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		 911 0 +7 +0.8%
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William		 616 0 -20 -3.1%
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James		 436 0 -22 -4.8%
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Robert		 434 0 +10 +2.4%
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Ronald		 355 0 +30 +9.2%
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Raymond		 315 +1 +20 +6.8%
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Peter		 302 -1 -10 -3.2%
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David		 274 +1 +13 +5.0%
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Donald		 262 +2 +9 +3.6%
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Brian		 261 +5 +54 +26.1%
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Ian		 256 +1 +8 +3.2%
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George		 255 -4 -37 -12.7%
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Colin		 214 +1 +6 +2.9%
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Keith		 211 +3 +12 +6.0%
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Thomas		 211 -4 -43 -16.9%
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Kenneth		 194 0 -6 -3.0%
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Douglas		 176 0 -23 -11.6%
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Gordon		 165 -5 -48 -22.5%
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Arthur		 162 0 -4 -2.4%
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Alan		 160 +7 +14 +9.6%
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Maurice		 157 +4 +10 +6.8%
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Richard		 154 0 -6 -3.8%
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Leslie		 153 -2 -8 -5.0%
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Eric		 148 -4 -17 -10.3%
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Trevor		 148 +1 +1 +0.7%
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Bruce		 146 +7 +16 +12.3%
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Allan		 144 +3 +6 +4.3%
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Charles		 144 0 -2 -1.4%
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Desmond		 144 -4 -14 -8.9%
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Edward		 135 -6 -17 -11.2%
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Francis		 125 +4 +8 +6.8%
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Noel		 124 -1 -13 -9.5%
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Graham		 121 +16 +36 +42.4%
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Stanley		 111 0 -9 -7.5%
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Norman		 110 -6 -34 -23.6%
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Walter		 105 +7 +7 +7.1%
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Albert		 104 0 -7 -6.3%
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Jack		 101 -2 -11 -9.8%
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Frederick		 100 +1 -5 -4.8%
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Ivan		 98 -8 -33 -25.2%
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Mervyn		 98 0 -7 -6.7%
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Alexander		 93 -3 -14 -13.1%
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Henry		 92 +7 +8 +9.5%
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Patrick		 85 -2 -18 -17.5%
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Alfred		 83 +8 +6 +7.8%
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Leonard		 80 -8 -28 -25.9%
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Roy		 80 +4 -4 -4.8%
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Harold		 74 -4 -22 -22.9%
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Joseph		 74 -3 -18 -19.6%
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Frank		 71 +5 -2 -2.7%
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Murray		 71 +2 -11 -13.4%
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Rex		 71 -3 -15 -17.4%
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Barry		 67 +13 +15 +28.8%
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Ernest		 66 -8 -22 -25.0%
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Russell		 66 +8 +7 +11.9%
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Malcolm		 64 +10 +12 +23.1%
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Reginald		 64 +2 0 0.0%
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Kevin		 62 -11 -24 -27.9%
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Owen		 62 -1 -4 -6.1%
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Lawrence		 59 -6 -15 -20.3%
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Michael		 58 +2 +2 +3.6%
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Bernard		 56 -6 -15 -21.1%
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Cyril		 55 -2 -6 -9.8%
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Neil		 54 -1 -2 -3.6%
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Clifford		 53 +8 +13 +32.5%
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Geoffrey		 53 -7 -11 -17.2%
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Graeme		 47 +8 +8 +20.5%
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Herbert		 47 -7 -16 -25.4%
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Ross		 47 +18 +12 +34.3%
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Anthony		 45 0 +3 +7.1%
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Andrew		 42 -8 -14 -25.0%
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Harry		 41 -4 -9 -18.0%
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Hugh		 41 +21 +11 +36.7%
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Leo		 41 +5 +3 +7.9%
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Sydney		 41 +9 +5 +13.9%
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Philip		 40 +11 +6 +17.6%
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Maxwell		 39 0 +1 +2.6%
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Ralph		 39 -8 -6 -13.3%
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Terence		 39 +12 +6 +18.2%
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Victor		 39 -5 -2 -4.9%
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Paul		 37 new new new
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Gerald		 36 -1 0 0.0%
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Neville		 36 +5 +2 +5.9%
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Allen		 35 -9 -4 -10.3%
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Dennis		 34 +13 +8 +30.8%
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Laurence		 33 -16 -9 -21.4%
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Lloyd		 33 new new new
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Wallace		 33 +10 +6 +22.2%
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Bryan		 32 -8 -4 -11.1%
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Edwin		 29 +1 -2 -6.5%
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Vernon		 29 new new new
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Arnold		 27 +4 0 0.0%
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Athol		 27 -2 -5 -15.6%
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Derek		 27 +1 -3 -10.0%
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Roger		 27 -7 -8 -22.9%
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Samuel		 27 +1 -3 -10.0%
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Selwyn		 27 new new new
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Lindsay		 26 new new new
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Robin		 26 0 0 0.0%
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Stuart		 26 -19 -11 -29.7%
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Wilfred		 26 0 0 0.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 521 0 +21 +4.2%
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Shirley		 406 0 +8 +2.0%
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Mary		 365 +2 +39 +12.0%
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Patricia		 351 0 -3 -0.8%
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Betty		 316 -2 -48 -13.2%
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Joan		 302 0 +40 +15.3%
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Dorothy		 263 0 +3 +1.2%
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June		 249 +2 +35 +16.4%
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Joyce		 226 -1 -20 -8.1%
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Elizabeth		 206 -1 -39 -15.9%
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Kathleen		 193 +3 +24 +14.2%
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Jean		 188 -1 -15 -7.4%
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Valerie		 185 0 -1 -0.5%
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Doreen		 175 +1 +13 +8.0%
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Barbara		 163 +2 +31 +23.5%
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Ngaire		 157 +2 +27 +20.8%
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Audrey		 149 -5 -40 -21.2%
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Marie		 147 -2 -5 -3.3%
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Eileen		 141 +3 +19 +15.6%
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Nola		 132 +13 +43 +48.3%
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Helen		 110 +4 +4 +3.8%
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Norma		 110 +2 -7 -6.0%
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Phyllis		 110 0 -14 -11.3%
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Maureen		 107 +9 +18 +20.2%
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Nancy		 103 -1 -13 -11.2%
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Colleen		 102 +5 +5 +5.2%
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Daphne		 97 -9 -33 -25.4%
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Mavis		 97 -7 -32 -24.8%
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Beverley		 96 +15 +24 +33.3%
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Marjorie		 94 0 -4 -4.1%
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Lorna		 93 -5 -8 -7.9%
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Noeline		 92 -3 -8 -8.0%
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Pamela		 91 +14 +21 +30.0%
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Thelma		 87 -8 -14 -13.9%
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Irene		 81 -9 -20 -19.8%
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Beryl		 79 +1 -6 -7.1%
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Dawn		 78 -5 -17 -17.9%
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Doris		 75 +12 +8 +11.9%
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Elsie		 74 +13 +8 +12.1%
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Joy		 74 -1 -8 -9.8%
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Gladys		 73 +5 +2 +2.8%
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Lois		 72 -1 -1 -1.4%
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Ruth		 72 -3 -9 -11.1%
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Edna		 70 -8 -16 -18.6%
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Florence		 70 +5 +2 +2.9%
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Alison		 68 +21 +19 +38.8%
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Frances		 67 -12 -21 -23.9%
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Yvonne		 67 -6 -6 -8.2%
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Fay		 66 +9 +8 +13.8%
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Pauline		 62 -6 -10 -13.9%
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Sylvia		 62 +11 +8 +14.8%
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Alice		 60 +10 +7 +13.2%
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Marion		 60 -11 -13 -17.8%
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Evelyn		 59 +1 -2 -3.3%
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Heather		 59 +22 +20 +51.3%
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Annie		 58 -6 -9 -13.4%
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Hazel		 57 -17 -20 -26.0%
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Edith		 55 +2 -1 -1.8%
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Ellen		 55 -4 -8 -12.7%
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Muriel		 55 +1 -2 -3.5%
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Iris		 53 +3 +2 +3.9%
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Josephine		 51 +12 +10 +24.4%
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Catherine		 50 -11 -16 -24.2%
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Ethel		 48 +27 +18 +60.0%
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Gwendoline		 48 +20 +16 +50.0%
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Peggy		 48 +4 0 0.0%
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Winifred		 48 0 -3 -5.9%
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Jessie		 46 +1 -1 -2.1%
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Jocelyn		 46 +23 +16 +53.3%
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Elaine		 45 -15 -16 -26.2%
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Olive		 45 -23 -25 -35.7%
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Rita		 44 +2 +3 +7.3%
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Valmai		 43 +10 +10 +30.3%
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Lorraine		 42 +11 +11 +35.5%
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Violet		 42 -17 -18 -30.0%
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Agnes		 41 -12 -10 -19.6%
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Eunice		 40 -4 -2 -4.8%
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Janet		 40 -15 -13 -24.5%
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Aileen		 39 +3 +5 +14.7%
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Rona		 39 +6 +8 +25.8%
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Alma		 38 +17 +10 +35.7%
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Ivy		 38 -11 -5 -11.6%
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Dulcie		 37 -13 -6 -14.0%
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Elva		 35 +7 +5 +16.7%
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Lesley		 35 new new new
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Merle		 35 +1 +4 +12.9%
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Ailsa		 33 -11 -6 -15.4%
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Judith		 33 -7 -2 -5.7%
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Myra		 33 new new new
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Beatrice		 32 -5 +1 +3.2%
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Grace		 32 +8 +4 +14.3%
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Isobel		 32 -10 -3 -8.6%
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Anne		 31 +3 +2 +6.9%
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Constance		 31 new new new
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Freda		 31 new new new
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Noelene		 30 new new new
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Vera		 30 -17 -7 -18.9%
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Ruby		 29 -7 -1 -3.3%
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Valma		 29 new new new
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Molly		 28 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand