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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John		 968 0 +40 +4.3%
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William		 791 0 +15 +1.9%
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James		 518 0 -28 -5.1%
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George		 485 0 +37 +8.3%
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Robert		 443 0 +51 +13.0%
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Thomas		 356 0 +12 +3.5%
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Arthur		 307 0 0 0.0%
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Charles		 304 0 +25 +9.0%
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Albert		 246 0 -10 -3.9%
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Frederick		 224 +3 +21 +10.3%
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Ronald		 214 -1 -14 -6.1%
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Leslie		 201 +2 -1 -0.5%
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Eric		 194 -1 -12 -5.8%
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Edward		 190 -4 -38 -16.7%
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Henry		 190 +2 +1 +0.5%
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Jack		 187 +11 +40 +27.2%
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Douglas		 183 +20 +65 +55.1%
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Norman		 182 +2 +7 +4.0%
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Ernest		 178 +4 +24 +15.6%
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Francis		 178 +6 +27 +17.9%
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Harold		 177 -4 -1 -0.6%
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Kenneth		 176 0 +8 +4.8%
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Gordon		 175 -4 -2 -1.1%
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Richard		 175 +12 +47 +36.7%
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David		 174 -8 -4 -2.2%
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Walter		 169 -3 +15 +9.7%
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Stanley		 164 +1 +20 +13.9%
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Herbert		 160 +4 +21 +15.1%
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Raymond		 157 -4 +6 +4.0%
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Ian		 148 -15 -52 -26.0%
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Alexander		 145 +2 +7 +5.1%
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Frank		 144 -3 +2 +1.4%
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Donald		 142 -2 +2 +1.4%
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Alfred		 140 -13 -30 -17.6%
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Leonard		 133 -5 -8 -5.7%
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Joseph		 132 +3 +18 +15.8%
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Colin		 125 +3 +17 +15.7%
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Allan		 123 -4 -10 -7.5%
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Ivan		 113 +6 +30 +36.1%
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Maurice		 109 -5 -19 -14.8%
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Patrick		 106 +2 +12 +12.8%
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Reginald		 105 +2 +13 +14.1%
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Cyril		 100 -5 -16 -13.8%
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Roy		 94 -2 -3 -3.1%
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Alan		 92 -4 -7 -7.1%
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Noel		 90 +4 +14 +18.4%
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Harry		 86 -1 +6 +7.5%
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Sydney		 83 -2 +3 +3.8%
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Keith		 82 -1 +3 +3.8%
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Andrew		 73 +1 -2 -2.7%
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Clifford		 71 +2 +2 +2.9%
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Lawrence		 70 +7 +18 +34.6%
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Victor		 69 +4 +11 +19.0%
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Wilfred		 68 +13 +23 +51.1%
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Bernard		 67 -1 +4 +6.3%
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Cecil		 65 -7 -12 -15.6%
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Peter		 64 -2 +2 +3.2%
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Percy		 61 +8 +15 +32.6%
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Philip		 60 +5 +11 +22.4%
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Clarence		 56 -5 -6 -9.7%
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Hugh		 56 -8 -17 -23.3%
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Edwin		 51 +11 +11 +27.5%
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Geoffrey		 51 +10 +8 +18.6%
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Trevor		 50 -4 -1 -2.0%
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Verdun		 50 new new new
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Mervyn		 48 -6 -3 -5.9%
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Ralph		 47 -7 -4 -7.8%
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Bruce		 45 -8 -6 -11.8%
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Daniel		 44 +8 +11 +33.3%
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Desmond		 44 -2 -1 -2.2%
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Rex		 44 +26 +17 +63.0%
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Hector		 43 -5 -2 -4.4%
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Lloyd		 43 +1 +3 +7.5%
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Owen		 43 -7 -4 -8.5%
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Leo		 42 +6 +10 +31.3%
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Brian		 41 +12 +12 +41.4%
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Lionel		 41 +9 +11 +36.7%
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Archibald		 40 +10 +11 +37.9%
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Horace		 40 +3 +8 +25.0%
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Michael		 39 -5 +1 +2.6%
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Samuel		 39 -22 -18 -31.6%
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Neil		 37 -5 +4 +12.1%
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Claude		 35 -6 +2 +6.1%
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Edgar		 35 -2 +3 +9.4%
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Gilbert		 34 +3 +5 +17.2%
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Vernon		 34 +8 +6 +21.4%
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Allen		 32 -17 -12 -27.3%
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Arnold		 32 -2 +2 +6.7%
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Laurence		 31 new new new
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Graham		 30 +5 +3 +11.1%
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Sidney		 30 -20 -14 -31.8%
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Howard		 29 new new new
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Neville		 29 new new new
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Malcolm		 28 -17 -5 -15.2%
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Russell		 28 new new new
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Selwyn		 28 new new new
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Stephen		 27 new new new
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Vincent		 27 +1 +2 +8.0%
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Louis		 25 -6 -3 -10.7%
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Martin		 25 new new new
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Terence		 25 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 564 0 +26 +4.8%
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Margaret		 464 0 +61 +15.1%
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Dorothy		 333 0 +18 +5.7%
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Jean		 304 0 +36 +13.4%
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Kathleen		 260 0 +40 +18.2%
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Joan		 249 +3 +57 +29.7%
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Joyce		 244 +3 +53 +27.7%
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Eileen		 230 0 +36 +18.6%
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Phyllis		 214 -2 +12 +5.9%
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Edna		 203 -4 0 0.0%
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Elizabeth		 198 +4 +33 +20.0%
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Mavis		 184 0 +6 +3.4%
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Florence		 180 +1 +12 +7.1%
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Doris		 177 +1 +12 +7.3%
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Gladys		 173 +2 +12 +7.5%
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Elsie		 158 +2 +9 +6.0%
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Alice		 156 -6 -23 -12.8%
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Annie		 155 -5 -21 -11.9%
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Thelma		 150 +5 +20 +15.4%
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Olive		 146 +7 +22 +17.7%
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Frances		 145 +8 +30 +26.1%
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Jessie		 142 -2 +3 +2.2%
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Nancy		 141 0 +10 +7.6%
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Edith		 138 -3 +1 +0.7%
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Winifred		 138 -2 +6 +4.5%
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Marjorie		 132 -7 -10 -7.0%
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Betty		 127 +3 +20 +18.7%
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Ellen		 124 -3 -3 -2.4%
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Evelyn		 122 +12 +32 +35.6%
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Helen		 121 +6 +24 +24.7%
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Hazel		 120 +7 +24 +25.0%
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Iris		 119 +2 +17 +16.7%
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Muriel		 119 +8 +25 +26.6%
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Agnes		 106 -1 +3 +2.9%
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Ethel		 101 -9 -25 -19.8%
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Patricia		 99 +18 +38 +62.3%
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Irene		 96 +1 0 0.0%
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Ivy		 94 -7 -10 -9.6%
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Ruth		 93 +11 +25 +36.8%
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Violet		 91 -12 -26 -22.2%
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Catherine		 89 -10 -15 -14.4%
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Grace		 87 -7 -12 -12.1%
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Vera		 85 -1 +4 +4.9%
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Audrey		 79 +7 +13 +19.7%
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Ruby		 79 +5 +9 +12.9%
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Lorna		 78 +10 +19 +32.2%
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Rita		 78 -10 -19 -19.6%
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Doreen		 76 -4 -4 -5.0%
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Gwendoline		 76 0 +3 +4.1%
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Myrtle		 76 -2 0 0.0%
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Hilda		 67 -9 -14 -17.3%
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Mabel		 66 -7 -13 -16.5%
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Rona		 66 0 +1 +1.5%
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Alma		 61 +8 +6 +10.9%
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Eva		 61 -8 -15 -19.7%
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Marie		 61 +5 +4 +7.0%
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Barbara		 60 +10 +9 +17.6%
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Beatrice		 59 -2 0 0.0%
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Constance		 59 +14 +9 +18.0%
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Mona		 57 +1 +1 +1.8%
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Dulcie		 54 -6 -6 -10.0%
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Ada		 53 +5 +2 +3.9%
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Lilian		 53 -3 -4 -7.0%
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May		 53 +13 +4 +8.2%
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Daphne		 52 -9 -7 -11.9%
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Eunice		 51 +11 +5 +10.9%
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Marion		 51 -3 -3 -5.6%
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Norma		 51 +1 0 0.0%
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Sylvia		 51 -1 -1 -1.9%
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Isabella		 50 -3 -1 -2.0%
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Nellie		 49 +10 +6 +14.0%
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Beryl		 48 -9 -6 -11.1%
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Emily		 45 -20 -17 -27.4%
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Freda		 45 +9 +6 +15.4%
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Isabel		 45 +12 +7 +18.4%
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Josephine		 45 +19 +12 +36.4%
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Enid		 44 +8 +6 +15.8%
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Nola		 44 +19 +14 +46.7%
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Myra		 42 -14 -10 -19.2%
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Eleanor		 41 +19 +13 +46.4%
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Janet		 41 0 -4 -8.9%
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Lillian		 41 -3 -5 -10.9%
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Christina		 40 -11 -10 -20.0%
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Daisy		 40 +16 +12 +42.9%
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Olga		 40 -6 -6 -13.0%
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Gertrude		 39 +5 +5 +14.7%
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Ida		 39 -14 -11 -22.0%
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Lucy		 39 -19 -12 -23.5%
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Rose		 39 -4 0 0.0%
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Laura		 37 +4 +5 +15.6%
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Bessie		 36 new new new
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Jane		 34 -3 -1 -2.9%
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Ngaire		 34 new new new
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Dora		 33 new new new
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Ina		 33 new new new
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Marjory		 33 -9 -5 -13.2%
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Stella		 32 new new new
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Esther		 31 -6 -2 -6.1%
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Lily		 31 new new new
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Molly		 30 new new new
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Pearl		 30 -1 +2 +7.1%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand