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		 376 +4
85.
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Alexander		 67 -1
87.
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Alistair		 65 +13
32.
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Allan		 244 +3
27.
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Andrew		 278 +6
12.
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Anthony		 445 +1
93.
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Arthur		 60 new
33.
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Barry		 241 -9
84.
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Bernard		 73 -5
51.
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Brent		 153 +1
68.
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Brett		 103 +4
19.
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Brian		 367 -6
18.
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Bruce		 368 -2
81.
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Bryan		 79 -17
71.
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Charles		 94 -5
9.
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Christopher		 681 0
29.
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Colin		 267 0
47.
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Craig		 163 +4
90.
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Daniel		 61 -8
2.
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David		 1,238 +1
71.
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Dean		 94 +13
63.
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Dennis		 112 0
76.
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Derek		 88 +10
90.
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Desmond		 61 new
37.
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Donald		 203 0
59.
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Douglas		 127 -6
70.
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Edward		 102 -4
79.
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Eric		 83 -1
40.
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Garry		 185 -2
20.
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Gary		 357 -1
61.
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Gavin		 118 +1
31.
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Geoffrey		 253 -4
66.
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George		 107 -5
90.
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Gerard		 61 -1
81.
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Glenn		 79 -11
65.
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Gordon		 110 -5
22.
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Graeme		 349 0
30.
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Graham		 266 -5
16.
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Grant		 392 +7
24.
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Gregory		 330 +6
13.
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Ian		 432 -1
89.
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Ivan		 62 new
23.
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James		 348 -3
57.
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Jeffrey		 130 0
3.
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John		 1,181 -1
60.
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Joseph		 123 +13
34.
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Keith		 225 +5
34.
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Kenneth		 225 -2
56.
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Kerry		 132 +15
10.
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Kevin		 551 0
73.
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Lance		 93 +3
93.
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Lawrence		 60 new
99.
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Leonard		 55 new
68.
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Leslie		 103 +1
79.
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Lindsay		 83 -21
55.
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Malcolm		 135 -1
7.
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Mark		 752 +1
41.
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Martin		 180 +5
97.
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Matthew		 57 new
85.
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Maurice		 67 +3
4.
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Michael		 1,009 0
20.
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Murray		 357 -2
38.
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Neil		 198 -4
63.
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Neville		 112 +3
73.
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Nicholas		 93 +3
62.
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Nigel		 115 -3
78.
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Noel		 85 +2
93.
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Owen		 60 -10
49.
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Patrick		 159 +1
6.
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Paul		 803 -1
1.
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Peter		 1,484 0
28.
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Philip		 269 0
50.
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Phillip		 158 -7
39.
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Raymond		 194 +1
83.
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Rex		 74 -3
11.
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Richard		 482 0
8.
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Robert		 708 -1
54.
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Robin		 143 +1
75.
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Rodney		 91 -1
45.
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Roger		 168 -1
58.
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Ronald		 129 -11
26.
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Ross		 291 -1
46.
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Russell		 166 +1
77.
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Shane		 86 +14
44.
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Simon		 170 +12
5.
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Stephen		 872 +1
25.
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Steven		 297 +11
99.
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Stewart		 55 +1
42.
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Stuart		 173 0
67.
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Terence		 106 +8
88.
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Terry		 63 +1
43.
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Thomas		 172 -2
48.
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Timothy		 162 -3
52.
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Tony		 149 +13
36.
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Trevor		 209 -5
97.
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Walter		 57 new
52.
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Warren		 149 -3
96.
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Warwick		 58 -10
15.
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Wayne		 422 +2
14.
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William		 429 +1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
91.
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Adrienne		 78 +5
41.
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Alison		 171 -5
75.
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Andrea		 88 +14
62.
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Angela		 115 0
48.
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Ann		 139 +5
99.
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Anna		 68 -7
23.
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Anne		 263 -7
46.
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Annette		 162 -6
17.
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Barbara		 308 0
67.
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Beverley		 110 -7
64.
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Brenda		 114 -9
88.
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Bronwyn		 79 -10
21.
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Carol		 276 -2
79.
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Caroline		 84 +6
39.
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Carolyn		 174 +7
24.
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Catherine		 256 +1
61.
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Cheryl		 117 +2
3.
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Christine		 609 0
98.
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Claire		 69 new
56.
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Colleen		 125 -2
6.
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Deborah		 416 +9
22.
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Debra		 268 +23
28.
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Denise		 226 +4
66.
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Diana		 113 +9
19.
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Diane		 301 +2
35.
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Dianne		 185 -1
38.
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Donna		 175 +5
94.
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Elaine		 72 -6
9.
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Elizabeth		 398 0
53.
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Fiona		 128 +6
92.
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Frances		 75 -22
52.
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Gail		 129 -14
60.
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Gillian		 118 +7
72.
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Glenda		 101 -8
79.
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Glenys		 84 -6
26.
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Heather		 236 -8
12.
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Helen		 352 +2
51.
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Jacqueline		 132 -5
55.
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Jan		 127 +3
33.
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Jane		 188 -6
32.
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Janet		 200 -3
30.
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Janice		 219 +1
97.
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Janine		 70 new
76.
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Jeanette		 87 +13
4.
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Jennifer		 457 0
96.
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Jill		 71 -4
58.
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Jillian		 124 -3
27.
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Joanne		 232 +8
82.
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Jocelyn		 82 +3
88.
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Josephine		 79 -9
82.
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Joy		 82 +5
10.
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Judith		 370 -4
13.
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Julie		 344 +13
2.
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Karen		 808 -1
99.
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Katherine		 68 new
43.
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Kathleen		 169 -2
44.
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Kathryn		 167 +7
62.
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Kay		 115 +6
59.
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Kerry		 120 +7
78.
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Kim		 86 new
47.
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Lesley		 146 +13
7.
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Linda		 408 0
41.
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Lorraine		 171 -3
79.
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Louise		 84 -7
50.
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Lynda		 134 -1
20.
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Lynette		 299 0
76.
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Lynne		 87 +3
64.
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Maree		 114 +5
5.
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Margaret		 427 0
70.
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Maria		 103 -15
49.
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Marie		 135 -5
16.
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Mary		 315 -3
73.
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Maureen		 93 -23
86.
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Michele		 80 new
74.
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Michelle		 89 +3
68.
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Nicola		 109 +28
29.
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Pamela		 225 -7
14.
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Patricia		 342 -4
82.
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Paula		 82 +14
37.
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Pauline		 176 -4
82.
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Penelope		 82 -6
94.
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Philippa		 72 new
31.
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Raewyn		 206 -4
11.
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Robyn		 358 -3
40.
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Rosemary		 173 -3
71.
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Ruth		 102 +2
53.
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Sally		 128 +12
15.
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Sandra		 338 -3
86.
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Sarah		 80 new
18.
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Sharon		 304 +5
56.
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Sheryl		 125 -4
36.
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Shirley		 179 -6
69.
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Shona		 104 +1
93.
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Stephanie		 74 new
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Susan		 914 +1
25.
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Suzanne		 237 -1
99.
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Teresa		 68 -15
34.
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Vicki		 186 +8
99.
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Victoria		 68 new
88.
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Vivienne		 79 +8
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Wendy		 402 +2
45.
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Yvonne		 164 +3
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand