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		 1,382 0 -21 -1.5%
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David		 1,055 0 +94 +9.8%
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Peter		 951 0 +61 +6.9%
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Michael		 723 0 +16 +2.3%
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Robert		 643 -1 -64 -9.1%
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Kevin		 553 0 -30 -5.1%
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Paul		 491 +3 +70 +16.6%
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Brian		 483 -1 -9 -1.8%
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William		 479 -1 -2 -0.4%
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Ian		 474 0 +53 +12.6%
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Stephen		 434 +1 +28 +6.9%
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Graeme		 405 +2 +4 +1.0%
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Alan		 384 +3 +30 +8.5%
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Bruce		 378 -5 -92 -19.6%
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Murray		 374 0 +16 +4.5%
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Christopher		 346 +8 +61 +21.4%
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James		 346 -4 -60 -14.8%
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Graham		 330 +1 +11 +3.4%
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Richard		 327 -2 -18 -5.2%
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Colin		 294 +3 +1 +0.3%
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Anthony		 285 -1 -19 -6.3%
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Barry		 283 0 -11 -3.7%
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Kenneth		 269 -5 -51 -15.9%
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Wayne		 269 -2 -28 -9.4%
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Trevor		 268 +2 +27 +11.2%
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Donald		 261 +3 +33 +14.5%
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Gary		 257 +3 +39 +17.9%
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Raymond		 246 -2 -6 -2.4%
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Allan		 238 -4 -17 -6.7%
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Philip		 230 +2 +21 +10.0%
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Ronald		 214 -3 -24 -10.1%
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Dennis		 213 +1 +9 +4.4%
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Geoffrey		 213 -1 -1 -0.5%
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Roger		 208 +5 +34 +19.5%
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Grant		 200 0 +16 +8.7%
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Keith		 193 -2 +7 +3.8%
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Ross		 193 +1 +15 +8.4%
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Neil		 191 +3 +19 +11.0%
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Thomas		 181 -3 +2 +1.1%
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Warren		 181 +3 +19 +11.7%
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Gregory		 168 +9 +37 +28.2%
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Douglas		 167 0 +5 +3.1%
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Garry		 162 +2 +24 +17.4%
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Russell		 161 -5 -13 -7.5%
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Andrew		 158 +1 +22 +16.2%
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Terence		 150 0 +14 +10.3%
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Leslie		 136 +5 +12 +9.7%
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Mark		 134 +8 +19 +16.5%
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Charles		 133 +5 +12 +9.9%
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Neville		 130 +5 +11 +9.2%
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George		 127 -2 -5 -3.8%
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Robin		 122 -4 -11 -8.3%
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Phillip		 121 -2 -7 -5.5%
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Gordon		 120 -2 -4 -3.2%
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Edward		 115 -11 -31 -21.2%
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Malcolm		 115 -17 -60 -34.3%
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Patrick		 110 0 -1 -0.9%
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Steven		 109 +14 +34 +45.3%
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Noel		 106 +8 +28 +35.9%
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Lindsay		 105 +3 +5 +5.0%
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Denis		 103 -1 +1 +1.0%
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Stuart		 103 +1 +2 +2.0%
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Maurice		 98 +1 +11 +12.6%
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Rodney		 97 -4 -5 -4.9%
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Bryan		 96 -6 -7 -6.8%
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Rex		 85 -8 -25 -22.7%
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Martin		 84 +13 +19 +29.2%
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Joseph		 82 -1 +4 +5.1%
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Owen		 82 +2 +5 +6.5%
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Norman		 80 +3 +6 +8.1%
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Arthur		 79 -4 +1 +1.3%
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Gavin		 79 -5 -4 -4.8%
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Timothy		 78 +6 +12 +18.2%
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Jeffrey		 76 +1 +4 +5.6%
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Kerry		 76 +7 +13 +20.6%
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Francis		 73 +2 +5 +7.4%
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Eric		 72 -4 -2 -2.7%
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Brent		 69 new new new
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Lawrence		 68 +8 +15 +28.3%
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Mervyn		 63 -4 -8 -11.3%
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Desmond		 61 -17 -26 -29.9%
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Henry		 61 new new new
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Derek		 60 +10 +11 +22.4%
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Warwick		 60 +9 +10 +20.0%
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Ivan		 58 +6 +7 +13.7%
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Alexander		 57 -16 -20 -26.0%
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Bernard		 55 -5 -6 -9.8%
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Glenn		 54 new new new
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Lance		 52 -4 -2 -3.7%
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Simon		 50 new new new
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Walter		 48 +5 +2 +4.3%
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Laurence		 47 -7 -7 -13.0%
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Daniel		 46 +5 +2 +4.5%
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Frederick		 46 -6 -7 -13.2%
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Leonard		 46 +3 0 0.0%
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Alistair		 45 new new new
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Clifford		 45 new new new
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Clive		 45 -9 -8 -15.1%
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Stewart		 45 new new new
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Maxwell		 44 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Christine		 673 +1 +67 +11.1%
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Margaret		 635 -1 -67 -9.5%
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Susan		 528 +1 +39 +8.0%
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Jennifer		 485 +1 +12 +2.5%
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Judith		 469 -2 -36 -7.1%
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Patricia		 422 +2 +5 +1.2%
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Linda		 416 0 -4 -1.0%
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Elizabeth		 413 +1 +26 +6.7%
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Mary		 370 -3 -65 -14.9%
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Barbara		 349 0 -37 -9.6%
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Helen		 306 +1 -29 -8.7%
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Lynette		 302 -1 -64 -17.5%
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Anne		 285 +7 +45 +18.8%
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Heather		 278 +4 +22 +8.6%
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Janice		 275 -2 -32 -10.4%
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Carol		 274 -2 -27 -9.0%
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Sandra		 273 -1 -19 -6.5%
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Robyn		 261 +6 +45 +20.8%
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Pamela		 255 -2 -19 -6.9%
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Diane		 252 -5 -45 -15.2%
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Lorraine		 247 +5 +45 +22.3%
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Janet		 241 +1 +21 +9.5%
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Karen		 241 0 +15 +6.6%
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Irene		 230 +52 +159 +224%
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Kathleen		 203 -6 -47 -18.8%
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Pauline		 199 +2 +4 +2.1%
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Shirley		 196 -6 -37 -15.9%
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Beverley		 195 -3 -13 -6.3%
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Marilyn		 193 -2 -6 -3.0%
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Wendy		 191 +5 +27 +16.5%
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Alison		 184 +5 +24 +15.0%
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Dianne		 177 +1 +8 +4.7%
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Raewyn		 177 +6 +18 +11.3%
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Catherine		 174 +14 +42 +31.8%
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Maureen		 174 -3 -7 -3.9%
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Colleen		 166 -3 -3 -1.8%
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Yvonne		 166 +11 +32 +23.9%
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Suzanne		 163 -9 -28 -14.7%
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Lesley		 161 0 +10 +6.6%
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Denise		 158 +1 +11 +7.5%
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Sharon		 145 +8 +17 +13.3%
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Ann		 142 +2 -2 -1.4%
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Carolyn		 137 -11 -34 -19.9%
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Julie		 137 +8 +19 +16.1%
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Gail		 133 -15 -54 -28.9%
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Rosemary		 133 -9 -27 -16.9%
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Annette		 129 -1 -11 -7.9%
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Marie		 128 -6 -17 -11.7%
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Cheryl		 122 +2 +4 +3.4%
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Kay		 118 +10 +23 +24.2%
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Kathryn		 117 +2 +8 +7.3%
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Lynda		 114 -10 -31 -21.4%
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Marion		 108 +4 +10 +10.2%
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Frances		 107 -14 -43 -28.7%
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Valerie		 106 -10 -36 -25.4%
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Jillian		 104 -6 -22 -17.5%
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Dorothy		 102 -2 +2 +2.0%
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Joan		 100 +3 +9 +9.9%
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Jocelyn		 100 -1 +2 +2.0%
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Lynne		 100 -3 0 0.0%
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Glenys		 99 +9 +18 +22.2%
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Lois		 99 +3 +9 +10.0%
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Jeanette		 92 -6 -6 -6.1%
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Jill		 92 +3 +4 +4.5%
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Elaine		 91 +1 +3 +3.4%
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Joy		 87 -2 -3 -3.3%
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Jacqueline		 86 +2 +1 +1.2%
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Sheryl		 85 +4 +5 +6.3%
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Ruth		 80 +1 -1 -1.2%
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Brenda		 79 +12 +17 +27.4%
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Shona		 79 +7 +11 +16.2%
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Vivienne		 79 +5 +7 +9.7%
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Sally		 78 -1 -2 -2.5%
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Glenda		 77 +6 +13 +20.3%
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Gloria		 77 -20 -30 -28.0%
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Gillian		 76 -15 -15 -16.5%
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Jane		 71 -16 -20 -22.0%
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Adrienne		 64 -10 -22 -25.6%
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Ngaire		 64 +9 +6 +10.3%
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June		 63 +5 +4 +6.8%
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Deborah		 59 new new new
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Janette		 58 new new new
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Jean		 57 -5 -9 -13.6%
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Eileen		 54 +7 +6 +12.5%
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Lynnette		 54 -1 -7 -11.5%
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Diana		 53 -12 -20 -27.4%
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Stephanie		 53 new new new
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Dawn		 52 -9 -13 -20.0%
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Lynn		 52 new new new
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Beverly		 51 new new new
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Maria		 51 -6 -9 -15.0%
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Robin		 51 +6 +6 +13.3%
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Bronwyn		 50 new new new
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Angela		 49 new new new
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Joanne		 49 new new new
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Christina		 48 +3 +4 +9.1%
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Josephine		 48 -16 -16 -25.0%
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Fay		 47 -2 +2 +4.4%
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Evelyn		 46 new new new
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Louise		 45 new new new
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Marlene		 45 -12 -9 -16.7%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand