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		 1,189 0 -20 -1.7%
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Peter		 692 0 -64 -8.5%
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David		 665 0 -75 -10.1%
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Robert		 655 0 +16 +2.5%
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William		 529 0 +1 +0.2%
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Brian		 498 0 -23 -4.4%
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James		 377 0 -27 -6.7%
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Michael		 374 +1 +38 +11.3%
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Ian		 345 -1 -40 -10.4%
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Kenneth		 283 +3 +4 +1.4%
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Ronald		 282 +1 -13 -4.4%
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Colin		 278 +6 +22 +8.6%
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Graeme		 276 +2 +1 +0.4%
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Graham		 262 -3 -37 -12.4%
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Raymond		 261 +1 -11 -4.0%
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Richard		 260 +1 -4 -1.5%
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Donald		 250 -3 -27 -9.7%
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Alan		 244 0 -12 -4.7%
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Barry		 238 -9 -82 -25.6%
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Bruce		 231 +1 +5 +2.2%
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Trevor		 218 +3 +14 +6.9%
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Kevin		 210 -2 -30 -12.5%
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Thomas		 185 +2 -15 -7.5%
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Anthony		 182 -1 -28 -13.3%
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Murray		 182 +2 -13 -6.7%
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Gary		 180 +2 -5 -2.7%
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Allan		 172 -5 -40 -18.9%
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Douglas		 167 +4 +31 +22.8%
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George		 162 -2 -27 -14.3%
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Edward		 153 -1 -21 -12.1%
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Robin		 139 0 -2 -1.4%
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Noel		 138 +5 +11 +8.7%
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Leslie		 136 +2 +5 +3.8%
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Arthur		 135 +8 +23 +20.5%
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Keith		 134 -5 -12 -8.2%
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Gordon		 131 -3 -3 -2.2%
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Paul		 128 -1 -1 -0.8%
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Roger		 124 0 +1 +0.8%
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Terence		 117 +6 +18 +18.2%
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Neil		 114 -7 -20 -14.9%
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Charles		 112 -1 -3 -2.6%
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Maurice		 108 +6 +11 +11.3%
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Geoffrey		 106 +10 +16 +17.8%
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Ross		 106 -3 -9 -7.8%
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Russell		 105 -2 -6 -5.4%
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Dennis		 104 +7 +14 +15.6%
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Eric		 103 0 +5 +5.1%
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Malcolm		 103 +3 +11 +12.0%
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Neville		 98 +6 +9 +10.1%
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Desmond		 97 -1 +1 +1.0%
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Rex		 94 -1 +2 +2.2%
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Francis		 93 +5 +5 +5.7%
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Norman		 92 -9 -13 -12.4%
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Patrick		 90 -15 -30 -25.0%
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Mervyn		 88 +3 +6 +7.3%
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Leonard		 87 +3 +10 +13.0%
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Frederick		 84 +2 +7 +9.1%
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Denis		 76 +6 +7 +10.1%
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Joseph		 76 +12 +13 +20.6%
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Bryan		 73 -10 -19 -20.7%
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Ivan		 72 +11 +12 +20.0%
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Christopher		 69 -7 -20 -22.5%
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Alexander		 68 -1 -3 -4.2%
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Stanley		 68 +4 +3 +4.6%
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Bernard		 67 +6 +5 +8.1%
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Henry		 67 +11 +13 +24.1%
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Owen		 67 +11 +13 +24.1%
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Walter		 67 -2 -3 -4.3%
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Philip		 64 -3 -2 -3.0%
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Warren		 62 -11 -15 -19.5%
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Andrew		 61 +4 +6 +10.9%
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Rodney		 61 +1 +1 +1.7%
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Errol		 60 -5 -4 -6.3%
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Garry		 59 -10 -10 -14.5%
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Jack		 59 +9 +11 +22.9%
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Albert		 58 -8 -6 -9.4%
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Stuart		 58 0 +4 +7.4%
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Lindsay		 57 +14 +14 +32.6%
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Lawrence		 55 -5 -2 -3.5%
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Harold		 53 0 0 0.0%
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Gavin		 52 +6 +6 +13.0%
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Kelvin		 50 +15 +13 +35.1%
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Reginald		 50 +11 +8 +19.0%
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Laurence		 49 +15 +13 +36.1%
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Alfred		 48 +4 +4 +9.1%
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Stephen		 48 0 +1 +2.1%
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Ernest		 47 -7 -6 -11.3%
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Derek		 45 -1 -1 -2.2%
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Cyril		 44 new new new
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Hugh		 44 -6 -4 -8.3%
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Victor		 43 new new new
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Warwick		 43 -2 -1 -2.3%
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Frank		 42 -11 -8 -16.0%
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Maxwell		 42 new new new
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Roy		 42 -17 -12 -22.2%
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Allen		 37 -1 -1 -2.6%
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Edwin		 37 -1 -1 -2.6%
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Gerald		 36 -9 -8 -18.2%
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Mark		 35 new new new
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Wayne		 35 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 692 0 -136 -16.4%
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Patricia		 658 0 +59 +9.8%
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Judith		 472 0 +30 +6.8%
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Barbara		 357 0 -23 -6.1%
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Mary		 343 0 -31 -8.3%
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Janice		 331 +5 +76 +29.8%
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Pamela		 306 0 -15 -4.7%
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Elizabeth		 290 0 -24 -7.6%
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Beverley		 279 -3 -56 -16.7%
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Helen		 271 0 +6 +2.3%
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Shirley		 250 -2 -24 -8.8%
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Heather		 231 +3 +13 +6.0%
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Jennifer		 212 +1 -14 -6.2%
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Maureen		 212 -1 -17 -7.4%
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Kathleen		 207 +1 -4 -1.9%
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Valerie		 202 -3 -26 -11.4%
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Dorothy		 193 +5 +22 +12.9%
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Joan		 174 -1 -28 -13.9%
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Colleen		 170 0 -10 -5.6%
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Marie		 165 +5 +12 +7.8%
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Janet		 159 0 -19 -10.7%
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Elaine		 155 -3 -25 -13.9%
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Lorraine		 151 -5 -31 -17.0%
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Carol		 146 +9 +33 +29.2%
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Diane		 142 -1 -12 -7.8%
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Yvonne		 136 +7 +23 +20.4%
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Jeanette		 132 +6 +19 +16.8%
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Lynette		 128 +1 -4 -3.0%
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Pauline		 124 +3 +10 +8.8%
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Alison		 123 -7 -34 -21.7%
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June		 122 -1 -9 -6.9%
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Jean		 116 +4 +8 +7.4%
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Frances		 115 -5 -20 -14.8%
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Lois		 115 -6 -23 -16.7%
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Anne		 107 -9 -34 -24.1%
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Annette		 106 +6 +11 +11.6%
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Lesley		 105 +26 +34 +47.9%
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Marion		 103 +1 0 0.0%
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Gloria		 92 +11 +7 +8.2%
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Jocelyn		 90 +5 0 0.0%
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Noeline		 90 +5 0 0.0%
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Robyn		 90 +26 +21 +30.4%
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Joy		 88 -6 -19 -17.8%
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Wendy		 87 0 -4 -4.4%
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Ngaire		 85 -2 -8 -8.6%
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Rosemary		 83 -8 -23 -21.7%
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Diana		 82 -7 -18 -18.0%
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Gillian		 82 +9 +3 +3.8%
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Joyce		 82 +6 +1 +1.2%
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Eileen		 81 +12 +9 +12.5%
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Betty		 80 +5 +1 +1.3%
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Ann		 79 -21 -37 -31.9%
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Carole		 78 +24 +26 +50.0%
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Rosalie		 75 -2 -7 -8.5%
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Doreen		 74 -8 -13 -14.9%
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Dawn		 73 -15 -25 -25.5%
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Jill		 73 +10 +4 +5.8%
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Raewyn		 73 +37 +34 +87.2%
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Fay		 72 +5 +2 +2.9%
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Ruth		 72 -1 -5 -6.5%
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Irene		 71 -12 -15 -17.4%
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Catherine		 70 -3 -5 -6.7%
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Gail		 70 +13 +15 +27.3%
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Glenys		 69 +5 +4 +6.2%
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Nancy		 67 -1 -3 -4.3%
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Susan		 65 +5 +2 +3.2%
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Carolyn		 64 new new new
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Beverly		 63 -21 -24 -27.6%
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Jacqueline		 63 +8 +10 +18.9%
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Josephine		 62 -17 -19 -23.5%
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Kay		 62 -19 -22 -26.2%
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Dianne		 61 +1 +3 +5.2%
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Robin		 61 -3 -4 -6.2%
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Marlene		 60 -21 -21 -25.9%
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Norma		 57 +6 +9 +18.8%
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Jillian		 55 -15 -19 -25.7%
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Denise		 54 +19 +17 +45.9%
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Marilyn		 53 -12 -16 -23.2%
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Christine		 52 +5 +6 +13.0%
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Suzanne		 50 +1 +2 +4.2%
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Eleanor		 49 +3 +3 +6.5%
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Daphne		 48 -23 -27 -36.0%
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Marjorie		 48 +6 +3 +6.7%
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Sylvia		 47 +8 +6 +14.6%
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Beryl		 46 -5 -3 -6.1%
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Julie		 46 -13 -15 -24.6%
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Evelyn		 45 -9 -5 -10.0%
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Adrienne		 44 +6 +6 +15.8%
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Mavis		 44 +10 +8 +22.2%
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Lorna		 43 -1 -1 -2.3%
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Sandra		 42 new new new
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Vivienne		 42 +5 +5 +13.5%
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Florence		 39 -9 -7 -15.2%
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Nola		 38 new new new
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Linda		 37 +4 +2 +5.7%
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Sally		 37 -4 -5 -11.9%
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Edith		 36 -23 -21 -36.8%
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Phyllis		 36 -8 -8 -18.2%
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Janette		 35 -15 -11 -23.9%
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Muriel		 35 new new new
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Shona		 35 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand