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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Aaron		 101 -2
79.
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Adam		 95 +14
65.
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Adrian		 114 +17
34.
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Alan		 198 +6
98.
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Alexander		 60 new
59.
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Allan		 120 0
3.
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Andrew		 995 +1
18.
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Anthony		 375 -1
65.
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Antony		 114 +1
64.
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Barry		 115 -3
92.
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Brendan		 68 -3
93.
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Brendon		 65 -4
25.
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Brent		 249 +7
21.
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Brett		 271 +9
35.
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Brian		 193 -2
36.
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Bruce		 188 -6
85.
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Bryan		 78 +2
65.
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Carl		 114 +17
88.
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Charles		 74 -3
12.
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Christopher		 521 -1
50.
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Colin		 145 -3
11.
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Craig		 537 +1
70.
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Daniel		 108 0
25.
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Darren		 249 -6
76.
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Darryl		 99 -9
95.
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Darryn		 64 -16
97.
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Daryl		 62 new
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David		 1,199 0
13.
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Dean		 470 +2
84.
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Derek		 79 -8
93.
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Dion		 65 new
82.
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Donald		 81 -5
77.
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Douglas		 98 -7
60.
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Edward		 119 +5
29.
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Gary		 236 -3
56.
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Gavin		 130 -3
47.
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Geoffrey		 152 -3
80.
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George		 85 -5
73.
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Glen		 105 +23
43.
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Glenn		 160 0
96.
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Gordon		 63 -3
44.
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Graeme		 158 +7
54.
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Graham		 133 -2
16.
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Grant		 387 0
23.
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Gregory		 260 -3
87.
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Hamish		 76 -1
24.
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Ian		 257 -1
19.
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James		 373 -1
28.
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Jason		 237 +25
57.
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Jeffrey		 129 -7
6.
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John		 727 -1
71.
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Jonathan		 107 -2
77.
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Joseph		 98 -17
75.
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Karl		 100 +9
80.
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Keith		 85 +8
91.
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Kelvin		 70 -2
55.
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Kenneth		 132 +3
65.
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Kerry		 114 +9
20.
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Kevin		 313 +2
90.
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Lance		 72 -13
98.
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Leslie		 60 new
71.
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Malcolm		 107 +2
5.
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Mark		 810 +2
38.
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Martin		 186 -1
37.
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Matthew		 187 +3
2.
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Michael		 1,174 0
41.
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Murray		 171 -7
50.
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Neil		 145 +6
58.
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Nicholas		 125 +6
32.
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Nigel		 210 +4
45.
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Patrick		 157 +18
4.
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Paul		 981 -1
8.
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Peter		 668 -2
30.
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Philip		 233 -5
48.
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Phillip		 151 -13
63.
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Raymond		 116 -14
10.
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Richard		 577 -1
9.
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Robert		 579 +1
42.
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Rodney		 167 +4
69.
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Roger		 111 -2
49.
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Ross		 150 -10
60.
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Russell		 119 -12
100.
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Samuel		 59 new
52.
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Scott		 143 +10
46.
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Sean		 154 +11
14.
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Shane		 446 -1
85.
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Shaun		 78 new
31.
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Simon		 212 -4
7.
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Stephen		 698 +1
15.
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Steven		 395 +6
38.
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Stuart		 186 0
89.
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Terry		 73 +9
52.
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Thomas		 143 -7
33.
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Timothy		 200 -4
82.
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Todd		 81 +10
22.
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Tony		 265 +6
60.
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Trevor		 119 -7
40.
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Warren		 177 +2
17.
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Wayne		 377 -3
27.
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William		 243 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
33.
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Alison		 174 -3
32.
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Amanda		 180 +11
29.
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Andrea		 218 0
7.
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Angela		 410 +6
86.
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Ann		 80 -2
53.
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Anna		 128 +7
50.
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Anne		 131 -8
66.
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Annette		 98 +7
61.
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Barbara		 104 +5
41.
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Brenda		 149 +12
94.
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Bridget		 67 new
63.
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Bronwyn		 101 -3
49.
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Carol		 132 -3
80.
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Caroline		 83 -5
55.
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Carolyn		 124 -8
22.
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Catherine		 261 -1
84.
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Cherie		 81 -1
17.
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Christine		 315 -3
72.
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Claire		 91 +14
70.
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Debbie		 96 +4
4.
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Deborah		 479 -1
56.
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Debra		 122 -3
36.
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Denise		 167 -2
37.
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Diane		 158 -5
90.
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Dianne		 71 -19
13.
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Donna		 364 -2
23.
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Elizabeth		 257 -3
18.
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Fiona		 306 +1
88.
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Gillian		 78 +2
46.
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Heather		 138 -5
14.
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Helen		 351 +3
19.
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Jacqueline		 300 -4
96.
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Jan		 66 -15
30.
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Jane		 204 +1
44.
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Janine		 146 -6
23.
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Jennifer		 257 +2
12.
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Joanne		 369 -7
58.
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Judith		 120 -10
15.
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Julie		 341 -3
78.
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Justine		 85 new
1.
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Karen		 651 +1
98.
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Karyn		 63 -14
60.
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Katherine		 105 +12
66.
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Kathleen		 98 -7
34.
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Kathryn		 170 +2
66.
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Katrina		 98 +1
84.
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Kerry		 81 -20
9.
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Kim		 399 +14
28.
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Leanne		 222 -6
89.
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Lesley		 77 new
25.
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Linda		 241 +1
2.
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Lisa		 638 +5
38.
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Louise		 157 +6
75.
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Lynda		 87 -23
63.
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Lynette		 101 -5
45.
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Maree		 142 +4
42.
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Margaret		 148 -3
21.
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Maria		 269 +3
56.
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Marie		 122 +19
42.
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Mary		 148 -7
52.
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Megan		 129 -1
91.
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Melanie		 70 -1
75.
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Melissa		 87 new
78.
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Michele		 85 -1
3.
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Michelle		 615 -2
74.
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Natalie		 88 +22
10.
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Nicola		 392 +6
66.
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Pamela		 98 +14
39.
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Patricia		 155 +1
34.
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Paula		 170 +11
65.
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Pauline		 100 +5
98.
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Penelope		 63 new
91.
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Philippa		 70 +9
48.
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Rachel		 133 +20
51.
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Raewyn		 130 -2
86.
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Rebecca		 80 +14
31.
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Robyn		 192 +2
94.
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Ruth		 67 0
80.
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Sally		 83 -18
11.
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Sandra		 371 -5
26.
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Sarah		 233 0
15.
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Sharon		 341 -7
72.
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Shelley		 91 -9
82.
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Shona		 82 new
100.
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Sonya		 62 0
61.
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Stephanie		 104 -5
5.
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Susan		 430 -1
39.
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Suzanne		 155 -2
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Tania		 419 +2
59.
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Tanya		 107 -4
71.
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Teresa		 92 +16
47.
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Tina		 137 +18
75.
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Toni		 87 +6
8.
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Tracey		 405 +2
27.
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Tracy		 223 +1
82.
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Vanessa		 82 new
53.
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Vicki		 128 +3
97.
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Vicky		 65 +1
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Wendy		 286 -2
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Yvonne		 68 -3
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand