Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Lloyd		 40 new new new
81.
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Edgar		 32 new new new
64.
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Philip		 49 +17 +16 +48.5%
77.
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Neil		 33 +17 +8 +32.0%
67.
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Desmond		 45 +14 +12 +36.4%
15.
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Ian		 200 +13 +53 +36.1%
60.
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Bruce		 51 +13 +12 +30.8%
21.
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Alfred		 170 +12 +36 +26.9%
88.
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Percival		 29 +12 +7 +31.8%
60.
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Ralph		 51 +11 +10 +24.4%
85.
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Athol		 30 +10 +6 +25.0%
35.
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Maurice		 128 +9 +37 +40.7%
76.
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Basil		 34 +9 +3 +9.7%
42.
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Roy		 97 +8 +17 +21.3%
65.
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Owen		 47 +8 +8 +20.5%
88.
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Stuart		 29 +8 +6 +26.1%
77.
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Malcolm		 33 +7 +1 +3.1%
17.
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David		 178 +6 +12 +7.2%
32.
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Herbert		 139 +6 +23 +19.8%
95.
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Rex		 27 new new new
95.
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Wallace		 27 new new new
29.
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Frank		 142 +5 +9 +6.8%
31.
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Donald		 140 +5 +21 +17.6%
38.
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Cyril		 116 +5 +24 +26.1%
46.
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Harry		 80 +5 +9 +12.7%
46.
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Sydney		 80 +5 +9 +12.7%
51.
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Andrew		 75 +5 +12 +19.0%
55.
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Clarence		 62 +5 +7 +12.7%
43.
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Patrick		 94 +4 +9 +10.6%
57.
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Victor		 58 +4 +4 +7.4%
58.
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Samuel		 57 +4 +5 +9.6%
66.
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Percy		 46 +4 +3 +7.0%
77.
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Daniel		 33 +4 0 0.0%
85.
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Arnold		 30 +4 +2 +7.1%
10.
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Edward		 228 +3 +27 +13.4%
12.
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Eric		 206 +3 +10 +5.1%
98.
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Denis		 25 new new new
17.
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Harold		 178 +2 -6 -3.3%
22.
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Kenneth		 168 +2 +5 +3.1%
23.
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Ernest		 154 +2 -7 -4.3%
37.
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Douglas		 118 +2 +8 +7.3%
52.
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Hugh		 73 +2 +7 +10.6%
70.
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Sidney		 44 +2 +4 +10.0%
75.
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Michael		 38 +2 +2 +5.6%
7.
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Arthur		 307 +1 +39 +14.6%
10.
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Ronald		 228 +1 +10 +4.6%
28.
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Stanley		 144 +1 0 0.0%
88.
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Gilbert		 29 +1 +1 +3.6%
1.
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John		 928 0 +10 +1.1%
2.
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William		 776 0 -98 -11.2%
3.
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James		 546 0 +10 +1.9%
4.
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George		 448 0 -6 -1.3%
5.
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Robert		 392 0 -23 -5.5%
6.
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Thomas		 344 0 -6 -1.7%
9.
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Albert		 256 0 +28 +12.3%
30.
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Leonard		 141 0 -2 -1.4%
49.
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Cecil		 77 0 -6 -7.2%
8.
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Charles		 279 -1 -45 -13.9%
33.
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Alexander		 138 -1 +1 +0.7%
59.
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Lawrence		 52 -1 -9 -14.8%
60.
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Mervyn		 51 -1 -8 -13.6%
77.
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Claude		 33 -1 -4 -10.8%
88.
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Brian		 29 -1 0 0.0%
14.
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Leslie		 202 -2 -6 -2.9%
16.
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Henry		 189 -2 -8 -4.1%
55.
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Peter		 62 -2 -6 -8.8%
70.
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Allen		 44 -2 0 0.0%
81.
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Lewis		 32 -2 -2 -5.9%
98.
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Vincent		 25 -2 +2 +8.7%
13.
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Frederick		 203 -3 -17 -7.7%
20.
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Norman		 175 -3 -14 -7.4%
23.
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Walter		 154 -3 -24 -13.5%
25.
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Francis		 151 -3 -24 -13.7%
39.
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Joseph		 114 -3 -5 -4.2%
44.
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Reginald		 92 -3 -6 -6.1%
48.
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Keith		 79 -3 -11 -12.2%
60.
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Trevor		 51 -3 -11 -17.7%
19.
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Gordon		 177 -4 -19 -9.7%
50.
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Noel		 76 -4 -10 -11.6%
67.
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Wilfred		 45 -4 -5 -10.0%
45.
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Ivan		 83 -5 -24 -22.4%
27.
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Jack		 147 -6 -29 -16.5%
41.
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Alan		 99 -6 -24 -19.5%
53.
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Clifford		 69 -6 -16 -18.8%
72.
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Geoffrey		 43 -6 -3 -6.5%
93.
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Vernon		 28 -6 -1 -3.4%
95.
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Graham		 27 -6 -1 -3.6%
25.
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Raymond		 151 -7 -36 -19.3%
34.
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Allan		 133 -7 -21 -13.6%
100.
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Gerald		 24 -7 -2 -7.7%
93.
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Louis		 28 -8 -3 -9.7%
35.
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Richard		 128 -9 -31 -19.5%
40.
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Colin		 108 -9 -30 -21.7%
73.
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Edwin		 40 -9 -9 -18.4%
85.
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Lionel		 30 -10 -8 -21.1%
54.
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Bernard		 63 -12 -31 -33.0%
67.
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Hector		 45 -12 -19 -29.7%
81.
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Horace		 32 -13 -12 -27.3%
81.
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Leo		 32 -17 -17 -34.7%
100.
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Maxwell		 24 -21 -10 -29.4%
88.
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Archibald		 29 -22 -17 -37.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
52.
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Rona		 65 +29 +25 +62.5%
77.
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Lillian		 46 +21 +17 +58.6%
67.
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Norma		 51 +17 +13 +34.2%
63.
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Beryl		 54 +16 +12 +28.6%
30.
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Betty		 107 +14 +26 +32.1%
59.
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Marie		 57 +14 +11 +23.9%
65.
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Myra		 52 +13 +9 +20.9%
44.
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Doreen		 80 +12 +17 +27.0%
53.
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Emily		 62 +11 +7 +12.7%
56.
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Daphne		 59 +10 +7 +13.5%
82.
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Nora		 39 +10 +6 +18.2%
82.
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Rose		 39 +10 +6 +18.2%
34.
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Iris		 102 +8 +18 +21.4%
36.
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Rita		 97 +8 +16 +19.8%
88.
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Monica		 37 +7 +5 +15.6%
54.
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Patricia		 61 +6 +3 +5.2%
67.
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Ada		 51 +6 +5 +10.9%
67.
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Lucy		 51 +6 +5 +10.9%
92.
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Josephine		 33 +6 +4 +13.8%
95.
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Clara		 31 new new new
14.
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Florence		 168 +5 +8 +5.0%
48.
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Gwendoline		 73 +5 +8 +12.3%
96.
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Nola		 30 new new new
6.
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Edna		 203 +4 +2 +1.0%
11.
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Alice		 179 +4 +3 +1.7%
36.
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Helen		 97 +4 +9 +10.2%
55.
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Dulcie		 60 +4 +1 +1.7%
67.
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Barbara		 51 +4 +4 +8.5%
77.
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Olga		 46 +4 +6 +15.0%
97.
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Bertha		 29 new new new
97.
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Una		 29 new new new
9.
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Joan		 192 +3 0 0.0%
20.
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Jessie		 139 +3 +10 +7.8%
21.
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Edith		 137 +3 +10 +7.9%
22.
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Winifred		 132 +3 +11 +9.1%
25.
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Ellen		 127 +3 +13 +11.4%
35.
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Grace		 99 +3 +8 +8.8%
65.
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Sylvia		 52 +3 +2 +4.0%
89.
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Jane		 35 +3 +2 +6.1%
18.
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Elsie		 149 +2 -9 -5.7%
42.
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Hilda		 81 +2 0 0.0%
50.
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Ruth		 68 +2 +2 +3.0%
85.
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Isabel		 38 +2 +2 +5.6%
99.
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Eleanor		 28 new new new
99.
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Pearl		 28 new new new
13.
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Annie		 176 +1 -5 -2.8%
31.
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Catherine		 104 +1 -7 -6.3%
46.
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Eva		 76 +1 0 0.0%
56.
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Beatrice		 59 +1 -2 -3.3%
85.
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Marjory		 38 +1 +1 +2.7%
99.
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Daisy		 28 +1 0 0.0%
1.
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Mary		 538 0 -50 -8.5%
2.
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Margaret		 403 0 -67 -14.3%
3.
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Dorothy		 315 0 +39 +14.1%
4.
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Jean		 268 0 +5 +1.9%
5.
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Kathleen		 220 0 -31 -12.4%
7.
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Phyllis		 202 0 -28 -12.2%
26.
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Ethel		 126 0 +6 +5.0%
31.
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Ivy		 104 0 -8 -7.1%
76.
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Amy		 48 0 +3 +6.7%
89.
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Sarah		 35 0 0 0.0%
17.
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Gladys		 161 -1 -10 -5.8%
19.
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Marjorie		 142 -1 -22 -13.4%
23.
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Nancy		 131 -1 -1 -0.8%
28.
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Violet		 117 -1 +2 +1.7%
29.
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Frances		 115 -1 +1 +0.9%
51.
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Audrey		 66 -1 -2 -2.9%
61.
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Mona		 56 -1 -2 -3.4%
72.
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Ida		 50 -1 +3 +6.4%
77.
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Eunice		 46 -1 +1 +2.2%
8.
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Eileen		 194 -2 -43 -18.1%
10.
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Joyce		 191 -2 -20 -9.5%
15.
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Elizabeth		 165 -2 -18 -9.8%
38.
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Irene		 96 -2 0 0.0%
49.
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Ruby		 70 -2 -6 -7.9%
72.
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Christina		 50 -2 +1 +2.0%
12.
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Mavis		 178 -3 -30 -14.4%
33.
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Agnes		 103 -3 -10 -8.8%
38.
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Hazel		 96 -3 -3 -3.0%
15.
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Doris		 165 -4 -30 -15.4%
85.
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Enid		 38 -4 -2 -5.0%
46.
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Myrtle		 76 -5 -9 -10.6%
27.
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Olive		 124 -6 -25 -16.8%
42.
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Vera		 81 -6 -15 -15.6%
24.
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Thelma		 130 -7 -40 -23.5%
40.
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Muriel		 94 -7 -13 -12.1%
41.
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Evelyn		 90 -7 -15 -14.3%
45.
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Mabel		 79 -7 -12 -13.2%
94.
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Laura		 32 -7 -4 -11.1%
62.
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Alma		 55 -8 -9 -14.1%
92.
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Esther		 33 -8 -5 -13.2%
75.
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May		 49 -9 -3 -5.8%
59.
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Lilian		 57 -10 -18 -24.0%
72.
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Constance		 50 -12 -8 -13.8%
56.
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Lorna		 59 -13 -23 -28.0%
63.
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Marion		 54 -13 -14 -20.6%
67.
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Isabella		 51 -13 -13 -20.3%
81.
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Nellie		 43 -13 -7 -14.0%
82.
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Freda		 39 -19 -18 -31.6%
80.
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Janet		 45 -23 -16 -26.2%
91.
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Gertrude		 34 -26 -19 -35.8%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand