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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Hugh		 45 -9
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Jonathan		 45 new
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Owen		 45 -16
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Leonard		 47 new
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Alistair		 48 new
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Brett		 48 -3
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Lawrence		 48 +2
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Dean		 49 new
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Francis		 52 -12
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Kelvin		 53 new
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Arthur		 54 -15
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Stewart		 54 -4
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Terry		 54 new
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Bernard		 55 -5
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Ivan		 55 new
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Nicholas		 57 -3
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Daniel		 58 new
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Desmond		 58 +8
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Gerard		 60 +4
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Shane		 60 +16
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Maurice		 61 -3
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Lance		 62 0
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Norman		 62 +13
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Derek		 66 +9
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Eric		 71 +2
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Alexander		 76 -1
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Noel		 80 -6
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Rodney		 82 +2
74.
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Glenn		 86 -7
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Rex		 88 -5
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Tony		 91 +1
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Kerry		 92 -2
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Joseph		 93 -3
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Lindsay		 93 -6
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Bryan		 94 -3
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Nigel		 96 +5
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Terence		 102 -6
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Edward		 109 -14
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Brent		 112 +10
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Neville		 113 +8
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Simon		 113 +16
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Gavin		 115 -6
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Charles		 116 0
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Dennis		 116 -13
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Leslie		 122 -1
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Timothy		 124 -9
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Robin		 126 -3
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Craig		 128 +7
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Ronald		 132 -12
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George		 134 +8
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Gordon		 135 +7
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Warren		 135 -8
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Martin		 141 +4
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Douglas		 144 +1
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Jeffrey		 145 +16
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Phillip		 149 +5
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Patrick		 151 +10
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Malcolm		 157 +4
44.
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Thomas		 160 +1
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Russell		 165 +1
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Garry		 166 -5
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Roger		 169 -1
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Keith		 170 +1
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Stuart		 175 +8
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Raymond		 187 -10
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Trevor		 198 -6
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Donald		 200 -2
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Allan		 207 +2
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Steven		 215 +2
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Ross		 232 -7
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Philip		 234 -2
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Gregory		 236 +5
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Neil		 236 +2
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Kenneth		 237 0
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Andrew		 242 +11
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Geoffrey		 245 0
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Barry		 256 -1
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Colin		 256 0
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Grant		 259 +9
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Graham		 293 0
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Murray		 312 -5
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Alan		 329 -5
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Graeme		 337 +1
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Gary		 348 +3
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James		 354 +2
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Anthony		 382 +1
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Bruce		 395 -1
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Wayne		 397 +4
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William		 428 -1
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Brian		 429 +1
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Richard		 436 0
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Ian		 451 -1
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Christopher		 523 -1
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Mark		 573 +2
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Kevin		 599 0
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Robert		 696 -2
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Stephen		 720 +1
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Paul		 726 +1
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Michael		 869 0
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David		 1,200 0
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John		 1,279 -1
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Peter		 1,451 +1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Lois		 59 -16
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Christina		 60 -9
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Paula		 61 -15
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Bronwyn		 62 -10
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Dawn		 62 new
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Katherine		 62 +5
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Elaine		 63 -17
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Josephine		 63 new
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Kerry		 63 new
90.
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Joan		 66 +7
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Rhonda		 66 new
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Glenys		 67 -11
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Stephanie		 67 0
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Victoria		 68 new
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Philippa		 69 +14
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Diana		 70 +9
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Jill		 70 -14
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Adrienne		 71 -5
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Shona		 71 -2
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Jocelyn		 73 -11
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Penelope		 73 +18
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Anna		 74 new
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Valerie		 76 -4
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Louise		 78 +11
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Ruth		 79 -9
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Dorothy		 80 0
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Lynne		 81 -5
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Vivienne		 81 +12
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Carolyn		 83 -16
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Maree		 87 +2
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Debra		 88 +20
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Angela		 89 +12
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Jeanette		 89 -5
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Sally		 90 -1
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Frances		 91 +6
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Marion		 93 -8
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Donna		 97 -4
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Jan		 98 +1
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Joy		 99 +17
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Kay		 100 -6
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Gillian		 105 +4
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Vicki		 110 +3
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Marilyn		 112 -13
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Brenda		 114 -4
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Lynda		 116 -4
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Maria		 116 +3
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Cheryl		 121 +6
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Maureen		 121 -7
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Joanne		 123 +19
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Beverley		 124 -10
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Sheryl		 124 +2
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Colleen		 127 -5
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Jillian		 128 +2
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Kathryn		 128 +13
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Gail		 133 +3
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Jacqueline		 134 +10
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Marie		 134 -6
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Glenda		 139 +4
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Lesley		 141 -1
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Yvonne		 149 -4
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Jane		 150 +8
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Ann		 152 0
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Annette		 157 +3
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Denise		 166 -5
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Lorraine		 171 0
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Shirley		 184 +8
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Kathleen		 186 -2
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Pauline		 188 -1
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Alison		 192 -1
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Rosemary		 194 -2
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Janet		 203 -7
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Raewyn		 203 -4
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Catherine		 215 +8
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Deborah		 215 +3
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Dianne		 222 +1
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Janice		 230 -2
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Suzanne		 235 0
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Julie		 242 +5
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Pamela		 251 -1
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Diane		 275 -2
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Carol		 296 0
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Lynette		 308 -3
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Sandra		 312 0
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Heather		 317 -2
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Anne		 318 +1
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Sharon		 319 +11
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Wendy		 325 -1
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Helen		 326 +1
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Barbara		 335 -2
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Mary		 360 -3
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Linda		 369 -1
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Patricia		 380 -2
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Robyn		 388 +4
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Elizabeth		 394 +4
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Jennifer		 433 -1
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Margaret		 467 -2
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Judith		 478 0
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Karen		 616 +3
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Christine		 755 0
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Susan		 849 0
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand