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		 960 0 +56 +6.2%
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William		 540 +1 +54 +11.1%
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Robert		 536 -1 +46 +9.4%
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David		 514 0 +39 +8.2%
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Peter		 485 +1 +36 +8.0%
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Brian		 481 -1 +17 +3.7%
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James		 368 0 +16 +4.5%
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Donald		 312 0 -12 -3.7%
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Ronald		 303 0 -9 -2.9%
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Ian		 300 0 +5 +1.7%
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Barry		 275 +3 +69 +33.5%
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Colin		 224 -1 -32 -12.5%
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Graham		 224 0 -5 -2.2%
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Raymond		 223 -1 0 0.0%
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Michael		 215 +4 +50 +30.3%
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Graeme		 192 +4 +30 +18.5%
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Richard		 190 +1 +24 +14.5%
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Kenneth		 189 -2 +7 +3.8%
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George		 179 -4 -23 -11.4%
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Alan		 167 -3 -2 -1.2%
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Thomas		 167 +2 +9 +5.7%
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Bruce		 165 -2 +3 +1.9%
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Trevor		 145 +1 +9 +6.6%
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Allan		 137 +1 +8 +6.2%
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Gary		 137 +13 +47 +52.2%
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Edward		 135 -3 -15 -10.0%
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Gordon		 127 0 +11 +9.5%
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Anthony		 124 +9 +34 +37.8%
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Charles		 121 +8 +31 +34.4%
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Douglas		 119 +4 +22 +22.7%
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Leslie		 119 -2 +6 +5.3%
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Murray		 117 0 +13 +12.5%
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Arthur		 112 -7 -12 -9.7%
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Keith		 110 -6 -3 -2.7%
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Kevin		 108 -4 -4 -3.6%
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Paul		 108 +16 +36 +50.0%
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Neville		 107 -2 +12 +12.6%
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Neil		 99 -3 +4 +4.2%
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Maurice		 95 -7 -9 -8.7%
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Noel		 95 -11 -18 -15.9%
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Eric		 90 +13 +26 +40.6%
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Russell		 87 +5 +6 +7.4%
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Terence		 87 -1 -2 -2.2%
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Malcolm		 82 +9 +17 +26.2%
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Alexander		 79 +11 +19 +31.7%
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Roger		 78 +3 +4 +5.4%
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Desmond		 75 -3 -9 -10.7%
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Francis		 74 0 -3 -3.9%
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Frederick		 73 -4 -10 -12.0%
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Ivan		 73 +14 +17 +30.4%
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Robin		 73 -3 -9 -11.0%
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Joseph		 71 0 0 0.0%
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Patrick		 71 -15 -19 -21.1%
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Bryan		 70 +15 +17 +32.1%
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Norman		 70 -12 -15 -17.6%
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Ross		 67 0 +7 +11.7%
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Dennis		 66 +24 +30 +83.3%
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Henry		 63 +9 +9 +16.7%
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Walter		 63 -2 +3 +5.0%
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Mervyn		 62 +7 +8 +14.8%
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Rex		 62 -18 -23 -27.1%
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Garry		 59 +23 +28 +90.3%
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Stanley		 59 +1 +3 +5.4%
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Albert		 56 -15 -18 -24.3%
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Andrew		 56 +21 +25 +80.6%
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Geoffrey		 56 +8 +8 +16.7%
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Leonard		 51 -4 -5 -8.9%
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Ernest		 50 +2 -2 -3.8%
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Harold		 50 +30 +23 +85.2%
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Reginald		 50 +8 +9 +22.0%
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Jack		 48 -12 -11 -18.6%
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Philip		 47 +2 +1 +2.2%
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Barrie		 45 -12 -13 -22.4%
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Rodney		 44 +15 +14 +46.7%
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Kelvin		 43 new new new
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Denis		 42 -1 -2 -4.5%
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Frank		 42 0 +1 +2.4%
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Lindsay		 42 +22 +15 +55.6%
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Stuart		 42 -6 -10 -19.2%
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Bernard		 40 -21 -19 -32.2%
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Wiremu		 40 +4 +8 +25.0%
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Alfred		 38 -16 -17 -30.9%
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Lawrence		 37 -11 -11 -22.9%
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Maxwell		 37 +2 +6 +19.4%
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Sydney		 37 new new new
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Hugh		 36 -7 -2 -5.3%
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Roy		 36 -32 -28 -43.8%
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Christopher		 35 +1 +5 +16.7%
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Allen		 33 new new new
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Gavin		 33 +5 +5 +17.9%
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Selwyn		 33 new new new
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Clive		 32 -10 -1 -3.0%
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Gerald		 32 -13 -6 -15.8%
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Herbert		 32 -7 +1 +3.2%
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Owen		 32 -30 -25 -43.9%
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Victor		 32 new new new
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Daniel		 31 new new new
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Clifford		 30 -4 +2 +7.1%
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Errol		 28 +1 +2 +7.7%
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Warren		 28 -23 -13 -31.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 724 0 -55 -7.1%
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Patricia		 438 +1 +58 +15.3%
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Barbara		 340 +3 +57 +20.1%
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Judith		 338 +4 +87 +34.7%
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Beverley		 302 0 +13 +4.5%
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Mary		 295 -2 -49 -14.2%
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Shirley		 294 -5 -97 -24.8%
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Valerie		 241 +1 +19 +8.6%
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Elizabeth		 208 -2 -48 -18.8%
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Pamela		 200 +1 +3 +1.5%
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Dorothy		 191 +1 -3 -1.5%
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Joan		 191 -1 -15 -7.3%
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Maureen		 183 0 +10 +5.8%
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Helen		 178 +2 +31 +21.1%
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Colleen		 172 -1 +8 +4.9%
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Janice		 166 +2 +34 +25.8%
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Marie		 165 -2 +17 +11.5%
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Jennifer		 158 +4 +36 +29.5%
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June		 156 0 +27 +20.9%
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Kathleen		 145 0 +17 +13.3%
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Janet		 134 0 +8 +6.3%
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Heather		 130 -5 -3 -2.3%
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Elaine		 127 0 +7 +5.8%
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Dawn		 121 +7 +33 +37.5%
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Jean		 113 +2 +14 +14.1%
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Anne		 111 -1 +10 +9.9%
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Lorraine		 111 +1 +12 +12.1%
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Lois		 108 +2 +15 +16.1%
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Yvonne		 101 +2 +13 +14.8%
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Jeanette		 98 +3 +13 +15.3%
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Noeline		 98 +8 +18 +22.5%
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Alison		 94 +16 +32 +51.6%
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Betty		 90 -9 -24 -21.1%
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Ann		 89 +7 +13 +17.1%
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Ngaire		 85 -9 -15 -15.0%
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Marion		 84 -1 0 0.0%
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Beverly		 80 +6 +7 +9.6%
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Fay		 80 +13 +23 +40.4%
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Joy		 80 +8 +13 +19.4%
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Eileen		 76 -1 -3 -3.8%
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Joyce		 76 -3 -6 -7.3%
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Pauline		 74 -6 -9 -10.8%
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Nancy		 71 -10 -14 -16.5%
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Annette		 69 +8 +13 +23.2%
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Jocelyn		 66 -1 -4 -5.7%
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Daphne		 65 +8 +10 +18.2%
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Diana		 65 +28 +27 +71.1%
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Doreen		 65 -17 -29 -30.9%
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Josephine		 65 +10 +13 +25.0%
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Irene		 64 0 +7 +12.3%
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Audrey		 60 -9 -15 -20.0%
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Diane		 60 +18 +18 +42.9%
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Frances		 60 -11 -18 -23.1%
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Lesley		 59 +4 +10 +20.4%
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Rosemary		 59 -5 -2 -3.3%
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Carol		 58 +32 +27 +87.1%
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Catherine		 57 0 +6 +11.8%
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Marjorie		 57 -5 +1 +1.8%
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Evelyn		 56 -13 -10 -15.2%
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Jill		 56 -1 +7 +14.3%
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Lorna		 53 +8 +11 +26.2%
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Ruth		 51 -15 -13 -20.3%
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Wendy		 51 +27 +21 +70.0%
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Nola		 50 -10 -5 -9.1%
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Gloria		 48 -3 +2 +4.3%
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Phyllis		 48 -3 +2 +4.3%
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Mavis		 47 +2 +5 +11.9%
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Norma		 46 -6 0 0.0%
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Marlene		 44 -11 -5 -10.2%
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Rosalie		 44 new new new
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Thelma		 43 -2 +1 +2.4%
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Faye		 41 new new new
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Sylvia		 41 -10 -5 -10.9%
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Beryl		 40 -7 -4 -9.1%
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Kay		 40 new new new
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Lynette		 40 +18 +12 +42.9%
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Alice		 39 -10 -5 -11.4%
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Robin		 39 +15 +11 +39.3%
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Ellen		 36 0 +1 +2.9%
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Marilyn		 35 +20 +9 +34.6%
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Eleanor		 34 -8 -5 -12.8%
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Florence		 34 -23 -15 -30.6%
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Susan		 34 new new new
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Merle		 33 -9 -4 -10.8%
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Jacqueline		 32 -10 -5 -13.5%
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Julia		 31 +10 +4 +14.8%
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Julie		 31 new new new
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Noelene		 31 +1 -1 -3.1%
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Janette		 30 new new new
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Olive		 30 -10 -5 -14.3%
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Claire		 28 new new new
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Gillian		 28 -16 -9 -24.3%
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Jessie		 28 -7 -5 -15.2%
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Adrienne		 27 new new new
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Edith		 27 -13 -7 -20.6%
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Hazel		 27 -16 -9 -25.0%
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Jillian		 27 new new new
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Raewyn		 27 new new new
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Aileen		 26 +1 0 0.0%
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Valmai		 26 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand