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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Peter		 1,451 +1 +193 +15.3%
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John		 1,279 -1 -112 -8.1%
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David		 1,200 0 +12 +1.0%
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Michael		 869 0 +1 +0.1%
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Paul		 726 +1 +3 +0.4%
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Stephen		 720 +1 +35 +5.1%
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Robert		 696 -2 -36 -4.9%
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Kevin		 599 0 +34 +6.0%
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Mark		 573 +2 +119 +26.2%
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Christopher		 523 -1 -27 -4.9%
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Ian		 451 -1 -45 -9.1%
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Richard		 436 0 +2 +0.5%
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Brian		 429 +1 +35 +8.9%
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William		 428 -1 0 0.0%
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Wayne		 397 +4 +30 +8.2%
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Bruce		 395 -1 +8 +2.1%
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Anthony		 382 +1 +10 +2.7%
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James		 354 +2 +2 +0.6%
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Gary		 348 +3 +11 +3.3%
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Graeme		 337 +1 -13 -3.7%
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Alan		 329 -5 -48 -12.7%
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Murray		 312 -5 -63 -16.8%
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Graham		 293 0 -27 -8.4%
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Grant		 259 +9 +39 +17.7%
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Barry		 256 -1 -36 -12.3%
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Colin		 256 0 -18 -6.6%
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Geoffrey		 245 0 -21 -7.9%
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Andrew		 242 +11 +46 +23.5%
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Kenneth		 237 0 -12 -4.8%
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Gregory		 236 +5 +28 +13.5%
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Neil		 236 +2 +9 +4.0%
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Philip		 234 -2 -14 -5.6%
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Ross		 232 -7 -35 -13.1%
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Steven		 215 +2 +14 +7.0%
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Allan		 207 +2 +7 +3.5%
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Donald		 200 -2 -12 -5.7%
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Trevor		 198 -6 -45 -18.5%
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Raymond		 187 -10 -65 -25.8%
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Stuart		 175 +8 +29 +19.9%
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Keith		 170 +1 -13 -7.1%
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Roger		 169 -1 -25 -12.9%
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Garry		 166 -5 -34 -17.0%
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Russell		 165 +1 +11 +7.1%
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Thomas		 160 +1 +7 +4.6%
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Malcolm		 157 +4 +16 +11.3%
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Patrick		 151 +10 +29 +23.8%
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Phillip		 149 +5 +20 +15.5%
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Jeffrey		 145 +16 +46 +46.5%
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Douglas		 144 +1 +12 +9.1%
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Martin		 141 +4 +17 +13.7%
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Gordon		 135 +7 +17 +14.4%
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Warren		 135 -8 -26 -16.1%
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George		 134 +8 +21 +18.6%
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Ronald		 132 -12 -37 -21.9%
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Craig		 128 +7 +16 +14.3%
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Robin		 126 -3 -2 -1.6%
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Timothy		 124 -9 -19 -13.3%
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Leslie		 122 -1 +3 +2.5%
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Charles		 116 0 -1 -0.9%
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Dennis		 116 -13 -36 -23.7%
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Gavin		 115 -6 -8 -6.5%
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Neville		 113 +8 +22 +24.2%
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Simon		 113 +16 +45 +66.2%
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Brent		 112 +10 +26 +30.2%
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Edward		 109 -14 -22 -16.8%
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Terence		 102 -6 -14 -12.1%
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Nigel		 96 +5 +8 +9.1%
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Bryan		 94 -3 -4 -4.1%
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Joseph		 93 -3 -4 -4.1%
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Lindsay		 93 -6 -15 -13.9%
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Kerry		 92 -2 0 0.0%
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Tony		 91 +1 +4 +4.6%
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Rex		 88 -5 -6 -6.4%
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Glenn		 86 -7 -9 -9.5%
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Rodney		 82 +2 +7 +9.3%
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Noel		 80 -6 -11 -12.1%
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Alexander		 76 -1 -6 -7.3%
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Eric		 71 +2 +8 +12.7%
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Derek		 66 +9 +13 +24.5%
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Lance		 62 0 -1 -1.6%
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Norman		 62 +13 +14 +29.2%
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Maurice		 61 -3 -6 -9.0%
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Gerard		 60 +4 +4 +7.1%
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Shane		 60 +16 +14 +30.4%
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Daniel		 58 new new new
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Desmond		 58 +8 +10 +20.8%
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Nicholas		 57 -3 -1 -1.7%
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Bernard		 55 -5 -4 -6.8%
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Ivan		 55 new new new
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Arthur		 54 -15 -30 -35.7%
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Stewart		 54 -4 -3 -5.3%
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Terry		 54 new new new
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Kelvin		 53 new new new
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Francis		 52 -12 -10 -16.1%
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Dean		 49 new new new
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Alistair		 48 new new new
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Brett		 48 -3 0 0.0%
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Lawrence		 48 +2 +1 +2.1%
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Leonard		 47 new new new
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Hugh		 45 -9 -6 -11.8%
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Jonathan		 45 new new new
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Owen		 45 -16 -13 -22.4%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Susan		 849 0 +100 +13.4%
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Christine		 755 0 +57 +8.2%
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Karen		 616 +3 +180 +41.3%
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Judith		 478 0 +18 +3.9%
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Margaret		 467 -2 -95 -16.9%
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Jennifer		 433 -1 -14 -3.1%
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Elizabeth		 394 +4 +32 +8.8%
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Robyn		 388 +4 +34 +9.6%
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Patricia		 380 -2 -45 -10.6%
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Linda		 369 -1 -17 -4.4%
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Mary		 360 -3 -41 -10.2%
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Barbara		 335 -2 -43 -11.4%
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Helen		 326 +1 -8 -2.4%
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Wendy		 325 -1 -21 -6.1%
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Sharon		 319 +11 +96 +43.0%
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Anne		 318 +1 +7 +2.3%
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Heather		 317 -2 -14 -4.2%
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Sandra		 312 0 +8 +2.6%
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Lynette		 308 -3 -13 -4.0%
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Carol		 296 0 +37 +14.3%
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Diane		 275 -2 -14 -4.8%
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Pamela		 251 -1 +3 +1.2%
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Julie		 242 +5 +26 +12.0%
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Suzanne		 235 0 -4 -1.7%
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Janice		 230 -2 -11 -4.6%
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Dianne		 222 +1 +2 +0.9%
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Catherine		 215 +8 +36 +20.1%
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Deborah		 215 +3 +24 +12.6%
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Janet		 203 -7 -39 -16.1%
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Raewyn		 203 -4 -23 -10.2%
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Rosemary		 194 -2 -7 -3.5%
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Alison		 192 -1 +2 +1.1%
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Pauline		 188 -1 +4 +2.2%
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Kathleen		 186 -2 +2 +1.1%
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Shirley		 184 +8 +31 +20.3%
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Lorraine		 171 0 -7 -3.9%
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Denise		 166 -5 -18 -9.8%
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Annette		 157 +3 +3 +1.9%
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Ann		 152 0 -7 -4.4%
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Jane		 150 +8 +22 +17.2%
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Yvonne		 149 -4 -16 -9.7%
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Lesley		 141 -1 -13 -8.4%
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Glenda		 139 +4 +9 +6.9%
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Jacqueline		 134 +10 +14 +11.7%
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Marie		 134 -6 -26 -16.3%
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Gail		 133 +3 +7 +5.6%
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Jillian		 128 +2 +2 +1.6%
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Kathryn		 128 +13 +19 +17.4%
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Colleen		 127 -5 -24 -15.9%
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Beverley		 124 -10 -32 -20.5%
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Sheryl		 124 +2 0 0.0%
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Joanne		 123 +19 +32 +35.2%
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Cheryl		 121 +6 +10 +9.0%
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Maureen		 121 -7 -13 -9.7%
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Lynda		 116 -4 -9 -7.2%
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Maria		 116 +3 +4 +3.6%
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Brenda		 114 -4 -9 -7.3%
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Marilyn		 112 -13 -34 -23.3%
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Vicki		 110 +3 +3 +2.8%
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Gillian		 105 +4 +6 +6.1%
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Kay		 100 -6 -19 -16.0%
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Joy		 99 +17 +19 +23.8%
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Jan		 98 +1 -1 -1.0%
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Donna		 97 -4 -12 -11.0%
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Marion		 93 -8 -23 -19.8%
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Frances		 91 +6 +1 +1.1%
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Sally		 90 -1 -7 -7.2%
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Angela		 89 +12 +10 +12.7%
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Jeanette		 89 -5 -11 -11.0%
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Debra		 88 +20 +22 +33.3%
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Maree		 87 +2 -2 -2.2%
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Carolyn		 83 -16 -35 -29.7%
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Lynne		 81 -5 -14 -14.7%
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Vivienne		 81 +12 +9 +12.5%
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Dorothy		 80 0 -3 -3.6%
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Ruth		 79 -9 -17 -17.7%
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Louise		 78 +11 +9 +13.0%
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Valerie		 76 -4 -12 -13.6%
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Anna		 74 new new new
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Jocelyn		 73 -11 -21 -22.3%
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Penelope		 73 +18 +12 +19.7%
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Adrienne		 71 -5 -10 -12.3%
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Shona		 71 -2 -8 -10.1%
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Diana		 70 +9 +6 +9.4%
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Jill		 70 -14 -22 -23.9%
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Philippa		 69 +14 +11 +19.0%
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Victoria		 68 new new new
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Glenys		 67 -11 -14 -17.3%
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Stephanie		 67 0 -2 -2.9%
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Joan		 66 +7 +4 +6.5%
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Rhonda		 66 new new new
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Elaine		 63 -17 -20 -24.1%
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Josephine		 63 new new new
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Kerry		 63 new new new
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Bronwyn		 62 -10 -10 -13.9%
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Dawn		 62 new new new
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Katherine		 62 +5 +4 +6.9%
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Paula		 61 -15 -13 -17.6%
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Christina		 60 -9 -6 -9.1%
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Lois		 59 -16 -14 -19.2%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand