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		 1,575 0 -53 -3.3%
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David		 982 0 +3 +0.3%
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Peter		 891 0 -7 -0.8%
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Robert		 719 0 -47 -6.1%
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Michael		 602 0 -4 -0.7%
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William		 590 +1 +13 +2.3%
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Brian		 555 -1 -42 -7.0%
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Kevin		 495 +1 +28 +6.0%
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James		 432 +1 -20 -4.4%
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Richard		 414 +1 -22 -5.0%
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Ian		 406 -3 -71 -14.9%
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Graeme		 404 +2 +30 +8.0%
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Bruce		 402 0 +16 +4.1%
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Paul		 386 +1 +18 +4.9%
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Graham		 371 -3 -27 -6.8%
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Murray		 348 +3 +14 +4.2%
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Alan		 343 -1 -18 -5.0%
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Kenneth		 324 0 -13 -3.9%
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Colin		 310 +3 +6 +2.0%
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Wayne		 287 +1 -20 -6.5%
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Barry		 283 -4 -69 -19.6%
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Anthony		 282 0 -22 -7.2%
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Raymond		 276 +2 -13 -4.5%
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Ronald		 257 -4 -53 -17.1%
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Donald		 254 +1 -13 -4.9%
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Trevor		 254 -1 -43 -14.5%
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Christopher		 248 +3 +30 +13.8%
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Allan		 238 -1 -15 -5.9%
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Dennis		 228 +3 +32 +16.3%
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Keith		 225 +2 +29 +14.8%
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Roger		 219 0 +18 +9.0%
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Geoffrey		 217 +4 +44 +25.4%
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Ross		 217 -3 -15 -6.5%
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Russell		 211 -2 +15 +7.7%
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Gary		 205 -8 -48 -19.0%
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Thomas		 200 -1 +11 +5.8%
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Douglas		 189 +1 +29 +18.1%
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Philip		 183 +3 +27 +17.3%
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Stephen		 182 +13 +61 +50.4%
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Neil		 156 -1 -1 -0.6%
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Warren		 153 +2 +4 +2.7%
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Terence		 146 -5 -15 -9.3%
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George		 144 -4 -13 -8.3%
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Edward		 136 +3 +2 +1.5%
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Leslie		 133 -3 -17 -11.3%
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Neville		 127 +2 -6 -4.5%
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Robin		 124 -2 -15 -10.8%
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Stuart		 123 +13 +31 +33.7%
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Gordon		 121 -1 -12 -9.0%
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Patrick		 121 -4 -18 -12.9%
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Bryan		 117 +7 +20 +20.6%
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Lindsay		 115 +21 +43 +59.7%
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Malcolm		 113 -9 -34 -23.1%
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Noel		 112 -3 -11 -8.9%
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Andrew		 111 0 +8 +7.8%
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Charles		 110 -6 -18 -14.1%
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Eric		 109 +9 +24 +28.2%
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Rodney		 105 -6 -16 -13.2%
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Garry		 104 -5 -6 -5.5%
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Maurice		 102 0 +6 +6.3%
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Phillip		 99 +7 +17 +20.7%
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Arthur		 95 -6 -7 -6.9%
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Kerry		 91 0 +2 +2.2%
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Desmond		 89 +4 +7 +8.5%
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Gregory		 89 +9 +17 +23.6%
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Rex		 87 -9 -12 -12.1%
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Francis		 83 -5 -8 -8.8%
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Frederick		 80 +10 +14 +21.2%
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Mark		 80 +17 +24 +42.9%
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Grant		 77 +9 +12 +18.5%
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Norman		 77 -3 -6 -7.2%
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Mervyn		 76 +1 +4 +5.6%
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Stanley		 74 +18 +21 +39.6%
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Alexander		 70 -10 -16 -18.6%
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Ivan		 70 -3 -5 -6.7%
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Denis		 69 -18 -28 -28.9%
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Jeffrey		 68 +20 +18 +36.0%
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Joseph		 68 -7 -9 -11.7%
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Owen		 68 -5 -6 -8.1%
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Gavin		 67 -16 -19 -22.1%
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Derek		 66 0 +6 +10.0%
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Bernard		 64 -1 +4 +6.7%
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Terrence		 64 +2 +7 +12.3%
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Roy		 63 +9 +11 +21.2%
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Clive		 61 -8 -8 -11.6%
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Warwick		 60 -10 -11 -15.5%
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Hugh		 59 0 +4 +7.3%
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Henry		 58 +7 +7 +13.7%
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Lawrence		 58 -8 -3 -4.9%
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Gerald		 57 +8 +9 +18.8%
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Leonard		 57 -1 +3 +5.6%
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Martin		 57 +8 +9 +18.8%
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Laurence		 54 -6 -1 -1.8%
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Larry		 53 new new new
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Selwyn		 53 new new new
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Timothy		 52 -5 -1 -1.9%
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Frank		 49 new new new
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Kelvin		 48 -9 -6 -11.1%
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Roderick		 46 new new new
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Allen		 45 -15 -11 -19.6%
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Stewart		 45 -7 -7 -13.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 730 0 -111 -13.2%
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Judith		 543 0 -42 -7.2%
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Patricia		 523 0 +14 +2.8%
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Jennifer		 466 +2 +54 +13.1%
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Barbara		 431 +4 +66 +18.1%
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Susan		 416 -2 -20 -4.6%
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Mary		 414 0 +12 +3.0%
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Christine		 413 +6 +85 +25.9%
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Sandra		 356 +8 +70 +24.5%
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Elizabeth		 353 -5 -63 -15.1%
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Pamela		 338 -3 -36 -9.6%
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Janice		 337 -3 -28 -7.7%
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Lynette		 323 -1 -14 -4.2%
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Helen		 322 -3 -28 -8.0%
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Diane		 287 +1 -2 -0.7%
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Carol		 286 -3 -44 -13.3%
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Heather		 283 +3 +17 +6.4%
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Kathleen		 272 -3 -23 -7.8%
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Shirley		 269 -1 -12 -4.3%
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Linda		 263 +37 +164 +166%
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Lorraine		 244 0 +2 +0.8%
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Marilyn		 232 +15 +72 +45.0%
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Robyn		 226 -1 +5 +2.3%
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Beverley		 217 -5 -61 -21.9%
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Janet		 214 -1 +7 +3.4%
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Pauline		 204 +2 +12 +6.3%
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Colleen		 196 -2 -7 -3.4%
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Maureen		 189 -6 -32 -14.5%
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Carolyn		 187 +7 +25 +15.4%
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Lesley		 187 +15 +46 +32.6%
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Suzanne		 186 -4 -14 -7.0%
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Dianne		 178 0 -4 -2.2%
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Anne		 177 -3 -10 -5.3%
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Raewyn		 173 +4 +14 +8.8%
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Karen		 170 +3 +11 +6.9%
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Alison		 162 -3 -15 -8.5%
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Jillian		 156 +17 +46 +41.8%
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Marie		 156 -8 -35 -18.3%
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Catherine		 147 +4 +1 +0.7%
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Valerie		 145 -14 -56 -27.9%
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Denise		 143 -10 -41 -22.3%
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Joan		 142 +3 +3 +2.2%
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Annette		 141 -5 -18 -11.3%
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Wendy		 141 -2 -14 -9.0%
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Rosemary		 140 +6 +23 +19.7%
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Yvonne		 137 -12 -39 -22.2%
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Julie		 135 +5 +23 +20.5%
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Frances		 133 -1 +3 +2.3%
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Ann		 129 -7 -20 -13.4%
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Dorothy		 128 -15 -41 -24.3%
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Gail		 124 -1 +4 +3.3%
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Elaine		 121 -5 -9 -6.9%
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Sheryl		 119 +5 +23 +24.0%
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Cheryl		 114 -8 -24 -17.4%
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Jeanette		 114 +11 +24 +26.7%
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Joy		 104 +2 +8 +8.3%
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Glenys		 102 +11 +20 +24.4%
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Jacqueline		 101 0 +5 +5.2%
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Kay		 96 -10 -28 -22.6%
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Sharon		 95 +11 +16 +20.3%
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Marion		 94 -9 -18 -16.1%
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Diana		 93 +1 +2 +2.2%
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Lois		 91 -8 -13 -12.5%
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Ngaire		 87 +3 +3 +3.6%
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Jocelyn		 86 +7 +13 +17.8%
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Irene		 83 +8 +12 +16.9%
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Jill		 82 -4 -9 -9.9%
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Gillian		 79 -6 -14 -15.1%
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Gloria		 79 -7 -16 -16.8%
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Dawn		 78 +18 +22 +39.3%
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Jean		 77 -6 -13 -14.4%
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Lynda		 77 new new new
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June		 75 -17 -26 -25.7%
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Kathryn		 71 +1 +1 +1.4%
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Josephine		 70 -3 -3 -4.1%
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Ruth		 70 -7 -12 -14.6%
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Eileen		 68 +9 +11 +19.3%
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Janis		 64 new new new
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Adrienne		 63 -2 -6 -8.7%
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Betty		 62 -5 -8 -11.4%
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Faye		 62 +11 +8 +14.8%
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Marlene		 62 +1 0 0.0%
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Noeline		 62 +4 +3 +5.1%
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Shona		 62 -2 -6 -8.8%
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Carole		 59 +6 +5 +9.3%
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Sally		 58 -16 -23 -28.4%
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Vivienne		 58 +12 +8 +16.0%
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Lynne		 57 -4 -2 -3.4%
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Jane		 55 +7 +3 +5.8%
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Sylvia		 55 +7 +3 +5.8%
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Evelyn		 54 -9 -6 -10.0%
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Beverly		 53 -10 -7 -11.7%
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Cynthia		 53 +6 +3 +6.0%
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Fay		 52 +6 +4 +8.3%
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Leonie		 51 new new new
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Nancy		 50 -8 -6 -10.7%
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Brenda		 49 -11 -8 -14.0%
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Maria		 49 new new new
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Lynnette		 48 -4 -5 -9.4%
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Rosalie		 48 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand