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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Alan		 80 -2 +1 +1.3%
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Albert		 200 -4 -18 -8.3%
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Alexander		 152 +3 +19 +14.3%
19.
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Alfred		 166 -3 -30 -15.3%
33.
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Allan		 130 +1 +21 +19.3%
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Allen		 41 +15 +14 +51.9%
54.
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Andrew		 57 -5 -9 -13.6%
90.
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Angus		 23 new new new
62.
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Archibald		 48 -1 -3 -5.9%
72.
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Arnold		 38 +2 +6 +18.8%
8.
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Arthur		 306 0 -9 -2.9%
93.
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Athol		 22 new new new
80.
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Basil		 32 +9 +9 +39.1%
86.
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Benjamin		 25 new new new
75.
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Bernard		 37 -22 -25 -40.3%
37.
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Cecil		 107 +2 +25 +30.5%
7.
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Charles		 307 0 -18 -5.5%
42.
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Clarence		 87 +1 +11 +14.5%
78.
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Claude		 35 -14 -11 -23.9%
55.
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Clifford		 56 -8 -12 -17.6%
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Colin		 95 +9 +29 +43.9%
39.
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Cyril		 106 -2 +7 +7.1%
82.
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Daniel		 30 -4 0 0.0%
23.
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David		 156 -1 -3 -1.9%
84.
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Denis		 27 +11 +6 +28.6%
97.
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Desmond		 20 new new new
31.
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Donald		 133 +5 +30 +29.1%
35.
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Douglas		 119 0 +13 +12.3%
96.
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Dudley		 21 new new new
72.
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Edgar		 38 0 +4 +11.8%
18.
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Edward		 174 -4 -25 -12.6%
63.
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Edwin		 44 +3 0 0.0%
14.
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Eric		 199 +1 +2 +1.0%
20.
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Ernest		 162 +1 +1 +0.6%
15.
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Francis		 186 +2 +10 +5.7%
34.
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Frank		 122 -1 +7 +6.1%
9.
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Frederick		 229 +1 +12 +5.5%
75.
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Geoffrey		 37 -5 +2 +5.7%
4.
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George		 429 -1 -57 -11.7%
86.
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Gerald		 25 +6 +3 +13.6%
79.
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Gilbert		 33 +3 +6 +22.2%
16.
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Gordon		 185 +8 +42 +29.4%
17.
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Harold		 177 +2 +9 +5.4%
47.
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Harry		 74 -1 +3 +4.2%
58.
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Hector		 52 -2 -7 -11.9%
10.
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Henry		 223 +1 +17 +8.3%
36.
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Herbert		 118 -4 -1 -0.8%
72.
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Horace		 38 -4 -2 -5.0%
45.
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Hugh		 78 +7 +15 +23.8%
49.
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Ian		 67 +16 +22 +48.9%
51.
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Ivan		 62 -7 -11 -15.1%
21.
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Jack		 161 +9 +35 +27.8%
3.
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James		 570 +1 +105 +22.6%
1.
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John		 949 0 -13 -1.4%
30.
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Joseph		 137 +1 +14 +11.4%
50.
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Keith		 63 -6 -10 -13.7%
26.
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Kenneth		 148 -1 +11 +8.0%
97.
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Laurence		 20 -16 -8 -28.6%
48.
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Lawrence		 73 0 +6 +9.0%
70.
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Leo		 39 +4 +7 +21.9%
28.
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Leonard		 145 -3 +8 +5.8%
12.
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Leslie		 201 0 -3 -1.5%
86.
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Lewis		 25 -12 -7 -21.9%
97.
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Lindsay		 20 -8 -3 -13.0%
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Lionel		 20 -2 -1 -4.8%
67.
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Malcolm		 41 +18 +16 +64.0%
97.
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Matthew		 20 -11 -4 -16.7%
43.
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Maurice		 85 -2 +5 +6.3%
67.
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Mervyn		 41 0 0 0.0%
77.
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Michael		 36 +1 +6 +20.0%
97.
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Neil		 20 new new new
85.
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Neville		 26 new new new
56.
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Noel		 55 -5 -9 -14.1%
21.
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Norman		 161 +2 +11 +7.3%
70.
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Owen		 39 +2 +5 +14.7%
45.
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Patrick		 78 +8 +16 +25.8%
90.
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Percival		 23 -4 -1 -4.2%
57.
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Percy		 54 -2 -6 -10.0%
61.
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Peter		 49 +2 0 0.0%
65.
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Philip		 42 +9 +10 +31.3%
65.
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Ralph		 42 +4 +6 +16.7%
24.
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Raymond		 153 -4 -10 -6.1%
37.
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Reginald		 107 +1 +20 +23.0%
29.
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Richard		 138 0 +10 +7.8%
5.
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Robert		 380 0 -34 -8.2%
90.
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Roland		 23 +7 +4 +21.1%
11.
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Ronald		 219 +1 +15 +7.4%
41.
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Roy		 92 -2 +10 +12.2%
93.
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Russell		 22 +4 +3 +15.8%
59.
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Samuel		 51 -3 -8 -13.6%
97.
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Selwyn		 20 new new new
82.
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Sidney		 30 -12 -5 -14.3%
31.
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Stanley		 133 -4 -1 -0.7%
97.
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Stephen		 20 new new new
80.
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Stuart		 32 +12 +10 +45.5%
53.
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Sydney		 60 +5 +5 +9.1%
6.
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Thomas		 357 0 +21 +6.3%
64.
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Trevor		 43 -2 -7 -14.0%
93.
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Vernon		 22 new new new
52.
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Victor		 61 +8 +9 +17.3%
86.
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Vincent		 25 new new new
27.
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Walter		 146 -9 -24 -14.1%
60.
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Wilfred		 50 -1 -3 -5.7%
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William		 847 0 -57 -6.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Ada		 57 0 +5 +9.6%
23.
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Agnes		 132 +5 +16 +13.8%
12.
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Alice		 195 0 +19 +10.8%
46.
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Alma		 77 +6 +15 +24.2%
73.
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Amy		 44 -7 -2 -4.3%
13.
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Annie		 184 -6 -26 -12.4%
65.
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Audrey		 50 +14 +13 +35.1%
87.
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Barbara		 36 0 +3 +9.1%
61.
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Beatrice		 53 -6 -6 -10.2%
87.
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Bertha		 36 new new new
72.
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Beryl		 45 +9 +9 +25.0%
96.
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Bessie		 32 new new new
73.
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Betty		 44 +23 +14 +46.7%
33.
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Catherine		 113 -1 +6 +5.6%
73.
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Christina		 44 -8 -3 -6.4%
81.
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Clara		 39 0 +3 +8.3%
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Constance		 65 +3 +4 +6.6%
99.
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Daisy		 30 -23 -8 -21.1%
97.
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Daphne		 31 -24 -10 -24.4%
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Doreen		 61 +3 +3 +5.2%
10.
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Doris		 203 0 +16 +8.6%
3.
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Dorothy		 298 0 +37 +14.2%
69.
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Dulcie		 47 -2 +2 +4.4%
16.
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Edith		 153 +6 +18 +13.3%
9.
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Edna		 212 -1 +21 +11.0%
6.
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Eileen		 231 -1 +10 +4.5%
85.
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Eleanor		 37 +2 +4 +12.1%
14.
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Elizabeth		 178 -2 +2 +1.1%
99.
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Ella		 30 -7 -2 -6.3%
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Ellen		 119 -8 -16 -11.9%
15.
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Elsie		 172 +1 +8 +4.9%
56.
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Emily		 58 -6 -8 -12.1%
97.
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Esther		 31 -10 -2 -6.1%
20.
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Ethel		 146 -1 0 0.0%
90.
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Eunice		 34 -18 -8 -19.0%
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Eva		 85 +2 +13 +18.1%
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Evelyn		 91 -13 -17 -15.7%
18.
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Florence		 147 -3 -22 -13.0%
38.
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Frances		 99 +2 +7 +7.6%
71.
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Freda		 46 -10 -4 -8.0%
78.
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Gertrude		 41 +1 +4 +10.8%
11.
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Gladys		 201 -3 +10 +5.2%
36.
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Grace		 102 +8 +22 +27.5%
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Gwendoline		 67 0 0 0.0%
26.
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Hazel		 127 +4 +19 +17.6%
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Helen		 93 -7 -8 -7.9%
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Hilda		 95 +6 +24 +33.8%
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Ida		 43 -15 -7 -14.0%
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Irene		 121 0 +5 +4.3%
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Iris		 70 -6 -13 -15.7%
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Isabel		 47 -6 -2 -4.1%
65.
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Isabella		 50 -14 -14 -21.9%
21.
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Ivy		 137 +4 +15 +12.3%
90.
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Jane		 34 +6 +4 +13.3%
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Janet		 50 +9 +10 +25.0%
7.
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Jean		 213 +7 +42 +24.6%
18.
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Jessie		 147 +3 +9 +6.5%
31.
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Joan		 116 +7 +21 +22.1%
27.
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Joyce		 123 +6 +18 +17.1%
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Kathleen		 252 +2 +37 +17.2%
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Laura		 37 -4 +1 +2.8%
53.
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Lilian		 61 +1 +1 +1.7%
77.
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Lillian		 42 +4 +6 +16.7%
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Lily		 38 new new new
47.
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Lorna		 74 +17 +26 +54.2%
52.
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Lucy		 62 +15 +17 +37.8%
37.
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Mabel		 100 -1 0 0.0%
2.
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Margaret		 429 0 +61 +16.6%
94.
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Marie		 33 -34 -18 -35.3%
53.
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Marion		 61 +16 +18 +41.9%
21.
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Marjorie		 137 -4 -20 -12.7%
64.
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Marjory		 51 +12 +13 +34.2%
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Mary		 598 0 +41 +7.4%
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Mavis		 213 +3 +26 +13.9%
59.
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May		 55 -14 -18 -24.7%
94.
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Mildred		 33 +5 +4 +13.8%
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Mona		 53 -5 -5 -8.6%
80.
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Monica		 40 new new new
29.
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Muriel		 120 +12 +29 +31.9%
56.
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Myra		 58 +2 +6 +11.5%
39.
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Myrtle		 98 -12 -22 -18.3%
31.
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Nancy		 116 +8 +22 +23.4%
59.
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Nellie		 55 +10 +12 +27.9%
90.
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Nora		 34 +10 +6 +21.4%
83.
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Norma		 38 new new new
90.
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Olga		 34 new new new
24.
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Olive		 131 -4 -12 -8.4%
68.
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Patricia		 48 new new new
5.
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Phyllis		 248 -1 -6 -2.4%
40.
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Rita		 96 -3 -2 -2.0%
61.
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Rona		 53 +20 +17 +47.2%
81.
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Rose		 39 new new new
45.
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Ruby		 79 -3 -4 -4.8%
51.
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Ruth		 64 -3 -4 -5.9%
87.
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Sarah		 36 -12 -3 -7.7%
78.
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Sylvia		 41 -9 -2 -4.7%
17.
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Thelma		 151 +7 +20 +15.3%
35.
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Vera		 103 -1 0 0.0%
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Violet		 111 -8 -10 -8.3%
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Winifred		 130 -7 -20 -13.3%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand