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		 1,356 0
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Michael		 1,176 0
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John		 1,048 0
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Peter		 986 0
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Paul		 900 +1
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Mark		 880 -1
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Andrew		 833 +1
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Stephen		 757 -1
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Robert		 680 0
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Richard		 573 0
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Christopher		 550 0
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Craig		 519 0
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Grant		 448 +4
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Anthony		 432 0
15.
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Wayne		 402 0
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Gregory		 394 0
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Kevin		 394 -3
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Ian		 365 0
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James		 358 0
20.
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Shane		 355 +7
21.
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Steven		 348 +1
22.
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Philip		 316 -2
23.
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William		 312 -3
24.
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Bruce		 282 -1
25.
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Dean		 276 +4
26.
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Brent		 261 +2
27.
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Murray		 258 -2
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Brian		 257 -4
29.
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Alan		 246 +1
30.
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Graeme		 240 +1
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Gary		 237 -5
32.
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Simon		 231 +10
33.
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Brett		 222 +6
34.
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Stuart		 209 +14
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Ross		 206 -3
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Tony		 206 -2
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Phillip		 204 +6
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Martin		 201 -4
39.
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Graham		 196 0
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Timothy		 195 -5
41.
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Colin		 193 -3
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Glenn		 186 -3
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Barry		 181 +2
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Nigel		 172 +2
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Neil		 167 -8
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Warren		 164 -10
47.
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Kenneth		 163 +7
48.
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Geoffrey		 158 -4
49.
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Jeffrey		 157 +7
50.
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Allan		 156 +1
51.
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Malcolm		 155 +16
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Patrick		 155 +10
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Thomas		 154 -4
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Trevor		 143 -7
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Raymond		 142 -5
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Antony		 136 +25
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Douglas		 135 +7
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Darryl		 132 0
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Gavin		 132 +3
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Matthew		 132 +8
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Joseph		 131 +2
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Roger		 130 -9
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Russell		 130 -10
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Scott		 129 +5
65.
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Edward		 117 -7
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Garry		 117 +6
67.
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Donald		 116 -12
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Kerry		 113 +4
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Nicholas		 106 -4
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Keith		 103 -13
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Daniel		 99 +4
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Jonathan		 99 +3
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Lance		 99 -11
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Glen		 97 +17
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Terence		 95 -5
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George		 93 -4
77.
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Sean		 87 +18
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Charles		 86 +1
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Ronald		 84 -11
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Shayne		 81 new
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Derek		 80 -2
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Kelvin		 80 +1
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Rodney		 78 +2
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Bryan		 74 -6
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Darren		 74 new
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Neville		 74 -9
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Gordon		 73 -12
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Robin		 73 -1
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Adrian		 71 -3
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Leslie		 71 +4
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Terry		 69 -5
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Daryl		 67 new
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Francis		 65 new
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Brendon		 61 new
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Hamish		 61 new
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Karl		 61 +2
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Carl		 60 -14
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Alexander		 58 -12
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Alistair		 58 new
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Stewart		 58 +2
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Karen		 641 +1
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Susan		 596 -1
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Sandra		 524 0
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Julie		 425 +2
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Sharon		 422 +2
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Joanne		 418 +5
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Deborah		 398 -2
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Donna		 395 +1
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Michelle		 383 +3
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Christine		 376 -6
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Jacqueline		 365 +9
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Wendy		 363 -2
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Helen		 333 +1
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Elizabeth		 330 +4
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Jennifer		 321 -2
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Tania		 317 +3
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Fiona		 311 0
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Linda		 298 -10
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Robyn		 291 -4
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Catherine		 290 -4
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Angela		 284 +6
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Suzanne		 271 +2
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Kim		 265 +7
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Tracey		 257 +4
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Denise		 251 +7
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Mary		 250 -4
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Margaret		 248 -2
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Leanne		 237 +17
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Patricia		 227 -8
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Nicola		 221 -7
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Judith		 213 +3
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Jane		 205 +5
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Diane		 204 0
34.
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Lynette		 196 +1
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Anne		 195 -6
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Maria		 194 +9
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Kathryn		 183 +4
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Tracy		 183 +6
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Andrea		 181 0
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Vicki		 181 -3
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Debra		 179 -15
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Carol		 170 -5
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Carolyn		 168 -2
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Heather		 168 -12
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Sarah		 167 +11
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Raewyn		 158 -6
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Barbara		 153 -3
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Alison		 150 0
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Bronwyn		 140 +7
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Marie		 137 +13
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Dianne		 135 +4
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Louise		 134 +8
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Lynda		 134 +16
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Janine		 132 0
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Annette		 131 +3
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Kathleen		 130 -4
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Brenda		 127 -9
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Jillian		 125 +4
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Caroline		 124 +23
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Pauline		 124 -12
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Paula		 122 +7
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Amanda		 121 -9
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Maree		 119 -13
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Sally		 118 -1
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Janet		 113 -14
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Lisa		 109 +7
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Shelley		 108 -2
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Ann		 104 +2
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Kerry		 100 +2
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Anna		 98 +6
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Katherine		 98 +22
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Cheryl		 97 +5
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Sheryl		 96 +5
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Yvonne		 96 -6
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Rosemary		 92 -9
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Ruth		 92 +11
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Debbie		 89 +6
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Pamela		 88 -7
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Tanya		 88 new
80.
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Jan		 86 -19
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Lynne		 84 +12
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Lorraine		 82 -3
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Shirley		 82 -9
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Megan		 81 +15
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Michele		 81 -25
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Shona		 81 +4
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Stephanie		 81 +6
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Lynley		 80 new
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Tina		 80 new
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Lesley		 79 -15
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Janice		 78 -6
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Jeanette		 76 +4
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Gillian		 75 -13
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Diana		 73 0
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Teresa		 72 -8
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Colleen		 70 -12
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Maureen		 70 +1
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Frances		 69 new
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Claire		 68 new
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Kay		 68 -11
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand