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		 1,025 0
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Michael		 871 0
3.
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David		 826 0
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Andrew		 812 +1
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Paul		 755 -1
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Craig		 725 0
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Mark		 717 0
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Aaron		 612 +2
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Christopher		 608 -1
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Richard		 561 -1
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Matthew		 542 +4
12.
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Robert		 475 +1
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John		 467 -2
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Stephen		 462 -2
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Scott		 400 +4
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Peter		 394 -2
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Simon		 390 +5
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Shane		 375 -2
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James		 374 -1
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Steven		 326 -3
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Anthony		 311 -1
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Grant		 291 -1
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Nicholas		 261 +4
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Gregory		 257 0
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Wayne		 252 -2
26.
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Justin		 251 +8
27.
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Timothy		 232 +6
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Daniel		 225 +13
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William		 218 +1
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Tony		 216 -1
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Brent		 214 -5
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Darren		 214 0
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Glenn		 210 -5
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Glen		 209 +10
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Brendon		 202 0
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Philip		 196 +2
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Dean		 193 -12
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Nigel		 193 -5
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Jonathan		 188 +1
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Brett		 172 -1
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Karl		 170 +6
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Kevin		 166 -5
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Gavin		 157 +9
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Jeremy		 155 -1
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Nathan		 153 +19
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Phillip		 142 -1
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Stuart		 138 -11
48.
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Hamish		 135 +1
49.
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Adam		 129 +13
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Carl		 129 +4
51.
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Brian		 128 +5
51.
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Geoffrey		 128 -1
53.
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Ian		 127 -11
54.
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Bruce		 125 +1
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Joseph		 125 +9
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Sean		 124 -9
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Blair		 121 -11
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Adrian		 119 +11
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Dion		 119 0
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Thomas		 119 +1
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Patrick		 118 +5
62.
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Edward		 114 +19
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Martin		 113 -12
64.
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Shaun		 112 +22
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Lance		 111 +29
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Cameron		 105 +22
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Gary		 104 -14
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Ross		 104 -8
69.
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Alan		 102 -8
70.
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Colin		 100 +9
71.
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Barry		 99 -4
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Raymond		 99 +2
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Murray		 98 -6
74.
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Graham		 94 +7
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Clinton		 93 +4
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Kerry		 93 -1
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Mathew		 93 0
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Todd		 93 +11
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Graeme		 92 -10
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Warren		 92 -23
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Jeffrey		 91 -12
82.
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Gareth		 90 +8
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Vaughan		 89 +14
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Benjamin		 87 0
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Antony		 86 -21
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Neil		 85 -9
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Julian		 84 new
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Damian		 81 new
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George		 81 +3
90.
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Douglas		 80 +9
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Roger		 80 -1
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Darryl		 78 -15
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Jamie		 78 new
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Rodney		 78 -17
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Ryan		 78 new
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Charles		 77 new
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Brendan		 76 -28
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Trevor		 75 -13
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Kenneth		 73 new
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Russell		 73 -16
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Michelle		 618 +1
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Lisa		 597 -1
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Rachel		 497 0
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Nicola		 480 +1
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Joanne		 477 -1
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Angela		 455 +2
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Sarah		 449 +6
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Tracey		 440 -1
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Karen		 382 -3
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Tania		 350 -1
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Kelly		 330 +3
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Kim		 294 +3
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Amanda		 291 -2
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Deborah		 291 -3
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Andrea		 259 +5
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Tracy		 259 -3
17.
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Fiona		 256 +2
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Julie		 249 -2
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Melanie		 238 +10
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Rebecca		 235 +2
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Vanessa		 228 -4
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Donna		 222 -1
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Paula		 222 +5
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Megan		 218 +10
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Susan		 216 -7
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Catherine		 213 -3
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Melissa		 213 +18
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Sharon		 213 -2
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Rachael		 203 -5
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Jennifer		 202 +1
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Jacqueline		 199 -5
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Elizabeth		 192 -4
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Rochelle		 192 +7
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Christine		 191 -4
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Wendy		 185 -3
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Katrina		 184 +11
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Helen		 181 -4
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Leanne		 175 -1
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Suzanne		 174 -5
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Anna		 173 +1
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Stephanie		 171 +10
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Joanna		 170 -6
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Kathryn		 168 -2
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Jane		 167 -3
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Victoria		 162 -1
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Louise		 160 +3
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Janine		 157 -1
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Sandra		 149 -10
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Natasha		 147 +42
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Tina		 143 -10
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Shelley		 138 -2
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Maria		 136 -4
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Kirsten		 126 +17
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Justine		 125 0
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Kylie		 125 new
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Teresa		 124 +4
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Katherine		 115 +21
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Emma		 113 +14
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Mary		 111 +3
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Toni		 109 -2
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Linda		 106 -9
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Vicki		 105 +1
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Denise		 101 -3
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Tanya		 101 +1
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Kerry		 95 +10
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Natalie		 95 new
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Nicole		 92 -11
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Alison		 91 -1
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Bronwyn		 91 -2
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Cherie		 89 +5
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Robyn		 87 -18
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Debbie		 84 +17
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Maree		 84 +2
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Cheryl		 83 -20
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Belinda		 82 -10
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Brenda		 82 +5
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Heather		 79 -8
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Debra		 78 +2
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Julia		 78 +8
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Patricia		 78 -22
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Sharlene		 78 +11
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Carolyn		 77 -23
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Kirsty		 76 +9
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Carmen		 75 new
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Diane		 75 +1
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Sally		 74 -6
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Caroline		 72 -20
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Ruth		 72 new
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Bridget		 71 -19
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Anne		 70 -10
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Claire		 70 -10
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Anita		 69 0
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Philippa		 69 0
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Gina		 68 new
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Nadine		 68 new
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Christina		 67 new
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Kellie		 66 new
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Penelope		 66 +1
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Margaret		 65 -26
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Charlotte		 64 new
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Rachelle		 64 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand