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		 914 0
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William		 692 0
3.
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James		 479 0
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Robert		 467 0
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Ronald		 354 +1
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George		 314 -1
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Raymond		 304 0
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Thomas		 263 0
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David		 260 +4
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Gordon		 254 -1
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Donald		 244 0
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Ian		 225 +6
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Colin		 221 -1
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Peter		 216 +3
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Kenneth		 209 -1
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Arthur		 208 -6
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Leslie		 199 +3
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Douglas		 191 -3
19.
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Alan		 190 +7
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Charles		 187 -4
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Eric		 184 0
22.
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Edward		 175 -3
23.
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Keith		 172 +8
24.
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Desmond		 164 +1
25.
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Jack		 158 +9
26.
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Richard		 155 -4
27.
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Allan		 154 -3
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Trevor		 151 +14
29.
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Brian		 150 +5
29.
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Francis		 150 -1
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Norman		 148 -4
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Maurice		 144 +4
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Noel		 139 -10
34.
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Albert		 123 -2
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Ivan		 122 +12
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Harold		 117 -6
37.
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Stanley		 115 -1
38.
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Henry		 114 +2
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Bruce		 108 +2
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Ernest		 107 +10
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Patrick		 104 +4
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Mervyn		 103 +6
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Alfred		 102 -1
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Leonard		 102 -7
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Frederick		 98 -16
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Frank		 93 +5
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Joseph		 93 0
48.
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Roy		 92 -4
49.
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Walter		 86 -16
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Alexander		 84 -11
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Bernard		 81 +2
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Owen		 80 +3
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Reginald		 80 +4
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Graham		 78 -3
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Kevin		 67 +25
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Rex		 63 +2
57.
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Geoffrey		 61 +5
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Malcolm		 60 +14
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Lawrence		 59 -1
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Herbert		 58 -11
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Andrew		 57 -5
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Russell		 56 +3
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Clifford		 55 -2
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Harry		 55 -1
65.
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Cyril		 52 -11
66.
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Hugh		 50 +2
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Neil		 50 +2
68.
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Victor		 49 -1
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Allen		 48 +15
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Anthony		 45 0
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Murray		 45 -10
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Ross		 45 +17
73.
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Sydney		 44 +7
74.
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Clarence		 43 +26
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Laurence		 43 0
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Leo		 43 +4
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Terence		 43 +2
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Gerald		 41 -2
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Edwin		 40 -13
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Paul		 40 +15
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Ralph		 40 +1
82.
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Basil		 38 -11
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Michael		 38 -7
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Philip		 38 -20
85.
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Cecil		 37 -13
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Barry		 35 new
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Maxwell		 35 +8
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Lionel		 34 +6
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Bryan		 32 +11
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Vernon		 32 new
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Wilfred		 32 -4
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Denis		 30 new
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Dennis		 30 new
94.
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Neville		 29 -11
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Selwyn		 29 0
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Wallace		 29 -4
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Athol		 28 -6
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Graeme		 28 new
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Hector		 28 new
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Stewart		 28 new
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Stuart		 28 -8
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 533 0
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Mary		 376 0
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Shirley		 357 +5
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Joan		 353 -1
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Patricia		 323 0
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Joyce		 313 0
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Dorothy		 310 0
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Betty		 268 -4
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June		 263 +2
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Jean		 215 -1
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Kathleen		 183 -1
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Elizabeth		 182 +3
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Doreen		 174 +4
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Audrey		 168 -1
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Eileen		 157 -3
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Phyllis		 150 -2
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Marjorie		 145 +1
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Mavis		 144 +1
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Nancy		 143 -3
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Norma		 133 +3
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Marie		 127 0
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Ngaire		 126 -1
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Daphne		 123 -3
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Helen		 117 +4
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Nola		 116 +1
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Barbara		 115 0
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Lorna		 112 +4
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Olive		 105 +1
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Gladys		 104 +6
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Thelma		 104 -4
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Valerie		 103 +1
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Irene		 101 +1
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Noeline		 99 +5
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Doris		 93 0
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Edna		 88 -12
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Alice		 83 0
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Lois		 83 +3
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Elsie		 81 -8
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Catherine		 79 +15
40.
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Beryl		 78 -3
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Frances		 78 +5
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Iris		 78 +6
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Joy		 78 +20
44.
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Ellen		 77 +7
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Florence		 75 -6
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Ruth		 74 +2
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Hazel		 71 -4
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Evelyn		 70 -6
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Muriel		 70 +2
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Dawn		 67 +25
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Marion		 67 +15
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Winifred		 67 -6
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Jessie		 65 -4
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Edith		 64 -8
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Peggy		 63 +2
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Annie		 62 -17
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Grace		 61 +3
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Maureen		 60 -7
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Agnes		 58 -8
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Rita		 57 +7
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Pauline		 56 -6
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Violet		 55 -3
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Pamela		 54 +21
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Rona		 54 +18
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Yvonne		 54 +25
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Vera		 53 -3
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Dulcie		 52 +14
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Elva		 51 +20
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Josephine		 51 +3
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Gwendoline		 50 -10
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Sylvia		 50 -15
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Fay		 49 +15
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Alma		 48 -8
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Enid		 48 0
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Ivy		 48 -1
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Colleen		 47 +12
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Ethel		 47 -19
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Heather		 46 -8
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Eunice		 45 -2
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Ailsa		 44 +17
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Elaine		 43 +3
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Alison		 42 +10
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Constance		 42 -7
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Gloria		 42 -13
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Aileen		 38 -8
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Myrtle		 38 -21
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Hilda		 37 -20
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Isabel		 37 new
89.
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Mona		 36 new
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Myra		 36 -16
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Janet		 34 +3
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May		 33 -15
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Melva		 33 -11
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Olga		 33 +5
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Beatrice		 32 +2
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Lilian		 32 new
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Mabel		 32 -11
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Monica		 32 new
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Beverley		 31 new
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Eva		 31 -11
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Isobel		 31 -2
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Ruby		 31 -5
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Sheila		 31 -5
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand