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		 977 0 +17 +1.8%
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Peter		 582 +3 +97 +20.0%
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David		 569 +1 +55 +10.7%
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Robert		 557 -1 +21 +3.9%
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William		 557 -2 +17 +3.1%
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Brian		 514 0 +33 +6.9%
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James		 394 0 +26 +7.1%
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Ian		 310 +2 +10 +3.3%
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Ronald		 285 0 -18 -5.9%
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Graham		 276 +2 +52 +23.2%
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Donald		 272 -3 -40 -12.8%
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Barry		 244 -1 -31 -11.3%
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Raymond		 232 +1 +9 +4.0%
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Michael		 226 +1 +11 +5.1%
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Colin		 221 -3 -3 -1.3%
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Bruce		 211 +6 +46 +27.9%
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Kenneth		 199 +1 +10 +5.3%
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George		 194 +1 +15 +8.4%
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Graeme		 194 -2 +2 +1.0%
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Richard		 180 -3 -10 -5.3%
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Thomas		 179 -1 +12 +7.2%
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Anthony		 175 +6 +51 +41.1%
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Alan		 168 -3 +1 +0.6%
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Neville		 168 +14 +61 +57.0%
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Trevor		 161 -2 +16 +11.0%
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Gary		 157 -2 +20 +14.6%
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Edward		 150 -1 +15 +11.1%
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Kevin		 146 +7 +38 +35.2%
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Douglas		 135 +1 +16 +13.4%
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Murray		 135 +3 +18 +15.4%
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Paul		 129 +4 +21 +19.4%
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Allan		 127 -8 -10 -7.3%
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Leslie		 126 -3 +7 +5.9%
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Gordon		 118 -7 -9 -7.1%
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Terence		 116 +7 +29 +33.3%
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Arthur		 115 -3 +3 +2.7%
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Charles		 115 -7 -6 -5.0%
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Noel		 113 +1 +18 +18.9%
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Roger		 108 +7 +30 +38.5%
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Neil		 107 -2 +8 +8.1%
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Maurice		 105 -2 +10 +10.5%
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Patrick		 99 +10 +28 +39.4%
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Keith		 96 -9 -14 -12.7%
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Russell		 92 -2 +5 +5.7%
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Dennis		 90 +12 +24 +36.4%
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Bryan		 88 +8 +18 +25.7%
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Malcolm		 84 -3 +2 +2.4%
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Frederick		 83 +1 +10 +13.7%
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Norman		 82 +5 +12 +17.1%
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Robin		 82 0 +9 +12.3%
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Ross		 82 +7 +15 +22.4%
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Desmond		 78 -5 +3 +4.0%
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Rex		 78 +8 +16 +25.8%
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Walter		 70 +4 +7 +11.1%
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Eric		 69 -14 -21 -23.3%
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Francis		 68 -8 -6 -8.1%
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Mervyn		 67 +3 +5 +8.1%
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Alexander		 62 -13 -17 -21.5%
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Stanley		 62 +4 +3 +5.1%
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Albert		 58 +4 +2 +3.6%
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Denis		 58 +16 +16 +38.1%
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Roy		 58 +26 +22 +61.1%
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Joseph		 57 -11 -14 -19.7%
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Frank		 56 +12 +14 +33.3%
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Geoffrey		 56 0 0 0.0%
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Bernard		 53 +14 +13 +32.5%
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Leonard		 53 +1 +2 +3.9%
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Garry		 52 -6 -7 -11.9%
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Warren		 51 +30 +23 +82.1%
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Philip		 50 +2 +3 +6.4%
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Errol		 49 +28 +21 +75.0%
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Harold		 49 -3 -1 -2.0%
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Henry		 49 -13 -14 -22.2%
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Ivan		 49 -22 -24 -32.9%
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Alfred		 48 +7 +10 +26.3%
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Owen		 48 +17 +16 +50.0%
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Gerald		 45 +15 +13 +40.6%
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Jack		 45 -6 -3 -6.3%
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Ernest		 42 -11 -8 -16.0%
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Lindsay		 42 -3 0 0.0%
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Rodney		 41 -7 -3 -6.8%
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Barrie		 38 -9 -7 -15.6%
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Lawrence		 38 +1 +1 +2.7%
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Stuart		 38 -6 -4 -9.5%
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Warwick		 38 new new new
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Andrew		 36 -22 -20 -35.7%
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Reginald		 36 -18 -14 -28.0%
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Victor		 34 +4 +2 +6.3%
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Edwin		 33 new new new
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Terrence		 33 new new new
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Gavin		 32 -2 -1 -3.0%
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Christopher		 31 -4 -4 -11.4%
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Maxwell		 31 -9 -6 -16.2%
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Wiremu		 31 -12 -9 -22.5%
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Clifford		 30 +3 0 0.0%
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Hugh		 30 -9 -6 -16.7%
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Allen		 29 -8 -4 -12.1%
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Clive		 29 -5 -3 -9.4%
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Kerry		 29 new new new
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Laurence		 29 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 708 0 -16 -2.2%
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Patricia		 546 0 +108 +24.7%
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Judith		 347 +1 +9 +2.7%
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Barbara		 321 -1 -19 -5.6%
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Beverley		 309 0 +7 +2.3%
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Mary		 300 0 +5 +1.7%
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Elizabeth		 239 +2 +31 +14.9%
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Valerie		 238 0 -3 -1.2%
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Shirley		 223 -2 -71 -24.1%
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Joan		 220 +1 +29 +15.2%
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Colleen		 209 +4 +37 +21.5%
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Pamela		 208 -2 +8 +4.0%
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Janice		 201 +3 +35 +21.1%
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Dorothy		 190 -3 -1 -0.5%
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Maureen		 190 -1 +7 +3.8%
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Jennifer		 182 +2 +24 +15.2%
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Helen		 174 -3 -4 -2.2%
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Marie		 157 -1 -8 -4.8%
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Janet		 148 +2 +14 +10.4%
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Kathleen		 147 0 +2 +1.4%
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Yvonne		 146 +8 +45 +44.6%
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June		 137 -3 -19 -12.2%
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Elaine		 132 0 +5 +3.9%
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Heather		 130 -2 0 0.0%
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Lorraine		 120 +1 +9 +8.1%
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Anne		 119 0 +8 +7.2%
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Jean		 119 -1 +6 +5.3%
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Jeanette		 119 +4 +21 +21.4%
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Ngaire		 101 +6 +16 +18.8%
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Beverly		 98 +7 +18 +22.5%
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Lois		 97 -3 -11 -10.2%
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Betty		 96 +1 +6 +6.7%
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Frances		 96 +19 +36 +60.0%
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Pauline		 96 +10 +22 +29.7%
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Doreen		 95 +11 +30 +46.2%
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Alison		 90 -4 -4 -4.3%
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Annette		 90 +8 +21 +30.4%
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Ann		 88 -4 -1 -1.1%
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Marion		 87 -3 +3 +3.6%
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Noeline		 87 -9 -11 -11.2%
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Dawn		 83 -17 -38 -31.4%
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Carol		 80 +14 +22 +37.9%
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Fay		 79 -6 -1 -1.3%
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Joyce		 79 -3 +3 +3.9%
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Nancy		 76 -2 +5 +7.0%
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Joy		 73 -9 -7 -8.8%
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Eileen		 71 -7 -5 -6.6%
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Jocelyn		 71 -2 +5 +7.6%
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Rosalie		 69 +20 +25 +56.8%
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Daphne		 68 -4 +3 +4.6%
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Diane		 68 +1 +8 +13.3%
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Catherine		 67 +5 +10 +17.5%
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Phyllis		 66 +12 +18 +37.5%
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Josephine		 65 -8 0 0.0%
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Diana		 63 -9 -2 -3.1%
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Irene		 62 -6 -2 -3.1%
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Rosemary		 62 -2 +3 +5.1%
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Jill		 61 +1 +5 +8.9%
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Audrey		 60 -8 0 0.0%
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Evelyn		 60 0 +4 +7.1%
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Gillian		 60 +32 +32 +114%
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Marlene		 60 +10 +16 +36.4%
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Lesley		 58 -9 -1 -1.7%
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Norma		 57 +4 +11 +23.9%
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Ruth		 57 -2 +6 +11.8%
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Robin		 56 +11 +17 +43.6%
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Nola		 53 -3 +3 +6.0%
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Marjorie		 49 -11 -8 -14.0%
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Wendy		 49 -6 -2 -3.9%
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Lynette		 48 +4 +8 +20.0%
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Beryl		 46 +3 +6 +15.0%
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Marilyn		 46 +9 +11 +31.4%
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Jacqueline		 45 +12 +13 +40.6%
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Edith		 44 +20 +17 +63.0%
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Gloria		 43 -10 -5 -10.4%
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Susan		 43 +6 +9 +26.5%
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Sylvia		 42 -5 +1 +2.4%
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Jillian		 41 +16 +14 +51.9%
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Hazel		 40 +15 +13 +48.1%
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Carole		 39 new new new
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Lorna		 39 -19 -14 -26.4%
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Mavis		 38 -15 -9 -19.1%
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Julie		 35 +3 +4 +12.9%
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Olive		 35 +6 +5 +16.7%
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Shona		 34 new new new
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Adrienne		 33 +8 +6 +22.2%
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Eleanor		 33 -5 -1 -2.9%
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Ellen		 33 -7 -3 -8.3%
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Faye		 33 -14 -8 -19.5%
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Glenda		 33 new new new
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Julia		 33 0 +2 +6.5%
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Kay		 33 -12 -7 -17.5%
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Suzanne		 33 new new new
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Thelma		 33 -15 -10 -23.3%
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Florence		 32 -14 -2 -5.9%
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Muriel		 32 new new new
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Noelene		 32 -9 +1 +3.2%
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Doris		 31 new new new
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Janette		 31 -9 +1 +3.3%
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Merle		 30 -16 -3 -9.1%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand