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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Aaron		 612 +2
49.
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Adam		 129 +13
58.
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Adrian		 119 +11
69.
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Alan		 102 -8
4.
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Andrew		 812 +1
21.
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Anthony		 311 -1
85.
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Antony		 86 -21
71.
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Barry		 99 -4
84.
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Benjamin		 87 0
57.
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Blair		 121 -11
97.
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Brendan		 76 -28
35.
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Brendon		 202 0
31.
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Brent		 214 -5
40.
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Brett		 172 -1
51.
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Brian		 128 +5
54.
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Bruce		 125 +1
66.
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Cameron		 105 +22
49.
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Carl		 129 +4
96.
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Charles		 77 new
9.
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Christopher		 608 -1
75.
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Clinton		 93 +4
70.
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Colin		 100 +9
6.
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Craig		 725 0
88.
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Damian		 81 new
28.
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Daniel		 225 +13
31.
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Darren		 214 0
92.
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Darryl		 78 -15
3.
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David		 826 0
37.
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Dean		 193 -12
58.
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Dion		 119 0
90.
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Douglas		 80 +9
62.
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Edward		 114 +19
82.
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Gareth		 90 +8
67.
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Gary		 104 -14
43.
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Gavin		 157 +9
51.
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Geoffrey		 128 -1
88.
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George		 81 +3
34.
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Glen		 209 +10
33.
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Glenn		 210 -5
79.
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Graeme		 92 -10
74.
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Graham		 94 +7
22.
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Grant		 291 -1
24.
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Gregory		 257 0
48.
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Hamish		 135 +1
53.
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Ian		 127 -11
19.
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James		 374 -1
92.
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Jamie		 78 new
1.
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Jason		 1,025 0
81.
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Jeffrey		 91 -12
44.
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Jeremy		 155 -1
13.
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John		 467 -2
39.
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Jonathan		 188 +1
54.
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Joseph		 125 +9
87.
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Julian		 84 new
26.
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Justin		 251 +8
41.
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Karl		 170 +6
99.
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Kenneth		 73 new
75.
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Kerry		 93 -1
42.
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Kevin		 166 -5
65.
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Lance		 111 +29
7.
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Mark		 717 0
63.
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Martin		 113 -12
75.
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Mathew		 93 0
11.
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Matthew		 542 +4
2.
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Michael		 871 0
73.
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Murray		 98 -6
45.
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Nathan		 153 +19
86.
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Neil		 85 -9
23.
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Nicholas		 261 +4
37.
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Nigel		 193 -5
61.
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Patrick		 118 +5
5.
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Paul		 755 -1
16.
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Peter		 394 -2
36.
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Philip		 196 +2
46.
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Phillip		 142 -1
71.
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Raymond		 99 +2
10.
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Richard		 561 -1
12.
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Robert		 475 +1
92.
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Rodney		 78 -17
90.
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Roger		 80 -1
67.
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Ross		 104 -8
99.
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Russell		 73 -16
92.
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Ryan		 78 new
15.
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Scott		 400 +4
56.
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Sean		 124 -9
18.
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Shane		 375 -2
64.
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Shaun		 112 +22
17.
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Simon		 390 +5
14.
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Stephen		 462 -2
20.
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Steven		 326 -3
47.
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Stuart		 138 -11
58.
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Thomas		 119 +1
27.
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Timothy		 232 +6
75.
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Todd		 93 +11
30.
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Tony		 216 -1
98.
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Trevor		 75 -13
83.
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Vaughan		 89 +14
79.
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Warren		 92 -23
25.
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Wayne		 252 -2
29.
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William		 218 +1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
68.
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Alison		 91 -1
13.
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Amanda		 291 -2
15.
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Andrea		 259 +5
6.
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Angela		 455 +2
92.
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Anita		 69 0
40.
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Anna		 173 +1
90.
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Anne		 70 -10
75.
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Belinda		 82 -10
75.
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Brenda		 82 +5
89.
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Bridget		 71 -19
68.
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Bronwyn		 91 -2
84.
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Carmen		 75 new
87.
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Caroline		 72 -20
82.
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Carolyn		 77 -23
26.
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Catherine		 213 -3
100.
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Charlotte		 64 new
70.
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Cherie		 89 +5
74.
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Cheryl		 83 -20
96.
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Christina		 67 new
34.
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Christine		 191 -4
90.
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Claire		 70 -10
72.
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Debbie		 84 +17
13.
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Deborah		 291 -3
78.
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Debra		 78 +2
63.
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Denise		 101 -3
84.
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Diane		 75 +1
22.
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Donna		 222 -1
32.
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Elizabeth		 192 -4
58.
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Emma		 113 +14
17.
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Fiona		 256 +2
94.
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Gina		 68 new
77.
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Heather		 79 -8
37.
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Helen		 181 -4
31.
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Jacqueline		 199 -5
44.
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Jane		 167 -3
47.
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Janine		 157 -1
30.
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Jennifer		 202 +1
42.
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Joanna		 170 -6
5.
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Joanne		 477 -1
78.
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Julia		 78 +8
18.
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Julie		 249 -2
54.
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Justine		 125 0
9.
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Karen		 382 -3
57.
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Katherine		 115 +21
43.
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Kathryn		 168 -2
36.
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Katrina		 184 +11
97.
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Kellie		 66 new
11.
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Kelly		 330 +3
65.
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Kerry		 95 +10
12.
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Kim		 294 +3
53.
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Kirsten		 126 +17
83.
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Kirsty		 76 +9
54.
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Kylie		 125 new
38.
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Leanne		 175 -1
61.
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Linda		 106 -9
2.
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Lisa		 597 -1
46.
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Louise		 160 +3
72.
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Maree		 84 +2
99.
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Margaret		 65 -26
52.
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Maria		 136 -4
59.
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Mary		 111 +3
24.
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Megan		 218 +10
19.
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Melanie		 238 +10
26.
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Melissa		 213 +18
1.
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Michelle		 618 +1
94.
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Nadine		 68 new
65.
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Natalie		 95 new
49.
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Natasha		 147 +42
4.
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Nicola		 480 +1
67.
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Nicole		 92 -11
78.
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Patricia		 78 -22
22.
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Paula		 222 +5
97.
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Penelope		 66 +1
92.
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Philippa		 69 0
29.
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Rachael		 203 -5
3.
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Rachel		 497 0
100.
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Rachelle		 64 new
20.
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Rebecca		 235 +2
71.
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Robyn		 87 -18
32.
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Rochelle		 192 +7
87.
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Ruth		 72 new
86.
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Sally		 74 -6
48.
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Sandra		 149 -10
7.
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Sarah		 449 +6
78.
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Sharlene		 78 +11
26.
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Sharon		 213 -2
51.
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Shelley		 138 -2
41.
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Stephanie		 171 +10
25.
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Susan		 216 -7
39.
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Suzanne		 174 -5
10.
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Tania		 350 -1
63.
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Tanya		 101 +1
56.
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Teresa		 124 +4
50.
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Tina		 143 -10
60.
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Toni		 109 -2
8.
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Tracey		 440 -1
15.
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Tracy		 259 -3
21.
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Vanessa		 228 -4
62.
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Vicki		 105 +1
45.
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Victoria		 162 -1
35.
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Wendy		 185 -3
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand