Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
16.
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Alan		 379 -3
75.
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Alexander		 73 +11
29.
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Allan		 229 0
98.
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Allen		 48 new
44.
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Andrew		 154 +1
24.
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Anthony		 290 -3
68.
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Arthur		 84 +3
21.
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Barry		 295 +1
82.
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Bernard		 61 +5
81.
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Brent		 63 -3
8.
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Brian		 483 0
14.
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Bruce		 397 0
60.
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Bryan		 108 +5
54.
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Charles		 128 -5
13.
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Christopher		 402 +3
82.
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Clive		 61 +14
26.
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Colin		 277 -6
74.
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Craig		 76 new
100.
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Daniel		 47 -7
3.
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David		 1,037 -1
75.
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Denis		 73 -14
34.
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Dennis		 214 -2
86.
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Derek		 58 -3
89.
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Desmond		 56 -8
32.
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Donald		 217 -6
49.
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Douglas		 139 -7
59.
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Edward		 112 -4
67.
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Eric		 85 +10
78.
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Francis		 67 -2
87.
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Frederick		 57 +6
46.
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Garry		 150 -3
18.
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Gary		 337 +9
62.
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Gavin		 101 +9
30.
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Geoffrey		 228 +2
52.
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George		 130 -1
97.
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Gerald		 49 new
100.
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Glenn		 47 -12
58.
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Gordon		 118 -4
15.
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Graeme		 395 -3
19.
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Graham		 312 -1
35.
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Grant		 207 0
40.
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Gregory		 166 +1
90.
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Hugh		 53 new
10.
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Ian		 472 0
96.
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Ivan		 50 -11
17.
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James		 378 -1
68.
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Jeffrey		 84 +6
1.
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John		 1,369 0
66.
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Joseph		 86 +2
36.
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Keith		 200 0
94.
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Kelvin		 51 new
25.
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Kenneth		 281 -2
77.
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Kerry		 72 -3
7.
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Kevin		 559 -1
92.
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Lance		 52 -3
100.
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Larry		 47 new
87.
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Lawrence		 57 -8
56.
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Leslie		 122 -9
52.
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Lindsay		 130 +8
90.
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Lloyd		 53 new
46.
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Malcolm		 150 +9
33.
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Mark		 215 +15
70.
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Martin		 83 -3
71.
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Maurice		 79 -8
80.
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Mervyn		 64 0
4.
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Michael		 757 0
20.
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Murray		 306 -5
38.
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Neil		 184 0
57.
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Neville		 119 -7
79.
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Nigel		 65 new
62.
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Noel		 101 -3
92.
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Norman		 52 -22
72.
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Owen		 78 -4
51.
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Patrick		 132 +6
6.
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Paul		 573 +1
2.
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Peter		 1,047 +1
21.
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Philip		 295 +9
42.
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Phillip		 162 +11
28.
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Raymond		 242 0
64.
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Rex		 89 +2
12.
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Richard		 407 +7
5.
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Robert		 638 0
50.
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Robin		 133 +2
65.
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Rodney		 88 -1
37.
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Roger		 186 -3
39.
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Ronald		 171 -8
31.
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Ross		 224 +5
98.
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Roy		 48 new
40.
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Russell		 166 +4
100.
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Selwyn		 47 new
9.
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Stephen		 482 +2
55.
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Steven		 123 +3
84.
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Stewart		 60 +12
48.
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Stuart		 141 +13
61.
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Terence		 104 -15
45.
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Thomas		 152 -6
72.
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Timothy		 78 +1
94.
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Tony		 51 new
27.
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Trevor		 245 -2
100.
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Walter		 47 -9
43.
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Warren		 161 -4
85.
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Warwick		 59 -2
21.
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Wayne		 295 +2
11.
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William		 465 -2
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
73.
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Adrienne		 82 +5
31.
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Alison		 187 0
88.
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Angela		 56 +6
31.
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Ann		 187 +11
17.
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Anne		 270 -4
43.
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Annette		 151 +4
10.
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Barbara		 375 0
35.
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Beverley		 173 -7
65.
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Brenda		 93 +5
86.
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Bronwyn		 57 +7
19.
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Carol		 257 -3
94.
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Caroline		 50 new
42.
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Carolyn		 157 +1
41.
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Catherine		 161 -7
48.
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Cheryl		 129 +1
91.
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Christina		 51 +5
1.
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Christine		 691 0
38.
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Colleen		 167 -2
91.
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Dawn		 51 -3
77.
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Deborah		 77 +4
39.
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Denise		 166 +1
82.
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Diana		 66 +4
15.
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Diane		 289 +5
33.
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Dianne		 186 -1
82.
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Donna		 66 new
59.
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Dorothy		 97 -2
81.
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Eileen		 74 +3
69.
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Elaine		 90 -4
7.
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Elizabeth		 446 +1
55.
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Frances		 108 -1
37.
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Gail		 170 +8
62.
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Gillian		 95 +14
65.
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Glenda		 93 +9
76.
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Glenys		 78 -15
85.
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Gloria		 60 -11
15.
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Heather		 289 -1
13.
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Helen		 295 -2
50.
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Irene		 119 -26
59.
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Jacqueline		 97 +8
86.
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Jan		 57 new
51.
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Jane		 113 +26
23.
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Janet		 223 -1
21.
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Janice		 243 -6
79.
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Jean		 76 +4
63.
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Jeanette		 94 0
4.
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Jennifer		 543 0
65.
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Jill		 93 -2
54.
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Jillian		 109 +2
75.
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Joan		 79 -17
98.
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Joanne		 49 -4
63.
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Jocelyn		 94 -5
94.
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Josephine		 50 +2
68.
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Joy		 91 -2
5.
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Judith		 536 0
34.
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Julie		 185 +9
91.
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June		 51 -11
18.
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Karen		 265 +4
22.
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Kathleen		 229 +3
49.
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Kathryn		 126 +2
52.
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Kay		 111 -2
100.
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Kaye		 47 new
100.
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Leonie		 47 new
45.
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Lesley		 149 -6
9.
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Linda		 387 -2
70.
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Lois		 89 -9
28.
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Lorraine		 207 -7
89.
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Louise		 52 +11
53.
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Lynda		 110 -1
14.
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Lynette		 290 -2
58.
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Lynne		 98 0
2.
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Margaret		 635 0
74.
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Maria		 80 +16
47.
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Marie		 139 +1
27.
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Marilyn		 209 +2
59.
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Marion		 97 -6
94.
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Marlene		 50 +6
8.
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Mary		 391 +1
46.
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Maureen		 145 -12
94.
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Ngaire		 50 -16
20.
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Pamela		 244 -1
6.
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Patricia		 504 0
77.
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Paula		 77 new
24.
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Pauline		 221 +2
89.
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Penelope		 52 new
99.
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Philippa		 48 new
30.
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Raewyn		 192 +2
11.
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Robyn		 316 +7
40.
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Rosemary		 164 +5
55.
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Ruth		 108 +14
84.
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Sally		 65 -11
12.
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Sandra		 314 +5
44.
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Sharon		 150 -3
71.
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Sheryl		 86 -3
25.
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Shirley		 216 +2
72.
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Shona		 85 -2
3.
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Susan		 628 0
29.
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Suzanne		 193 +9
57.
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Valerie		 100 -2
80.
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Vivienne		 75 -10
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Wendy		 212 +4
36.
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Yvonne		 172 0
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand