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		 938 0 +24 +2.6%
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William		 656 0 -36 -5.2%
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Robert		 490 +1 +23 +4.9%
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James		 479 -1 0 0.0%
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George		 331 +1 +17 +5.4%
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Ronald		 303 -1 -51 -14.4%
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Raymond		 280 0 -24 -7.9%
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David		 276 +1 +16 +6.2%
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Ian		 273 +3 +48 +21.3%
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Thomas		 268 -2 +5 +1.9%
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Peter		 262 +3 +46 +21.3%
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Donald		 241 -1 -3 -1.2%
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Kenneth		 232 +2 +23 +11.0%
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Gordon		 205 -4 -49 -19.3%
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Colin		 203 -2 -18 -8.1%
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Charles		 199 +4 +12 +6.4%
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Arthur		 196 -1 -12 -5.8%
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Douglas		 188 0 -3 -1.6%
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Eric		 180 +2 -4 -2.2%
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Leslie		 171 -3 -28 -14.1%
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Alan		 170 -2 -20 -10.5%
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Desmond		 163 +2 -1 -0.6%
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Edward		 160 -1 -15 -8.6%
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Allan		 148 +3 -6 -3.9%
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Brian		 146 +4 -4 -2.7%
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Francis		 146 +4 -4 -2.7%
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Noel		 143 +6 +4 +2.9%
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Richard		 142 -2 -13 -8.4%
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Keith		 139 -6 -33 -19.2%
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Maurice		 135 +2 -9 -6.3%
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Trevor		 135 -2 -16 -10.6%
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Norman		 134 -1 -14 -9.5%
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Bruce		 124 +6 +16 +14.8%
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Albert		 120 0 -3 -2.4%
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Jack		 120 -9 -38 -24.1%
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Frederick		 118 +9 +20 +20.4%
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Harold		 117 -1 0 0.0%
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Frank		 115 +8 +22 +23.7%
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Henry		 113 -1 -1 -0.9%
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Walter		 110 +9 +24 +27.9%
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Leonard		 108 +2 +6 +5.9%
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Mervyn		 107 0 +4 +3.9%
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Stanley		 102 -6 -13 -11.3%
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Ernest		 97 -4 -10 -9.3%
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Patrick		 97 -3 -7 -6.7%
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Roy		 95 +2 +3 +3.3%
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Alexander		 91 +3 +7 +8.3%
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Ivan		 86 -13 -36 -29.5%
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Joseph		 85 -3 -8 -8.6%
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Rex		 84 +6 +21 +33.3%
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Alfred		 78 -8 -24 -23.5%
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Graham		 77 +2 -1 -1.3%
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Bernard		 76 -2 -5 -6.2%
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Lawrence		 75 +5 +16 +27.1%
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Murray		 71 +15 +26 +57.8%
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Owen		 71 -3 -9 -11.3%
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Reginald		 68 -5 -12 -15.0%
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Russell		 63 +4 +7 +12.5%
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Herbert		 62 +1 +4 +6.9%
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Neil		 61 +6 +11 +22.0%
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Cyril		 60 +4 +8 +15.4%
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Hugh		 58 +4 +8 +16.0%
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Kevin		 58 -7 -9 -13.4%
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Terence		 55 +10 +12 +27.9%
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Geoffrey		 54 -8 -7 -11.5%
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Clifford		 52 -3 -3 -5.5%
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Victor		 52 +2 +3 +6.1%
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Harry		 50 -5 -5 -9.1%
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Michael		 49 +13 +11 +28.9%
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Malcolm		 47 -12 -13 -21.7%
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Andrew		 46 -10 -11 -19.3%
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Gerald		 43 +6 +2 +4.9%
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Neville		 43 +22 +14 +48.3%
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Sydney		 42 -1 -2 -4.5%
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Laurence		 40 -1 -3 -7.0%
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Edwin		 39 +3 -1 -2.5%
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Barry		 38 +9 +3 +8.6%
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Anthony		 37 -8 -8 -17.8%
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Clarence		 37 -4 -6 -14.0%
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Cecil		 36 +5 -1 -2.7%
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Ralph		 35 -2 -5 -12.5%
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Allen		 34 -13 -14 -29.2%
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Philip		 34 0 -4 -10.5%
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Roger		 34 new new new
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Leo		 33 -11 -10 -23.3%
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Ross		 32 -16 -13 -28.9%
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Lionel		 31 +1 -3 -8.8%
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Stuart		 31 +10 +3 +10.7%
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Lloyd		 30 new new new
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Selwyn		 30 +5 +1 +3.4%
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Basil		 29 -9 -9 -23.7%
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Paul		 29 -12 -11 -27.5%
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Samuel		 29 new new new
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Arnold		 28 new new new
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Athol		 28 +3 0 0.0%
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Bryan		 28 -5 -4 -12.5%
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Maxwell		 28 -8 -7 -20.0%
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Gilbert		 26 new new new
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Sidney		 26 new new new
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Milton		 25 new new new
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Rodney		 25 new new new
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Wallace		 25 -6 -4 -13.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 523 0 -10 -1.9%
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Shirley		 387 +1 +30 +8.4%
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Patricia		 372 +2 +49 +15.2%
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Mary		 370 -2 -6 -1.6%
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Betty		 336 +3 +68 +25.4%
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Joan		 336 -1 -17 -4.8%
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Dorothy		 302 0 -8 -2.6%
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Joyce		 283 -2 -30 -9.6%
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Elizabeth		 230 +3 +48 +26.4%
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June		 228 -1 -35 -13.3%
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Jean		 215 -1 0 0.0%
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Doreen		 195 +1 +21 +12.1%
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Audrey		 192 +1 +24 +14.3%
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Kathleen		 171 -3 -12 -6.6%
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Eileen		 159 0 +2 +1.3%
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Phyllis		 153 0 +3 +2.0%
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Marie		 149 +4 +22 +17.3%
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Barbara		 146 +8 +31 +27.0%
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Valerie		 133 +12 +30 +29.1%
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Nola		 131 +5 +15 +12.9%
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Marjorie		 128 -4 -17 -11.7%
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Ngaire		 126 0 0 0.0%
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Nancy		 123 -4 -20 -14.0%
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Norma		 122 -4 -11 -8.3%
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Helen		 117 -1 0 0.0%
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Mavis		 112 -8 -32 -22.2%
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Thelma		 112 +3 +8 +7.7%
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Daphne		 107 -5 -16 -13.0%
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Beryl		 101 +11 +23 +29.5%
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Florence		 99 +15 +24 +32.0%
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Frances		 94 +9 +16 +20.5%
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Noeline		 92 +1 -7 -7.1%
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Olive		 92 -4 -13 -12.4%
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Doris		 85 0 -8 -8.6%
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Lorna		 85 -7 -27 -24.1%
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Ruth		 85 +12 +11 +14.9%
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Sylvia		 83 +33 +33 +66.0%
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Irene		 81 -6 -20 -19.8%
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Edna		 80 -4 -8 -9.1%
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Dawn		 79 +10 +12 +17.9%
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Evelyn		 75 +7 +5 +7.1%
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Gladys		 75 -12 -29 -27.9%
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Lois		 75 -5 -8 -9.6%
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Iris		 74 -4 -4 -5.1%
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Joy		 74 -4 -4 -5.1%
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Elsie		 73 -8 -8 -9.9%
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Hazel		 72 0 +1 +1.4%
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Colleen		 70 +28 +23 +48.9%
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Alice		 67 -13 -16 -19.3%
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Annie		 65 +6 +3 +4.8%
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Beverley		 64 +48 +33 +106%
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Catherine		 64 -12 -15 -19.0%
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Maureen		 63 +5 +3 +5.0%
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Ellen		 62 -10 -15 -19.5%
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Violet		 60 +7 +5 +9.1%
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Agnes		 58 +3 0 0.0%
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Edith		 58 -2 -6 -9.4%
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Jessie		 58 -3 -7 -10.8%
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Pamela		 55 +4 +1 +1.9%
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Muriel		 54 -12 -16 -22.9%
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Winifred		 54 -10 -13 -19.4%
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Ethel		 53 +14 +6 +12.8%
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Marion		 53 -12 -14 -20.9%
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Yvonne		 53 +1 -1 -1.9%
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Dulcie		 50 +2 -2 -3.8%
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Pauline		 50 -4 -6 -10.7%
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Fay		 49 +5 0 0.0%
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Rita		 48 -8 -9 -15.8%
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Gloria		 47 +13 +5 +11.9%
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Peggy		 47 -14 -16 -25.4%
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Josephine		 46 -3 -5 -9.8%
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Rona		 45 -9 -9 -16.7%
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Heather		 43 +5 -3 -6.5%
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Isobel		 43 +26 +12 +38.7%
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Alison		 42 +7 0 0.0%
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Eunice		 42 +4 -3 -6.7%
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Aileen		 41 +8 +3 +7.9%
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Elaine		 41 +4 -2 -4.7%
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Ailsa		 40 +1 -4 -9.1%
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Isabel		 40 +8 +3 +8.1%
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Janet		 40 +12 +6 +17.6%
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Constance		 39 0 -3 -7.1%
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Gwendoline		 38 -13 -12 -24.0%
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Ivy		 38 -10 -10 -20.8%
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Vera		 38 -17 -15 -28.3%
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Enid		 36 -13 -12 -25.0%
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Hilda		 36 +1 -1 -2.7%
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Jocelyn		 36 new new new
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Alma		 35 -16 -13 -27.1%
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May		 35 +3 +2 +6.1%
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Elva		 34 -23 -17 -33.3%
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Myrtle		 34 -6 -4 -10.5%
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Grace		 33 -36 -28 -45.9%
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Monica		 33 +2 +1 +3.1%
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Ruby		 33 +6 +2 +6.5%
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Beatrice		 32 -1 0 0.0%
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Eva		 32 +3 +1 +3.2%
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Freda		 32 new new new
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Lilian		 32 -1 0 0.0%
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Marjory		 31 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand