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		 1,504 0 -71 -4.5%
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David		 992 0 +10 +1.0%
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Peter		 919 0 +28 +3.1%
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Robert		 680 0 -39 -5.4%
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Michael		 666 0 +64 +10.6%
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Brian		 530 +1 -25 -4.5%
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Kevin		 527 +1 +32 +6.5%
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William		 501 -2 -89 -15.1%
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Bruce		 452 +4 +50 +12.4%
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Ian		 440 +1 +34 +8.4%
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Paul		 404 +3 +18 +4.7%
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James		 403 -3 -29 -6.7%
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Graeme		 399 -1 -5 -1.2%
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Alan		 385 +3 +42 +12.2%
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Murray		 331 +1 -17 -4.9%
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Graham		 325 -1 -46 -12.4%
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Richard		 304 -7 -110 -26.6%
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Kenneth		 303 0 -21 -6.5%
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Colin		 301 0 -9 -2.9%
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Wayne		 297 0 +10 +3.5%
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Anthony		 293 +1 +11 +3.9%
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Stephen		 286 +17 +104 +57.1%
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Barry		 278 -2 -5 -1.8%
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Trevor		 267 +1 +13 +5.1%
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Raymond		 266 -2 -10 -3.6%
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Christopher		 257 +1 +9 +3.6%
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Allan		 240 +1 +2 +0.8%
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Donald		 240 -2 -14 -5.5%
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Ronald		 235 -5 -22 -8.6%
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Dennis		 231 -1 +3 +1.3%
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Philip		 226 +7 +43 +23.5%
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Gary		 216 +3 +11 +5.4%
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Roger		 212 -2 -7 -3.2%
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Geoffrey		 203 -2 -14 -6.5%
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Keith		 202 -5 -23 -10.2%
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Ross		 196 -4 -21 -9.7%
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Russell		 195 -3 -16 -7.6%
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Thomas		 176 -2 -24 -12.0%
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Douglas		 166 -2 -23 -12.2%
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Malcolm		 166 +14 +53 +46.9%
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Grant		 161 +29 +84 +109%
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Neil		 160 -2 +4 +2.6%
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Warren		 157 -2 +4 +2.6%
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Terence		 154 -2 +8 +5.5%
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Leslie		 153 0 +20 +15.0%
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George		 152 -3 +8 +5.6%
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Patrick		 140 +2 +19 +15.7%
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Gordon		 137 +1 +16 +13.2%
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Charles		 133 +7 +23 +20.9%
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Rodney		 127 +8 +22 +21.0%
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Noel		 126 +3 +14 +12.5%
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Robin		 125 -5 +1 +0.8%
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Phillip		 120 +8 +21 +21.2%
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Andrew		 118 +1 +7 +6.3%
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Neville		 113 -9 -14 -11.0%
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Mark		 112 +12 +32 +40.0%
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Stuart		 108 -9 -15 -12.2%
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Garry		 106 +1 +2 +1.9%
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Lindsay		 105 -7 -10 -8.7%
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Edward		 103 -16 -33 -24.3%
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Gregory		 103 +4 +14 +15.7%
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Bryan		 99 -11 -18 -15.4%
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Arthur		 95 -1 0 0.0%
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Maurice		 93 -4 -9 -8.8%
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Rex		 89 +1 +2 +2.3%
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Eric		 88 -9 -21 -19.3%
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Denis		 86 +9 +17 +24.6%
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Norman		 86 +3 +9 +11.7%
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Alexander		 83 +5 +13 +18.6%
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Francis		 79 -3 -4 -4.8%
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Martin		 76 +19 +19 +33.3%
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Joseph		 75 +5 +7 +10.3%
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Timothy		 74 +23 +22 +42.3%
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Kerry		 73 -11 -18 -19.8%
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Owen		 72 +2 +4 +5.9%
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Desmond		 70 -12 -19 -21.3%
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Gavin		 70 +4 +3 +4.5%
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Clive		 68 +7 +7 +11.5%
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Bernard		 65 +3 +1 +1.6%
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Lawrence		 62 +8 +4 +6.9%
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Steven		 62 new new new
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Henry		 59 +6 +1 +1.7%
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Warwick		 59 +4 -1 -1.7%
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Laurence		 58 +9 +4 +7.4%
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Mervyn		 58 -12 -18 -23.7%
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Derek		 57 -5 -9 -13.6%
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Frederick		 57 -18 -23 -28.8%
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Roy		 57 -2 -6 -9.5%
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Ivan		 55 -15 -15 -21.4%
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Gerald		 53 0 -4 -7.0%
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Jeffrey		 53 -13 -15 -22.1%
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Alistair		 52 new new new
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Leonard		 52 -2 -5 -8.8%
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Roderick		 50 +5 +4 +8.7%
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Allen		 47 +5 +2 +4.4%
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Glenn		 47 new new new
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Terrence		 47 -13 -17 -26.6%
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Larry		 46 -4 -7 -13.2%
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Nigel		 45 new new new
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Lloyd		 44 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 749 0 +19 +2.6%
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Christine		 562 +6 +149 +36.1%
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Judith		 495 -1 -48 -8.8%
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Jennifer		 473 0 +7 +1.5%
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Susan		 450 +1 +34 +8.2%
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Patricia		 437 -3 -86 -16.4%
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Mary		 415 0 +1 +0.2%
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Barbara		 398 -3 -33 -7.7%
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Elizabeth		 382 +1 +29 +8.2%
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Linda		 348 +10 +85 +32.3%
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Lynette		 329 +2 +6 +1.9%
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Helen		 318 +2 -4 -1.2%
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Janice		 314 -1 -23 -6.8%
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Heather		 301 +3 +18 +6.4%
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Pamela		 295 -4 -43 -12.7%
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Sandra		 284 -7 -72 -20.2%
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Carol		 278 -1 -8 -2.8%
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Diane		 263 -3 -24 -8.4%
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Shirley		 260 0 -9 -3.3%
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Kathleen		 254 -2 -18 -6.6%
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Lorraine		 223 0 -21 -8.6%
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Robyn		 223 +2 -3 -1.3%
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Beverley		 216 +1 -1 -0.5%
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Pauline		 203 +2 -1 -0.5%
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Colleen		 201 +2 +5 +2.6%
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Janet		 196 -1 -18 -8.4%
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Maureen		 190 +1 +1 +0.5%
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Carolyn		 188 +1 +1 +0.5%
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Marilyn		 187 -7 -45 -19.4%
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Gail		 181 +21 +57 +46.0%
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Suzanne		 181 +1 -5 -2.7%
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Anne		 177 +1 0 0.0%
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Raewyn		 171 +1 -2 -1.2%
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Dianne		 165 -2 -13 -7.3%
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Karen		 156 0 -14 -8.2%
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Alison		 155 0 -7 -4.3%
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Lesley		 149 -8 -38 -20.3%
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Catherine		 141 +1 -6 -4.1%
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Ann		 139 +10 +10 +7.8%
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Marie		 139 -2 -17 -10.9%
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Annette		 136 +2 -5 -3.5%
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Wendy		 135 +1 -6 -4.3%
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Cheryl		 133 +11 +19 +16.7%
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Yvonne		 132 +2 -5 -3.6%
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Julie		 129 +2 -6 -4.4%
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Valerie		 129 -5 -16 -11.0%
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Rosemary		 122 -2 -18 -12.9%
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Dorothy		 120 +2 -8 -6.3%
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Denise		 118 -8 -25 -17.5%
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Kathryn		 116 +24 +45 +63.4%
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Kay		 113 +8 +17 +17.7%
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Elaine		 112 0 -9 -7.4%
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Joan		 112 -10 -30 -21.1%
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Frances		 111 -6 -22 -16.5%
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Sheryl		 111 -1 -8 -6.7%
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Marion		 108 +5 +14 +14.9%
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Jeanette		 107 -3 -7 -6.1%
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Joy		 106 -2 +2 +1.9%
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Gillian		 103 +9 +24 +30.4%
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Jillian		 102 -23 -54 -34.6%
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Lynne		 100 +27 +43 +75.4%
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Sharon		 100 -1 +5 +5.3%
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Lois		 98 0 +7 +7.7%
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Ruth		 96 +11 +26 +37.1%
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Lynda		 95 +6 +18 +23.4%
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Glenys		 91 -9 -11 -10.8%
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Diana		 88 -5 -5 -5.4%
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Gloria		 86 0 +7 +8.9%
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Jocelyn		 84 -4 -2 -2.3%
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Jill		 82 -3 0 0.0%
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Irene		 78 -5 -5 -6.0%
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Sally		 78 +15 +20 +34.5%
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Jacqueline		 76 -15 -25 -24.8%
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Lynnette		 73 +25 +25 +52.1%
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Vivienne		 68 +11 +10 +17.2%
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Ngaire		 67 -12 -20 -23.0%
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Dawn		 65 -7 -13 -16.7%
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Noeline		 63 +2 +1 +1.6%
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Shona		 63 +2 +1 +1.6%
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Jean		 60 -9 -17 -22.1%
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Josephine		 60 -5 -10 -14.3%
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June		 59 -9 -16 -21.3%
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Adrienne		 58 -4 -5 -7.9%
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Brenda		 58 +14 +9 +18.4%
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Sharyn		 57 new new new
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Eileen		 56 -9 -12 -17.6%
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Jane		 56 +3 +1 +1.8%
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Jan		 55 new new new
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Janis		 54 -11 -10 -15.6%
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Beverly		 52 +2 -1 -1.9%
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Maria		 51 +6 +2 +4.1%
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Penelope		 50 new new new
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Faye		 49 -13 -13 -21.0%
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Carole		 46 -9 -13 -22.0%
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Evelyn		 46 -3 -8 -14.8%
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Rosalie		 46 +5 -2 -4.2%
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Stephanie		 46 new new new
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Nancy		 45 -2 -5 -10.0%
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Glenda		 44 new new new
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Julia		 44 new new new
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Lynley		 44 new new new
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Marjorie		 44 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand