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		 269 +4
76.
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Albert		 52 -7
63.
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Alexander		 69 0
94.
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Alfred		 38 -14
25.
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Allan		 175 0
87.
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Allen		 43 new
64.
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Andrew		 68 +7
22.
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Anthony		 237 0
47.
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Arthur		 99 -3
20.
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Barry		 242 -2
55.
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Bernard		 83 +1
6.
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Brian		 461 0
17.
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Bruce		 264 +4
57.
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Bryan		 78 +8
46.
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Charles		 100 -4
51.
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Christopher		 94 -4
80.
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Clifford		 47 new
83.
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Clive		 44 +4
12.
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Colin		 284 +4
2.
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David		 734 0
76.
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Denis		 52 -18
32.
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Dennis		 149 +6
99.
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Derek		 35 -4
59.
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Desmond		 75 -7
14.
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Donald		 282 +2
31.
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Douglas		 152 -2
40.
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Edward		 119 -4
49.
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Eric		 96 -5
92.
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Ernest		 41 -17
100.
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Errol		 34 new
61.
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Francis		 71 -7
97.
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Frank		 36 -15
70.
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Frederick		 57 -7
67.
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Garry		 65 +12
27.
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Gary		 171 -1
87.
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Gavin		 43 +6
42.
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Geoffrey		 117 +17
37.
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George		 131 -7
83.
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Gerald		 44 +12
41.
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Gordon		 118 -7
19.
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Graeme		 262 -9
17.
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Graham		 264 -4
95.
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Harold		 37 -2
70.
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Henry		 57 +4
81.
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Hugh		 45 +9
7.
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Ian		 375 +2
60.
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Ivan		 72 +6
9.
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James		 345 -2
1.
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John		 1,170 0
76.
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Joseph		 52 -1
32.
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Keith		 149 +2
83.
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Kelvin		 44 -3
10.
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Kenneth		 298 +1
81.
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Kerry		 45 +6
12.
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Kevin		 284 +2
93.
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Lawrence		 40 -20
73.
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Leonard		 55 -14
39.
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Leslie		 120 -7
65.
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Lindsay		 67 +12
49.
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Malcolm		 96 +1
97.
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Martin		 36 new
55.
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Maurice		 83 -12
90.
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Maxwell		 42 +7
66.
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Mervyn		 66 -11
8.
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Michael		 369 0
23.
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Murray		 209 +1
36.
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Neil		 134 -5
48.
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Neville		 98 +1
44.
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Noel		 111 -4
53.
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Norman		 89 -3
74.
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Owen		 54 -5
45.
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Patrick		 108 +1
26.
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Paul		 173 +2
3.
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Peter		 631 0
58.
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Philip		 77 +3
83.
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Phillip		 44 -1
11.
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Raymond		 288 0
95.
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Reginald		 37 new
52.
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Rex		 90 +9
15.
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Richard		 271 0
4.
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Robert		 629 0
43.
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Robin		 113 -6
61.
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Rodney		 71 +7
27.
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Roger		 171 +11
20.
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Ronald		 242 -1
38.
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Ross		 127 +10
79.
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Roy		 49 +5
35.
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Russell		 135 -2
68.
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Stanley		 63 +3
69.
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Stephen		 62 +17
74.
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Stuart		 54 -18
34.
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Terence		 139 +6
90.
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Terrence		 42 0
30.
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Thomas		 160 -3
100.
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Timothy		 34 new
24.
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Trevor		 188 -1
70.
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Walter		 57 +20
54.
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Warren		 87 +12
87.
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Warwick		 43 +13
29.
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Wayne		 162 +24
5.
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William		 512 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
82.
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Adrienne		 48 -5
27.
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Alison		 137 +1
34.
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Ann		 107 -2
32.
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Anne		 109 -2
33.
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Annette		 108 +1
6.
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Barbara		 320 0
58.
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Betty		 73 -21
12.
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Beverley		 243 -5
65.
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Beverly		 68 -15
16.
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Carol		 201 +9
53.
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Carole		 80 -3
68.
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Carolyn		 66 +17
47.
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Catherine		 91 0
37.
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Christine		 105 +32
15.
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Colleen		 212 -2
87.
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Daphne		 43 -5
62.
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Dawn		 69 +2
73.
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Denise		 59 +16
56.
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Diana		 74 -12
20.
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Diane		 182 -2
46.
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Dianne		 93 +11
95.
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Doreen		 40 -24
21.
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Dorothy		 172 +1
76.
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Eileen		 56 -23
30.
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Elaine		 119 -7
98.
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Eleanor		 39 -25
10.
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Elizabeth		 266 0
82.
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Evelyn		 48 +7
80.
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Fay		 53 +7
98.
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Faye		 39 new
29.
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Frances		 123 +4
59.
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Gail		 70 +5
74.
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Gillian		 57 -7
43.
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Glenys		 100 +14
50.
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Gloria		 87 +5
11.
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Heather		 251 +6
7.
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Helen		 287 +1
45.
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Irene		 96 +19
76.
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Jacqueline		 56 -3
22.
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Janet		 169 -1
4.
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Janice		 367 0
48.
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Jean		 90 -8
40.
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Jeanette		 102 -10
13.
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Jennifer		 237 +2
68.
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Jill		 66 -7
59.
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Jillian		 70 +4
25.
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Joan		 142 -2
65.
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Jocelyn		 68 -23
55.
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Josephine		 77 +12
52.
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Joy		 81 +4
78.
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Joyce		 54 -21
3.
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Judith		 477 0
95.
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Julia		 40 +3
72.
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Julie		 60 +8
62.
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June		 69 -27
85.
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Karen		 45 new
17.
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Kathleen		 200 -3
90.
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Kathryn		 42 +10
65.
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Kay		 68 -29
62.
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Leonie		 69 +18
40.
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Lesley		 102 +3
87.
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Linda		 43 -3
31.
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Lois		 115 +16
19.
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Lorraine		 185 -3
14.
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Lynette		 215 +6
93.
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Lynne		 41 new
1.
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Margaret		 681 0
87.
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Maria		 43 +5
24.
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Marie		 148 +2
49.
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Marilyn		 88 +23
42.
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Marion		 101 -4
93.
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Marjorie		 41 -8
90.
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Marlene		 42 -13
5.
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Mary		 348 0
18.
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Maureen		 194 -6
68.
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Nancy		 66 +8
54.
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Ngaire		 79 +3
71.
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Noeline		 63 -10
85.
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Norma		 45 +2
8.
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Pamela		 280 +1
2.
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Patricia		 481 0
26.
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Pauline		 141 +3
95.
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Phyllis		 40 -6
38.
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Raewyn		 104 +3
78.
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Robin		 54 +5
34.
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Robyn		 107 +5
74.
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Rosalie		 57 -1
44.
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Rosemary		 97 +6
59.
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Ruth		 70 -6
90.
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Sally		 42 new
38.
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Sandra		 104 +8
98.
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Sharon		 39 new
9.
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Shirley		 269 +2
81.
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Shona		 52 +13
28.
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Susan		 136 +16
56.
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Suzanne		 74 +21
84.
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Sylvia		 47 -14
23.
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Valerie		 165 -4
51.
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Wendy		 86 -2
34.
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Yvonne		 107 -7
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand