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		 375 -1
72.
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Alexander		 82 +13
34.
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Allan		 208 -2
42.
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Andrew		 176 0
22.
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Anthony		 313 -6
80.
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Arthur		 68 -7
25.
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Barry		 288 -2
80.
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Bernard		 68 +1
71.
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Brent		 94 +6
92.
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Brett		 52 -2
10.
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Brian		 469 -1
15.
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Bruce		 376 -2
74.
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Bryan		 79 -6
59.
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Charles		 118 -5
9.
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Christopher		 505 +1
100.
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Clive		 47 -17
26.
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Colin		 281 -6
67.
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Craig		 97 -8
95.
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Daniel		 49 -9
2.
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David		 1,150 0
82.
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Denis		 66 +14
46.
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Dennis		 165 -5
88.
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Derek		 59 +11
90.
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Desmond		 57 -12
35.
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Donald		 197 -2
48.
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Douglas		 151 +1
55.
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Edward		 132 +6
77.
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Eric		 71 -3
84.
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Francis		 62 -3
95.
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Frederick		 49 new
43.
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Garry		 173 +1
20.
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Gary		 324 +5
69.
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Gavin		 95 +1
31.
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Geoffrey		 221 -1
50.
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George		 148 +6
86.
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Gerard		 60 new
77.
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Glenn		 71 new
54.
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Gordon		 133 +1
18.
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Graeme		 365 -1
24.
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Graham		 298 -2
30.
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Grant		 234 +5
38.
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Gregory		 190 +1
85.
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Henry		 61 +1
11.
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Ian		 438 0
82.
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Ivan		 66 +4
21.
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James		 322 -3
67.
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Jeffrey		 97 -2
1.
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John		 1,384 0
66.
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Joseph		 99 +2
33.
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Keith		 213 0
27.
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Kenneth		 248 0
64.
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Kerry		 100 +12
8.
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Kevin		 541 -1
92.
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Lance		 52 +7
77.
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Lawrence		 71 +21
51.
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Leslie		 140 +6
62.
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Lindsay		 108 -10
53.
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Malcolm		 138 -7
13.
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Mark		 422 +11
58.
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Martin		 120 +8
92.
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Maurice		 52 -21
86.
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Mervyn		 60 -8
4.
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Michael		 850 +1
17.
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Murray		 370 +2
40.
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Neil		 181 -3
55.
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Neville		 132 +2
95.
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Nicholas		 49 new
72.
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Nigel		 82 0
63.
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Noel		 101 -3
88.
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Norman		 59 +5
75.
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Owen		 76 -1
60.
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Patrick		 115 -7
6.
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Paul		 677 0
3.
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Peter		 1,144 0
23.
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Philip		 299 +5
47.
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Phillip		 159 +3
32.
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Raymond		 214 -3
64.
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Rex		 100 0
14.
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Richard		 391 0
5.
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Robert		 727 -1
51.
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Robin		 140 -3
69.
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Rodney		 95 -7
37.
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Roger		 191 +3
36.
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Ronald		 195 0
29.
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Ross		 238 +2
98.
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Roy		 48 -5
44.
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Russell		 168 -1
91.
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Simon		 56 +2
7.
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Stephen		 570 +1
39.
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Steven		 189 +8
98.
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Stewart		 48 -8
48.
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Stuart		 151 +3
57.
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Terence		 127 +6
45.
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Thomas		 167 -1
61.
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Timothy		 111 +6
76.
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Tony		 75 +4
28.
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Trevor		 247 -2
41.
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Warren		 179 -3
19.
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Wayne		 332 +1
11.
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William		 438 +1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
89.
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Adrienne		 64 -4
33.
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Alison		 186 -1
76.
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Angela		 77 +6
45.
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Ann		 150 -4
13.
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Anne		 328 +4
47.
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Annette		 144 +4
10.
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Barbara		 378 +2
41.
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Beverley		 154 -5
72.
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Brenda		 84 -5
90.
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Bronwyn		 62 new
22.
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Carol		 246 -2
51.
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Carolyn		 128 +1
39.
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Catherine		 166 0
56.
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Cheryl		 106 -10
96.
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Christina		 53 -9
1.
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Christine		 769 0
98.
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Claire		 52 new
46.
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Colleen		 148 0
100.
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Dawn		 51 new
43.
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Deborah		 151 +10
36.
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Denise		 171 +8
87.
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Diana		 68 -2
16.
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Diane		 290 -1
27.
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Dianne		 218 +1
71.
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Donna		 85 +13
85.
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Dorothy		 70 -14
67.
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Elaine		 89 -2
6.
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Elizabeth		 420 +1
53.
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Frances		 121 +1
34.
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Gail		 181 -1
63.
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Gillian		 91 +17
57.
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Glenda		 105 +1
63.
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Glenys		 91 +6
88.
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Gloria		 67 +10
20.
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Heather		 271 -4
15.
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Helen		 323 -5
69.
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Irene		 87 -9
55.
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Jacqueline		 111 +2
65.
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Jan		 90 +12
47.
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Jane		 144 +3
19.
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Janet		 273 +3
98.
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Janette		 52 new
23.
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Janice		 237 -3
67.
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Jeanette		 89 -8
5.
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Jennifer		 460 -1
74.
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Jill		 83 -3
43.
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Jillian		 151 +2
84.
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Joan		 71 -21
78.
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Joanne		 76 +11
69.
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Jocelyn		 87 +2
72.
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Josephine		 84 +3
81.
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Joy		 75 -19
4.
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Judith		 529 +1
24.
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Julie		 228 +1
14.
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Karen		 324 0
31.
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Kathleen		 199 -2
52.
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Kathryn		 123 +3
54.
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Kay		 114 -11
100.
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Leonie		 51 new
35.
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Lesley		 173 +7
9.
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Linda		 392 0
82.
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Lois		 74 -12
26.
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Lorraine		 224 +3
93.
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Louise		 57 +3
61.
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Lynda		 95 -13
11.
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Lynette		 353 +2
96.
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Lynn		 53 new
65.
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Lynne		 90 +1
92.
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Lynnette		 58 new
100.
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Maree		 51 new
3.
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Margaret		 559 0
59.
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Maria		 101 +1
91.
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Marian		 60 new
49.
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Marie		 141 -12
28.
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Marilyn		 211 -1
62.
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Marion		 92 +6
7.
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Mary		 419 +1
42.
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Maureen		 152 -2
21.
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Pamela		 258 -3
8.
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Patricia		 403 -2
86.
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Paula		 69 -7
31.
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Pauline		 199 -5
94.
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Penelope		 54 new
29.
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Raewyn		 206 -5
12.
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Robyn		 340 -1
30.
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Rosemary		 205 +5
58.
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Ruth		 104 +16
60.
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Sally		 96 +15
18.
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Sandra		 276 +1
36.
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Sharon		 171 +13
50.
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Sheryl		 134 +13
40.
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Shirley		 160 -7
78.
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Shona		 76 +5
83.
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Stephanie		 72 +4
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Susan		 728 0
25.
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Suzanne		 226 +13
78.
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Valerie		 76 -23
75.
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Vicki		 80 +5
94.
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Virginia		 54 new
76.
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Vivienne		 77 +2
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Wendy		 281 +6
38.
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Yvonne		 169 -7
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand