Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mervyn		 27 +21 +12 +80.0%
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Roland		 26 new new new
67.
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Basil		 36 +18 +15 +71.4%
54.
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Ian		 50 +14 +17 +51.5%
82.
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Malcolm		 26 +14 +9 +52.9%
67.
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Geoffrey		 36 +13 +9 +33.3%
79.
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Laurence		 27 +13 +8 +42.1%
52.
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Edwin		 51 +11 +12 +30.8%
86.
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Wallace		 25 +10 +8 +47.1%
90.
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Bruce		 22 +10 +7 +46.7%
30.
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Raymond		 117 +9 +32 +37.6%
46.
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Maurice		 69 +9 +22 +46.8%
59.
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Edgar		 46 +9 +13 +39.4%
63.
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Philip		 37 +9 +7 +23.3%
92.
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Vernon		 20 new new new
19.
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David		 163 +8 +33 +25.4%
45.
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Hector		 71 +7 +20 +39.2%
70.
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Leo		 33 +7 +5 +17.9%
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Alfred		 213 +6 +52 +32.3%
32.
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Kenneth		 108 +6 +20 +22.7%
94.
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Gerald		 19 +6 +4 +26.7%
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Bertie		 18 new new new
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Martin		 18 new new new
96.
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Neil		 18 new new new
96.
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Russell		 18 new new new
15.
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Walter		 197 +4 +37 +23.1%
25.
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Joseph		 131 +4 +5 +4.0%
33.
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Jack		 106 +4 +16 +17.8%
51.
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Colin		 52 +4 +5 +10.6%
70.
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Arnold		 33 +4 +4 +13.8%
76.
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Percival		 31 +4 +4 +14.8%
55.
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Lawrence		 48 +3 +2 +4.3%
82.
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Sidney		 26 +3 +5 +23.8%
72.
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Louis		 32 +2 +3 +10.3%
72.
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Noel		 32 +2 +3 +10.3%
87.
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Howard		 24 +2 +4 +20.0%
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Stewart		 19 +2 +2 +11.8%
3.
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George		 485 +1 +60 +14.1%
6.
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Thomas		 371 +1 +59 +18.9%
9.
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Frederick		 254 +1 +32 +14.4%
11.
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Henry		 223 +1 +20 +9.9%
22.
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Herbert		 144 +1 -5 -3.4%
34.
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Cecil		 98 +1 +6 +6.5%
40.
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Donald		 82 +1 +9 +12.3%
41.
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Harry		 75 +1 +11 +17.2%
52.
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Alan		 51 +1 +1 +2.0%
63.
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Gilbert		 37 +1 -1 -2.6%
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William		 901 0 +13 +1.5%
2.
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John		 875 0 +91 +11.6%
5.
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Robert		 394 0 +41 +11.6%
8.
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Arthur		 340 0 +31 +10.0%
26.
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Ronald		 127 0 -4 -3.1%
28.
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Richard		 125 0 -4 -3.1%
42.
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Sydney		 74 0 +10 +15.6%
44.
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Percy		 72 0 +9 +14.3%
58.
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Archibald		 47 0 +1 +2.2%
92.
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Athol		 20 0 +1 +5.3%
4.
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James		 478 -1 -11 -2.2%
7.
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Charles		 350 -1 +15 +4.5%
10.
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Albert		 227 -1 -20 -8.1%
14.
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Leslie		 203 -1 +3 +1.5%
16.
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Harold		 190 -1 +6 +3.3%
17.
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Eric		 187 -1 +7 +3.9%
18.
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Ernest		 174 -1 +10 +6.1%
21.
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Alexander		 162 -1 +5 +3.2%
31.
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Gordon		 115 -1 -10 -8.0%
34.
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Reginald		 98 -1 -5 -4.9%
55.
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Clifford		 48 -1 0 0.0%
67.
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Lionel		 36 -1 0 0.0%
13.
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Edward		 210 -2 +1 +0.5%
23.
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Norman		 140 -2 -14 -9.1%
24.
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Leonard		 132 -2 -19 -12.6%
26.
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Stanley		 127 -2 -15 -10.6%
36.
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Cyril		 97 -2 -2 -2.0%
42.
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Allan		 74 -2 0 0.0%
47.
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Victor		 66 -2 +10 +17.9%
62.
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Ivan		 41 -2 -1 -2.4%
38.
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Clarence		 93 -3 +1 +1.1%
48.
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Andrew		 64 -3 +8 +14.3%
63.
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Keith		 37 -3 -5 -11.9%
88.
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Lewis		 23 -3 +2 +9.5%
29.
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Frank		 120 -4 -20 -14.3%
49.
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Hugh		 59 -4 +3 +5.4%
72.
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Ralph		 32 -4 -1 -3.0%
19.
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Francis		 163 -5 -28 -14.7%
50.
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Samuel		 58 -5 +2 +3.6%
60.
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Horace		 42 -5 -5 -10.6%
37.
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Douglas		 95 -6 -11 -10.4%
55.
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Claude		 48 -6 -4 -7.7%
77.
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Owen		 30 -6 -1 -3.2%
39.
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Roy		 85 -7 -20 -19.0%
72.
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Bernard		 32 -8 -6 -15.8%
88.
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Trevor		 23 -8 -4 -14.8%
91.
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Benjamin		 21 -8 -5 -19.2%
82.
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Michael		 26 -10 -4 -13.3%
60.
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Patrick		 42 -11 -10 -19.2%
78.
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Daniel		 28 -11 -6 -17.6%
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Duncan		 17 -11 -3 -15.0%
100.
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Vincent		 17 -11 -3 -15.0%
63.
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Wilfred		 37 -14 -15 -28.8%
79.
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Peter		 27 -19 -15 -35.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
78.
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Dulcie		 38 new new new
71.
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Doreen		 43 +20 +14 +48.3%
81.
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Eunice		 36 new new new
81.
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Mildred		 36 new new new
69.
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Joyce		 46 +17 +15 +48.4%
74.
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Eleanor		 41 +17 +12 +41.4%
71.
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Flora		 43 +15 +12 +38.7%
86.
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Pearl		 35 new new new
41.
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May		 78 +13 +22 +39.3%
54.
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Lillian		 55 +13 +11 +25.0%
62.
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Nancy		 48 +13 +11 +29.7%
71.
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Daphne		 43 +12 +11 +34.4%
16.
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Ellen		 146 +10 +30 +25.9%
50.
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Beatrice		 60 +10 +9 +17.6%
62.
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Louisa		 48 +10 +8 +20.0%
91.
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Esther		 33 new new new
91.
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Stella		 33 new new new
81.
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Laura		 36 +9 +6 +20.0%
55.
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Amy		 53 +8 +4 +8.2%
55.
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Rose		 53 +8 +4 +8.2%
5.
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Annie		 228 +7 +54 +31.0%
10.
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Edna		 205 +7 +52 +34.0%
22.
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Phyllis		 138 +7 +34 +32.7%
79.
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Emma		 37 +7 +6 +19.4%
27.
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Rita		 121 +6 +21 +21.0%
32.
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Evelyn		 110 +6 +25 +29.4%
59.
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Sarah		 50 +6 +2 +4.2%
66.
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Isabel		 47 +6 +7 +17.5%
19.
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Violet		 142 +5 +20 +16.4%
23.
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Mavis		 131 +5 +24 +22.4%
31.
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Marjorie		 113 +5 +24 +27.0%
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Marion		 48 +5 +4 +9.1%
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Barbara		 29 new new new
9.
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Elizabeth		 206 +4 +33 +19.1%
15.
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Ivy		 154 +4 +9 +6.2%
44.
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Ada		 68 +4 +5 +7.9%
48.
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Lilian		 61 +4 +4 +7.0%
36.
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Frances		 106 +3 +23 +27.7%
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Ida		 62 +3 +2 +3.3%
59.
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Freda		 50 +3 0 0.0%
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Minnie		 32 +3 +4 +14.3%
4.
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Eileen		 249 +2 +32 +14.7%
33.
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Hazel		 109 +2 +17 +18.5%
39.
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Jean		 89 +2 +9 +11.3%
44.
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Mona		 68 +2 +3 +4.6%
55.
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Christina		 53 +2 -1 -1.9%
89.
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Lorna		 34 +2 +5 +17.2%
24.
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Vera		 130 +1 +11 +9.2%
29.
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Muriel		 119 +1 +17 +16.7%
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Helen		 77 +1 +6 +8.5%
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Aileen		 28 new new new
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Mary		 506 0 +56 +12.4%
2.
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Margaret		 322 0 -32 -9.0%
3.
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Dorothy		 257 0 0 0.0%
7.
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Doris		 212 0 -4 -1.9%
30.
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Winifred		 117 0 +15 +14.7%
43.
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Hilda		 73 -1 -2 -2.7%
61.
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Ena		 49 -1 -2 -3.9%
75.
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Myra		 39 -1 +1 +2.6%
6.
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Alice		 218 -2 -22 -9.2%
13.
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Florence		 168 -2 -11 -6.1%
17.
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Ethel		 144 -2 -11 -7.1%
19.
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Myrtle		 142 -2 -11 -7.2%
58.
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Lucy		 51 -2 -4 -7.3%
93.
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Ella		 32 -2 +3 +10.3%
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Gladys		 211 -3 -16 -7.0%
11.
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Kathleen		 198 -3 -5 -2.5%
12.
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Elsie		 173 -3 -11 -6.0%
17.
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Edith		 144 -3 -17 -10.6%
26.
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Thelma		 129 -3 -1 -0.8%
33.
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Mabel		 109 -3 +7 +6.9%
37.
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Ruby		 103 -3 +4 +4.0%
40.
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Eva		 84 -3 -3 -3.4%
79.
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Amelia		 37 -3 +1 +2.8%
14.
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Jessie		 160 -4 -20 -11.1%
24.
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Olive		 130 -4 -13 -9.1%
48.
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Constance		 61 -4 -7 -10.3%
50.
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Iris		 60 -4 -5 -7.7%
52.
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Isabella		 57 -4 -6 -9.5%
62.
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Ruth		 48 -4 -5 -9.4%
100.
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Reta		 28 -4 0 0.0%
21.
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Irene		 141 -5 -13 -8.4%
81.
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Lily		 36 -5 0 0.0%
46.
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Emily		 65 -6 -16 -19.8%
75.
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Marjory		 39 -6 -4 -9.3%
28.
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Catherine		 120 -7 -17 -12.4%
66.
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Gwendoline		 47 -8 -6 -11.3%
53.
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Alma		 56 -9 -12 -17.6%
89.
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Clarice		 34 -10 -1 -2.9%
96.
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Charlotte		 29 -10 -2 -6.5%
38.
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Grace		 101 -11 -11 -9.8%
66.
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Gertrude		 47 -12 -9 -16.1%
81.
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Janet		 36 -12 -7 -16.3%
35.
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Agnes		 108 -13 -23 -17.6%
96.
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Beryl		 29 -13 -3 -9.4%
86.
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Daisy		 35 -15 -7 -16.7%
96.
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Nora		 29 -15 -4 -12.1%
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Nellie		 46 -17 -11 -19.3%
93.
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Maud		 32 -17 -4 -11.1%
86.
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Clara		 35 -20 -10 -22.2%
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Jane		 39 -24 -19 -32.8%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand