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		 1,209 0 -4 -0.3%
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Peter		 756 +1 +111 +17.2%
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David		 740 +3 +169 +29.6%
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Robert		 639 +1 +39 +6.5%
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William		 528 -3 -120 -18.5%
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Brian		 521 -2 -86 -14.2%
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James		 404 0 -14 -3.3%
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Ian		 385 0 +28 +7.8%
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Michael		 336 +2 +40 +13.5%
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Barry		 320 0 +1 +0.3%
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Graham		 299 -2 -31 -9.4%
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Ronald		 295 +1 +17 +6.1%
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Kenneth		 279 +2 +28 +11.2%
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Donald		 277 -2 -13 -4.5%
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Graeme		 275 +1 +30 +12.2%
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Raymond		 272 +1 +29 +11.9%
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Richard		 264 +2 +29 +12.3%
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Alan		 256 0 +19 +8.0%
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Colin		 256 -4 -2 -0.8%
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Kevin		 240 +9 +95 +65.5%
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Bruce		 226 0 +33 +17.1%
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Allan		 212 +4 +45 +26.9%
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Anthony		 210 -3 -20 -8.7%
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Trevor		 204 -1 +28 +15.9%
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Thomas		 200 -3 +17 +9.3%
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Murray		 195 +4 +52 +36.4%
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George		 189 -3 +15 +8.6%
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Gary		 185 -3 +17 +10.1%
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Edward		 174 -1 +23 +15.2%
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Keith		 146 -3 -9 -5.8%
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Robin		 141 +4 +20 +16.5%
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Douglas		 136 +1 +9 +7.1%
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Gordon		 134 +7 +21 +18.6%
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Neil		 134 +1 +12 +9.8%
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Leslie		 131 -4 -11 -7.7%
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Paul		 129 +2 +11 +9.3%
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Noel		 127 +6 +19 +17.6%
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Roger		 123 +1 +9 +7.9%
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Patrick		 120 +5 +15 +14.3%
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Charles		 115 -3 -5 -4.2%
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Ross		 115 +18 +36 +45.6%
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Arthur		 112 0 +3 +2.8%
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Russell		 111 +3 +12 +12.1%
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Norman		 105 +6 +19 +22.1%
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Terence		 99 -13 -29 -22.7%
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Winston		 99 +28 +44 +80.0%
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Eric		 98 +9 +17 +21.0%
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Maurice		 97 -13 -24 -19.8%
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Desmond		 96 +1 +10 +11.6%
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Bryan		 92 -3 -5 -5.2%
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Malcolm		 92 0 +6 +7.0%
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Rex		 92 -1 +4 +4.5%
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Dennis		 90 -13 -23 -20.4%
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Geoffrey		 90 0 +5 +5.9%
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Christopher		 89 +29 +47 +112%
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Neville		 89 -11 -16 -15.2%
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Francis		 88 -9 -1 -1.1%
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Mervyn		 82 -3 -2 -2.4%
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Frederick		 77 -6 -8 -9.4%
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Leonard		 77 -1 -2 -2.5%
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Warren		 77 +9 +17 +28.3%
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Alexander		 71 -1 -2 -2.7%
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Walter		 70 +2 +4 +6.1%
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Denis		 69 -1 -2 -2.8%
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Garry		 69 +3 +7 +11.3%
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Philip		 66 -2 -1 -1.5%
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Stanley		 65 -11 -16 -19.8%
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Albert		 64 -8 -12 -15.8%
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Errol		 64 +2 +6 +10.3%
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Joseph		 63 -4 0 0.0%
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Bernard		 62 -2 +3 +5.1%
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Ivan		 60 -10 -12 -16.7%
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Rodney		 60 +2 +7 +13.2%
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Lawrence		 57 +1 +6 +11.8%
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Andrew		 55 0 +4 +7.8%
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Henry		 54 -5 -2 -3.6%
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Owen		 54 +4 +7 +14.9%
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Roy		 54 +7 +11 +25.6%
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Stuart		 54 +11 +13 +31.7%
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Ernest		 53 -2 +5 +10.4%
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Harold		 53 -3 +4 +8.2%
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Frank		 50 +8 +10 +25.0%
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Hugh		 48 +16 +15 +45.5%
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Jack		 48 +4 +7 +17.1%
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Clive		 47 -5 0 0.0%
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Stephen		 47 new new new
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Derek		 46 new new new
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Gavin		 46 -5 +2 +4.5%
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Alfred		 44 -11 -4 -8.3%
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Gerald		 44 -5 +2 +4.8%
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Warwick		 44 -2 +3 +7.3%
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Lindsay		 43 +4 +6 +16.2%
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Reginald		 42 -22 -14 -25.0%
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Barrie		 39 -3 0 0.0%
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Allen		 38 +3 +4 +11.8%
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Edwin		 38 -11 -4 -9.5%
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Herbert		 37 new new new
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Kelvin		 37 new new new
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Harry		 36 new new new
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Laurence		 36 new new new
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Terrence		 36 0 +3 +9.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 828 0 +58 +7.5%
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Patricia		 599 0 +15 +2.6%
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Judith		 442 0 -21 -4.5%
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Barbara		 380 0 -8 -2.1%
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Mary		 374 0 +20 +5.6%
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Beverley		 335 +3 +60 +21.8%
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Pamela		 321 -1 +28 +9.6%
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Elizabeth		 314 0 +32 +11.3%
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Shirley		 274 -2 -11 -3.9%
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Helen		 265 +4 +53 +25.0%
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Janice		 255 -1 +11 +4.5%
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Maureen		 229 0 +5 +2.2%
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Valerie		 228 -2 -14 -5.8%
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Jennifer		 226 +2 +23 +11.3%
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Heather		 218 +4 +42 +23.9%
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Kathleen		 211 +5 +45 +27.1%
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Joan		 202 -4 -18 -8.2%
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Lorraine		 182 +4 +18 +11.0%
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Colleen		 180 -2 -19 -9.5%
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Elaine		 180 +4 +36 +25.0%
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Janet		 178 -3 -2 -1.1%
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Dorothy		 171 -8 -41 -19.3%
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Alison		 157 +13 +59 +60.2%
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Diane		 154 +28 +77 +100%
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Marie		 153 -5 -19 -11.0%
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Anne		 141 -3 -3 -2.1%
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Lois		 138 +7 +34 +32.7%
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Frances		 135 +17 +47 +53.4%
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Lynette		 132 +20 +48 +57.1%
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June		 131 -4 -4 -3.0%
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Ann		 116 -4 -10 -7.9%
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Pauline		 114 -3 -11 -8.8%
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Carol		 113 +4 +17 +17.7%
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Jeanette		 113 -4 -12 -9.6%
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Yvonne		 113 -8 -23 -16.9%
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Jean		 108 -9 -18 -14.3%
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Joy		 107 +5 +17 +18.9%
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Rosemary		 106 +8 +19 +21.8%
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Marion		 103 -6 -10 -8.8%
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Diana		 100 +16 +28 +38.9%
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Dawn		 98 -6 -4 -3.9%
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Annette		 95 -10 -19 -16.7%
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Ngaire		 93 -2 +1 +1.1%
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Wendy		 91 +15 +23 +33.8%
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Jocelyn		 90 +11 +18 +25.0%
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Noeline		 90 -7 -4 -4.3%
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Beverly		 87 -9 -7 -7.4%
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Doreen		 87 +17 +23 +35.9%
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Irene		 86 +1 +3 +3.6%
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Gloria		 85 -7 -4 -4.5%
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Kay		 84 +18 +29 +52.7%
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Rosalie		 82 0 +5 +6.5%
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Josephine		 81 -7 -6 -6.9%
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Joyce		 81 -2 +3 +3.8%
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Marlene		 81 -22 -40 -33.1%
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Betty		 79 -18 -15 -16.0%
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Gillian		 79 +9 +17 +27.4%
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Ruth		 77 +1 +9 +13.2%
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Catherine		 75 -16 -14 -15.7%
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Daphne		 75 +17 +24 +47.1%
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Jillian		 74 +1 +8 +12.1%
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Eileen		 72 -14 -14 -16.3%
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Lesley		 71 -2 +4 +6.0%
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Fay		 70 -10 -6 -7.9%
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Nancy		 70 -2 +4 +6.1%
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Jill		 69 -8 0 0.0%
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Marilyn		 69 +10 +18 +35.3%
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Robyn		 69 +16 +25 +56.8%
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Glenys		 65 new new new
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Robin		 65 -14 -8 -11.0%
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Susan		 63 0 +11 +21.2%
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Julie		 61 -4 +4 +7.0%
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Dianne		 58 +21 +23 +65.7%
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Edith		 57 +11 +15 +35.7%
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Gail		 55 -5 +2 +3.8%
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Jacqueline		 53 -10 -8 -13.1%
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Carole		 52 +3 +5 +10.6%
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Ellen		 50 +12 +13 +35.1%
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Evelyn		 50 -7 -2 -3.8%
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Beryl		 49 +15 +15 +44.1%
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Julia		 48 new new new
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Norma		 48 -10 -4 -7.7%
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Suzanne		 48 new new new
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Christine		 46 +11 +12 +35.3%
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Eleanor		 46 -6 -3 -6.1%
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Florence		 46 +8 +10 +27.8%
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Janette		 46 -1 +3 +7.0%
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Marjorie		 45 -9 -3 -6.3%
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Lorna		 44 -8 -1 -2.2%
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Phyllis		 44 0 +6 +15.8%
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Sally		 42 new new new
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Sylvia		 41 -21 -11 -21.2%
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Raewyn		 39 new new new
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Adrienne		 38 -9 -4 -9.5%
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Thelma		 38 -23 -14 -26.9%
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Denise		 37 new new new
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Vivienne		 37 new new new
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Mavis		 36 -10 -5 -12.2%
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Linda		 35 new new new
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Noelene		 35 -9 -2 -5.4%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand