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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John		 1,403 0 -101 -6.7%
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David		 961 0 -31 -3.1%
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Peter		 890 0 -29 -3.2%
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Michael		 707 +1 +41 +6.2%
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Robert		 707 0 +27 +4.0%
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Kevin		 583 +1 +56 +10.6%
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Brian		 492 -1 -38 -7.2%
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William		 481 0 -20 -4.0%
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Bruce		 470 0 +18 +4.0%
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Ian		 421 0 -19 -4.3%
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Paul		 421 +1 +17 +4.2%
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James		 406 0 +3 +0.7%
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Stephen		 406 +10 +120 +42.0%
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Graeme		 401 -1 +2 +0.5%
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Murray		 358 0 +27 +8.2%
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Alan		 354 -2 -31 -8.1%
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Richard		 345 0 +41 +13.5%
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Kenneth		 320 0 +17 +5.6%
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Graham		 319 -3 -6 -1.8%
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Anthony		 304 +1 +11 +3.8%
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Wayne		 297 -1 0 0.0%
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Barry		 294 +1 +16 +5.8%
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Colin		 293 -4 -8 -2.7%
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Christopher		 285 +2 +28 +10.9%
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Allan		 255 +2 +15 +6.3%
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Raymond		 252 -1 -14 -5.3%
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Trevor		 241 -3 -26 -9.7%
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Ronald		 238 +1 +3 +1.3%
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Donald		 228 -2 -12 -5.0%
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Gary		 218 +2 +2 +0.9%
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Geoffrey		 214 +3 +11 +5.4%
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Philip		 209 -1 -17 -7.5%
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Dennis		 204 -3 -27 -11.7%
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Keith		 186 +1 -16 -7.9%
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Grant		 184 +6 +23 +14.3%
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Thomas		 179 +2 +3 +1.7%
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Ross		 178 -1 -18 -9.2%
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Malcolm		 175 +1 +9 +5.4%
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Roger		 174 -6 -38 -17.9%
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Russell		 174 -2 -21 -10.8%
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Neil		 172 +1 +12 +7.5%
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Douglas		 162 -3 -4 -2.4%
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Warren		 162 +1 +5 +3.2%
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Edward		 146 +16 +43 +41.7%
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Garry		 138 +13 +32 +30.2%
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Andrew		 136 +8 +18 +15.3%
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Terence		 136 -2 -18 -11.7%
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Robin		 133 +4 +8 +6.4%
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George		 132 -3 -20 -13.2%
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Gregory		 131 +10 +28 +27.2%
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Phillip		 128 +2 +8 +6.7%
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Gordon		 124 -4 -13 -9.5%
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Leslie		 124 -7 -29 -19.0%
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Charles		 121 -5 -12 -9.0%
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Neville		 119 0 +6 +5.3%
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Mark		 115 0 +3 +2.7%
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Patrick		 111 -10 -29 -20.7%
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Rex		 110 +7 +21 +23.6%
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Bryan		 103 +3 +4 +4.0%
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Denis		 102 +7 +16 +18.6%
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Rodney		 102 -10 -25 -19.7%
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Stuart		 101 -5 -7 -6.5%
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Lindsay		 100 -4 -5 -4.8%
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Desmond		 87 +12 +17 +24.3%
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Maurice		 87 0 -6 -6.5%
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Gavin		 83 +10 +13 +18.6%
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Arthur		 78 -4 -17 -17.9%
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Joseph		 78 +5 +3 +4.0%
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Noel		 78 -16 -48 -38.1%
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Alexander		 77 -1 -6 -7.2%
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Owen		 77 +5 +5 +6.9%
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Steven		 75 +8 +13 +21.0%
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Eric		 74 -7 -14 -15.9%
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Norman		 74 -6 -12 -14.0%
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Jeffrey		 72 +15 +19 +35.8%
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Mervyn		 71 +8 +13 +22.4%
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Stanley		 70 new new new
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Francis		 68 -8 -11 -13.9%
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Timothy		 66 -6 -8 -10.8%
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Martin		 65 -9 -11 -14.5%
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Kerry		 63 -7 -10 -13.7%
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Bernard		 61 -3 -4 -6.2%
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Roy		 60 +3 +3 +5.3%
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Nigel		 57 +15 +12 +26.7%
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Lance		 54 new new new
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Laurence		 54 -1 -4 -6.9%
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Clive		 53 -9 -15 -22.1%
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Frederick		 53 -1 -4 -7.0%
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Lawrence		 53 -7 -9 -14.5%
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Allen		 52 +5 +5 +10.6%
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Ivan		 51 -2 -4 -7.3%
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Warwick		 50 -10 -9 -15.3%
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Albert		 49 new new new
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Derek		 49 -7 -8 -14.0%
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Terrence		 47 0 0 0.0%
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Leonard		 46 -4 -6 -11.5%
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Walter		 46 new new new
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Daniel		 44 new new new
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Lloyd		 44 +2 0 0.0%
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Selwyn		 44 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 702 0 -47 -6.3%
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Christine		 606 0 +44 +7.8%
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Judith		 505 0 +10 +2.0%
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Susan		 489 +1 +39 +8.7%
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Jennifer		 473 -1 0 0.0%
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Mary		 435 +1 +20 +4.8%
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Linda		 420 +3 +72 +20.7%
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Patricia		 417 -2 -20 -4.6%
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Elizabeth		 387 0 +5 +1.3%
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Barbara		 386 -2 -12 -3.0%
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Lynette		 366 0 +37 +11.2%
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Helen		 335 0 +17 +5.3%
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Janice		 307 0 -7 -2.2%
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Carol		 301 +3 +23 +8.3%
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Diane		 297 +3 +34 +12.9%
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Sandra		 292 0 +8 +2.8%
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Pamela		 274 -2 -21 -7.1%
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Heather		 256 -4 -45 -15.0%
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Kathleen		 250 +1 -4 -1.6%
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Anne		 240 +12 +63 +35.6%
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Shirley		 233 -2 -27 -10.4%
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Karen		 226 +13 +70 +44.9%
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Janet		 220 +3 +24 +12.2%
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Robyn		 216 -3 -7 -3.1%
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Beverley		 208 -2 -8 -3.7%
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Lorraine		 202 -5 -21 -9.4%
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Marilyn		 199 +2 +12 +6.4%
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Pauline		 195 -4 -8 -3.9%
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Suzanne		 191 +1 +10 +5.5%
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Gail		 187 0 +6 +3.3%
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Maureen		 181 -4 -9 -4.7%
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Carolyn		 171 -4 -17 -9.0%
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Colleen		 169 -8 -32 -15.9%
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Dianne		 169 +1 +4 +2.4%
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Wendy		 164 +7 +29 +21.5%
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Alison		 160 0 +5 +3.2%
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Rosemary		 160 +11 +38 +31.1%
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Raewyn		 159 -5 -12 -7.0%
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Lesley		 151 -2 +2 +1.3%
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Frances		 150 +14 +39 +35.1%
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Denise		 147 +8 +29 +24.6%
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Lynda		 145 +23 +50 +52.6%
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Marie		 145 -3 +6 +4.3%
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Ann		 144 -5 +5 +3.6%
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Valerie		 142 0 +13 +10.1%
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Annette		 140 -5 +4 +2.9%
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Yvonne		 134 -3 +2 +1.5%
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Catherine		 132 -10 -9 -6.4%
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Sharon		 128 +12 +28 +28.0%
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Jillian		 126 +10 +24 +23.5%
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Cheryl		 118 -8 -15 -11.3%
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Julie		 118 -6 -11 -8.5%
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Kathryn		 109 -3 -7 -6.0%
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Gloria		 107 +14 +21 +24.4%
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Dorothy		 100 -7 -20 -16.7%
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Lynne		 100 +6 0 0.0%
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Jeanette		 98 0 -9 -8.4%
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Jocelyn		 98 +12 +14 +16.7%
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Marion		 98 -1 -10 -9.3%
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Kay		 95 -9 -18 -15.9%
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Gillian		 91 -2 -12 -11.7%
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Jane		 91 +25 +35 +62.5%
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Joan		 91 -9 -21 -18.8%
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Joy		 90 -6 -16 -15.1%
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Lois		 90 -1 -8 -8.2%
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Elaine		 88 -14 -24 -21.4%
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Jill		 88 +4 +6 +7.3%
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Adrienne		 86 +15 +28 +48.3%
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Jacqueline		 85 +4 +9 +11.8%
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Glenys		 81 -4 -10 -11.0%
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Ruth		 81 -6 -15 -15.6%
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Sally		 80 -1 +2 +2.6%
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Sheryl		 80 -18 -31 -27.9%
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Diana		 73 -7 -15 -17.0%
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Vivienne		 72 0 +4 +5.9%
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Irene		 71 -5 -7 -9.0%
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Shona		 68 +1 +5 +7.9%
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Jean		 66 +2 +6 +10.0%
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Dawn		 65 -2 0 0.0%
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Glenda		 64 +19 +20 +45.5%
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Josephine		 64 0 +4 +6.7%
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Brenda		 62 +1 +4 +6.9%
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Lynnette		 61 -9 -12 -16.4%
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Maria		 60 +7 +9 +17.6%
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June		 59 -3 0 0.0%
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Noeline		 59 -7 -4 -6.3%
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Ngaire		 58 -11 -9 -13.4%
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Marlene		 54 new new new
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Lynley		 50 +10 +6 +13.6%
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Susanne		 49 new new new
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Eileen		 48 -5 -8 -14.3%
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Julia		 47 +7 +3 +6.8%
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Paula		 47 new new new
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Daphne		 46 new new new
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Faye		 46 -1 -3 -6.1%
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Fay		 45 new new new
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Penelope		 45 -4 -5 -10.0%
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Robin		 45 new new new
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Christina		 44 new new new
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Janis		 44 -10 -10 -18.5%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand