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		 206 -2
69.
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Albert		 59 +7
63.
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Alexander		 67 0
80.
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Alfred		 44 +5
25.
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Allan		 171 +2
71.
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Andrew		 56 0
22.
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Anthony		 193 +2
44.
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Arthur		 98 -10
18.
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Barry		 219 +1
97.
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Basil		 34 new
56.
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Bernard		 77 +9
6.
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Brian		 380 0
21.
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Bruce		 198 -1
65.
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Bryan		 66 -5
42.
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Charles		 101 -1
47.
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Christopher		 95 +15
87.
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Clive		 40 new
16.
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Colin		 222 -4
2.
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David		 623 +1
58.
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Denis		 75 0
38.
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Dennis		 110 +8
95.
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Derek		 36 -7
52.
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Desmond		 82 -2
16.
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Donald		 222 +1
29.
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Douglas		 149 -1
36.
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Edward		 123 -6
44.
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Eric		 98 +3
75.
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Ernest		 53 +12
54.
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Francis		 79 -2
82.
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Frank		 43 +11
63.
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Frederick		 67 -6
79.
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Garry		 48 -5
26.
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Gary		 157 0
93.
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Gavin		 37 -12
59.
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Geoffrey		 73 -16
30.
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George		 147 -1
95.
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Gerald		 36 +3
34.
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Gordon		 124 +2
10.
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Graeme		 257 +3
13.
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Graham		 238 +1
93.
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Harold		 37 -13
74.
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Henry		 54 -9
90.
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Hugh		 38 -1
9.
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Ian		 346 0
66.
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Ivan		 65 -5
78.
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Jack		 49 -4
7.
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James		 353 0
1.
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John		 1,093 0
75.
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Joseph		 53 -17
34.
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Keith		 124 +1
80.
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Kelvin		 44 +2
11.
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Kenneth		 243 -1
87.
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Kerry		 40 new
14.
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Kevin		 233 +8
84.
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Laurence		 42 0
73.
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Lawrence		 55 +6
59.
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Leonard		 73 -3
32.
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Leslie		 132 +1
77.
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Lindsay		 50 +1
50.
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Malcolm		 84 -3
43.
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Maurice		 99 -1
97.
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Maxwell		 34 -4
55.
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Mervyn		 78 0
8.
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Michael		 349 0
24.
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Murray		 179 0
31.
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Neil		 138 +9
49.
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Neville		 89 0
40.
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Noel		 106 -8
50.
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Norman		 84 +3
69.
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Owen		 59 -4
46.
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Patrick		 96 +8
28.
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Paul		 151 +9
3.
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Peter		 588 -1
61.
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Philip		 70 +8
82.
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Phillip		 43 new
11.
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Raymond		 243 +4
61.
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Rex		 70 -10
15.
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Richard		 226 +1
4.
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Robert		 579 0
37.
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Robin		 119 -6
68.
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Rodney		 61 +3
38.
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Roger		 110 0
19.
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Ronald		 214 -8
48.
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Ross		 93 -5
84.
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Roy		 42 +9
33.
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Russell		 130 +12
71.
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Stanley		 56 -8
86.
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Stephen		 41 -1
97.
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Stewart		 34 new
56.
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Stuart		 77 +20
40.
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Terence		 106 -1
90.
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Terrence		 38 new
27.
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Thomas		 154 -4
23.
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Trevor		 188 -2
89.
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Victor		 39 +2
90.
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Walter		 38 -25
66.
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Warren		 65 +4
100.
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Warwick		 32 -9
53.
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Wayne		 80 +46
5.
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William		 432 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
77.
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Adrienne		 48 +11
28.
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Alison		 113 +2
32.
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Ann		 101 +20
30.
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Anne		 107 +5
34.
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Annette		 95 +2
99.
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Audrey		 32 new
6.
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Barbara		 264 -2
37.
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Betty		 87 +14
7.
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Beverley		 260 +2
50.
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Beverly		 72 +18
25.
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Carol		 136 -1
50.
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Carole		 72 +3
85.
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Carolyn		 42 -18
47.
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Catherine		 77 +15
69.
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Christine		 59 +10
13.
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Colleen		 185 +6
82.
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Daphne		 45 0
64.
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Dawn		 63 -8
89.
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Denise		 40 -12
44.
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Diana		 79 +3
18.
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Diane		 164 +7
57.
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Dianne		 66 +15
71.
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Doreen		 56 -16
22.
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Dorothy		 141 -5
53.
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Eileen		 71 -3
23.
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Elaine		 137 -1
73.
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Eleanor		 53 +8
10.
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Elizabeth		 219 -2
95.
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Ellen		 35 new
89.
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Evelyn		 40 -2
87.
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Fay		 41 -28
33.
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Frances		 96 0
64.
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Gail		 63 -2
67.
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Gillian		 61 -20
95.
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Glennis		 35 new
57.
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Glenys		 66 +7
55.
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Gloria		 70 -16
17.
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Heather		 174 -5
8.
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Helen		 232 +2
64.
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Irene		 63 -3
73.
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Jacqueline		 53 -5
21.
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Janet		 144 0
4.
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Janice		 345 +2
40.
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Jean		 83 -8
30.
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Jeanette		 107 -3
15.
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Jennifer		 183 -2
61.
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Jill		 65 -5
63.
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Jillian		 64 +13
23.
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Joan		 137 -5
42.
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Jocelyn		 81 -2
67.
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Josephine		 61 +3
56.
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Joy		 68 -13
57.
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Joyce		 66 -10
3.
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Judith		 399 0
98.
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Julia		 34 new
80.
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Julie		 47 +5
35.
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June		 91 -4
14.
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Kathleen		 184 +1
100.
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Kathryn		 31 new
36.
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Kay		 90 +34
80.
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Leonie		 47 new
43.
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Lesley		 80 -6
84.
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Linda		 43 +11
47.
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Lois		 77 -14
100.
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Lorna		 31 -10
16.
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Lorraine		 175 +7
20.
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Lynette		 161 +8
100.
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Lynnette		 31 new
1.
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Margaret		 651 0
92.
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Maria		 39 new
26.
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Marie		 122 -6
72.
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Marilyn		 54 +6
38.
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Marion		 85 0
85.
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Marjorie		 42 -3
77.
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Marlene		 48 -3
5.
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Mary		 322 0
12.
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Maureen		 198 +1
95.
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Mavis		 35 -7
76.
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Nancy		 49 -11
57.
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Ngaire		 66 -12
61.
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Noeline		 65 -21
93.
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Nola		 38 +1
87.
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Norma		 41 -12
9.
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Pamela		 221 -2
2.
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Patricia		 511 0
29.
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Pauline		 111 0
89.
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Phyllis		 40 +8
41.
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Raewyn		 82 +15
83.
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Robin		 44 -11
39.
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Robyn		 84 +1
73.
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Rosalie		 53 -19
50.
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Rosemary		 72 -4
53.
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Ruth		 71 +6
46.
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Sandra		 78 +45
11.
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Shirley		 216 0
94.
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Shona		 37 +5
44.
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Susan		 79 +22
77.
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Suzanne		 48 +3
70.
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Sylvia		 57 +14
19.
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Valerie		 162 -3
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Wendy		 73 -5
27.
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Yvonne		 121 -1
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand