +13.4%
12.
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Myrtle		 153 +2 +11 +7.7%
15.
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Jessie		 138 +2 +9 +7.0%
23.
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Agnes		 113 +2 +8 +7.6%
78.
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Laura		 30 +2 +1 +3.4%
3.
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Dorothy		 223 +1 +22 +10.9%
5.
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Gladys		 203 +1 +9 +4.6%
6.
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Alice		 202 +1 +10 +5.2%
9.
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Florence		 194 +1 +29 +17.6%
22.
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Vera		 115 +1 +3 +2.7%
26.
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Muriel		 94 +1 -1 -1.1%
31.
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Hilda		 81 +1 +3 +3.8%
88.
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Bessie		 24 +1 0 0.0%
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Mary		 464 0 -28 -5.7%
2.
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Margaret		 299 0 -40 -11.8%
11.
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Eileen		 175 0 +16 +10.1%
16.
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Edith		 137 0 0 0.0%
4.
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Annie		 221 -1 -20 -8.3%
20.
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Olive		 132 -1 +7 +5.6%
23.
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Irene		 113 -1 -4 -3.4%
27.
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Grace		 91 -1 -8 -8.1%
29.
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Evelyn		 85 -1 -6 -6.6%
35.
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Frances		 74 -1 0 0.0%
43.
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Hazel		 55 -1 -7 -11.3%
50.
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Gertrude		 45 -1 -6 -11.8%
62.
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Louisa		 42 -1 +3 +7.7%
86.
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Amelia		 25 -1 -1 -3.8%
7.
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Elizabeth		 195 -2 -3 -1.5%
10.
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Elsie		 176 -2 -12 -6.4%
53.
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Beatrice		 44 -2 -5 -10.2%
68.
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Mavis		 35 -2 -1 -2.8%
80.
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Jean		 29 -2 -1 -3.3%
95.
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Dora		 21 -2 -2 -8.7%
41.
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Sarah		 62 -3 -8 -11.4%
68.
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Ella		 35 -3 -2 -5.4%
17.
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Ivy		 135 -4 -10 -6.9%
37.
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Emily		 72 -4 -4 -5.3%
53.
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Jane		 44 -4 -7 -13.7%
57.
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Lilian		 43 -4 -2 -4.4%
74.
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Emma		 32 -4 -3 -8.6%
82.
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Clarice		 27 -4 -3 -10.0%
50.
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Constance		 45 -5 -11 -19.6%
21.
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Ellen		 130 -6 -10 -7.1%
30.
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Winifred		 82 -6 -29 -26.1%
19.
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Kathleen		 134 -7 -20 -13.0%
64.
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Alma		 39 -9 -5 -11.4%
45.
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Ida		 51 -10 -22 -30.1%
93.
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Stella		 22 -10 -5 -18.5%
95.
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Myra		 21 -10 -5 -19.2%
57.
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Marion		 43 -11 -11 -20.4%
70.
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Isabel		 34 -11 -6 -15.0%
85.
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Martha		 26 -11 -7 -21.2%
78.
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Marjory		 30 -12 -6 -16.7%
42.
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May		 61 -13 -27 -30.7%
70.
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Daisy		 34 -13 -8 -19.0%
74.
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Flora		 32 -13 -7 -17.9%
70.
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Lillian		 34 -14 -9 -20.9%
82.
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Charlotte		 27 -16 -9 -25.0%
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Marjorie		 37 -20 -17 -31.5%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand