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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Adrian		 96 +6
29.
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Alan		 273 -1
96.
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Alexander		 61 -3
89.
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Alistair		 72 +6
46.
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Allan		 183 -4
8.
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Andrew		 645 +1
13.
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Anthony		 485 -1
85.
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Antony		 80 -9
35.
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Barry		 222 -1
31.
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Brent		 258 0
43.
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Brett		 188 +13
25.
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Brian		 304 +2
20.
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Bruce		 366 +1
73.
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Bryan		 105 +6
92.
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Carl		 68 -4
69.
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Charles		 110 +1
10.
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Christopher		 561 0
33.
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Colin		 227 0
16.
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Craig		 454 +2
100.
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Dale		 57 new
74.
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Daniel		 104 0
79.
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Darryl		 92 +10
1.
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David		 1,478 0
30.
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Dean		 268 +6
84.
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Dennis		 81 -3
83.
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Derek		 83 -6
56.
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Donald		 147 -8
61.
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Douglas		 127 +2
71.
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Edward		 106 +1
90.
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Eric		 71 0
71.
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Garry		 106 -8
23.
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Gary		 317 0
62.
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Gavin		 125 0
36.
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Geoffrey		 220 -4
63.
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George		 123 +3
87.
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Gerard		 74 +11
56.
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Glenn		 147 +19
66.
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Gordon		 116 +1
24.
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Graeme		 307 +1
37.
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Graham		 215 -7
14.
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Grant		 471 +5
17.
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Gregory		 404 0
100.
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Henry		 57 -5
18.
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Ian		 394 -4
22.
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James		 323 -1
58.
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Jeffrey		 143 -3
4.
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John		 1,031 0
82.
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Jonathan		 84 0
68.
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Joseph		 114 -8
97.
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Karl		 60 new
51.
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Keith		 164 -6
93.
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Kelvin		 67 -9
49.
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Kenneth		 171 -6
55.
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Kerry		 149 +4
11.
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Kevin		 535 +2
98.
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Kim		 59 -5
75.
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Lance		 103 -6
94.
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Leslie		 66 -16
88.
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Lindsay		 73 -4
58.
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Malcolm		 143 -5
5.
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Mark		 945 0
39.
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Martin		 203 -4
63.
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Matthew		 123 +16
2.
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Michael		 1,276 +1
26.
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Murray		 302 -2
34.
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Neil		 223 +3
78.
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Neville		 94 -7
63.
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Nicholas		 123 +10
42.
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Nigel		 190 +12
86.
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Noel		 76 +12
54.
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Patrick		 150 +4
7.
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Paul		 810 0
3.
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Peter		 1,122 -1
27.
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Philip		 297 -1
43.
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Phillip		 188 -2
52.
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Raymond		 161 -8
12.
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Richard		 504 -1
95.
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Ricky		 63 new
9.
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Robert		 644 -1
80.
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Robin		 89 -15
90.
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Rodney		 71 -4
60.
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Roger		 130 -3
66.
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Ronald		 116 -5
28.
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Ross		 275 +1
50.
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Russell		 167 -12
70.
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Scott		 108 +22
31.
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Shane		 258 +16
41.
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Simon		 201 -1
6.
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Stephen		 869 0
21.
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Steven		 360 -1
98.
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Stewart		 59 new
38.
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Stuart		 211 +11
81.
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Terence		 87 -13
76.
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Terry		 97 +15
52.
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Thomas		 161 0
39.
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Timothy		 203 +12
45.
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Tony		 184 +5
47.
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Trevor		 178 -8
47.
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Warren		 178 -1
15.
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Wayne		 455 0
19.
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William		 385 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
45.
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Alison		 157 -2
92.
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Amanda		 82 0
39.
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Andrea		 198 +13
40.
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Angela		 197 -3
69.
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Ann		 114 0
83.
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Anna		 94 -1
31.
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Anne		 223 -3
46.
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Annette		 153 0
41.
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Barbara		 178 -8
100.
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Beverley		 69 -2
47.
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Brenda		 151 +1
53.
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Bronwyn		 138 -4
26.
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Carol		 239 -5
79.
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Caroline		 103 +8
35.
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Carolyn		 214 -3
19.
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Catherine		 304 +4
75.
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Cheryl		 108 -8
86.
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Christina		 90 +7
4.
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Christine		 548 -1
80.
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Colleen		 102 -10
68.
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Debbie		 115 +14
5.
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Deborah		 519 -1
22.
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Debra		 264 +3
36.
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Denise		 212 -9
84.
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Diana		 92 +6
33.
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Diane		 219 -3
44.
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Dianne		 159 -2
9.
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Donna		 411 -1
14.
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Elizabeth		 358 +1
17.
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Fiona		 316 +6
87.
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Frances		 89 -8
95.
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Gail		 77 -13
61.
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Gillian		 127 +4
28.
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Heather		 232 +1
16.
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Helen		 335 -3
18.
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Jacqueline		 309 +1
56.
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Jan		 135 -9
37.
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Jane		 210 +2
53.
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Janet		 138 -12
70.
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Janice		 112 -14
62.
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Janine		 122 +23
15.
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Jennifer		 336 -1
66.
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Jillian		 117 -16
6.
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Joanne		 482 0
20.
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Judith		 278 -4
7.
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Julie		 480 0
2.
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Karen		 655 0
76.
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Katherine		 107 +21
49.
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Kathleen		 146 +3
37.
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Kathryn		 210 +1
74.
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Kay		 109 -10
99.
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Kaye		 70 -10
58.
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Kerry		 131 -2
24.
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Kim		 257 +16
48.
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Leanne		 148 +27
82.
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Lesley		 97 -6
12.
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Linda		 404 -1
87.
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Lisa		 89 new
70.
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Lorraine		 112 -15
50.
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Louise		 143 +10
58.
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Lynda		 131 +1
27.
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Lynette		 235 -1
95.
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Lynley		 77 new
97.
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Lynne		 75 -16
43.
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Maree		 165 +23
21.
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Margaret		 267 -4
66.
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Maria		 117 +2
62.
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Marie		 122 0
25.
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Mary		 245 -3
93.
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Maureen		 81 0
94.
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Megan		 78 new
53.
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Michele		 138 -3
13.
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Michelle		 399 +5
29.
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Nicola		 229 +5
50.
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Pamela		 143 -6
23.
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Patricia		 263 -3
62.
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Pauline		 122 0
98.
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Penelope		 72 new
34.
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Raewyn		 216 0
10.
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Robyn		 405 +2
65.
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Rosemary		 120 -7
89.
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Ruth		 86 -11
60.
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Sally		 129 +13
3.
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Sandra		 568 +2
77.
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Sarah		 105 0
8.
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Sharon		 421 +1
57.
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Shelley		 132 +16
81.
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Sheryl		 101 -11
77.
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Shirley		 105 -33
90.
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Shona		 85 -18
91.
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Stephanie		 84 -4
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Susan		 729 0
30.
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Suzanne		 225 +1
73.
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Tania		 110 new
41.
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Tracey		 178 +13
52.
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Tracy		 140 +28
32.
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Vicki		 220 +4
84.
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Vivienne		 92 +9
10.
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Wendy		 405 0
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Yvonne		 112 -10
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand