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		 1,628 0 +67 +4.3%
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David		 979 0 +62 +6.8%
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Peter		 898 0 +85 +10.5%
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Robert		 766 0 +55 +7.7%
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Michael		 606 0 +32 +5.6%
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Brian		 597 +1 +34 +6.0%
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William		 577 -1 +10 +1.8%
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Ian		 477 0 -26 -5.2%
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Kevin		 467 +1 +56 +13.6%
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James		 452 -1 +18 +4.1%
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Richard		 436 +3 +99 +29.4%
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Graham		 398 0 +49 +14.0%
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Bruce		 386 0 +47 +13.9%
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Graeme		 374 -3 -2 -0.5%
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Paul		 368 +2 +53 +16.8%
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Alan		 361 0 +45 +14.2%
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Barry		 352 +4 +61 +21.0%
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Kenneth		 337 +4 +54 +19.1%
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Murray		 334 -2 +19 +6.0%
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Ronald		 310 +3 +43 +16.1%
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Wayne		 307 +5 +59 +23.8%
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Anthony		 304 -7 -15 -4.7%
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Colin		 304 -3 0 0.0%
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Trevor		 297 +1 +41 +16.0%
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Raymond		 289 -6 -15 -4.9%
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Donald		 267 -2 +4 +1.5%
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Allan		 253 +2 +37 +17.1%
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Gary		 253 +1 +33 +15.0%
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Ross		 232 +3 +28 +13.7%
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Christopher		 218 +7 +49 +29.0%
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Roger		 201 0 -4 -2.0%
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Dennis		 196 -5 -25 -11.3%
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Keith		 196 +2 +12 +6.5%
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Russell		 196 +1 +11 +5.9%
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Thomas		 189 -5 -21 -10.0%
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Geoffrey		 173 +3 +18 +11.6%
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Terence		 161 +5 +18 +12.6%
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Douglas		 160 -3 -11 -6.4%
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George		 157 +1 +4 +2.6%
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Neil		 157 -1 -11 -6.5%
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Philip		 156 +9 +42 +36.8%
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Leslie		 150 -7 -21 -12.3%
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Warren		 149 +1 +18 +13.7%
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Malcolm		 147 +4 +26 +21.5%
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Patrick		 139 0 +12 +9.4%
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Robin		 139 +1 +16 +13.0%
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Edward		 134 -6 -11 -7.6%
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Gordon		 133 -5 -1 -0.7%
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Neville		 133 -1 +11 +9.0%
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Charles		 128 -2 +7 +5.8%
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Noel		 123 +1 +10 +8.8%
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Rodney		 121 -2 +7 +6.1%
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Stephen		 121 +14 +37 +44.0%
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Garry		 110 +6 +17 +18.3%
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Andrew		 103 0 +2 +2.0%
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Arthur		 102 +3 +8 +8.5%
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Rex		 99 -2 -2 -2.0%
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Bryan		 97 -4 -8 -7.6%
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Denis		 97 +11 +20 +26.0%
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Maurice		 96 -7 -10 -9.4%
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Stuart		 92 -4 -5 -5.2%
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Francis		 91 +2 +5 +5.8%
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Kerry		 89 +4 +7 +8.5%
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Alexander		 86 +3 +4 +4.9%
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Gavin		 86 +29 +40 +87.0%
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Eric		 85 -2 -1 -1.2%
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Norman		 83 -5 -4 -4.6%
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Desmond		 82 -11 -15 -15.5%
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Phillip		 82 +10 +21 +34.4%
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Joseph		 77 +4 +12 +18.5%
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Ivan		 75 +10 +16 +27.1%
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Owen		 74 -1 +2 +2.8%
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Gregory		 72 new new new
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Lindsay		 72 -11 -15 -17.2%
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Mervyn		 72 -12 -20 -21.7%
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Warwick		 71 -2 +6 +9.2%
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Clive		 69 -3 +4 +6.2%
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Frederick		 66 +5 +11 +20.0%
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Grant		 65 -8 -7 -9.7%
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Lawrence		 61 +9 +10 +19.6%
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Bernard		 60 -11 -13 -17.8%
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Derek		 60 -3 -1 -1.6%
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Harold		 60 +1 +4 +7.1%
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Terrence		 57 -1 +2 +3.6%
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Allen		 56 +10 +11 +24.4%
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Mark		 56 new new new
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Hugh		 55 new new new
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Laurence		 55 +4 +7 +14.6%
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Kelvin		 54 new new new
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Leonard		 54 -16 -12 -18.2%
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Stanley		 53 -4 0 0.0%
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Timothy		 53 -11 -7 -11.7%
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Roy		 52 -10 -3 -5.5%
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Stewart		 52 new new new
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Henry		 51 -5 +2 +4.1%
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Maxwell		 51 new new new
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Jeffrey		 50 -9 -2 -3.8%
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Gerald		 48 -21 -14 -22.6%
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Martin		 48 -15 -7 -12.7%
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Jack		 46 -5 +1 +2.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 841 0 +46 +5.8%
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Judith		 585 +1 +63 +12.1%
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Patricia		 509 -1 -62 -10.9%
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Susan		 436 +7 +115 +35.8%
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Elizabeth		 416 0 +29 +7.5%
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Jennifer		 412 -2 -27 -6.2%
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Mary		 402 0 +27 +7.2%
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Pamela		 374 0 +18 +5.1%
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Barbara		 365 -3 -14 -3.7%
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Janice		 365 +1 +26 +7.7%
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Helen		 350 +1 +44 +14.4%
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Lynette		 337 +1 +52 +18.2%
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Carol		 330 -4 -11 -3.2%
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Christine		 328 +6 +97 +42.0%
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Kathleen		 295 +2 +37 +14.3%
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Diane		 289 0 +16 +5.9%
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Sandra		 286 +6 +84 +41.6%
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Shirley		 281 -4 -2 -0.7%
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Beverley		 278 -1 +29 +11.6%
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Heather		 266 -5 -8 -2.9%
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Lorraine		 242 0 +22 +10.0%
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Maureen		 221 0 +16 +7.8%
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Robyn		 221 +4 +44 +24.9%
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Janet		 207 0 +7 +3.5%
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Colleen		 203 -6 -29 -12.5%
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Valerie		 201 +5 +47 +30.5%
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Suzanne		 200 +18 +80 +66.7%
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Pauline		 192 -3 -7 -3.5%
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Marie		 191 0 +31 +19.4%
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Anne		 187 +5 +52 +38.5%
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Denise		 184 -1 +29 +18.7%
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Dianne		 182 +5 +49 +36.8%
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Alison		 177 0 +34 +23.8%
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Yvonne		 176 -7 +2 +1.1%
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Dorothy		 169 -3 +18 +11.9%
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Carolyn		 162 +5 +35 +27.6%
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Marilyn		 160 -2 +25 +18.5%
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Annette		 159 +10 +43 +37.1%
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Karen		 159 +26 +68 +74.7%
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Raewyn		 159 -10 -7 -4.2%
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Wendy		 155 -4 +22 +16.5%
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Ann		 149 +1 +28 +23.1%
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Catherine		 146 +5 +30 +25.9%
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Lesley		 141 -1 +20 +16.5%
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Joan		 139 -11 -1 -0.7%
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Cheryl		 138 +11 +37 +36.6%
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Elaine		 130 -6 +3 +2.4%
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Frances		 130 0 +12 +10.2%
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Kay		 124 +5 +22 +21.6%
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Gail		 120 -10 -10 -7.7%
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Rosemary		 117 -14 -16 -12.0%
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Julie		 112 +20 +39 +53.4%
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Marion		 112 0 0 0.0%
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Jillian		 110 +4 +10 +10.0%
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Lois		 104 +9 +13 +14.3%
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June		 101 -3 -10 -9.0%
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Linda		 99 +23 +36 +57.1%
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Jacqueline		 96 +9 +8 +9.1%
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Joy		 96 -10 -20 -17.2%
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Sheryl		 96 new new new
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Gloria		 95 -1 0 0.0%
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Gillian		 93 +1 -1 -1.1%
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Diana		 91 -9 -11 -10.8%
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Jill		 91 -3 -4 -4.2%
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Jean		 90 -6 -9 -9.1%
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Jeanette		 90 -20 -30 -25.0%
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Ngaire		 84 -16 -29 -25.7%
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Glenys		 82 +1 -1 -1.2%
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Ruth		 82 -8 -13 -13.7%
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Sally		 81 +8 +17 +26.6%
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Sharon		 79 0 +5 +6.8%
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Jocelyn		 73 -18 -29 -28.4%
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Josephine		 73 +13 +17 +30.4%
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Irene		 71 -10 -20 -22.0%
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Betty		 70 -5 -7 -9.1%
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Kathryn		 70 +22 +21 +42.9%
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Adrienne		 69 +11 +15 +27.8%
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Shona		 68 +14 +17 +33.3%
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Joyce		 67 -3 +1 +1.5%
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Doreen		 64 0 +1 +1.6%
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Marlene		 62 -3 -2 -3.1%
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Beverly		 60 -7 -8 -11.8%
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Evelyn		 60 +12 +10 +20.0%
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Lynne		 59 +14 +11 +22.9%
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Noeline		 59 -7 -6 -9.2%
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Brenda		 57 +8 +7 +14.0%
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Eileen		 57 -14 -16 -21.9%
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Dawn		 56 -14 -13 -18.8%
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Nancy		 56 +6 +6 +12.0%
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Susanne		 55 new new new
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Carole		 54 -24 -34 -38.6%
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Faye		 54 +7 +6 +12.5%
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Janette		 54 new new new
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Robin		 54 -9 -7 -11.5%
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Lynnette		 53 -12 -4 -7.0%
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Jane		 52 -10 -3 -5.5%
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Sylvia		 52 -13 -5 -8.8%
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Cynthia		 50 new new new
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Vivienne		 50 -8 -3 -5.7%
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Fay		 48 -12 -6 -11.1%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand