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		 385 +3
69.
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Alexander		 83 +5
92.
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Alistair		 52 new
27.
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Allan		 240 +1
95.
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Allen		 47 +5
54.
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Andrew		 118 +1
21.
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Anthony		 293 +1
63.
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Arthur		 95 -1
23.
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Barry		 278 -2
79.
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Bernard		 65 +3
6.
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Brian		 530 +1
9.
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Bruce		 452 +4
62.
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Bryan		 99 -11
49.
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Charles		 133 +7
26.
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Christopher		 257 +1
78.
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Clive		 68 +7
19.
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Colin		 301 0
2.
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David		 992 0
67.
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Denis		 86 +9
30.
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Dennis		 231 -1
86.
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Derek		 57 -5
76.
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Desmond		 70 -12
27.
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Donald		 240 -2
39.
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Douglas		 166 -2
60.
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Edward		 103 -16
66.
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Eric		 88 -9
70.
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Francis		 79 -3
86.
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Frederick		 57 -18
58.
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Garry		 106 +1
32.
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Gary		 216 +3
76.
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Gavin		 70 +4
34.
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Geoffrey		 203 -2
46.
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George		 152 -3
90.
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Gerald		 53 0
95.
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Glenn		 47 new
48.
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Gordon		 137 +1
13.
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Graeme		 399 -1
16.
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Graham		 325 -1
41.
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Grant		 161 +29
60.
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Gregory		 103 +4
82.
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Henry		 59 +6
10.
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Ian		 440 +1
89.
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Ivan		 55 -15
12.
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James		 403 -3
90.
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Jeffrey		 53 -13
1.
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John		 1,504 0
72.
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Joseph		 75 +5
35.
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Keith		 202 -5
18.
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Kenneth		 303 0
74.
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Kerry		 73 -11
7.
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Kevin		 527 +1
98.
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Larry		 46 -4
84.
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Laurence		 58 +9
80.
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Lawrence		 62 +8
92.
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Leonard		 52 -2
45.
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Leslie		 153 0
59.
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Lindsay		 105 -7
100.
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Lloyd		 44 new
39.
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Malcolm		 166 +14
56.
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Mark		 112 +12
71.
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Martin		 76 +19
64.
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Maurice		 93 -4
84.
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Mervyn		 58 -12
5.
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Michael		 666 0
15.
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Murray		 331 +1
42.
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Neil		 160 -2
55.
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Neville		 113 -9
99.
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Nigel		 45 new
51.
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Noel		 126 +3
67.
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Norman		 86 +3
75.
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Owen		 72 +2
47.
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Patrick		 140 +2
11.
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Paul		 404 +3
3.
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Peter		 919 0
31.
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Philip		 226 +7
53.
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Phillip		 120 +8
25.
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Raymond		 266 -2
65.
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Rex		 89 +1
17.
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Richard		 304 -7
4.
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Robert		 680 0
52.
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Robin		 125 -5
94.
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Roderick		 50 +5
50.
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Rodney		 127 +8
33.
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Roger		 212 -2
29.
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Ronald		 235 -5
36.
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Ross		 196 -4
86.
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Roy		 57 -2
37.
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Russell		 195 -3
22.
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Stephen		 286 +17
80.
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Steven		 62 new
57.
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Stuart		 108 -9
44.
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Terence		 154 -2
95.
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Terrence		 47 -13
38.
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Thomas		 176 -2
73.
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Timothy		 74 +23
24.
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Trevor		 267 +1
43.
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Warren		 157 -2
82.
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Warwick		 59 +4
20.
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Wayne		 297 0
8.
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William		 501 -2
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
83.
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Adrienne		 58 -4
36.
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Alison		 155 0
39.
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Ann		 139 +10
32.
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Anne		 177 +1
41.
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Annette		 136 +2
8.
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Barbara		 398 -3
23.
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Beverley		 216 +1
90.
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Beverly		 52 +2
83.
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Brenda		 58 +14
17.
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Carol		 278 -1
94.
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Carole		 46 -9
28.
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Carolyn		 188 +1
38.
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Catherine		 141 +1
43.
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Cheryl		 133 +11
2.
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Christine		 562 +6
25.
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Colleen		 201 +2
77.
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Dawn		 65 -7
49.
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Denise		 118 -8
67.
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Diana		 88 -5
18.
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Diane		 263 -3
34.
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Dianne		 165 -2
48.
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Dorothy		 120 +2
86.
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Eileen		 56 -9
52.
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Elaine		 112 0
9.
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Elizabeth		 382 +1
94.
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Evelyn		 46 -3
93.
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Faye		 49 -13
54.
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Frances		 111 -6
30.
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Gail		 181 +21
59.
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Gillian		 103 +9
99.
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Glenda		 44 new
66.
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Glenys		 91 -9
68.
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Gloria		 86 0
14.
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Heather		 301 +3
12.
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Helen		 318 +2
71.
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Irene		 78 -5
73.
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Jacqueline		 76 -15
88.
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Jan		 55 new
86.
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Jane		 56 +3
26.
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Janet		 196 -1
13.
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Janice		 314 -1
89.
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Janis		 54 -11
80.
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Jean		 60 -9
57.
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Jeanette		 107 -3
4.
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Jennifer		 473 0
70.
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Jill		 82 -3
60.
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Jillian		 102 -23
52.
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Joan		 112 -10
69.
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Jocelyn		 84 -4
80.
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Josephine		 60 -5
58.
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Joy		 106 -2
3.
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Judith		 495 -1
99.
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Julia		 44 new
45.
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Julie		 129 +2
82.
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June		 59 -9
35.
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Karen		 156 0
20.
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Kathleen		 254 -2
50.
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Kathryn		 116 +24
51.
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Kay		 113 +8
37.
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Lesley		 149 -8
10.
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Linda		 348 +10
63.
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Lois		 98 0
21.
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Lorraine		 223 0
65.
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Lynda		 95 +6
11.
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Lynette		 329 +2
99.
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Lynley		 44 new
61.
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Lynne		 100 +27
74.
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Lynnette		 73 +25
1.
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Margaret		 749 0
91.
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Maria		 51 +6
39.
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Marie		 139 -2
29.
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Marilyn		 187 -7
56.
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Marion		 108 +5
99.
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Marjorie		 44 new
7.
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Mary		 415 0
27.
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Maureen		 190 +1
98.
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Nancy		 45 -2
76.
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Ngaire		 67 -12
78.
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Noeline		 63 +2
15.
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Pamela		 295 -4
6.
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Patricia		 437 -3
24.
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Pauline		 203 +2
92.
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Penelope		 50 new
33.
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Raewyn		 171 +1
21.
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Robyn		 223 +2
94.
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Rosalie		 46 +5
47.
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Rosemary		 122 -2
64.
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Ruth		 96 +11
71.
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Sally		 78 +15
16.
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Sandra		 284 -7
61.
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Sharon		 100 -1
85.
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Sharyn		 57 new
54.
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Sheryl		 111 -1
19.
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Shirley		 260 0
78.
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Shona		 63 +2
94.
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Stephanie		 46 new
5.
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Susan		 450 +1
30.
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Suzanne		 181 +1
45.
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Valerie		 129 -5
75.
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Vivienne		 68 +11
42.
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Wendy		 135 +1
44.
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Yvonne		 132 +2
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