Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Aubrey		 17 new new new
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Desmond		 17 new new new
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Dudley		 17 new new new
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Lindsay		 17 new new new
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Martin		 17 -6 -4 -19.0%
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Russell		 17 -6 -4 -19.0%
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Gerald		 18 -4 -3 -14.3%
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Vernon		 18 new new new
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Stuart		 19 new new new
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Bruce		 21 -17 -12 -36.4%
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Edmund		 22 new new new
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Percival		 22 +4 +3 +15.8%
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Vincent		 22 -17 -13 -37.1%
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Matthew		 23 +7 +5 +27.8%
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Howard		 24 -12 -9 -27.3%
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Allen		 27 -15 -9 -25.0%
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Lewis		 27 +10 +8 +42.1%
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Lionel		 27 +2 +1 +3.8%
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Louis		 27 +14 +10 +58.8%
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Michael		 28 -3 -1 -3.4%
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Basil		 29 new new new
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Edgar		 31 -8 -4 -11.4%
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Malcolm		 32 +7 +6 +23.1%
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Peter		 32 -6 -3 -8.6%
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Arnold		 33 -12 -8 -19.5%
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Gilbert		 33 -8 -3 -8.3%
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Daniel		 34 +12 +10 +41.7%
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Owen		 35 +4 +4 +12.9%
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Sidney		 35 -7 -4 -10.3%
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Leo		 36 -13 -11 -23.4%
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Philip		 36 +8 +7 +24.1%
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Horace		 37 +10 +8 +27.6%
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Ralph		 37 -10 -8 -17.8%
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Laurence		 41 +16 +13 +46.4%
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Trevor		 41 +1 +5 +13.9%
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Mervyn		 43 +14 +14 +48.3%
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Wilfred		 43 -5 -1 -2.3%
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Claude		 44 0 +3 +7.3%
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Hugh		 45 -13 -18 -28.6%
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Noel		 49 +5 +12 +32.4%
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Archibald		 54 +7 +18 +50.0%
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Bernard		 55 +6 +12 +27.9%
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Hector		 55 -1 +5 +10.0%
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Lawrence		 55 +3 +11 +25.0%
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Victor		 55 -11 -16 -22.5%
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Edwin		 57 +4 +13 +29.5%
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Ian		 58 -11 -18 -23.7%
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Geoffrey		 59 +24 +28 +90.3%
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Sydney		 59 -12 -23 -28.0%
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Samuel		 60 +1 +1 +1.7%
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Percy		 62 +1 +2 +3.3%
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Alan		 65 +2 +3 +4.8%
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Patrick		 65 +6 +11 +20.4%
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Clifford		 66 0 -1 -1.5%
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Andrew		 67 +1 0 0.0%
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Maurice		 69 +8 +14 +25.5%
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Keith		 74 0 +1 +1.4%
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Clarence		 76 -1 -3 -3.8%
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Ivan		 76 +14 +27 +55.1%
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Cecil		 77 -6 -30 -28.0%
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Roy		 79 -2 -6 -7.1%
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Harry		 87 +3 +10 +13.0%
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Colin		 90 +8 +19 +26.8%
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Donald		 90 +2 +6 +7.1%
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Reginald		 93 -4 -30 -24.4%
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Douglas		 100 0 -7 -6.5%
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Allan		 106 0 -2 -1.9%
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Leonard		 114 -7 -25 -18.0%
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Joseph		 118 -4 -16 -11.9%
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Raymond		 119 0 -9 -7.0%
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Alexander		 123 -13 -49 -28.5%
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Cyril		 126 +5 +6 +5.0%
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Jack		 126 +9 +20 +18.9%
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Frank		 136 +4 +7 +5.4%
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Kenneth		 136 -1 -4 -2.9%
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Richard		 141 +2 +5 +3.7%
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David		 142 0 -1 -0.7%
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Stanley		 142 +6 +9 +6.8%
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Herbert		 147 +2 +5 +3.5%
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Gordon		 153 -2 -16 -9.5%
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Harold		 161 -5 -28 -14.8%
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Norman		 163 +2 +8 +5.2%
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Ronald		 165 +2 -1 -0.6%
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Ernest		 177 0 -7 -3.8%
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Walter		 177 +2 +7 +4.1%
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Leslie		 182 -5 -33 -15.3%
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Alfred		 189 -2 -11 -5.5%
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Francis		 196 +9 +51 +35.2%
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Henry		 199 +2 +2 +1.0%
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Eric		 224 +2 +25 +12.6%
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Edward		 225 +1 +11 +5.1%
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Frederick		 232 -1 -27 -10.4%
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Albert		 241 +1 +12 +5.2%
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Arthur		 304 -1 -36 -10.6%
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Charles		 334 +1 -1 -0.3%
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Thomas		 347 0 +1 +0.3%
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Robert		 370 0 -24 -6.1%
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George		 498 0 +71 +16.6%
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James		 506 0 -21 -4.0%
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William		 879 -1 -19 -2.1%
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John		 928 +1 +70 +8.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Barbara		 28 -10 -2 -6.7%
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Patricia		 28 new new new
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Stella		 28 new new new
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Esther		 29 -3 +1 +3.6%
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Una		 29 -8 -1 -3.3%
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Ella		 30 -8 -4 -11.8%
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Ena		 30 +3 +3 +11.1%
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Louisa		 30 -6 -3 -9.1%
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Minnie		 30 +3 +3 +11.1%
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Emma		 31 -3 -2 -6.1%
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Linda		 31 +6 +4 +14.8%
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Sylvia		 31 -12 -8 -20.5%
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Mildred		 32 -15 -8 -20.0%
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Clarice		 33 +9 +6 +22.2%
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Flora		 33 +2 +3 +10.0%
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Doreen		 34 -7 -4 -10.5%
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Bertha		 35 -4 -2 -5.4%
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Myra		 35 -2 -1 -2.8%
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Christina		 36 -21 -17 -32.1%
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Daisy		 36 +5 +2 +5.9%
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Daphne		 36 -18 -14 -28.0%
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Jane		 36 0 -1 -2.7%
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Marie		 37 new new new
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Sarah		 37 +5 +2 +5.7%
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Amy		 38 -23 -25 -39.7%
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Clara		 38 -2 -4 -9.5%
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Eunice		 38 new new new
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Norma		 38 new new new
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Beryl		 42 +2 +2 +5.0%
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Lily		 42 -8 -7 -14.3%
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Ida		 43 -15 -13 -23.2%
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Freda		 44 +4 +4 +10.0%
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Isabel		 45 -9 -8 -15.1%
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Lillian		 45 -4 -4 -8.2%
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Audrey		 46 new new new
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Janet		 47 +4 0 0.0%
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Rose		 47 -12 -14 -23.0%
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Marjory		 49 +3 +1 +2.1%
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Gertrude		 50 +5 +2 +4.2%
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Rona		 50 +21 +15 +42.9%
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Lorna		 51 +1 +1 +2.0%
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Isabella		 52 -11 -12 -18.8%
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Marion		 54 0 +1 +1.9%
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Ruth		 55 -1 +1 +1.9%
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Ada		 57 +17 +10 +21.3%
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Alma		 57 0 -5 -8.1%
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Emily		 57 -3 -7 -10.9%
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Lucy		 57 +12 +8 +16.3%
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May		 57 -12 -22 -27.8%
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Nellie		 57 +2 0 0.0%
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Constance		 58 -4 -10 -14.7%
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Dulcie		 61 +24 +21 +52.5%
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Lilian		 62 +5 +5 +8.8%
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Beatrice		 64 +10 +10 +18.5%
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Mona		 64 0 -4 -5.9%
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Gwendoline		 66 -2 -8 -10.8%
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Joan		 67 +45 +37 +123%
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Joyce		 67 +1 -3 -4.3%
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Hilda		 70 -1 -8 -10.3%
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Nancy		 70 +4 +1 +1.4%
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Frances		 74 -3 -12 -14.0%
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Eva		 78 +1 0 0.0%
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Helen		 79 +4 +2 +2.6%
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Mabel		 89 -3 -10 -10.1%
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Iris		 91 +2 +5 +5.8%
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Ruby		 91 -3 -18 -16.5%
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Grace		 94 +2 -3 -3.1%
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Myrtle		 103 -2 -11 -9.6%
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Muriel		 104 +3 +5 +5.1%
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Rita		 104 +1 -5 -4.6%
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Evelyn		 113 -1 -5 -4.2%
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Hazel		 114 -2 -17 -13.0%
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Vera		 114 -1 -14 -10.9%
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Thelma		 118 -4 -23 -16.3%
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Catherine		 120 -11 -37 -23.6%
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Violet		 121 -2 -21 -14.8%
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Winifred		 121 +4 -5 -4.0%
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Agnes		 123 +6 +5 +4.2%
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Ivy		 129 -1 -15 -10.4%
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Marjorie		 130 -1 -15 -10.3%
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Edith		 132 -1 -14 -9.6%
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Elsie		 143 -8 -47 -24.7%
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Irene		 144 0 -3 -2.0%
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Olive		 146 +7 +7 +5.0%
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Ellen		 147 -2 -20 -12.0%
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Ethel		 155 +1 0 0.0%
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Jessie		 165 +2 +10 +6.5%
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Jean		 168 +12 +36 +27.3%
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Mavis		 171 -2 -21 -10.9%
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Alice		 181 -6 -37 -17.0%
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Annie		 182 -6 -41 -18.4%
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Phyllis		 187 0 -7 -3.6%
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Elizabeth		 194 +4 +10 +5.4%
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Eileen		 196 -1 -11 -5.3%
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Florence		 200 +7 +19 +10.5%
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Edna		 205 -3 -40 -16.3%
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Doris		 215 +4 +19 +9.7%
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Gladys		 217 +4 +19 +9.6%
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Kathleen		 219 +1 -17 -7.2%
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Dorothy		 249 0 -20 -7.4%
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Margaret		 351 0 -17 -4.6%
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Mary		 533 0 +20 +3.9%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand