Popular Names in New Zealand

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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Errol		 34 new new new
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Timothy		 34 new new new
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Derek		 35 -4 -1 -2.8%
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Frank		 36 -15 -7 -16.3%
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Martin		 36 new new new
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Harold		 37 -2 0 0.0%
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Reginald		 37 new new new
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Alfred		 38 -14 -6 -13.6%
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Lawrence		 40 -20 -15 -27.3%
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Ernest		 41 -17 -12 -22.6%
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Maxwell		 42 +7 +8 +23.5%
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Terrence		 42 0 +4 +10.5%
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Allen		 43 new new new
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Gavin		 43 +6 +6 +16.2%
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Warwick		 43 +13 +11 +34.4%
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Clive		 44 +4 +4 +10.0%
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Gerald		 44 +12 +8 +22.2%
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Kelvin		 44 -3 0 0.0%
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Phillip		 44 -1 +1 +2.3%
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Hugh		 45 +9 +7 +18.4%
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Kerry		 45 +6 +5 +12.5%
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Clifford		 47 new new new
79.
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Roy		 49 +5 +7 +16.7%
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Albert		 52 -7 -7 -11.9%
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Denis		 52 -18 -23 -30.7%
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Joseph		 52 -1 -1 -1.9%
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Owen		 54 -5 -5 -8.5%
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Stuart		 54 -18 -23 -29.9%
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Leonard		 55 -14 -18 -24.7%
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Frederick		 57 -7 -10 -14.9%
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Henry		 57 +4 +3 +5.6%
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Walter		 57 +20 +19 +50.0%
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Stephen		 62 +17 +21 +51.2%
68.
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Stanley		 63 +3 +7 +12.5%
67.
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Garry		 65 +12 +17 +35.4%
66.
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Mervyn		 66 -11 -12 -15.4%
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Lindsay		 67 +12 +17 +34.0%
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Andrew		 68 +7 +12 +21.4%
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Alexander		 69 0 +2 +3.0%
61.
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Francis		 71 -7 -8 -10.1%
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Rodney		 71 +7 +10 +16.4%
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Ivan		 72 +6 +7 +10.8%
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Desmond		 75 -7 -7 -8.5%
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Philip		 77 +3 +7 +10.0%
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Bryan		 78 +8 +12 +18.2%
55.
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Bernard		 83 +1 +6 +7.8%
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Maurice		 83 -12 -16 -16.2%
54.
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Warren		 87 +12 +22 +33.8%
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Norman		 89 -3 +5 +6.0%
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Rex		 90 +9 +20 +28.6%
51.
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Christopher		 94 -4 -1 -1.1%
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Eric		 96 -5 -2 -2.0%
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Malcolm		 96 +1 +12 +14.3%
48.
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Neville		 98 +1 +9 +10.1%
47.
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Arthur		 99 -3 +1 +1.0%
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Charles		 100 -4 -1 -1.0%
45.
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Patrick		 108 +1 +12 +12.5%
44.
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Noel		 111 -4 +5 +4.7%
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Robin		 113 -6 -6 -5.0%
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Geoffrey		 117 +17 +44 +60.3%
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Gordon		 118 -7 -6 -4.8%
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Edward		 119 -4 -4 -3.3%
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Leslie		 120 -7 -12 -9.1%
38.
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Ross		 127 +10 +34 +36.6%
37.
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George		 131 -7 -16 -10.9%
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Neil		 134 -5 -4 -2.9%
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Russell		 135 -2 +5 +3.8%
34.
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Terence		 139 +6 +33 +31.1%
32.
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Dennis		 149 +6 +39 +35.5%
32.
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Keith		 149 +2 +25 +20.2%
31.
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Douglas		 152 -2 +3 +2.0%
30.
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Thomas		 160 -3 +6 +3.9%
29.
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Wayne		 162 +24 +82 +103%
27.
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Gary		 171 -1 +14 +8.9%
27.
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Roger		 171 +11 +61 +55.5%
26.
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Paul		 173 +2 +22 +14.6%
25.
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Allan		 175 0 +4 +2.3%
24.
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Trevor		 188 -1 0 0.0%
23.
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Murray		 209 +1 +30 +16.8%
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Anthony		 237 0 +44 +22.8%
20.
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Barry		 242 -2 +23 +10.5%
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Ronald		 242 -1 +28 +13.1%
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Graeme		 262 -9 +5 +1.9%
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Bruce		 264 +4 +66 +33.3%
17.
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Graham		 264 -4 +26 +10.9%
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Alan		 269 +4 +63 +30.6%
15.
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Richard		 271 0 +45 +19.9%
14.
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Donald		 282 +2 +60 +27.0%
12.
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Colin		 284 +4 +62 +27.9%
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Kevin		 284 +2 +51 +21.9%
11.
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Raymond		 288 0 +45 +18.5%
10.
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Kenneth		 298 +1 +55 +22.6%
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James		 345 -2 -8 -2.3%
8.
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Michael		 369 0 +20 +5.7%
7.
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Ian		 375 +2 +29 +8.4%
6.
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Brian		 461 0 +81 +21.3%
5.
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William		 512 0 +80 +18.5%
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Robert		 629 0 +50 +8.6%
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Peter		 631 0 +43 +7.3%
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David		 734 0 +111 +17.8%
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John		 1,170 0 +77 +7.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Eleanor		 39 -25 -14 -26.4%
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Faye		 39 new new new
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Sharon		 39 new new new
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Doreen		 40 -24 -16 -28.6%
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Julia		 40 +3 +6 +17.6%
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Phyllis		 40 -6 0 0.0%
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Lynne		 41 new new new
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Marjorie		 41 -8 -1 -2.4%
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Kathryn		 42 +10 +11 +35.5%
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Marlene		 42 -13 -6 -12.5%
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Sally		 42 new new new
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Daphne		 43 -5 -2 -4.4%
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Linda		 43 -3 0 0.0%
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Maria		 43 +5 +4 +10.3%
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Karen		 45 new new new
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Norma		 45 +2 +4 +9.8%
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Sylvia		 47 -14 -10 -17.5%
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Adrienne		 48 -5 0 0.0%
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Evelyn		 48 +7 +8 +20.0%
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Shona		 52 +13 +15 +40.5%
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Fay		 53 +7 +12 +29.3%
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Joyce		 54 -21 -12 -18.2%
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Robin		 54 +5 +10 +22.7%
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Eileen		 56 -23 -15 -21.1%
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Jacqueline		 56 -3 +3 +5.7%
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Gillian		 57 -7 -4 -6.6%
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Rosalie		 57 -1 +4 +7.5%
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Denise		 59 +16 +19 +47.5%
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Julie		 60 +8 +13 +27.7%
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Noeline		 63 -10 -2 -3.1%
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Carolyn		 66 +17 +24 +57.1%
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Jill		 66 -7 +1 +1.5%
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Nancy		 66 +8 +17 +34.7%
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Beverly		 68 -15 -4 -5.6%
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Jocelyn		 68 -23 -13 -16.0%
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Kay		 68 -29 -22 -24.4%
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Dawn		 69 +2 +6 +9.5%
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June		 69 -27 -22 -24.2%
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Leonie		 69 +18 +22 +46.8%
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Gail		 70 +5 +7 +11.1%
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Jillian		 70 +4 +6 +9.4%
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Ruth		 70 -6 -1 -1.4%
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Betty		 73 -21 -14 -16.1%
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Diana		 74 -12 -5 -6.3%
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Suzanne		 74 +21 +26 +54.2%
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Josephine		 77 +12 +16 +26.2%
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Ngaire		 79 +3 +13 +19.7%
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Carole		 80 -3 +8 +11.1%
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Joy		 81 +4 +13 +19.1%
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Wendy		 86 -2 +13 +17.8%
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Gloria		 87 +5 +17 +24.3%
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Marilyn		 88 +23 +34 +63.0%
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Jean		 90 -8 +7 +8.4%
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Catherine		 91 0 +14 +18.2%
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Dianne		 93 +11 +27 +40.9%
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Irene		 96 +19 +33 +52.4%
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Rosemary		 97 +6 +25 +34.7%
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Glenys		 100 +14 +34 +51.5%
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Marion		 101 -4 +16 +18.8%
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Jeanette		 102 -10 -5 -4.7%
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Lesley		 102 +3 +22 +27.5%
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Raewyn		 104 +3 +22 +26.8%
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Sandra		 104 +8 +26 +33.3%
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Christine		 105 +32 +46 +78.0%
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Ann		 107 -2 +6 +5.9%
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Robyn		 107 +5 +23 +27.4%
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Yvonne		 107 -7 -14 -11.6%
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Annette		 108 +1 +13 +13.7%
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Anne		 109 -2 +2 +1.9%
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Lois		 115 +16 +38 +49.4%
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Elaine		 119 -7 -18 -13.1%
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Frances		 123 +4 +27 +28.1%
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Susan		 136 +16 +57 +72.2%
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Alison		 137 +1 +24 +21.2%
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Pauline		 141 +3 +30 +27.0%
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Joan		 142 -2 +5 +3.6%
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Marie		 148 +2 +26 +21.3%
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Valerie		 165 -4 +3 +1.9%
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Janet		 169 -1 +25 +17.4%
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Dorothy		 172 +1 +31 +22.0%
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Diane		 182 -2 +18 +11.0%
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Lorraine		 185 -3 +10 +5.7%
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Maureen		 194 -6 -4 -2.0%
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Kathleen		 200 -3 +16 +8.7%
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Carol		 201 +9 +65 +47.8%
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Colleen		 212 -2 +27 +14.6%
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Lynette		 215 +6 +54 +33.5%
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Jennifer		 237 +2 +54 +29.5%
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Beverley		 243 -5 -17 -6.5%
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Heather		 251 +6 +77 +44.3%
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Elizabeth		 266 0 +47 +21.5%
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Shirley		 269 +2 +53 +24.5%
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Pamela		 280 +1 +59 +26.7%
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Helen		 287 +1 +55 +23.7%
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Barbara		 320 0 +56 +21.2%
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Mary		 348 0 +26 +8.1%
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Janice		 367 0 +22 +6.4%
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Judith		 477 0 +78 +19.5%
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Patricia		 481 0 -30 -5.9%
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Margaret		 681 0 +30 +4.6%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand