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		 1,273 0 -96 -7.0%
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David		 1,052 +1 +15 +1.4%
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Peter		 1,047 -1 0 0.0%
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Robert		 690 +1 +52 +8.2%
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Michael		 680 -1 -77 -10.2%
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Paul		 588 0 +15 +2.6%
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Kevin		 568 0 +9 +1.6%
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Stephen		 561 +1 +79 +16.4%
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Brian		 494 -1 +11 +2.3%
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Christopher		 476 +3 +74 +18.4%
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Ian		 467 -1 -5 -1.1%
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William		 433 -1 -32 -6.9%
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Bruce		 399 +1 +2 +0.5%
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Richard		 376 -2 -31 -7.6%
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Alan		 354 +1 -25 -6.6%
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Anthony		 352 +8 +62 +21.4%
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Graeme		 344 -2 -51 -12.9%
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James		 342 -1 -36 -9.5%
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Murray		 328 +1 +22 +7.2%
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Colin		 310 +6 +33 +11.9%
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Wayne		 310 +1 +15 +5.1%
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Graham		 307 -3 -5 -1.6%
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Barry		 302 -2 +7 +2.4%
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Mark		 289 +9 +74 +34.4%
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Gary		 278 -7 -59 -17.5%
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Trevor		 269 +1 +24 +9.8%
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Kenneth		 263 -2 -18 -6.4%
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Philip		 260 -7 -35 -11.9%
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Raymond		 252 -1 +10 +4.1%
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Geoffrey		 234 0 +6 +2.6%
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Ross		 231 0 +7 +3.1%
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Allan		 227 -3 -2 -0.9%
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Donald		 226 -1 +9 +4.1%
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Keith		 226 +3 +26 +13.0%
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Grant		 200 0 -7 -3.4%
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Ronald		 197 +3 +26 +15.2%
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Neil		 191 +1 +7 +3.8%
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Warren		 183 +5 +22 +13.7%
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Gregory		 176 +1 +10 +6.0%
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Roger		 175 -3 -11 -5.9%
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Dennis		 174 -7 -40 -18.7%
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Andrew		 170 +2 +16 +10.4%
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Russell		 166 -3 0 0.0%
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Garry		 160 +2 +10 +6.7%
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Thomas		 160 +1 +8 +5.3%
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Malcolm		 147 0 -3 -2.0%
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Steven		 145 +8 +22 +17.9%
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Robin		 142 +2 +9 +6.8%
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Douglas		 141 0 +2 +1.4%
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Phillip		 138 -8 -24 -14.8%
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Stuart		 133 -3 -8 -5.7%
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Lindsay		 132 0 +2 +1.5%
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Patrick		 131 -2 -1 -0.8%
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Charles		 130 0 +2 +1.6%
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Gordon		 125 +3 +7 +5.9%
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George		 119 -4 -11 -8.5%
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Leslie		 116 -1 -6 -4.9%
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Neville		 116 0 -3 -2.5%
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Craig		 114 +15 +38 +50.0%
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Noel		 110 +2 +9 +8.9%
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Edward		 109 -2 -3 -2.7%
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Rodney		 108 +3 +20 +22.7%
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Terence		 105 -2 +1 +1.0%
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Rex		 103 0 +14 +15.7%
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Jeffrey		 100 +3 +16 +19.0%
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Martin		 98 +4 +15 +18.1%
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Timothy		 92 +5 +14 +17.9%
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Bryan		 89 -8 -19 -17.6%
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Joseph		 89 -2 +3 +3.5%
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Gavin		 87 -8 -14 -13.9%
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Maurice		 82 0 +3 +3.8%
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Nigel		 81 +7 +16 +24.6%
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Arthur		 80 -5 -4 -4.8%
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Eric		 74 -7 -11 -12.9%
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Owen		 74 -2 -4 -5.1%
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Kerry		 71 +1 -1 -1.4%
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Brent		 68 +4 +5 +7.9%
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Desmond		 67 +11 +11 +19.6%
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Mervyn		 67 +2 +3 +4.7%
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Tony		 64 +14 +13 +25.5%
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Bernard		 61 +1 0 0.0%
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Francis		 61 -3 -6 -9.0%
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Clive		 60 -1 -1 -1.6%
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Gerald		 60 +14 +11 +22.4%
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Alexander		 58 -10 -15 -20.5%
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Daniel		 54 +14 +7 +14.9%
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Henry		 54 new new new
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Ivan		 54 +10 +4 +8.0%
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Warwick		 54 -1 -5 -8.5%
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Brett		 50 new new new
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Frank		 50 new new new
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Stewart		 50 -6 -10 -16.7%
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Norman		 49 -1 -3 -5.8%
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Roy		 49 +5 +1 +2.1%
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Simon		 49 new new new
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Denis		 48 -21 -25 -34.2%
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Jonathan		 48 new new new
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Lawrence		 47 -11 -10 -17.5%
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Alistair		 46 new new new
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Derek		 46 -13 -12 -20.7%
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Lance		 46 -7 -6 -11.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Christine		 811 0 +120 +17.4%
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Susan		 653 +1 +25 +4.0%
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Margaret		 599 -1 -36 -5.7%
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Jennifer		 498 0 -45 -8.3%
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Judith		 478 0 -58 -10.8%
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Patricia		 453 0 -51 -10.1%
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Elizabeth		 374 0 -72 -16.1%
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Mary		 366 0 -25 -6.4%
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Linda		 346 0 -41 -10.6%
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Helen		 344 +3 +49 +16.6%
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Robyn		 334 0 +18 +5.7%
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Barbara		 326 -2 -49 -13.1%
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Lynette		 315 +1 +25 +8.6%
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Karen		 312 +4 +47 +17.7%
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Diane		 297 0 +8 +2.8%
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Heather		 295 -1 +6 +2.1%
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Anne		 288 0 +18 +6.7%
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Pamela		 276 +2 +32 +13.1%
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Sandra		 269 -7 -45 -14.3%
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Carol		 248 -1 -9 -3.5%
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Janice		 248 +1 +5 +2.1%
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Janet		 244 +1 +21 +9.4%
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Wendy		 229 +3 +17 +8.0%
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Raewyn		 223 +6 +31 +16.1%
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Julie		 221 +9 +36 +19.5%
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Pauline		 218 -2 -3 -1.4%
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Marilyn		 210 0 +1 +0.5%
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Dianne		 208 +5 +22 +11.8%
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Kathleen		 202 -7 -27 -11.8%
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Lorraine		 202 -1 -5 -2.4%
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Yvonne		 189 +5 +17 +9.9%
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Alison		 186 -1 -1 -0.5%
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Gail		 178 +4 +8 +4.7%
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Shirley		 178 -8 -38 -17.6%
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Rosemary		 174 +5 +10 +6.1%
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Beverley		 168 -1 -5 -2.9%
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Marie		 164 +10 +25 +18.0%
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Suzanne		 163 -9 -30 -15.5%
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Catherine		 162 +2 +1 +0.6%
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Maureen		 161 +6 +16 +11.0%
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Ann		 156 -10 -31 -16.6%
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Lesley		 154 +3 +5 +3.4%
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Kay		 152 +9 +41 +36.9%
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Denise		 147 -5 -19 -11.4%
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Jillian		 146 +9 +37 +33.9%
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Cheryl		 144 +2 +15 +11.6%
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Colleen		 144 -8 -23 -13.8%
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Lynda		 137 +5 +27 +24.5%
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Sharon		 136 -5 -14 -9.3%
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Jane		 132 +1 +19 +16.8%
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Annette		 128 -8 -23 -15.2%
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Carolyn		 123 -10 -34 -21.7%
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Deborah		 113 +24 +36 +46.8%
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Frances		 110 +1 +2 +1.9%
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Kathryn		 104 -6 -22 -17.5%
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Valerie		 104 +2 +4 +4.0%
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Jacqueline		 103 +2 +6 +6.2%
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Glenda		 101 +7 +8 +8.6%
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Jeanette		 97 +4 +3 +3.2%
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Irene		 95 -10 -24 -20.2%
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Maria		 95 +14 +15 +18.8%
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Joy		 94 +6 +3 +3.3%
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Joan		 93 +12 +14 +17.7%
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Sheryl		 93 +8 +7 +8.1%
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Elaine		 92 +4 +2 +2.2%
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Lynne		 90 -8 -8 -8.2%
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Brenda		 89 -2 -4 -4.3%
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Marion		 87 -9 -10 -10.3%
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Glenys		 86 +7 +8 +10.3%
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Lois		 83 0 -6 -6.7%
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Dorothy		 82 -12 -15 -15.5%
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Jill		 82 -6 -11 -11.8%
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Jocelyn		 82 -8 -12 -12.8%
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Ruth		 81 -19 -27 -25.0%
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Josephine		 79 +19 +29 +58.0%
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Sally		 79 +9 +14 +21.5%
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Jan		 76 +9 +19 +33.3%
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Vivienne		 74 +2 -1 -1.3%
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Paula		 72 -2 -5 -6.5%
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Gillian		 70 -18 -25 -26.3%
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Vicki		 70 new new new
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Angela		 69 +6 +13 +23.2%
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Shona		 68 -11 -17 -20.0%
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Donna		 63 -2 -3 -4.5%
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Adrienne		 61 -12 -21 -25.6%
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Diana		 61 -3 -5 -7.6%
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Christina		 60 +4 +9 +17.6%
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Stephanie		 60 new new new
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Eileen		 58 -8 -16 -21.6%
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Joanne		 58 +9 +9 +18.4%
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Philippa		 58 +10 +10 +20.8%
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Kaye		 57 +8 +10 +21.3%
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Jean		 56 -14 -20 -26.3%
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Julia		 55 new new new
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Susanne		 54 new new new
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Beverly		 53 new new new
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Louise		 53 -7 +1 +1.9%
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Faye		 52 new new new
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Gloria		 52 -13 -8 -13.3%
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Rhonda		 52 new new new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand