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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Peter		 1,484 0
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David		 1,238 +1
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John		 1,181 -1
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Michael		 1,007 0
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Stephen		 873 +1
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Paul		 803 -1
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Mark		 752 +1
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Robert		 708 -1
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Christopher		 680 0
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Kevin		 551 0
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Richard		 482 0
12.
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Anthony		 445 +2
13.
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Ian		 433 -1
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William		 429 +1
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Wayne		 422 +2
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Grant		 392 +7
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Alan		 376 +4
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Brian		 368 -5
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Bruce		 368 -2
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Murray		 359 -2
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Gary		 358 -3
22.
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Graeme		 348 0
23.
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James		 347 -3
24.
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Gregory		 330 +6
25.
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Steven		 297 +11
26.
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Ross		 291 -1
27.
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Andrew		 277 +6
28.
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Philip		 268 0
29.
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Colin		 267 0
30.
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Graham		 265 -5
31.
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Geoffrey		 253 -4
32.
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Allan		 243 +3
33.
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Barry		 241 -9
34.
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Keith		 225 +5
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Kenneth		 225 -2
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Trevor		 210 -5
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Donald		 203 0
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Neil		 198 -4
39.
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Raymond		 195 +1
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Garry		 184 -2
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Martin		 180 +5
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Stuart		 173 0
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Thomas		 172 -2
44.
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Simon		 170 +12
45.
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Roger		 168 -1
46.
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Russell		 166 +2
47.
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Craig		 163 +4
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Timothy		 163 -2
49.
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Patrick		 159 +1
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Phillip		 158 -7
51.
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Brent		 153 +1
52.
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Tony		 149 +13
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Warren		 149 -4
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Robin		 143 +1
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Malcolm		 135 -1
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Kerry		 132 +15
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Jeffrey		 130 0
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Ronald		 129 -11
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Douglas		 128 -6
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Joseph		 124 +13
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Gavin		 118 +1
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Nigel		 115 -3
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Dennis		 112 -1
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Neville		 112 +4
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Gordon		 110 -5
66.
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George		 106 -5
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Terence		 106 +9
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Brett		 103 +4
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Leslie		 103 +1
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Edward		 101 -3
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Charles		 94 -5
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Dean		 94 +13
73.
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Nicholas		 93 +3
74.
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Lance		 92 +2
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Rodney		 92 0
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Derek		 88 +10
77.
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Shane		 86 +14
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Noel		 85 +2
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Lindsay		 84 -21
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Eric		 83 -2
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Bryan		 79 -17
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Glenn		 79 -11
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Bernard		 73 -4
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Rex		 73 -3
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Maurice		 67 +3
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Alexander		 66 -2
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Alistair		 64 new
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Terry		 63 +1
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Daniel		 61 -7
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Desmond		 61 new
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Ivan		 61 new
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Arthur		 60 new
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Gerard		 60 -3
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Lawrence		 60 new
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Owen		 60 -9
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Warwick		 58 -10
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Matthew		 57 new
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Walter		 57 new
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Leonard		 55 new
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Stewart		 55 +1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan		 915 +1
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Karen		 808 -1
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Christine		 609 0
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Jennifer		 458 0
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Margaret		 428 0
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Deborah		 415 +9
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Linda		 409 0
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Wendy		 402 +2
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Elizabeth		 399 0
10.
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Judith		 370 -4
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Robyn		 356 -3
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Helen		 351 +2
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Julie		 344 +13
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Patricia		 341 -3
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Sandra		 339 -3
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Mary		 315 -3
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Barbara		 306 0
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Sharon		 305 +5
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Diane		 301 +2
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Lynette		 299 0
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Carol		 275 -2
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Debra		 269 +23
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Anne		 263 -7
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Catherine		 257 +1
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Suzanne		 237 -1
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Heather		 236 -8
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Joanne		 232 +8
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Denise		 226 +4
29.
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Pamela		 225 -7
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Janice		 218 +1
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Raewyn		 207 -4
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Janet		 199 -3
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Jane		 188 -5
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Dianne		 186 0
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Vicki		 186 +8
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Shirley		 180 -6
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Donna		 175 +6
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Pauline		 175 -4
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Carolyn		 174 +7
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Rosemary		 173 -3
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Lorraine		 172 -3
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Alison		 171 -6
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Kathleen		 169 -2
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Kathryn		 166 +7
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Yvonne		 164 +2
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Annette		 162 -6
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Lesley		 146 +13
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Ann		 138 +5
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Lynda		 134 0
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Marie		 134 -5
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Jacqueline		 133 -4
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Gail		 129 -13
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Fiona		 128 +6
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Sally		 128 +12
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Jan		 127 +3
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Colleen		 125 -2
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Jillian		 125 -1
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Sheryl		 125 -4
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Kerry		 120 +7
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Gillian		 118 +6
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Cheryl		 117 +2
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Kay		 116 +6
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Angela		 115 -1
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Brenda		 115 -8
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Maree		 114 +4
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Diana		 113 +9
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Beverley		 110 -6
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Nicola		 108 +28
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Shona		 104 +1
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Maria		 103 -15
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Glenda		 102 -7
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Ruth		 100 0
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Maureen		 93 -23
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Michelle		 89 +3
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Andrea		 87 +14
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Jeanette		 87 +14
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Lynne		 87 +6
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Kim		 86 new
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Glenys		 84 -7
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Louise		 84 -7
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Caroline		 83 +4
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Jocelyn		 82 +3
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Paula		 82 +14
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Penelope		 82 -6
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Joy		 81 +2
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Michele		 80 new
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Sarah		 80 new
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Bronwyn		 79 -10
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Josephine		 79 -7
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Vivienne		 79 +8
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Adrienne		 78 +5
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Frances		 75 -22
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Stephanie		 74 new
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Elaine		 72 -6
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Jill		 71 -3
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Philippa		 71 new
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Janine		 70 new
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Claire		 69 new
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Teresa		 68 -15
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Victoria		 68 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand