Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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William		 835 0 +44 +5.6%
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Wilfred		 52 -12 -16 -23.5%
19.
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Walter		 174 +7 +5 +3.0%
93.
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Vincent		 27 +4 0 0.0%
49.
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Victor		 77 +4 +8 +11.6%
100.
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Vernon		 23 -15 -11 -32.4%
98.
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Verdun		 24 -34 -26 -52.0%
52.
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Trevor		 70 +12 +20 +40.0%
6.
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Thomas		 356 0 0 0.0%
61.
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Sydney		 62 -13 -21 -25.3%
90.
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Stuart		 28 new new new
30.
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Stanley		 144 -3 -20 -12.2%
82.
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Sidney		 33 +8 +3 +10.0%
77.
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Samuel		 39 +3 0 0.0%
44.
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Roy		 89 0 -5 -5.3%
16.
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Ronald		 194 -5 -20 -9.3%
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Roland		 23 new new new
4.
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Robert		 448 +1 +5 +1.1%
37.
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Richard		 120 -14 -55 -31.4%
76.
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Rex		 40 -7 -4 -9.1%
42.
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Reginald		 98 0 -7 -6.7%
26.
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Raymond		 157 +3 0 0.0%
69.
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Ralph		 46 -2 -1 -2.1%
100.
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Phillip		 23 new new new
69.
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Philip		 46 -10 -14 -23.3%
60.
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Peter		 63 -3 -1 -1.6%
55.
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Percy		 67 +3 +6 +9.8%
46.
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Patrick		 86 -5 -20 -18.9%
69.
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Owen		 46 +3 +3 +7.0%
29.
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Norman		 152 -11 -30 -16.5%
43.
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Noel		 96 +3 +6 +6.7%
93.
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Neville		 27 -1 -2 -6.9%
79.
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Neil		 37 +3 0 0.0%
75.
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Michael		 42 +5 +3 +7.7%
62.
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Mervyn		 56 +4 +8 +16.7%
93.
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Maxwell		 27 new new new
33.
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Maurice		 123 +7 +14 +12.8%
90.
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Martin		 28 +9 +3 +12.0%
78.
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Malcolm		 38 +16 +10 +35.7%
100.
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Louis		 23 -1 -2 -8.0%
45.
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Lloyd		 88 +27 +45 +105%
81.
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Lionel		 35 -5 -6 -14.6%
83.
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Lewis		 32 new new new
10.
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Leslie		 244 +2 +43 +21.4%
34.
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Leonard		 122 +1 -11 -8.3%
64.
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Leo		 54 +11 +12 +28.6%
55.
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Lawrence		 67 -3 -3 -4.3%
85.
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Laurence		 31 +4 0 0.0%
22.
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Kenneth		 168 0 -8 -4.5%
48.
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Keith		 82 +1 0 0.0%
38.
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Joseph		 112 -2 -20 -15.2%
1.
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John		 900 0 -68 -7.0%
3.
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James		 562 0 +44 +8.5%
25.
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Jack		 158 -9 -29 -15.5%
47.
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Ivan		 85 -8 -28 -24.8%
40.
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Ian		 107 -10 -41 -27.7%
57.
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Hugh		 65 +3 +9 +16.1%
93.
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Howard		 27 -1 -2 -6.9%
80.
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Horace		 36 -2 -4 -10.0%
24.
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Herbert		 160 +4 0 0.0%
15.
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Henry		 200 -1 +10 +5.3%
62.
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Hector		 56 +10 +13 +30.2%
50.
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Harry		 76 -3 -10 -11.6%
23.
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Harold		 166 -2 -11 -6.2%
28.
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Gordon		 155 -5 -20 -11.4%
90.
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Gilbert		 28 -5 -6 -17.6%
5.
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George		 410 -1 -75 -15.5%
85.
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Geoffrey		 31 -23 -20 -39.2%
93.
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Fredrick		 27 new new new
12.
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Frederick		 209 -2 -15 -6.7%
36.
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Frank		 121 -4 -23 -16.0%
17.
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Francis		 191 +2 +13 +7.3%
21.
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Ernest		 172 -2 -6 -3.4%
13.
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Eric		 205 0 +11 +5.7%
72.
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Edwin		 44 -10 -7 -13.7%
13.
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Edward		 205 +1 +15 +7.9%
89.
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Edgar		 29 -6 -6 -17.1%
9.
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Douglas		 257 +8 +74 +40.4%
31.
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Donald		 126 +2 -16 -11.3%
67.
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Desmond		 48 +2 +4 +9.1%
98.
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Denis		 24 new new new
18.
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David		 178 +7 +4 +2.3%
100.
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Daniel		 23 -31 -21 -47.7%
34.
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Cyril		 122 +9 +22 +22.0%
41.
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Colin		 104 -4 -21 -16.8%
51.
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Clifford		 71 0 0 0.0%
68.
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Claude		 47 +15 +12 +34.3%
54.
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Clarence		 69 +6 +13 +23.2%
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Charles		 292 0 -12 -3.9%
59.
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Cecil		 64 -3 -1 -1.5%
65.
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Bruce		 53 +3 +8 +17.8%
83.
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Brian		 32 -7 -9 -22.0%
52.
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Bernard		 70 +3 +3 +4.5%
85.
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Athol		 31 new new new
7.
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Arthur		 305 0 -2 -0.7%
85.
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Arnold		 31 +2 -1 -3.1%
72.
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Archibald		 44 +6 +4 +10.0%
57.
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Andrew		 65 -7 -8 -11.0%
72.
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Allen		 44 +15 +12 +37.5%
39.
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Allan		 110 -1 -13 -10.6%
20.
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Alfred		 173 +14 +33 +23.6%
26.
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Alexander		 157 +5 +12 +8.3%
11.
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Albert		 223 -2 -23 -9.3%
31.
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Alan		 126 +14 +34 +37.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Winifred		 108 -10 -30 -21.7%
38.
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Violet		 102 +2 +11 +12.1%
42.
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Vera		 93 +1 +8 +9.4%
14.
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Thelma		 168 +5 +18 +12.0%
74.
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Sylvia		 43 -8 -8 -15.7%
93.
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Sheila		 32 new new new
89.
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Sarah		 35 new new new
54.
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Ruth		 64 -15 -29 -31.2%
54.
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Ruby		 64 -10 -15 -19.0%
78.
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Rose		 42 +8 +3 +7.7%
40.
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Rona		 95 +12 +29 +43.9%
44.
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Rita		 84 +2 +6 +7.7%
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Phyllis		 240 +1 +26 +12.1%
91.
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Peggy		 33 new new new
31.
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Patricia		 111 +5 +12 +12.1%
20.
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Olive		 141 0 -5 -3.4%
61.
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Olga		 56 +22 +16 +40.0%
66.
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Norma		 50 0 -1 -2.0%
88.
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Nora		 36 new new new
64.
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Nola		 52 +13 +8 +18.2%
99.
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Ngaire		 30 -7 -4 -11.8%
72.
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Nellie		 45 -1 -4 -8.2%
26.
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Nancy		 117 -3 -24 -17.0%
60.
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Myrtle		 59 -12 -17 -22.4%
87.
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Myra		 37 -8 -5 -11.9%
39.
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Muriel		 99 -7 -20 -16.8%
96.
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Monica		 31 new new new
69.
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Mona		 49 -9 -8 -14.0%
93.
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Molly		 32 +7 +2 +6.7%
96.
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Mildred		 31 new new new
81.
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May		 40 -19 -13 -24.5%
11.
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Mavis		 191 +1 +7 +3.8%
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Mary		 481 -1 -83 -14.7%
81.
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Marjory		 40 +13 +7 +21.2%
15.
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Marjorie		 166 +11 +34 +25.8%
50.
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Marion		 73 +16 +22 +43.1%
57.
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Marie		 61 -3 0 0.0%
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Margaret		 510 +1 +46 +9.9%
49.
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Mabel		 74 +3 +8 +12.1%
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Lucy		 40 +5 +1 +2.6%
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Lorna		 94 +5 +16 +20.5%
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Lois		 29 new new new
100.
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Linda		 29 new new new
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Lillian		 50 +14 +9 +22.0%
72.
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Lilian		 45 -10 -8 -15.1%
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Kathleen		 267 -2 +7 +2.7%
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June		 43 new new new
6.
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Joyce		 279 +1 +35 +14.3%
91.
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Josephine		 33 -18 -12 -26.7%
5.
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Joan		 297 +1 +48 +19.3%
27.
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Jessie		 116 -5 -26 -18.3%
4.
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Jean		 335 0 +31 +10.2%
74.
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Janet		 43 +6 +2 +4.9%
45.
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Ivy		 81 -7 -13 -13.8%
81.
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Isabella		 40 -11 -10 -20.0%
62.
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Isabel		 54 +11 +9 +20.0%
34.
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Iris		 108 -2 -11 -9.2%
37.
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Irene		 105 0 +9 +9.4%
93.
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Ida		 32 -7 -7 -17.9%
50.
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Hilda		 73 +1 +6 +9.0%
36.
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Helen		 107 -6 -14 -11.6%
25.
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Hazel		 118 +6 -2 -1.7%
53.
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Gwendoline		 68 -5 -8 -10.5%
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Grace		 78 -4 -9 -10.3%
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Gladys		 172 +2 -1 -0.6%
85.
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Gertrude		 38 +1 -1 -2.6%
70.
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Freda		 48 +3 +3 +6.7%
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Frances		 127 -3 -18 -12.4%
17.
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Florence		 164 -4 -16 -8.9%
33.
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Evelyn		 109 -4 -13 -10.7%
57.
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Eva		 61 -3 0 0.0%
79.
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Eunice		 41 -13 -10 -19.6%
28.
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Ethel		 114 +7 +13 +12.9%
79.
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Enid		 41 -2 -3 -6.8%
71.
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Emily		 46 +2 +1 +2.2%
21.
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Elsie		 140 -5 -18 -11.4%
23.
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Ellen		 129 +5 +5 +4.0%
96.
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Ella		 31 new new new
18.
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Elizabeth		 149 -7 -49 -24.7%
9.
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Eileen		 209 -1 -21 -9.1%
10.
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Edna		 195 0 -8 -3.9%
28.
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Edith		 114 -4 -24 -17.4%
63.
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Dulcie		 53 -2 -1 -1.9%
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Dorothy		 343 0 +10 +3.0%
15.
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Doris		 166 -1 -11 -6.2%
43.
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Doreen		 87 +5 +11 +14.5%
47.
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Daphne		 76 +18 +24 +46.2%
56.
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Constance		 62 +2 +3 +5.1%
100.
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Clarice		 29 new new new
100.
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Clara		 29 new new new
85.
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Christina		 38 -2 -2 -5.0%
30.
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Catherine		 112 +11 +23 +25.8%
22.
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Betty		 131 +5 +4 +3.1%
65.
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Beryl		 51 +7 +3 +6.3%
57.
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Beatrice		 61 +1 +2 +3.4%
66.
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Barbara		 50 -9 -10 -16.7%
48.
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Audrey		 75 -4 -4 -5.1%
12.
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Annie		 174 +6 +19 +12.3%
90.
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Amy		 34 new new new
52.
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Alma		 71 +2 +10 +16.4%
18.
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Alice		 149 -1 -7 -4.5%
31.
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Agnes		 111 +3 +5 +4.7%
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Ada		 43 -12 -10 -18.9%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand