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		 1,391 0 +7 +0.5%
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Peter		 1,258 +1 +114 +10.0%
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David		 1,188 -1 +38 +3.3%
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Michael		 868 0 +18 +2.1%
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Robert		 732 0 +5 +0.7%
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Paul		 723 0 +46 +6.8%
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Stephen		 685 0 +115 +20.2%
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Kevin		 565 0 +24 +4.4%
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Christopher		 550 0 +45 +8.9%
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Ian		 496 +1 +58 +13.2%
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Mark		 454 +2 +32 +7.6%
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Richard		 434 +2 +43 +11.0%
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William		 428 -2 -10 -2.3%
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Brian		 394 -4 -75 -16.0%
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Bruce		 387 0 +11 +2.9%
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Alan		 377 0 +2 +0.5%
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Murray		 375 0 +5 +1.4%
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Anthony		 372 +4 +59 +18.8%
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Wayne		 367 0 +35 +10.5%
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James		 352 +1 +30 +9.3%
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Graeme		 350 -3 -15 -4.1%
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Gary		 337 -2 +13 +4.0%
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Graham		 320 +1 +22 +7.4%
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Barry		 292 +1 +4 +1.4%
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Colin		 274 +1 -7 -2.5%
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Ross		 267 +3 +29 +12.2%
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Geoffrey		 266 +4 +45 +20.4%
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Raymond		 252 +4 +38 +17.8%
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Kenneth		 249 -2 +1 +0.4%
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Philip		 248 -7 -51 -17.1%
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Trevor		 243 -3 -4 -1.6%
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Neil		 227 +8 +46 +25.4%
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Grant		 220 -3 -14 -6.0%
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Donald		 212 +1 +15 +7.6%
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Gregory		 208 +3 +18 +9.5%
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Steven		 201 +3 +12 +6.3%
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Allan		 200 -3 -8 -3.8%
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Garry		 200 +6 +27 +15.6%
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Andrew		 196 +3 +20 +11.4%
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Roger		 194 -3 +3 +1.6%
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Keith		 183 -8 -30 -14.1%
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Ronald		 169 -6 -26 -13.3%
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Warren		 161 -2 -18 -10.1%
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Russell		 154 0 -14 -8.3%
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Thomas		 153 0 -14 -8.4%
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Dennis		 152 0 -13 -7.9%
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Stuart		 146 +1 -5 -3.3%
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Timothy		 143 +13 +32 +28.8%
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Malcolm		 141 +4 +3 +2.2%
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Douglas		 132 -2 -19 -12.6%
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Edward		 131 +4 -1 -0.8%
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Phillip		 129 -5 -30 -18.9%
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Robin		 128 -2 -12 -8.6%
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Martin		 124 +4 +4 +3.3%
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Gavin		 123 +14 +28 +29.5%
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Patrick		 122 +4 +7 +6.1%
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Leslie		 119 -6 -21 -15.0%
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Gordon		 118 -4 -15 -11.3%
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Charles		 117 0 -1 -0.8%
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Terence		 116 -3 -11 -8.7%
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George		 113 -11 -35 -23.6%
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Craig		 112 +5 +15 +15.5%
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Lindsay		 108 -1 0 0.0%
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Jeffrey		 99 +3 +2 +2.1%
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Bryan		 98 +9 +19 +24.1%
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Joseph		 97 0 -2 -2.0%
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Glenn		 95 +10 +24 +33.8%
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Rex		 94 -4 -6 -6.0%
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Kerry		 92 -5 -8 -8.0%
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Neville		 91 -15 -41 -31.1%
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Noel		 91 -7 -10 -9.9%
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Nigel		 88 0 +6 +7.3%
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Tony		 87 +3 +12 +16.0%
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Brent		 86 -3 -8 -8.5%
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Arthur		 84 +5 +16 +23.5%
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Alexander		 82 -4 0 0.0%
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Rodney		 75 -8 -20 -21.1%
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Simon		 68 +13 +12 +21.4%
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Maurice		 67 +13 +15 +28.8%
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Eric		 63 -3 -8 -11.3%
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Lance		 63 +12 +11 +21.2%
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Francis		 62 +2 0 0.0%
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Bernard		 59 -3 -9 -13.2%
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Nicholas		 58 +11 +9 +18.4%
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Owen		 58 -9 -18 -23.7%
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Stewart		 57 +12 +9 +18.8%
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Gerard		 56 -1 -4 -6.7%
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Derek		 53 0 -6 -10.2%
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Roy		 53 +10 +5 +10.4%
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Gerald		 52 new new new
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Hugh		 51 new new new
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Mervyn		 49 -6 -11 -18.3%
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Brett		 48 -1 -4 -7.7%
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Desmond		 48 -3 -9 -15.8%
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Frank		 48 new new new
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Norman		 48 -5 -11 -18.6%
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Warwick		 48 new new new
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Lawrence		 47 -21 -24 -33.8%
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Laurence		 46 new new new
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Lloyd		 46 new new new
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Shane		 46 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Susan		 749 +1 +21 +2.9%
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Christine		 698 -1 -71 -9.2%
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Margaret		 562 0 +3 +0.5%
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Judith		 460 0 -69 -13.0%
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Jennifer		 447 0 -13 -2.8%
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Karen		 436 +8 +112 +34.6%
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Patricia		 425 +1 +22 +5.5%
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Mary		 401 -1 -18 -4.3%
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Linda		 386 0 -6 -1.5%
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Barbara		 378 0 0 0.0%
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Elizabeth		 362 -5 -58 -13.8%
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Robyn		 354 0 +14 +4.1%
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Wendy		 346 +4 +65 +23.1%
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Helen		 334 +1 +11 +3.4%
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Heather		 331 +5 +60 +22.1%
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Lynette		 321 -5 -32 -9.1%
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Anne		 311 -4 -17 -5.2%
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Sandra		 304 0 +28 +10.1%
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Diane		 289 -3 -1 -0.3%
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Carol		 259 +2 +13 +5.3%
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Pamela		 248 0 -10 -3.9%
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Janet		 242 -3 -31 -11.4%
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Janice		 241 0 +4 +1.7%
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Suzanne		 239 +1 +13 +5.8%
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Raewyn		 226 +4 +20 +9.7%
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Sharon		 223 +10 +52 +30.4%
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Dianne		 220 0 +2 +0.9%
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Julie		 216 -4 -12 -5.3%
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Rosemary		 201 +1 -4 -2.0%
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Deborah		 191 +13 +40 +26.5%
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Alison		 190 +2 +4 +2.2%
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Denise		 184 +4 +13 +7.6%
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Kathleen		 184 -1 -15 -7.5%
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Pauline		 184 -1 -15 -7.5%
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Catherine		 179 +4 +13 +7.8%
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Lorraine		 178 -10 -46 -20.5%
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Yvonne		 165 +1 -4 -2.4%
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Marie		 160 +11 +19 +13.5%
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Ann		 159 +6 +9 +6.0%
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Beverley		 156 +1 +2 +1.3%
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Annette		 154 +6 +10 +6.9%
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Lesley		 154 -6 -19 -11.0%
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Shirley		 153 -3 -7 -4.4%
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Colleen		 151 +2 +3 +2.0%
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Marilyn		 146 -17 -65 -30.8%
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Maureen		 134 -4 -18 -11.8%
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Glenda		 130 +10 +25 +23.8%
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Jane		 128 -1 -16 -11.1%
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Gail		 126 -15 -55 -30.4%
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Jillian		 126 -6 -25 -16.6%
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Lynda		 125 +10 +30 +31.6%
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Sheryl		 124 -2 -10 -7.5%
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Brenda		 123 +19 +39 +46.4%
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Jacqueline		 120 +1 +9 +8.1%
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Kay		 119 -1 +5 +4.4%
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Carolyn		 118 -5 -10 -7.8%
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Marion		 116 +5 +24 +26.1%
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Maria		 112 +1 +11 +10.9%
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Cheryl		 111 -3 +5 +4.7%
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Donna		 109 +11 +24 +28.2%
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Kathryn		 109 -8 -14 -11.4%
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Vicki		 107 +13 +27 +33.8%
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Jeanette		 100 +4 +11 +12.4%
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Gillian		 99 -1 +8 +8.8%
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Jan		 99 +1 +9 +10.0%
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Sally		 97 -6 +1 +1.0%
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Ruth		 96 -9 -8 -7.7%
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Lynne		 95 -3 +5 +5.6%
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Jocelyn		 94 0 +7 +8.0%
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Jill		 92 +4 +9 +10.8%
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Joanne		 91 +7 +15 +19.7%
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Frances		 90 -19 -31 -25.6%
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Maree		 89 +27 +38 +74.5%
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Valerie		 88 +4 +12 +15.8%
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Dorothy		 83 +10 +13 +18.6%
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Elaine		 83 -8 -6 -6.7%
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Adrienne		 81 +12 +17 +26.6%
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Glenys		 81 -14 -10 -11.0%
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Joy		 80 +2 +5 +6.7%
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Angela		 79 -4 +2 +2.6%
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Irene		 79 -11 -8 -9.2%
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Shona		 79 -2 +3 +3.9%
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Paula		 74 +3 +5 +7.2%
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Lois		 73 -2 -1 -1.4%
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Bronwyn		 72 +5 +10 +16.1%
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Vivienne		 72 -9 -5 -6.5%
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Fiona		 71 new new new
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Louise		 69 +5 +12 +21.1%
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Stephanie		 69 -5 -3 -4.2%
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Christina		 66 +6 +13 +24.5%
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Debra		 66 new new new
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Ngaire		 66 new new new
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Claire		 64 +5 +12 +23.1%
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Diana		 64 -6 -4 -5.9%
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Jean		 64 new new new
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Lynnette		 63 -4 +5 +8.6%
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Joan		 62 -13 -9 -12.7%
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Penelope		 61 -4 +7 +13.0%
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Gloria		 60 -11 -7 -10.4%
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Katherine		 58 new new new
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Maxine		 58 new new new
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Philippa		 58 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand