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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John		 869 0
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William		 618 0
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Robert		 430 +1
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James		 428 -1
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Ronald		 389 0
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Peter		 346 0
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David		 318 0
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Donald		 312 +1
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Brian		 307 -1
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Raymond		 305 0
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Ian		 300 0
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George		 210 +1
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Colin		 208 +2
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Thomas		 208 -1
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Keith		 175 +2
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Kenneth		 173 -2
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Arthur		 167 +9
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Douglas		 163 +3
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Gordon		 157 -3
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Maurice		 157 +4
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Leslie		 155 -3
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Bruce		 152 -3
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Edward		 152 -2
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Allan		 148 +1
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Graham		 148 +8
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Alan		 147 -4
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Richard		 146 +2
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Trevor		 145 0
29.
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Desmond		 140 +1
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Charles		 136 -6
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Eric		 131 +2
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Noel		 125 -6
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Norman		 122 -2
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Ivan		 113 +8
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Barry		 105 +11
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Albert		 99 +2
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Francis		 97 -3
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Leonard		 97 +3
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Walter		 94 -4
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Patrick		 92 +7
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Stanley		 92 -3
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Alfred		 87 +1
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Roy		 87 +9
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Frederick		 86 -3
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Alexander		 84 -1
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Jack		 84 -10
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Mervyn		 84 +8
48.
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Owen		 83 +8
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Murray		 80 -10
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Joseph		 77 0
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Russell		 77 +12
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Henry		 76 -1
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Harold		 72 -9
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Bernard		 71 -5
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Michael		 70 -1
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Rex		 70 +5
57.
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Graeme		 69 +3
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Bryan		 66 +14
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Frank		 61 0
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Reginald		 61 -1
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Kevin		 60 -6
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Lawrence		 60 -4
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Malcolm		 60 +2
64.
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Geoffrey		 59 +2
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Neil		 59 -1
66.
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Ernest		 58 -18
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Anthony		 55 -2
68.
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Terence		 53 +2
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Herbert		 50 -2
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Philip		 49 +9
71.
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Hugh		 48 -2
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Neville		 48 +3
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Paul		 48 +1
74.
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Roger		 46 +18
75.
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Andrew		 45 +6
76.
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Ross		 43 -8
77.
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Robin		 42 +12
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Cyril		 41 -1
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Laurence		 41 +3
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Harry		 39 +5
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Ralph		 39 new
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Clifford		 38 -12
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Victor		 36 -8
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Stuart		 35 new
85.
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Allen		 34 -10
85.
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Edwin		 34 -4
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Gerald		 34 -8
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Cecil		 31 new
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Leo		 31 -3
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Clive		 30 +7
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Derek		 30 -11
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Lindsay		 28 new
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Athol		 27 new
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Selwyn		 27 -8
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Denis		 26 -2
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Dennis		 26 -11
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Lionel		 26 new
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Clarence		 24 new
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Maxwell		 23 -14
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Basil		 22 -11
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 815 0
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Patricia		 375 +1
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Shirley		 338 -1
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Mary		 311 0
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Joan		 278 +1
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Betty		 263 -1
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Dorothy		 233 0
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Elizabeth		 222 +1
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June		 207 -1
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Valerie		 197 +1
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Barbara		 192 +2
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Doreen		 178 +3
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Jean		 176 -1
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Audrey		 173 +3
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Joyce		 170 -5
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Marie		 162 -2
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Kathleen		 161 -1
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Maureen		 149 +5
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Helen		 137 +2
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Ngaire		 132 -2
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Beverley		 129 +2
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Nancy		 126 -3
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Eileen		 116 -3
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Pamela		 114 +10
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Noeline		 108 +1
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Colleen		 107 +2
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Daphne		 103 -5
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Norma		 102 -5
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Dawn		 96 +1
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Phyllis		 93 -3
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Lois		 92 +2
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Pauline		 88 0
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Marjorie		 79 -4
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Fay		 75 +4
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Mavis		 75 -4
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Nola		 75 +5
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Judith		 73 +33
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Elaine		 72 +10
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Frances		 72 +3
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Irene		 72 -3
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Ruth		 72 -2
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Catherine		 69 -1
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Joy		 69 -1
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Lorna		 69 -6
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Marion		 66 +7
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Janet		 65 +12
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Thelma		 65 -7
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Edna		 64 -7
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Yvonne		 64 +18
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Doris		 63 -2
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Evelyn		 63 +8
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Heather		 60 -7
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Alice		 57 +3
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Florence		 56 -1
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Josephine		 56 +20
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Jocelyn		 55 -8
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Alison		 54 +4
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Gladys		 54 -6
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Beryl		 53 -5
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Sylvia		 52 -6
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Anne		 50 +17
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Elsie		 49 -5
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Hazel		 48 -18
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Agnes		 47 +23
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Olive		 47 -17
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Rita		 46 -3
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Lorraine		 45 +11
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Annie		 41 -7
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Iris		 41 -5
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Ellen		 40 -2
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Gwendoline		 39 +6
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Alma		 38 +11
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Muriel		 38 -9
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Beatrice		 37 +19
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Bernice		 36 +12
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Diana		 36 +21
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Eleanor		 36 new
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Gloria		 36 +3
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Dulcie		 35 -13
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Jessie		 35 -11
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Lesley		 35 new
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Valda		 35 new
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Rona		 34 -7
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Vera		 34 0
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Ailsa		 33 +1
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Edith		 33 -27
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Ethel		 32 0
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Ivy		 32 -15
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Rae		 32 +11
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Rosemary		 32 +9
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Violet		 32 -16
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Jacqueline		 31 new
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Peggy		 31 -11
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Winifred		 31 -20
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Eunice		 30 -8
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Ann		 29 new
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Grace		 29 -13
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Isabel		 29 new
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Aileen		 28 -25
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Molly		 28 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand