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		 1,382 0
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David		 1,055 0
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Peter		 951 0
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Michael		 723 0
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Robert		 643 -1
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Kevin		 553 0
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Paul		 491 +3
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Brian		 483 -1
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William		 479 -1
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Ian		 474 0
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Stephen		 434 +1
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Graeme		 405 +2
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Alan		 384 +3
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Bruce		 378 -5
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Murray		 374 0
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Christopher		 346 +8
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James		 346 -4
18.
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Graham		 330 +1
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Richard		 327 -2
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Colin		 294 +3
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Anthony		 285 -1
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Barry		 283 0
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Kenneth		 269 -5
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Wayne		 269 -2
25.
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Trevor		 268 +2
26.
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Donald		 261 +3
27.
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Gary		 257 +3
28.
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Raymond		 246 -2
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Allan		 238 -4
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Philip		 230 +2
31.
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Ronald		 214 -3
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Dennis		 213 +1
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Geoffrey		 213 -1
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Roger		 208 +5
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Grant		 200 0
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Keith		 193 -2
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Ross		 193 +1
38.
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Neil		 191 +3
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Thomas		 181 -3
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Warren		 181 +3
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Gregory		 168 +9
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Douglas		 167 0
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Garry		 162 +2
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Russell		 161 -5
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Andrew		 158 +1
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Terence		 150 0
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Leslie		 136 +5
48.
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Mark		 134 +8
49.
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Charles		 133 +5
50.
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Neville		 130 +5
51.
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George		 127 -2
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Robin		 122 -4
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Phillip		 121 -2
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Gordon		 120 -2
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Edward		 115 -11
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Malcolm		 115 -17
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Patrick		 110 0
58.
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Steven		 109 +14
59.
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Noel		 106 +8
60.
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Lindsay		 105 +3
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Denis		 103 -1
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Stuart		 103 +1
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Maurice		 98 +1
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Rodney		 97 -4
65.
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Bryan		 96 -6
66.
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Rex		 85 -8
67.
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Martin		 84 +13
68.
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Joseph		 82 -1
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Owen		 82 +2
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Norman		 80 +3
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Arthur		 79 -4
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Gavin		 79 -5
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Timothy		 78 +6
74.
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Jeffrey		 76 +1
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Kerry		 76 +7
76.
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Francis		 73 +2
77.
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Eric		 72 -4
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Brent		 69 new
79.
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Lawrence		 68 +8
80.
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Mervyn		 63 -4
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Desmond		 61 -17
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Henry		 61 new
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Derek		 60 +10
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Warwick		 60 +9
85.
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Ivan		 58 +6
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Alexander		 57 -16
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Bernard		 55 -5
88.
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Glenn		 54 new
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Lance		 52 -4
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Simon		 50 new
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Walter		 48 +5
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Laurence		 47 -7
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Daniel		 46 +5
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Frederick		 46 -6
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Leonard		 46 +3
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Alistair		 45 new
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Clifford		 45 new
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Clive		 45 -9
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Stewart		 45 new
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Maxwell		 44 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Christine		 673 +1
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Margaret		 635 -1
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Susan		 528 +1
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Jennifer		 485 +1
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Judith		 469 -2
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Patricia		 422 +2
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Linda		 416 0
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Elizabeth		 413 +1
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Mary		 370 -3
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Barbara		 349 0
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Helen		 306 +1
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Lynette		 302 -1
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Anne		 285 +7
14.
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Heather		 278 +4
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Janice		 275 -2
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Carol		 274 -2
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Sandra		 273 -1
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Robyn		 261 +6
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Pamela		 255 -2
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Diane		 252 -5
21.
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Lorraine		 247 +5
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Janet		 241 +1
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Karen		 241 0
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Irene		 230 +52
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Kathleen		 203 -6
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Pauline		 199 +2
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Shirley		 196 -6
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Beverley		 195 -3
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Marilyn		 193 -2
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Wendy		 191 +5
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Alison		 184 +5
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Dianne		 177 +1
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Raewyn		 177 +6
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Catherine		 174 +14
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Maureen		 174 -3
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Colleen		 166 -3
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Yvonne		 166 +11
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Suzanne		 163 -9
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Lesley		 161 0
40.
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Denise		 158 +1
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Sharon		 145 +8
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Ann		 142 +2
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Carolyn		 137 -11
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Julie		 137 +8
45.
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Gail		 133 -15
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Rosemary		 133 -9
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Annette		 129 -1
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Marie		 128 -6
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Cheryl		 122 +2
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Kay		 118 +10
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Kathryn		 117 +2
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Lynda		 114 -10
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Marion		 108 +4
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Frances		 107 -14
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Valerie		 106 -10
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Jillian		 104 -6
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Dorothy		 102 -2
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Joan		 100 +3
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Jocelyn		 100 -1
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Lynne		 100 -3
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Glenys		 99 +9
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Lois		 99 +3
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Jeanette		 92 -6
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Jill		 92 +3
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Elaine		 91 +1
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Joy		 87 -2
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Jacqueline		 86 +2
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Sheryl		 85 +4
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Ruth		 80 +1
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Brenda		 79 +12
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Shona		 79 +7
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Vivienne		 79 +5
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Sally		 78 -1
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Glenda		 77 +6
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Gloria		 77 -20
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Gillian		 76 -15
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Jane		 71 -16
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Adrienne		 64 -10
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Ngaire		 64 +9
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June		 63 +5
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Deborah		 59 new
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Janette		 58 new
83.
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Jean		 57 -5
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Eileen		 54 +7
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Lynnette		 54 -1
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Diana		 53 -12
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Stephanie		 53 new
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Dawn		 52 -9
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Lynn		 52 new
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Beverly		 51 new
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Maria		 51 -6
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Robin		 51 +6
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Bronwyn		 50 new
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Angela		 49 new
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Joanne		 49 new
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Christina		 48 +3
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Josephine		 48 -16
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Fay		 47 -2
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Evelyn		 46 new
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Louise		 45 new
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Marlene		 45 -12
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand