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		 881 0
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William		 591 0
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James		 480 0
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Robert		 473 0
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Ronald		 354 0
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Peter		 297 +1
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David		 285 +1
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Brian		 282 +2
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Donald		 281 0
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Raymond		 275 -4
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Ian		 271 0
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Thomas		 262 +2
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George		 236 -1
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Kenneth		 220 +2
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Colin		 209 -2
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Gordon		 173 +2
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Keith		 171 -3
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Leslie		 170 +5
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Bruce		 165 +7
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Edward		 163 +10
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Douglas		 162 -4
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Alan		 161 -2
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Maurice		 160 -2
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Charles		 158 +3
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Allan		 154 +2
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Arthur		 146 -7
26.
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Noel		 146 +6
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Trevor		 144 -4
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Richard		 136 -7
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Desmond		 132 -3
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Norman		 125 +4
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Graham		 124 +1
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Eric		 122 -9
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Francis		 115 -3
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Jack		 104 +3
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Walter		 104 +1
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Stanley		 103 -3
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Albert		 97 -1
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Murray		 91 +11
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Leonard		 89 +6
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Frederick		 87 -2
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Ivan		 85 -2
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Alfred		 84 +2
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Alexander		 83 -2
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Harold		 83 +4
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Barry		 82 +7
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Patrick		 81 -3
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Ernest		 78 +6
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Bernard		 77 +13
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Joseph		 76 -2
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Henry		 75 -8
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Roy		 75 -5
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Mervyn		 73 -13
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Michael		 72 +7
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Kevin		 69 +3
56.
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Owen		 68 +2
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Lawrence		 66 +3
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Reginald		 65 -2
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Frank		 64 -9
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Graeme		 63 +7
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Rex		 63 -10
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Russell		 60 -8
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Malcolm		 59 -7
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Neil		 59 +1
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Anthony		 56 +5
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Geoffrey		 55 -1
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Herbert		 54 0
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Ross		 51 -1
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Hugh		 49 +3
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Clifford		 45 -5
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Terence		 45 +7
72.
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Bryan		 44 +17
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Paul		 44 +9
74.
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Neville		 43 +8
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Allen		 42 +9
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Victor		 42 +2
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Cyril		 39 -14
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Gerald		 39 +5
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Derek		 38 +13
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Philip		 38 -3
81.
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Andrew		 36 -10
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Edwin		 36 +9
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Laurence		 36 +5
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Dennis		 35 +1
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Harry		 34 -13
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Leo		 34 -13
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Maxwell		 34 -8
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Selwyn		 34 +7
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Arnold		 32 +3
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Basil		 32 new
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Robin		 32 +9
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Roger		 31 0
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Daniel		 26 new
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Denis		 26 new
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Gilbert		 26 new
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Kelvin		 26 new
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Clive		 25 new
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Sydney		 25 -25
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Samuel		 24 -7
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Wallace		 24 -13
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 664 0
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Shirley		 391 0
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Patricia		 382 +1
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Mary		 348 -1
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Betty		 292 0
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Joan		 270 0
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Dorothy		 256 0
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June		 224 0
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Elizabeth		 220 +1
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Joyce		 207 -1
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Valerie		 193 +2
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Jean		 190 0
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Barbara		 181 +2
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Marie		 166 +4
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Doreen		 165 -1
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Kathleen		 160 -5
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Audrey		 146 0
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Ngaire		 145 -2
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Nancy		 127 +6
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Eileen		 125 -1
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Helen		 122 0
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Daphne		 118 +5
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Beverley		 115 +6
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Maureen		 115 +1
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Norma		 115 -2
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Noeline		 111 +6
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Phyllis		 109 -6
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Colleen		 106 -2
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Marjorie		 101 +1
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Dawn		 100 +7
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Mavis		 100 -3
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Pauline		 93 +18
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Lois		 92 +9
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Pamela		 88 -1
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Irene		 82 0
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Lorna		 75 -5
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Ruth		 75 +6
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Fay		 74 +11
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Nola		 73 -19
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Thelma		 73 -5
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Catherine		 69 +22
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Edna		 69 +3
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Frances		 69 +6
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Joy		 69 -2
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Hazel		 67 +12
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Heather		 67 +9
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Olive		 65 +23
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Doris		 64 -10
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Elaine		 64 +22
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Jocelyn		 64 +20
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Gladys		 63 -10
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Marion		 62 0
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Florence		 61 -9
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Beryl		 57 -18
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Sylvia		 57 -4
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Alice		 54 -4
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Elsie		 53 -18
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Edith		 52 0
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Evelyn		 52 -4
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Janet		 52 +19
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Alison		 51 -15
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Annie		 51 -5
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Iris		 50 -2
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Muriel		 50 -5
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Rita		 50 +9
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Dulcie		 48 +17
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Yvonne		 48 -19
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Ellen		 47 -10
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Jessie		 47 0
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Judith		 46 +17
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Violet		 44 +3
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Ivy		 43 +9
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Winifred		 43 -8
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Aileen		 42 +5
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Josephine		 42 -12
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Rona		 41 +3
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Gwendoline		 40 -13
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Anne		 39 +15
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Gloria		 39 new
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Lorraine		 39 -4
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Peggy		 38 -17
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Melva		 37 new
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Alma		 36 -2
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Grace		 36 +7
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Vera		 36 +13
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Ailsa		 35 +1
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Agnes		 33 -11
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Avis		 33 new
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Bernice		 33 new
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Ethel		 33 -23
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Eunice		 33 -10
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Isobel		 33 +3
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Beatrice		 31 -3
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Rose		 30 new
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Merle		 29 -11
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Diana		 28 new
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Rosemary		 28 new
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Myra		 27 -11
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Rae		 27 new
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Beverly		 26 new
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Christina		 26 new
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Elva		 26 -16
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Myrtle		 26 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand