Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Lindsay		 25 -14 -8 -24.2%
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Lionel		 25 -11 -2 -7.4%
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Selwyn		 25 -5 -1 -3.8%
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Derek		 26 +2 +1 +4.0%
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Harry		 26 -7 -1 -3.7%
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Lewis		 26 new new new
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Samuel		 26 +2 +1 +4.0%
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Clifford		 27 +9 +3 +12.5%
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Ralph		 27 -10 -8 -22.9%
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Rodney		 27 -3 0 0.0%
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Sydney		 27 -3 0 0.0%
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Allen		 28 new new new
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Basil		 29 0 +2 +7.4%
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Laurence		 29 0 +2 +7.4%
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Herbert		 30 +10 +5 +20.0%
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Stuart		 31 -5 -4 -11.4%
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Denis		 32 +10 +6 +23.1%
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Hugh		 32 -3 -3 -8.6%
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Barrie		 33 -4 -3 -8.3%
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Kelvin		 34 new new new
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Dennis		 36 -11 -16 -30.8%
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Warren		 36 +1 +1 +2.9%
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Andrew		 39 -6 -10 -20.4%
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Clive		 39 0 -4 -9.3%
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Frank		 39 -10 -16 -29.1%
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Gary		 43 new new new
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Gerald		 43 +1 -2 -4.4%
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Philip		 44 +12 +12 +37.5%
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Geoffrey		 46 +6 +10 +27.8%
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Reginald		 47 -5 -9 -16.1%
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Roger		 47 -1 -4 -7.8%
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Walter		 49 -31 -36 -42.4%
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Alfred		 50 -13 -12 -19.4%
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Owen		 52 +7 +5 +10.6%
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Paul		 52 -2 -5 -8.8%
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Robin		 53 -4 -6 -10.2%
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Roy		 54 -14 -15 -21.7%
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Lawrence		 55 +1 -3 -5.2%
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Ross		 55 +5 +1 +1.9%
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Jack		 56 -1 -5 -8.2%
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Neville		 56 +11 +7 +14.3%
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Stanley		 56 -1 -5 -8.2%
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Bernard		 57 +13 +8 +16.3%
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Ivan		 57 -24 -42 -42.4%
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Anthony		 61 -12 -17 -21.8%
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Ernest		 62 +21 +16 +34.8%
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Norman		 62 -19 -34 -35.4%
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Terence		 62 -3 -7 -10.1%
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Henry		 63 -8 -15 -19.2%
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Harold		 65 +3 +2 +3.2%
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Bryan		 66 +11 +7 +11.9%
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Neil		 68 -10 -13 -16.0%
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Russell		 69 +5 +4 +6.2%
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Joseph		 70 +14 +10 +16.7%
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Rex		 70 -6 -10 -12.5%
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Leonard		 74 +8 +6 +8.8%
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Malcolm		 74 +11 +12 +19.4%
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Albert		 75 0 -4 -5.1%
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Francis		 75 -7 -21 -21.9%
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Frederick		 75 +5 0 0.0%
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Alexander		 77 +6 +2 +2.7%
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Mervyn		 80 +9 +6 +8.1%
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Desmond		 83 0 -3 -3.5%
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Patrick		 83 -1 -6 -6.7%
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Kevin		 84 +19 +22 +35.5%
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Eric		 88 +6 +9 +11.4%
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Murray		 96 +15 +24 +33.3%
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Noel		 97 -2 -10 -9.3%
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Allan		 98 -10 -31 -24.0%
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Douglas		 105 -6 -21 -16.7%
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Arthur		 113 -3 -9 -7.4%
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Maurice		 114 +12 +35 +44.3%
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Edward		 117 +1 +3 +2.6%
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Keith		 119 -1 -4 -3.3%
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Gordon		 121 -5 -9 -6.9%
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Graeme		 123 +7 +21 +20.6%
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Charles		 125 +4 +4 +3.3%
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Leslie		 131 -1 +2 +1.6%
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Michael		 140 +8 +30 +27.3%
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Trevor		 153 -1 +15 +10.9%
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Richard		 156 -1 +8 +5.4%
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Alan		 166 -1 +10 +6.4%
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Bruce		 167 +6 +40 +31.5%
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Kenneth		 170 -2 0 0.0%
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Thomas		 176 -3 -13 -6.9%
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George		 184 -3 -21 -10.2%
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Colin		 193 0 +8 +4.3%
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Graham		 205 +3 +36 +21.3%
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Raymond		 222 -1 +13 +6.2%
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Barry		 226 +6 +60 +36.1%
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Ian		 245 0 -37 -13.1%
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Donald		 292 0 -2 -0.7%
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Ronald		 311 -2 -43 -12.1%
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Brian		 335 -2 -36 -9.7%
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James		 372 -2 -1 -0.3%
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Robert		 384 -2 -56 -12.7%
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David		 399 +4 +59 +17.4%
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Peter		 423 +4 +76 +21.9%
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William		 476 0 -44 -8.5%
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John		 859 0 +4 +0.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Diane		 24 new new new
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Ethel		 24 new new new
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May		 24 -3 -1 -4.0%
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Gwendoline		 25 -16 -7 -21.9%
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Jessie		 25 +3 +1 +4.2%
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Myra		 25 new new new
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Claire		 26 +3 +1 +4.0%
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Iris		 26 -8 -4 -13.3%
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Ivy		 26 new new new
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Gillian		 27 new new new
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Merle		 27 new new new
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Peggy		 27 +9 +3 +12.5%
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Aileen		 28 +14 +4 +16.7%
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Hazel		 28 -20 -15 -34.9%
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Isabel		 28 new new new
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Isobel		 28 -7 -6 -17.6%
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Jacqueline		 28 new new new
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Violet		 29 -16 -10 -25.6%
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Winifred		 30 -23 -19 -38.8%
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Annette		 31 +12 +3 +10.7%
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Grace		 31 new new new
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Agnes		 34 +6 +4 +13.3%
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Edith		 34 +11 +5 +17.2%
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Doris		 35 +3 +3 +9.4%
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Gladys		 35 -15 -10 -22.2%
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Jeanette		 36 +20 +11 +44.0%
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Edna		 37 -17 -13 -26.0%
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Marina		 37 new new new
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Diana		 39 +3 +3 +8.3%
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Ellen		 39 +1 +2 +5.4%
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Gloria		 39 +10 +7 +21.9%
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Mavis		 39 -17 -16 -29.1%
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Marlene		 40 +8 +5 +14.3%
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Elsie		 41 +13 +9 +28.1%
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Sylvia		 41 -2 -2 -4.7%
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Alice		 42 +5 +5 +13.5%
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Thelma		 44 -9 -7 -13.7%
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Florence		 45 +4 +6 +15.4%
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Jill		 46 +31 +19 +70.4%
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Olive		 47 +11 +11 +30.6%
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Catherine		 50 -5 -2 -3.8%
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Evelyn		 50 -5 -2 -3.8%
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Lorna		 50 +5 +6 +13.6%
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Lesley		 51 +8 +8 +18.6%
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Rosemary		 51 +16 +15 +41.7%
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Fay		 52 -10 -13 -20.0%
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Phyllis		 52 -24 -27 -34.2%
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Irene		 53 +3 +3 +6.0%
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Beverly		 56 +8 +7 +14.3%
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Josephine		 56 +21 +20 +55.6%
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Ann		 58 -1 +2 +3.6%
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Daphne		 59 -1 -2 -3.3%
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Lorraine		 59 +2 +3 +5.4%
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Ruth		 59 -13 -16 -21.3%
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Janice		 60 +1 0 0.0%
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Beryl		 61 +11 +11 +22.0%
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Pauline		 62 -7 -11 -15.1%
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Joy		 63 +5 +3 +5.0%
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Norma		 63 -9 -14 -18.2%
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Jocelyn		 64 +5 0 0.0%
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Marjorie		 64 +2 -4 -5.9%
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Jennifer		 67 +10 +11 +19.6%
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Nola		 70 -8 -9 -11.4%
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Eileen		 71 -10 -17 -19.3%
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Alison		 72 -2 -3 -4.0%
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Elaine		 77 +8 +11 +16.7%
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Lois		 81 -9 -12 -12.9%
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Dawn		 82 -7 -11 -11.8%
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Nancy		 82 -3 0 0.0%
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Marion		 83 +6 +10 +13.7%
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Frances		 84 +10 +13 +18.3%
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Noeline		 84 +7 +10 +13.5%
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Ngaire		 86 +4 +8 +10.3%
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Anne		 87 +12 +16 +22.5%
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Heather		 90 -2 -6 -6.3%
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Yvonne		 92 +16 +23 +33.3%
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Joyce		 97 -5 -28 -22.4%
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Audrey		 106 +5 +19 +21.8%
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Janet		 113 +1 +12 +11.9%
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Colleen		 114 +1 -2 -1.7%
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June		 119 -8 -50 -29.6%
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Doreen		 124 +2 +6 +5.1%
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Betty		 126 -4 -32 -20.3%
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Jean		 132 -7 -43 -24.6%
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Helen		 135 -1 -7 -4.9%
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Kathleen		 137 +2 +1 +0.7%
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Marie		 139 +4 +13 +10.3%
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Pamela		 143 +6 +18 +14.4%
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Valerie		 167 -3 -21 -11.2%
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Elizabeth		 175 -4 -41 -19.0%
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Judith		 176 +5 +34 +23.9%
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Maureen		 178 +2 +7 +4.1%
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Beverley		 208 +5 +45 +27.6%
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Dorothy		 211 +1 +19 +9.9%
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Barbara		 244 0 +23 +10.4%
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Joan		 250 0 +9 +3.7%
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Mary		 269 0 -18 -6.3%
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Patricia		 344 0 +21 +6.5%
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Shirley		 456 0 +107 +30.7%
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Margaret		 693 0 -40 -5.5%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand