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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Craig		 114 +15
86.
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Henry		 54 new
80.
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Tony		 64 +14
83.
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Gerald		 60 +14
86.
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Daniel		 54 +14
78.
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Desmond		 67 +11
90.
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Brett		 50 new
90.
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Frank		 50 new
86.
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Ivan		 54 +10
24.
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Mark		 289 +9
16.
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Anthony		 352 +8
47.
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Steven		 145 +8
93.
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Simon		 49 new
72.
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Nigel		 81 +7
20.
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Colin		 310 +6
38.
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Warren		 183 +5
67.
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Timothy		 92 +5
93.
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Roy		 49 +5
96.
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Jonathan		 48 new
66.
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Martin		 98 +4
77.
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Brent		 68 +4
10.
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Christopher		 476 +3
33.
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Keith		 226 +3
36.
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Ronald		 197 +3
55.
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Gordon		 125 +3
62.
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Rodney		 108 +3
65.
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Jeffrey		 100 +3
42.
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Andrew		 170 +2
44.
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Garry		 160 +2
48.
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Robin		 142 +2
60.
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Noel		 110 +2
78.
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Mervyn		 67 +2
99.
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Alistair		 46 new
2.
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David		 1,052 +1
4.
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Robert		 690 +1
8.
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Stephen		 561 +1
13.
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Bruce		 399 +1
15.
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Alan		 354 +1
19.
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Murray		 328 +1
20.
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Wayne		 310 +1
26.
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Trevor		 269 +1
37.
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Neil		 191 +1
39.
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Gregory		 176 +1
44.
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Thomas		 160 +1
76.
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Kerry		 71 +1
81.
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Bernard		 61 +1
1.
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John		 1,273 0
6.
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Paul		 588 0
7.
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Kevin		 568 0
30.
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Geoffrey		 234 0
31.
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Ross		 231 0
35.
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Grant		 200 0
46.
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Malcolm		 147 0
49.
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Douglas		 141 0
52.
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Lindsay		 132 0
54.
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Charles		 130 0
57.
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Neville		 116 0
64.
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Rex		 103 0
71.
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Maurice		 82 0
3.
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Peter		 1,047 -1
5.
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Michael		 680 -1
9.
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Brian		 494 -1
11.
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Ian		 467 -1
12.
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William		 433 -1
18.
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James		 342 -1
29.
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Raymond		 252 -1
33.
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Donald		 226 -1
57.
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Leslie		 116 -1
83.
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Clive		 60 -1
86.
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Warwick		 54 -1
93.
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Norman		 49 -1
14.
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Richard		 376 -2
17.
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Graeme		 344 -2
23.
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Barry		 302 -2
27.
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Kenneth		 263 -2
53.
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Patrick		 131 -2
61.
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Edward		 109 -2
63.
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Terence		 105 -2
68.
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Joseph		 89 -2
74.
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Owen		 74 -2
22.
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Graham		 307 -3
32.
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Allan		 227 -3
40.
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Roger		 175 -3
43.
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Russell		 166 -3
51.
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Stuart		 133 -3
81.
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Francis		 61 -3
56.
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George		 119 -4
73.
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Arthur		 80 -5
90.
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Stewart		 50 -6
25.
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Gary		 278 -7
28.
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Philip		 260 -7
41.
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Dennis		 174 -7
74.
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Eric		 74 -7
99.
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Lance		 46 -7
50.
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Phillip		 138 -8
68.
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Bryan		 89 -8
70.
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Gavin		 87 -8
85.
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Alexander		 58 -10
98.
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Lawrence		 47 -11
99.
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Derek		 46 -13
96.
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Denis		 48 -21
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
53.
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Deborah		 113 +24
80.
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Vicki		 70 new
75.
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Josephine		 79 +19
60.
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Maria		 95 +14
87.
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Stephanie		 60 new
63.
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Joan		 93 +12
37.
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Marie		 164 +10
89.
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Philippa		 58 +10
25.
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Julie		 221 +9
43.
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Kay		 152 +9
45.
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Jillian		 146 +9
75.
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Sally		 79 +9
77.
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Jan		 76 +9
89.
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Joanne		 58 +9
63.
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Sheryl		 93 +8
92.
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Kaye		 57 +8
58.
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Glenda		 101 +7
69.
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Glenys		 86 +7
94.
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Julia		 55 new
24.
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Raewyn		 223 +6
40.
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Maureen		 161 +6
62.
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Joy		 94 +6
82.
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Angela		 69 +6
95.
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Susanne		 54 new
28.
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Dianne		 208 +5
31.
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Yvonne		 189 +5
35.
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Rosemary		 174 +5
48.
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Lynda		 137 +5
96.
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Beverly		 53 new
14.
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Karen		 312 +4
33.
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Gail		 178 +4
59.
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Jeanette		 97 +4
65.
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Elaine		 92 +4
87.
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Christina		 60 +4
10.
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Helen		 344 +3
23.
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Wendy		 229 +3
42.
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Lesley		 154 +3
98.
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Faye		 52 new
98.
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Rhonda		 52 new
18.
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Pamela		 276 +2
39.
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Catherine		 162 +2
46.
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Cheryl		 144 +2
55.
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Valerie		 104 +2
57.
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Jacqueline		 103 +2
78.
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Vivienne		 74 +2
2.
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Susan		 653 +1
13.
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Lynette		 315 +1
20.
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Janice		 248 +1
22.
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Janet		 244 +1
50.
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Jane		 132 +1
54.
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Frances		 110 +1
1.
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Christine		 811 0
4.
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Jennifer		 498 0
5.
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Judith		 478 0
6.
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Patricia		 453 0
7.
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Elizabeth		 374 0
8.
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Mary		 366 0
9.
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Linda		 346 0
11.
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Robyn		 334 0
15.
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Diane		 297 0
17.
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Anne		 288 0
27.
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Marilyn		 210 0
70.
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Lois		 83 0
3.
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Margaret		 599 -1
16.
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Heather		 295 -1
20.
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Carol		 248 -1
29.
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Lorraine		 202 -1
32.
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Alison		 186 -1
36.
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Beverley		 168 -1
12.
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Barbara		 326 -2
26.
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Pauline		 218 -2
67.
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Brenda		 89 -2
79.
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Paula		 72 -2
84.
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Donna		 63 -2
85.
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Diana		 61 -3
44.
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Denise		 147 -5
49.
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Sharon		 136 -5
55.
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Kathryn		 104 -6
71.
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Jill		 82 -6
19.
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Sandra		 269 -7
29.
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Kathleen		 202 -7
96.
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Louise		 53 -7
33.
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Shirley		 178 -8
46.
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Colleen		 144 -8
51.
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Annette		 128 -8
66.
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Lynne		 90 -8
71.
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Jocelyn		 82 -8
89.
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Eileen		 58 -8
38.
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Suzanne		 163 -9
68.
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Marion		 87 -9
41.
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Ann		 156 -10
52.
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Carolyn		 123 -10
60.
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Irene		 95 -10
83.
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Shona		 68 -11
71.
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Dorothy		 82 -12
85.
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Adrienne		 61 -12
98.
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Gloria		 52 -13
93.
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Jean		 56 -14
80.
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Gillian		 70 -18
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Ruth		 81 -19
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand