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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John		 839 0 -61 -6.8%
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William		 703 0 -132 -15.8%
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James		 469 0 -93 -16.5%
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Robert		 403 0 -45 -10.0%
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George		 382 0 -28 -6.8%
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Thomas		 308 0 -48 -13.5%
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Arthur		 287 0 -18 -5.9%
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Charles		 259 0 -33 -11.3%
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Douglas		 245 0 -12 -4.7%
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Ronald		 209 +6 +15 +7.7%
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Leslie		 207 -1 -37 -15.2%
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Frederick		 196 0 -13 -6.2%
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Albert		 182 -2 -41 -18.4%
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Edward		 176 -1 -29 -14.1%
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Gordon		 176 +14 +21 +13.5%
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Walter		 165 +3 -9 -5.2%
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Francis		 163 0 -28 -14.7%
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Eric		 160 -5 -45 -22.0%
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Raymond		 155 +7 -2 -1.3%
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Norman		 154 +9 +2 +1.3%
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David		 153 -3 -25 -14.0%
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Harold		 153 +2 -13 -7.8%
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Henry		 149 -8 -51 -25.5%
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Jack		 145 +1 -13 -8.2%
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Ernest		 142 -4 -30 -17.4%
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Alfred		 141 -6 -32 -18.5%
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Leonard		 140 +7 +18 +14.8%
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Richard		 140 +10 +20 +16.7%
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Kenneth		 136 -7 -32 -19.0%
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Donald		 130 +1 +4 +3.2%
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Herbert		 127 -7 -33 -20.6%
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Stanley		 122 -2 -22 -15.3%
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Frank		 117 +3 -4 -3.3%
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Colin		 116 +7 +12 +11.5%
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Alexander		 114 -9 -43 -27.4%
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Allan		 113 +3 +3 +2.7%
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Ian		 107 +3 0 0.0%
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Cyril		 105 -4 -17 -13.9%
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Maurice		 99 -6 -24 -19.5%
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Joseph		 98 -2 -14 -12.5%
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Patrick		 98 +6 +12 +14.0%
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Reginald		 95 0 -3 -3.1%
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Roy		 90 +1 +1 +1.1%
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Noel		 89 -1 -7 -7.3%
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Alan		 88 -14 -38 -30.2%
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Ivan		 84 +1 -1 -1.2%
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Victor		 74 +2 -3 -3.9%
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Trevor		 71 +4 +1 +1.4%
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Harry		 69 +1 -7 -9.2%
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Peter		 69 +11 +6 +9.5%
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Bernard		 64 +1 -6 -8.6%
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Keith		 63 -4 -19 -23.2%
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Lawrence		 61 +2 -6 -9.0%
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Clarence		 59 0 -10 -14.5%
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Cecil		 56 +4 -8 -12.5%
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Desmond		 54 +11 +6 +12.5%
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Clifford		 53 -6 -18 -25.4%
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Percy		 53 -2 -14 -20.9%
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Sydney		 53 +4 -9 -14.5%
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Samuel		 52 +17 +13 +33.3%
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Hugh		 51 -4 -14 -21.5%
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Mervyn		 51 +1 -5 -8.9%
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Andrew		 49 -6 -16 -24.6%
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Lloyd		 48 -19 -40 -45.5%
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Geoffrey		 47 +20 +16 +51.6%
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Wilfred		 46 0 -6 -11.5%
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Owen		 45 +2 -1 -2.2%
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Ralph		 45 +2 -1 -2.2%
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Leo		 43 -5 -11 -20.4%
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Bruce		 41 -5 -12 -22.6%
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Michael		 41 +5 -1 -2.4%
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Brian		 39 +11 +7 +21.9%
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Philip		 39 -3 -7 -15.2%
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Sidney		 37 +8 +4 +12.1%
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Basil		 35 new new new
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Daniel		 35 +25 +12 +52.2%
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Edwin		 35 -3 -9 -20.5%
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Hector		 35 -13 -21 -37.5%
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Athol		 34 +6 +3 +9.7%
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Laurence		 32 +5 +1 +3.2%
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Selwyn		 32 new new new
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Louis		 31 +18 +8 +34.8%
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Malcolm		 31 -4 -7 -18.4%
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Lionel		 30 -3 -5 -14.3%
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Allen		 29 -13 -15 -34.1%
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Howard		 29 +8 +2 +7.4%
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Rex		 29 -9 -11 -27.5%
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Lewis		 27 -5 -5 -15.6%
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Stephen		 27 new new new
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Archibald		 26 -18 -18 -40.9%
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Gilbert		 26 0 -2 -7.1%
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Graham		 26 new new new
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Dudley		 25 new new new
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Edgar		 25 -4 -4 -13.8%
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Fredrick		 25 0 -2 -7.4%
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Arnold		 23 -11 -8 -25.8%
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Gerald		 23 new new new
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Maxwell		 23 -3 -4 -14.8%
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Terence		 23 new new new
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Anthony		 22 new new new
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Horace		 22 -20 -14 -38.9%
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Percival		 22 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 458 0 -52 -10.2%
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Mary		 422 0 -59 -12.3%
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Dorothy		 335 0 -8 -2.3%
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Jean		 266 0 -69 -20.6%
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Joyce		 266 +2 -13 -4.7%
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Joan		 249 -1 -48 -16.2%
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Kathleen		 230 0 -37 -13.9%
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Phyllis		 198 0 -42 -17.5%
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Eileen		 184 0 -25 -12.0%
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Doris		 175 +5 +9 +5.4%
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Edna		 168 -1 -27 -13.8%
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Elizabeth		 156 +6 +7 +4.7%
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Florence		 148 +4 -16 -9.8%
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Marjorie		 148 +2 -18 -10.8%
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Gladys		 143 -2 -29 -16.9%
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Mavis		 141 -5 -50 -26.2%
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Olive		 137 +3 -4 -2.8%
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Annie		 136 -6 -38 -21.8%
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Betty		 136 +4 +5 +3.8%
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Nancy		 129 +6 +12 +10.3%
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Alice		 123 -3 -26 -17.4%
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Edith		 123 +7 +9 +7.9%
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Winifred		 123 +13 +15 +13.9%
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Elsie		 120 -3 -20 -14.3%
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Ethel		 112 +3 -2 -1.8%
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Patricia		 112 +6 +1 +0.9%
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Thelma		 108 -13 -60 -35.7%
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Jessie		 105 -1 -11 -9.5%
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Frances		 102 -5 -25 -19.7%
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Hazel		 102 -4 -16 -13.6%
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Doreen		 101 +12 +14 +16.1%
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Vera		 99 +10 +6 +6.5%
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Helen		 98 +3 -9 -8.4%
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Violet		 96 +4 -6 -5.9%
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Iris		 93 -1 -15 -13.9%
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Grace		 91 +10 +13 +16.7%
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Catherine		 90 -7 -22 -19.6%
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Muriel		 89 +1 -10 -10.1%
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Agnes		 85 -8 -26 -23.4%
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Irene		 85 -2 -20 -19.0%
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Ellen		 84 -18 -45 -34.9%
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Evelyn		 82 -9 -27 -24.8%
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Audrey		 81 +5 +6 +8.0%
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Ivy		 79 +1 -2 -2.5%
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Gwendoline		 75 +8 +7 +10.3%
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Ruth		 74 +8 +10 +15.6%
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Rita		 72 -3 -12 -14.3%
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Myrtle		 70 +12 +11 +18.6%
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Mabel		 69 0 -5 -6.8%
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Marie		 65 +7 +4 +6.6%
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Norma		 63 +15 +13 +26.0%
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Lorna		 62 -11 -32 -34.0%
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Rona		 62 -12 -33 -34.7%
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Ruby		 60 0 -4 -6.3%
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Daphne		 59 -8 -17 -22.4%
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May		 58 +25 +18 +45.0%
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Alma		 55 -5 -16 -22.5%
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Beryl		 55 +8 +4 +7.8%
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Hilda		 55 -7 -18 -24.7%
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Barbara		 53 +6 +3 +6.0%
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June		 53 +14 +10 +23.3%
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Nola		 53 +4 +1 +1.9%
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Olga		 52 -2 -4 -7.1%
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Freda		 50 +6 +2 +4.2%
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Beatrice		 48 -8 -13 -21.3%
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Dulcie		 48 -2 -5 -9.4%
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Constance		 47 -11 -15 -24.2%
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Emily		 46 +3 0 0.0%
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Isabel		 46 -6 -8 -14.8%
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Lilian		 46 +4 +1 +2.2%
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Sylvia		 46 +6 +3 +7.0%
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Enid		 45 +7 +4 +9.8%
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Marion		 45 -22 -28 -38.4%
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Isabella		 43 +7 +3 +7.5%
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Myra		 43 +13 +6 +16.2%
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Ada		 42 -2 -1 -2.3%
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Nellie		 42 -4 -3 -6.7%
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Eva		 39 -21 -22 -36.1%
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Mona		 39 -9 -10 -20.4%
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Molly		 37 +13 +5 +15.6%
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Noeline		 37 new new new
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Eunice		 36 -3 -5 -12.2%
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Marjory		 36 -1 -4 -10.0%
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Janet		 35 -10 -8 -18.6%
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Lois		 35 +16 +6 +20.7%
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Ida		 34 +7 +2 +6.3%
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Lucy		 34 -5 -6 -15.0%
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Valerie		 34 new new new
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Christina		 33 -4 -5 -13.2%
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Lillian		 33 -23 -17 -34.0%
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Peggy		 33 +2 0 0.0%
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Daisy		 32 new new new
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Sheila		 32 +1 0 0.0%
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Amy		 31 -4 -3 -8.8%
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Eleanor		 30 new new new
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Ella		 29 0 -2 -6.5%
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Ailsa		 28 new new new
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Josephine		 28 -6 -5 -15.2%
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Joy		 28 new new new
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Ngaire		 28 +2 -2 -6.7%
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Nora		 28 -9 -8 -22.2%
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Sarah		 28 -8 -7 -20.0%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand