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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Clifford		 24 -16 -8 -25.0%
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Daniel		 24 new new new
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Stewart		 24 new new new
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Terrence		 24 new new new
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Victor		 24 -14 -5 -17.2%
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Derek		 25 new new new
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Herbert		 25 -13 -7 -21.9%
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Samuel		 25 new new new
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Denis		 26 new new new
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Maxwell		 26 new new new
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Selwyn		 26 +4 0 0.0%
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Basil		 27 +10 +1 +3.8%
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Harry		 27 +4 0 0.0%
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Laurence		 27 -15 -15 -35.7%
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Lionel		 27 +4 0 0.0%
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Rodney		 27 +4 0 0.0%
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Sydney		 27 new new new
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Cyril		 31 -1 +2 +6.9%
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Philip		 32 +6 +5 +18.5%
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Lindsay		 33 +7 +6 +22.2%
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Hugh		 35 +1 +2 +6.1%
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Ralph		 35 +11 +8 +29.6%
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Stuart		 35 +17 +9 +34.6%
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Warren		 35 new new new
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Barrie		 36 -2 -2 -5.3%
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Geoffrey		 36 -5 -5 -12.2%
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Edwin		 37 -1 -1 -2.6%
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Clive		 43 0 +5 +13.2%
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Gerald		 45 -6 +1 +2.3%
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Ernest		 46 -11 -5 -9.8%
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Owen		 47 -24 -24 -33.8%
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Andrew		 49 +6 +11 +28.9%
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Bernard		 49 -14 -13 -21.0%
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Neville		 49 0 +6 +14.0%
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Roger		 51 -3 +2 +4.1%
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Dennis		 52 +20 +24 +85.7%
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Ross		 54 +7 +14 +35.0%
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Frank		 55 +8 +15 +37.5%
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Reginald		 56 +3 +11 +24.4%
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Paul		 57 -2 +5 +9.6%
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Lawrence		 58 +2 +8 +16.0%
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Bryan		 59 -8 -5 -7.8%
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Robin		 59 +9 +16 +37.2%
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Joseph		 60 -15 -19 -24.1%
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Jack		 61 -5 -3 -4.7%
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Stanley		 61 -16 -21 -25.6%
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Alfred		 62 +8 +11 +21.6%
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Kevin		 62 0 -1 -1.6%
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Malcolm		 62 -5 -8 -11.4%
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Harold		 63 +5 +8 +14.5%
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Russell		 65 -6 -7 -9.7%
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Leonard		 68 0 0 0.0%
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Roy		 69 +9 +14 +25.5%
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Terence		 69 +7 +9 +15.0%
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Murray		 72 -12 -19 -20.9%
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Mervyn		 74 +13 +21 +39.6%
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Alexander		 75 -5 -8 -9.6%
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Frederick		 75 -2 -5 -6.3%
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Anthony		 78 +22 +29 +59.2%
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Henry		 78 +14 +22 +39.3%
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Albert		 79 -3 -11 -12.2%
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Eric		 79 -12 -28 -26.2%
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Maurice		 79 -20 -62 -44.0%
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Rex		 80 -1 -9 -10.1%
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Neil		 81 +8 +9 +12.5%
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Walter		 85 +4 +3 +3.7%
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Desmond		 86 -1 -8 -8.5%
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Patrick		 89 +10 +11 +14.1%
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Francis		 96 +6 +12 +14.3%
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Norman		 96 -3 -6 -5.9%
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Ivan		 99 +18 +30 +43.5%
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Graeme		 102 +2 +6 +6.3%
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Noel		 107 +2 +9 +9.2%
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Michael		 110 0 +7 +6.8%
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Edward		 114 -4 -14 -10.9%
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Charles		 121 -11 -27 -18.2%
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Arthur		 122 +1 +12 +10.9%
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Keith		 123 0 -2 -1.6%
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Douglas		 126 -2 -11 -8.0%
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Bruce		 127 0 -2 -1.6%
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Allan		 129 +10 +28 +27.7%
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Leslie		 129 +12 +33 +34.4%
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Gordon		 130 +6 +10 +8.3%
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Trevor		 138 -3 -10 -6.8%
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Richard		 148 0 +1 +0.7%
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Alan		 156 -2 -3 -1.9%
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Barry		 166 +3 +20 +13.7%
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Graham		 169 +5 +28 +19.9%
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Kenneth		 170 0 -9 -5.0%
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Colin		 185 -1 -12 -6.1%
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Thomas		 189 +1 -4 -2.1%
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George		 205 0 -15 -6.8%
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Raymond		 209 0 -20 -8.7%
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Ian		 282 -1 +24 +9.3%
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Donald		 294 +1 +48 +19.5%
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David		 340 0 +23 +7.3%
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Peter		 347 -1 -6 -1.7%
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Ronald		 354 -2 -39 -9.9%
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Brian		 371 +2 +46 +14.2%
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James		 373 +1 -15 -3.9%
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Robert		 440 0 +35 +8.6%
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William		 520 0 +2 +0.4%
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John		 855 0 -5 -0.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Aileen		 24 new new new
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Jessie		 24 -21 -10 -29.4%
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Peggy		 24 -27 -13 -35.1%
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Claire		 25 new new new
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Jeanette		 25 new new new
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May		 25 new new new
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Rita		 26 -23 -11 -29.7%
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Jill		 27 new new new
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Annette		 28 new new new
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Edith		 29 -32 -20 -40.8%
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Eunice		 29 +1 0 0.0%
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Muriel		 29 -3 -2 -6.5%
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Agnes		 30 -13 -7 -18.9%
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Constance		 30 new new new
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Iris		 30 -7 -4 -11.8%
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Rae		 30 -2 -2 -6.3%
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Vera		 30 new new new
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Eleanor		 31 +9 +3 +10.7%
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Doris		 32 -21 -16 -33.3%
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Elsie		 32 -11 -6 -15.8%
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Gloria		 32 +7 +1 +3.2%
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Gwendoline		 32 new new new
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Annie		 34 -9 -4 -10.5%
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Isobel		 34 +5 +2 +6.3%
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Marlene		 35 +19 +8 +29.6%
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Diana		 36 -9 -7 -16.3%
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Josephine		 36 -13 -11 -23.4%
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Olive		 36 -5 -3 -7.7%
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Rosemary		 36 -4 -2 -5.3%
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Alice		 37 -10 -9 -19.6%
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Ellen		 37 +6 +2 +5.7%
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Ailsa		 39 +15 +7 +21.9%
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Florence		 39 -15 -17 -30.4%
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Violet		 39 +30 +13 +50.0%
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Hazel		 43 -17 -18 -29.5%
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Lesley		 43 +22 +12 +38.7%
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Sylvia		 43 +2 +3 +7.5%
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Lorna		 44 -13 -13 -22.8%
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Gladys		 45 -1 -1 -2.2%
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Noelene		 45 +13 +9 +25.0%
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Beverly		 49 +5 +8 +19.5%
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Winifred		 49 +21 +16 +48.5%
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Beryl		 50 -7 -9 -15.3%
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Edna		 50 +8 +9 +22.0%
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Irene		 50 -4 -6 -10.7%
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Thelma		 51 0 -3 -5.6%
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Catherine		 52 -11 -22 -29.7%
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Evelyn		 52 +3 0 0.0%
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Mavis		 55 -8 -12 -17.9%
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Ann		 56 +33 +24 +75.0%
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Jennifer		 56 +28 +22 +64.7%
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Lorraine		 56 +3 0 0.0%
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Janice		 60 +48 +33 +122%
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Joy		 60 -9 -18 -23.1%
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Daphne		 61 -14 -21 -25.6%
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Jocelyn		 64 +15 +18 +39.1%
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Fay		 65 -3 -10 -13.3%
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Elaine		 66 -8 -14 -17.5%
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Marjorie		 68 +8 +11 +19.3%
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Yvonne		 69 -9 -13 -15.9%
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Anne		 71 -7 -11 -13.4%
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Frances		 71 +6 +9 +14.5%
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Marion		 73 -2 -7 -8.8%
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Pauline		 73 +2 -4 -5.2%
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Noeline		 74 -9 -20 -21.3%
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Alison		 75 +11 +13 +21.0%
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Ruth		 75 +1 -5 -6.3%
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Norma		 77 -3 -10 -11.5%
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Ngaire		 78 +8 +2 +2.6%
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Nola		 79 +18 +19 +31.7%
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Phyllis		 79 +13 +10 +14.5%
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Nancy		 82 -3 -21 -20.4%
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Audrey		 87 -5 -24 -21.6%
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Eileen		 88 0 -6 -6.4%
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Dawn		 93 +2 -1 -1.1%
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Lois		 93 0 -11 -10.6%
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Heather		 96 +7 +12 +14.3%
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Janet		 101 +1 -9 -8.2%
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Colleen		 116 -2 -12 -9.4%
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Doreen		 118 -8 -39 -24.8%
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Joyce		 125 -1 -13 -9.4%
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Pamela		 125 -3 -21 -14.4%
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Marie		 126 -1 -18 -12.5%
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Kathleen		 136 +2 +2 +1.5%
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Helen		 142 +6 +15 +11.8%
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Judith		 142 +7 +27 +23.5%
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Betty		 158 -4 -34 -17.7%
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Beverley		 163 +2 +16 +10.9%
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June		 169 -1 0 0.0%
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Maureen		 171 +1 +3 +1.8%
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Jean		 175 +4 +21 +13.6%
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Valerie		 188 0 -5 -2.6%
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Dorothy		 192 -2 -55 -22.3%
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Elizabeth		 216 +1 -5 -2.3%
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Barbara		 221 +1 -9 -3.9%
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Joan		 241 0 -39 -13.9%
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Mary		 287 -1 -22 -7.1%
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Patricia		 323 -1 -40 -11.0%
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Shirley		 349 +2 +68 +24.2%
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Margaret		 733 0 +31 +4.4%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand