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		 373 0
44.
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Adam		 149 +4
75.
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Adrian		 83 -6
94.
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Alan		 64 -14
89.
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Alexander		 68 new
89.
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Andre		 68 new
4.
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Andrew		 604 -2
28.
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Anthony		 212 -2
26.
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Benjamin		 233 +2
52.
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Blair		 124 -2
82.
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Brad		 75 new
58.
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Bradley		 103 +33
66.
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Brendan		 92 +1
35.
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Brendon		 168 +6
35.
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Brent		 168 +3
61.
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Brett		 97 +3
76.
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Brian		 81 -9
89.
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Bruce		 68 -9
59.
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Cameron		 100 -1
50.
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Carl		 132 +4
98.
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Charles		 62 0
10.
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Christopher		 460 +1
100.
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Clayton		 59 new
68.
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Clinton		 90 +7
68.
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Corey		 90 +19
15.
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Craig		 362 -3
61.
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Damian		 97 +4
87.
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Damon		 70 +3
2.
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Daniel		 667 +4
55.
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Darren		 119 -24
5.
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David		 574 -2
40.
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Dean		 155 -8
57.
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Dion		 104 +3
94.
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Douglas		 64 new
87.
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Duncan		 70 -5
80.
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Edward		 76 -3
80.
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Gareth		 76 -19
74.
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Gary		 84 +4
61.
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Gavin		 97 -7
76.
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Geoffrey		 81 -4
93.
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George		 67 -2
29.
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Glen		 194 0
45.
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Glenn		 148 -9
53.
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Grant		 123 -14
31.
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Gregory		 184 +3
30.
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Hamish		 185 +11
41.
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Hayden		 153 +11
65.
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Ian		 95 +6
9.
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James		 469 +1
34.
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Jamie		 174 +25
94.
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Jared		 64 +4
7.
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Jason		 553 -2
32.
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Jeremy		 182 +1
17.
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John		 341 -2
27.
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Jonathan		 224 0
39.
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Joseph		 164 +8
70.
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Joshua		 87 -7
24.
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Justin		 259 0
35.
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Karl		 168 0
84.
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Kerry		 71 new
66.
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Kevin		 92 -13
99.
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Lance		 61 new
71.
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Lee		 86 +3
83.
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Leon		 72 +1
6.
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Mark		 563 -2
79.
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Martin		 79 -3
48.
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Mathew		 139 +8
3.
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Matthew		 615 +4
1.
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Michael		 801 0
22.
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Nathan		 280 +3
19.
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Nicholas		 321 -3
41.
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Nigel		 153 +7
59.
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Patrick		 100 +11
8.
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Paul		 517 0
25.
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Peter		 249 -3
56.
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Philip		 117 -5
46.
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Phillip		 142 -2
71.
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Raymond		 86 -6
84.
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Rhys		 71 +1
11.
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Richard		 438 -2
16.
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Robert		 346 -3
76.
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Ross		 81 new
51.
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Ryan		 125 +21
48.
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Samuel		 139 +9
13.
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Scott		 382 +6
73.
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Sean		 85 -11
19.
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Shane		 321 +1
97.
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Shannon		 63 new
47.
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Shaun		 141 -4
12.
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Simon		 396 +9
18.
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Stephen		 333 0
21.
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Steven		 301 -4
64.
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Stuart		 96 -18
54.
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Thomas		 122 -9
23.
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Timothy		 271 0
84.
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Todd		 71 -1
41.
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Tony		 153 -5
89.
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Troy		 68 new
38.
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Wayne		 165 +2
33.
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William		 176 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
81.
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Alison		 66 +14
9.
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Amanda		 304 +1
44.
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Amy		 119 +28
33.
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Andrea		 146 -18
3.
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Angela		 404 0
73.
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Anita		 75 -2
17.
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Anna		 222 +6
42.
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Belinda		 122 -3
62.
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Bridget		 88 -2
79.
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Bronwyn		 69 -16
93.
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Carla		 57 +4
59.
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Caroline		 97 -5
89.
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Carolyn		 62 +11
23.
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Catherine		 184 -3
71.
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Charlotte		 76 +13
81.
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Cherie		 66 +2
90.
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Christina		 61 -11
46.
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Christine		 117 +11
58.
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Claire		 99 -11
34.
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Deborah		 143 0
31.
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Donna		 152 0
19.
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Elizabeth		 200 +8
68.
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Emily		 78 +26
18.
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Emma		 212 +4
24.
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Fiona		 182 +1
93.
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Georgina		 57 new
65.
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Hayley		 80 +16
87.
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Heather		 64 +5
81.
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Heidi		 66 -2
35.
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Helen		 139 +2
49.
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Jacqueline		 110 +3
56.
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Jane		 101 -11
75.
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Janine		 71 -19
29.
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Jennifer		 153 +5
38.
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Joanna		 133 -8
11.
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Joanne		 269 0
97.
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Jodi		 56 new
90.
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Jodie		 61 +10
100.
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Jolene		 55 -25
100.
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Julia		 55 new
25.
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Julie		 173 +3
86.
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Justine		 65 -37
16.
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Karen		 228 -2
68.
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Kate		 78 0
54.
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Katherine		 105 -2
44.
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Kathryn		 119 +7
97.
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Katie		 56 new
26.
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Katrina		 171 -10
22.
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Kelly		 190 -2
27.
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Kim		 161 -9
93.
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Kiri		 57 -16
56.
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Kirsten		 101 +5
46.
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Kirsty		 117 +12
14.
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Kylie		 239 -2
93.
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Leah		 57 new
49.
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Leanne		 110 -6
81.
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Linda		 66 -8
4.
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Lisa		 397 0
40.
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Louise		 131 -2
90.
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Margaret		 61 +9
48.
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Maria		 111 +21
75.
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Marie		 71 +10
71.
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Mary		 76 -4
21.
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Megan		 194 -2
10.
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Melanie		 287 -2
12.
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Melissa		 252 +19
6.
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Michelle		 367 -1
97.
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Monique		 56 -19
29.
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Natalie		 153 +12
8.
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Natasha		 321 +1
2.
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Nicola		 413 0
37.
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Nicole		 135 -1
27.
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Paula		 161 -1
81.
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Philippa		 66 new
32.
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Rachael		 149 -1
7.
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Rachel		 366 0
5.
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Rebecca		 373 +1
63.
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Renee		 83 +29
51.
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Rochelle		 109 -8
77.
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Sally		 70 -3
73.
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Sandra		 75 -8
1.
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Sarah		 519 0
77.
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Shannon		 70 new
55.
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Sharon		 104 -6
61.
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Shelley		 93 -15
70.
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Sonya		 77 0
64.
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Stacey		 81 +21
41.
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Stephanie		 123 +20
38.
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Susan		 133 +1
53.
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Suzanne		 106 +1
15.
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Tania		 233 -2
80.
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Tanya		 68 -14
65.
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Teresa		 80 -1
52.
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Tina		 108 -10
65.
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Toni		 80 +11
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Tracey		 248 +11
36.
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Tracy		 138 -8
20.
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Vanessa		 199 -3
88.
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Vicki		 63 -3
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Victoria		 121 +4
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Wendy		 96 -1
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand