Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 116 -7
43.
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Albert		 76 -2
40.
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Alexander		 80 0
65.
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Alfred		 52 +3
28.
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Allan		 111 +4
93.
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Allen		 27 -4
77.
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Andrew		 39 -1
47.
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Anthony		 74 +9
31.
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Arthur		 108 -1
89.
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Barrie		 29 -7
13.
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Barry		 215 -2
79.
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Bernard		 35 -22
6.
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Brian		 395 +1
20.
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Bruce		 170 -2
58.
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Bryan		 61 -8
25.
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Charles		 118 -1
87.
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Clifford		 30 +3
86.
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Clive		 31 -10
12.
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Colin		 231 +2
100.
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Cyril		 23 new
91.
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Daniel		 28 new
5.
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David		 406 -1
73.
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Denis		 42 +10
97.
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Dennis		 25 -18
38.
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Desmond		 84 -1
9.
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Donald		 285 0
26.
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Douglas		 116 +5
19.
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Edward		 178 +9
84.
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Edwin		 32 new
46.
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Eric		 75 -11
78.
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Ernest		 38 -25
43.
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Francis		 76 -2
69.
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Frank		 47 +7
36.
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Frederick		 86 +5
82.
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Garry		 33 new
51.
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Gary		 66 +23
64.
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Geoffrey		 53 +8
15.
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George		 187 0
74.
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Gerald		 41 0
24.
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Gordon		 122 +2
21.
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Graeme		 151 +4
10.
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Graham		 253 +3
65.
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Harold		 52 -14
91.
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Harry		 28 +3
53.
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Henry		 63 -1
89.
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Herbert		 29 -3
79.
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Hugh		 35 +4
11.
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Ian		 247 -1
60.
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Ivan		 60 -3
62.
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Jack		 57 -3
7.
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James		 343 -1
1.
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John		 925 0
52.
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Joseph		 64 -6
30.
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Keith		 109 -3
93.
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Kelvin		 27 -12
16.
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Kenneth		 184 +1
39.
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Kevin		 82 -3
82.
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Laurence		 33 +5
70.
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Lawrence		 46 -8
63.
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Leonard		 56 -19
28.
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Leslie		 111 -5
95.
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Lewis		 26 -1
97.
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Lindsay		 25 +1
43.
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Malcolm		 76 +1
34.
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Maurice		 94 -5
81.
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Maxwell		 34 new
56.
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Mervyn		 62 -17
23.
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Michael		 140 -1
32.
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Murray		 107 +2
41.
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Neil		 79 +8
53.
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Neville		 63 +6
33.
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Noel		 103 0
36.
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Norman		 86 +17
67.
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Owen		 51 -1
35.
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Patrick		 93 +2
49.
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Paul		 68 +17
4.
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Peter		 428 -1
75.
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Philip		 40 -2
84.
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Ralph		 32 +6
14.
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Raymond		 205 -2
68.
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Reginald		 50 +2
42.
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Rex		 78 +4
18.
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Richard		 181 +2
3.
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Robert		 431 +2
56.
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Robin		 62 +9
87.
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Rodney		 30 +3
58.
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Roger		 61 +12
8.
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Ronald		 331 0
71.
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Ross		 45 -9
72.
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Roy		 43 -8
61.
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Russell		 59 -13
48.
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Stanley		 72 +11
53.
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Terence		 63 0
17.
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Thomas		 182 -1
21.
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Trevor		 151 0
99.
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Victor		 24 new
49.
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Walter		 68 +20
75.
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Warren		 40 +4
2.
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William		 508 0
95.
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Wiremu		 26 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
88.
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Agnes		 28 -10
94.
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Aileen		 27 -10
65.
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Alice		 45 0
38.
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Alison		 78 -2
42.
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Ann		 73 +8
24.
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Anne		 102 +3
68.
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Annette		 43 +12
84.
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Annie		 29 new
39.
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Audrey		 76 -16
6.
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Barbara		 255 0
67.
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Beryl		 44 -22
16.
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Betty		 143 +2
5.
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Beverley		 259 +3
39.
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Beverly		 76 +12
84.
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Carol		 29 new
54.
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Catherine		 53 +4
15.
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Colleen		 149 +6
97.
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Coral		 25 new
65.
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Daphne		 45 -18
33.
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Dawn		 87 -1
54.
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Diana		 53 +15
26.
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Doreen		 93 -7
95.
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Doris		 26 -19
10.
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Dorothy		 205 -3
64.
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Edith		 46 +14
81.
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Edna		 31 -8
31.
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Eileen		 90 +6
23.
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Elaine		 103 +12
79.
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Eleanor		 32 new
9.
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Elizabeth		 212 +2
75.
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Ellen		 38 -6
78.
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Elsie		 34 -12
79.
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Ethel		 32 +19
47.
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Evelyn		 64 +11
46.
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Fay		 67 +8
72.
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Florence		 39 -9
35.
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Frances		 84 -6
88.
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Gillian		 28 +1
72.
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Gladys		 39 +4
88.
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Gloria		 28 -19
88.
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Grace		 28 -8
76.
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Hazel		 36 +8
22.
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Heather		 117 +4
17.
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Helen		 141 -1
54.
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Irene		 53 -1
76.
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Jacqueline		 36 +8
19.
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Janet		 130 +3
28.
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Janice		 92 +18
12.
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Jean		 164 +5
53.
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Jeanette		 54 +22
28.
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Jennifer		 92 +11
58.
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Jill		 51 +4
7.
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Joan		 234 -2
61.
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Jocelyn		 48 -21
50.
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Josephine		 57 +1
44.
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Joy		 68 -2
34.
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Joyce		 86 -10
11.
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Judith		 202 -1
97.
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Julia		 25 new
21.
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June		 127 -1
18.
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Kathleen		 137 -3
69.
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Lesley		 41 -13
37.
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Lois		 79 -3
60.
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Lorna		 49 -2
41.
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Lorraine		 75 +6
1.
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Margaret		 743 0
97.
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Maria		 25 new
20.
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Marie		 128 -6
97.
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Marilyn		 25 new
36.
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Marion		 83 -5
48.
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Marjorie		 61 -8
72.
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Marlene		 39 -4
4.
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Mary		 308 0
13.
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Maureen		 161 -4
54.
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Mavis		 53 +15
97.
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Melva		 25 new
84.
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Merle		 29 +5
84.
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Muriel		 29 new
31.
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Nancy		 90 +1
30.
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Ngaire		 91 -2
88.
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Noelene		 28 new
26.
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Noeline		 93 +3
43.
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Nola		 69 -5
59.
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Norma		 50 -17
69.
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Olive		 41 -8
14.
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Pamela		 153 -1
3.
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Patricia		 344 0
44.
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Pauline		 68 0
82.
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Peggy		 30 +7
51.
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Phyllis		 56 +3
71.
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Rita		 40 new
95.
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Robin		 26 new
63.
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Rosemary		 47 -7
52.
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Ruth		 55 -5
2.
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Shirley		 454 0
49.
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Sylvia		 59 +17
61.
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Thelma		 48 +3
8.
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Valerie		 216 +4
82.
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Violet		 30 +1
88.
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Winifred		 28 -6
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Yvonne		 97 0
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand