Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Howard		 22 -23 -12 -35.3%
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Lindsay		 22 -1 -1 -4.3%
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Paul		 22 new new new
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Percival		 22 new new new
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Dudley		 23 -4 -3 -11.5%
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Russell		 23 -7 -4 -14.8%
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Stuart		 23 new new new
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Vincent		 23 0 -1 -4.2%
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Athol		 24 new new new
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Neil		 25 new new new
93.
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Gerald		 26 -6 -2 -7.1%
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Selwyn		 27 new new new
89.
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Arnold		 28 +3 +2 +7.7%
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Gilbert		 28 -6 -3 -9.7%
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Graham		 28 new new new
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Brian		 29 +9 +5 +20.8%
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Vernon		 29 new new new
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Basil		 31 -8 -3 -8.8%
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Louis		 31 -8 -3 -8.8%
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Malcolm		 32 -1 +1 +3.2%
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Daniel		 33 0 0 0.0%
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Desmond		 33 +8 +6 +22.2%
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Philip		 33 -20 -15 -31.3%
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Lewis		 34 +7 +5 +17.2%
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Maxwell		 34 +10 +7 +25.9%
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Laurence		 36 -12 -10 -21.7%
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Michael		 36 0 +2 +5.9%
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Claude		 37 -9 -6 -14.0%
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Lionel		 38 +12 +10 +35.7%
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Bruce		 39 -5 -3 -7.1%
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Owen		 39 +3 +4 +11.4%
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Sidney		 40 +9 +7 +21.2%
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Ralph		 41 -5 -4 -8.9%
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Percy		 43 -21 -29 -40.3%
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Allen		 44 +3 +3 +7.3%
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Horace		 44 +15 +13 +41.9%
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Archibald		 46 +5 +5 +12.2%
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Geoffrey		 46 +5 +5 +12.2%
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Edwin		 49 +4 +7 +16.7%
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Leo		 49 +10 +9 +22.5%
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Wilfred		 50 -6 -11 -18.0%
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Samuel		 52 +1 +5 +10.6%
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Victor		 54 -12 -18 -25.0%
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Clarence		 55 -7 -10 -15.4%
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Mervyn		 59 +4 +12 +25.5%
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Lawrence		 61 -4 -3 -4.7%
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Trevor		 62 +4 +14 +29.2%
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Andrew		 63 -4 -3 -4.5%
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Hector		 64 +19 +24 +60.0%
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Hugh		 66 -8 -16 -19.5%
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Peter		 68 +2 +5 +7.9%
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Harry		 71 -3 -3 -4.1%
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Sydney		 71 +9 +14 +24.6%
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Roy		 80 -11 -25 -23.8%
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Cecil		 83 -6 -3 -3.5%
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Clifford		 85 +4 +16 +23.2%
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Patrick		 85 -3 +1 +1.2%
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Noel		 86 +9 +23 +36.5%
45.
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Keith		 90 0 +7 +8.4%
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Maurice		 91 -2 -7 -7.1%
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Cyril		 92 -5 -15 -14.0%
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Bernard		 94 +15 +33 +54.1%
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Reginald		 98 -5 -13 -11.7%
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Ivan		 107 +19 +49 +84.5%
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Douglas		 110 -4 -2 -1.8%
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Herbert		 116 -5 -9 -7.2%
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Donald		 119 +5 +20 +20.2%
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Joseph		 119 -6 -15 -11.2%
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Alan		 123 +2 +15 +13.9%
34.
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Frank		 133 0 +10 +8.1%
33.
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Alfred		 134 -10 -32 -19.3%
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Alexander		 137 0 +10 +7.9%
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Colin		 138 +9 +37 +36.6%
30.
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Leonard		 143 -11 -28 -16.4%
29.
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Stanley		 144 -4 -14 -8.9%
28.
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Ian		 147 +19 +68 +86.1%
27.
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Allan		 154 +4 +25 +19.4%
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Richard		 159 +3 +23 +16.9%
25.
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Ernest		 161 +2 +6 +3.9%
24.
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Kenneth		 163 +1 +5 +3.2%
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David		 166 -5 -12 -6.7%
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Francis		 175 -8 -36 -17.1%
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Jack		 176 +7 +24 +15.8%
20.
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Walter		 178 +2 +9 +5.3%
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Harold		 184 -2 +4 +2.2%
18.
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Raymond		 187 +2 +17 +10.0%
17.
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Norman		 189 +7 +29 +18.1%
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Eric		 196 0 -9 -4.4%
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Gordon		 196 +5 +26 +15.3%
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Henry		 197 -4 -31 -13.6%
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Edward		 201 +3 +9 +4.7%
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Leslie		 208 -3 -40 -16.1%
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Ronald		 218 +2 +1 +0.5%
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Frederick		 220 0 -8 -3.5%
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Albert		 228 +3 +4 +1.8%
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Arthur		 268 0 -44 -14.1%
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Charles		 324 0 -20 -5.8%
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Thomas		 350 0 -14 -3.8%
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Robert		 415 0 -2 -0.5%
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George		 454 0 -16 -3.4%
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James		 536 0 -50 -8.5%
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William		 874 0 -16 -1.8%
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John		 918 0 -139 -13.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Daisy		 28 new new new
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Josephine		 29 new new new
98.
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Lillian		 29 -21 -15 -34.1%
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Linda		 30 -1 0 0.0%
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Ella		 32 +1 +2 +6.7%
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Monica		 32 new new new
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Jane		 33 +3 +2 +6.5%
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Nora		 33 +4 +3 +10.0%
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Rose		 33 -20 -14 -29.8%
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Aileen		 34 +3 +1 +3.0%
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Molly		 34 -1 -2 -5.6%
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Sarah		 35 -29 -22 -38.6%
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Isabel		 36 -23 -18 -33.3%
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Laura		 36 +1 -1 -2.7%
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Marjory		 37 -1 -1 -2.6%
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Esther		 38 +6 +4 +11.8%
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Norma		 38 new new new
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Enid		 40 new new new
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Olga		 40 +9 +6 +17.6%
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Rona		 40 -8 -6 -13.0%
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Flora		 41 +3 0 0.0%
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Beryl		 42 0 -1 -2.3%
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Myra		 43 -5 -3 -6.5%
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Amy		 45 +7 +4 +9.8%
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Eunice		 45 -10 -8 -15.1%
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Ada		 46 +4 +2 +4.5%
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Lucy		 46 +12 +8 +21.1%
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Marie		 46 -4 -4 -8.0%
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Barbara		 47 +8 +4 +9.3%
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Ida		 47 -2 -3 -6.0%
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Christina		 49 -7 -6 -10.9%
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Nellie		 50 -12 -11 -18.0%
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Sylvia		 50 -8 -7 -12.3%
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Daphne		 52 +10 +7 +15.6%
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May		 52 -9 -7 -11.9%
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Gertrude		 53 +29 +21 +65.6%
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Emily		 55 +9 +9 +19.6%
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Freda		 57 +8 +9 +18.8%
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Constance		 58 -2 0 0.0%
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Mona		 58 -7 -6 -9.4%
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Patricia		 58 +8 +7 +13.7%
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Dulcie		 59 -7 -6 -9.2%
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Beatrice		 61 -6 -10 -14.1%
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Janet		 61 +28 +23 +60.5%
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Doreen		 63 +8 +9 +16.7%
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Alma		 64 -6 -8 -11.1%
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Isabella		 64 +6 +7 +12.3%
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Gwendoline		 65 +5 +7 +12.1%
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Ruth		 66 -7 -18 -21.4%
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Audrey		 68 +17 +16 +30.8%
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Marion		 68 +4 +6 +9.7%
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Lilian		 75 -1 +3 +4.2%
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Eva		 76 +7 +14 +22.6%
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Ruby		 76 -6 -14 -15.6%
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Betty		 81 +4 +9 +12.5%
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Hilda		 81 0 -7 -8.0%
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Rita		 81 -14 -38 -31.9%
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Lorna		 82 +4 +8 +10.8%
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Iris		 84 -5 -22 -20.8%
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Myrtle		 85 -8 -29 -25.4%
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Helen		 88 +2 -1 -1.1%
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Grace		 91 +4 +2 +2.2%
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Mabel		 91 -3 -19 -17.3%
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Irene		 96 -3 -18 -15.8%
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Vera		 96 +2 -6 -5.9%
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Hazel		 99 -7 -30 -23.3%
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Evelyn		 105 +12 +30 +40.0%
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Muriel		 107 +6 +12 +12.6%
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Catherine		 111 -1 -5 -4.3%
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Ivy		 112 +1 -3 -2.6%
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Agnes		 113 -1 -14 -11.0%
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Ellen		 114 -8 -34 -23.0%
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Frances		 114 +8 +7 +6.5%
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Violet		 115 0 -15 -11.5%
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Ethel		 120 -11 -41 -25.5%
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Winifred		 121 +1 -13 -9.7%
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Edith		 127 +1 -10 -7.3%
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Jessie		 129 -4 -26 -16.8%
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Nancy		 132 +18 +38 +40.4%
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Olive		 149 -1 +1 +0.7%
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Elsie		 158 +2 +14 +9.7%
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Florence		 160 -2 +1 +0.6%
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Marjorie		 164 -3 +3 +1.9%
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Thelma		 170 +1 +12 +7.6%
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Gladys		 171 -2 -3 -1.7%
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Alice		 176 -2 -5 -2.8%
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Annie		 181 -6 -34 -15.8%
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Elizabeth		 183 -1 0 0.0%
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Joan		 192 +11 +54 +39.1%
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Doris		 195 0 +9 +4.8%
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Edna		 201 -1 -7 -3.4%
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Mavis		 208 -2 -19 -8.4%
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Joyce		 211 +15 +73 +52.9%
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Phyllis		 230 -3 -33 -12.5%
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Eileen		 237 +4 +38 +19.1%
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Kathleen		 251 0 -5 -2.0%
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Jean		 263 +2 +17 +6.9%
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Dorothy		 276 0 -17 -5.8%
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Margaret		 470 0 +22 +4.9%
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Mary		 588 0 +60 +11.4%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand