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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John		 801 0
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William		 698 0
3.
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James		 447 0
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Robert		 376 0
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George		 329 0
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Thomas		 297 0
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Douglas		 258 +2
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Arthur		 223 -1
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Charles		 216 -1
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Ronald		 210 0
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Leslie		 187 0
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Raymond		 185 +7
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David		 174 +8
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Gordon		 174 +1
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Eric		 167 +3
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Edward		 162 -2
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Kenneth		 158 +12
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Francis		 157 -1
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Frederick		 157 -6
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Jack		 155 +4
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Norman		 155 0
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Albert		 153 -9
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Harold		 148 -2
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Henry		 145 -1
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Walter		 137 -9
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Donald		 136 +4
27.
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Alfred		 133 -1
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Colin		 132 +6
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Leonard		 131 -2
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Richard		 128 -3
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Alexander		 126 +4
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Allan		 119 +4
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Ian		 119 +5
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Ernest		 117 -9
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Frank		 115 -2
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Herbert		 106 -5
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Stanley		 104 -5
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Noel		 97 +6
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Maurice		 95 0
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Joseph		 94 0
41.
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Patrick		 93 -1
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Reginald		 93 +1
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Alan		 89 +2
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Roy		 86 -1
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Keith		 83 +7
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Cyril		 78 -8
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Harry		 76 +2
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Trevor		 76 +1
49.
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Victor		 74 -2
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Desmond		 71 +6
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Ivan		 71 -4
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Peter		 71 -1
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Cecil		 63 +2
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Lawrence		 62 -1
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Clifford		 57 +2
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Sydney		 57 +2
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Lloyd		 53 +7
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Clarence		 52 -4
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Bruce		 50 +11
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Andrew		 49 +3
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Owen		 49 +7
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Geoffrey		 47 +3
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Percy		 47 -5
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Bernard		 46 -13
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Hugh		 46 -3
66.
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Philip		 45 +6
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Mervyn		 41 -6
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Ralph		 41 0
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Allen		 40 +16
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Wilfred		 40 -3
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Samuel		 38 -11
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Sidney		 38 +3
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Rex		 37 +12
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Laurence		 36 +6
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Hector		 33 0
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Claude		 32 new
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Edwin		 32 -1
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Gilbert		 32 +14
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Lewis		 31 +9
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Michael		 31 -9
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Brian		 30 -9
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Malcolm		 29 0
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Daniel		 28 -8
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Howard		 28 +2
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Leo		 28 -14
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Murray		 28 new
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Terence		 28 +13
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Basil		 27 -13
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Wallace		 27 new
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Maxwell		 26 +6
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Athol		 25 -12
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Graham		 25 -1
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Neville		 25 new
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Russell		 25 new
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Vincent		 25 new
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Archibald		 24 -6
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Louis		 24 -14
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Arnold		 23 -2
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Edgar		 23 -5
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Paul		 23 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 446 0
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Mary		 389 0
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Dorothy		 311 0
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Joyce		 299 0
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Joan		 280 +1
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Jean		 270 -2
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Phyllis		 210 +1
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Kathleen		 206 -1
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Betty		 181 +9
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Eileen		 166 -1
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Mavis		 155 +5
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Doris		 145 -2
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Nancy		 137 +7
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Patricia		 137 +12
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Gladys		 134 0
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Edna		 131 -5
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Elizabeth		 127 -5
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Alice		 126 +3
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Olive		 122 -2
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Marjorie		 111 -7
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Elsie		 107 +3
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Florence		 106 -9
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Winifred		 105 -2
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Edith		 104 -3
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Doreen		 103 +6
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Thelma		 103 +2
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Jessie		 101 +1
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Annie		 98 -10
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Violet		 97 +5
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Hazel		 95 -1
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Ethel		 94 -6
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Frances		 93 -3
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June		 92 +27
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Agnes		 90 +5
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Audrey		 90 +9
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Catherine		 89 +1
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Irene		 89 +3
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Norma		 85 +13
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Evelyn		 81 +3
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Helen		 81 -6
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Ellen		 79 0
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Muriel		 75 -4
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Ivy		 74 +1
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Gwendoline		 72 +1
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Grace		 70 -9
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Daphne		 69 +9
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Vera		 67 -15
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Barbara		 66 +12
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Ruth		 66 -2
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Lorna		 65 +2
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Nola		 65 +10
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Iris		 63 -17
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Myrtle		 63 -4
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Alma		 60 +3
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Mabel		 58 -6
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Marjory		 56 +26
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Rita		 56 -9
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Eunice		 53 +24
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Marie		 52 -9
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Marion		 52 +13
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Rona		 52 -7
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Ruby		 52 -5
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Dulcie		 49 +2
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Hilda		 49 -6
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Lilian		 46 +3
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Sylvia		 45 +2
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Beatrice		 44 -2
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Beryl		 43 -11
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Ngaire		 42 +28
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Constance		 39 -3
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Eva		 39 +8
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May		 38 -16
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Isabella		 37 +1
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Lucy		 37 +13
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Myra		 37 +1
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Isabel		 36 -8
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Mona		 36 +2
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Josephine		 35 +19
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Ada		 34 -3
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Enid		 34 -7
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Gertrude		 34 new
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Rose		 34 new
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Ida		 33 +3
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Janet		 33 +1
85.
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Amy		 32 +9
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Nora		 32 +12
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Aileen		 31 new
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Freda		 31 -23
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Pearl		 31 new
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Ella		 30 +6
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Esther		 30 new
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Shirley		 30 new
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Eleanor		 29 +2
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Lillian		 29 -4
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Lois		 29 -9
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Monica		 28 new
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Nellie		 28 -20
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Noeline		 28 -16
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Olga		 28 -33
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Elva		 27 new
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Joy		 27 -3
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Peggy		 27 -11
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Phillis		 27 new
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Una		 27 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand