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		 869 0 -12 -1.4%
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William		 618 0 +27 +4.6%
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Robert		 430 +1 -43 -9.1%
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James		 428 -1 -52 -10.8%
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Ronald		 389 0 +35 +9.9%
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Peter		 346 0 +49 +16.5%
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David		 318 0 +33 +11.6%
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Donald		 312 +1 +31 +11.0%
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Brian		 307 -1 +25 +8.9%
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Raymond		 305 0 +30 +10.9%
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Ian		 300 0 +29 +10.7%
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George		 210 +1 -26 -11.0%
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Colin		 208 +2 -1 -0.5%
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Thomas		 208 -1 -54 -20.6%
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Keith		 175 +2 +4 +2.3%
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Kenneth		 173 -2 -47 -21.4%
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Arthur		 167 +9 +21 +14.4%
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Douglas		 163 +3 +1 +0.6%
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Gordon		 157 -3 -16 -9.2%
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Maurice		 157 +4 -3 -1.9%
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Leslie		 155 -3 -15 -8.8%
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Bruce		 152 -3 -13 -7.9%
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Edward		 152 -2 -11 -6.7%
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Allan		 148 +1 -6 -3.9%
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Graham		 148 +8 +24 +19.4%
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Alan		 147 -4 -14 -8.7%
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Richard		 146 +2 +10 +7.4%
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Trevor		 145 0 +1 +0.7%
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Desmond		 140 +1 +8 +6.1%
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Charles		 136 -6 -22 -13.9%
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Eric		 131 +2 +9 +7.4%
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Noel		 125 -6 -21 -14.4%
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Norman		 122 -2 -3 -2.4%
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Ivan		 113 +8 +28 +32.9%
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Barry		 105 +11 +23 +28.0%
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Albert		 99 +2 +2 +2.1%
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Francis		 97 -3 -18 -15.7%
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Leonard		 97 +3 +8 +9.0%
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Walter		 94 -4 -10 -9.6%
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Patrick		 92 +7 +11 +13.6%
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Stanley		 92 -3 -11 -10.7%
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Alfred		 87 +1 +3 +3.6%
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Roy		 87 +9 +12 +16.0%
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Frederick		 86 -3 -1 -1.1%
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Alexander		 84 -1 +1 +1.2%
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Jack		 84 -10 -20 -19.2%
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Mervyn		 84 +8 +11 +15.1%
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Owen		 83 +8 +15 +22.1%
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Murray		 80 -10 -11 -12.1%
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Joseph		 77 0 +1 +1.3%
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Russell		 77 +12 +17 +28.3%
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Henry		 76 -1 +1 +1.3%
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Harold		 72 -9 -11 -13.3%
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Bernard		 71 -5 -6 -7.8%
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Michael		 70 -1 -2 -2.8%
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Rex		 70 +5 +7 +11.1%
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Graeme		 69 +3 +6 +9.5%
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Bryan		 66 +14 +22 +50.0%
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Frank		 61 0 -3 -4.7%
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Reginald		 61 -1 -4 -6.2%
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Kevin		 60 -6 -9 -13.0%
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Lawrence		 60 -4 -6 -9.1%
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Malcolm		 60 +2 +1 +1.7%
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Geoffrey		 59 +2 +4 +7.3%
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Neil		 59 -1 0 0.0%
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Ernest		 58 -18 -20 -25.6%
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Anthony		 55 -2 -1 -1.8%
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Terence		 53 +2 +8 +17.8%
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Herbert		 50 -2 -4 -7.4%
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Philip		 49 +9 +11 +28.9%
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Hugh		 48 -2 -1 -2.0%
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Neville		 48 +3 +5 +11.6%
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Paul		 48 +1 +4 +9.1%
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Roger		 46 +18 +15 +48.4%
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Andrew		 45 +6 +9 +25.0%
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Ross		 43 -8 -8 -15.7%
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Robin		 42 +12 +10 +31.3%
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Cyril		 41 -1 +2 +5.1%
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Laurence		 41 +3 +5 +13.9%
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Harry		 39 +5 +5 +14.7%
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Ralph		 39 new new new
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Clifford		 38 -12 -7 -15.6%
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Victor		 36 -8 -6 -14.3%
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Stuart		 35 new new new
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Allen		 34 -10 -8 -19.0%
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Edwin		 34 -4 -2 -5.6%
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Gerald		 34 -8 -5 -12.8%
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Cecil		 31 new new new
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Leo		 31 -3 -3 -8.8%
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Clive		 30 +7 +5 +20.0%
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Derek		 30 -11 -8 -21.1%
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Lindsay		 28 new new new
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Athol		 27 new new new
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Selwyn		 27 -8 -7 -20.6%
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Denis		 26 -2 0 0.0%
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Dennis		 26 -11 -9 -25.7%
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Lionel		 26 new new new
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Clarence		 24 new new new
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Maxwell		 23 -14 -11 -32.4%
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Basil		 22 -11 -10 -31.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 815 0 +151 +22.7%
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Patricia		 375 +1 -7 -1.8%
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Shirley		 338 -1 -53 -13.6%
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Mary		 311 0 -37 -10.6%
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Joan		 278 +1 +8 +3.0%
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Betty		 263 -1 -29 -9.9%
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Dorothy		 233 0 -23 -9.0%
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Elizabeth		 222 +1 +2 +0.9%
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June		 207 -1 -17 -7.6%
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Valerie		 197 +1 +4 +2.1%
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Barbara		 192 +2 +11 +6.1%
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Doreen		 178 +3 +13 +7.9%
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Jean		 176 -1 -14 -7.4%
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Audrey		 173 +3 +27 +18.5%
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Joyce		 170 -5 -37 -17.9%
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Marie		 162 -2 -4 -2.4%
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Kathleen		 161 -1 +1 +0.6%
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Maureen		 149 +5 +34 +29.6%
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Helen		 137 +2 +15 +12.3%
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Ngaire		 132 -2 -13 -9.0%
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Beverley		 129 +2 +14 +12.2%
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Nancy		 126 -3 -1 -0.8%
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Eileen		 116 -3 -9 -7.2%
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Pamela		 114 +10 +26 +29.5%
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Noeline		 108 +1 -3 -2.7%
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Colleen		 107 +2 +1 +0.9%
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Daphne		 103 -5 -15 -12.7%
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Norma		 102 -5 -13 -11.3%
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Dawn		 96 +1 -4 -4.0%
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Phyllis		 93 -3 -16 -14.7%
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Lois		 92 +2 0 0.0%
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Pauline		 88 0 -5 -5.4%
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Marjorie		 79 -4 -22 -21.8%
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Fay		 75 +4 +1 +1.4%
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Mavis		 75 -4 -25 -25.0%
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Nola		 75 +5 +2 +2.7%
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Judith		 73 +33 +27 +58.7%
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Elaine		 72 +10 +8 +12.5%
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Frances		 72 +3 +3 +4.3%
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Irene		 72 -3 -10 -12.2%
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Ruth		 72 -2 -3 -4.0%
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Catherine		 69 -1 0 0.0%
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Joy		 69 -1 0 0.0%
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Lorna		 69 -6 -6 -8.0%
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Marion		 66 +7 +4 +6.5%
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Janet		 65 +12 +13 +25.0%
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Thelma		 65 -7 -8 -11.0%
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Edna		 64 -7 -5 -7.2%
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Yvonne		 64 +18 +16 +33.3%
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Doris		 63 -2 -1 -1.6%
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Evelyn		 63 +8 +11 +21.2%
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Heather		 60 -7 -7 -10.4%
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Alice		 57 +3 +3 +5.6%
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Florence		 56 -1 -5 -8.2%
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Josephine		 56 +20 +14 +33.3%
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Jocelyn		 55 -8 -9 -14.1%
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Alison		 54 +4 +3 +5.9%
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Gladys		 54 -6 -9 -14.3%
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Beryl		 53 -5 -4 -7.0%
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Sylvia		 52 -6 -5 -8.8%
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Anne		 50 +17 +11 +28.2%
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Elsie		 49 -5 -4 -7.5%
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Hazel		 48 -18 -19 -28.4%
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Agnes		 47 +23 +14 +42.4%
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Olive		 47 -17 -18 -27.7%
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Rita		 46 -3 -4 -8.0%
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Lorraine		 45 +11 +6 +15.4%
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Annie		 41 -7 -10 -19.6%
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Iris		 41 -5 -9 -18.0%
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Ellen		 40 -2 -7 -14.9%
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Gwendoline		 39 +6 -1 -2.5%
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Alma		 38 +11 +2 +5.6%
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Muriel		 38 -9 -12 -24.0%
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Beatrice		 37 +19 +6 +19.4%
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Bernice		 36 +12 +3 +9.1%
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Diana		 36 +21 +8 +28.6%
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Eleanor		 36 new new new
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Gloria		 36 +3 -3 -7.7%
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Dulcie		 35 -13 -13 -27.1%
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Jessie		 35 -11 -12 -25.5%
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Lesley		 35 new new new
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Valda		 35 new new new
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Rona		 34 -7 -7 -17.1%
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Vera		 34 0 -2 -5.6%
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Ailsa		 33 +1 -2 -5.7%
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Edith		 33 -27 -19 -36.5%
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Ethel		 32 0 -1 -3.0%
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Ivy		 32 -15 -11 -25.6%
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Rae		 32 +11 +5 +18.5%
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Rosemary		 32 +9 +4 +14.3%
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Violet		 32 -16 -12 -27.3%
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Jacqueline		 31 new new new
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Peggy		 31 -11 -7 -18.4%
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Winifred		 31 -20 -12 -27.9%
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Eunice		 30 -8 -3 -9.1%
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Ann		 29 new new new
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Grace		 29 -13 -7 -19.4%
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Isabel		 29 new new new
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Aileen		 28 -25 -14 -33.3%
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Molly		 28 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand