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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Leonard		 55 new new new
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Stewart		 55 +1 +5 +10.0%
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Matthew		 57 new new new
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Walter		 57 new new new
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Warwick		 58 -10 -10 -14.7%
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Arthur		 60 new new new
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Lawrence		 60 new new new
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Owen		 60 -10 -10 -14.3%
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Daniel		 61 -8 -14 -18.7%
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Desmond		 61 new new new
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Gerard		 61 -1 -2 -3.2%
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Ivan		 62 new new new
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Terry		 63 +1 0 0.0%
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Alistair		 65 +13 +15 +30.0%
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Alexander		 67 -1 -2 -2.9%
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Maurice		 67 +3 0 0.0%
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Bernard		 73 -5 -8 -9.9%
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Rex		 74 -3 -6 -7.5%
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Bryan		 79 -17 -31 -28.2%
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Glenn		 79 -11 -17 -17.7%
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Eric		 83 -1 +1 +1.2%
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Lindsay		 83 -21 -41 -33.1%
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Noel		 85 +2 +5 +6.3%
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Shane		 86 +14 +29 +50.9%
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Derek		 88 +10 +20 +29.4%
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Rodney		 91 -1 +1 +1.1%
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Lance		 93 +3 +7 +8.1%
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Nicholas		 93 +3 +7 +8.1%
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Charles		 94 -5 -10 -9.6%
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Dean		 94 +13 +25 +36.2%
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Edward		 102 -4 -2 -1.9%
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Brett		 103 +4 +10 +10.8%
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Leslie		 103 +1 +5 +5.1%
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Terence		 106 +8 +18 +20.5%
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George		 107 -5 -6 -5.3%
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Gordon		 110 -5 -9 -7.6%
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Dennis		 112 0 +1 +0.9%
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Neville		 112 +3 +8 +7.7%
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Nigel		 115 -3 -5 -4.2%
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Gavin		 118 +1 +6 +5.4%
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Joseph		 123 +13 +31 +33.7%
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Douglas		 127 -6 -7 -5.2%
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Ronald		 129 -11 -25 -16.2%
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Jeffrey		 130 0 +5 +4.0%
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Kerry		 132 +15 +37 +38.9%
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Malcolm		 135 -1 +3 +2.3%
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Robin		 143 +1 +13 +10.0%
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Tony		 149 +13 +42 +39.3%
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Warren		 149 -3 -4 -2.6%
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Brent		 153 +1 +17 +12.5%
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Phillip		 158 -7 -15 -8.7%
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Patrick		 159 +1 +9 +6.0%
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Timothy		 162 -3 +3 +1.9%
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Craig		 163 +4 +21 +14.8%
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Russell		 166 +1 +12 +7.8%
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Roger		 168 -1 +4 +2.4%
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Simon		 170 +12 +41 +31.8%
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Thomas		 172 -2 -8 -4.4%
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Stuart		 173 0 -3 -1.7%
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Martin		 180 +5 +23 +14.6%
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Garry		 185 -2 -14 -7.0%
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Raymond		 194 +1 +3 +1.6%
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Neil		 198 -4 -20 -9.2%
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Donald		 203 0 0 0.0%
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Trevor		 209 -5 -34 -14.0%
34.
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Keith		 225 +5 +29 +14.8%
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Kenneth		 225 -2 -8 -3.4%
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Barry		 241 -9 -48 -16.6%
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Allan		 244 +3 +28 +13.0%
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Geoffrey		 253 -4 -18 -6.6%
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Graham		 266 -5 -7 -2.6%
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Colin		 267 0 0 0.0%
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Philip		 269 0 0 0.0%
27.
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Andrew		 278 +6 +53 +23.6%
26.
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Ross		 291 -1 +18 +6.6%
25.
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Steven		 297 +11 +82 +38.1%
24.
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Gregory		 330 +6 +76 +29.9%
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James		 348 -3 -8 -2.2%
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Graeme		 349 0 +28 +8.7%
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Gary		 357 -1 -6 -1.7%
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Murray		 357 -2 -8 -2.2%
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Brian		 367 -6 -86 -19.0%
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Bruce		 368 -2 -23 -5.9%
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Alan		 376 +4 +30 +8.7%
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Grant		 392 +7 +102 +35.2%
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Wayne		 422 +2 +53 +14.4%
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William		 429 +1 +25 +6.2%
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Ian		 432 -1 -33 -7.1%
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Anthony		 445 +1 -8 -1.8%
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Richard		 482 0 +1 +0.2%
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Kevin		 551 0 +20 +3.8%
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Christopher		 681 0 +55 +8.8%
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Robert		 708 -1 -10 -1.4%
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Mark		 752 +1 +110 +17.1%
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Paul		 803 -1 +27 +3.5%
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Stephen		 872 +1 +114 +15.0%
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Michael		 1,009 0 +72 +7.7%
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John		 1,181 -1 -69 -5.5%
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David		 1,238 +1 +70 +6.0%
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Peter		 1,484 0 +53 +3.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Anna		 68 -7 -3 -4.2%
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Katherine		 68 new new new
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Teresa		 68 -15 -10 -12.8%
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Victoria		 68 new new new
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Claire		 69 new new new
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Janine		 70 new new new
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Jill		 71 -4 0 0.0%
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Elaine		 72 -6 -3 -4.0%
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Philippa		 72 new new new
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Stephanie		 74 new new new
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Frances		 75 -22 -16 -17.6%
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Adrienne		 78 +5 +9 +13.0%
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Bronwyn		 79 -10 -3 -3.7%
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Josephine		 79 -9 -1 -1.3%
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Vivienne		 79 +8 +10 +14.5%
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Michele		 80 new new new
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Sarah		 80 new new new
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Jocelyn		 82 +3 +5 +6.5%
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Joy		 82 +5 +6 +7.9%
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Paula		 82 +14 +13 +18.8%
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Penelope		 82 -6 -2 -2.4%
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Caroline		 84 +6 +7 +9.1%
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Glenys		 84 -6 -3 -3.4%
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Louise		 84 -7 -4 -4.5%
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Kim		 86 new new new
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Jeanette		 87 +13 +14 +19.2%
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Lynne		 87 +3 +7 +8.7%
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Andrea		 88 +14 +15 +20.5%
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Michelle		 89 +3 +6 +7.2%
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Maureen		 93 -23 -40 -30.1%
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Glenda		 101 -8 -6 -5.6%
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Ruth		 102 +2 +15 +17.2%
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Maria		 103 -15 -18 -14.9%
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Shona		 104 +1 +13 +14.3%
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Nicola		 109 +28 +40 +58.0%
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Beverley		 110 -7 -3 -2.7%
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Diana		 113 +9 +27 +31.4%
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Brenda		 114 -9 -7 -5.8%
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Maree		 114 +5 +22 +23.9%
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Angela		 115 0 +3 +2.7%
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Kay		 115 +6 +16 +16.2%
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Cheryl		 117 +2 +6 +5.4%
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Gillian		 118 +7 +17 +16.8%
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Kerry		 120 +7 +18 +17.6%
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Jillian		 124 -3 +3 +2.5%
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Colleen		 125 -2 +1 +0.8%
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Sheryl		 125 -4 -4 -3.1%
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Jan		 127 +3 +8 +6.7%
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Fiona		 128 +6 +11 +9.4%
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Sally		 128 +12 +23 +21.9%
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Gail		 129 -14 -43 -25.0%
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Jacqueline		 132 -5 -11 -7.7%
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Lynda		 134 -1 -4 -2.9%
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Marie		 135 -5 -17 -11.2%
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Ann		 139 +5 +12 +9.4%
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Lesley		 146 +13 +33 +29.2%
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Annette		 162 -6 -2 -1.2%
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Yvonne		 164 +3 +22 +15.5%
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Kathryn		 167 +7 +37 +28.5%
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Kathleen		 169 -2 +7 +4.3%
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Alison		 171 -5 -6 -3.4%
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Lorraine		 171 -3 -1 -0.6%
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Rosemary		 173 -3 -3 -1.7%
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Carolyn		 174 +7 +31 +21.7%
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Donna		 175 +5 +20 +12.9%
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Pauline		 176 -4 -19 -9.7%
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Shirley		 179 -6 -31 -14.8%
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Dianne		 185 -1 -5 -2.6%
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Vicki		 186 +8 +25 +15.5%
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Jane		 188 -6 -29 -13.4%
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Janet		 200 -3 -13 -6.1%
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Raewyn		 206 -4 -11 -5.1%
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Janice		 219 +1 +10 +4.8%
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Pamela		 225 -7 -41 -15.4%
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Denise		 226 +4 +21 +10.2%
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Joanne		 232 +8 +52 +28.9%
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Heather		 236 -8 -61 -20.5%
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Suzanne		 237 -1 -15 -6.0%
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Catherine		 256 +1 +19 +8.0%
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Anne		 263 -7 -47 -15.2%
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Debra		 268 +23 +119 +79.9%
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Carol		 276 -2 -16 -5.5%
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Lynette		 299 0 +12 +4.2%
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Diane		 301 +2 +30 +11.1%
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Sharon		 304 +5 +41 +15.6%
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Barbara		 308 0 +4 +1.3%
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Mary		 315 -3 -39 -11.0%
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Sandra		 338 -3 -25 -6.9%
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Patricia		 342 -4 -25 -6.8%
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Julie		 344 +13 +116 +50.9%
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Helen		 352 +2 +18 +5.4%
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Robyn		 358 -3 -49 -12.0%
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Judith		 370 -4 -57 -13.3%
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Elizabeth		 398 0 +27 +7.3%
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Wendy		 402 +2 +35 +9.5%
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Linda		 408 0 -5 -1.2%
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Deborah		 416 +9 +87 +26.4%
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Margaret		 427 0 -10 -2.3%
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Jennifer		 457 0 -3 -0.7%
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Christine		 609 0 -165 -21.3%
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Karen		 808 -1 -17 -2.1%
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Susan		 914 +1 +100 +12.3%
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand