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		 1,189 0
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Peter		 692 0
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David		 665 0
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Robert		 655 0
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William		 529 0
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Brian		 498 0
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James		 377 0
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Michael		 374 +1
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Ian		 345 -1
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Kenneth		 283 +3
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Ronald		 282 +1
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Colin		 278 +6
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Graeme		 276 +2
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Graham		 262 -3
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Raymond		 261 +1
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Richard		 260 +1
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Donald		 250 -3
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Alan		 244 0
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Barry		 238 -9
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Bruce		 231 +1
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Trevor		 218 +3
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Kevin		 210 -2
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Thomas		 185 +2
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Anthony		 182 -1
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Murray		 182 +2
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Gary		 180 +2
27.
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Allan		 172 -5
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Douglas		 167 +4
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George		 162 -2
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Edward		 153 -1
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Robin		 139 0
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Noel		 138 +5
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Leslie		 136 +2
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Arthur		 135 +8
35.
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Keith		 134 -5
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Gordon		 131 -3
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Paul		 128 -1
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Roger		 124 0
39.
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Terence		 117 +6
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Neil		 114 -7
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Charles		 112 -1
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Maurice		 108 +6
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Geoffrey		 106 +10
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Ross		 106 -3
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Russell		 105 -2
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Dennis		 104 +7
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Eric		 103 0
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Malcolm		 103 +3
49.
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Neville		 98 +6
50.
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Desmond		 97 -1
51.
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Rex		 94 -1
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Francis		 93 +5
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Norman		 92 -9
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Patrick		 90 -15
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Mervyn		 88 +3
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Leonard		 87 +3
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Frederick		 84 +2
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Denis		 76 +6
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Joseph		 76 +12
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Bryan		 73 -10
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Ivan		 72 +11
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Christopher		 69 -7
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Alexander		 68 -1
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Stanley		 68 +4
65.
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Bernard		 67 +6
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Henry		 67 +11
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Owen		 67 +11
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Walter		 67 -2
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Philip		 64 -3
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Warren		 62 -11
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Andrew		 61 +4
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Rodney		 61 +1
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Errol		 60 -5
74.
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Garry		 59 -10
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Jack		 59 +9
76.
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Albert		 58 -8
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Stuart		 58 0
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Lindsay		 57 +14
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Lawrence		 55 -5
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Harold		 53 0
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Gavin		 52 +6
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Kelvin		 50 +15
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Reginald		 50 +11
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Laurence		 49 +15
85.
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Alfred		 48 +4
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Stephen		 48 0
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Ernest		 47 -7
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Derek		 45 -1
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Cyril		 44 new
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Hugh		 44 -6
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Victor		 43 new
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Warwick		 43 -2
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Frank		 42 -11
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Maxwell		 42 new
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Roy		 42 -17
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Allen		 37 -1
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Edwin		 37 -1
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Gerald		 36 -9
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Mark		 35 new
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Wayne		 35 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 692 0
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Patricia		 658 0
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Judith		 472 0
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Barbara		 357 0
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Mary		 343 0
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Janice		 331 +5
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Pamela		 306 0
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Elizabeth		 290 0
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Beverley		 279 -3
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Helen		 271 0
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Shirley		 250 -2
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Heather		 231 +3
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Jennifer		 212 +1
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Maureen		 212 -1
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Kathleen		 207 +1
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Valerie		 202 -3
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Dorothy		 193 +5
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Joan		 174 -1
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Colleen		 170 0
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Marie		 165 +5
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Janet		 159 0
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Elaine		 155 -3
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Lorraine		 151 -5
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Carol		 146 +9
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Diane		 142 -1
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Yvonne		 136 +7
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Jeanette		 132 +6
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Lynette		 128 +1
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Pauline		 124 +3
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Alison		 123 -7
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June		 122 -1
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Jean		 116 +4
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Frances		 115 -5
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Lois		 115 -6
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Anne		 107 -9
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Annette		 106 +6
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Lesley		 105 +26
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Marion		 103 +1
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Gloria		 92 +11
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Jocelyn		 90 +5
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Noeline		 90 +5
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Robyn		 90 +26
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Joy		 88 -6
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Wendy		 87 0
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Ngaire		 85 -2
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Rosemary		 83 -8
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Diana		 82 -7
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Gillian		 82 +9
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Joyce		 82 +6
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Eileen		 81 +12
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Betty		 80 +5
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Ann		 79 -21
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Carole		 78 +24
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Rosalie		 75 -2
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Doreen		 74 -8
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Dawn		 73 -15
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Jill		 73 +10
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Raewyn		 73 +37
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Fay		 72 +5
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Ruth		 72 -1
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Irene		 71 -12
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Catherine		 70 -3
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Gail		 70 +13
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Glenys		 69 +5
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Nancy		 67 -1
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Susan		 65 +5
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Carolyn		 64 new
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Beverly		 63 -21
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Jacqueline		 63 +8
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Josephine		 62 -17
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Kay		 62 -19
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Dianne		 61 +1
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Robin		 61 -3
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Marlene		 60 -21
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Norma		 57 +6
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Jillian		 55 -15
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Denise		 54 +19
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Marilyn		 53 -12
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Christine		 52 +5
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Suzanne		 50 +1
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Eleanor		 49 +3
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Daphne		 48 -23
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Marjorie		 48 +6
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Sylvia		 47 +8
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Beryl		 46 -5
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Julie		 46 -13
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Evelyn		 45 -9
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Adrienne		 44 +6
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Mavis		 44 +10
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Lorna		 43 -1
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Sandra		 42 new
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Vivienne		 42 +5
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Florence		 39 -9
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Nola		 38 new
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Linda		 37 +4
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Sally		 37 -4
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Edith		 36 -23
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Phyllis		 36 -8
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Janette		 35 -15
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Muriel		 35 new
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Shona		 35 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand