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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Michael		 1,123 +1
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David		 1,119 -1
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Andrew		 964 0
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Paul		 960 0
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Mark		 843 0
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Christopher		 705 +6
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Peter		 681 +1
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John		 667 -2
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Richard		 639 +1
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Stephen		 634 -3
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Robert		 608 -2
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Shane		 581 +2
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Craig		 526 -2
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Wayne		 417 +3
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James		 388 +4
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Dean		 382 -3
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Grant		 380 -1
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Steven		 373 -3
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Jason		 347 +9
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Anthony		 329 -2
21.
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Gregory		 314 +2
22.
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Brent		 308 +3
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Simon		 277 +8
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William		 264 +3
25.
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Ian		 262 -1
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Kevin		 250 -6
27.
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Brett		 245 -6
28.
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Timothy		 234 +5
29.
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Nigel		 229 +3
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Philip		 227 0
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Tony		 226 -9
32.
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Matthew		 220 +5
33.
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Brian		 212 +2
34.
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Glenn		 211 +9
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Gary		 208 -6
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Scott		 207 +16
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Darren		 197 -12
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Sean		 193 +8
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Phillip		 190 +9
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Bruce		 183 -4
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Nicholas		 181 +17
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Alan		 177 -8
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Stuart		 169 -5
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Martin		 167 -6
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Shaun		 166 +40
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Ross		 165 +3
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Graeme		 162 -3
48.
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Aaron		 161 +26
49.
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Colin		 159 +1
49.
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Murray		 159 -8
51.
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Geoffrey		 155 -4
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Rodney		 155 -9
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Warren		 154 -13
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Gavin		 147 +2
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Patrick		 143 -10
56.
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Allan		 132 +3
57.
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Jeffrey		 130 0
58.
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Jonathan		 129 +13
59.
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Trevor		 128 +1
60.
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Barry		 123 +4
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Daniel		 123 +10
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Raymond		 120 +1
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Glen		 119 +10
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Thomas		 119 -11
65.
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Joseph		 115 +12
66.
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Adrian		 114 -1
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Brendon		 114 +27
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Kerry		 111 -3
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Carl		 110 -4
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Neil		 110 -19
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Todd		 108 +11
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Antony		 107 -7
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Karl		 107 +3
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Graham		 106 -20
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Roger		 105 -6
76.
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Edward		 102 -16
77.
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Russell		 98 -17
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Kelvin		 97 +13
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Douglas		 96 -2
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Kenneth		 95 -25
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Derek		 94 +3
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Malcolm		 89 -11
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Hamish		 86 +4
84.
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Brendan		 83 +8
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Adam		 80 -6
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Lance		 78 +4
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George		 77 -7
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Blair		 75 new
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Donald		 74 -7
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Bryan		 73 -5
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Darryl		 73 -14
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Terry		 67 -3
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Jeremy		 66 new
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Justin		 66 new
95.
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Daryl		 64 +2
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Robin		 62 new
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Dion		 61 -4
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Ronald		 61 new
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Samuel		 58 +1
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Garry		 56 new
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Keith		 56 -20
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Shayne		 56 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Lisa		 760 +1
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Karen		 624 -1
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Michelle		 550 0
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Tania		 455 +2
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Kim		 434 +4
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Joanne		 420 +6
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Nicola		 420 +4
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Angela		 410 -1
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Deborah		 395 -5
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Tracey		 393 -2
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Susan		 364 -6
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Donna		 358 +1
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Sharon		 339 +2
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Julie		 328 +1
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Christine		 325 +2
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Helen		 310 -2
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Sandra		 305 -6
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Jacqueline		 299 +1
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Andrea		 266 +10
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Sarah		 262 +6
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Fiona		 252 -3
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Leanne		 251 +6
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Elizabeth		 239 0
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Paula		 236 +10
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Catherine		 233 -3
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Wendy		 232 -6
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Megan		 222 +25
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Jennifer		 219 -5
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Jane		 204 +1
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Tracy		 200 -3
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Maria		 198 -10
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Robyn		 189 -1
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Amanda		 177 -1
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Linda		 177 -8
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Janine		 175 +9
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Louise		 170 +2
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Kathryn		 167 -3
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Patricia		 163 +1
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Tina		 161 +8
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Rachel		 158 +8
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Tanya		 154 +18
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Maree		 149 +3
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Suzanne		 147 -4
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Alison		 142 -11
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Anna		 141 +8
46.
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Denise		 139 -10
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Mary		 137 -5
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Vicki		 134 +5
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Vanessa		 133 +33
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Brenda		 128 -9
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Diane		 127 -14
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Katrina		 127 +15
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Raewyn		 126 -2
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Heather		 125 -8
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Carol		 124 -6
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Anne		 121 -6
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Bronwyn		 121 +7
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Margaret		 118 -16
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Justine		 117 +19
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Joanna		 115 new
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Toni		 115 +15
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Stephanie		 111 -1
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Carolyn		 108 -8
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Lynette		 108 0
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Shelley		 107 +7
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Debra		 103 -10
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Annette		 102 -1
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Katherine		 102 -7
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Rebecca		 102 +19
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Caroline		 101 +10
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Pauline		 100 -6
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Debbie		 99 -2
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Lynda		 99 +3
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Sally		 97 +6
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Claire		 91 -3
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Teresa		 90 -5
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Sonya		 89 +23
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Melanie		 88 +13
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Pamela		 88 -12
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Barbara		 87 -19
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Melissa		 87 -5
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Judith		 84 -24
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Victoria		 84 new
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Cherie		 83 0
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Marie		 81 -29
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Ruth		 81 +9
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Dianne		 80 +3
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Kathleen		 80 -21
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Kerry		 76 -5
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Natalie		 75 -16
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Philippa		 75 +1
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Ann		 72 -6
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Bridget		 72 +2
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Anita		 71 new
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Christina		 70 new
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Sheryl		 69 new
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Yvonne		 67 -4
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Jan		 65 -2
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Kirsten		 65 new
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Karyn		 62 -2
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand