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		 904 0 -34 -3.6%
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William		 636 0 -20 -3.0%
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James		 458 +1 -21 -4.4%
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Robert		 424 -1 -66 -13.5%
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Ronald		 325 +1 +22 +7.3%
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Peter		 312 +5 +50 +19.1%
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Raymond		 295 0 +15 +5.4%
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George		 292 -3 -39 -11.8%
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David		 261 -1 -15 -5.4%
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Thomas		 254 0 -14 -5.2%
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Donald		 253 +1 +12 +5.0%
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Ian		 248 -3 -25 -9.2%
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Gordon		 213 +1 +8 +3.9%
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Colin		 208 +1 +5 +2.5%
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Brian		 207 +10 +61 +41.8%
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Kenneth		 200 -3 -32 -13.8%
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Douglas		 199 +1 +11 +5.9%
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Keith		 199 +12 +60 +43.2%
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Arthur		 166 -2 -30 -15.3%
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Eric		 165 -1 -15 -8.3%
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Leslie		 161 -1 -10 -5.8%
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Richard		 160 +6 +18 +12.7%
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Desmond		 158 -1 -5 -3.1%
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Edward		 152 -1 -8 -5.0%
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Maurice		 147 +5 +12 +8.9%
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Trevor		 147 +5 +12 +8.9%
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Alan		 146 -6 -24 -14.1%
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Charles		 146 -11 -53 -26.6%
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Norman		 144 +3 +10 +7.5%
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Allan		 138 -6 -10 -6.8%
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Noel		 137 -4 -6 -4.2%
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Ivan		 131 +16 +45 +52.3%
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Bruce		 130 0 +6 +4.8%
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Stanley		 120 +9 +18 +17.6%
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Francis		 117 -10 -29 -19.9%
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Jack		 112 -2 -8 -6.7%
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Albert		 111 -3 -9 -7.5%
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Leonard		 108 +3 0 0.0%
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Alexander		 107 +8 +16 +17.6%
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Frederick		 105 -4 -13 -11.0%
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Mervyn		 105 +2 -2 -1.9%
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Patrick		 103 +2 +6 +6.2%
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Walter		 98 -3 -12 -10.9%
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Harold		 96 -7 -21 -17.9%
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Joseph		 92 +4 +7 +8.2%
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Ernest		 88 -2 -9 -9.3%
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Kevin		 86 +15 +28 +48.3%
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Rex		 86 +3 +2 +2.4%
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Graham		 85 +3 +8 +10.4%
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Henry		 84 -11 -29 -25.7%
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Roy		 84 -4 -11 -11.6%
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Murray		 82 +3 +11 +15.5%
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Alfred		 77 -2 -1 -1.3%
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Lawrence		 74 0 -1 -1.3%
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Frank		 73 -17 -42 -36.5%
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Bernard		 71 -3 -5 -6.6%
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Owen		 66 -2 -5 -7.0%
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Geoffrey		 64 +7 +10 +18.5%
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Reginald		 64 -1 -4 -5.9%
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Herbert		 63 -1 +1 +1.6%
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Cyril		 61 0 +1 +1.7%
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Russell		 59 -4 -4 -6.3%
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Andrew		 56 +8 +10 +21.7%
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Michael		 56 +6 +7 +14.3%
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Neil		 56 -3 -5 -8.2%
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Barry		 52 +11 +14 +36.8%
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Malcolm		 52 +4 +5 +10.6%
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Harry		 50 0 0 0.0%
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Ralph		 45 +12 +10 +28.6%
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Anthony		 42 +8 +5 +13.5%
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Laurence		 42 +5 +2 +5.0%
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Victor		 41 -6 -11 -21.2%
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Clarence		 40 +5 +3 +8.1%
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Clifford		 40 -7 -12 -23.1%
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Allen		 39 +7 +5 +14.7%
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Graeme		 39 new new new
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Leo		 38 +8 +5 +15.2%
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Maxwell		 38 +17 +10 +35.7%
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Basil		 37 +12 +8 +27.6%
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Stuart		 37 +8 +6 +19.4%
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Bryan		 36 +13 +8 +28.6%
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Gerald		 36 -9 -7 -16.3%
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Lionel		 36 +6 +5 +16.1%
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Sydney		 36 -7 -6 -14.3%
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Roger		 35 -3 +1 +2.9%
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Ross		 35 +1 +3 +9.4%
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Neville		 34 -15 -9 -20.9%
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Philip		 34 -5 0 0.0%
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Terence		 33 -25 -22 -40.0%
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Athol		 32 +4 +4 +14.3%
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Cecil		 31 -11 -5 -13.9%
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Edwin		 31 -15 -8 -20.5%
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Derek		 30 new new new
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Hugh		 30 -31 -28 -48.3%
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Samuel		 30 -2 +1 +3.4%
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Arnold		 27 -2 -1 -3.6%
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Wallace		 27 +4 +2 +8.0%
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Dennis		 26 new new new
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Louis		 26 new new new
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Robin		 26 new new new
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Wilfred		 26 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 500 0 -23 -4.4%
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Shirley		 398 0 +11 +2.8%
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Betty		 364 +2 +28 +8.3%
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Patricia		 354 -1 -18 -4.8%
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Mary		 326 -1 -44 -11.9%
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Joan		 262 -1 -74 -22.0%
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Dorothy		 260 0 -42 -13.9%
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Joyce		 246 0 -37 -13.1%
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Elizabeth		 245 0 +15 +6.5%
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June		 214 0 -14 -6.1%
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Jean		 203 0 -12 -5.6%
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Audrey		 189 +1 -3 -1.6%
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Valerie		 186 +6 +53 +39.8%
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Kathleen		 169 0 -2 -1.2%
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Doreen		 162 -3 -33 -16.9%
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Marie		 152 +1 +3 +2.0%
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Barbara		 132 +1 -14 -9.6%
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Daphne		 130 +10 +23 +21.5%
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Ngaire		 130 +4 +4 +3.2%
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Mavis		 129 +6 +17 +15.2%
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Phyllis		 124 -5 -29 -19.0%
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Eileen		 122 -7 -37 -23.3%
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Norma		 117 +1 -5 -4.1%
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Nancy		 116 -1 -7 -5.7%
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Helen		 106 0 -11 -9.4%
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Irene		 101 +12 +20 +24.7%
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Lorna		 101 +8 +16 +18.8%
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Thelma		 101 0 -11 -9.8%
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Noeline		 100 +3 +8 +8.7%
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Marjorie		 98 -9 -30 -23.4%
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Colleen		 97 +17 +27 +38.6%
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Dawn		 95 +8 +16 +20.3%
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Maureen		 89 +20 +26 +41.3%
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Nola		 89 -13 -42 -32.1%
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Frances		 88 -4 -6 -6.4%
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Edna		 86 +3 +6 +7.5%
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Beryl		 85 -8 -16 -15.8%
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Joy		 82 +6 +8 +10.8%
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Ruth		 81 -5 -4 -4.7%
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Hazel		 77 +7 +5 +6.9%
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Lois		 73 0 -2 -2.7%
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Marion		 73 +21 +20 +37.7%
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Yvonne		 73 +21 +20 +37.7%
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Beverley		 72 +7 +8 +12.5%
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Pauline		 72 +21 +22 +44.0%
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Gladys		 71 -5 -4 -5.3%
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Olive		 70 -15 -22 -23.9%
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Pamela		 70 +12 +15 +27.3%
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Florence		 68 -19 -31 -31.3%
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Annie		 67 0 +2 +3.1%
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Doris		 67 -16 -18 -21.2%
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Catherine		 66 -1 +2 +3.1%
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Elsie		 66 -6 -7 -9.6%
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Ellen		 63 0 +1 +1.6%
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Elaine		 61 +22 +20 +48.8%
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Evelyn		 61 -14 -14 -18.7%
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Violet		 60 -2 0 0.0%
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Fay		 58 +9 +9 +18.4%
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Muriel		 57 +1 +3 +5.6%
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Edith		 56 -4 -2 -3.4%
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Sylvia		 54 -24 -29 -34.9%
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Alice		 53 -13 -14 -20.9%
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Janet		 53 +17 +13 +32.5%
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Agnes		 51 -8 -7 -12.1%
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Iris		 51 -20 -23 -31.1%
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Winifred		 51 -4 -3 -5.6%
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Alison		 49 +8 +7 +16.7%
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Peggy		 48 +1 +1 +2.1%
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Jessie		 47 -13 -11 -19.0%
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Dulcie		 43 -5 -7 -14.0%
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Gloria		 43 -1 -4 -8.5%
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Ivy		 43 +13 +5 +13.2%
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Eunice		 42 +2 0 0.0%
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Josephine		 41 -3 -5 -10.9%
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Rita		 41 -6 -7 -14.6%
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Ailsa		 39 +3 -1 -2.5%
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Heather		 39 -3 -4 -9.3%
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Isabel		 38 +1 -2 -5.0%
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Vera		 37 +4 -1 -2.6%
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Isobel		 35 -7 -8 -18.6%
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Judith		 35 new new new
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Aileen		 34 -5 -7 -17.1%
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Valmai		 33 new new new
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Gwendoline		 32 -1 -6 -15.8%
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Beatrice		 31 +11 -1 -3.1%
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Diana		 31 new new new
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Lillian		 31 new new new
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Lorraine		 31 new new new
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Merle		 31 new new new
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Rona		 31 -13 -14 -31.1%
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Elva		 30 0 -4 -11.8%
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Ethel		 30 -29 -23 -43.4%
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Jocelyn		 30 -5 -6 -16.7%
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Melva		 30 new new new
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Ruby		 30 +2 -3 -9.1%
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Anne		 29 new new new
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Eva		 29 0 -3 -9.4%
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Alma		 28 -9 -7 -20.0%
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Christina		 28 new new new
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Grace		 28 -5 -5 -15.2%
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Mabel		 28 new new new
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Valda		 28 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand