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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Christopher		 89 +29
45.
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Winston		 99 +28
40.
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Ross		 115 +18
83.
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Hugh		 48 +16
85.
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Stephen		 47 new
87.
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Derek		 46 new
76.
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Stuart		 54 +11
20.
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Kevin		 240 +9
47.
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Eric		 98 +9
59.
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Warren		 77 +9
82.
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Frank		 50 +8
33.
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Gordon		 134 +7
76.
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Roy		 54 +7
37.
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Noel		 127 +6
44.
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Norman		 105 +6
39.
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Patrick		 120 +5
22.
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Allan		 212 +4
26.
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Murray		 195 +4
31.
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Robin		 141 +4
76.
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Owen		 54 +4
83.
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Jack		 48 +4
92.
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Lindsay		 43 +4
97.
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Herbert		 37 new
97.
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Kelvin		 37 new
3.
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David		 740 +3
43.
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Russell		 111 +3
64.
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Garry		 69 +3
95.
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Allen		 38 +3
9.
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Michael		 336 +2
13.
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Kenneth		 279 +2
17.
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Richard		 264 +2
36.
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Paul		 129 +2
63.
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Walter		 70 +2
68.
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Errol		 64 +2
72.
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Rodney		 60 +2
99.
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Harry		 36 new
99.
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Laurence		 36 new
2.
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Peter		 756 +1
4.
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Robert		 639 +1
12.
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Ronald		 295 +1
15.
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Graeme		 275 +1
16.
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Raymond		 272 +1
32.
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Douglas		 136 +1
33.
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Neil		 134 +1
38.
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Roger		 123 +1
49.
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Desmond		 96 +1
74.
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Lawrence		 57 +1
1.
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John		 1,209 0
7.
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James		 404 0
8.
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Ian		 385 0
10.
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Barry		 320 0
18.
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Alan		 256 0
21.
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Bruce		 226 0
42.
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Arthur		 112 0
50.
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Malcolm		 92 0
53.
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Geoffrey		 90 0
75.
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Andrew		 55 0
99.
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Terrence		 36 0
24.
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Trevor		 204 -1
29.
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Edward		 174 -1
50.
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Rex		 92 -1
59.
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Leonard		 77 -1
62.
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Alexander		 71 -1
64.
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Denis		 69 -1
6.
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Brian		 521 -2
11.
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Graham		 299 -2
14.
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Donald		 277 -2
66.
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Philip		 66 -2
71.
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Bernard		 62 -2
80.
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Ernest		 53 -2
89.
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Warwick		 44 -2
5.
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William		 528 -3
23.
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Anthony		 210 -3
25.
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Thomas		 200 -3
27.
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George		 189 -3
28.
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Gary		 185 -3
30.
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Keith		 146 -3
40.
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Charles		 115 -3
50.
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Bryan		 92 -3
58.
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Mervyn		 82 -3
80.
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Harold		 53 -3
94.
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Barrie		 39 -3
18.
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Colin		 256 -4
35.
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Leslie		 131 -4
70.
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Joseph		 63 -4
76.
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Henry		 54 -5
85.
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Clive		 47 -5
87.
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Gavin		 46 -5
89.
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Gerald		 44 -5
59.
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Frederick		 77 -6
68.
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Albert		 64 -8
57.
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Francis		 88 -9
72.
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Ivan		 60 -10
55.
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Neville		 89 -11
67.
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Stanley		 65 -11
89.
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Alfred		 44 -11
95.
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Edwin		 38 -11
45.
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Terence		 99 -13
48.
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Maurice		 97 -13
53.
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Dennis		 90 -13
93.
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Reginald		 42 -22
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
69.
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Glenys		 65 new
24.
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Diane		 154 +28
73.
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Dianne		 58 +21
29.
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Lynette		 132 +20
81.
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Julia		 48 new
81.
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Suzanne		 48 new
51.
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Kay		 84 +18
28.
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Frances		 135 +17
47.
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Doreen		 87 +17
59.
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Daphne		 75 +17
40.
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Diana		 100 +16
66.
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Robyn		 69 +16
44.
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Wendy		 91 +15
80.
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Beryl		 49 +15
23.
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Alison		 157 +13
78.
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Ellen		 50 +12
45.
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Jocelyn		 90 +11
74.
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Edith		 57 +11
84.
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Christine		 46 +11
66.
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Marilyn		 69 +10
91.
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Sally		 42 new
56.
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Gillian		 79 +9
38.
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Rosemary		 106 +8
84.
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Florence		 46 +8
93.
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Raewyn		 39 new
27.
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Lois		 138 +7
16.
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Kathleen		 211 +5
37.
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Joy		 107 +5
96.
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Denise		 37 new
96.
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Vivienne		 37 new
10.
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Helen		 265 +4
15.
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Heather		 218 +4
18.
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Lorraine		 182 +4
19.
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Elaine		 180 +4
33.
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Carol		 113 +4
6.
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Beverley		 335 +3
77.
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Carole		 52 +3
14.
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Jennifer		 226 +2
99.
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Linda		 35 new
49.
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Irene		 86 +1
58.
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Ruth		 77 +1
61.
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Jillian		 74 +1
1.
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Margaret		 828 0
2.
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Patricia		 599 0
3.
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Judith		 442 0
4.
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Barbara		 380 0
5.
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Mary		 374 0
8.
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Elizabeth		 314 0
12.
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Maureen		 229 0
52.
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Rosalie		 82 0
71.
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Susan		 63 0
89.
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Phyllis		 44 0
7.
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Pamela		 321 -1
11.
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Janice		 255 -1
84.
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Janette		 46 -1
9.
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Shirley		 274 -2
13.
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Valerie		 228 -2
19.
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Colleen		 180 -2
43.
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Ngaire		 93 -2
53.
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Joyce		 81 -2
63.
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Lesley		 71 -2
64.
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Nancy		 70 -2
21.
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Janet		 178 -3
26.
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Anne		 141 -3
32.
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Pauline		 114 -3
17.
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Joan		 202 -4
30.
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June		 131 -4
31.
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Ann		 116 -4
33.
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Jeanette		 113 -4
72.
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Julie		 61 -4
25.
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Marie		 153 -5
75.
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Gail		 55 -5
39.
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Marion		 103 -6
41.
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Dawn		 98 -6
84.
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Eleanor		 46 -6
45.
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Noeline		 90 -7
50.
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Gloria		 85 -7
53.
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Josephine		 81 -7
78.
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Evelyn		 50 -7
22.
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Dorothy		 171 -8
33.
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Yvonne		 113 -8
66.
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Jill		 69 -8
89.
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Lorna		 44 -8
36.
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Jean		 108 -9
47.
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Beverly		 87 -9
88.
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Marjorie		 45 -9
94.
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Adrienne		 38 -9
99.
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Noelene		 35 -9
42.
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Annette		 95 -10
64.
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Fay		 70 -10
76.
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Jacqueline		 53 -10
81.
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Norma		 48 -10
98.
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Mavis		 36 -10
62.
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Eileen		 72 -14
69.
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Robin		 65 -14
59.
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Catherine		 75 -16
56.
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Betty		 79 -18
92.
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Sylvia		 41 -21
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Marlene		 81 -22
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Thelma		 38 -23
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand