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		 955 0 +26 +2.8%
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William		 725 0 -4 -0.5%
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James		 522 0 +29 +5.9%
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Robert		 444 0 -9 -2.0%
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George		 345 0 +22 +6.8%
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Ronald		 308 +1 +41 +15.4%
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Raymond		 293 +1 +42 +16.7%
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Thomas		 292 -2 +13 +4.7%
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Gordon		 242 +9 +57 +30.8%
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Arthur		 238 -1 +1 +0.4%
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Donald		 225 -1 +4 +1.8%
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Colin		 220 +9 +47 +27.2%
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David		 218 0 +22 +11.2%
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Kenneth		 216 -3 +13 +6.4%
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Douglas		 213 -3 +11 +5.4%
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Charles		 208 -2 +13 +6.7%
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Peter		 201 -2 +7 +3.6%
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Ian		 191 -1 +3 +1.6%
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Edward		 189 -4 -5 -2.6%
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Leslie		 188 -2 +3 +1.6%
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Eric		 169 -1 -12 -6.6%
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Richard		 161 +1 -10 -5.8%
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Noel		 157 +8 +20 +14.6%
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Allan		 156 0 -7 -4.3%
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Desmond		 154 +4 +9 +6.2%
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Alan		 153 +4 +9 +6.3%
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Norman		 150 -2 -7 -4.5%
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Francis		 146 -1 -3 -2.0%
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Frederick		 143 +6 +20 +16.3%
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Harold		 141 +7 +19 +15.6%
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Keith		 135 -10 -38 -22.0%
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Albert		 133 -4 -15 -10.1%
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Walter		 132 -1 0 0.0%
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Brian		 127 +1 +4 +3.3%
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Jack		 127 -8 -24 -15.9%
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Leonard		 126 -3 0 0.0%
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Maurice		 126 +3 +8 +6.8%
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Stanley		 126 +2 +5 +4.1%
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Alexander		 125 -5 0 0.0%
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Henry		 124 +4 +14 +12.7%
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Bruce		 119 -2 +1 +0.8%
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Alfred		 118 +1 +7 +6.3%
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Trevor		 118 -1 +2 +1.7%
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Roy		 104 +6 +28 +36.8%
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Patrick		 98 +2 -1 -1.0%
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Joseph		 96 +2 +3 +3.2%
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Ivan		 94 -1 -10 -9.6%
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Mervyn		 91 +6 +21 +30.0%
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Herbert		 84 +3 +9 +12.0%
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Ernest		 83 -5 -22 -21.0%
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Frank		 82 -9 -33 -28.7%
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Graham		 82 +13 +31 +60.8%
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Bernard		 80 -3 +4 +5.3%
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Cyril		 76 +4 +19 +33.3%
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Owen		 75 -3 0 0.0%
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Andrew		 69 +5 +16 +30.2%
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Reginald		 69 -7 -8 -10.4%
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Lawrence		 61 +4 +9 +17.3%
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Rex		 61 0 +4 +7.0%
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Murray		 60 +16 +18 +42.9%
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Clifford		 58 -6 -10 -14.7%
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Geoffrey		 57 +16 +17 +42.5%
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Harry		 57 -6 -8 -12.3%
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Philip		 57 +4 +7 +14.0%
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Russell		 55 +18 +20 +57.1%
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Edwin		 50 +6 +5 +11.1%
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Victor		 49 -7 -7 -12.5%
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Hugh		 48 -11 -14 -22.6%
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Neil		 48 +6 +5 +11.6%
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Anthony		 47 new new new
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Basil		 46 +13 +12 +35.3%
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Cecil		 45 +2 +2 +4.7%
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Malcolm		 45 -5 -3 -6.3%
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Laurence		 43 -7 -5 -10.4%
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Michael		 42 +11 +9 +27.3%
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Gerald		 41 +12 +9 +28.1%
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Terence		 41 +4 +4 +10.8%
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Leo		 40 -14 -11 -21.6%
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Samuel		 40 +12 +10 +33.3%
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Kevin		 39 -9 -8 -17.0%
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Ralph		 39 -18 -13 -25.0%
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Sydney		 39 -13 -9 -18.8%
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Neville		 38 -16 -10 -20.8%
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Allen		 36 -4 -1 -2.7%
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Wilfred		 35 +7 +6 +20.7%
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Howard		 33 +4 +3 +10.0%
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Derek		 32 new new new
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Ross		 32 -8 -6 -15.8%
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Stuart		 31 0 0 0.0%
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Wallace		 30 +2 +1 +3.4%
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Athol		 29 -14 -12 -29.3%
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Lindsay		 28 0 -1 -3.4%
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Sidney		 28 +8 +2 +7.7%
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Lewis		 27 +3 0 0.0%
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Lionel		 27 -14 -10 -27.0%
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Maxwell		 27 -21 -17 -38.6%
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Paul		 27 +1 -1 -3.6%
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Selwyn		 27 new new new
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Lloyd		 26 new new new
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Bryan		 25 -5 -3 -10.7%
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Clarence		 25 -16 -9 -26.5%
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Wiremu		 25 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 568 0 +32 +6.0%
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Mary		 435 0 +25 +6.1%
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Joan		 399 0 +27 +7.3%
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Betty		 343 +3 +51 +17.5%
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Patricia		 311 +1 +16 +5.4%
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Joyce		 308 -1 -21 -6.4%
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Dorothy		 306 -3 -42 -12.1%
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Shirley		 295 +1 +43 +17.1%
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Jean		 245 -1 -24 -8.9%
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Kathleen		 224 0 +3 +1.4%
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June		 218 0 -2 -0.9%
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Eileen		 187 +3 +26 +16.1%
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Audrey		 165 -1 -45 -21.4%
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Phyllis		 157 -1 -46 -22.7%
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Elizabeth		 151 -1 -22 -12.7%
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Nancy		 140 +1 +4 +2.9%
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Doreen		 139 -1 -11 -7.3%
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Marjorie		 127 +2 +3 +2.4%
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Mavis		 122 +4 +8 +7.0%
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Daphne		 121 +6 +15 +14.2%
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Marie		 111 +6 +6 +5.7%
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Ngaire		 111 +16 +20 +22.0%
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Edna		 110 -5 -19 -14.7%
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Norma		 110 -4 -16 -12.7%
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Thelma		 107 -3 -8 -7.0%
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Barbara		 105 +9 +11 +11.7%
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Nola		 105 +3 +8 +8.2%
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Helen		 104 -7 -14 -11.9%
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Olive		 103 +2 +7 +7.3%
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Elsie		 96 +1 0 0.0%
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Lorna		 95 +6 +4 +4.4%
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Valerie		 94 +9 +13 +16.0%
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Irene		 92 -8 -18 -16.4%
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Doris		 91 -11 -23 -20.2%
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Gladys		 89 -6 -8 -8.2%
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Alice		 88 +4 +4 +4.8%
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Beryl		 87 +2 +2 +2.4%
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Noeline		 85 +10 +13 +18.1%
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Annie		 80 -8 -16 -16.7%
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Florence		 80 -11 -20 -20.0%
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Lois		 80 +23 +24 +42.9%
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Evelyn		 79 -1 -2 -2.5%
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Hazel		 78 -9 -17 -17.9%
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Winifred		 76 +4 +4 +5.6%
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Frances		 75 -9 -17 -18.5%
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Edith		 72 -1 -2 -2.7%
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Iris		 72 +10 +11 +18.0%
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Ruth		 67 -5 -12 -15.2%
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Jessie		 66 +6 +4 +6.5%
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Muriel		 65 -3 -8 -11.0%
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Agnes		 64 -1 -1 -1.5%
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Ellen		 64 +9 +7 +12.3%
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Maureen		 64 +6 +4 +6.7%
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Catherine		 63 -9 -11 -14.9%
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Pauline		 62 +13 +13 +26.5%
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Sylvia		 62 +2 +2 +3.3%
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Ethel		 60 +3 +3 +5.3%
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Peggy		 60 0 0 0.0%
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Violet		 59 -15 -18 -23.4%
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Grace		 58 +9 +11 +23.4%
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Gwendoline		 58 -9 -6 -9.4%
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Joy		 58 +6 +7 +13.7%
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Vera		 57 +12 +13 +29.5%
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Myrtle		 56 +1 +3 +5.7%
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Alma		 54 -1 0 0.0%
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Marion		 54 -12 -9 -14.3%
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Hilda		 53 +14 +13 +32.5%
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Rita		 53 -14 -10 -15.9%
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Gloria		 52 +21 +17 +48.6%
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Heather		 48 +23 +15 +45.5%
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Josephine		 45 -2 -2 -4.3%
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Ivy		 42 -9 -13 -23.6%
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Enid		 41 -4 -6 -12.8%
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Myra		 41 +20 +8 +24.2%
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Constance		 39 +4 -2 -4.9%
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Dawn		 39 +16 +5 +14.7%
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Aileen		 38 new new new
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Eunice		 38 -4 -7 -15.6%
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May		 38 +23 +8 +26.7%
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Merle		 38 +1 -4 -9.5%
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Dulcie		 37 -30 -27 -42.2%
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Melva		 37 +4 0 0.0%
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Rona		 37 -14 -13 -26.0%
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Elaine		 36 +3 0 0.0%
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Mabel		 36 +16 +6 +20.0%
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Pamela		 36 +7 +2 +5.9%
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Fay		 35 new new new
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Colleen		 34 -19 -13 -27.7%
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Elva		 34 -9 -7 -17.1%
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Eva		 34 -4 -4 -10.5%
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Yvonne		 34 -7 -6 -15.0%
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Alison		 33 +1 0 0.0%
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Pearl		 32 new new new
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Janet		 31 +3 -1 -3.1%
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Ruby		 31 -9 -6 -16.2%
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Sheila		 31 -7 -5 -13.9%
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Ailsa		 30 0 -2 -6.3%
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Avis		 30 new new new
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Beatrice		 30 -24 -15 -33.3%
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Isobel		 30 new new new
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Olga		 30 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand