Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
18.
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Alan		 237 +5
60.
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Albert		 76 0
61.
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Alexander		 73 -3
78.
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Alfred		 48 -3
26.
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Allan		 167 +6
98.
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Allen		 34 -1
75.
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Andrew		 51 +11
20.
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Anthony		 230 +2
42.
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Arthur		 109 -6
91.
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Barrie		 39 -9
10.
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Barry		 319 +2
69.
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Bernard		 59 -3
4.
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Brian		 607 +2
21.
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Bruce		 193 -5
47.
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Bryan		 97 -1
37.
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Charles		 120 -1
84.
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Christopher		 42 +8
93.
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Clifford		 38 +2
80.
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Clive		 47 +17
14.
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Colin		 258 +1
99.
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Cyril		 33 new
93.
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Daniel		 38 new
6.
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David		 571 -3
63.
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Denis		 71 -3
40.
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Dennis		 113 +5
50.
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Desmond		 86 +2
12.
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Donald		 290 -1
33.
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Douglas		 127 -4
28.
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Edward		 151 -1
84.
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Edwin		 42 +5
56.
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Eric		 81 -1
78.
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Ernest		 48 +1
70.
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Errol		 58 +1
48.
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Francis		 89 +8
90.
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Frank		 40 -26
53.
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Frederick		 85 -5
67.
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Garry		 62 +1
25.
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Gary		 168 +1
82.
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Gavin		 44 +9
53.
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Geoffrey		 85 +11
24.
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George		 174 -6
84.
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Gerald		 42 -7
40.
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Gordon		 113 -6
16.
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Graeme		 245 +2
9.
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Graham		 330 +1
77.
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Harold		 49 -6
71.
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Henry		 56 0
99.
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Hugh		 33 -4
8.
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Ian		 357 0
62.
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Ivan		 72 +9
87.
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Jack		 41 -10
7.
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James		 418 0
1.
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John		 1,213 0
66.
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Joseph		 63 -3
27.
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Keith		 155 +16
15.
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Kenneth		 251 +2
29.
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Kevin		 145 -1
75.
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Lawrence		 51 +7
58.
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Leonard		 79 +8
31.
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Leslie		 142 +2
96.
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Lindsay		 37 -17
50.
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Malcolm		 86 -3
35.
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Maurice		 121 +6
91.
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Maxwell		 39 +1
55.
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Mervyn		 84 +2
11.
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Michael		 296 +3
30.
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Murray		 143 -1
34.
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Neil		 122 +6
44.
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Neville		 105 -21
43.
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Noel		 108 -5
50.
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Norman		 86 -1
80.
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Owen		 47 -5
44.
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Patrick		 105 -2
38.
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Paul		 118 -7
3.
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Peter		 645 -1
64.
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Philip		 67 +6
17.
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Raymond		 243 -4
71.
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Reginald		 56 +15
49.
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Rex		 88 +3
19.
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Richard		 235 +1
5.
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Robert		 600 -1
35.
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Robin		 121 +14
74.
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Rodney		 53 +7
39.
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Roger		 114 0
13.
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Ronald		 278 -4
58.
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Ross		 79 -9
83.
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Roy		 43 -23
46.
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Russell		 99 -2
56.
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Stanley		 81 +2
87.
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Stuart		 41 -5
32.
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Terence		 128 +3
99.
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Terrence		 33 -10
22.
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Thomas		 183 -1
23.
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Trevor		 176 +2
97.
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Victor		 36 -9
65.
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Walter		 66 -11
68.
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Warren		 60 +1
87.
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Warwick		 41 -5
2.
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William		 648 +2
73.
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Winston		 55 new
93.
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Wiremu		 38 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
85.
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Adrienne		 42 +1
36.
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Alison		 98 0
27.
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Ann		 126 +11
23.
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Anne		 144 +3
32.
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Annette		 114 +4
85.
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Audrey		 42 -26
4.
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Barbara		 388 0
95.
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Beryl		 34 -24
38.
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Betty		 94 -6
9.
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Beverley		 275 -4
38.
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Beverly		 94 -8
37.
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Carol		 96 +5
80.
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Carole		 47 0
43.
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Catherine		 89 +9
95.
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Christine		 34 new
17.
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Colleen		 199 -6
95.
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Cynthia		 34 new
76.
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Daphne		 51 -26
35.
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Dawn		 102 +6
56.
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Diana		 72 -1
52.
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Diane		 77 -2
94.
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Dianne		 35 new
64.
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Doreen		 64 -29
14.
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Dorothy		 212 0
85.
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Edith		 42 -11
48.
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Eileen		 86 -1
23.
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Elaine		 144 0
78.
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Eleanor		 49 +8
8.
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Elizabeth		 282 -1
90.
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Ellen		 37 -4
71.
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Evelyn		 52 -12
54.
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Fay		 76 -11
92.
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Florence		 36 +3
45.
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Frances		 88 -13
70.
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Gail		 53 new
65.
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Gillian		 62 -6
95.
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Glenda		 34 -9
43.
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Gloria		 89 +32
83.
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Hazel		 43 -4
19.
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Heather		 176 +5
14.
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Helen		 212 +3
50.
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Irene		 83 +6
66.
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Jacqueline		 61 +7
18.
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Janet		 180 +1
83.
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Janette		 43 +15
10.
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Janice		 244 +3
27.
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Jean		 126 -1
29.
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Jeanette		 125 -3
16.
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Jennifer		 203 0
58.
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Jill		 69 0
62.
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Jillian		 66 +16
13.
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Joan		 220 -3
56.
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Jocelyn		 72 -9
46.
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Josephine		 87 +8
42.
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Joy		 90 +4
51.
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Joyce		 78 -8
3.
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Judith		 463 0
68.
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Julie		 57 +15
26.
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June		 135 -4
21.
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Kathleen		 166 -1
69.
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Kay		 55 +17
61.
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Lesley		 67 +2
34.
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Lois		 104 -3
81.
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Lorna		 45 -1
22.
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Lorraine		 164 +3
49.
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Lynette		 84 +21
1.
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Margaret		 770 0
20.
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Marie		 172 -2
76.
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Marilyn		 51 -5
33.
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Marion		 113 +6
79.
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Marjorie		 48 -11
31.
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Marlene		 121 +28
5.
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Mary		 354 +1
12.
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Maureen		 224 +2
88.
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Mavis		 41 -6
62.
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Nancy		 66 -17
41.
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Ngaire		 92 -12
90.
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Noelene		 37 +5
38.
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Noeline		 94 +1
67.
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Nola		 60 0
71.
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Norma		 52 -7
99.
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Olive		 33 -16
6.
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Pamela		 293 +6
2.
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Patricia		 584 0
29.
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Pauline		 125 +3
89.
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Phyllis		 38 -36
55.
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Robin		 73 +11
82.
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Robyn		 44 new
52.
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Rosalie		 77 -3
46.
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Rosemary		 87 +10
59.
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Ruth		 68 +5
7.
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Shirley		 285 +2
92.
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Shona		 36 -7
71.
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Susan		 52 +4
71.
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Sylvia		 52 +6
71.
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Thelma		 52 +15
11.
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Valerie		 242 -3
59.
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Wendy		 68 +9
99.
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Winifred		 33 new
25.
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Yvonne		 136 -4
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand