Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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William		 894 0 +32 +3.7%
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John		 780 0 +42 +5.7%
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James		 467 0 +3 +0.6%
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George		 416 0 -25 -5.7%
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Charles		 355 +1 +11 +3.2%
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Arthur		 320 +2 +49 +18.1%
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Robert		 316 0 +7 +2.3%
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Thomas		 307 -3 -46 -13.0%
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Frederick		 252 +1 -4 -1.6%
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Albert		 224 -1 -41 -15.5%
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Leslie		 209 +2 -5 -2.3%
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Alfred		 203 +3 0 0.0%
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Edward		 195 -1 -21 -9.7%
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Eric		 184 +2 0 0.0%
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Henry		 184 -3 -35 -16.0%
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Francis		 175 +3 +28 +19.0%
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Harold		 175 -2 -31 -15.0%
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Walter		 163 -1 +6 +3.8%
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Alexander		 149 +8 +35 +30.7%
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Ernest		 135 -2 -15 -10.0%
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Stanley		 134 +4 +15 +12.6%
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Joseph		 132 0 +6 +4.8%
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David		 127 -4 -20 -13.6%
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Herbert		 126 0 +4 +3.3%
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Leonard		 125 -2 +1 +0.8%
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Norman		 125 0 +6 +5.0%
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Cecil		 116 +7 +39 +50.6%
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Gordon		 116 +3 +10 +9.4%
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Frank		 114 +3 +28 +32.6%
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Richard		 110 -9 -19 -14.7%
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Reginald		 103 -3 -9 -8.0%
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Cyril		 95 -3 -12 -11.2%
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Roy		 90 +6 +20 +28.6%
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Raymond		 88 +4 +16 +22.2%
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Ronald		 88 -1 +3 +3.5%
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Clarence		 87 +1 +13 +17.6%
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Kenneth		 84 -6 -4 -4.5%
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Douglas		 83 -2 +7 +9.2%
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Jack		 82 +1 +14 +20.6%
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Harry		 81 +4 +20 +32.8%
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Donald		 77 +6 +21 +37.5%
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Allan		 76 -2 +8 +11.8%
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Percy		 70 -9 -7 -9.1%
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Hector		 65 -2 +2 +3.2%
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Hugh		 65 +2 +7 +12.1%
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Victor		 62 +3 +9 +17.0%
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Andrew		 61 -3 0 0.0%
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Horace		 60 +6 +18 +42.9%
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Samuel		 57 +2 +10 +21.3%
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Edwin		 56 +5 +16 +40.0%
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Ian		 53 +21 +26 +96.3%
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Wilfred		 50 +7 +11 +28.2%
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Alan		 49 0 +6 +14.0%
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Colin		 48 +1 +8 +20.0%
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Sydney		 48 -6 -7 -12.7%
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Maurice		 47 +6 +11 +30.6%
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Claude		 45 +11 +16 +55.2%
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Patrick		 45 -2 +5 +12.5%
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Archibald		 42 -16 -20 -32.3%
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Lawrence		 42 -10 -11 -20.8%
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Keith		 40 0 +3 +8.1%
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Clifford		 39 -7 -1 -2.5%
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Lionel		 36 -4 -3 -7.7%
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Ivan		 35 +15 +11 +45.8%
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Ralph		 33 +3 +4 +13.8%
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Edgar		 32 +2 +3 +10.3%
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Michael		 32 0 +2 +6.7%
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Daniel		 31 +12 +8 +34.8%
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Philip		 31 -16 -13 -29.5%
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Sidney		 31 +7 +5 +19.2%
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Leo		 30 -9 -6 -16.7%
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Noel		 30 +1 +3 +11.1%
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Gilbert		 28 +2 +2 +7.7%
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Lewis		 28 +17 +11 +64.7%
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Geoffrey		 27 -7 -2 -6.9%
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Allen		 24 +2 -1 -4.0%
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Arnold		 24 -11 -11 -31.4%
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Louis		 24 +8 +2 +9.1%
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Nelson		 24 new new new
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Bernard		 23 -18 -13 -36.1%
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Percival		 23 0 0 0.0%
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Stuart		 23 new new new
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Trevor		 23 +10 +6 +35.3%
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Martin		 22 -4 -1 -4.3%
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Gerald		 20 +3 +2 +11.1%
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Owen		 20 -13 -7 -25.9%
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Vincent		 20 new new new
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Malcolm		 19 -8 -4 -17.4%
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Mervyn		 19 +4 +3 +18.8%
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Peter		 19 -22 -11 -36.7%
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Roland		 19 -3 -2 -9.5%
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Terence		 18 new new new
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Howard		 17 +1 +2 +13.3%
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Hubert		 17 new new new
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Neil		 17 new new new
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Clement		 16 new new new
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Duncan		 16 new new new
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Huia		 16 new new new
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Laurence		 16 -21 -10 -38.5%
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Aubrey		 15 new new new
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Oswald		 15 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 481 0 +22 +4.8%
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Margaret		 314 0 +22 +7.5%
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Dorothy		 246 +1 +21 +9.3%
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Doris		 245 +6 +62 +33.9%
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Annie		 241 -2 -13 -5.1%
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Alice		 211 +2 +23 +12.2%
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Gladys		 211 +1 +18 +9.3%
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Eileen		 208 -2 +12 +6.1%
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Elizabeth		 194 0 +8 +4.3%
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Florence		 194 -4 -11 -5.4%
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Kathleen		 188 +3 +29 +18.2%
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Elsie		 180 0 +15 +9.1%
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Ivy		 161 -2 -11 -6.4%
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Violet		 156 +5 +15 +10.6%
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Ethel		 150 -2 -11 -6.8%
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Jessie		 148 +2 -1 -0.7%
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Edith		 146 +5 +11 +8.1%
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Ellen		 146 +3 +6 +4.3%
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Myrtle		 141 -4 -14 -9.0%
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Vera		 138 0 -2 -1.4%
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Catherine		 137 +4 +27 +24.5%
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Irene		 137 -5 -17 -11.0%
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Olive		 132 -6 -18 -12.0%
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Winifred		 132 +3 +23 +21.1%
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Edna		 131 -1 +17 +14.9%
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Agnes		 122 +6 +31 +34.1%
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Thelma		 118 +3 +21 +21.6%
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Mavis		 111 +4 +20 +22.0%
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Marjorie		 104 -1 +4 +4.0%
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Grace		 96 +9 +20 +26.3%
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Mabel		 95 -4 -11 -10.4%
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Phyllis		 95 -3 -5 -5.0%
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Rita		 95 0 +3 +3.3%
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Evelyn		 92 +4 +14 +17.9%
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Frances		 91 0 +10 +12.3%
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Ruby		 88 0 +8 +10.0%
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Hazel		 86 -3 -2 -2.3%
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Hilda		 84 +2 +10 +13.5%
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Helen		 82 +5 +15 +22.4%
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Eva		 74 +3 +6 +8.8%
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Ada		 73 0 0 0.0%
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Mona		 72 +7 +15 +26.3%
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May		 71 -1 +1 +1.4%
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Muriel		 71 -20 -50 -41.3%
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Emily		 66 -8 -13 -16.5%
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Lilian		 64 +4 +9 +16.4%
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Constance		 62 -2 -2 -3.1%
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Ida		 62 -2 -2 -3.1%
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Jean		 61 +15 +17 +38.6%
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Nellie		 61 +7 +12 +24.5%
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Isabella		 60 -4 +2 +3.4%
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Alma		 57 -1 +4 +7.5%
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Christina		 52 +12 +9 +20.9%
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Iris		 52 +1 +1 +2.0%
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Gertrude		 49 +1 0 0.0%
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Sarah		 49 -8 -9 -15.5%
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Lucy		 48 -2 -2 -4.0%
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Rose		 48 +2 +1 +2.1%
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Amy		 47 +1 +1 +2.2%
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Freda		 43 +33 +18 +72.0%
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Gwendoline		 43 +7 +1 +2.4%
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Isabel		 43 +11 +5 +13.2%
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Lillian		 43 -9 -10 -18.9%
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Ruth		 42 -3 -3 -6.7%
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Doreen		 41 +11 +6 +17.1%
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Emma		 41 +15 +11 +36.7%
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Louisa		 41 +22 +14 +51.9%
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Marion		 41 +8 +5 +13.9%
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Beatrice		 40 -18 -13 -24.5%
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Jane		 40 -8 -5 -11.1%
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Esther		 39 -1 0 0.0%
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Myra		 38 -14 -10 -20.8%
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Linda		 37 +7 +7 +23.3%
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Marjory		 36 new new new
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Nancy		 36 +23 +14 +63.6%
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Ella		 35 -7 -6 -14.6%
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Clara		 34 -4 -2 -5.6%
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Flora		 34 +1 +1 +3.0%
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Janet		 33 -14 -10 -23.3%
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Minnie		 32 -9 -6 -15.8%
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Daisy		 30 -14 -12 -28.6%
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Joyce		 30 new new new
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Lorna		 30 +15 +7 +30.4%
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Maud		 30 -8 -6 -16.7%
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Laura		 29 -5 -1 -3.3%
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Nora		 29 +10 +5 +20.8%
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Bessie		 28 0 +1 +3.7%
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Clarice		 28 -2 0 0.0%
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Eleanor		 28 -9 -5 -15.2%
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Lily		 28 -26 -17 -37.8%
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Martha		 27 -6 -1 -3.6%
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Dora		 26 new new new
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Veronica		 26 +5 +4 +18.2%
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Charlotte		 25 -14 -5 -16.7%
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Bertha		 24 -19 -11 -31.4%
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Norah		 24 new new new
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Stella		 24 -5 -2 -7.7%
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Hannah		 23 new new new
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Katherine		 23 new new new
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Marie		 23 new new new
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Rona		 23 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand