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		 1,376 0 +206 +17.6%
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David		 743 0 +9 +1.2%
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Peter		 740 0 +109 +17.3%
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Robert		 635 0 +6 +1.0%
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William		 508 0 -4 -0.8%
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Michael		 496 +2 +127 +34.4%
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Brian		 479 -1 +18 +3.9%
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Ian		 412 -1 +37 +9.9%
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Kevin		 366 +3 +82 +28.9%
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Richard		 363 +5 +92 +33.9%
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James		 345 -2 0 0.0%
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Kenneth		 328 -2 +30 +10.1%
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Alan		 301 +3 +32 +11.9%
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Graeme		 296 +5 +34 +13.0%
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Raymond		 295 -4 +7 +2.4%
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Ronald		 289 +4 +47 +19.4%
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Graham		 287 0 +23 +8.7%
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Colin		 279 -6 -5 -1.8%
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Bruce		 278 -2 +14 +5.3%
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Murray		 263 +3 +54 +25.8%
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Anthony		 262 +1 +25 +10.5%
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Donald		 255 -8 -27 -9.6%
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Barry		 251 -3 +9 +3.7%
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Paul		 236 +2 +63 +36.4%
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Gary		 214 +2 +43 +25.1%
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Trevor		 201 -2 +13 +6.9%
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Allan		 194 -2 +19 +10.9%
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Wayne		 193 +1 +31 +19.1%
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Douglas		 185 +2 +33 +21.7%
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Dennis		 172 +2 +23 +15.4%
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Ross		 164 +7 +37 +29.1%
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Keith		 161 0 +12 +8.1%
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Russell		 156 +2 +21 +15.6%
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Thomas		 156 -3 -4 -2.5%
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Roger		 152 -8 -19 -11.1%
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George		 144 +1 +13 +9.9%
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Neil		 144 0 +10 +7.5%
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Terence		 143 -4 +4 +2.9%
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Leslie		 139 0 +19 +15.8%
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Christopher		 131 +11 +37 +39.4%
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Geoffrey		 129 +1 +12 +10.3%
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Gordon		 123 -1 +5 +4.2%
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Noel		 119 +1 +8 +7.2%
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Patrick		 118 +1 +10 +9.3%
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Edward		 116 -5 -3 -2.5%
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Philip		 109 +12 +32 +41.6%
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Robin		 108 -4 -5 -4.4%
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Arthur		 104 -1 +5 +5.1%
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Neville		 101 -1 +3 +3.1%
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Bryan		 96 +7 +18 +23.1%
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Rodney		 96 +11 +25 +35.2%
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Malcolm		 93 -3 -3 -3.1%
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Maurice		 93 +3 +10 +12.0%
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Warren		 92 0 +5 +5.7%
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Victor		 90 new new new
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Charles		 88 -10 -12 -12.0%
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Eric		 88 -7 -8 -8.3%
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Desmond		 87 +1 +12 +16.0%
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Bernard		 83 -4 0 0.0%
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Mervyn		 79 +6 +13 +19.7%
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Owen		 76 +13 +22 +40.7%
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Rex		 76 -9 -14 -15.6%
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Alexander		 71 0 +2 +2.9%
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Denis		 67 +12 +15 +28.8%
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Joseph		 67 +12 +15 +28.8%
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Stephen		 67 +5 +5 +8.1%
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Stuart		 67 +10 +13 +24.1%
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Francis		 66 -7 -5 -7.0%
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Norman		 66 -15 -23 -25.8%
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Garry		 64 -3 -1 -1.5%
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Andrew		 63 -7 -5 -7.4%
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Ivan		 62 -12 -10 -13.9%
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Phillip		 62 +11 +18 +40.9%
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Lindsay		 59 -9 -8 -11.9%
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Roy		 59 +5 +10 +20.4%
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Frederick		 57 -6 0 0.0%
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Clive		 55 +6 +11 +25.0%
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Kerry		 54 +3 +9 +20.0%
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Leonard		 54 -5 -1 -1.8%
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Stanley		 54 -10 -9 -14.3%
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Harold		 51 +14 +14 +37.8%
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Derek		 50 +17 +15 +42.9%
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Gerald		 50 +1 +6 +13.6%
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Grant		 50 new new new
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Lawrence		 50 +11 +10 +25.0%
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Allen		 49 +1 +6 +14.0%
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Frank		 44 +10 +8 +22.2%
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Henry		 44 -17 -13 -22.8%
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Clifford		 43 -9 -4 -8.5%
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Ernest		 43 +3 +2 +4.9%
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Mark		 43 new new new
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Selwyn		 43 new new new
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Hugh		 42 -12 -3 -6.7%
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Walter		 42 -23 -15 -26.3%
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Warwick		 42 -6 -1 -2.3%
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Errol		 40 +4 +6 +17.6%
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Terrence		 40 -6 -2 -4.8%
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Gavin		 38 -11 -5 -11.6%
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Albert		 37 -23 -15 -28.8%
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Jack		 37 new new new
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Reginald		 37 -4 0 0.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 696 0 +15 +2.2%
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Judith		 532 +1 +55 +11.5%
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Patricia		 488 -1 +7 +1.5%
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Janice		 357 0 -10 -2.7%
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Mary		 348 0 0 0.0%
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Barbara		 345 0 +25 +7.8%
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Elizabeth		 334 +3 +68 +25.6%
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Lynette		 316 +6 +101 +47.0%
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Carol		 314 +7 +113 +56.2%
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Pamela		 313 -2 +33 +11.8%
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Helen		 307 -4 +20 +7.0%
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Jennifer		 303 +1 +66 +27.8%
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Heather		 262 -2 +11 +4.4%
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Shirley		 253 -5 -16 -5.9%
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Diane		 247 +5 +65 +35.7%
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Beverley		 241 -4 -2 -0.8%
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Colleen		 229 -2 +17 +8.0%
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Lorraine		 222 +1 +37 +20.0%
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Susan		 218 +9 +82 +60.3%
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Janet		 206 +2 +37 +21.9%
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Kathleen		 205 -4 +5 +2.5%
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Maureen		 202 -4 +8 +4.1%
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Valerie		 163 0 -2 -1.2%
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Pauline		 159 +2 +18 +12.8%
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Christine		 153 +12 +48 +45.7%
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Sandra		 151 +12 +47 +45.2%
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Dorothy		 149 -6 -23 -13.4%
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Yvonne		 147 +6 +40 +37.4%
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Joan		 144 -4 +2 +1.4%
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Frances		 141 -1 +18 +14.6%
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Anne		 136 +1 +27 +24.8%
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Raewyn		 133 +6 +29 +27.9%
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Elaine		 132 -3 +13 +10.9%
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Lesley		 131 +6 +29 +28.4%
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Robyn		 129 -1 +22 +20.6%
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Alison		 126 -9 -11 -8.0%
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Jeanette		 121 +3 +19 +18.6%
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Marie		 118 -14 -30 -20.3%
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Marion		 114 +3 +13 +12.9%
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Annette		 112 -7 +4 +3.7%
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Dianne		 108 +5 +15 +16.1%
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Wendy		 107 +9 +21 +24.4%
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June		 102 +19 +33 +47.8%
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Carolyn		 99 +24 +33 +50.0%
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Carole		 98 +8 +18 +22.5%
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Gail		 97 +13 +27 +38.6%
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Jean		 97 +2 +7 +7.8%
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Kay		 95 +17 +27 +39.7%
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Lois		 95 -17 -20 -17.4%
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Marilyn		 91 -1 +3 +3.4%
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Gillian		 90 +23 +33 +57.9%
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Ann		 89 -18 -18 -16.8%
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Irene		 89 -7 -7 -7.3%
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Glenys		 88 -11 -12 -12.0%
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Jocelyn		 88 +11 +20 +29.4%
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Ngaire		 88 0 +9 +11.4%
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Cheryl		 86 new new new
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Rosemary		 86 -13 -11 -11.3%
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Jillian		 84 0 +14 +20.0%
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Dawn		 82 +2 +13 +18.8%
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Marlene		 80 +29 +38 +90.5%
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Josephine		 78 -7 +1 +1.3%
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Nancy		 78 +6 +12 +18.2%
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Noeline		 78 +9 +15 +23.8%
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Suzanne		 78 -6 +4 +5.4%
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Ruth		 77 -7 +7 +10.0%
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Diana		 76 -11 +2 +2.7%
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Joy		 73 -16 -8 -9.9%
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Jill		 70 -1 +4 +6.1%
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Catherine		 69 -23 -22 -24.2%
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Beverly		 68 -6 0 0.0%
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Gloria		 67 -22 -20 -23.0%
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Betty		 65 -15 -8 -11.0%
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Doreen		 65 +22 +25 +62.5%
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Eileen		 65 +3 +9 +16.1%
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Denise		 64 -3 +5 +8.5%
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Jacqueline		 63 -1 +7 +12.5%
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Julie		 63 -5 +3 +5.0%
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Rosalie		 61 -5 +4 +7.0%
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Leonie		 57 -18 -12 -17.4%
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Vivienne		 56 new new new
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Karen		 55 +3 +10 +22.2%
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Linda		 55 +5 +12 +27.9%
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Fay		 52 -4 -1 -1.9%
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Joyce		 51 -7 -3 -5.6%
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Adrienne		 50 -4 +2 +4.2%
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Lynne		 50 +7 +9 +22.0%
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Robin		 50 -8 -4 -7.4%
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Evelyn		 48 -7 0 0.0%
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Sharon		 48 +9 +9 +23.1%
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Sylvia		 46 -7 -1 -2.1%
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Lynnette		 45 new new new
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Sally		 45 -2 +3 +7.1%
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Daphne		 43 -7 0 0.0%
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Marjorie		 43 -1 +2 +4.9%
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Shona		 43 -13 -9 -17.3%
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Norma		 42 -12 -3 -6.7%
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Ellen		 41 new new new
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Faye		 41 0 +2 +5.1%
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Maria		 40 -13 -3 -7.0%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand