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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Arnold		 23 -2 0 0.0%
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Edgar		 23 -5 -2 -8.0%
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Paul		 23 new new new
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Archibald		 24 -6 -2 -7.7%
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Louis		 24 -14 -7 -22.6%
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Athol		 25 -12 -9 -26.5%
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Graham		 25 -1 -1 -3.8%
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Neville		 25 new new new
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Russell		 25 new new new
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Vincent		 25 new new new
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Maxwell		 26 +6 +3 +13.0%
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Basil		 27 -13 -8 -22.9%
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Wallace		 27 new new new
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Daniel		 28 -8 -7 -20.0%
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Howard		 28 +2 -1 -3.4%
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Leo		 28 -14 -15 -34.9%
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Murray		 28 new new new
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Terence		 28 +13 +5 +21.7%
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Malcolm		 29 0 -2 -6.5%
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Brian		 30 -9 -9 -23.1%
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Lewis		 31 +9 +4 +14.8%
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Michael		 31 -9 -10 -24.4%
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Claude		 32 new new new
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Edwin		 32 -1 -3 -8.6%
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Gilbert		 32 +14 +6 +23.1%
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Hector		 33 0 -2 -5.7%
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Laurence		 36 +6 +4 +12.5%
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Rex		 37 +12 +8 +27.6%
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Samuel		 38 -11 -14 -26.9%
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Sidney		 38 +3 +1 +2.7%
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Allen		 40 +16 +11 +37.9%
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Wilfred		 40 -3 -6 -13.0%
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Mervyn		 41 -6 -10 -19.6%
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Ralph		 41 0 -4 -8.9%
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Philip		 45 +6 +6 +15.4%
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Bernard		 46 -13 -18 -28.1%
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Hugh		 46 -3 -5 -9.8%
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Geoffrey		 47 +3 0 0.0%
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Percy		 47 -5 -6 -11.3%
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Andrew		 49 +3 0 0.0%
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Owen		 49 +7 +4 +8.9%
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Bruce		 50 +11 +9 +22.0%
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Clarence		 52 -4 -7 -11.9%
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Lloyd		 53 +7 +5 +10.4%
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Clifford		 57 +2 +4 +7.5%
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Sydney		 57 +2 +4 +7.5%
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Lawrence		 62 -1 +1 +1.6%
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Cecil		 63 +2 +7 +12.5%
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Desmond		 71 +6 +17 +31.5%
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Ivan		 71 -4 -13 -15.5%
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Peter		 71 -1 +2 +2.9%
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Victor		 74 -2 0 0.0%
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Harry		 76 +2 +7 +10.1%
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Trevor		 76 +1 +5 +7.0%
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Cyril		 78 -8 -27 -25.7%
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Keith		 83 +7 +20 +31.7%
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Roy		 86 -1 -4 -4.4%
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Alan		 89 +2 +1 +1.1%
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Patrick		 93 -1 -5 -5.1%
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Reginald		 93 +1 -2 -2.1%
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Joseph		 94 0 -4 -4.1%
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Maurice		 95 0 -4 -4.0%
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Noel		 97 +6 +8 +9.0%
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Stanley		 104 -5 -18 -14.8%
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Herbert		 106 -5 -21 -16.5%
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Frank		 115 -2 -2 -1.7%
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Ernest		 117 -9 -25 -17.6%
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Allan		 119 +4 +6 +5.3%
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Ian		 119 +5 +12 +11.2%
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Alexander		 126 +4 +12 +10.5%
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Richard		 128 -3 -12 -8.6%
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Leonard		 131 -2 -9 -6.4%
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Colin		 132 +6 +16 +13.8%
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Alfred		 133 -1 -8 -5.7%
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Donald		 136 +4 +6 +4.6%
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Walter		 137 -9 -28 -17.0%
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Henry		 145 -1 -4 -2.7%
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Harold		 148 -2 -5 -3.3%
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Albert		 153 -9 -29 -15.9%
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Jack		 155 +4 +10 +6.9%
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Norman		 155 0 +1 +0.6%
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Francis		 157 -1 -6 -3.7%
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Frederick		 157 -6 -39 -19.9%
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Kenneth		 158 +12 +22 +16.2%
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Edward		 162 -2 -14 -8.0%
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Eric		 167 +3 +7 +4.4%
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David		 174 +8 +21 +13.7%
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Gordon		 174 +1 -2 -1.1%
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Raymond		 185 +7 +30 +19.4%
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Leslie		 187 0 -20 -9.7%
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Ronald		 210 0 +1 +0.5%
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Charles		 216 -1 -43 -16.6%
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Arthur		 223 -1 -64 -22.3%
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Douglas		 258 +2 +13 +5.3%
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Thomas		 297 0 -11 -3.6%
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George		 329 0 -53 -13.9%
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Robert		 376 0 -27 -6.7%
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James		 447 0 -22 -4.7%
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William		 698 0 -5 -0.7%
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John		 801 0 -38 -4.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Elva		 27 new new new
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Joy		 27 -3 -1 -3.6%
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Peggy		 27 -11 -6 -18.2%
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Phillis		 27 new new new
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Una		 27 new new new
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Monica		 28 new new new
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Nellie		 28 -20 -14 -33.3%
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Noeline		 28 -16 -9 -24.3%
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Olga		 28 -33 -24 -46.2%
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Eleanor		 29 +2 -1 -3.3%
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Lillian		 29 -4 -4 -12.1%
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Lois		 29 -9 -6 -17.1%
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Ella		 30 +6 +1 +3.4%
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Esther		 30 new new new
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Shirley		 30 new new new
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Aileen		 31 new new new
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Freda		 31 -23 -19 -38.0%
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Pearl		 31 new new new
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Amy		 32 +9 +1 +3.2%
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Nora		 32 +12 +4 +14.3%
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Ida		 33 +3 -1 -2.9%
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Janet		 33 +1 -2 -5.7%
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Ada		 34 -3 -8 -19.0%
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Enid		 34 -7 -11 -24.4%
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Gertrude		 34 new new new
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Rose		 34 new new new
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Josephine		 35 +19 +7 +25.0%
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Isabel		 36 -8 -10 -21.7%
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Mona		 36 +2 -3 -7.7%
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Isabella		 37 +1 -6 -14.0%
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Lucy		 37 +13 +3 +8.8%
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Myra		 37 +1 -6 -14.0%
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May		 38 -16 -20 -34.5%
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Constance		 39 -3 -8 -17.0%
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Eva		 39 +8 0 0.0%
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Ngaire		 42 +28 +14 +50.0%
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Beryl		 43 -11 -12 -21.8%
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Beatrice		 44 -2 -4 -8.3%
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Sylvia		 45 +2 -1 -2.2%
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Lilian		 46 +3 0 0.0%
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Dulcie		 49 +2 +1 +2.1%
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Hilda		 49 -6 -6 -10.9%
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Marie		 52 -9 -13 -20.0%
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Marion		 52 +13 +7 +15.6%
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Rona		 52 -7 -10 -16.1%
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Ruby		 52 -5 -8 -13.3%
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Eunice		 53 +24 +17 +47.2%
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Marjory		 56 +26 +20 +55.6%
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Rita		 56 -9 -16 -22.2%
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Mabel		 58 -6 -11 -15.9%
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Alma		 60 +3 +5 +9.1%
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Iris		 63 -17 -30 -32.3%
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Myrtle		 63 -4 -7 -10.0%
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Lorna		 65 +2 +3 +4.8%
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Nola		 65 +10 +12 +22.6%
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Barbara		 66 +12 +13 +24.5%
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Ruth		 66 -2 -8 -10.8%
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Vera		 67 -15 -32 -32.3%
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Daphne		 69 +9 +10 +16.9%
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Grace		 70 -9 -21 -23.1%
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Gwendoline		 72 +1 -3 -4.0%
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Ivy		 74 +1 -5 -6.3%
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Muriel		 75 -4 -14 -15.7%
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Ellen		 79 0 -5 -6.0%
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Evelyn		 81 +3 -1 -1.2%
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Helen		 81 -6 -17 -17.3%
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Norma		 85 +13 +22 +34.9%
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Catherine		 89 +1 -1 -1.1%
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Irene		 89 +3 +4 +4.7%
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Agnes		 90 +5 +5 +5.9%
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Audrey		 90 +9 +9 +11.1%
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June		 92 +27 +39 +73.6%
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Frances		 93 -3 -9 -8.8%
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Ethel		 94 -6 -18 -16.1%
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Hazel		 95 -1 -7 -6.9%
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Violet		 97 +5 +1 +1.0%
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Annie		 98 -10 -38 -27.9%
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Jessie		 101 +1 -4 -3.8%
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Doreen		 103 +6 +2 +2.0%
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Thelma		 103 +2 -5 -4.6%
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Edith		 104 -3 -19 -15.4%
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Winifred		 105 -2 -18 -14.6%
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Florence		 106 -9 -42 -28.4%
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Elsie		 107 +3 -13 -10.8%
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Marjorie		 111 -7 -37 -25.0%
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Olive		 122 -2 -15 -10.9%
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Alice		 126 +3 +3 +2.4%
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Elizabeth		 127 -5 -29 -18.6%
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Edna		 131 -5 -37 -22.0%
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Gladys		 134 0 -9 -6.3%
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Nancy		 137 +7 +8 +6.2%
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Patricia		 137 +12 +25 +22.3%
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Doris		 145 -2 -30 -17.1%
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Mavis		 155 +5 +14 +9.9%
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Eileen		 166 -1 -18 -9.8%
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Betty		 181 +9 +45 +33.1%
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Kathleen		 206 -1 -24 -10.4%
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Phyllis		 210 +1 +12 +6.1%
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Jean		 270 -2 +4 +1.5%
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Joan		 280 +1 +31 +12.4%
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Joyce		 299 0 +33 +12.4%
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Dorothy		 311 0 -24 -7.2%
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Mary		 389 0 -33 -7.8%
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Margaret		 446 0 -12 -2.6%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand