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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Jason		 1,298 0
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Michael		 936 0
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David		 896 0
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Paul		 872 +1
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Andrew		 837 -1
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Craig		 788 +2
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Mark		 769 -1
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Christopher		 586 +1
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Richard		 585 +1
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Aaron		 569 +14
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John		 525 0
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Stephen		 517 -5
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Robert		 488 +1
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Peter		 483 -2
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Matthew		 472 +2
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Shane		 446 -3
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Steven		 392 -1
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James		 381 -3
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Scott		 347 +2
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Anthony		 330 -1
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Grant		 321 -1
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Simon		 317 -4
23.
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Wayne		 298 -1
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Gregory		 288 +2
25.
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Dean		 270 -2
26.
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Brent		 249 +4
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Nicholas		 246 0
28.
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Glenn		 241 +4
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Tony		 240 -4
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William		 231 +3
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Darren		 227 +3
32.
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Nigel		 212 -4
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Timothy		 200 -2
34.
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Justin		 196 +20
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Brendon		 195 +2
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Stuart		 194 +6
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Kevin		 192 -1
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Philip		 184 -9
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Brett		 182 +1
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Jonathan		 179 -5
41.
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Daniel		 177 +4
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Ian		 176 -3
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Jeremy		 170 +45
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Glen		 168 -3
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Phillip		 162 -8
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Blair		 161 +10
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Karl		 158 -3
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Sean		 158 +2
49.
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Hamish		 144 +8
50.
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Geoffrey		 142 0
51.
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Martin		 141 -8
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Gavin		 140 +19
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Carl		 139 +2
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Gary		 139 -5
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Bruce		 135 -8
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Brian		 133 -10
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Warren		 133 -5
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Dion		 126 0
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Ross		 125 +1
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Thomas		 125 -7
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Alan		 120 -9
62.
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Adam		 119 +4
63.
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Joseph		 113 +21
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Antony		 112 -1
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Nathan		 112 new
66.
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Patrick		 110 +1
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Barry		 109 -2
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Murray		 109 -5
69.
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Adrian		 107 +3
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Brendan		 107 -5
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Graeme		 107 -10
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Jeffrey		 107 +8
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Raymond		 106 -6
74.
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Kerry		 104 -7
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Mathew		 103 +19
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Rodney		 103 0
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Darryl		 99 +16
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Neil		 99 +5
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Clinton		 98 new
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Colin		 98 -18
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Edward		 96 -14
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Graham		 96 -5
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Russell		 95 -6
84.
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Benjamin		 94 +10
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Trevor		 92 -6
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Shaun		 91 -14
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Todd		 91 -3
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Cameron		 88 +12
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Roger		 86 0
90.
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Gareth		 85 new
91.
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George		 84 -2
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Kelvin		 84 -2
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Marcus		 83 new
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Lance		 81 -22
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Daryl		 80 -3
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Allan		 79 -10
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Vaughan		 77 +2
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Malcolm		 76 -19
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Douglas		 75 -14
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Alexander		 70 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Lisa		 673 0
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Michelle		 661 0
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Rachel		 581 +1
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Joanne		 567 +1
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Nicola		 467 +1
6.
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Karen		 465 -3
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Tracey		 457 0
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Angela		 414 0
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Tania		 387 0
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Deborah		 338 0
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Amanda		 334 +12
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Tracy		 328 -1
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Sarah		 326 0
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Kelly		 319 +76
15.
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Kim		 305 -3
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Julie		 285 +2
17.
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Vanessa		 275 +11
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Susan		 273 +1
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Fiona		 272 -2
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Andrea		 267 0
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Donna		 264 -5
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Rebecca		 259 +9
23.
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Catherine		 245 -1
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Rachael		 242 +19
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Sharon		 242 -9
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Jacqueline		 231 -5
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Paula		 217 -13
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Elizabeth		 208 +5
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Melanie		 207 +23
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Christine		 206 -6
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Jennifer		 203 -1
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Wendy		 198 -1
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Helen		 195 -7
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Megan		 194 +2
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Suzanne		 194 +3
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Joanna		 184 -7
37.
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Leanne		 179 -10
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Sandra		 178 -13
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Rochelle		 175 +42
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Tina		 174 +6
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Anna		 168 +6
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Jane		 168 0
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Kathryn		 168 +1
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Melissa		 164 0
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Victoria		 164 +1
46.
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Janine		 161 -11
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Katrina		 160 +2
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Maria		 156 -14
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Louise		 151 -10
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Shelley		 151 +5
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Stephanie		 140 -1
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Linda		 137 -14
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Robyn		 131 -13
54.
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Cheryl		 126 -3
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Justine		 126 -7
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Nicole		 123 +12
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Patricia		 123 +6
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Toni		 113 -2
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Carolyn		 109 -7
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Denise		 108 +21
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Teresa		 108 -4
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Mary		 106 -4
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Vicki		 104 -1
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Tanya		 103 -6
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Belinda		 101 +5
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Bronwyn		 100 -8
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Alison		 96 -1
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Caroline		 96 +2
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Heather		 94 +6
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Bridget		 93 +7
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Kirsten		 93 new
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Emma		 91 +15
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Margaret		 90 -8
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Maree		 88 -12
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Cherie		 87 +16
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Kerry		 87 +10
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Sheryl		 86 -6
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Katherine		 85 -23
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Sonya		 85 +1
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Anne		 84 -13
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Brenda		 84 -3
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Claire		 84 +16
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Debra		 84 +7
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Sally		 84 +7
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Diane		 82 -24
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Annette		 81 new
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Julia		 81 +8
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Pauline		 81 +10
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Debbie		 79 -10
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Sharlene		 79 new
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Natasha		 77 new
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Anita		 75 -9
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Kirsty		 75 new
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Philippa		 75 -9
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Raewyn		 74 -19
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Carol		 70 -25
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Karyn		 69 -4
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Barbara		 68 new
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Kathleen		 68 new
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Penelope		 68 -2
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand