Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
24.
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Aaron		 268 +21
66.
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Adam		 105 +21
72.
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Adrian		 102 -18
52.
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Alan		 140 -3
86.
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Allan		 85 -13
4.
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Andrew		 910 +1
19.
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Anthony		 357 -3
63.
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Antony		 108 -6
65.
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Barry		 106 +4
94.
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Benjamin		 68 new
56.
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Blair		 124 +25
64.
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Brendan		 107 +2
37.
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Brendon		 191 0
30.
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Brent		 224 +1
40.
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Brett		 180 -8
46.
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Brian		 161 -7
47.
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Bruce		 154 -3
87.
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Bryan		 84 +11
100.
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Cameron		 62 new
55.
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Carl		 130 -1
94.
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Charles		 68 -2
9.
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Christopher		 604 -2
61.
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Colin		 110 -8
8.
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Craig		 632 +2
45.
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Daniel		 162 -3
34.
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Darren		 210 -6
93.
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Darryl		 78 -8
92.
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Daryl		 79 new
3.
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David		 916 -2
23.
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Dean		 311 -3
94.
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Derek		 68 +2
58.
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Dion		 118 +20
85.
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Douglas		 86 -1
67.
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Edward		 104 -5
48.
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Gary		 152 -14
71.
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Gavin		 103 -10
50.
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Geoffrey		 143 0
89.
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George		 80 -12
41.
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Glen		 178 +19
32.
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Glenn		 221 +3
59.
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Graeme		 116 -2
76.
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Graham		 100 -10
20.
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Grant		 344 -2
26.
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Gregory		 250 -4
57.
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Hamish		 120 +22
39.
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Ian		 182 -6
15.
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James		 383 +2
1.
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Jason		 1,366 +5
77.
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Jeffrey		 99 -3
88.
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Jeremy		 83 -3
11.
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John		 570 -3
35.
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Jonathan		 208 +6
84.
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Joseph		 92 -12
54.
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Justin		 133 +27
44.
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Karl		 163 +3
89.
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Kelvin		 80 0
79.
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Kenneth		 97 +2
67.
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Kerry		 104 +9
36.
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Kevin		 206 0
72.
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Lance		 102 +21
98.
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Lee		 67 -10
79.
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Malcolm		 97 0
6.
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Mark		 776 -2
43.
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Martin		 164 -1
94.
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Mathew		 68 new
17.
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Matthew		 374 +6
2.
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Michael		 958 0
62.
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Murray		 109 -5
82.
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Neil		 94 -30
27.
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Nicholas		 235 +11
28.
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Nigel		 233 -1
67.
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Patrick		 104 +7
5.
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Paul		 878 -2
12.
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Peter		 507 -1
29.
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Philip		 226 +1
37.
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Phillip		 191 +3
67.
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Raymond		 104 -1
10.
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Richard		 574 +1
14.
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Robert		 454 0
75.
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Rodney		 101 -6
89.
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Roger		 80 -20
60.
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Ross		 113 +4
77.
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Russell		 99 +14
21.
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Scott		 328 +4
49.
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Sean		 151 -1
13.
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Shane		 479 0
72.
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Shaun		 102 -16
18.
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Simon		 363 +3
7.
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Stephen		 648 +1
16.
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Steven		 381 -1
42.
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Stuart		 165 +9
52.
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Thomas		 140 +11
31.
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Timothy		 223 -7
83.
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Todd		 93 +7
25.
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Tony		 259 +1
79.
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Trevor		 97 -15
99.
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Vaughan		 65 new
51.
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Warren		 142 -5
22.
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Wayne		 323 -3
33.
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William		 216 -4
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
66.
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Alison		 102 -12
23.
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Amanda		 238 +5
20.
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Andrea		 256 -2
8.
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Angela		 409 -1
83.
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Anita		 83 0
47.
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Anna		 142 +8
67.
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Anne		 98 +3
70.
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Belinda		 93 +21
77.
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Brenda		 86 -12
77.
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Bridget		 86 new
58.
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Bronwyn		 117 +2
71.
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Carol		 92 +10
69.
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Caroline		 95 +16
52.
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Carolyn		 126 -9
22.
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Catherine		 243 +2
91.
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Cherie		 75 -18
51.
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Cheryl		 131 new
24.
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Christine		 232 -5
96.
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Claire		 69 -1
79.
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Debbie		 85 -6
10.
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Deborah		 331 -2
87.
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Debra		 78 -24
81.
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Denise		 84 -24
61.
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Diane		 108 -1
16.
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Donna		 287 -4
33.
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Elizabeth		 196 -8
87.
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Emma		 78 +10
17.
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Fiona		 281 -3
75.
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Heather		 89 -29
26.
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Helen		 226 -5
21.
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Jacqueline		 254 -1
41.
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Jane		 161 -5
35.
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Janine		 190 -4
30.
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Jennifer		 202 -4
29.
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Joanna		 204 +4
5.
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Joanne		 446 -1
85.
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Judith		 81 -13
94.
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Julia		 72 new
18.
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Julie		 278 -3
47.
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Justine		 142 +11
3.
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Karen		 497 0
93.
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Karyn		 73 -17
55.
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Katherine		 119 +13
42.
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Kathryn		 160 -3
49.
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Katrina		 137 -11
90.
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Kelly		 77 new
85.
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Kerry		 81 new
12.
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Kim		 300 -2
27.
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Leanne		 225 +2
38.
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Linda		 167 -3
1.
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Lisa		 786 0
39.
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Louise		 166 +1
91.
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Lynda		 75 -6
96.
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Lynette		 69 -6
62.
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Maree		 107 -15
65.
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Margaret		 104 -6
34.
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Maria		 195 -2
95.
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Marie		 70 -16
58.
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Mary		 117 -6
36.
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Megan		 184 +5
52.
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Melanie		 126 +14
44.
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Melissa		 147 +5
2.
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Michelle		 665 0
71.
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Natalie		 92 0
6.
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Nicola		 434 0
68.
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Nicole		 96 +25
74.
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Pamela		 91 +8
62.
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Patricia		 107 -2
14.
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Paula		 290 +2
96.
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Pauline		 69 -9
96.
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Penelope		 69 +4
83.
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Philippa		 83 +12
43.
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Rachael		 158 +36
4.
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Rachel		 465 +17
76.
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Raewyn		 88 -12
31.
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Rebecca		 197 +11
40.
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Robyn		 162 -3
81.
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Rochelle		 84 new
87.
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Sally		 78 -11
25.
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Sandra		 227 -4
13.
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Sarah		 295 +4
15.
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Sharon		 289 -2
54.
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Shelley		 123 +12
71.
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Sheryl		 92 new
100.
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Sonia		 67 new
79.
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Sonya		 85 -4
50.
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Stephanie		 134 +2
19.
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Susan		 266 -8
37.
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Suzanne		 183 +7
9.
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Tania		 403 -4
58.
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Tanya		 117 -2
56.
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Teresa		 118 +13
46.
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Tina		 144 -1
56.
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Toni		 118 -6
7.
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Tracey		 421 +2
11.
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Tracy		 317 +19
28.
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Vanessa		 217 +6
62.
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Vicki		 107 -15
45.
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Victoria		 145 +5
31.
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Wendy		 197 -4
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand