Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Basil		 27 -12 0 0.0%
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Claude		 27 -24 -5 -15.6%
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Daniel		 27 -17 -1 -3.6%
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Louis		 27 -4 +3 +12.5%
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Fredrick		 28 new new new
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Roland		 28 new new new
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Lewis		 29 -16 -2 -6.5%
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Lloyd		 29 -38 -24 -45.3%
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Murray		 29 -12 +1 +3.6%
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Arnold		 30 +9 +7 +30.4%
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Athol		 30 +2 +5 +20.0%
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Edgar		 30 +9 +7 +30.4%
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Gerald		 30 new new new
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Howard		 30 -6 +2 +7.1%
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Neville		 30 +2 +5 +20.0%
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Selwyn		 31 new new new
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Terence		 31 -3 +3 +10.7%
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Wallace		 31 +2 +4 +14.8%
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Gilbert		 33 -4 +1 +3.1%
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Hector		 33 -5 0 0.0%
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Lionel		 33 new new new
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Maxwell		 33 +10 +7 +26.9%
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Neil		 33 new new new
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Stuart		 33 new new new
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Leo		 36 +6 +8 +28.6%
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Ralph		 36 -10 -5 -12.2%
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Sidney		 36 -6 -2 -5.3%
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Malcolm		 37 +7 +8 +27.6%
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Russell		 37 +16 +12 +48.0%
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Graham		 38 +17 +13 +52.0%
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Michael		 41 +7 +10 +32.3%
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Samuel		 41 -1 +3 +7.9%
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Rex		 44 +2 +7 +18.9%
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Philip		 45 -4 0 0.0%
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Wilfred		 46 0 +6 +15.0%
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Hugh		 48 -4 +2 +4.3%
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Andrew		 50 -6 +1 +2.0%
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Edwin		 50 +10 +18 +56.3%
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Geoffrey		 54 -3 +7 +14.9%
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Allen		 55 +5 +15 +37.5%
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Percy		 59 -1 +12 +25.5%
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Bernard		 60 +4 +14 +30.4%
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Cecil		 60 -7 -3 -4.8%
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Mervyn		 60 +7 +19 +46.3%
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Brian		 61 +22 +31 +103%
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Sydney		 63 -3 +6 +10.5%
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Cyril		 69 -11 -9 -11.5%
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Clarence		 71 +2 +19 +36.5%
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Lawrence		 72 -1 +10 +16.1%
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Harry		 74 -7 -2 -2.6%
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Ivan		 76 -3 +5 +7.0%
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Victor		 79 -3 +5 +6.8%
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Bruce		 80 +9 +30 +60.0%
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Owen		 80 +10 +31 +63.3%
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Clifford		 83 +6 +26 +45.6%
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Desmond		 97 +2 +26 +36.6%
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Trevor		 98 0 +22 +28.9%
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Peter		 105 +5 +34 +47.9%
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Roy		 105 -1 +19 +22.1%
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Reginald		 111 -3 +18 +19.4%
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Noel		 112 -5 +15 +15.5%
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Frank		 114 -7 -1 -0.9%
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Patrick		 115 0 +22 +23.7%
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Joseph		 121 +1 +27 +28.7%
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Keith		 121 +6 +38 +45.8%
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Herbert		 122 -2 +16 +15.1%
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Alan		 123 +6 +34 +38.2%
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Maurice		 125 +3 +30 +31.6%
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Alexander		 136 -4 +10 +7.9%
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Ernest		 139 0 +22 +18.8%
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Ian		 146 -1 +27 +22.7%
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Walter		 147 -7 +10 +7.3%
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Colin		 148 -3 +16 +12.1%
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Allan		 154 +3 +35 +29.4%
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Richard		 154 +1 +26 +20.3%
28.
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Leonard		 155 +1 +24 +18.3%
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Alfred		 165 0 +32 +24.1%
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Henry		 167 -2 +22 +15.2%
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Stanley		 168 +12 +64 +61.5%
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Donald		 170 +2 +34 +25.0%
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Norman		 176 -3 +21 +13.5%
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Harold		 186 +1 +38 +25.7%
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Jack		 188 -1 +33 +21.3%
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Albert		 197 +3 +44 +28.8%
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Frederick		 197 -1 +40 +25.5%
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Francis		 200 0 +43 +27.4%
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David		 205 -4 +31 +17.8%
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Gordon		 213 -3 +39 +22.4%
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Eric		 214 0 +47 +28.1%
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Kenneth		 216 +3 +58 +36.7%
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Leslie		 231 -2 +44 +23.5%
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Raymond		 246 0 +61 +33.0%
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Douglas		 269 -4 +11 +4.3%
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Edward		 270 +6 +108 +66.7%
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Charles		 279 0 +63 +29.2%
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Arthur		 288 0 +65 +29.1%
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Ronald		 297 +3 +87 +41.4%
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Thomas		 356 0 +59 +19.9%
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George		 385 0 +56 +17.0%
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Robert		 437 0 +61 +16.2%
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James		 591 0 +144 +32.2%
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William		 842 0 +144 +20.6%
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John		 1,003 0 +202 +25.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Ailsa		 31 new new new
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Noeline		 31 -3 +3 +10.7%
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Sheila		 31 new new new
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Isabella		 32 -24 -5 -13.5%
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Rose		 32 -18 -2 -5.9%
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Esther		 33 -4 +3 +10.0%
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Joy		 33 +6 +6 +22.2%
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Marjory		 33 -38 -23 -41.1%
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Alison		 34 new new new
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Ida		 35 -6 +2 +6.1%
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Lois		 35 +4 +6 +20.7%
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Nellie		 35 +7 +7 +25.0%
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Una		 35 +11 +8 +29.6%
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Christina		 37 new new new
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Josephine		 37 -7 +2 +5.7%
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Lillian		 37 +8 +8 +27.6%
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Lucy		 37 -12 0 0.0%
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Janet		 38 0 +5 +15.2%
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Pearl		 38 +4 +7 +22.6%
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Ada		 39 -2 +5 +14.7%
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Valerie		 39 new new new
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Molly		 41 new new new
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Isabel		 42 -3 +6 +16.7%
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Eunice		 43 -19 -10 -18.9%
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Lilian		 43 -12 -3 -6.5%
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May		 44 -4 +6 +15.8%
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Emily		 46 new new new
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Peggy		 47 +26 +20 +74.1%
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Eva		 50 -2 +11 +28.2%
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Mona		 50 +4 +14 +38.9%
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Freda		 52 +17 +21 +67.7%
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Mabel		 52 -15 -6 -10.3%
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Ruby		 53 -10 +1 +1.9%
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Beatrice		 54 0 +10 +22.7%
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Dulcie		 54 -4 +5 +10.2%
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Hilda		 55 -2 +6 +12.2%
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Olga		 55 +31 +27 +96.4%
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Enid		 57 +15 +23 +67.6%
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Barbara		 58 -15 -8 -12.1%
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Gwendoline		 59 -18 -13 -18.1%
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Constance		 63 +9 +24 +61.5%
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Alma		 66 -4 +6 +10.0%
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Grace		 66 -13 -4 -5.7%
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Rona		 66 +1 +14 +26.9%
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Rita		 67 -1 +11 +19.6%
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Shirley		 68 +34 +38 +127%
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Ngaire		 70 +14 +28 +66.7%
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Marion		 71 +6 +19 +36.5%
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Sylvia		 71 +13 +26 +57.8%
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Beryl		 72 +16 +29 +67.4%
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Vera		 73 -4 +6 +9.0%
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Nola		 74 0 +9 +13.8%
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Myrtle		 75 +3 +12 +19.0%
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Agnes		 80 -14 -10 -11.1%
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Ellen		 83 -6 +4 +5.1%
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Ivy		 85 -3 +11 +14.9%
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Lorna		 86 +5 +21 +32.3%
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Frances		 87 -12 -6 -6.5%
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Daphne		 88 +4 +19 +27.5%
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Muriel		 88 0 +13 +17.3%
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Ethel		 91 -10 -3 -3.2%
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Ruth		 92 +8 +26 +39.4%
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Evelyn		 94 +1 +13 +16.0%
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Iris		 94 +14 +31 +49.2%
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Marie		 99 +22 +47 +90.4%
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Norma		 102 +2 +17 +20.0%
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Jessie		 104 -8 +3 +3.0%
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Violet		 105 -5 +8 +8.2%
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Irene		 106 +3 +17 +19.1%
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Edith		 107 -8 +3 +2.9%
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Hazel		 110 -1 +15 +15.8%
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Audrey		 111 +4 +21 +23.3%
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Catherine		 114 +7 +25 +28.1%
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Helen		 120 +11 +39 +48.1%
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Winifred		 126 -4 +21 +20.0%
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Elsie		 128 -5 +21 +19.6%
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Alice		 132 -7 +6 +4.8%
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June		 134 +9 +42 +45.7%
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Doreen		 135 +2 +32 +31.1%
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Olive		 136 -3 +14 +11.5%
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Annie		 137 +7 +39 +39.8%
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Florence		 138 +2 +32 +30.2%
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Thelma		 139 +6 +36 +35.0%
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Marjorie		 146 +2 +35 +31.5%
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Gladys		 149 -2 +15 +11.2%
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Edna		 170 +1 +39 +29.8%
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Nancy		 170 -2 +33 +24.1%
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Doris		 178 0 +33 +22.8%
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Elizabeth		 178 +5 +51 +40.2%
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Mavis		 178 -1 +23 +14.8%
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Patricia		 211 +2 +74 +54.0%
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Eileen		 235 0 +69 +41.6%
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Phyllis		 243 -2 +33 +15.7%
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Kathleen		 244 0 +38 +18.4%
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Betty		 245 +2 +64 +35.4%
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Jean		 331 0 +61 +22.6%
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Joyce		 346 -1 +47 +15.7%
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Dorothy		 371 -1 +60 +19.3%
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Joan		 444 +2 +164 +58.6%
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Mary		 529 0 +140 +36.0%
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Margaret		 559 0 +113 +25.3%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand