Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Alan		 43 +1 +3 +7.5%
9.
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Albert		 265 0 +31 +13.2%
27.
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Alexander		 114 -6 -24 -17.4%
15.
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Alfred		 203 +4 +60 +42.0%
40.
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Allan		 68 -5 -8 -10.5%
78.
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Allen		 25 +11 +9 +56.3%
44.
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Andrew		 61 +1 +5 +8.9%
43.
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Archibald		 62 +20 +28 +82.4%
65.
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Arnold		 35 +7 +9 +34.6%
8.
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Arthur		 271 0 +2 +0.7%
94.
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Basil		 15 -21 -9 -37.5%
86.
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Benjamin		 20 -6 -1 -4.8%
62.
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Bernard		 36 -2 +1 +2.9%
92.
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Bertie		 16 +3 +2 +14.3%
94.
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Bertram		 15 new new new
94.
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Bruce		 15 new new new
34.
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Cecil		 77 -4 -21 -21.4%
6.
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Charles		 344 +1 +26 +8.2%
37.
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Clarence		 74 +5 +6 +8.8%
68.
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Claude		 29 -14 -11 -27.5%
55.
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Clifford		 40 +15 +11 +37.9%
55.
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Colin		 40 +10 +7 +21.2%
29.
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Cyril		 107 +4 +22 +25.9%
80.
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Daniel		 23 -14 -9 -28.1%
19.
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David		 147 +2 +9 +6.5%
47.
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Donald		 56 -6 -14 -20.0%
36.
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Douglas		 76 +10 +21 +38.2%
94.
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Dudley		 15 new new new
68.
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Edgar		 29 +8 +6 +26.1%
87.
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Edmund		 19 +8 +5 +35.7%
12.
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Edward		 216 -2 -9 -4.0%
55.
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Edwin		 40 -3 -6 -13.0%
16.
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Eric		 184 -2 +20 +12.2%
18.
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Ernest		 150 -2 -8 -5.1%
19.
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Francis		 147 -2 -10 -6.4%
32.
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Frank		 86 -6 -24 -21.8%
10.
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Frederick		 256 +3 +71 +38.4%
94.
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Fredrick		 15 new new new
68.
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Geoffrey		 29 +5 +5 +20.8%
4.
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George		 441 0 +37 +9.2%
88.
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Gerald		 18 new new new
75.
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Gilbert		 26 -4 -1 -3.7%
30.
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Gordon		 106 -2 +2 +1.9%
14.
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Harold		 206 +1 +45 +28.0%
44.
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Harry		 61 -7 -12 -16.4%
42.
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Hector		 63 -3 -9 -12.5%
11.
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Henry		 219 0 +18 +9.0%
24.
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Herbert		 122 0 -4 -3.2%
54.
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Horace		 42 -1 +1 +2.4%
94.
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Howard		 15 -7 -3 -16.7%
46.
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Hugh		 58 -3 -1 -1.7%
72.
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Ian		 27 -4 -3 -10.0%
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Ivan		 24 -21 -12 -33.3%
40.
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Jack		 68 +7 +14 +25.9%
3.
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James		 464 0 0 0.0%
2.
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John		 738 0 +7 +1.0%
22.
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Joseph		 126 -2 -15 -10.6%
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Keith		 37 -1 +2 +5.7%
31.
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Kenneth		 88 +3 +10 +12.8%
75.
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Laurence		 26 +7 +7 +36.8%
49.
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Lawrence		 53 -2 -1 -1.9%
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Leo		 36 +1 +2 +5.9%
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Leonard		 124 0 -9 -6.8%
13.
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Leslie		 214 -1 +20 +10.3%
90.
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Lewis		 17 -9 -3 -15.0%
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Lionel		 39 +1 +4 +11.4%
84.
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Louis		 22 +3 +4 +22.2%
80.
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Malcolm		 23 -7 -1 -4.2%
80.
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Martin		 23 +2 +4 +21.1%
94.
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Matthew		 15 new new new
62.
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Maurice		 36 -5 -1 -2.7%
92.
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Mervyn		 16 new new new
66.
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Michael		 30 +2 0 0.0%
72.
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Noel		 27 +17 +11 +68.8%
25.
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Norman		 119 0 +6 +5.3%
72.
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Owen		 27 +4 +4 +17.4%
55.
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Patrick		 40 +12 +9 +29.0%
80.
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Percival		 23 -4 0 0.0%
34.
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Percy		 77 +2 +2 +2.7%
66.
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Peter		 30 -12 -10 -25.0%
52.
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Philip		 44 +6 +8 +22.2%
68.
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Ralph		 29 +8 +6 +26.1%
38.
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Raymond		 72 -1 -1 -1.4%
28.
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Reginald		 112 +3 +19 +20.4%
21.
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Richard		 129 +8 +27 +26.5%
7.
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Robert		 309 -1 -13 -4.0%
85.
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Roland		 21 +7 +6 +40.0%
33.
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Ronald		 85 -1 -2 -2.3%
39.
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Roy		 70 +1 -1 -1.4%
88.
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Rupert		 18 new new new
94.
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Russell		 15 new new new
51.
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Samuel		 47 -7 -10 -17.5%
75.
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Sidney		 26 +7 +7 +36.8%
25.
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Stanley		 119 +2 +11 +10.2%
94.
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Stephen		 15 -12 -4 -21.1%
48.
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Sydney		 55 +1 +2 +3.8%
5.
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Thomas		 353 0 +25 +7.6%
90.
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Trevor		 17 -1 +1 +6.3%
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Victor		 53 0 0 0.0%
17.
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Walter		 157 +1 +2 +1.3%
59.
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Wilfred		 39 -8 -8 -17.0%
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William		 862 0 -20 -2.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Ada		 73 -3 -6 -7.6%
32.
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Agnes		 91 -13 -40 -30.5%
8.
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Alice		 188 -3 -16 -7.8%
51.
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Alma		 53 +11 +9 +20.5%
93.
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Amelia		 25 -3 +1 +4.2%
60.
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Amy		 46 -8 -5 -9.8%
3.
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Annie		 254 0 +25 +10.9%
97.
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Barbara		 22 new new new
51.
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Beatrice		 53 +10 +8 +17.8%
76.
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Bertha		 35 -12 -5 -12.5%
84.
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Beryl		 29 +9 +6 +26.1%
87.
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Bessie		 27 +1 +2 +8.0%
25.
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Catherine		 110 -2 -8 -6.8%
80.
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Charlotte		 30 +15 +9 +42.9%
65.
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Christina		 43 -7 -4 -8.5%
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Clara		 36 -5 -2 -5.3%
85.
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Clarice		 28 -4 0 0.0%
45.
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Constance		 64 +3 +7 +12.3%
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Daisy		 42 +9 +10 +31.3%
76.
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Doreen		 35 +19 +14 +66.7%
10.
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Doris		 183 -2 0 0.0%
4.
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Dorothy		 225 0 -1 -0.4%
22.
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Edith		 135 -1 +7 +5.5%
24.
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Edna		 114 +1 +2 +1.8%
6.
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Eileen		 196 +9 +48 +32.4%
78.
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Eleanor		 33 -2 +1 +3.1%
97.
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Eliza		 22 new new new
9.
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Elizabeth		 186 +1 +13 +7.5%
69.
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Ella		 41 +4 +6 +17.1%
20.
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Ellen		 140 -1 +9 +6.9%
12.
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Elsie		 165 -5 -26 -13.6%
37.
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Emily		 79 -5 -5 -6.0%
80.
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Emma		 30 -16 -10 -25.0%
70.
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Esther		 39 +6 +7 +21.9%
13.
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Ethel		 161 0 0 0.0%
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Eva		 68 -9 -15 -18.1%
38.
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Evelyn		 78 -12 -26 -25.0%
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Flora		 33 +9 +7 +26.9%
5.
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Florence		 205 +1 +12 +6.2%
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Frances		 81 +3 +2 +2.5%
93.
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Freda		 25 -12 -3 -10.7%
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Gertrude		 49 -6 -5 -9.3%
7.
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Gladys		 193 +5 +30 +18.4%
39.
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Grace		 76 -7 -8 -9.5%
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Gwendoline		 42 -8 -4 -8.7%
34.
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Hazel		 88 +7 +15 +20.5%
44.
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Helen		 67 -2 -1 -1.5%
40.
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Hilda		 74 -9 -12 -14.0%
45.
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Ida		 64 -1 0 0.0%
16.
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Irene		 154 +8 +38 +32.8%
54.
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Iris		 51 +10 +11 +27.5%
71.
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Isabel		 38 +10 +10 +35.7%
47.
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Isabella		 58 0 -3 -4.9%
11.
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Ivy		 172 -2 -6 -3.4%
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Jane		 45 -10 -7 -13.5%
65.
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Janet		 43 +5 +6 +16.2%
64.
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Jean		 44 +3 +5 +12.8%
18.
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Jessie		 149 -7 -19 -11.3%
14.
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Kathleen		 159 +2 +15 +10.4%
80.
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Laura		 30 -1 0 0.0%
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Lilian		 55 -5 -8 -12.7%
51.
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Lillian		 53 +1 +2 +3.9%
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Lily		 45 +11 +9 +25.0%
80.
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Linda		 30 +14 +8 +36.4%
96.
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Lorna		 23 -6 -1 -4.2%
87.
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Louisa		 27 -17 -10 -27.0%
55.
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Lucy		 50 -1 0 0.0%
27.
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Mabel		 106 0 +7 +7.1%
2.
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Margaret		 292 0 -1 -0.3%
73.
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Marion		 36 -16 -12 -25.0%
28.
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Marjorie		 100 +17 +37 +58.7%
85.
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Martha		 28 +10 +7 +33.3%
1.
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Mary		 459 0 +7 +1.5%
73.
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Maud		 36 0 +1 +2.9%
32.
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Mavis		 91 +8 +16 +21.3%
42.
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May		 70 +1 +4 +6.1%
90.
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Mildred		 26 new new new
71.
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Minnie		 38 -3 0 0.0%
49.
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Mona		 57 +6 +8 +16.3%
23.
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Muriel		 121 +11 +38 +45.8%
58.
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Myra		 48 +30 +23 +92.0%
15.
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Myrtle		 155 +2 +13 +9.2%
97.
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Nancy		 22 -16 -6 -21.4%
56.
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Nellie		 49 -1 0 0.0%
95.
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Nora		 24 -14 -4 -14.3%
17.
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Olive		 150 +1 +18 +13.6%
90.
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Pearl		 26 -15 -8 -23.5%
28.
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Phyllis		 100 +9 +20 +25.0%
31.
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Rita		 92 +3 +9 +10.8%
59.
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Rose		 47 0 +1 +2.2%
36.
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Ruby		 80 -9 -19 -19.2%
61.
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Ruth		 45 +1 +1 +2.3%
47.
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Sarah		 58 +2 +2 +3.6%
90.
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Stella		 26 new new new
87.
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Sylvia		 27 new new new
30.
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Thelma		 97 0 +2 +2.1%
20.
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Vera		 140 +2 +18 +14.8%
97.
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Veronica		 22 new new new
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Violet		 141 -5 -12 -7.8%
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Winifred		 109 +1 +10 +10.1%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand