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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David		 1,057 +1
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Michael		 1,051 -1
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Paul		 933 +1
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Mark		 900 +1
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Andrew		 853 -2
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Jason		 721 +13
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Christopher		 660 -1
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John		 655 0
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Stephen		 655 +2
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Craig		 620 +3
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Peter		 561 -4
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Richard		 561 -2
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Shane		 559 -1
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Robert		 537 -3
15.
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Steven		 417 +3
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Anthony		 380 +4
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James		 368 -2
18.
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Grant		 358 -1
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Wayne		 352 -5
20.
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Dean		 339 -4
21.
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Simon		 318 +2
22.
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Gregory		 313 -1
23.
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Matthew		 301 +9
24.
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Timothy		 271 +4
25.
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Scott		 258 +11
26.
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Tony		 252 +5
27.
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Nigel		 246 +2
28.
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Darren		 245 +9
29.
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William		 238 -5
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Philip		 235 0
31.
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Brent		 232 -9
32.
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Brett		 221 -5
33.
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Ian		 213 -8
34.
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Gary		 209 +1
35.
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Glenn		 204 -1
36.
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Kevin		 203 -10
37.
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Brendon		 194 +29
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Nicholas		 192 +3
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Brian		 191 -6
40.
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Phillip		 186 -1
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Jonathan		 180 +17
42.
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Daniel		 178 +18
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Martin		 178 +2
44.
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Bruce		 177 -4
45.
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Aaron		 165 +3
46.
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Warren		 159 +7
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Karl		 154 +25
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Sean		 151 -10
49.
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Alan		 147 -7
50.
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Geoffrey		 145 +1
51.
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Stuart		 143 -8
52.
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Neil		 141 +17
53.
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Colin		 138 -4
54.
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Adrian		 134 +12
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Carl		 134 +15
56.
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Shaun		 132 -11
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Antony		 127 +15
57.
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Graeme		 127 -10
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Murray		 127 -8
60.
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Glen		 126 +3
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Gavin		 124 -7
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Edward		 121 +14
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Thomas		 119 0
64.
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Ross		 116 -18
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Trevor		 116 -5
66.
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Brendan		 115 +18
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Graham		 115 +8
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Raymond		 115 -4
69.
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Barry		 113 -9
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Rodney		 113 -18
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Roger		 113 +6
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Joseph		 112 -7
73.
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Allan		 110 -17
74.
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Jeffrey		 109 -17
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Patrick		 109 -19
76.
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Kerry		 108 -8
77.
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George		 103 +10
78.
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Dion		 100 +19
79.
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Hamish		 97 +4
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Malcolm		 97 +3
81.
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Blair		 95 +7
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Justin		 95 +12
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Kenneth		 95 -1
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Douglas		 93 -5
85.
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Darryl		 92 +5
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Jeremy		 92 +8
87.
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Adam		 89 -2
88.
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Lee		 88 new
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Kelvin		 86 -11
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Todd		 85 -19
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Russell		 84 -14
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Charles		 83 new
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Lance		 80 -7
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Samuel		 69 +5
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Donald		 68 -6
96.
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Derek		 66 -15
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Nathan		 60 new
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Alistair		 59 new
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Bryan		 59 -8
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Ronald		 59 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Lisa		 934 0
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Michelle		 674 +1
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Karen		 515 -1
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Joanne		 455 +2
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Tania		 445 -1
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Nicola		 430 0
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Angela		 427 +1
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Deborah		 386 +1
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Tracey		 373 +1
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Kim		 359 -5
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Susan		 348 0
12.
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Donna		 334 0
13.
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Sharon		 331 0
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Fiona		 311 +7
15.
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Julie		 309 -1
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Paula		 287 +8
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Sarah		 284 +3
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Andrea		 264 +1
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Christine		 258 -4
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Jacqueline		 256 -2
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Helen		 254 -5
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Rachel		 254 +19
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Sandra		 254 -4
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Catherine		 250 +1
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Elizabeth		 244 -2
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Jennifer		 242 +2
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Wendy		 233 -1
28.
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Amanda		 226 +5
29.
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Leanne		 216 -7
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Tracy		 214 0
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Janine		 211 +4
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Maria		 205 -1
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Joanna		 199 +27
34.
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Vanessa		 198 +15
35.
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Linda		 188 -2
36.
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Jane		 183 -7
37.
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Robyn		 170 -5
38.
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Katrina		 161 +13
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Kathryn		 157 -2
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Louise		 156 -4
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Megan		 154 -14
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Rebecca		 152 +25
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Carolyn		 149 +20
44.
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Suzanne		 144 -1
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Tina		 142 -6
46.
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Heather		 140 +8
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Maree		 136 -5
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Vicki		 136 +1
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Melissa		 130 +31
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Toni		 126 +10
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Victoria		 126 +32
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Mary		 124 -5
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Stephanie		 124 +10
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Alison		 121 -10
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Anna		 120 -10
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Tanya		 114 -15
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Denise		 113 -11
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Justine		 110 +1
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Margaret		 109 -1
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Bronwyn		 106 -4
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Diane		 106 -9
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Patricia		 106 -22
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Debra		 105 +3
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Raewyn		 104 -11
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Brenda		 103 -15
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Melanie		 102 +12
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Shelley		 102 -1
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Katherine		 101 -1
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Teresa		 98 +7
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Anne		 97 -14
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Natalie		 93 +19
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Judith		 92 +10
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Cherie		 91 +11
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Debbie		 91 -1
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Sonya		 88 +2
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Karyn		 86 +24
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Sally		 86 -2
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Kathleen		 85 +9
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Marie		 83 +6
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Rachael		 83 new
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Carol		 82 -26
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Pamela		 79 -4
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Anita		 78 +11
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Christina		 78 +12
85.
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Caroline		 77 -15
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Lynda		 77 -13
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Pauline		 76 -16
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Annette		 75 -21
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Barbara		 75 -8
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Lynette		 74 -27
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Belinda		 73 new
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Ann		 72 0
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Michele		 71 new
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Nicole		 71 new
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Claire		 70 -20
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Philippa		 70 -5
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Emma		 67 new
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Kirsten		 67 +1
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Vicky		 67 new
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Penelope		 65 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand