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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Warwick		 32 -9 -11 -25.6%
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Basil		 34 new new new
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Maxwell		 34 -4 -8 -19.0%
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Stewart		 34 new new new
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Derek		 36 -7 -9 -20.0%
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Gerald		 36 +3 0 0.0%
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Gavin		 37 -12 -15 -28.8%
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Harold		 37 -13 -16 -30.2%
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Hugh		 38 -1 -6 -13.6%
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Terrence		 38 new new new
90.
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Walter		 38 -25 -29 -43.3%
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Victor		 39 +2 -4 -9.3%
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Clive		 40 new new new
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Kerry		 40 new new new
86.
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Stephen		 41 -1 -7 -14.6%
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Laurence		 42 0 -7 -14.3%
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Roy		 42 +9 0 0.0%
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Frank		 43 +11 +1 +2.4%
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Phillip		 43 new new new
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Alfred		 44 +5 -4 -8.3%
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Kelvin		 44 +2 -6 -12.0%
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Garry		 48 -5 -11 -18.6%
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Jack		 49 -4 -10 -16.9%
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Lindsay		 50 +1 -7 -12.3%
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Ernest		 53 +12 +6 +12.8%
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Joseph		 53 -17 -23 -30.3%
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Henry		 54 -9 -13 -19.4%
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Lawrence		 55 +6 0 0.0%
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Andrew		 56 0 -5 -8.2%
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Stanley		 56 -8 -12 -17.6%
69.
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Albert		 59 +7 +1 +1.7%
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Owen		 59 -4 -8 -11.9%
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Rodney		 61 +3 0 0.0%
66.
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Ivan		 65 -5 -7 -9.7%
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Warren		 65 +4 +3 +4.8%
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Bryan		 66 -5 -7 -9.6%
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Alexander		 67 0 -1 -1.5%
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Frederick		 67 -6 -17 -20.2%
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Philip		 70 +8 +6 +9.4%
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Rex		 70 -10 -24 -25.5%
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Geoffrey		 73 -16 -33 -31.1%
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Leonard		 73 -3 -14 -16.1%
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Denis		 75 0 -1 -1.3%
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Bernard		 77 +9 +10 +14.9%
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Stuart		 77 +20 +19 +32.8%
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Mervyn		 78 0 -10 -11.4%
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Francis		 79 -2 -14 -15.1%
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Wayne		 80 +46 +45 +129%
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Desmond		 82 -2 -15 -15.5%
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Malcolm		 84 -3 -19 -18.4%
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Norman		 84 +3 -8 -8.7%
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Neville		 89 0 -9 -9.2%
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Ross		 93 -5 -13 -12.3%
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Christopher		 95 +15 +26 +37.7%
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Patrick		 96 +8 +6 +6.7%
44.
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Arthur		 98 -10 -37 -27.4%
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Eric		 98 +3 -5 -4.9%
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Maurice		 99 -1 -9 -8.3%
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Charles		 101 -1 -11 -9.8%
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Noel		 106 -8 -32 -23.2%
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Terence		 106 -1 -11 -9.4%
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Dennis		 110 +8 +6 +5.8%
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Roger		 110 0 -14 -11.3%
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Robin		 119 -6 -20 -14.4%
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Edward		 123 -6 -30 -19.6%
34.
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Gordon		 124 +2 -7 -5.3%
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Keith		 124 +1 -10 -7.5%
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Russell		 130 +12 +25 +23.8%
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Leslie		 132 +1 -4 -2.9%
31.
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Neil		 138 +9 +24 +21.1%
30.
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George		 147 -1 -15 -9.3%
29.
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Douglas		 149 -1 -18 -10.8%
28.
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Paul		 151 +9 +23 +18.0%
27.
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Thomas		 154 -4 -31 -16.8%
26.
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Gary		 157 0 -23 -12.8%
25.
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Allan		 171 +2 -1 -0.6%
24.
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Murray		 179 0 -3 -1.6%
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Trevor		 188 -2 -30 -13.8%
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Anthony		 193 +2 +11 +6.0%
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Bruce		 198 -1 -33 -14.3%
20.
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Alan		 206 -2 -38 -15.6%
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Ronald		 214 -8 -68 -24.1%
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Barry		 219 +1 -19 -8.0%
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Colin		 222 -4 -56 -20.1%
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Donald		 222 +1 -28 -11.2%
15.
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Richard		 226 +1 -34 -13.1%
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Kevin		 233 +8 +23 +11.0%
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Graham		 238 +1 -24 -9.2%
11.
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Kenneth		 243 -1 -40 -14.1%
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Raymond		 243 +4 -18 -6.9%
10.
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Graeme		 257 +3 -19 -6.9%
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Ian		 346 0 +1 +0.3%
8.
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Michael		 349 0 -25 -6.7%
7.
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James		 353 0 -24 -6.4%
6.
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Brian		 380 0 -118 -23.7%
5.
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William		 432 0 -97 -18.3%
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Robert		 579 0 -76 -11.6%
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Peter		 588 -1 -104 -15.0%
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David		 623 +1 -42 -6.3%
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John		 1,093 0 -96 -8.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Kathryn		 31 new new new
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Lorna		 31 -10 -12 -27.9%
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Lynnette		 31 new new new
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Audrey		 32 new new new
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Julia		 34 new new new
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Ellen		 35 new new new
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Glennis		 35 new new new
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Mavis		 35 -7 -9 -20.5%
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Shona		 37 +5 +2 +5.7%
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Nola		 38 +1 0 0.0%
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Maria		 39 new new new
89.
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Denise		 40 -12 -14 -25.9%
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Evelyn		 40 -2 -5 -11.1%
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Phyllis		 40 +8 +4 +11.1%
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Fay		 41 -28 -31 -43.1%
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Norma		 41 -12 -16 -28.1%
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Carolyn		 42 -18 -22 -34.4%
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Marjorie		 42 -3 -6 -12.5%
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Linda		 43 +11 +6 +16.2%
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Robin		 44 -11 -17 -27.9%
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Daphne		 45 0 -3 -6.3%
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Julie		 47 +5 +1 +2.2%
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Leonie		 47 new new new
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Adrienne		 48 +11 +4 +9.1%
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Marlene		 48 -3 -12 -20.0%
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Suzanne		 48 +3 -2 -4.0%
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Nancy		 49 -11 -18 -26.9%
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Eleanor		 53 +8 +4 +8.2%
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Jacqueline		 53 -5 -10 -15.9%
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Rosalie		 53 -19 -22 -29.3%
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Marilyn		 54 +6 +1 +1.9%
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Doreen		 56 -16 -18 -24.3%
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Sylvia		 57 +14 +10 +21.3%
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Christine		 59 +10 +7 +13.5%
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Gillian		 61 -20 -21 -25.6%
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Josephine		 61 +3 -1 -1.6%
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Dawn		 63 -8 -10 -13.7%
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Gail		 63 -2 -7 -10.0%
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Irene		 63 -3 -8 -11.3%
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Jillian		 64 +13 +9 +16.4%
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Jill		 65 -5 -8 -11.0%
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Noeline		 65 -21 -25 -27.8%
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Dianne		 66 +15 +5 +8.2%
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Glenys		 66 +7 -3 -4.3%
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Joyce		 66 -10 -16 -19.5%
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Ngaire		 66 -12 -19 -22.4%
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Joy		 68 -13 -20 -22.7%
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Gloria		 70 -16 -22 -23.9%
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Eileen		 71 -3 -10 -12.3%
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Ruth		 71 +6 -1 -1.4%
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Beverly		 72 +18 +9 +14.3%
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Carole		 72 +3 -6 -7.7%
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Rosemary		 72 -4 -11 -13.3%
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Wendy		 73 -5 -14 -16.1%
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Catherine		 77 +15 +7 +10.0%
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Lois		 77 -14 -38 -33.0%
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Sandra		 78 +45 +36 +85.7%
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Diana		 79 +3 -3 -3.7%
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Susan		 79 +22 +14 +21.5%
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Lesley		 80 -6 -25 -23.8%
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Jocelyn		 81 -2 -9 -10.0%
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Raewyn		 82 +15 +9 +12.3%
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Jean		 83 -8 -33 -28.4%
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Robyn		 84 +1 -6 -6.7%
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Marion		 85 0 -18 -17.5%
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Betty		 87 +14 +7 +8.7%
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Kay		 90 +34 +28 +45.2%
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June		 91 -4 -31 -25.4%
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Annette		 95 +2 -11 -10.4%
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Frances		 96 0 -19 -16.5%
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Ann		 101 +20 +22 +27.8%
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Anne		 107 +5 0 0.0%
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Jeanette		 107 -3 -25 -18.9%
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Pauline		 111 0 -13 -10.5%
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Alison		 113 +2 -10 -8.1%
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Yvonne		 121 -1 -15 -11.0%
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Marie		 122 -6 -43 -26.1%
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Carol		 136 -1 -10 -6.8%
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Elaine		 137 -1 -18 -11.6%
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Joan		 137 -5 -37 -21.3%
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Dorothy		 141 -5 -52 -26.9%
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Janet		 144 0 -15 -9.4%
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Lynette		 161 +8 +33 +25.8%
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Valerie		 162 -3 -40 -19.8%
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Diane		 164 +7 +22 +15.5%
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Heather		 174 -5 -57 -24.7%
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Lorraine		 175 +7 +24 +15.9%
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Jennifer		 183 -2 -29 -13.7%
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Kathleen		 184 +1 -23 -11.1%
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Colleen		 185 +6 +15 +8.8%
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Maureen		 198 +1 -14 -6.6%
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Shirley		 216 0 -34 -13.6%
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Elizabeth		 219 -2 -71 -24.5%
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Pamela		 221 -2 -85 -27.8%
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Helen		 232 +2 -39 -14.4%
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Beverley		 260 +2 -19 -6.8%
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Barbara		 264 -2 -93 -26.1%
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Mary		 322 0 -21 -6.1%
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Janice		 345 +2 +14 +4.2%
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Judith		 399 0 -73 -15.5%
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Patricia		 511 0 -147 -22.3%
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Margaret		 651 0 -41 -5.9%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand