Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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William		 898 0 +47 +5.5%
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John		 858 0 +16 +1.9%
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James		 527 0 -11 -2.0%
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George		 427 0 +5 +1.2%
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Robert		 394 +1 -2 -0.5%
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Thomas		 346 -1 -56 -13.9%
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Arthur		 340 +1 +49 +16.8%
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Charles		 335 -1 -41 -10.9%
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Frederick		 259 0 -5 -1.9%
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Albert		 229 +1 +13 +6.0%
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Leslie		 215 -1 -16 -6.9%
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Edward		 214 +1 +11 +5.4%
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Alfred		 200 +1 0 0.0%
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Eric		 199 -2 -16 -7.4%
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Henry		 197 -1 -3 -1.5%
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Harold		 189 +2 +16 +9.2%
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Ernest		 184 0 -3 -1.6%
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Alexander		 172 +13 +44 +34.4%
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Walter		 170 0 -2 -1.2%
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Gordon		 169 +9 +36 +27.1%
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Ronald		 166 +2 +21 +14.5%
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Norman		 155 -1 0 0.0%
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Francis		 145 -7 -50 -25.6%
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David		 143 -4 -24 -14.4%
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Herbert		 142 +2 +5 +3.6%
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Kenneth		 140 +2 +5 +3.7%
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Leonard		 139 +3 +10 +7.8%
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Richard		 136 -4 -6 -4.2%
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Joseph		 134 -3 -4 -2.9%
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Stanley		 133 -8 -20 -13.1%
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Frank		 129 -6 -12 -8.5%
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Raymond		 128 0 +9 +7.6%
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Reginald		 123 +1 +9 +7.9%
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Cyril		 120 -2 +1 +0.8%
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Allan		 108 +6 +26 +31.7%
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Cecil		 107 +2 +12 +12.6%
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Douglas		 107 +1 +3 +2.9%
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Jack		 106 -4 -8 -7.0%
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Roy		 85 +1 -3 -3.4%
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Donald		 84 -4 -25 -22.9%
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Sydney		 82 +9 +23 +39.0%
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Clarence		 79 -4 -16 -16.8%
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Harry		 77 -1 +6 +8.5%
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Ian		 76 +7 +19 +33.3%
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Keith		 73 +10 +20 +37.7%
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Colin		 71 +3 +10 +16.4%
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Victor		 71 -4 0 0.0%
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Andrew		 67 -4 -2 -2.9%
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Clifford		 67 +6 +13 +24.1%
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Hugh		 63 -3 -1 -1.6%
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Alan		 62 -5 -5 -7.5%
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Percy		 60 -5 -4 -6.3%
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Samuel		 59 +14 +19 +47.5%
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Maurice		 55 -10 -14 -20.3%
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Patrick		 54 -4 -3 -5.3%
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Hector		 50 +5 +3 +6.4%
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Ivan		 49 +7 +5 +11.4%
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Leo		 47 +18 +15 +46.9%
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Ralph		 45 +8 +5 +12.5%
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Edwin		 44 +7 +4 +10.0%
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Lawrence		 44 -4 -7 -13.7%
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Wilfred		 44 -2 -5 -10.2%
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Bernard		 43 -3 -5 -10.4%
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Arnold		 41 +15 +14 +51.9%
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Claude		 41 -7 -9 -18.0%
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Sidney		 39 +10 +7 +21.9%
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Noel		 37 -1 -4 -9.8%
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Allen		 36 +5 +1 +2.9%
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Archibald		 36 -15 -19 -34.5%
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Gilbert		 36 -3 -6 -14.3%
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Trevor		 36 +6 +3 +9.1%
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Edgar		 35 0 -2 -5.4%
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Peter		 35 -9 -10 -22.2%
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Vincent		 35 +19 +15 +75.0%
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Bruce		 33 +25 +17 +106%
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Howard		 33 +17 +14 +73.7%
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Geoffrey		 31 -6 -7 -18.4%
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Owen		 31 +7 +8 +34.8%
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Horace		 29 -12 -11 -27.5%
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Mervyn		 29 -1 0 0.0%
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Michael		 29 -5 -4 -12.1%
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Philip		 29 -21 -20 -40.8%
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Laurence		 28 -4 +1 +3.7%
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Athol		 27 +13 +10 +58.8%
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Lionel		 26 -23 -20 -43.5%
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Malcolm		 26 -3 +1 +4.0%
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Clive		 24 new new new
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Daniel		 24 0 +3 +14.3%
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Cedric		 23 new new new
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Gerald		 21 +7 +4 +23.5%
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Martin		 21 +7 +4 +23.5%
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Russell		 21 new new new
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Lewis		 19 -14 -8 -29.6%
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Percival		 19 -8 -3 -13.6%
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Matthew		 18 new new new
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Stephen		 18 -8 -3 -14.3%
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Hubert		 17 new new new
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Louis		 17 -2 -1 -5.6%
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Stewart		 17 new new new
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Wallace		 17 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 513 0 +35 +7.3%
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Margaret		 368 0 +37 +11.2%
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Dorothy		 269 0 -12 -4.3%
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Edna		 245 +5 +38 +18.4%
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Kathleen		 236 +5 +40 +20.4%
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Annie		 223 +2 +9 +4.2%
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Alice		 218 -1 +1 +0.5%
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Eileen		 207 -1 -9 -4.2%
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Gladys		 198 -5 -40 -16.8%
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Doris		 196 -6 -42 -17.6%
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Phyllis		 194 +2 +18 +10.2%
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Mavis		 192 +5 +42 +28.0%
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Elsie		 190 +2 +33 +21.0%
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Elizabeth		 184 -2 +7 +4.0%
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Florence		 181 -4 -3 -1.6%
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Ellen		 167 +15 +58 +53.2%
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Catherine		 157 +10 +37 +30.8%
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Ethel		 155 -4 -7 -4.3%
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Jessie		 155 +1 +12 +8.4%
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Irene		 147 -1 +4 +2.8%
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Edith		 146 +2 +10 +7.4%
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Marjorie		 145 +6 +30 +26.1%
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Ivy		 144 -7 -7 -4.6%
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Violet		 142 -3 0 0.0%
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Thelma		 141 +1 +18 +14.6%
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Olive		 139 -8 -7 -4.8%
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Jean		 132 +13 +42 +46.7%
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Hazel		 131 +6 +24 +22.4%
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Vera		 128 -4 -3 -2.3%
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Winifred		 126 0 +13 +11.5%
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Agnes		 118 -7 -17 -12.6%
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Evelyn		 118 +4 +16 +15.7%
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Myrtle		 114 -11 -27 -19.1%
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Rita		 109 -1 +1 +0.9%
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Ruby		 109 -3 0 0.0%
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Mabel		 99 -8 -16 -13.9%
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Muriel		 99 0 0 0.0%
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Grace		 97 -2 -2 -2.0%
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Frances		 86 -1 -7 -7.5%
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Iris		 86 +4 +11 +14.7%
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May		 79 +3 +5 +6.8%
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Eva		 78 -3 -13 -14.3%
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Hilda		 78 -1 -5 -6.0%
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Helen		 77 +6 +14 +22.2%
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Gwendoline		 74 +11 +20 +37.0%
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Joyce		 70 +14 +17 +32.1%
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Nancy		 69 -1 -3 -4.2%
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Constance		 68 -4 -6 -8.1%
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Mona		 68 -6 -11 -13.9%
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Emily		 64 -3 -6 -8.6%
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Isabella		 64 +4 +5 +8.5%
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Amy		 63 -3 -1 -1.6%
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Alma		 62 -1 0 0.0%
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Rose		 61 +25 +24 +64.9%
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Lilian		 57 -3 -5 -8.1%
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Nellie		 57 -1 -2 -3.4%
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Ida		 56 +8 +7 +14.3%
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Beatrice		 54 +3 +2 +3.8%
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Ruth		 54 +7 +5 +10.2%
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Christina		 53 +8 +5 +10.4%
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Isabel		 53 +3 +2 +3.9%
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Marion		 53 +1 +1 +1.9%
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Daphne		 50 +15 +11 +28.2%
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Lorna		 50 +13 +10 +25.0%
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Lillian		 49 -9 -5 -9.3%
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Lily		 49 +17 +13 +36.1%
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Lucy		 49 -1 -1 -2.0%
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Gertrude		 48 +3 +3 +6.7%
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Marjory		 48 +24 +16 +50.0%
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Ada		 47 -22 -20 -29.9%
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Janet		 47 -1 +1 +2.2%
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Eleanor		 43 +7 +6 +16.2%
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Clara		 42 +24 +15 +55.6%
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Nora		 41 +26 +15 +57.7%
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Beryl		 40 +22 +13 +48.1%
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Dulcie		 40 -1 -1 -2.4%
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Freda		 40 -25 -23 -36.5%
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Mildred		 40 +1 0 0.0%
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Sylvia		 39 new new new
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Doreen		 38 -15 -11 -22.4%
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Bertha		 37 -8 -7 -15.9%
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Jane		 37 -25 -17 -31.5%
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Myra		 36 +2 +1 +2.9%
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Rona		 35 +11 +6 +20.7%
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Sarah		 35 -28 -19 -35.2%
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Daisy		 34 -17 -12 -26.1%
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Ella		 34 -15 -11 -24.4%
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Emma		 33 -6 -3 -8.3%
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Louisa		 33 -3 -2 -5.7%
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Barbara		 30 new new new
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Flora		 30 -1 -3 -9.1%
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Joan		 30 -1 -3 -9.1%
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Una		 30 new new new
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Laura		 29 -15 -8 -21.6%
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Amelia		 28 -13 -8 -22.2%
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Esther		 28 -10 -7 -20.0%
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Clarice		 27 -3 -4 -12.9%
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Ena		 27 -5 -5 -15.6%
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Linda		 27 -8 -6 -18.2%
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Maud		 27 new new new
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Minnie		 27 -9 -7 -20.6%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand