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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Adrian		 71 -9
30.
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Alan		 256 -1
86.
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Alexander		 71 +10
51.
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Allan		 174 -5
8.
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Andrew		 755 0
14.
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Anthony		 462 -1
81.
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Antony		 86 +4
45.
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Barry		 191 -10
98.
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Bernard		 61 new
28.
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Brent		 285 +3
39.
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Brett		 209 +4
24.
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Brian		 305 +1
23.
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Bruce		 322 -3
78.
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Bryan		 91 -5
83.
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Carl		 76 +9
79.
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Charles		 87 -10
11.
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Christopher		 571 -1
38.
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Colin		 210 -5
12.
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Craig		 487 +4
75.
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Daniel		 92 -1
58.
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Darryl		 132 +21
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David		 1,513 0
29.
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Dean		 262 +1
84.
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Dennis		 75 0
79.
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Derek		 87 +4
55.
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Donald		 151 +1
64.
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Douglas		 124 -3
58.
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Edward		 132 +13
90.
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Eric		 70 0
71.
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Garry		 104 0
26.
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Gary		 297 -3
61.
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Gavin		 128 +1
44.
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Geoffrey		 200 -8
72.
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George		 100 -9
91.
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Glen		 68 new
39.
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Glenn		 209 +17
75.
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Gordon		 92 -9
31.
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Graeme		 255 -7
39.
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Graham		 209 -2
17.
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Grant		 405 -3
16.
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Gregory		 410 +1
99.
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Henry		 59 +1
18.
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Ian		 389 0
19.
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James		 381 +3
56.
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Jeffrey		 147 +2
3.
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John		 1,071 +1
74.
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Jonathan		 94 +8
63.
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Joseph		 126 +5
96.
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Karl		 63 +1
57.
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Keith		 134 -6
82.
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Kelvin		 79 +11
54.
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Kenneth		 155 -5
72.
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Kerry		 100 -17
13.
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Kevin		 465 -2
60.
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Lance		 130 +15
93.
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Leslie		 67 +1
91.
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Lindsay		 68 -3
67.
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Malcolm		 113 -9
5.
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Mark		 902 0
34.
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Martin		 226 +5
66.
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Matthew		 117 -3
2.
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Michael		 1,254 0
25.
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Murray		 298 +1
37.
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Neil		 212 -3
75.
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Neville		 92 +3
65.
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Nicholas		 121 -2
46.
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Nigel		 188 -4
94.
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Noel		 66 -8
61.
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Patrick		 128 -7
6.
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Paul		 891 +1
4.
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Peter		 1,030 -1
20.
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Philip		 347 +7
43.
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Phillip		 201 0
50.
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Raymond		 175 +2
10.
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Richard		 579 +2
97.
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Ricky		 62 -2
9.
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Robert		 723 0
86.
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Robin		 71 -6
85.
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Rodney		 74 +5
53.
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Roger		 157 +7
68.
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Ronald		 110 -2
32.
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Ross		 246 -4
52.
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Russell		 166 -2
69.
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Scott		 107 +1
95.
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Sean		 65 new
27.
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Shane		 286 +4
42.
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Simon		 206 -1
7.
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Stephen		 821 -1
22.
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Steven		 341 -1
100.
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Stewart		 56 -2
48.
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Stuart		 177 -10
70.
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Terence		 105 +11
86.
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Terry		 71 -10
49.
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Thomas		 176 +3
35.
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Timothy		 223 +4
33.
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Tony		 231 +12
47.
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Trevor		 180 0
36.
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Warren		 219 +11
15.
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Wayne		 417 0
20.
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William		 347 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
48.
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Alison		 147 -3
53.
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Amanda		 138 +39
39.
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Andrea		 193 0
27.
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Angela		 238 +13
70.
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Ann		 111 -1
76.
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Anna		 103 +7
29.
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Anne		 222 +2
58.
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Annette		 129 -12
44.
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Barbara		 171 -3
99.
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Beverley		 69 +1
48.
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Brenda		 147 -1
56.
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Bronwyn		 131 -3
37.
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Carol		 204 -11
82.
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Caroline		 96 -3
41.
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Carolyn		 178 -6
16.
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Catherine		 298 +3
77.
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Cheryl		 102 -2
80.
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Christina		 98 +6
4.
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Christine		 497 0
84.
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Colleen		 94 -4
83.
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Debbie		 95 -15
5.
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Deborah		 462 0
26.
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Debra		 242 -4
32.
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Denise		 217 +4
94.
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Diana		 78 -10
33.
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Diane		 212 0
55.
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Dianne		 135 -11
9.
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Donna		 401 0
18.
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Elizabeth		 287 -4
17.
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Fiona		 292 0
97.
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Gail		 70 -2
90.
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Gaylene		 82 new
80.
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Gillian		 98 -19
31.
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Heather		 219 -3
14.
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Helen		 336 +2
20.
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Jacqueline		 276 -2
61.
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Jan		 126 -5
37.
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Jane		 204 0
51.
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Janet		 145 +2
85.
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Janice		 93 -15
54.
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Janine		 136 +8
96.
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Jeanette		 72 new
13.
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Jennifer		 380 +2
62.
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Jillian		 124 +4
11.
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Joanne		 395 -5
34.
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Judith		 208 -14
6.
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Julie		 447 +1
2.
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Karen		 688 0
92.
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Katherine		 81 -16
52.
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Kathleen		 143 -3
41.
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Kathryn		 178 -4
88.
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Kay		 83 -14
71.
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Kerry		 110 -13
30.
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Kim		 221 -6
45.
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Leanne		 162 +3
75.
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Lesley		 104 +7
8.
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Linda		 408 +4
73.
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Lisa		 106 +14
79.
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Lorraine		 99 -9
60.
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Louise		 127 -10
68.
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Lynda		 116 -10
35.
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Lynette		 207 -8
93.
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Lynne		 80 +4
50.
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Maree		 146 -7
25.
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Margaret		 243 -4
45.
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Maria		 162 +21
63.
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Marie		 122 -1
22.
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Mary		 260 +3
97.
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Maureen		 70 -4
99.
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Megan		 69 -5
59.
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Michele		 128 -6
12.
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Michelle		 391 +1
23.
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Nicola		 247 +6
71.
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Pamela		 110 -21
21.
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Patricia		 265 +2
68.
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Paula		 116 new
47.
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Pauline		 156 +15
40.
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Raewyn		 192 -6
15.
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Robyn		 333 -5
66.
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Rosemary		 119 -1
86.
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Ruth		 90 +3
63.
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Sally		 122 -3
3.
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Sandra		 574 0
56.
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Sarah		 131 +21
7.
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Sharon		 445 +1
65.
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Shelley		 120 -8
78.
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Sheryl		 101 +3
73.
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Shirley		 106 +4
88.
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Shona		 83 +2
90.
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Stephanie		 82 +1
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Susan		 742 0
24.
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Suzanne		 245 +6
19.
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Tania		 286 +54
87.
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Teresa		 86 new
28.
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Tracey		 237 +13
43.
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Tracy		 176 +9
36.
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Vicki		 205 -4
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Vivienne		 78 -10
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Wendy		 399 0
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Yvonne		 118 +3
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand