Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Denis		 13 new new new
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Duncan		 13 -15 -5 -27.8%
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Oliver		 13 -1 0 0.0%
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Vivian		 13 new new new
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Bertie		 14 -7 -2 -12.5%
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Clive		 14 new new new
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Edmund		 14 -25 -9 -39.1%
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Fred		 14 new new new
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Claud		 15 new new new
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Clement		 15 new new new
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Roland		 15 -6 -2 -11.8%
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Allen		 16 new new new
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Noel		 16 -10 -5 -23.8%
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Trevor		 16 +3 +2 +14.3%
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Howard		 18 -12 -4 -18.2%
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Louis		 18 -22 -8 -30.8%
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Laurence		 19 -12 -4 -17.4%
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Martin		 19 +8 +4 +26.7%
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Neil		 19 new new new
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Sidney		 19 -12 -4 -17.4%
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Stephen		 19 -1 0 0.0%
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Lewis		 20 +11 +6 +42.9%
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Benjamin		 21 new new new
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Edgar		 23 +5 +4 +21.1%
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Owen		 23 new new new
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Percival		 23 -8 -1 -4.2%
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Ralph		 23 -6 0 0.0%
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Basil		 24 new new new
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Geoffrey		 24 +11 +6 +33.3%
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Malcolm		 24 -3 +1 +4.3%
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Arnold		 26 +9 +7 +36.8%
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Gilbert		 27 -8 -1 -3.6%
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Clifford		 29 -5 +3 +11.5%
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Ian		 30 -9 0 0.0%
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Michael		 30 -10 -2 -6.3%
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Patrick		 31 -12 -4 -11.4%
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Daniel		 32 -7 +2 +6.7%
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Colin		 33 -4 +4 +13.8%
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Archibald		 34 0 +6 +21.4%
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Leo		 34 +5 +10 +41.7%
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Bernard		 35 +26 +18 +106%
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Keith		 35 +19 +14 +66.7%
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Lionel		 35 +15 +13 +59.1%
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Ivan		 36 +9 +11 +44.0%
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Philip		 36 -2 +3 +9.1%
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Maurice		 37 -8 -12 -24.5%
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Alan		 40 +2 +7 +21.2%
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Claude		 40 +21 +18 +81.8%
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Peter		 40 +7 +11 +37.9%
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Horace		 41 0 +2 +5.1%
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Edwin		 46 -1 0 0.0%
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Wilfred		 47 +1 +5 +11.9%
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Sydney		 53 -6 -7 -11.7%
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Victor		 53 -11 -12 -18.5%
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Jack		 54 0 +2 +3.8%
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Lawrence		 54 +6 +15 +38.5%
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Douglas		 55 -4 -7 -11.3%
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Andrew		 56 +1 +1 +1.8%
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Samuel		 57 -9 -12 -17.4%
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Hugh		 59 -2 -4 -6.3%
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Clarence		 68 -6 0 0.0%
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Donald		 70 +4 +14 +25.0%
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Roy		 71 -3 +4 +6.0%
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Hector		 72 -12 -29 -28.7%
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Harry		 73 +7 +15 +25.9%
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Raymond		 73 +13 +25 +52.1%
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Percy		 75 -6 -14 -15.7%
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Allan		 76 +3 +11 +16.9%
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Kenneth		 78 +13 +26 +50.0%
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Cyril		 85 +1 +8 +10.4%
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Ronald		 87 +8 +23 +35.9%
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Reginald		 93 +2 +8 +9.4%
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Cecil		 98 -9 -28 -22.2%
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Richard		 102 -1 +2 +2.0%
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Gordon		 104 +4 +18 +20.9%
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Stanley		 108 +4 +20 +22.7%
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Frank		 110 +3 +14 +14.6%
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Norman		 113 0 +1 +0.9%
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Herbert		 126 -2 +1 +0.8%
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Leonard		 133 +3 +27 +25.5%
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Alexander		 138 +3 +24 +21.1%
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David		 138 -3 +5 +3.8%
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Joseph		 141 -4 -7 -4.7%
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Alfred		 143 -6 -31 -17.8%
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Walter		 155 -1 +18 +13.1%
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Francis		 157 -2 -1 -0.6%
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Ernest		 158 +7 +35 +28.5%
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Harold		 161 +5 +32 +24.8%
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Eric		 164 +5 +32 +24.2%
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Frederick		 185 -2 -33 -15.1%
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Leslie		 194 +2 +29 +17.6%
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Henry		 201 +1 +18 +9.8%
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Edward		 225 0 -15 -6.3%
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Albert		 234 -1 -41 -14.9%
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Arthur		 269 +1 +13 +5.1%
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Charles		 318 -2 -27 -7.8%
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Robert		 322 0 +15 +4.9%
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Thomas		 328 +2 +47 +16.7%
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George		 404 0 -19 -4.5%
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James		 464 0 +17 +3.8%
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John		 731 0 -4 -0.5%
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William		 882 0 +11 +1.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Kate		 20 new new new
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Maggie		 20 new new new
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Norah		 20 -11 -4 -16.7%
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Charlotte		 21 -13 -6 -22.2%
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Doreen		 21 -7 -3 -12.5%
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Hannah		 21 -2 -1 -4.5%
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Martha		 21 -10 -5 -19.2%
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Linda		 22 -2 -1 -4.3%
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Beryl		 23 new new new
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Amelia		 24 -4 -1 -4.0%
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Eunice		 24 new new new
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Lorna		 24 new new new
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Bessie		 25 0 +1 +4.2%
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Myra		 25 +7 +4 +19.0%
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Flora		 26 -13 -6 -18.8%
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Marjory		 27 -8 -3 -10.0%
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Clarice		 28 +1 +1 +3.7%
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Freda		 28 new new new
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Isabel		 28 -11 -6 -17.6%
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Nancy		 28 +14 +7 +33.3%
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Nora		 28 new new new
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Aileen		 29 new new new
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Laura		 30 -1 0 0.0%
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Daisy		 32 -6 -2 -5.9%
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Eleanor		 32 +4 +3 +10.3%
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Esther		 32 +1 +1 +3.2%
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Pearl		 34 -1 +2 +6.3%
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Ella		 35 -5 0 0.0%
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Maud		 35 0 +2 +6.1%
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Lily		 36 -15 -7 -16.3%
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Janet		 37 -20 -8 -17.8%
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Louisa		 37 -8 -5 -11.9%
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Clara		 38 -11 -5 -11.6%
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Minnie		 38 new new new
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Jean		 39 +13 +10 +34.5%
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Bertha		 40 -11 -4 -9.1%
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Emma		 40 +10 +8 +25.0%
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Iris		 40 +1 +2 +5.3%
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Alma		 44 +2 +5 +12.8%
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Ruth		 44 -13 -2 -4.3%
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Beatrice		 45 -8 +1 +2.3%
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Gwendoline		 46 +7 +9 +24.3%
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Rose		 46 -12 -1 -2.1%
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Christina		 47 -14 -5 -9.6%
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Marion		 48 0 +5 +11.6%
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Mona		 49 +7 +7 +16.7%
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Nellie		 49 +2 +6 +14.0%
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Lucy		 50 -8 +1 +2.0%
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Amy		 51 -5 +4 +8.5%
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Lillian		 51 +18 +17 +50.0%
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Jane		 52 +2 +8 +18.2%
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Gertrude		 54 0 +9 +20.0%
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Sarah		 56 -8 -6 -9.7%
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Constance		 57 +2 +12 +26.7%
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Isabella		 61 -15 -19 -23.8%
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Lilian		 63 +12 +20 +46.5%
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Marjorie		 63 +21 +26 +70.3%
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Ida		 64 +1 +13 +25.5%
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May		 66 -1 +5 +8.2%
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Helen		 68 -5 -4 -5.6%
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Hazel		 73 +2 +18 +32.7%
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Mavis		 75 +28 +40 +114%
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Ada		 79 +2 +15 +23.4%
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Frances		 79 -3 +5 +6.8%
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Phyllis		 80 +16 +36 +81.8%
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Eva		 83 -1 +5 +6.4%
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Muriel		 83 -8 -11 -11.7%
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Rita		 83 0 +7 +9.2%
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Emily		 84 +5 +12 +16.7%
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Grace		 84 -5 -7 -7.7%
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Hilda		 86 0 +5 +6.2%
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Thelma		 95 +7 +23 +31.9%
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Mabel		 99 -2 -6 -5.7%
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Ruby		 99 +1 +10 +11.2%
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Winifred		 99 +3 +17 +20.7%
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Evelyn		 104 +3 +19 +22.4%
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Edna		 112 +11 +39 +53.4%
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Irene		 116 -1 +3 +2.7%
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Catherine		 118 -6 -17 -12.6%
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Vera		 122 0 +7 +6.1%
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Edith		 128 -5 -9 -6.6%
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Agnes		 131 +4 +18 +15.9%
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Ellen		 131 +2 +1 +0.8%
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Olive		 132 +2 0 0.0%
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Myrtle		 142 -5 -11 -7.2%
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Kathleen		 144 +3 +10 +7.5%
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Eileen		 148 -4 -27 -15.4%
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Violet		 153 -1 +10 +7.0%
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Ethel		 161 +1 +20 +14.2%
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Gladys		 163 -7 -40 -19.7%
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Jessie		 168 +4 +30 +21.7%
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Elizabeth		 173 -3 -22 -11.3%
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Ivy		 178 +8 +43 +31.9%
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Doris		 183 -1 -12 -6.2%
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Elsie		 191 +3 +15 +8.5%
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Florence		 193 +3 -1 -0.5%
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Alice		 204 +1 +2 +1.0%
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Dorothy		 226 -1 +3 +1.3%
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Annie		 229 +1 +8 +3.6%
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Margaret		 293 0 -6 -2.0%
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Mary		 452 0 -12 -2.6%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand