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		 1,213 0 +236 +24.2%
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William		 648 +2 +91 +16.3%
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Peter		 645 -1 +63 +10.8%
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Brian		 607 +2 +93 +18.1%
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Robert		 600 -1 +43 +7.7%
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David		 571 -3 +2 +0.4%
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James		 418 0 +24 +6.1%
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Ian		 357 0 +47 +15.2%
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Graham		 330 +1 +54 +19.6%
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Barry		 319 +2 +75 +30.7%
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Michael		 296 +3 +70 +31.0%
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Donald		 290 -1 +18 +6.6%
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Ronald		 278 -4 -7 -2.5%
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Colin		 258 +1 +37 +16.7%
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Kenneth		 251 +2 +52 +26.1%
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Graeme		 245 +2 +51 +26.3%
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Raymond		 243 -4 +11 +4.7%
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Alan		 237 +5 +69 +41.1%
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Richard		 235 +1 +55 +30.6%
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Anthony		 230 +2 +55 +31.4%
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Bruce		 193 -5 -18 -8.5%
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Thomas		 183 -1 +4 +2.2%
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Trevor		 176 +2 +15 +9.3%
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George		 174 -6 -20 -10.3%
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Gary		 168 +1 +11 +7.0%
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Allan		 167 +6 +40 +31.5%
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Keith		 155 +16 +59 +61.5%
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Edward		 151 -1 +1 +0.7%
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Kevin		 145 -1 -1 -0.7%
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Murray		 143 -1 +8 +5.9%
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Leslie		 142 +2 +16 +12.7%
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Terence		 128 +3 +12 +10.3%
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Douglas		 127 -4 -8 -5.9%
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Neil		 122 +6 +15 +14.0%
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Maurice		 121 +6 +16 +15.2%
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Robin		 121 +14 +39 +47.6%
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Charles		 120 -1 +5 +4.3%
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Paul		 118 -7 -11 -8.5%
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Roger		 114 0 +6 +5.6%
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Dennis		 113 +5 +23 +25.6%
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Gordon		 113 -6 -5 -4.2%
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Arthur		 109 -6 -6 -5.2%
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Noel		 108 -5 -5 -4.4%
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Neville		 105 -21 -63 -37.5%
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Patrick		 105 -2 +6 +6.1%
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Russell		 99 -2 +7 +7.6%
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Bryan		 97 -1 +9 +10.2%
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Francis		 89 +8 +21 +30.9%
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Rex		 88 +3 +10 +12.8%
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Desmond		 86 +2 +8 +10.3%
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Malcolm		 86 -3 +2 +2.4%
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Norman		 86 -1 +4 +4.9%
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Frederick		 85 -5 +2 +2.4%
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Geoffrey		 85 +11 +29 +51.8%
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Mervyn		 84 +2 +17 +25.4%
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Eric		 81 -1 +12 +17.4%
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Stanley		 81 +2 +19 +30.6%
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Leonard		 79 +8 +26 +49.1%
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Ross		 79 -9 -3 -3.7%
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Albert		 76 0 +18 +31.0%
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Alexander		 73 -3 +11 +17.7%
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Ivan		 72 +9 +23 +46.9%
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Denis		 71 -3 +13 +22.4%
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Philip		 67 +6 +17 +34.0%
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Walter		 66 -11 -4 -5.7%
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Joseph		 63 -3 +6 +10.5%
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Garry		 62 +1 +10 +19.2%
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Warren		 60 +1 +9 +17.6%
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Bernard		 59 -3 +6 +11.3%
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Errol		 58 +1 +9 +18.4%
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Henry		 56 0 +7 +14.3%
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Reginald		 56 +15 +20 +55.6%
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Winston		 55 new new new
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Rodney		 53 +7 +12 +29.3%
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Andrew		 51 +11 +15 +41.7%
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Lawrence		 51 +7 +13 +34.2%
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Harold		 49 -6 0 0.0%
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Alfred		 48 -3 0 0.0%
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Ernest		 48 +1 +6 +14.3%
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Clive		 47 +17 +18 +62.1%
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Owen		 47 -5 -1 -2.1%
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Gavin		 44 +9 +12 +37.5%
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Roy		 43 -23 -15 -25.9%
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Christopher		 42 +8 +11 +35.5%
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Edwin		 42 +5 +9 +27.3%
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Gerald		 42 -7 -3 -6.7%
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Jack		 41 -10 -4 -8.9%
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Stuart		 41 -5 +3 +7.9%
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Warwick		 41 -5 +3 +7.9%
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Frank		 40 -26 -16 -28.6%
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Barrie		 39 -9 +1 +2.6%
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Maxwell		 39 +1 +8 +25.8%
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Clifford		 38 +2 +8 +26.7%
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Daniel		 38 new new new
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Wiremu		 38 -1 +7 +22.6%
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Lindsay		 37 -17 -5 -11.9%
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Victor		 36 -9 +2 +5.9%
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Allen		 34 -1 +5 +17.2%
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Cyril		 33 new new new
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Hugh		 33 -4 +3 +10.0%
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Terrence		 33 -10 0 0.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 770 0 +62 +8.8%
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Patricia		 584 0 +38 +7.0%
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Judith		 463 0 +116 +33.4%
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Barbara		 388 0 +67 +20.9%
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Mary		 354 +1 +54 +18.0%
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Pamela		 293 +6 +85 +40.9%
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Shirley		 285 +2 +62 +27.8%
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Elizabeth		 282 -1 +43 +18.0%
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Beverley		 275 -4 -34 -11.0%
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Janice		 244 +3 +43 +21.4%
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Valerie		 242 -3 +4 +1.7%
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Maureen		 224 +2 +34 +17.9%
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Joan		 220 -3 0 0.0%
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Dorothy		 212 0 +22 +11.6%
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Helen		 212 +3 +38 +21.8%
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Jennifer		 203 0 +21 +11.5%
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Colleen		 199 -6 -10 -4.8%
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Janet		 180 +1 +32 +21.6%
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Heather		 176 +5 +46 +35.4%
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Marie		 172 -2 +15 +9.6%
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Kathleen		 166 -1 +19 +12.9%
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Lorraine		 164 +3 +44 +36.7%
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Anne		 144 +3 +25 +21.0%
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Elaine		 144 0 +12 +9.1%
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Yvonne		 136 -4 -10 -6.8%
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June		 135 -4 -2 -1.5%
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Ann		 126 +11 +38 +43.2%
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Jean		 126 -1 +7 +5.9%
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Jeanette		 125 -3 +6 +5.0%
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Pauline		 125 +3 +29 +30.2%
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Marlene		 121 +28 +61 +102%
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Annette		 114 +4 +24 +26.7%
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Marion		 113 +6 +26 +29.9%
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Lois		 104 -3 +7 +7.2%
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Dawn		 102 +6 +19 +22.9%
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Alison		 98 0 +8 +8.9%
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Carol		 96 +5 +16 +20.0%
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Betty		 94 -6 -2 -2.1%
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Beverly		 94 -8 -4 -4.1%
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Noeline		 94 +1 +7 +8.0%
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Ngaire		 92 -12 -9 -8.9%
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Joy		 90 +4 +17 +23.3%
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Catherine		 89 +9 +22 +32.8%
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Gloria		 89 +32 +46 +107%
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Frances		 88 -13 -8 -8.3%
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Josephine		 87 +8 +22 +33.8%
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Rosemary		 87 +10 +25 +40.3%
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Eileen		 86 -1 +15 +21.1%
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Lynette		 84 +21 +36 +75.0%
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Irene		 83 +6 +21 +33.9%
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Joyce		 78 -8 -1 -1.3%
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Diane		 77 -2 +9 +13.2%
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Rosalie		 77 -3 +8 +11.6%
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Fay		 76 -11 -3 -3.8%
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Robin		 73 +11 +17 +30.4%
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Diana		 72 -1 +9 +14.3%
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Jocelyn		 72 -9 +1 +1.4%
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Jill		 69 0 +8 +13.1%
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Ruth		 68 +5 +11 +19.3%
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Wendy		 68 +9 +19 +38.8%
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Lesley		 67 +2 +9 +15.5%
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Jillian		 66 +16 +25 +61.0%
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Nancy		 66 -17 -10 -13.2%
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Doreen		 64 -29 -31 -32.6%
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Gillian		 62 -6 +2 +3.3%
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Jacqueline		 61 +7 +16 +35.6%
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Nola		 60 0 +7 +13.2%
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Julie		 57 +15 +22 +62.9%
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Kay		 55 +17 +22 +66.7%
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Gail		 53 new new new
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Evelyn		 52 -12 -8 -13.3%
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Norma		 52 -7 -5 -8.8%
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Susan		 52 +4 +9 +20.9%
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Sylvia		 52 +6 +10 +23.8%
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Thelma		 52 +15 +19 +57.6%
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Daphne		 51 -26 -17 -25.0%
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Marilyn		 51 -5 +5 +10.9%
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Eleanor		 49 +8 +16 +48.5%
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Marjorie		 48 -11 -1 -2.0%
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Carole		 47 0 +8 +20.5%
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Lorna		 45 -1 +6 +15.4%
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Robyn		 44 new new new
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Hazel		 43 -4 +3 +7.5%
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Janette		 43 +15 +12 +38.7%
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Adrienne		 42 +1 +9 +27.3%
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Audrey		 42 -26 -18 -30.0%
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Edith		 42 -11 -2 -4.5%
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Mavis		 41 -6 +3 +7.9%
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Phyllis		 38 -36 -28 -42.4%
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Ellen		 37 -4 +4 +12.1%
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Noelene		 37 +5 +5 +15.6%
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Florence		 36 +3 +4 +12.5%
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Shona		 36 -7 +2 +5.9%
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Dianne		 35 new new new
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Beryl		 34 -24 -12 -26.1%
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Christine		 34 new new new
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Cynthia		 34 new new new
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Glenda		 34 -9 +1 +3.0%
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Olive		 33 -16 -2 -5.7%
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Winifred		 33 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand