Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Athol		 27 -10 -3 -10.0%
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Gilbert		 27 -19 -6 -18.2%
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Howard		 27 -10 -3 -10.0%
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Lewis		 27 -4 -2 -6.9%
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Murray		 27 -4 -2 -6.9%
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Vernon		 27 new new new
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Horace		 29 new new new
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Maxwell		 29 -16 -4 -12.1%
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Ralph		 29 -19 -7 -19.4%
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Selwyn		 30 -9 -1 -3.2%
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Anthony		 31 new new new
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Kevin		 31 new new new
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Terence		 31 -5 0 0.0%
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Wallace		 31 -5 0 0.0%
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Basil		 34 +16 +7 +25.9%
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Daniel		 34 +16 +7 +25.9%
84.
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Lionel		 34 -4 +1 +3.0%
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Malcolm		 34 -9 -3 -8.1%
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Neville		 34 +5 +4 +13.3%
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Percy		 34 -21 -25 -42.4%
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Wilfred		 34 -15 -12 -26.1%
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Arnold		 35 +6 +5 +16.7%
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Leo		 36 -5 0 0.0%
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Lloyd		 38 +14 +9 +31.0%
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Claude		 39 +22 +12 +44.4%
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Hector		 39 +2 +6 +18.2%
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Neil		 39 +2 +6 +18.2%
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Graham		 40 -2 +2 +5.3%
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Stuart		 40 +4 +7 +21.2%
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Sidney		 41 +2 +5 +13.9%
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Allen		 42 -9 -13 -23.6%
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Samuel		 42 -1 +1 +2.4%
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Edwin		 45 -5 -5 -10.0%
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Michael		 45 +1 +4 +9.8%
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Philip		 46 0 +1 +2.2%
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Gerald		 49 +21 +19 +63.3%
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Laurence		 49 new new new
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Cecil		 50 -6 -10 -16.7%
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Rex		 50 +5 +6 +13.6%
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Geoffrey		 53 +1 -1 -1.9%
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Sydney		 53 -6 -10 -15.9%
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Russell		 57 +12 +20 +54.1%
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Clarence		 58 -6 -13 -18.3%
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Mervyn		 61 0 +1 +1.7%
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Victor		 61 -8 -18 -22.8%
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Andrew		 63 +7 +13 +26.0%
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Brian		 66 +2 +5 +8.2%
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Harry		 66 -3 -8 -10.8%
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Hugh		 67 +12 +19 +39.6%
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Clifford		 68 -5 -15 -18.1%
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Cyril		 68 +3 -1 -1.4%
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Bernard		 72 +7 +12 +20.0%
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Owen		 79 -2 -1 -1.3%
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Lawrence		 83 +4 +11 +15.3%
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Reginald		 84 -6 -27 -24.3%
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Bruce		 87 +2 +7 +8.7%
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Desmond		 87 0 -10 -10.3%
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Trevor		 91 0 -7 -7.1%
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Patrick		 97 -5 -18 -15.7%
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Ivan		 100 +8 +24 +31.6%
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Herbert		 104 -6 -18 -14.8%
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Joseph		 106 -4 -15 -12.4%
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Roy		 108 +3 +3 +2.9%
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Noel		 119 +2 +7 +6.3%
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Peter		 121 +5 +16 +15.2%
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Frank		 123 +3 +9 +7.9%
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Leonard		 128 -9 -27 -17.4%
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Walter		 128 -5 -19 -12.9%
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Alexander		 135 -1 -1 -0.7%
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Alfred		 138 -8 -27 -16.4%
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Alan		 139 +3 +16 +13.0%
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Ernest		 141 +1 +2 +1.4%
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Keith		 143 +8 +22 +18.2%
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Stanley		 143 -6 -25 -14.9%
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Colin		 150 +2 +2 +1.4%
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Maurice		 150 +7 +25 +20.0%
28.
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Richard		 154 +1 0 0.0%
27.
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Jack		 164 -6 -24 -12.8%
25.
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Allan		 165 +4 +11 +7.1%
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Henry		 165 +1 -2 -1.2%
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Albert		 171 -5 -26 -13.2%
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Ian		 172 +10 +26 +17.8%
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Harold		 173 0 -13 -7.0%
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Frederick		 181 -1 -16 -8.1%
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Norman		 181 +3 +5 +2.8%
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Eric		 186 -4 -28 -13.1%
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David		 192 0 -13 -6.3%
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Francis		 192 +1 -8 -4.0%
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Edward		 199 -6 -71 -26.3%
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Donald		 213 +9 +43 +25.3%
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Arthur		 216 -6 -72 -25.0%
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Gordon		 218 +4 +5 +2.3%
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Leslie		 218 +1 -13 -5.6%
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Douglas		 223 0 -46 -17.1%
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Kenneth		 230 +4 +14 +6.5%
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Charles		 236 0 -43 -15.4%
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Raymond		 242 +4 -4 -1.6%
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Ronald		 295 0 -2 -0.7%
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Thomas		 333 0 -23 -6.5%
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George		 358 0 -27 -7.0%
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Robert		 500 0 +63 +14.4%
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James		 544 0 -47 -8.0%
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William		 742 0 -100 -11.9%
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John		 979 0 -24 -2.4%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Ella		 28 new new new
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Esther		 28 -5 -5 -15.2%
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Gloria		 30 new new new
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Olga		 30 -32 -25 -45.5%
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Ada		 31 -14 -8 -20.5%
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Rose		 31 +2 -1 -3.1%
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Christina		 32 -8 -5 -13.5%
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Elva		 32 new new new
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Lillian		 33 -7 -4 -10.8%
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Ida		 34 -2 -1 -2.9%
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Valerie		 36 -9 -3 -7.7%
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Emily		 37 -12 -9 -19.6%
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Eunice		 37 -10 -6 -14.0%
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Josephine		 37 -2 0 0.0%
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Eva		 38 -13 -12 -24.0%
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Pearl		 38 -2 0 0.0%
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Freda		 39 -13 -13 -25.0%
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May		 39 -7 -5 -11.4%
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Janet		 40 +2 +2 +5.3%
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Pauline		 40 new new new
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Molly		 41 0 0 0.0%
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Sylvia		 42 -26 -29 -40.8%
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Mabel		 45 -8 -7 -13.5%
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Enid		 47 -8 -10 -17.5%
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Joy		 47 +22 +14 +42.4%
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Lois		 47 +17 +12 +34.3%
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Lucy		 47 +13 +10 +27.0%
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Marjory		 47 +22 +14 +42.4%
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Noeline		 47 +27 +16 +51.6%
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Mona		 48 +1 -2 -4.0%
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Dulcie		 49 -3 -5 -9.3%
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Alma		 51 -11 -15 -22.7%
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Beatrice		 54 +1 0 0.0%
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Isabel		 54 +13 +12 +28.6%
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Myra		 54 new new new
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Peggy		 55 +9 +8 +17.0%
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Gwendoline		 57 -2 -2 -3.4%
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Lilian		 58 +14 +15 +34.9%
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Rona		 61 -4 -5 -7.6%
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Agnes		 62 -12 -18 -22.5%
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Ruby		 62 +9 +9 +17.0%
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Hilda		 65 +7 +10 +18.2%
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Myrtle		 65 -9 -10 -13.3%
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Beryl		 66 -4 -6 -8.3%
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Ngaire		 66 -1 -4 -5.7%
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Constance		 68 +8 +5 +7.9%
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Grace		 68 +5 +2 +3.0%
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Rita		 68 +4 +1 +1.5%
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Barbara		 70 +12 +12 +20.7%
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Marion		 70 +2 -1 -1.4%
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Iris		 73 -12 -21 -22.3%
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Ivy		 74 -3 -11 -12.9%
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Nola		 77 +2 +3 +4.1%
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Catherine		 78 -18 -36 -31.6%
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Violet		 79 -12 -26 -24.8%
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Lorna		 80 0 -6 -7.0%
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Jessie		 81 -9 -23 -22.1%
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Muriel		 83 0 -5 -5.7%
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Ruth		 83 -2 -9 -9.8%
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Edith		 85 -9 -22 -20.6%
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Ellen		 91 +7 +8 +9.6%
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Evelyn		 93 0 -1 -1.1%
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Vera		 93 +13 +20 +27.4%
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Winifred		 94 -10 -32 -25.4%
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Ethel		 95 +5 +4 +4.4%
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Frances		 96 +9 +9 +10.3%
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Daphne		 107 +8 +19 +21.6%
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Helen		 108 -5 -12 -10.0%
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Elsie		 109 -6 -19 -14.8%
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Marie		 111 +7 +12 +12.1%
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Shirley		 111 +26 +43 +63.2%
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Alice		 113 -4 -19 -14.4%
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Norma		 114 +8 +12 +11.8%
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Florence		 115 -7 -23 -16.7%
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Doreen		 118 -3 -17 -12.6%
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Annie		 120 -4 -17 -12.4%
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Hazel		 123 +7 +13 +11.8%
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Irene		 128 +10 +22 +20.8%
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Audrey		 132 +8 +21 +18.9%
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Olive		 144 +1 +8 +5.9%
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Edna		 148 -4 -22 -12.9%
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Thelma		 148 0 +9 +6.5%
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Gladys		 151 -1 +2 +1.3%
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Doris		 153 -5 -25 -14.0%
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Marjorie		 159 +2 +13 +8.9%
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Mavis		 161 -3 -17 -9.6%
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Elizabeth		 164 -2 -14 -7.9%
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Nancy		 167 +2 -3 -1.8%
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June		 180 +12 +46 +34.3%
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Eileen		 181 -1 -54 -23.0%
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Phyllis		 190 -1 -53 -21.8%
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Patricia		 210 +2 -1 -0.5%
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Betty		 225 -1 -20 -8.2%
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Kathleen		 248 +1 +4 +1.6%
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Jean		 305 0 -26 -7.9%
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Dorothy		 381 -1 +10 +2.7%
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Joyce		 392 +1 +46 +13.3%
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Joan		 438 0 -6 -1.4%
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Mary		 454 0 -75 -14.2%
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Margaret		 570 0 +11 +2.0%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand