Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Barrie		 38 new new new
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Roger		 49 +22 +16 +48.5%
41.
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Alexander		 83 +21 +25 +43.1%
76.
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Clive		 38 +20 +12 +46.2%
30.
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Michael		 103 +18 +31 +43.1%
72.
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Laurence		 42 +17 +10 +31.3%
85.
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Lewis		 29 new new new
49.
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Owen		 71 +15 +14 +24.6%
76.
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Edwin		 38 +14 +7 +22.6%
83.
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Herbert		 32 +13 +6 +23.1%
88.
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Lloyd		 28 new new new
42.
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Walter		 82 +11 +14 +20.6%
81.
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Leo		 33 +11 +3 +10.0%
47.
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Russell		 72 +10 +9 +14.3%
91.
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Rodney		 27 new new new
19.
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Richard		 147 +9 +17 +13.1%
21.
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Maurice		 141 +9 +25 +21.6%
62.
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Paul		 52 +9 +7 +15.6%
91.
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Lindsay		 27 +9 +2 +8.0%
88.
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Arnold		 28 +8 +2 +7.7%
37.
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Murray		 91 +7 +15 +19.7%
17.
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Charles		 148 +6 +14 +10.4%
20.
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Barry		 146 +6 +15 +11.5%
76.
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Andrew		 38 +6 +3 +8.6%
4.
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Ronald		 393 +5 +92 +30.6%
50.
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Malcolm		 70 +5 +6 +9.4%
91.
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Lionel		 27 +5 +1 +3.8%
16.
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Alan		 159 +4 +19 +13.6%
70.
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Robin		 43 +4 +2 +4.9%
74.
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Frank		 40 +4 +4 +11.1%
97.
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Basil		 26 new new new
97.
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Selwyn		 26 new new new
29.
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Eric		 107 +3 +6 +5.9%
34.
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Graeme		 96 +3 +3 +3.2%
55.
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Kevin		 63 +3 +1 +1.6%
56.
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Bernard		 62 +3 +1 +1.6%
57.
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Terence		 60 +3 0 0.0%
59.
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Harold		 55 +3 -3 -5.2%
9.
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Ian		 258 +2 -13 -4.8%
33.
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Noel		 98 +2 +3 +3.2%
53.
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Bryan		 64 +2 0 0.0%
74.
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Ross		 40 +2 +1 +2.6%
6.
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Peter		 353 +1 +44 +14.2%
13.
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Colin		 197 +1 0 0.0%
14.
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Thomas		 193 +1 +5 +2.7%
17.
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Trevor		 148 +1 +1 +0.7%
21.
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Graham		 141 +1 +6 +4.4%
45.
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Joseph		 79 +1 +6 +8.2%
65.
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Lawrence		 50 +1 -3 -5.7%
68.
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Reginald		 45 +1 -2 -4.3%
1.
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John		 860 0 -33 -3.7%
2.
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William		 518 0 -30 -5.5%
3.
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Robert		 405 0 -32 -7.3%
12.
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George		 220 0 -6 -2.7%
31.
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Norman		 102 0 -12 -10.5%
36.
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Desmond		 94 0 0 0.0%
40.
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Francis		 84 0 -2 -2.3%
42.
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Stanley		 82 0 +4 +5.1%
5.
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James		 388 -1 -28 -6.7%
7.
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Brian		 325 -1 +15 +4.8%
11.
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Raymond		 229 -1 -46 -16.7%
26.
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Keith		 125 -1 -8 -6.0%
47.
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Neil		 72 -1 -1 -1.4%
69.
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Gerald		 44 -1 -5 -10.2%
10.
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Donald		 246 -2 -56 -18.5%
15.
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Kenneth		 179 -2 -19 -9.6%
39.
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Rex		 89 -2 -4 -4.3%
44.
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Frederick		 80 -2 +2 +2.6%
97.
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Warwick		 26 -2 -1 -3.7%
8.
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David		 317 -3 -10 -3.1%
32.
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Allan		 101 -3 -16 -13.7%
52.
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Leonard		 68 -3 -3 -4.2%
53.
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Jack		 64 -3 -5 -7.2%
85.
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Cyril		 29 -3 -6 -17.1%
28.
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Arthur		 110 -5 -24 -17.9%
66.
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Anthony		 49 -5 -10 -16.9%
83.
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Clifford		 32 -5 -4 -11.1%
25.
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Edward		 128 -6 -15 -10.5%
27.
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Gordon		 120 -6 -19 -13.7%
38.
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Albert		 90 -6 -11 -10.9%
46.
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Patrick		 78 -6 -8 -9.3%
70.
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Neville		 43 -6 -14 -24.6%
73.
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Geoffrey		 41 -6 -11 -21.2%
76.
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Allen		 38 -6 -8 -17.4%
91.
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Philip		 27 -6 -7 -20.6%
23.
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Douglas		 137 -7 -31 -18.5%
24.
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Bruce		 129 -7 -23 -15.1%
34.
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Leslie		 96 -8 -35 -26.7%
59.
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Roy		 55 -9 -14 -20.3%
63.
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Ernest		 51 -9 -15 -22.7%
81.
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Hugh		 33 -9 -10 -23.3%
85.
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Victor		 29 -9 -10 -25.6%
91.
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Ralph		 27 -9 -8 -22.9%
88.
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Dennis		 28 -10 -8 -22.2%
63.
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Alfred		 51 -13 -18 -26.1%
91.
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Harry		 27 -13 -9 -25.0%
58.
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Henry		 56 -14 -20 -26.3%
51.
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Ivan		 69 -17 -29 -29.6%
61.
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Mervyn		 53 -22 -36 -40.4%
97.
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Stuart		 26 -25 -17 -39.5%
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Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
32.
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Yvonne		 82 +24 +30 +57.7%
71.
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Agnes		 37 +24 +9 +32.1%
74.
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Rona		 36 +24 +10 +38.5%
57.
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Edith		 49 +20 +13 +36.1%
68.
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Rosemary		 38 +20 +7 +22.6%
45.
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Alison		 62 +19 +16 +34.8%
82.
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Rae		 32 new new new
63.
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Diana		 43 +18 +8 +22.9%
80.
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Valmai		 33 +18 +7 +26.9%
74.
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Noelene		 36 +17 +7 +24.1%
86.
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Myra		 31 new new new
32.
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Anne		 82 +14 +22 +36.7%
82.
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Ailsa		 32 +14 +5 +18.5%
31.
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Heather		 84 +13 +19 +29.2%
52.
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Lorraine		 56 +13 +11 +24.4%
64.
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Beverly		 41 +13 +5 +13.9%
90.
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Eunice		 29 new new new
90.
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Jacqueline		 29 new new new
24.
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Janet		 110 +10 +34 +44.7%
25.
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Lois		 104 +10 +31 +42.5%
35.
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Marion		 80 +9 +15 +23.1%
92.
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Eleanor		 28 new new new
16.
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Pamela		 146 +8 +36 +32.7%
42.
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Catherine		 74 +8 +18 +32.1%
59.
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Josephine		 47 +8 +5 +11.9%
82.
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Isobel		 32 +8 +2 +6.7%
49.
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Beryl		 59 +7 +7 +13.5%
22.
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Judith		 115 +6 +29 +33.7%
27.
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Noeline		 94 +6 +17 +22.1%
44.
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Mavis		 67 +6 +11 +19.6%
68.
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Annie		 38 +6 +1 +2.7%
95.
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Marlene		 27 new new new
13.
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Doreen		 157 +5 +23 +17.2%
20.
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Colleen		 128 +5 +19 +17.4%
47.
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Hazel		 61 +5 +6 +10.9%
52.
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Irene		 56 +4 +4 +7.7%
80.
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Winifred		 33 +4 0 0.0%
97.
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Hilda		 26 new new new
97.
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Natalie		 26 new new new
97.
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Ruby		 26 new new new
35.
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Elaine		 80 +3 +9 +12.7%
52.
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Florence		 56 +3 +3 +5.7%
58.
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Doris		 48 +3 +1 +2.1%
95.
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Janice		 27 +3 +1 +3.8%
3.
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Mary		 309 +2 +27 +9.6%
9.
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Valerie		 193 +2 +20 +11.6%
2.
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Patricia		 363 +1 +36 +11.0%
8.
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Elizabeth		 221 +1 +17 +8.3%
15.
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Beverley		 147 +1 +1 +0.7%
30.
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Norma		 87 +1 +6 +7.4%
35.
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Ruth		 80 +1 +8 +11.1%
60.
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Alice		 46 +1 -1 -2.1%
71.
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Peggy		 37 +1 -1 -2.6%
71.
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Rita		 37 +1 -1 -2.6%
1.
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Margaret		 702 0 -73 -9.4%
6.
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Dorothy		 247 0 +20 +8.8%
7.
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Barbara		 230 0 +8 +3.6%
12.
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Maureen		 168 0 +2 +1.2%
5.
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Joan		 280 -1 -7 -2.4%
11.
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June		 169 -1 -14 -7.7%
14.
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Jean		 154 -1 -6 -3.8%
27.
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Dawn		 94 -1 -2 -2.1%
4.
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Shirley		 281 -2 -52 -15.6%
10.
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Betty		 192 -2 -22 -10.3%
19.
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Kathleen		 134 -2 -4 -2.9%
21.
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Helen		 127 -2 -2 -1.6%
32.
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Daphne		 82 -2 -3 -3.5%
18.
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Joyce		 138 -3 -12 -8.0%
23.
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Audrey		 111 -3 -13 -10.5%
41.
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Fay		 75 -3 +4 +5.6%
77.
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Jessie		 34 -3 -3 -8.1%
17.
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Marie		 144 -4 -16 -10.0%
45.
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Frances		 62 -4 -8 -11.4%
86.
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Lesley		 31 -4 -3 -8.8%
26.
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Nancy		 103 -5 -9 -8.0%
27.
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Eileen		 94 -5 -17 -15.3%
43.
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Phyllis		 69 -5 -2 -2.8%
38.
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Joy		 78 -6 -1 -1.3%
92.
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Ethel		 28 -6 -4 -12.5%
56.
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Evelyn		 52 -7 -5 -8.8%
66.
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Sylvia		 40 -7 -9 -18.4%
68.
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Elsie		 38 -7 -9 -19.1%
50.
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Lorna		 57 -8 -12 -17.4%
60.
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Jocelyn		 46 -8 -9 -16.4%
77.
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Jennifer		 34 -8 -6 -15.0%
64.
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Edna		 41 -10 -13 -24.1%
39.
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Pauline		 77 -12 -14 -15.4%
48.
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Nola		 60 -12 -12 -16.7%
55.
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Thelma		 54 -12 -12 -18.2%
77.
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Iris		 34 -12 -11 -24.4%
82.
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Ann		 32 -12 -7 -17.9%
86.
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Gloria		 31 -12 -6 -16.2%
60.
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Gladys		 46 -13 -12 -20.7%
92.
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Isabel		 28 -15 -8 -22.2%
76.
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Ellen		 35 -16 -13 -27.1%
86.
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Muriel		 31 -16 -8 -20.5%
40.
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Ngaire		 76 -18 -35 -31.5%
67.
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Olive		 39 -20 -19 -32.8%
97.
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Violet		 26 -20 -10 -27.8%
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Marjorie		 57 -22 -29 -33.7%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand