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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Alan		 169 +9
49.
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Albert		 74 -6
56.
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Alexander		 60 -16
66.
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Alfred		 55 -1
25.
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Allan		 129 +3
85.
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Andrew		 31 -8
37.
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Anthony		 90 +10
26.
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Arthur		 124 +5
61.
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Barrie		 58 +28
14.
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Barry		 206 -1
59.
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Bernard		 59 +20
5.
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Brian		 464 +1
20.
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Bruce		 162 0
69.
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Bryan		 53 -11
37.
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Charles		 90 -12
89.
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Christopher		 30 new
94.
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Clifford		 28 -7
82.
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Clive		 33 +4
11.
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Colin		 256 +1
4.
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David		 475 +1
75.
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Denis		 44 -2
81.
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Dennis		 36 +16
44.
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Desmond		 84 -6
8.
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Donald		 324 +1
34.
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Douglas		 97 -8
23.
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Edward		 150 -4
89.
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Edwin		 30 -5
54.
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Eric		 64 -8
70.
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Ernest		 52 +8
100.
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Errol		 26 new
48.
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Francis		 77 -5
76.
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Frank		 41 -7
45.
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Frederick		 83 -9
85.
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Garry		 31 -3
37.
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Gary		 90 +14
94.
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Gavin		 28 new
72.
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Geoffrey		 48 -8
15.
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George		 202 0
79.
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Gerald		 38 -5
27.
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Gordon		 116 -3
20.
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Graeme		 162 +1
12.
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Graham		 229 -2
98.
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Harold		 27 -33
94.
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Harry		 28 -3
67.
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Henry		 54 -14
85.
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Herbert		 31 +4
79.
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Hugh		 38 0
10.
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Ian		 295 +1
63.
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Ivan		 56 -3
59.
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Jack		 59 +3
7.
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James		 352 0
1.
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John		 904 0
52.
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Joseph		 71 0
28.
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Keith		 113 +2
16.
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Kenneth		 182 0
31.
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Kevin		 112 +8
94.
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Laurence		 28 -12
72.
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Lawrence		 48 -2
63.
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Leonard		 56 0
28.
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Leslie		 113 0
98.
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Lindsay		 27 -1
53.
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Malcolm		 65 -10
32.
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Maurice		 104 +2
85.
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Maxwell		 31 -4
67.
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Mervyn		 54 -11
19.
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Michael		 165 +4
32.
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Murray		 104 0
35.
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Neil		 95 +6
35.
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Neville		 95 +18
28.
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Noel		 113 +5
42.
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Norman		 85 -6
62.
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Owen		 57 +5
37.
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Patrick		 90 -2
51.
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Paul		 72 -2
6.
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Peter		 449 -2
74.
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Philip		 46 +1
92.
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Ralph		 29 -8
13.
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Raymond		 223 +1
76.
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Reginald		 41 -8
42.
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Rex		 85 0
18.
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Richard		 166 0
2.
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Robert		 490 +1
46.
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Robin		 82 +10
89.
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Rodney		 30 -2
49.
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Roger		 74 +9
9.
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Ronald		 312 -1
56.
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Ross		 60 +15
54.
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Roy		 64 +18
47.
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Russell		 81 +14
63.
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Stanley		 56 -15
92.
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Stewart		 29 new
70.
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Stuart		 52 new
41.
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Terence		 89 +12
22.
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Thomas		 158 -5
24.
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Trevor		 136 -3
56.
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Walter		 60 -7
76.
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Warren		 41 -1
82.
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Warwick		 33 new
3.
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William		 486 -1
84.
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Wiremu		 32 +11
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
96.
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Agnes		 27 -8
100.
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Aileen		 26 -6
67.
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Alice		 44 -2
48.
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Alison		 62 -10
92.
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Angela		 28 new
41.
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Ann		 76 +1
25.
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Anne		 101 -1
52.
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Annette		 56 +16
84.
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Annie		 33 0
42.
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Audrey		 75 -3
6.
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Barbara		 283 0
67.
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Beryl		 44 0
24.
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Betty		 114 -8
5.
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Beverley		 289 0
43.
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Beverly		 73 -4
88.
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Carol		 31 -4
57.
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Catherine		 51 -3
14.
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Colleen		 164 +1
54.
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Daphne		 55 +11
31.
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Dawn		 88 +2
74.
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Diana		 38 -20
69.
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Diane		 42 new
29.
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Doreen		 94 -3
96.
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Doris		 27 -1
12.
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Dorothy		 194 -2
81.
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Edith		 34 -17
66.
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Edna		 45 +15
39.
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Eileen		 79 -8
23.
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Elaine		 120 0
73.
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Eleanor		 39 +6
7.
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Elizabeth		 256 +2
79.
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Ellen		 35 -4
46.
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Evelyn		 66 +1
50.
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Fay		 57 -4
58.
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Florence		 49 +14
40.
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Frances		 78 -5
75.
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Gillian		 37 +13
62.
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Gloria		 46 +26
81.
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Grace		 34 +7
78.
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Hazel		 36 -2
17.
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Heather		 133 +5
16.
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Helen		 147 +1
50.
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Irene		 57 +4
89.
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Iris		 30 new
75.
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Jacqueline		 37 +1
21.
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Janet		 126 -2
18.
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Janice		 132 +10
27.
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Jean		 99 -15
33.
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Jeanette		 85 +20
22.
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Jennifer		 122 +6
84.
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Jessie		 33 new
58.
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Jill		 49 0
10.
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Joan		 206 -3
44.
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Jocelyn		 70 +17
56.
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Josephine		 52 -6
45.
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Joy		 67 -1
37.
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Joyce		 82 -3
8.
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Judith		 251 +3
96.
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Julia		 27 +1
19.
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June		 129 +2
20.
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Kathleen		 128 -2
58.
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Lesley		 49 +11
96.
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Lilian		 27 new
30.
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Lois		 93 +7
69.
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Lorna		 42 -9
27.
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Lorraine		 99 +14
92.
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Lynette		 28 new
1.
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Margaret		 779 0
15.
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Marie		 148 +5
100.
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Marilyn		 26 -3
35.
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Marion		 84 +1
52.
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Marjorie		 56 -4
58.
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Marlene		 49 +14
4.
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Mary		 344 0
13.
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Maureen		 173 0
69.
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Mavis		 42 -15
75.
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Merle		 37 +9
81.
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Muriel		 34 +3
33.
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Nancy		 85 -2
26.
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Ngaire		 100 +4
87.
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Noelene		 32 +1
38.
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Noeline		 80 -12
54.
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Nola		 55 -11
62.
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Norma		 46 -3
79.
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Olive		 35 -10
11.
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Pamela		 197 +3
3.
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Patricia		 380 0
36.
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Pauline		 83 +8
84.
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Peggy		 33 -2
62.
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Phyllis		 46 -11
92.
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Robin		 28 +3
49.
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Rosemary		 61 +14
47.
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Ruth		 64 +5
2.
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Shirley		 391 0
100.
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Shona		 26 new
62.
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Sylvia		 46 -13
69.
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Thelma		 42 -8
9.
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Valerie		 222 -1
92.
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Violet		 28 -10
91.
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Vivienne		 29 new
89.
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Wendy		 30 new
31.
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Yvonne		 88 -6
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand