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		 1,561 0 +185 +13.4%
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David		 917 0 +174 +23.4%
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Peter		 813 0 +73 +9.9%
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Robert		 711 0 +76 +12.0%
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Michael		 574 +1 +78 +15.7%
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William		 567 -1 +59 +11.6%
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Brian		 563 0 +84 +17.5%
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Ian		 503 0 +91 +22.1%
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James		 434 +2 +89 +25.8%
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Kevin		 411 -1 +45 +12.3%
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Graeme		 376 +3 +80 +27.0%
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Graham		 349 +5 +62 +21.6%
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Bruce		 339 +6 +61 +21.9%
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Richard		 337 -4 -26 -7.2%
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Anthony		 319 +6 +57 +21.8%
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Alan		 316 -3 +15 +5.0%
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Murray		 315 +3 +52 +19.8%
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Paul		 315 +7 +79 +33.5%
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Colin		 304 -1 +25 +9.0%
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Raymond		 304 -4 +9 +3.1%
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Barry		 291 +2 +40 +15.9%
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Kenneth		 283 -10 -45 -13.7%
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Ronald		 267 -7 -22 -7.6%
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Donald		 263 -2 +8 +3.1%
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Trevor		 256 +1 +55 +27.4%
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Wayne		 248 +2 +55 +28.5%
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Dennis		 221 +3 +49 +28.5%
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Gary		 220 -3 +6 +2.8%
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Allan		 216 -2 +22 +11.3%
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Thomas		 210 +3 +54 +34.6%
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Roger		 205 +4 +53 +34.9%
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Ross		 204 -1 +40 +24.4%
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Russell		 185 0 +29 +18.6%
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Keith		 184 -2 +23 +14.3%
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Douglas		 171 -6 -14 -7.6%
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Leslie		 171 +4 +32 +23.0%
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Christopher		 169 +3 +38 +29.0%
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Neil		 168 -2 +24 +16.7%
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Geoffrey		 155 +2 +26 +20.2%
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George		 153 -4 +9 +6.3%
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Edward		 145 +4 +29 +25.0%
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Terence		 143 -4 0 0.0%
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Gordon		 134 -1 +11 +8.9%
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Warren		 131 +10 +39 +42.4%
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Patrick		 127 -1 +9 +7.6%
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Robin		 123 +1 +15 +13.9%
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Neville		 122 +2 +21 +20.8%
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Charles		 121 +8 +33 +37.5%
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Malcolm		 121 +4 +28 +30.1%
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Philip		 114 -4 +5 +4.6%
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Rodney		 114 0 +18 +18.8%
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Noel		 113 -9 -6 -5.0%
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Maurice		 106 -1 +13 +14.0%
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Bryan		 105 -4 +9 +9.4%
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Andrew		 101 +16 +38 +60.3%
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Rex		 101 +6 +25 +32.9%
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Desmond		 97 +1 +10 +11.5%
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Stuart		 97 +7 +30 +44.8%
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Arthur		 94 -11 -10 -9.6%
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Garry		 93 +10 +29 +45.3%
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Mervyn		 92 -1 +13 +16.5%
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Lindsay		 87 +12 +28 +47.5%
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Norman		 87 +6 +21 +31.8%
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Eric		 86 -8 -2 -2.3%
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Francis		 86 +4 +20 +30.3%
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Stephen		 84 -2 +17 +25.4%
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Alexander		 82 -4 +11 +15.5%
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Kerry		 82 +11 +28 +51.9%
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Denis		 77 -5 +10 +14.9%
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Bernard		 73 -11 -10 -12.0%
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Grant		 72 +11 +22 +44.0%
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Owen		 72 -10 -4 -5.3%
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Leonard		 66 +5 +12 +22.2%
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Clive		 65 +3 +10 +18.2%
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Joseph		 65 -10 -2 -3.0%
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Warwick		 65 +19 +23 +54.8%
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Gerald		 62 +5 +12 +24.0%
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Derek		 61 +4 +11 +22.0%
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Phillip		 61 -6 -1 -1.6%
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Timothy		 60 new new new
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Ivan		 59 -9 -3 -4.8%
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Harold		 56 -1 +5 +9.8%
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Frederick		 55 -7 -2 -3.5%
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Martin		 55 new new new
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Roy		 55 -9 -4 -6.8%
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Terrence		 55 +13 +15 +37.5%
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Stanley		 53 -9 -1 -1.9%
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Jeffrey		 52 new new new
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Lawrence		 51 -7 +1 +2.0%
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Henry		 49 -3 +5 +11.4%
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Clifford		 48 -2 +5 +11.6%
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Laurence		 48 new new new
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Gavin		 46 +5 +8 +21.1%
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Walter		 46 0 +4 +9.5%
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Albert		 45 +4 +8 +21.6%
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Allen		 45 -9 -4 -8.2%
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Jack		 45 +4 +8 +21.6%
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Roderick		 45 new new new
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Errol		 44 -3 +4 +10.0%
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Alfred		 43 new new new
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Reginald		 43 -1 +6 +16.2%
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Selwyn		 43 -11 0 0.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 795 0 +99 +14.2%
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Patricia		 571 +1 +83 +17.0%
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Judith		 522 -1 -10 -1.9%
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Jennifer		 439 +8 +136 +44.9%
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Elizabeth		 387 +2 +53 +15.9%
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Barbara		 379 0 +34 +9.9%
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Mary		 375 -2 +27 +7.8%
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Pamela		 356 +2 +43 +13.7%
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Carol		 341 0 +27 +8.6%
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Janice		 339 -6 -18 -5.0%
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Susan		 321 +8 +103 +47.2%
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Helen		 306 -1 -1 -0.3%
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Lynette		 285 -5 -31 -9.8%
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Shirley		 283 0 +30 +11.9%
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Heather		 274 -2 +12 +4.6%
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Diane		 273 -1 +26 +10.5%
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Kathleen		 258 +4 +53 +25.9%
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Beverley		 249 -2 +8 +3.3%
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Colleen		 232 -2 +3 +1.3%
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Christine		 231 +5 +78 +51.0%
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Lorraine		 220 -3 -2 -0.9%
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Maureen		 205 0 +3 +1.5%
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Sandra		 202 +3 +51 +33.8%
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Janet		 200 -4 -6 -2.9%
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Pauline		 199 -1 +40 +25.2%
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Robyn		 177 +9 +48 +37.2%
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Yvonne		 174 +1 +27 +18.4%
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Raewyn		 166 +4 +33 +24.8%
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Marie		 160 +9 +42 +35.6%
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Denise		 155 +46 +91 +142%
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Valerie		 154 -8 -9 -5.5%
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Dorothy		 151 -5 +2 +1.3%
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Alison		 143 +3 +17 +13.5%
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Joan		 140 -5 -4 -2.8%
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Anne		 135 -4 -1 -0.7%
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Marilyn		 135 +15 +44 +48.4%
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Dianne		 133 +4 +25 +23.1%
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Rosemary		 133 +20 +47 +54.7%
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Wendy		 133 +5 +26 +24.3%
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Gail		 130 +6 +33 +34.0%
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Carolyn		 127 +3 +28 +28.3%
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Elaine		 127 -8 -5 -3.8%
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Ann		 121 +9 +32 +36.0%
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Lesley		 121 -9 -10 -7.6%
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Jeanette		 120 -8 -1 -0.8%
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Suzanne		 120 +17 +42 +53.8%
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Frances		 118 -17 -23 -16.3%
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Annette		 116 -8 +4 +3.6%
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Catherine		 116 +22 +47 +68.1%
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Joy		 116 +20 +43 +58.9%
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Ngaire		 113 +3 +25 +28.4%
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Marion		 112 -13 -2 -1.8%
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June		 111 -10 +9 +8.8%
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Diana		 102 +13 +26 +34.2%
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Jocelyn		 102 0 +14 +15.9%
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Kay		 102 -6 +7 +7.4%
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Cheryl		 101 0 +15 +17.4%
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Jillian		 100 +1 +16 +19.0%
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Jean		 99 -13 +2 +2.1%
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Gloria		 95 +12 +28 +41.8%
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Jill		 95 +9 +25 +35.7%
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Ruth		 95 +6 +18 +23.4%
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Gillian		 94 -12 +4 +4.4%
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Irene		 91 -12 +2 +2.2%
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Karen		 91 +18 +36 +65.5%
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Lois		 91 -16 -4 -4.2%
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Carole		 88 -22 -10 -10.2%
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Jacqueline		 88 +10 +25 +39.7%
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Glenys		 83 -15 -5 -5.7%
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Betty		 77 +3 +12 +18.5%
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Sharon		 74 +18 +26 +54.2%
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Eileen		 73 +1 +8 +12.3%
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Julie		 73 +5 +10 +15.9%
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Dawn		 69 -14 -13 -15.9%
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Beverly		 68 -4 0 0.0%
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Joyce		 66 +9 +15 +29.4%
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Noeline		 65 -15 -13 -16.7%
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Marlene		 64 -17 -16 -20.0%
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Sally		 64 +14 +19 +42.2%
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Doreen		 63 -7 -2 -3.1%
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Linda		 63 +2 +8 +14.5%
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Robin		 61 +4 +11 +22.0%
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Lynnette		 57 +9 +12 +26.7%
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Sylvia		 57 +8 +11 +23.9%
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Josephine		 56 -23 -22 -28.2%
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Daphne		 55 +8 +12 +27.9%
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Jane		 55 new new new
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Adrienne		 54 -2 +4 +8.0%
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Fay		 54 -4 +2 +3.8%
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Leonie		 53 -10 -4 -7.0%
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Vivienne		 53 -9 -3 -5.4%
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Maria		 51 +8 +11 +27.5%
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Shona		 51 +2 +8 +18.6%
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Brenda		 50 new new new
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Evelyn		 50 -5 +2 +4.2%
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Nancy		 50 -32 -28 -35.9%
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Kathryn		 49 new new new
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Eleanor		 48 new new new
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Faye		 48 0 +7 +17.1%
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Lynne		 48 -12 -2 -4.0%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand