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		 327 -1
50.
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Adam		 129 -6
60.
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Adrian		 107 +15
89.
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Alan		 64 +5
96.
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Alexander		 60 -7
86.
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Allan		 66 new
2.
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Andrew		 634 +2
28.
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Anthony		 193 0
22.
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Benjamin		 271 +4
72.
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Bevan		 84 new
67.
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Blair		 87 -15
79.
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Brad		 77 +3
58.
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Bradley		 110 0
95.
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Brendan		 61 -29
46.
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Brendon		 136 -11
53.
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Brent		 121 -18
77.
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Brett		 78 -16
76.
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Brian		 80 0
91.
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Bruce		 63 -2
59.
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Cameron		 109 0
49.
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Carl		 131 +1
89.
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Charles		 64 +9
10.
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Christopher		 440 0
72.
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Clinton		 84 -4
14.
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Craig		 350 +1
61.
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Damian		 103 0
3.
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Daniel		 624 -1
80.
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Darren		 75 -25
4.
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David		 612 +1
52.
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Dean		 126 -12
71.
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Dion		 85 -14
82.
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Duncan		 70 +5
72.
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Edward		 84 +8
63.
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Gareth		 97 +17
56.
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Gavin		 111 +5
87.
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Geoffrey		 65 -11
94.
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George		 62 -1
37.
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Glen		 145 -8
55.
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Glenn		 112 -10
43.
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Grant		 140 +10
50.
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Gregory		 129 -19
41.
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Hamish		 142 -11
32.
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Hayden		 180 +9
81.
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Ian		 73 -16
99.
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Jacob		 58 new
8.
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James		 491 +1
31.
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Jamie		 181 +3
62.
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Jared		 101 +32
96.
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Jarrod		 60 new
6.
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Jason		 549 +1
24.
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Jeremy		 260 +8
19.
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John		 292 -2
29.
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Jonathan		 190 -2
34.
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Joseph		 162 +5
56.
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Joshua		 111 +14
30.
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Justin		 188 -6
35.
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Karl		 155 0
87.
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Kenneth		 65 new
100.
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Kerry		 57 -16
64.
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Kevin		 94 +2
67.
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Lee		 87 +4
91.
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Leon		 63 -8
98.
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Marcus		 59 new
5.
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Mark		 555 +1
84.
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Martin		 69 -5
45.
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Mathew		 138 +3
7.
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Matthew		 530 -4
1.
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Michael		 754 0
23.
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Nathan		 267 -1
18.
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Nicholas		 310 +1
35.
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Nigel		 155 +6
69.
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Patrick		 86 -10
9.
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Paul		 455 -1
26.
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Peter		 220 -1
47.
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Philip		 135 +9
38.
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Phillip		 144 +8
85.
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Quentin		 67 new
82.
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Raymond		 70 -11
75.
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Regan		 83 new
91.
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Rhys		 63 -7
11.
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Richard		 423 0
17.
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Robert		 316 -1
77.
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Ross		 78 -1
40.
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Ryan		 143 +11
33.
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Samuel		 165 +15
12.
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Scott		 365 +1
69.
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Sean		 86 +4
20.
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Shane		 291 -1
54.
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Shannon		 116 +43
44.
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Shaun		 139 +3
13.
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Simon		 356 -1
16.
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Stephen		 317 +2
25.
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Steven		 244 -4
65.
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Stuart		 92 -1
47.
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Thomas		 135 +7
21.
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Timothy		 274 +2
38.
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Tony		 144 +3
66.
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Troy		 88 +23
42.
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Wayne		 141 -4
27.
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William		 200 +6
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
74.
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Alison		 69 +7
9.
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Amanda		 316 0
26.
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Amy		 157 +18
21.
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Andrea		 173 +12
3.
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Angela		 434 0
53.
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Anita		 101 +20
10.
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Anna		 312 +7
56.
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Belinda		 98 -14
73.
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Bridget		 70 -11
92.
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Bronwyn		 58 -13
85.
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Carla		 62 +8
61.
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Caroline		 90 -2
87.
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Carolyn		 61 +2
27.
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Catherine		 154 -4
50.
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Charlotte		 106 +21
98.
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Cherie		 56 -17
91.
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Christina		 59 -1
63.
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Christine		 87 -17
46.
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Claire		 110 +12
43.
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Deborah		 113 -9
39.
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Donna		 118 -8
19.
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Elizabeth		 185 0
79.
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Emily		 65 -11
17.
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Emma		 210 +1
94.
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Erin		 57 new
25.
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Fiona		 159 -1
98.
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Hannah		 56 new
59.
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Hayley		 94 +6
94.
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Heather		 57 -7
72.
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Heidi		 71 +9
32.
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Helen		 141 +3
68.
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Jacqueline		 78 -19
44.
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Jane		 112 +12
67.
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Janine		 80 +8
27.
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Jennifer		 154 +2
65.
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Jessica		 83 new
50.
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Joanna		 106 -12
15.
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Joanne		 223 -4
81.
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Jolene		 64 +19
79.
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Julia		 65 +21
31.
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Julie		 147 -6
16.
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Karen		 213 0
65.
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Kate		 83 +3
40.
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Katherine		 116 +14
87.
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Kathleen		 61 new
40.
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Kathryn		 116 +4
81.
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Katie		 64 +16
29.
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Katrina		 149 -3
12.
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Kelly		 285 +10
84.
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Kerry		 63 new
24.
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Kim		 161 +3
74.
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Kirsten		 69 -18
42.
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Kirsty		 114 +4
13.
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Kylie		 256 +1
98.
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Leah		 56 -5
52.
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Leanne		 104 -3
87.
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Linda		 61 -6
6.
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Lisa		 361 -2
48.
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Louise		 108 -8
35.
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Maria		 123 +13
87.
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Marie		 61 -12
74.
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Mary		 69 -3
22.
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Megan		 167 -1
8.
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Melanie		 329 +2
11.
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Melissa		 293 +1
5.
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Michelle		 366 +1
92.
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Nadine		 58 new
30.
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Natalie		 148 -1
14.
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Natasha		 230 -6
4.
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Nicola		 379 -2
33.
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Nicole		 133 +4
70.
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Olivia		 73 new
37.
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Paula		 121 -10
94.
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Philippa		 57 -13
34.
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Rachael		 130 -2
7.
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Rachel		 333 0
2.
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Rebecca		 483 +3
53.
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Renee		 101 +10
55.
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Rochelle		 99 -4
94.
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Ruth		 57 new
85.
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Sally		 62 -8
77.
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Sara		 67 new
1.
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Sarah		 617 0
49.
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Shannon		 107 +28
60.
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Sharon		 91 -5
58.
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Shelley		 95 +3
98.
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Sheree		 56 new
98.
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Sonia		 56 new
38.
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Stacey		 120 +26
57.
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Stephanie		 96 -16
46.
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Susan		 110 -8
71.
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Suzanne		 72 -18
18.
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Tania		 195 -3
81.
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Tanya		 64 -1
77.
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Teresa		 67 -12
62.
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Tina		 88 -10
64.
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Toni		 85 +1
22.
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Tracey		 167 -9
35.
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Tracy		 123 +1
20.
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Vanessa		 177 0
45.
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Victoria		 111 -2
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Wendy		 74 -9
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand