Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 953 0 -26 -2.7%
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William		 764 0 +22 +3.0%
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James		 531 0 -13 -2.4%
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Robert		 476 0 -24 -4.8%
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George		 376 0 +18 +5.0%
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Raymond		 271 +2 +29 +12.0%
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Ronald		 271 +1 -24 -8.1%
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Thomas		 268 -2 -65 -19.5%
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Arthur		 265 +5 +49 +22.7%
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Kenneth		 225 0 -5 -2.2%
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Douglas		 217 0 -6 -2.7%
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Eric		 210 +7 +24 +12.9%
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Gordon		 210 0 -8 -3.7%
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Leslie		 204 -2 -14 -6.4%
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Charles		 199 -6 -37 -15.7%
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Donald		 197 -1 -16 -7.5%
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David		 195 0 +3 +1.6%
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Ian		 193 +5 +21 +12.2%
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Jack		 192 +8 +28 +17.1%
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Edward		 184 -4 -15 -7.5%
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Colin		 183 +8 +33 +22.0%
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Frederick		 176 -2 -5 -2.8%
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Norman		 173 -3 -8 -4.4%
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Allan		 168 +1 +3 +1.8%
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Leonard		 168 +13 +40 +31.3%
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Henry		 165 -1 0 0.0%
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Keith		 165 +5 +22 +15.4%
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Peter		 160 +12 +39 +32.2%
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Albert		 159 -5 -12 -7.0%
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Frank		 148 +9 +25 +20.3%
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Francis		 146 -14 -46 -24.0%
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Richard		 144 -4 -10 -6.5%
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Stanley		 139 -2 -4 -2.8%
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Walter		 139 +4 +11 +8.6%
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Alan		 136 -1 -3 -2.2%
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Harold		 133 -14 -40 -23.1%
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Maurice		 132 -8 -18 -12.0%
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Trevor		 121 +9 +30 +33.0%
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Joseph		 120 +4 +14 +13.2%
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Alexander		 119 -4 -16 -11.9%
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Ernest		 119 -7 -22 -15.6%
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Desmond		 114 +6 +27 +31.0%
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Alfred		 112 -8 -26 -18.8%
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Ivan		 108 +1 +8 +8.0%
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Noel		 108 -3 -11 -9.2%
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Patrick		 106 0 +9 +9.3%
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Bruce		 102 +1 +15 +17.2%
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Reginald		 101 +2 +17 +20.2%
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Roy		 101 -6 -7 -6.5%
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Mervyn		 90 +10 +29 +47.5%
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Brian		 89 +6 +23 +34.8%
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Herbert		 87 -8 -17 -16.3%
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Owen		 87 0 +8 +10.1%
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Cyril		 82 0 +14 +20.6%
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Bernard		 80 -2 +8 +11.1%
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Harry		 71 +1 +5 +7.6%
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Lawrence		 69 -6 -14 -16.9%
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Clifford		 68 -4 0 0.0%
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Philip		 60 +11 +14 +30.4%
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Geoffrey		 58 +4 +5 +9.4%
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Graham		 58 +16 +18 +45.0%
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Hugh		 55 -6 -12 -17.9%
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Andrew		 52 -4 -11 -17.5%
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Victor		 48 -4 -13 -21.3%
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Clarence		 47 -3 -11 -19.0%
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Ross		 47 new new new
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Kevin		 46 +24 +15 +48.4%
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Laurence		 46 +1 -3 -6.1%
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Malcolm		 45 +15 +11 +32.4%
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Sydney		 44 -6 -9 -17.0%
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Rex		 43 -5 -7 -14.0%
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Vernon		 43 +28 +16 +59.3%
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Edwin		 42 -2 -3 -6.7%
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Russell		 42 -10 -15 -26.3%
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Cecil		 40 -9 -10 -20.0%
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Neil		 40 +3 +1 +2.6%
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Lewis		 38 +22 +11 +40.7%
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Neville		 38 +7 +4 +11.8%
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Maxwell		 37 +17 +8 +27.6%
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Ralph		 37 +17 +8 +27.6%
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Basil		 36 +3 +2 +5.9%
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Leo		 36 +1 0 0.0%
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Allen		 35 -10 -7 -16.7%
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Athol		 35 +16 +8 +29.6%
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Michael		 35 -12 -10 -22.2%
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Wallace		 35 +8 +4 +12.9%
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Wilfred		 35 +1 +1 +2.9%
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Gilbert		 34 +11 +7 +25.9%
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Samuel		 34 -15 -8 -19.0%
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Lionel		 33 -6 -1 -2.9%
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Murray		 33 +9 +6 +22.2%
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Howard		 32 +7 +5 +18.5%
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Lloyd		 32 -11 -6 -15.8%
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Arnold		 30 -11 -5 -14.3%
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Anthony		 29 -4 -2 -6.5%
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Stuart		 28 -20 -12 -30.0%
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Derek		 27 new new new
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Paul		 27 new new new
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Selwyn		 27 -2 -3 -10.0%
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Sidney		 27 -22 -14 -34.1%
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Terence		 27 -6 -4 -12.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 566 0 -4 -0.7%
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Mary		 469 0 +15 +3.3%
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Joan		 401 0 -37 -8.4%
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Joyce		 391 0 -1 -0.3%
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Dorothy		 361 0 -20 -5.2%
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Jean		 323 0 +18 +5.9%
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Betty		 277 +1 +52 +23.1%
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Patricia		 247 +1 +37 +17.6%
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Kathleen		 236 -2 -12 -4.8%
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Phyllis		 200 0 +10 +5.3%
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Eileen		 196 0 +15 +8.3%
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June		 171 0 -9 -5.0%
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Edna		 160 +6 +12 +8.1%
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Nancy		 160 0 -7 -4.2%
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Audrey		 159 +7 +27 +20.5%
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Marjorie		 159 +1 0 0.0%
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Elizabeth		 152 -3 -12 -7.3%
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Mavis		 150 -3 -11 -6.8%
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Gladys		 148 -1 -3 -2.0%
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Doreen		 144 +6 +26 +22.0%
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Doris		 144 -3 -9 -5.9%
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Elsie		 136 +10 +27 +24.8%
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Thelma		 136 -3 -12 -8.1%
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Olive		 135 -3 -9 -6.3%
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Shirley		 127 +5 +16 +14.4%
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Norma		 124 +2 +10 +8.8%
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Florence		 120 0 +5 +4.3%
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Hazel		 111 -4 -12 -9.8%
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Marie		 106 +1 -5 -4.5%
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Annie		 102 -5 -18 -15.0%
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Alice		 98 -2 -15 -13.3%
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Evelyn		 97 +6 +4 +4.3%
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Helen		 97 +1 -11 -10.2%
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Iris		 97 +18 +24 +32.9%
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Daphne		 94 -1 -13 -12.1%
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Ethel		 91 0 -4 -4.2%
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Frances		 91 -1 -5 -5.2%
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Irene		 90 -15 -38 -29.7%
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Beryl		 89 +17 +23 +34.8%
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Muriel		 89 +3 +6 +7.2%
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Edith		 84 0 -1 -1.2%
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Nola		 83 +6 +6 +7.8%
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Violet		 81 +3 +2 +2.5%
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Winifred		 80 -7 -14 -14.9%
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Ellen		 79 -5 -12 -13.2%
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Ngaire		 79 +11 +13 +19.7%
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Vera		 78 -9 -15 -16.1%
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Agnes		 76 +12 +14 +22.6%
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Lorna		 76 -3 -4 -5.0%
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Ruth		 72 -8 -11 -13.3%
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Barbara		 71 0 +1 +1.4%
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Catherine		 71 -4 -7 -9.0%
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Jessie		 68 -9 -13 -16.0%
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Beatrice		 65 +12 +11 +20.4%
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Alma		 63 +14 +12 +23.5%
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Mabel		 63 +23 +18 +40.0%
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Sylvia		 63 +24 +21 +50.0%
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Rona		 61 +4 0 0.0%
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Grace		 60 -6 -8 -11.8%
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Ivy		 59 -11 -15 -20.3%
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Peggy		 59 +5 +4 +7.3%
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Marion		 58 -11 -12 -17.1%
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Ruby		 57 -3 -5 -8.1%
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Noeline		 56 +8 +9 +19.1%
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Gwendoline		 55 -1 -2 -3.5%
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Rita		 54 -13 -14 -20.6%
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Joy		 53 +5 +6 +12.8%
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Hilda		 52 -10 -13 -20.0%
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Isabel		 50 -3 -4 -7.4%
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Myrtle		 50 -11 -15 -23.1%
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Constance		 49 -18 -19 -27.9%
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Dulcie		 49 -1 0 0.0%
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Lois		 49 +1 +2 +4.3%
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Janet		 47 +7 +7 +17.5%
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Enid		 42 -3 -5 -10.6%
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Myra		 42 -9 -12 -22.2%
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Eva		 41 +8 +3 +7.9%
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Mona		 40 -7 -8 -16.7%
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Pearl		 40 +7 +2 +5.3%
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Lucy		 39 -8 -8 -17.0%
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Valerie		 39 +10 +3 +8.3%
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Eunice		 38 +5 +1 +2.7%
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Lilian		 38 -19 -20 -34.5%
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Olga		 38 +15 +8 +26.7%
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Pauline		 38 -1 -2 -5.0%
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Yvonne		 38 new new new
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Alison		 37 new new new
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Elaine		 35 new new new
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Josephine		 35 -1 -2 -5.4%
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May		 35 -5 -4 -10.3%
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Ailsa		 34 new new new
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Elva		 33 +1 +1 +3.1%
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Esther		 33 +7 +5 +17.9%
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Lillian		 33 0 0 0.0%
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Monica		 33 new new new
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Emily		 32 -9 -5 -13.5%
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Sheila		 32 new new new
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Una		 32 new new new
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Aileen		 31 new new new
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Freda		 31 -16 -8 -20.5%
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Gloria		 31 -2 +1 +3.3%
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Isabella		 31 new new new
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Nellie		 31 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand