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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David		 1,304 +1
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Peter		 1,257 -1
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Michael		 1,090 +1
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John		 1,085 -1
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Stephen		 994 0
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Mark		 901 0
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Paul		 746 0
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Robert		 662 0
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Christopher		 620 0
10.
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Kevin		 546 0
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Anthony		 511 0
12.
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Richard		 473 0
13.
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Ian		 451 0
14.
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Craig		 441 +25
15.
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William		 422 +1
16.
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Gregory		 419 +3
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Wayne		 417 -3
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Andrew		 400 +3
19.
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Grant		 390 -1
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James		 374 0
21.
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Bruce		 373 -6
22.
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Brian		 367 -5
23.
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Steven		 340 +3
24.
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Philip		 328 -1
25.
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Murray		 327 +2
26.
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Graeme		 317 -1
27.
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Ross		 305 +1
28.
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Alan		 295 -5
29.
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Gary		 271 -7
30.
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Colin		 249 -1
31.
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Graham		 239 +1
32.
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Barry		 229 -1
33.
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Geoffrey		 223 -3
34.
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Neil		 219 +1
35.
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Martin		 217 +6
36.
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Trevor		 214 0
37.
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Kenneth		 210 -3
38.
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Allan		 203 -5
39.
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Raymond		 199 +3
40.
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Phillip		 197 +3
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Russell		 197 -3
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Timothy		 193 +2
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Thomas		 180 +5
44.
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Warren		 176 +3
45.
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Tony		 174 +8
46.
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Donald		 173 -9
47.
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Brent		 172 -1
48.
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Roger		 171 +1
49.
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Stuart		 169 -4
50.
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Simon		 167 +4
51.
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Keith		 161 -11
52.
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Nigel		 159 +9
53.
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Garry		 157 -3
54.
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Jeffrey		 141 -3
55.
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Brett		 140 +15
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Douglas		 140 0
57.
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Gavin		 137 0
58.
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Malcolm		 136 -2
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Ronald		 134 +1
60.
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Patrick		 130 -8
61.
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George		 118 -2
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Shane		 118 +9
63.
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Edward		 113 +4
64.
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Kerry		 112 -6
65.
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Robin		 103 0
66.
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Dean		 100 0
67.
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Neville		 99 -5
68.
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Gordon		 98 -4
69.
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Rodney		 96 +6
70.
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Terence		 95 -8
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Joseph		 94 +1
72.
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Eric		 93 +12
73.
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Lance		 92 -5
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Antony		 90 new
75.
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Daniel		 88 +5
76.
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Dennis		 87 +2
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Leslie		 87 -3
78.
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Matthew		 85 +8
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Nicholas		 85 -9
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Terry		 85 +1
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Bryan		 84 -5
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Kelvin		 81 +6
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Glenn		 78 -3
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Charles		 77 -10
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Derek		 77 -7
86.
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Jonathan		 76 +2
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Scott		 72 new
88.
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Adrian		 71 0
89.
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Alexander		 70 -2
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Lindsay		 70 -7
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Darryl		 65 new
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Noel		 65 -9
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Owen		 65 +9
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Alistair		 64 0
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Gerard		 64 +2
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Warwick		 64 new
97.
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Bernard		 63 +1
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Francis		 59 -5
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Rex		 59 -10
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Carl		 58 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan		 848 0
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Karen		 709 0
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Christine		 675 0
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Julie		 499 +1
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Deborah		 476 -1
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Sandra		 460 +2
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Donna		 408 +8
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Elizabeth		 403 +1
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Jennifer		 403 -2
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Wendy		 398 -1
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Sharon		 395 +5
12.
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Joanne		 389 +8
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Linda		 373 -6
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Robyn		 363 -5
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Judith		 343 -3
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Mary		 340 +2
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Helen		 333 +2
18.
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Margaret		 322 -5
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Patricia		 307 -5
20.
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Debra		 306 -4
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Carol		 281 +6
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Barbara		 269 -1
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Denise		 268 +5
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Anne		 264 0
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Catherine		 263 +1
26.
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Diane		 261 -1
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Lynette		 254 -5
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Heather		 253 -5
29.
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Suzanne		 236 0
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Vicki		 227 0
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Michelle		 219 +14
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Carolyn		 216 +1
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Jane		 202 +1
34.
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Fiona		 200 +8
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Raewyn		 193 -1
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Kathryn		 183 +1
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Alison		 182 0
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Janet		 180 -6
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Pamela		 178 -8
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Jacqueline		 170 +14
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Dianne		 165 -2
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Yvonne		 162 +9
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Kathleen		 160 +2
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Rosemary		 160 0
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Janice		 156 -6
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Brenda		 151 +10
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Shirley		 149 -11
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Nicola		 148 +17
49.
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Annette		 144 -5
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Pauline		 144 -10
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Angela		 143 +15
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Kim		 140 +18
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Kerry		 136 +13
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Lorraine		 135 +5
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Jillian		 134 +2
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Marie		 134 -1
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Jan		 133 -4
58.
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Sheryl		 129 +1
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Cheryl		 127 +12
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Andrea		 126 +19
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Ann		 123 -10
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Lynda		 121 -14
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Maree		 118 -6
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Maria		 116 +11
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Gillian		 114 -6
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Kay		 112 +9
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Lesley		 109 -20
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Sally		 108 -18
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Shona		 101 -6
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Frances		 99 +3
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Stephanie		 99 +5
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Caroline		 98 +14
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Louise		 98 -10
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Colleen		 96 -25
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Vivienne		 96 +14
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Gail		 95 -8
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Diana		 93 +3
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Michele		 93 -3
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Bronwyn		 92 +2
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Ruth		 92 +11
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Beverley		 90 -13
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Debbie		 89 new
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Lynne		 88 -12
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Sarah		 87 +7
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Shelley		 86 +12
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Glenda		 85 -23
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Janine		 85 +11
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Jeanette		 85 -2
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Anna		 83 new
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Teresa		 83 -3
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Maureen		 80 -9
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Adrienne		 77 -14
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Joy		 77 new
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Tracey		 75 new
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Jocelyn		 73 0
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Kaye		 71 new
97.
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Penelope		 70 -13
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Josephine		 69 -16
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Tina		 69 new
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Christina		 68 -7
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand