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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Warren		 51 +30
71.
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Errol		 49 +28
60.
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Roy		 58 +26
82.
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Warwick		 38 new
75.
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Owen		 48 +17
60.
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Denis		 58 +16
77.
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Gerald		 45 +15
23.
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Neville		 168 +14
66.
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Bernard		 53 +14
45.
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Dennis		 90 +12
64.
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Frank		 56 +12
89.
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Edwin		 33 new
89.
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Terrence		 33 new
42.
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Patrick		 99 +10
46.
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Bryan		 88 +8
52.
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Rex		 78 +8
28.
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Kevin		 146 +7
35.
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Terence		 116 +7
39.
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Roger		 108 +7
49.
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Ross		 82 +7
75.
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Alfred		 48 +7
16.
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Bruce		 211 +6
22.
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Anthony		 175 +6
49.
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Norman		 82 +5
31.
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Paul		 129 +4
54.
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Walter		 70 +4
58.
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Stanley		 62 +4
60.
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Albert		 58 +4
88.
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Victor		 34 +4
97.
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Kerry		 29 new
97.
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Laurence		 29 new
2.
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Peter		 582 +3
29.
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Murray		 135 +3
57.
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Mervyn		 67 +3
95.
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Clifford		 30 +3
8.
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Ian		 310 +2
10.
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Graham		 276 +2
70.
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Philip		 50 +2
3.
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David		 569 +1
13.
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Raymond		 232 +1
14.
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Michael		 226 +1
17.
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Kenneth		 199 +1
18.
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George		 194 +1
29.
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Douglas		 135 +1
38.
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Noel		 113 +1
48.
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Frederick		 83 +1
66.
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Leonard		 53 +1
82.
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Lawrence		 38 +1
1.
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John		 977 0
6.
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Brian		 514 0
7.
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James		 394 0
9.
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Ronald		 285 0
49.
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Robin		 82 0
64.
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Geoffrey		 56 0
4.
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Robert		 557 -1
12.
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Barry		 244 -1
21.
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Thomas		 179 -1
27.
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Edward		 150 -1
4.
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William		 557 -2
18.
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Graeme		 194 -2
25.
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Trevor		 161 -2
26.
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Gary		 157 -2
40.
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Neil		 107 -2
41.
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Maurice		 105 -2
44.
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Russell		 92 -2
91.
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Gavin		 32 -2
11.
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Donald		 272 -3
15.
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Colin		 221 -3
20.
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Richard		 180 -3
23.
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Alan		 168 -3
33.
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Leslie		 126 -3
36.
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Arthur		 115 -3
47.
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Malcolm		 84 -3
71.
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Harold		 49 -3
79.
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Lindsay		 42 -3
92.
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Christopher		 31 -4
52.
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Desmond		 78 -5
97.
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Clive		 29 -5
68.
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Garry		 52 -6
77.
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Jack		 45 -6
82.
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Stuart		 38 -6
34.
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Gordon		 118 -7
36.
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Charles		 115 -7
81.
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Rodney		 41 -7
32.
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Allan		 127 -8
56.
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Francis		 68 -8
97.
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Allen		 29 -8
43.
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Keith		 96 -9
82.
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Barrie		 38 -9
92.
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Maxwell		 31 -9
95.
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Hugh		 30 -9
63.
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Joseph		 57 -11
79.
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Ernest		 42 -11
92.
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Wiremu		 31 -12
58.
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Alexander		 62 -13
71.
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Henry		 49 -13
55.
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Eric		 69 -14
86.
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Reginald		 36 -18
71.
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Ivan		 49 -22
86.
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Andrew		 36 -22
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
59.
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Gillian		 60 +32
80.
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Carole		 39 new
49.
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Rosalie		 69 +20
74.
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Edith		 44 +20
32.
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Frances		 96 +19
78.
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Jillian		 41 +16
85.
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Shona		 34 new
79.
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Hazel		 40 +15
86.
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Glenda		 33 new
86.
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Suzanne		 33 new
42.
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Carol		 80 +14
53.
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Phyllis		 66 +12
73.
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Jacqueline		 45 +12
35.
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Doreen		 95 +11
66.
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Robin		 56 +11
32.
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Pauline		 96 +10
59.
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Marlene		 60 +10
71.
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Marilyn		 46 +9
21.
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Yvonne		 146 +8
36.
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Annette		 90 +8
86.
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Adrienne		 33 +8
30.
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Beverly		 98 +7
29.
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Ngaire		 101 +6
75.
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Susan		 43 +6
83.
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Olive		 35 +6
95.
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Muriel		 32 new
52.
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Catherine		 67 +5
11.
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Colleen		 209 +4
26.
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Jeanette		 119 +4
64.
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Norma		 57 +4
70.
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Lynette		 48 +4
13.
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Janice		 201 +3
71.
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Beryl		 46 +3
83.
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Julie		 35 +3
98.
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Doris		 31 new
7.
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Elizabeth		 239 +2
16.
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Jennifer		 182 +2
19.
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Janet		 148 +2
3.
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Judith		 347 +1
10.
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Joan		 220 +1
25.
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Lorraine		 120 +1
32.
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Betty		 96 +1
50.
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Diane		 68 +1
58.
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Jill		 61 +1
1.
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Margaret		 708 0
2.
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Patricia		 546 0
5.
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Beverley		 309 0
6.
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Mary		 300 0
8.
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Valerie		 238 0
20.
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Kathleen		 147 0
23.
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Elaine		 132 0
26.
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Anne		 119 0
59.
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Evelyn		 60 0
86.
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Julia		 33 0
4.
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Barbara		 321 -1
14.
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Maureen		 190 -1
18.
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Marie		 157 -1
26.
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Jean		 119 -1
9.
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Shirley		 223 -2
12.
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Pamela		 208 -2
24.
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Heather		 130 -2
45.
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Nancy		 76 -2
47.
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Jocelyn		 71 -2
56.
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Rosemary		 62 -2
64.
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Ruth		 57 -2
14.
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Dorothy		 190 -3
17.
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Helen		 174 -3
22.
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June		 137 -3
31.
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Lois		 97 -3
39.
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Marion		 87 -3
43.
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Joyce		 79 -3
67.
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Nola		 53 -3
36.
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Alison		 90 -4
38.
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Ann		 88 -4
50.
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Daphne		 68 -4
77.
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Sylvia		 42 -5
86.
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Eleanor		 33 -5
43.
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Fay		 79 -6
56.
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Irene		 62 -6
68.
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Wendy		 49 -6
47.
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Eileen		 71 -7
86.
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Ellen		 33 -7
54.
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Josephine		 65 -8
59.
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Audrey		 60 -8
39.
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Noeline		 87 -9
46.
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Joy		 73 -9
55.
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Diana		 63 -9
63.
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Lesley		 58 -9
95.
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Noelene		 32 -9
98.
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Janette		 31 -9
75.
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Gloria		 43 -10
68.
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Marjorie		 49 -11
86.
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Kay		 33 -12
86.
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Faye		 33 -14
95.
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Florence		 32 -14
82.
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Mavis		 38 -15
86.
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Thelma		 33 -15
100.
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Merle		 30 -16
41.
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Dawn		 83 -17
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Lorna		 39 -19
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand