Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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William		 901 0
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John		 875 0
3.
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George		 485 +1
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James		 478 -1
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Robert		 394 0
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Thomas		 371 +1
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Charles		 350 -1
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Arthur		 340 0
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Frederick		 254 +1
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Albert		 227 -1
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Henry		 223 +1
12.
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Alfred		 213 +6
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Edward		 210 -2
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Leslie		 203 -1
15.
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Walter		 197 +4
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Harold		 190 -1
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Eric		 187 -1
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Ernest		 174 -1
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David		 163 +8
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Francis		 163 -5
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Alexander		 162 -1
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Herbert		 144 +1
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Norman		 140 -2
24.
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Leonard		 132 -2
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Joseph		 131 +4
26.
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Ronald		 127 0
26.
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Stanley		 127 -2
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Richard		 125 0
29.
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Frank		 120 -4
30.
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Raymond		 117 +9
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Gordon		 115 -1
32.
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Kenneth		 108 +6
33.
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Jack		 106 +4
34.
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Cecil		 98 +1
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Reginald		 98 -1
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Cyril		 97 -2
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Douglas		 95 -6
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Clarence		 93 -3
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Roy		 85 -7
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Donald		 82 +1
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Harry		 75 +1
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Allan		 74 -2
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Sydney		 74 0
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Percy		 72 0
45.
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Hector		 71 +7
46.
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Maurice		 69 +9
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Victor		 66 -2
48.
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Andrew		 64 -3
49.
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Hugh		 59 -4
50.
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Samuel		 58 -5
51.
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Colin		 52 +4
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Alan		 51 +1
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Edwin		 51 +11
54.
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Ian		 50 +14
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Claude		 48 -6
55.
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Clifford		 48 -1
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Lawrence		 48 +3
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Archibald		 47 0
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Edgar		 46 +9
60.
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Horace		 42 -5
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Patrick		 42 -11
62.
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Ivan		 41 -2
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Gilbert		 37 +1
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Keith		 37 -3
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Philip		 37 +9
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Wilfred		 37 -14
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Basil		 36 +18
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Geoffrey		 36 +13
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Lionel		 36 -1
70.
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Arnold		 33 +4
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Leo		 33 +7
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Bernard		 32 -8
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Louis		 32 +2
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Noel		 32 +2
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Ralph		 32 -4
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Percival		 31 +4
77.
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Owen		 30 -6
78.
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Daniel		 28 -11
79.
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Laurence		 27 +13
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Mervyn		 27 +21
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Peter		 27 -19
82.
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Malcolm		 26 +14
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Michael		 26 -10
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Roland		 26 new
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Sidney		 26 +3
86.
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Wallace		 25 +10
87.
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Howard		 24 +2
88.
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Lewis		 23 -3
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Trevor		 23 -8
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Bruce		 22 +10
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Benjamin		 21 -8
92.
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Athol		 20 0
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Vernon		 20 new
94.
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Gerald		 19 +6
94.
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Stewart		 19 +2
96.
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Bertie		 18 new
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Martin		 18 new
96.
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Neil		 18 new
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Russell		 18 new
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Duncan		 17 -11
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Vincent		 17 -11
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 506 0
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Margaret		 322 0
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Dorothy		 257 0
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Eileen		 249 +2
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Annie		 228 +7
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Alice		 218 -2
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Doris		 212 0
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Gladys		 211 -3
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Elizabeth		 206 +4
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Edna		 205 +7
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Kathleen		 198 -3
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Elsie		 173 -3
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Florence		 168 -2
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Jessie		 160 -4
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Ivy		 154 +4
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Ellen		 146 +10
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Edith		 144 -3
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Ethel		 144 -2
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Myrtle		 142 -2
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Violet		 142 +5
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Irene		 141 -5
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Phyllis		 138 +7
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Mavis		 131 +5
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Olive		 130 -4
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Vera		 130 +1
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Thelma		 129 -3
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Rita		 121 +6
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Catherine		 120 -7
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Muriel		 119 +1
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Winifred		 117 0
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Marjorie		 113 +5
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Evelyn		 110 +6
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Hazel		 109 +2
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Mabel		 109 -3
35.
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Agnes		 108 -13
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Frances		 106 +3
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Ruby		 103 -3
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Grace		 101 -11
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Jean		 89 +2
40.
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Eva		 84 -3
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May		 78 +13
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Helen		 77 +1
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Hilda		 73 -1
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Ada		 68 +4
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Mona		 68 +2
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Emily		 65 -6
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Ida		 62 +3
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Constance		 61 -4
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Lilian		 61 +4
50.
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Beatrice		 60 +10
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Iris		 60 -4
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Isabella		 57 -4
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Alma		 56 -9
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Lillian		 55 +13
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Amy		 53 +8
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Christina		 53 +2
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Rose		 53 +8
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Lucy		 51 -2
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Freda		 50 +3
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Sarah		 50 +6
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Ena		 49 -1
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Louisa		 48 +10
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Marion		 48 +5
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Nancy		 48 +13
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Ruth		 48 -4
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Gertrude		 47 -12
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Gwendoline		 47 -8
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Isabel		 47 +6
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Joyce		 46 +17
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Nellie		 46 -17
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Daphne		 43 +12
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Doreen		 43 +20
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Flora		 43 +15
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Eleanor		 41 +17
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Jane		 39 -24
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Marjory		 39 -6
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Myra		 39 -1
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Dulcie		 38 new
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Amelia		 37 -3
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Emma		 37 +7
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Eunice		 36 new
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Janet		 36 -12
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Laura		 36 +9
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Lily		 36 -5
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Mildred		 36 new
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Clara		 35 -20
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Daisy		 35 -15
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Pearl		 35 new
89.
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Clarice		 34 -10
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Lorna		 34 +2
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Esther		 33 new
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Stella		 33 new
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Ella		 32 -2
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Maud		 32 -17
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Minnie		 32 +3
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Barbara		 29 new
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Beryl		 29 -13
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Charlotte		 29 -10
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Nora		 29 -15
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Aileen		 28 new
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Reta		 28 -4
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand