Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
17.
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Alan		 343 -1
74.
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Alexander		 70 -10
28.
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Allan		 238 -1
100.
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Allen		 45 -15
55.
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Andrew		 111 0
22.
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Anthony		 282 0
62.
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Arthur		 95 -6
21.
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Barry		 283 -4
82.
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Bernard		 64 -1
7.
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Brian		 555 -1
13.
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Bruce		 402 0
51.
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Bryan		 117 +7
56.
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Charles		 110 -6
27.
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Christopher		 248 +3
85.
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Clive		 61 -8
19.
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Colin		 310 +3
2.
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David		 982 0
76.
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Denis		 69 -18
29.
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Dennis		 228 +3
81.
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Derek		 66 0
64.
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Desmond		 89 +4
25.
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Donald		 254 +1
37.
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Douglas		 189 +1
44.
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Edward		 136 +3
57.
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Eric		 109 +9
67.
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Francis		 83 -5
97.
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Frank		 49 new
68.
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Frederick		 80 +10
59.
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Garry		 104 -5
35.
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Gary		 205 -8
80.
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Gavin		 67 -16
32.
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Geoffrey		 217 +4
43.
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George		 144 -4
90.
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Gerald		 57 +8
49.
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Gordon		 121 -1
12.
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Graeme		 404 +2
15.
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Graham		 371 -3
70.
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Grant		 77 +9
64.
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Gregory		 89 +9
88.
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Henry		 58 +7
87.
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Hugh		 59 0
11.
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Ian		 406 -3
74.
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Ivan		 70 -3
9.
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James		 432 +1
77.
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Jeffrey		 68 +20
1.
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John		 1,575 0
77.
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Joseph		 68 -7
30.
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Keith		 225 +2
98.
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Kelvin		 48 -9
18.
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Kenneth		 324 0
63.
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Kerry		 91 0
8.
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Kevin		 495 +1
94.
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Larry		 53 new
93.
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Laurence		 54 -6
88.
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Lawrence		 58 -8
90.
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Leonard		 57 -1
45.
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Leslie		 133 -3
52.
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Lindsay		 115 +21
53.
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Malcolm		 113 -9
68.
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Mark		 80 +17
90.
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Martin		 57 +8
60.
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Maurice		 102 0
72.
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Mervyn		 76 +1
5.
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Michael		 602 0
16.
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Murray		 348 +3
40.
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Neil		 156 -1
46.
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Neville		 127 +2
54.
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Noel		 112 -3
70.
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Norman		 77 -3
77.
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Owen		 68 -5
49.
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Patrick		 121 -4
14.
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Paul		 386 +1
3.
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Peter		 891 0
38.
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Philip		 183 +3
61.
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Phillip		 99 +7
23.
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Raymond		 276 +2
66.
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Rex		 87 -9
10.
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Richard		 414 +1
4.
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Robert		 719 0
47.
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Robin		 124 -2
99.
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Roderick		 46 new
58.
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Rodney		 105 -6
31.
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Roger		 219 0
24.
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Ronald		 257 -4
32.
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Ross		 217 -3
84.
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Roy		 63 +9
34.
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Russell		 211 -2
94.
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Selwyn		 53 new
73.
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Stanley		 74 +18
39.
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Stephen		 182 +13
100.
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Stewart		 45 -7
48.
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Stuart		 123 +13
42.
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Terence		 146 -5
82.
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Terrence		 64 +2
36.
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Thomas		 200 -1
96.
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Timothy		 52 -5
25.
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Trevor		 254 -1
41.
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Warren		 153 +2
86.
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Warwick		 60 -10
20.
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Wayne		 287 +1
6.
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William		 590 +1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
79.
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Adrienne		 63 -2
36.
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Alison		 162 -3
49.
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Ann		 129 -7
33.
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Anne		 177 -3
43.
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Annette		 141 -5
5.
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Barbara		 431 +4
80.
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Betty		 62 -5
24.
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Beverley		 217 -5
92.
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Beverly		 53 -10
97.
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Brenda		 49 -11
16.
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Carol		 286 -3
85.
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Carole		 59 +6
29.
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Carolyn		 187 +7
39.
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Catherine		 147 +4
54.
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Cheryl		 114 -8
8.
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Christine		 413 +6
27.
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Colleen		 196 -2
92.
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Cynthia		 53 +6
70.
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Dawn		 78 +18
41.
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Denise		 143 -10
62.
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Diana		 93 +1
15.
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Diane		 287 +1
32.
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Dianne		 178 0
50.
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Dorothy		 128 -15
77.
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Eileen		 68 +9
52.
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Elaine		 121 -5
10.
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Elizabeth		 353 -5
91.
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Evelyn		 54 -9
94.
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Fay		 52 +6
80.
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Faye		 62 +11
48.
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Frances		 133 -1
51.
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Gail		 124 -1
68.
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Gillian		 79 -6
57.
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Glenys		 102 +11
68.
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Gloria		 79 -7
17.
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Heather		 283 +3
14.
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Helen		 322 -3
66.
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Irene		 83 +8
58.
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Jacqueline		 101 0
89.
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Jane		 55 +7
25.
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Janet		 214 -1
12.
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Janice		 337 -3
78.
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Janis		 64 new
71.
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Jean		 77 -6
54.
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Jeanette		 114 +11
4.
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Jennifer		 466 +2
67.
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Jill		 82 -4
37.
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Jillian		 156 +17
42.
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Joan		 142 +3
65.
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Jocelyn		 86 +7
75.
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Josephine		 70 -3
56.
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Joy		 104 +2
2.
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Judith		 543 0
47.
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Julie		 135 +5
73.
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June		 75 -17
35.
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Karen		 170 +3
18.
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Kathleen		 272 -3
74.
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Kathryn		 71 +1
59.
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Kay		 96 -10
95.
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Leonie		 51 new
29.
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Lesley		 187 +15
20.
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Linda		 263 +37
63.
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Lois		 91 -8
21.
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Lorraine		 244 0
71.
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Lynda		 77 new
13.
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Lynette		 323 -1
88.
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Lynne		 57 -4
99.
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Lynnette		 48 -4
1.
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Margaret		 730 0
97.
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Maria		 49 new
37.
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Marie		 156 -8
22.
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Marilyn		 232 +15
61.
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Marion		 94 -9
80.
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Marlene		 62 +1
7.
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Mary		 414 0
28.
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Maureen		 189 -6
96.
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Nancy		 50 -8
64.
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Ngaire		 87 +3
80.
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Noeline		 62 +4
11.
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Pamela		 338 -3
3.
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Patricia		 523 0
26.
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Pauline		 204 +2
34.
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Raewyn		 173 +4
23.
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Robyn		 226 -1
99.
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Rosalie		 48 new
45.
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Rosemary		 140 +6
75.
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Ruth		 70 -7
86.
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Sally		 58 -16
9.
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Sandra		 356 +8
60.
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Sharon		 95 +11
53.
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Sheryl		 119 +5
19.
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Shirley		 269 -1
80.
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Shona		 62 -2
6.
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Susan		 416 -2
31.
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Suzanne		 186 -4
89.
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Sylvia		 55 +7
40.
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Valerie		 145 -14
86.
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Vivienne		 58 +12
43.
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Wendy		 141 -2
46.
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Yvonne		 137 -12
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand