Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 301 +3
99.
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Albert		 37 -23
63.
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Alexander		 71 0
27.
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Allan		 194 -2
86.
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Allen		 49 +1
71.
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Andrew		 63 -7
21.
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Anthony		 262 +1
48.
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Arthur		 104 -1
23.
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Barry		 251 -3
59.
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Bernard		 83 -4
7.
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Brian		 479 -1
19.
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Bruce		 278 -2
50.
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Bryan		 96 +7
56.
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Charles		 88 -10
40.
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Christopher		 131 +11
89.
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Clifford		 43 -9
77.
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Clive		 55 +6
18.
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Colin		 279 -6
2.
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David		 743 0
64.
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Denis		 67 +12
30.
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Dennis		 172 +2
82.
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Derek		 50 +17
58.
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Desmond		 87 +1
22.
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Donald		 255 -8
29.
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Douglas		 185 +2
45.
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Edward		 116 -5
56.
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Eric		 88 -7
89.
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Ernest		 43 +3
96.
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Errol		 40 +4
68.
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Francis		 66 -7
87.
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Frank		 44 +10
76.
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Frederick		 57 -6
70.
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Garry		 64 -3
25.
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Gary		 214 +2
98.
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Gavin		 38 -11
41.
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Geoffrey		 129 +1
36.
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George		 144 +1
82.
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Gerald		 50 +1
42.
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Gordon		 123 -1
14.
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Graeme		 296 +5
17.
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Graham		 287 0
82.
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Grant		 50 new
81.
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Harold		 51 +14
87.
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Henry		 44 -17
93.
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Hugh		 42 -12
8.
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Ian		 412 -1
72.
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Ivan		 62 -12
99.
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Jack		 37 new
11.
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James		 345 -2
1.
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John		 1,376 0
64.
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Joseph		 67 +12
32.
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Keith		 161 0
12.
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Kenneth		 328 -2
78.
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Kerry		 54 +3
9.
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Kevin		 366 +3
82.
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Lawrence		 50 +11
78.
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Leonard		 54 -5
39.
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Leslie		 139 0
74.
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Lindsay		 59 -9
52.
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Malcolm		 93 -3
89.
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Mark		 43 new
52.
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Maurice		 93 +3
60.
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Mervyn		 79 +6
6.
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Michael		 496 +2
20.
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Murray		 263 +3
36.
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Neil		 144 0
49.
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Neville		 101 -1
43.
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Noel		 119 +1
68.
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Norman		 66 -15
61.
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Owen		 76 +13
44.
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Patrick		 118 +1
24.
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Paul		 236 +2
3.
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Peter		 740 0
46.
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Philip		 109 +12
72.
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Phillip		 62 +11
15.
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Raymond		 295 -4
99.
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Reginald		 37 -4
61.
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Rex		 76 -9
10.
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Richard		 363 +5
4.
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Robert		 635 0
47.
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Robin		 108 -4
50.
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Rodney		 96 +11
35.
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Roger		 152 -8
16.
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Ronald		 289 +4
31.
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Ross		 164 +7
74.
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Roy		 59 +5
33.
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Russell		 156 +2
89.
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Selwyn		 43 new
78.
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Stanley		 54 -10
64.
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Stephen		 67 +5
64.
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Stuart		 67 +10
38.
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Terence		 143 -4
96.
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Terrence		 40 -6
33.
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Thomas		 156 -3
26.
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Trevor		 201 -2
55.
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Victor		 90 new
93.
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Walter		 42 -23
54.
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Warren		 92 0
93.
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Warwick		 42 -6
28.
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Wayne		 193 +1
5.
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William		 508 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
86.
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Adrienne		 50 -4
36.
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Alison		 126 -9
52.
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Ann		 89 -18
31.
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Anne		 136 +1
40.
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Annette		 112 -7
6.
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Barbara		 345 0
73.
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Betty		 65 -15
16.
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Beverley		 241 -4
71.
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Beverly		 68 -6
9.
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Carol		 314 +7
45.
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Carole		 98 +8
44.
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Carolyn		 99 +24
70.
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Catherine		 69 -23
57.
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Cheryl		 86 new
25.
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Christine		 153 +12
17.
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Colleen		 229 -2
94.
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Daphne		 43 -7
60.
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Dawn		 82 +2
76.
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Denise		 64 -3
67.
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Diana		 76 -11
15.
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Diane		 247 +5
41.
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Dianne		 108 +5
73.
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Doreen		 65 +22
27.
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Dorothy		 149 -6
73.
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Eileen		 65 +3
33.
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Elaine		 132 -3
7.
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Elizabeth		 334 +3
98.
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Ellen		 41 new
89.
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Evelyn		 48 -7
84.
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Fay		 52 -4
98.
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Faye		 41 0
30.
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Frances		 141 -1
46.
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Gail		 97 +13
51.
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Gillian		 90 +23
54.
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Glenys		 88 -11
72.
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Gloria		 67 -22
13.
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Heather		 262 -2
11.
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Helen		 307 -4
52.
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Irene		 89 -7
77.
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Jacqueline		 63 -1
20.
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Janet		 206 +2
4.
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Janice		 357 0
46.
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Jean		 97 +2
37.
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Jeanette		 121 +3
12.
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Jennifer		 303 +1
69.
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Jill		 70 -1
59.
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Jillian		 84 0
29.
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Joan		 144 -4
54.
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Jocelyn		 88 +11
62.
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Josephine		 78 -7
68.
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Joy		 73 -16
85.
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Joyce		 51 -7
2.
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Judith		 532 +1
77.
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Julie		 63 -5
43.
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June		 102 +19
82.
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Karen		 55 +3
21.
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Kathleen		 205 -4
48.
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Kay		 95 +17
80.
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Leonie		 57 -18
34.
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Lesley		 131 +6
82.
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Linda		 55 +5
48.
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Lois		 95 -17
18.
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Lorraine		 222 +1
8.
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Lynette		 316 +6
86.
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Lynne		 50 +7
92.
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Lynnette		 45 new
1.
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Margaret		 696 0
100.
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Maria		 40 -13
38.
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Marie		 118 -14
50.
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Marilyn		 91 -1
39.
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Marion		 114 +3
94.
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Marjorie		 43 -1
61.
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Marlene		 80 +29
5.
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Mary		 348 0
22.
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Maureen		 202 -4
62.
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Nancy		 78 +6
54.
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Ngaire		 88 0
62.
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Noeline		 78 +9
97.
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Norma		 42 -12
10.
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Pamela		 313 -2
3.
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Patricia		 488 -1
24.
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Pauline		 159 +2
32.
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Raewyn		 133 +6
86.
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Robin		 50 -8
35.
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Robyn		 129 -1
79.
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Rosalie		 61 -5
57.
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Rosemary		 86 -13
66.
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Ruth		 77 -7
92.
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Sally		 45 -2
26.
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Sandra		 151 +12
89.
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Sharon		 48 +9
14.
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Shirley		 253 -5
94.
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Shona		 43 -13
19.
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Susan		 218 +9
62.
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Suzanne		 78 -6
91.
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Sylvia		 46 -7
23.
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Valerie		 163 0
81.
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Vivienne		 56 new
42.
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Wendy		 107 +9
28.
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Yvonne		 147 +6
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand