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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Alistair		 50 -4 +2 +4.2%
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Henry		 50 new new new
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Stewart		 50 -10 -4 -7.4%
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Allen		 51 new new new
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Hugh		 51 +2 +6 +13.3%
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Gerald		 52 new new new
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Norman		 52 -16 -10 -16.1%
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Mervyn		 53 new new new
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Francis		 56 0 +4 +7.7%
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Darryl		 57 new new new
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Jonathan		 57 +9 +12 +26.7%
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Shane		 57 -8 -3 -5.0%
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Gerard		 63 -6 +3 +5.0%
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Terry		 63 +1 +9 +16.7%
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Maurice		 67 -6 +6 +9.8%
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Derek		 68 -7 +2 +3.0%
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Warwick		 68 new new new
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Alexander		 69 -7 -7 -9.2%
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Dean		 69 +11 +20 +40.8%
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Owen		 70 +17 +25 +55.6%
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Daniel		 75 +3 +17 +29.3%
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Noel		 80 -4 0 0.0%
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Rex		 80 -7 -8 -9.1%
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Bernard		 81 +9 +26 +47.3%
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Eric		 82 0 +11 +15.5%
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Lance		 86 +4 +24 +38.7%
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Nicholas		 86 +11 +29 +50.9%
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Terence		 88 -9 -14 -13.7%
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Rodney		 90 +1 +8 +9.8%
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Joseph		 92 -4 -1 -1.1%
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Brett		 93 +24 +45 +93.8%
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Kerry		 95 0 +3 +3.3%
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Glenn		 96 +4 +10 +11.6%
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Leslie		 98 -11 -24 -19.7%
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Charles		 104 -7 -12 -10.3%
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Edward		 104 -1 -5 -4.6%
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Neville		 104 -4 -9 -8.0%
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Tony		 107 +7 +16 +17.6%
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Bryan		 110 +4 +16 +17.0%
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Dennis		 111 -4 -5 -4.3%
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Gavin		 112 -1 -3 -2.6%
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George		 113 -8 -21 -15.7%
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Gordon		 119 -9 -16 -11.9%
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Nigel		 120 +8 +24 +25.0%
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Lindsay		 124 +11 +31 +33.3%
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Jeffrey		 125 -9 -20 -13.8%
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Simon		 129 +6 +16 +14.2%
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Robin		 130 +1 +4 +3.2%
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Malcolm		 132 -9 -25 -15.9%
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Douglas		 134 -4 -10 -6.9%
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Brent		 136 +12 +24 +21.4%
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Craig		 142 +4 +14 +10.9%
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Patrick		 150 -4 -1 -0.7%
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Warren		 153 +2 +18 +13.3%
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Ronald		 154 +7 +22 +16.7%
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Russell		 154 -4 -11 -6.7%
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Martin		 157 +4 +16 +11.3%
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Timothy		 159 +12 +35 +28.2%
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Roger		 164 -3 -5 -3.0%
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Phillip		 173 +4 +24 +16.1%
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Stuart		 176 -3 +1 +0.6%
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Thomas		 180 +3 +20 +12.5%
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Raymond		 191 -2 +4 +2.1%
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Keith		 196 +1 +26 +15.3%
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Garry		 199 +4 +33 +19.9%
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Donald		 203 -1 +3 +1.5%
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Steven		 215 -2 0 0.0%
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Allan		 216 0 +9 +4.3%
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Neil		 218 -4 -18 -7.6%
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Andrew		 225 -5 -17 -7.0%
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Kenneth		 233 -3 -4 -1.7%
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Trevor		 243 +6 +45 +22.7%
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Gregory		 254 0 +18 +7.6%
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Colin		 267 -4 +11 +4.3%
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Philip		 269 +4 +35 +15.0%
27.
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Geoffrey		 271 0 +26 +10.6%
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Graham		 273 -2 -20 -6.8%
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Ross		 273 +8 +41 +17.7%
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Barry		 289 +1 +33 +12.9%
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Grant		 290 +1 +31 +12.0%
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Graeme		 321 -2 -16 -4.7%
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Alan		 346 0 +17 +5.2%
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James		 356 -2 +2 +0.6%
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Gary		 363 0 +15 +4.3%
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Murray		 365 +4 +53 +17.0%
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Wayne		 369 -2 -28 -7.1%
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Bruce		 391 0 -4 -1.0%
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William		 404 -1 -24 -5.6%
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Anthony		 453 +4 +71 +18.6%
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Brian		 453 0 +24 +5.6%
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Ian		 465 -1 +14 +3.1%
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Richard		 481 +1 +45 +10.3%
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Kevin		 531 -2 -68 -11.4%
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Christopher		 626 +1 +103 +19.7%
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Mark		 642 +1 +69 +12.0%
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Robert		 718 0 +22 +3.2%
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Stephen		 758 0 +38 +5.3%
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Paul		 776 0 +50 +6.9%
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Michael		 937 0 +68 +7.8%
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David		 1,168 0 -32 -2.7%
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John		 1,250 0 -29 -2.3%
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Peter		 1,431 0 -20 -1.4%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Adrienne		 69 -14 -2 -2.8%
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Janette		 69 new new new
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Nicola		 69 new new new
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Paula		 69 +2 +8 +13.1%
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Vivienne		 69 -23 -12 -14.8%
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Dorothy		 70 -19 -10 -12.5%
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Marion		 70 -29 -23 -24.7%
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Anna		 71 -13 -3 -4.1%
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Jill		 71 -8 +1 +1.4%
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Lois		 72 +9 +13 +22.0%
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Andrea		 73 new new new
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Jeanette		 73 -21 -16 -18.0%
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Elaine		 75 +4 +12 +19.0%
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Joy		 76 -25 -23 -23.2%
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Caroline		 77 new new new
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Jocelyn		 77 -5 +4 +5.5%
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Teresa		 78 new new new
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Marilyn		 79 -25 -33 -29.5%
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Christina		 80 +20 +20 +33.3%
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Josephine		 80 +13 +17 +27.0%
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Lynne		 80 -6 -1 -1.2%
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Valerie		 80 -1 +4 +5.3%
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Bronwyn		 82 +17 +20 +32.3%
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Michelle		 83 new new new
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Penelope		 84 +4 +11 +15.1%
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Diana		 86 +9 +16 +22.9%
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Glenys		 87 +15 +20 +29.9%
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Ruth		 87 +3 +8 +10.1%
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Louise		 88 +5 +10 +12.8%
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Frances		 91 -4 0 0.0%
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Shona		 91 +12 +20 +28.2%
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Maree		 92 +2 +5 +5.7%
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Kay		 99 -7 -1 -1.0%
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Gillian		 101 -7 -4 -3.8%
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Kerry		 102 +26 +39 +61.9%
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Sally		 105 +2 +15 +16.7%
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Glenda		 107 -21 -32 -23.0%
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Cheryl		 111 -10 -10 -8.3%
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Angela		 112 +6 +23 +25.8%
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Beverley		 113 -10 -11 -8.9%
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Lesley		 113 -18 -28 -19.9%
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Fiona		 117 new new new
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Jan		 119 +5 +21 +21.4%
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Brenda		 121 +2 +7 +6.1%
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Jillian		 121 -8 -7 -5.5%
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Maria		 121 0 +5 +4.3%
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Colleen		 124 -5 -3 -2.4%
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Ann		 127 -14 -25 -16.4%
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Sheryl		 129 -2 +5 +4.0%
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Kathryn		 130 -4 +2 +1.6%
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Maureen		 133 +3 +12 +9.9%
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Lynda		 138 +6 +22 +19.0%
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Yvonne		 142 -7 -7 -4.7%
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Carolyn		 143 +26 +60 +72.3%
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Jacqueline		 143 -2 +9 +6.7%
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Debra		 149 +25 +61 +69.3%
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Marie		 152 0 +18 +13.4%
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Donna		 155 +21 +58 +59.8%
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Vicki		 161 +17 +51 +46.4%
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Kathleen		 162 -7 -24 -12.9%
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Annette		 164 -2 +7 +4.5%
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Gail		 172 +8 +39 +29.3%
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Lorraine		 172 -2 +1 +0.6%
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Rosemary		 176 -6 -18 -9.3%
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Alison		 177 -4 -15 -7.8%
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Joanne		 180 +17 +57 +46.3%
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Dianne		 190 -8 -32 -14.4%
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Pauline		 195 0 +7 +3.7%
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Denise		 205 +5 +39 +23.5%
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Janice		 209 -6 -21 -9.1%
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Shirley		 210 +5 +26 +14.1%
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Janet		 213 0 +10 +4.9%
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Jane		 217 +13 +67 +44.7%
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Raewyn		 217 +2 +14 +6.9%
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Julie		 228 -3 -14 -5.8%
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Catherine		 237 +2 +22 +10.2%
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Suzanne		 252 0 +17 +7.2%
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Sharon		 263 -8 -56 -17.6%
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Pamela		 266 0 +15 +6.0%
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Diane		 271 0 -4 -1.5%
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Lynette		 287 -1 -21 -6.8%
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Carol		 292 +1 -4 -1.4%
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Heather		 297 -1 -20 -6.3%
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Barbara		 304 -5 -31 -9.3%
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Anne		 310 0 -8 -2.5%
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Deborah		 329 +12 +114 +53.0%
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Helen		 334 -1 +8 +2.5%
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Mary		 354 -2 -6 -1.7%
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Sandra		 363 +6 +51 +16.3%
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Patricia		 367 -1 -13 -3.4%
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Wendy		 367 +4 +42 +12.9%
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Elizabeth		 371 -2 -23 -5.8%
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Robyn		 407 0 +19 +4.9%
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Linda		 413 +3 +44 +11.9%
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Judith		 427 -2 -51 -10.7%
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Margaret		 437 0 -30 -6.4%
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Jennifer		 460 +2 +27 +6.2%
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Christine		 774 -1 +19 +2.5%
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Susan		 814 -1 -35 -4.1%
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Karen		 825 +2 +209 +33.9%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand