Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Allen		 35 new new new
63.
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Peter		 45 +16 +18 +66.7%
60.
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Bernard		 48 +12 +16 +50.0%
74.
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Trevor		 33 +14 +10 +43.5%
55.
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Keith		 53 +8 +16 +43.2%
51.
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Patrick		 57 +9 +15 +35.7%
36.
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Donald		 109 +4 +27 +32.9%
58.
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Philip		 49 +5 +12 +32.4%
58.
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Wilfred		 49 +5 +12 +32.4%
46.
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Alan		 67 +6 +16 +31.4%
66.
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Noel		 41 +6 +9 +28.1%
62.
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Lionel		 46 +5 +10 +27.8%
74.
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Michael		 33 +8 +7 +26.9%
28.
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Kenneth		 135 +4 +27 +25.0%
67.
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Ralph		 40 +5 +8 +25.0%
87.
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Phillip		 21 new new new
87.
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Selwyn		 21 new new new
87.
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Stephen		 21 new new new
76.
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Sidney		 32 +6 +6 +23.1%
32.
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Cyril		 119 +4 +22 +22.7%
22.
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Stanley		 153 +4 +26 +20.5%
16.
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Francis		 195 +3 +32 +19.6%
91.
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Vincent		 20 +9 +3 +17.6%
25.
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Frank		 141 +4 +21 +17.5%
79.
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Lewis		 27 +9 +4 +17.4%
49.
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Colin		 61 +2 +9 +17.3%
53.
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Archibald		 55 +5 +8 +17.0%
34.
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Reginald		 114 0 +16 +16.3%
29.
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Gordon		 133 +2 +18 +15.7%
12.
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Eric		 215 +5 +28 +15.0%
23.
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Ronald		 145 +3 +18 +14.2%
51.
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Ian		 57 +3 +7 +14.0%
10.
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Leslie		 231 +4 +28 +13.8%
24.
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Richard		 142 +4 +17 +13.6%
65.
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Gilbert		 42 -2 +5 +13.5%
3.
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James		 538 +1 +60 +12.6%
54.
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Clifford		 54 +1 +6 +12.5%
92.
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Dudley		 19 new new new
92.
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Duncan		 19 +8 +2 +11.8%
41.
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Allan		 82 +1 +8 +10.8%
21.
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Norman		 155 +2 +15 +10.7%
85.
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Vernon		 22 +7 +2 +10.0%
37.
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Douglas		 104 0 +9 +9.5%
47.
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Hugh		 64 +2 +5 +8.5%
5.
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Thomas		 402 +1 +31 +8.4%
44.
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Andrew		 69 +4 +5 +7.8%
42.
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Victor		 71 +5 +5 +7.6%
34.
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Jack		 114 -1 +8 +7.5%
17.
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Ernest		 187 +1 +13 +7.5%
7.
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Charles		 376 0 +26 +7.4%
78.
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Mervyn		 29 +1 +2 +7.4%
64.
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Ivan		 44 -2 +3 +7.3%
56.
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Lawrence		 51 -1 +3 +6.3%
71.
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Geoffrey		 38 -4 +2 +5.6%
26.
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Joseph		 138 -1 +7 +5.3%
57.
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Claude		 50 -2 +2 +4.2%
9.
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Frederick		 264 0 +10 +3.9%
40.
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Roy		 88 -1 +3 +3.5%
20.
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David		 167 -1 +4 +2.5%
38.
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Clarence		 95 0 +2 +2.2%
32.
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Raymond		 119 -2 +2 +1.7%
6.
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Robert		 396 -1 +2 +0.5%
44.
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Maurice		 69 +2 0 0.0%
79.
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Laurence		 27 0 0 0.0%
95.
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Neil		 18 +1 0 0.0%
30.
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Leonard		 129 -6 -3 -2.3%
76.
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Leo		 32 -6 -1 -3.0%
38.
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Cecil		 95 -4 -3 -3.1%
13.
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Edward		 203 0 -7 -3.3%
2.
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John		 842 0 -33 -3.8%
82.
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Malcolm		 25 0 -1 -3.8%
67.
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Horace		 40 -7 -2 -4.8%
11.
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Albert		 216 -1 -11 -4.8%
27.
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Herbert		 137 -5 -7 -4.9%
42.
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Harry		 71 -1 -4 -5.3%
1.
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William		 851 0 -50 -5.5%
97.
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Martin		 17 -1 -1 -5.6%
100.
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Carl		 16 new new new
14.
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Alfred		 200 -2 -13 -6.1%
18.
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Harold		 173 -2 -17 -8.9%
14.
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Henry		 200 -3 -23 -10.3%
97.
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Gerald		 17 -3 -2 -10.5%
47.
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Percy		 64 -3 -8 -11.1%
19.
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Walter		 172 -4 -25 -12.7%
4.
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George		 422 -1 -63 -13.0%
8.
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Arthur		 291 0 -49 -14.4%
97.
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Athol		 17 -5 -3 -15.0%
79.
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Arnold		 27 -9 -6 -18.2%
72.
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Edgar		 37 -13 -9 -19.6%
50.
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Sydney		 59 -8 -15 -20.3%
92.
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Howard		 19 -5 -5 -20.8%
31.
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Alexander		 128 -10 -34 -21.0%
67.
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Edwin		 40 -15 -11 -21.6%
84.
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Owen		 23 -7 -7 -23.3%
87.
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Daniel		 21 -9 -7 -25.0%
100.
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Bruce		 16 -10 -6 -27.3%
85.
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Percival		 22 -9 -9 -29.0%
67.
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Samuel		 40 -17 -18 -31.0%
83.
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Basil		 24 -16 -12 -33.3%
61.
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Hector		 47 -16 -24 -33.8%
95.
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Louis		 18 -23 -14 -43.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
73.
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Bertha		 44 new new new
46.
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Nancy		 72 +16 +24 +50.0%
71.
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Ella		 45 +22 +13 +40.6%
56.
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Jane		 54 +19 +15 +38.5%
69.
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Daisy		 46 +17 +11 +31.4%
54.
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Nellie		 59 +15 +13 +28.3%
69.
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Janet		 46 +12 +10 +27.8%
13.
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Phyllis		 176 +9 +38 +27.5%
50.
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Freda		 63 +9 +13 +26.0%
24.
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Agnes		 135 +11 +27 +25.0%
43.
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Iris		 75 +7 +15 +25.0%
44.
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Constance		 74 +4 +13 +21.3%
49.
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Amy		 64 +6 +11 +20.8%
89.
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Joan		 33 new new new
89.
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Linda		 33 new new new
76.
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Lorna		 40 +13 +6 +17.6%
74.
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Pearl		 41 +12 +6 +17.1%
42.
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Mona		 79 +2 +11 +16.2%
60.
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Joyce		 53 +9 +7 +15.2%
56.
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Gwendoline		 54 +10 +7 +14.9%
17.
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Mavis		 150 +6 +19 +14.5%
65.
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Doreen		 49 +6 +6 +14.0%
41.
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Hilda		 83 +2 +10 +13.7%
4.
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Gladys		 238 +4 +27 +12.8%
14.
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Ethel		 162 +3 +18 +12.5%
18.
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Olive		 146 +6 +16 +12.3%
4.
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Doris		 238 +3 +26 +12.3%
76.
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Mildred		 40 +5 +4 +11.1%
52.
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Alma		 62 +1 +6 +10.7%
11.
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Florence		 184 +2 +16 +9.5%
3.
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Dorothy		 281 0 +24 +9.3%
63.
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Isabel		 51 +3 +4 +8.5%
39.
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Eva		 91 +1 +7 +8.3%
61.
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Marion		 52 +1 +4 +8.3%
56.
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Sarah		 54 +3 +4 +8.0%
74.
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Dulcie		 41 +4 +3 +7.9%
47.
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Emily		 70 -1 +5 +7.7%
88.
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Minnie		 34 +5 +2 +6.3%
85.
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Esther		 35 +6 +2 +6.1%
31.
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Ruby		 109 +6 +6 +5.8%
28.
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Mabel		 115 +5 +6 +5.5%
95.
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Rona		 29 new new new
54.
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Isabella		 59 -2 +2 +3.5%
2.
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Margaret		 331 0 +9 +2.8%
79.
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Laura		 37 +2 +1 +2.8%
65.
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Ruth		 49 -3 +1 +2.1%
28.
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Marjorie		 115 +3 +2 +1.8%
52.
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Lilian		 62 -4 +1 +1.6%
19.
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Irene		 143 +2 +2 +1.4%
40.
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Jean		 90 -1 +1 +1.1%
9.
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Edna		 207 +1 +2 +1.0%
25.
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Vera		 131 -1 +1 +0.8%
21.
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Violet		 142 -2 0 0.0%
27.
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Catherine		 120 +1 0 0.0%
82.
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Lily		 36 -1 0 0.0%
6.
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Alice		 217 0 -1 -0.5%
22.
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Myrtle		 141 -3 -1 -0.7%
10.
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Kathleen		 196 +1 -2 -1.0%
48.
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Ada		 67 -4 -1 -1.5%
56.
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Lillian		 54 -2 -1 -1.8%
34.
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Hazel		 107 -1 -2 -1.8%
16.
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Ivy		 151 -1 -3 -1.9%
64.
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Lucy		 50 -6 -1 -2.0%
36.
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Grace		 99 +2 -2 -2.0%
82.
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Amelia		 36 -3 -1 -2.7%
82.
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Emma		 36 -3 -1 -2.7%
30.
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Winifred		 113 0 -4 -3.4%
97.
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Norah		 27 new new new
71.
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Gertrude		 45 -5 -2 -4.3%
26.
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Thelma		 123 0 -6 -4.7%
44.
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May		 74 -3 -4 -5.1%
1.
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Mary		 478 0 -28 -5.5%
23.
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Edith		 136 -6 -8 -5.6%
8.
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Annie		 214 -3 -14 -6.1%
97.
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Beryl		 27 -1 -2 -6.9%
100.
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Bessie		 26 new new new
100.
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Caroline		 26 new new new
100.
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Martha		 26 new new new
35.
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Evelyn		 102 -3 -8 -7.3%
94.
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Clarice		 31 -5 -3 -8.8%
15.
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Elsie		 157 -3 -16 -9.2%
78.
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Daphne		 39 -7 -4 -9.3%
68.
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Christina		 48 -13 -5 -9.4%
79.
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Eleanor		 37 -5 -4 -9.8%
85.
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Myra		 35 -10 -4 -10.3%
100.
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Nora		 26 -4 -3 -10.3%
19.
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Jessie		 143 -5 -17 -10.6%
33.
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Rita		 108 -6 -13 -10.7%
95.
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Stella		 29 -4 -4 -12.1%
38.
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Frances		 93 -2 -13 -12.3%
7.
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Eileen		 216 -3 -33 -13.3%
61.
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Beatrice		 52 -11 -8 -13.3%
12.
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Elizabeth		 177 -3 -29 -14.1%
36.
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Muriel		 99 -7 -20 -16.8%
92.
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Marjory		 32 -17 -7 -17.9%
50.
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Helen		 63 -8 -14 -18.2%
65.
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Ida		 49 -18 -13 -21.0%
97.
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Clara		 27 -11 -8 -22.9%
89.
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Flora		 33 -18 -10 -23.3%
31.
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Ellen		 109 -15 -37 -25.3%
85.
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Louisa		 35 -23 -13 -27.1%
79.
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Rose		 37 -24 -16 -30.2%
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Ena		 32 -31 -17 -34.7%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand