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		 888 0 -6 -0.7%
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John		 784 0 +4 +0.5%
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James		 489 0 +22 +4.7%
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George		 425 0 +9 +2.2%
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Robert		 353 +2 +37 +11.7%
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Charles		 335 -1 -20 -5.6%
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Thomas		 312 +1 +5 +1.6%
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Arthur		 309 -2 -11 -3.4%
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Albert		 247 +1 +23 +10.3%
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Frederick		 222 -1 -30 -11.9%
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Edward		 209 +2 +14 +7.2%
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Henry		 203 +2 +19 +10.3%
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Leslie		 200 -2 -9 -4.3%
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Francis		 191 +2 +16 +9.1%
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Harold		 184 +1 +9 +5.1%
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Eric		 180 -2 -4 -2.2%
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Ernest		 164 +3 +29 +21.5%
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Alfred		 161 -6 -42 -20.7%
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Walter		 160 -1 -3 -1.8%
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Alexander		 157 -1 +8 +5.4%
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Norman		 154 +4 +29 +23.2%
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Leonard		 151 +3 +26 +20.8%
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Herbert		 149 +1 +23 +18.3%
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Stanley		 142 -3 +8 +6.0%
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Frank		 140 +4 +26 +22.8%
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Ronald		 131 +8 +43 +48.9%
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David		 130 -4 +3 +2.4%
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Richard		 129 +2 +19 +17.3%
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Joseph		 126 -7 -6 -4.5%
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Gordon		 125 -3 +9 +7.8%
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Douglas		 106 +7 +23 +27.7%
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Roy		 105 +1 +15 +16.7%
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Reginald		 103 -2 0 0.0%
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Cyril		 99 -2 +4 +4.2%
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Cecil		 92 -8 -24 -20.7%
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Clarence		 92 +1 +5 +5.7%
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Jack		 90 +2 +8 +9.8%
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Kenneth		 88 -1 +4 +4.8%
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Raymond		 85 -5 -3 -3.4%
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Allan		 74 +2 -2 -2.6%
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Donald		 73 0 -4 -5.2%
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Harry		 64 -2 -17 -21.0%
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Sydney		 64 +12 +16 +33.3%
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Percy		 63 -1 -7 -10.0%
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Andrew		 56 +2 -5 -8.2%
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Hugh		 56 -1 -9 -13.8%
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Samuel		 56 +4 -1 -1.8%
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Victor		 56 +1 -6 -9.7%
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Claude		 52 +8 +7 +15.6%
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Patrick		 52 +8 +7 +15.6%
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Wilfred		 52 +3 +2 +4.0%
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Hector		 51 -8 -14 -21.5%
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Alan		 50 0 +1 +2.0%
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Clifford		 48 +8 +9 +23.1%
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Colin		 47 -1 -1 -2.1%
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Horace		 47 -7 -13 -21.7%
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Maurice		 47 +1 0 0.0%
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Archibald		 46 +1 +4 +9.5%
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Lawrence		 46 +1 +4 +9.5%
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Ivan		 42 +4 +7 +20.0%
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Keith		 42 +1 +2 +5.0%
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Peter		 42 +28 +23 +121%
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Edwin		 39 -13 -17 -30.4%
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Bernard		 38 +16 +15 +65.2%
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Gilbert		 38 +9 +10 +35.7%
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Lionel		 36 -3 0 0.0%
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Daniel		 34 +1 +3 +9.7%
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Edgar		 33 -2 +1 +3.1%
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Ian		 33 -17 -20 -37.7%
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Ralph		 33 -3 0 0.0%
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Owen		 31 +14 +11 +55.0%
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Michael		 30 -6 -2 -6.3%
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Philip		 30 -4 -1 -3.2%
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Arnold		 29 +2 +5 +20.8%
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Louis		 29 +2 +5 +20.8%
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Noel		 29 -3 -1 -3.3%
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Allen		 28 -1 +4 +16.7%
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Leo		 28 -6 -2 -6.7%
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Stephen		 28 new new new
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Geoffrey		 27 -5 0 0.0%
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Percival		 27 0 +4 +17.4%
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Trevor		 27 0 +4 +17.4%
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Benjamin		 26 new new new
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Stuart		 23 -4 0 0.0%
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Basil		 21 new new new
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Lewis		 21 -12 -7 -25.0%
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Nelson		 21 -9 -3 -12.5%
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Sidney		 21 -17 -10 -32.3%
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Duncan		 20 +7 +4 +25.0%
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Howard		 20 +4 +3 +17.6%
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Vincent		 20 -4 0 0.0%
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Athol		 19 new new new
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Laurence		 19 +4 +3 +18.8%
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Fredrick		 18 new new new
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Vivian		 18 new new new
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Malcolm		 17 -8 -2 -10.5%
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Stewart		 17 new new new
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Wallace		 17 new new new
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Oswald		 16 +1 +1 +6.7%
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Archie		 15 new new new
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Bruce		 15 new new new
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Claud		 15 new new new
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Gerald		 15 -15 -5 -25.0%
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Mervyn		 15 -12 -4 -21.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 450 0 -31 -6.4%
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Margaret		 354 0 +40 +12.7%
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Dorothy		 257 0 +11 +4.5%
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Alice		 240 +2 +29 +13.7%
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Gladys		 227 +1 +16 +7.6%
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Eileen		 217 +2 +9 +4.3%
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Doris		 216 -3 -29 -11.8%
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Kathleen		 203 +3 +15 +8.0%
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Elsie		 184 +3 +4 +2.2%
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Jessie		 180 +6 +32 +21.6%
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Florence		 179 -2 -15 -7.7%
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Annie		 174 -7 -67 -27.8%
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Elizabeth		 173 -4 -21 -10.8%
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Edith		 161 +3 +15 +10.3%
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Ethel		 155 0 +5 +3.3%
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Irene		 154 +5 +17 +12.4%
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Edna		 153 +8 +22 +16.8%
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Myrtle		 153 +2 +12 +8.5%
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Ivy		 145 -6 -16 -9.9%
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Olive		 143 +3 +11 +8.3%
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Catherine		 137 0 0 0.0%
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Agnes		 131 +4 +9 +7.4%
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Thelma		 130 +4 +12 +10.2%
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Violet		 122 -10 -34 -21.8%
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Vera		 119 -5 -19 -13.8%
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Ellen		 116 -9 -30 -20.5%
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Grace		 112 +3 +16 +16.7%
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Mavis		 107 0 -4 -3.6%
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Phyllis		 104 +2 +9 +9.5%
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Mabel		 102 +1 +7 +7.4%
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Muriel		 102 +13 +31 +43.7%
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Winifred		 102 -7 -30 -22.7%
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Rita		 100 -2 +5 +5.3%
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Ruby		 99 +2 +11 +12.5%
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Hazel		 92 +2 +6 +7.0%
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Marjorie		 89 -7 -15 -14.4%
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Eva		 87 +3 +13 +17.6%
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Evelyn		 85 -4 -7 -7.6%
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Frances		 83 -4 -8 -8.8%
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Emily		 81 +5 +15 +22.7%
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Jean		 80 +8 +19 +31.1%
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Hilda		 75 -4 -9 -10.7%
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Helen		 71 -4 -11 -13.4%
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Alma		 68 +8 +11 +19.3%
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Constance		 68 +3 +6 +9.7%
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Iris		 65 +7 +13 +25.0%
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Mona		 65 -4 -7 -9.7%
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Ada		 63 -7 -10 -13.7%
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Isabella		 63 +3 +3 +5.0%
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Ida		 60 -3 -2 -3.2%
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Jane		 58 +18 +18 +45.0%
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Lilian		 57 -6 -7 -10.9%
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Nellie		 57 -3 -4 -6.6%
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Gertrude		 56 +1 +7 +14.3%
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May		 56 -11 -15 -21.1%
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Lucy		 55 +1 +7 +14.6%
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Christina		 54 -4 +2 +3.8%
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Gwendoline		 53 +2 +10 +23.3%
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Ruth		 53 +6 +11 +26.2%
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Beatrice		 51 +9 +11 +27.5%
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Ena		 51 new new new
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Freda		 50 -2 +7 +16.3%
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Amy		 49 -4 +2 +4.3%
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Rose		 49 -6 +1 +2.1%
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Sarah		 48 -10 -1 -2.0%
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Clara		 45 +11 +11 +32.4%
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Lillian		 44 -7 +1 +2.3%
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Marion		 44 -2 +3 +7.3%
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Janet		 43 +10 +10 +30.3%
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Marjory		 43 +5 +7 +19.4%
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Daisy		 42 +10 +12 +40.0%
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Isabel		 40 -12 -3 -7.0%
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Louisa		 40 -7 -1 -2.4%
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Myra		 38 -2 0 0.0%
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Nancy		 37 -1 +1 +2.8%
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Amelia		 36 new new new
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Lily		 36 +11 +8 +28.6%
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Maud		 36 +5 +6 +20.0%
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Clarice		 35 +8 +7 +25.0%
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Ina		 35 new new new
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Bertha		 33 +14 +9 +37.5%
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Nora		 33 +4 +4 +13.8%
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Beryl		 32 new new new
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Caroline		 32 new new new
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Daphne		 32 new new new
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Charlotte		 31 +8 +6 +24.0%
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Emma		 31 -21 -10 -24.4%
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Flora		 31 -9 -3 -8.8%
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Joyce		 31 -5 +1 +3.3%
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Laura		 30 -5 +1 +3.4%
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Doreen		 29 -26 -12 -29.3%
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Eleanor		 29 -4 +1 +3.6%
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Ella		 29 -15 -6 -17.1%
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Enid		 29 new new new
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Lorna		 29 -10 -1 -3.3%
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Dora		 28 -4 +2 +7.7%
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Linda		 28 -23 -9 -24.3%
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Minnie		 28 -16 -4 -12.5%
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Reta		 28 new new new
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Sybil		 28 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand