Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 962 0 +34 +3.7%
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William		 904 0 +25 +2.8%
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George		 486 +1 -12 -2.4%
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James		 465 -1 -41 -8.1%
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Robert		 414 0 +44 +11.9%
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Thomas		 336 0 -11 -3.2%
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Charles		 325 0 -9 -2.7%
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Arthur		 315 0 +11 +3.6%
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Albert		 218 0 -23 -9.5%
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Frederick		 217 0 -15 -6.5%
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Henry		 206 +2 +7 +3.5%
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Leslie		 204 +4 +22 +12.1%
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Ronald		 204 +7 +39 +23.6%
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Edward		 199 -3 -26 -11.6%
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Eric		 197 -3 -27 -12.1%
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Alfred		 196 -1 +7 +3.7%
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Francis		 176 -3 -20 -10.2%
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Walter		 170 -1 -7 -4.0%
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Harold		 168 +2 +7 +4.3%
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Raymond		 163 +12 +44 +37.0%
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Ernest		 161 -4 -16 -9.0%
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David		 159 +2 +17 +12.0%
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Norman		 150 -3 -13 -8.0%
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Gordon		 143 -2 -10 -6.5%
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Kenneth		 137 +2 +1 +0.7%
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Leonard		 137 +9 +23 +20.2%
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Stanley		 134 -3 -8 -5.6%
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Alexander		 133 +3 +10 +8.1%
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Richard		 128 -3 -13 -9.2%
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Jack		 126 -1 0 0.0%
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Joseph		 123 +2 +5 +4.2%
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Herbert		 119 -9 -28 -19.0%
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Frank		 115 -6 -21 -15.4%
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Allan		 109 +1 +3 +2.8%
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Douglas		 106 +1 +6 +6.0%
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Donald		 103 +2 +13 +14.4%
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Cyril		 99 -8 -27 -21.4%
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Reginald		 87 -1 -6 -6.5%
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Cecil		 82 +3 +5 +6.5%
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Roy		 82 +2 +3 +3.8%
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Maurice		 80 +5 +11 +15.9%
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Alan		 79 +7 +14 +21.5%
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Clarence		 76 0 0 0.0%
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Ivan		 73 -1 -3 -3.9%
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Keith		 73 +1 -1 -1.4%
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Harry		 71 -6 -16 -18.4%
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Clifford		 68 +1 +2 +3.0%
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Lawrence		 67 +9 +12 +21.8%
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Andrew		 66 -2 -1 -1.5%
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Colin		 66 -11 -24 -26.7%
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Noel		 64 +11 +15 +30.6%
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Hugh		 63 +11 +18 +40.0%
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Bernard		 62 +4 +7 +12.7%
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Patrick		 62 -4 -3 -4.6%
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Percy		 60 -4 -2 -3.2%
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Hector		 59 +1 +4 +7.3%
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Samuel		 59 -4 -1 -1.7%
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Sydney		 55 -5 -4 -6.8%
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Wilfred		 53 +6 +10 +23.3%
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Victor		 52 -3 -3 -5.5%
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Archibald		 51 0 -3 -5.6%
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Trevor		 50 +5 +9 +22.0%
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Peter		 49 +15 +17 +53.1%
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Claude		 46 0 +2 +4.5%
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Ian		 45 -10 -13 -22.4%
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Edwin		 44 -10 -13 -22.8%
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Mervyn		 41 -2 -2 -4.7%
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Horace		 40 +1 +3 +8.1%
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Ralph		 36 0 -1 -2.7%
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Geoffrey		 35 -17 -24 -40.7%
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Sidney		 35 +3 0 0.0%
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Edgar		 34 +8 +3 +9.7%
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Owen		 34 +1 -1 -2.9%
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Arnold		 32 +2 -1 -3.0%
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Leo		 32 -3 -4 -11.1%
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Lewis		 32 +9 +5 +18.5%
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Philip		 32 -3 -4 -11.1%
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Daniel		 30 -3 -4 -11.8%
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Louis		 30 +5 +3 +11.1%
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Michael		 30 +4 +2 +7.1%
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Laurence		 28 -14 -13 -31.7%
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Allen		 27 +1 0 0.0%
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Brian		 27 new new new
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Gilbert		 27 -6 -6 -18.2%
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Malcolm		 25 -7 -7 -21.9%
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Howard		 24 +1 0 0.0%
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Matthew		 24 +2 +1 +4.3%
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Percival		 24 +3 +2 +9.1%
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Basil		 23 -8 -6 -20.7%
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Lindsay		 23 +7 +6 +35.3%
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Maxwell		 23 new new new
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Bruce		 22 0 +1 +4.8%
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Gerald		 22 +2 +4 +22.2%
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Stuart		 22 +1 +3 +15.8%
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Denis		 21 new new new
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Lionel		 21 -12 -6 -22.2%
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Carl		 19 new new new
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Duncan		 19 new new new
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Roland		 19 new new new
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Russell		 19 -1 +2 +11.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 557 0 +24 +4.5%
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Margaret		 368 0 +17 +4.8%
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Dorothy		 261 0 +12 +4.8%
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Phyllis		 254 +7 +67 +35.8%
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Eileen		 221 +4 +25 +12.8%
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Kathleen		 215 -2 -4 -1.8%
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Annie		 210 +5 +28 +15.4%
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Edna		 191 -1 -14 -6.8%
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Gladys		 191 -3 -26 -12.0%
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Doris		 187 -4 -28 -13.0%
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Mavis		 187 +4 +16 +9.4%
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Alice		 176 +1 -5 -2.8%
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Elizabeth		 176 -2 -18 -9.3%
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Jean		 171 +1 +3 +1.8%
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Florence		 169 -7 -31 -15.5%
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Elsie		 164 +5 +21 +14.7%
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Marjorie		 157 +6 +27 +20.8%
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Winifred		 150 +8 +29 +24.0%
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Ethel		 146 -2 -9 -5.8%
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Olive		 143 -1 -3 -2.1%
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Jessie		 138 -5 -27 -16.4%
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Edith		 135 0 +3 +2.3%
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Ellen		 135 -4 -12 -8.2%
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Thelma		 131 +5 +13 +11.0%
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Ivy		 122 -1 -7 -5.4%
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Violet		 121 0 0 0.0%
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Myrtle		 120 +8 +17 +16.5%
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Agnes		 116 -3 -7 -5.7%
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Irene		 116 -8 -28 -19.4%
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Evelyn		 108 +2 -5 -4.4%
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Hazel		 108 0 -6 -5.3%
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Catherine		 107 -4 -13 -10.8%
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Joyce		 105 +12 +38 +56.7%
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Vera		 103 -4 -11 -9.6%
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Helen		 101 +5 +22 +27.8%
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Mabel		 100 +3 +11 +12.4%
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Rita		 98 -4 -6 -5.8%
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Joan		 95 +7 +28 +41.8%
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Nancy		 94 +4 +24 +34.3%
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Frances		 92 +2 +18 +24.3%
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Muriel		 91 -8 -13 -12.5%
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Iris		 83 -5 -8 -8.8%
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Ruby		 83 -5 -8 -8.8%
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Grace		 80 -8 -14 -14.9%
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May		 73 +8 +16 +28.1%
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Eva		 72 -5 -6 -7.7%
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Hilda		 71 -4 +1 +1.4%
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Ruth		 68 +11 +13 +23.6%
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Gwendoline		 67 -2 +1 +1.5%
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Emily		 66 +3 +9 +15.8%
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Isabella		 64 +10 +12 +23.1%
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Alma		 62 +1 +5 +8.8%
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Constance		 61 -1 +3 +5.2%
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Lilian		 60 -4 -2 -3.2%
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Beatrice		 59 -7 -5 -7.8%
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Doreen		 58 +31 +24 +70.6%
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Mona		 58 -8 -6 -9.4%
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Ada		 52 -5 -5 -8.8%
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Myra		 52 +27 +17 +48.6%
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Marie		 51 +19 +14 +37.8%
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Freda		 50 +10 +6 +13.6%
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Ida		 50 +11 +7 +16.3%
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Isabel		 49 +6 +4 +8.9%
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Lorna		 48 -2 -3 -5.9%
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Christina		 47 +16 +11 +30.6%
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Amy		 46 +9 +8 +21.1%
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Dulcie		 45 -16 -16 -26.2%
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Lucy		 45 -14 -12 -21.1%
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Marion		 43 -9 -11 -20.4%
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Nellie		 43 -16 -14 -24.6%
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Sylvia		 43 +22 +12 +38.7%
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Eunice		 42 +3 +4 +10.5%
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Daphne		 41 +8 +5 +13.9%
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Janet		 40 -8 -7 -14.9%
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Sarah		 39 +4 +2 +5.4%
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Daisy		 38 +5 +2 +5.6%
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Linda		 38 +15 +7 +22.6%
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Marjory		 38 -11 -11 -22.4%
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Audrey		 37 -11 -9 -19.6%
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Gertrude		 37 -16 -13 -26.0%
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Beryl		 36 -8 -6 -14.3%
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Clara		 36 -6 -2 -5.3%
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Laura		 36 new new new
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Lillian		 36 -12 -9 -20.0%
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Louisa		 36 +13 +6 +20.0%
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Rona		 36 -18 -14 -28.0%
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Barbara		 33 +13 +5 +17.9%
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Eleanor		 33 new new new
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Esther		 33 +11 +4 +13.8%
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Flora		 33 +1 0 0.0%
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Pearl		 33 new new new
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Ella		 32 +2 +2 +6.7%
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Enid		 31 new new new
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Martha		 31 new new new
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Minnie		 31 +1 +1 +3.3%
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Betty		 30 new new new
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Jane		 30 -15 -6 -16.7%
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Veronica		 30 new new new
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Mildred		 29 -9 -3 -9.4%
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Charlotte		 28 new new new
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Clarice		 28 -12 -5 -15.2%
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Nora		 28 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand