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		 914 0 -41 -4.3%
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William		 692 0 -33 -4.6%
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James		 479 0 -43 -8.2%
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Robert		 467 0 +23 +5.2%
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Ronald		 354 +1 +46 +14.9%
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George		 314 -1 -31 -9.0%
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Raymond		 304 0 +11 +3.8%
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Thomas		 263 0 -29 -9.9%
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David		 260 +4 +42 +19.3%
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Gordon		 254 -1 +12 +5.0%
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Donald		 244 0 +19 +8.4%
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Ian		 225 +6 +34 +17.8%
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Colin		 221 -1 +1 +0.5%
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Peter		 216 +3 +15 +7.5%
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Kenneth		 209 -1 -7 -3.2%
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Arthur		 208 -6 -30 -12.6%
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Leslie		 199 +3 +11 +5.9%
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Douglas		 191 -3 -22 -10.3%
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Alan		 190 +7 +37 +24.2%
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Charles		 187 -4 -21 -10.1%
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Eric		 184 0 +15 +8.9%
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Edward		 175 -3 -14 -7.4%
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Keith		 172 +8 +37 +27.4%
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Desmond		 164 +1 +10 +6.5%
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Jack		 158 +9 +31 +24.4%
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Richard		 155 -4 -6 -3.7%
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Allan		 154 -3 -2 -1.3%
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Trevor		 151 +14 +33 +28.0%
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Brian		 150 +5 +23 +18.1%
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Francis		 150 -1 +4 +2.7%
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Norman		 148 -4 -2 -1.3%
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Maurice		 144 +4 +18 +14.3%
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Noel		 139 -10 -18 -11.5%
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Albert		 123 -2 -10 -7.5%
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Ivan		 122 +12 +28 +29.8%
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Harold		 117 -6 -24 -17.0%
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Stanley		 115 -1 -11 -8.7%
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Henry		 114 +2 -10 -8.1%
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Bruce		 108 +2 -11 -9.2%
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Ernest		 107 +10 +24 +28.9%
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Patrick		 104 +4 +6 +6.1%
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Mervyn		 103 +6 +12 +13.2%
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Alfred		 102 -1 -16 -13.6%
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Leonard		 102 -7 -24 -19.0%
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Frederick		 98 -16 -45 -31.5%
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Frank		 93 +5 +11 +13.4%
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Joseph		 93 0 -3 -3.1%
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Roy		 92 -4 -12 -11.5%
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Walter		 86 -16 -46 -34.8%
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Alexander		 84 -11 -41 -32.8%
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Bernard		 81 +2 +1 +1.3%
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Owen		 80 +3 +5 +6.7%
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Reginald		 80 +4 +11 +15.9%
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Graham		 78 -3 -4 -4.9%
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Kevin		 67 +25 +28 +71.8%
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Rex		 63 +2 +2 +3.3%
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Geoffrey		 61 +5 +4 +7.0%
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Malcolm		 60 +14 +15 +33.3%
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Lawrence		 59 -1 -2 -3.3%
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Herbert		 58 -11 -26 -31.0%
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Andrew		 57 -5 -12 -17.4%
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Russell		 56 +3 +1 +1.8%
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Clifford		 55 -2 -3 -5.2%
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Harry		 55 -1 -2 -3.5%
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Cyril		 52 -11 -24 -31.6%
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Hugh		 50 +2 +2 +4.2%
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Neil		 50 +2 +2 +4.2%
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Victor		 49 -1 0 0.0%
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Allen		 48 +15 +12 +33.3%
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Anthony		 45 0 -2 -4.3%
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Murray		 45 -10 -15 -25.0%
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Ross		 45 +17 +13 +40.6%
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Sydney		 44 +7 +5 +12.8%
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Clarence		 43 +26 +18 +72.0%
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Laurence		 43 0 0 0.0%
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Leo		 43 +4 +3 +7.5%
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Terence		 43 +2 +2 +4.9%
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Gerald		 41 -2 0 0.0%
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Edwin		 40 -13 -10 -20.0%
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Paul		 40 +15 +13 +48.1%
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Ralph		 40 +1 +1 +2.6%
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Basil		 38 -11 -8 -17.4%
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Michael		 38 -7 -4 -9.5%
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Philip		 38 -20 -19 -33.3%
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Cecil		 37 -13 -8 -17.8%
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Barry		 35 new new new
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Maxwell		 35 +8 +8 +29.6%
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Lionel		 34 +6 +7 +25.9%
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Bryan		 32 +11 +7 +28.0%
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Vernon		 32 new new new
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Wilfred		 32 -4 -3 -8.6%
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Denis		 30 new new new
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Dennis		 30 new new new
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Neville		 29 -11 -9 -23.7%
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Selwyn		 29 0 +2 +7.4%
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Wallace		 29 -4 -1 -3.3%
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Athol		 28 -6 -1 -3.4%
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Graeme		 28 new new new
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Hector		 28 new new new
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Stewart		 28 new new new
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Stuart		 28 -8 -3 -9.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 533 0 -35 -6.2%
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Mary		 376 0 -59 -13.6%
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Shirley		 357 +5 +62 +21.0%
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Joan		 353 -1 -46 -11.5%
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Patricia		 323 0 +12 +3.9%
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Joyce		 313 0 +5 +1.6%
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Dorothy		 310 0 +4 +1.3%
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Betty		 268 -4 -75 -21.9%
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June		 263 +2 +45 +20.6%
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Jean		 215 -1 -30 -12.2%
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Kathleen		 183 -1 -41 -18.3%
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Elizabeth		 182 +3 +31 +20.5%
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Doreen		 174 +4 +35 +25.2%
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Audrey		 168 -1 +3 +1.8%
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Eileen		 157 -3 -30 -16.0%
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Phyllis		 150 -2 -7 -4.5%
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Marjorie		 145 +1 +18 +14.2%
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Mavis		 144 +1 +22 +18.0%
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Nancy		 143 -3 +3 +2.1%
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Norma		 133 +3 +23 +20.9%
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Marie		 127 0 +16 +14.4%
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Ngaire		 126 -1 +15 +13.5%
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Daphne		 123 -3 +2 +1.7%
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Helen		 117 +4 +13 +12.5%
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Nola		 116 +1 +11 +10.5%
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Barbara		 115 0 +10 +9.5%
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Lorna		 112 +4 +17 +17.9%
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Olive		 105 +1 +2 +1.9%
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Gladys		 104 +6 +15 +16.9%
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Thelma		 104 -4 -3 -2.8%
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Valerie		 103 +1 +9 +9.6%
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Irene		 101 +1 +9 +9.8%
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Noeline		 99 +5 +14 +16.5%
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Doris		 93 0 +2 +2.2%
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Edna		 88 -12 -22 -20.0%
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Alice		 83 0 -5 -5.7%
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Lois		 83 +3 +3 +3.8%
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Elsie		 81 -8 -15 -15.6%
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Catherine		 79 +15 +16 +25.4%
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Beryl		 78 -3 -9 -10.3%
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Frances		 78 +5 +3 +4.0%
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Iris		 78 +6 +6 +8.3%
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Joy		 78 +20 +20 +34.5%
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Ellen		 77 +7 +13 +20.3%
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Florence		 75 -6 -5 -6.3%
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Ruth		 74 +2 +7 +10.4%
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Hazel		 71 -4 -7 -9.0%
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Evelyn		 70 -6 -9 -11.4%
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Muriel		 70 +2 +5 +7.7%
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Dawn		 67 +25 +28 +71.8%
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Marion		 67 +15 +13 +24.1%
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Winifred		 67 -6 -9 -11.8%
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Jessie		 65 -4 -1 -1.5%
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Edith		 64 -8 -8 -11.1%
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Peggy		 63 +2 +3 +5.0%
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Annie		 62 -17 -18 -22.5%
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Grace		 61 +3 +3 +5.2%
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Maureen		 60 -7 -4 -6.3%
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Agnes		 58 -8 -6 -9.4%
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Rita		 57 +7 +4 +7.5%
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Pauline		 56 -6 -6 -9.7%
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Violet		 55 -3 -4 -6.8%
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Pamela		 54 +21 +18 +50.0%
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Rona		 54 +18 +17 +45.9%
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Yvonne		 54 +25 +20 +58.8%
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Vera		 53 -3 -4 -7.0%
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Dulcie		 52 +14 +15 +40.5%
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Elva		 51 +20 +17 +50.0%
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Josephine		 51 +3 +6 +13.3%
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Gwendoline		 50 -10 -8 -13.8%
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Sylvia		 50 -15 -12 -19.4%
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Fay		 49 +15 +14 +40.0%
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Alma		 48 -8 -6 -11.1%
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Enid		 48 0 +7 +17.1%
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Ivy		 48 -1 +6 +14.3%
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Colleen		 47 +12 +13 +38.2%
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Ethel		 47 -19 -13 -21.7%
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Heather		 46 -8 -2 -4.2%
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Eunice		 45 -2 +7 +18.4%
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Ailsa		 44 +17 +14 +46.7%
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Elaine		 43 +3 +7 +19.4%
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Alison		 42 +10 +9 +27.3%
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Constance		 42 -7 +3 +7.7%
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Gloria		 42 -13 -10 -19.2%
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Aileen		 38 -8 0 0.0%
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Myrtle		 38 -21 -18 -32.1%
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Hilda		 37 -20 -16 -30.2%
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Isabel		 37 new new new
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Mona		 36 new new new
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Myra		 36 -16 -5 -12.2%
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Janet		 34 +3 +3 +9.7%
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May		 33 -15 -5 -13.2%
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Melva		 33 -11 -4 -10.8%
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Olga		 33 +5 +3 +10.0%
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Beatrice		 32 +2 +2 +6.7%
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Lilian		 32 new new new
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Mabel		 32 -11 -4 -11.1%
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Monica		 32 new new new
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Beverley		 31 new new new
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Eva		 31 -11 -3 -8.8%
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Isobel		 31 -2 +1 +3.3%
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Ruby		 31 -5 0 0.0%
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Sheila		 31 -5 0 0.0%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand