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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Michael		 921 +1
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Jason		 788 -1
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Andrew		 734 +1
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David		 709 -1
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Mark		 704 +2
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Paul		 682 -1
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Craig		 655 -1
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Matthew		 613 +3
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Christopher		 545 0
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Richard		 529 0
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Aaron		 521 -3
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Robert		 453 0
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Stephen		 431 +1
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John		 424 -1
15.
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James		 394 +4
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Simon		 385 +1
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Daniel		 380 +11
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Shane		 370 0
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Scott		 362 -4
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Peter		 325 -4
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Nicholas		 317 +2
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Steven		 295 -2
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Anthony		 252 -2
24.
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Grant		 247 -2
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Justin		 234 +1
26.
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Dean		 218 +11
27.
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Wayne		 215 -2
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William		 215 +2
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Gregory		 210 -5
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Glenn		 205 +3
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Brendon		 199 +4
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Jonathan		 195 +7
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Karl		 195 +9
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Jeremy		 192 +10
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Timothy		 192 -7
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Brent		 191 -5
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Tony		 182 -7
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Nathan		 177 +7
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Hamish		 173 +9
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Kevin		 170 +2
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Darren		 168 -10
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Adam		 167 +7
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Nigel		 164 -6
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Phillip		 160 +2
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Philip		 157 -9
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Shaun		 157 +19
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Stuart		 153 0
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Gavin		 149 -5
49.
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Carl		 141 0
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Joseph		 138 +4
51.
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Dion		 136 +7
51.
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Glen		 136 -17
53.
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Brian		 135 -2
54.
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Brett		 134 -14
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Adrian		 132 +3
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Blair		 131 +1
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Benjamin		 120 +27
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Martin		 118 +5
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Clinton		 117 +16
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Gareth		 117 +23
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Raymond		 116 +10
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Thomas		 113 -4
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Sean		 112 -7
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Geoffrey		 110 -13
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Mathew		 110 +11
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Bruce		 108 -12
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Ian		 108 -13
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Warren		 106 +11
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Edward		 105 -7
70.
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Lance		 96 -5
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Patrick		 96 -9
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Kerry		 95 +3
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Ross		 92 -6
74.
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Jamie		 91 +18
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Vaughan		 91 +9
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Bevan		 90 new
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Samuel		 89 new
78.
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Jeffrey		 88 +3
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Todd		 86 -4
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Ryan		 85 +12
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Brendan		 84 +16
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Damian		 84 +7
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Gary		 84 -14
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Marcus		 84 new
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Cameron		 83 -19
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Julian		 82 +1
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Malcolm		 82 new
88.
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Troy		 80 new
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Antony		 79 -4
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George		 79 -1
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Alan		 78 -22
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Corey		 78 new
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Darryl		 78 +1
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Graeme		 78 -12
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Allan		 74 new
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Kyle		 74 new
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Kelvin		 73 new
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Bradley		 70 new
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Leon		 68 new
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Murray		 68 -26
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Michelle		 528 0
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Lisa		 520 0
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Nicola		 489 +1
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Rachel		 489 0
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Angela		 440 +1
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Sarah		 438 +1
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Joanne		 427 -2
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Tracey		 355 0
9.
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Rebecca		 344 +11
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Karen		 331 -1
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Kelly		 293 0
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Tania		 289 -2
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Melissa		 288 +13
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Amanda		 275 -1
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Vanessa		 267 +6
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Deborah		 259 -3
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Fiona		 249 0
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Melanie		 249 +2
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Catherine		 247 +7
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Kim		 239 -8
21.
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Megan		 234 +3
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Julie		 222 -4
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Andrea		 220 -8
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Paula		 219 -2
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Rachael		 217 +4
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Donna		 211 -4
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Anna		 201 +13
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Kylie		 196 +26
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Susan		 196 -3
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Jennifer		 188 0
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Tracy		 188 -15
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Helen		 183 +5
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Elizabeth		 181 -1
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Rochelle		 178 -2
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Katrina		 177 +1
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Leanne		 175 +2
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Sharon		 171 -11
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Natasha		 170 +11
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Jacqueline		 168 -8
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Christine		 161 -6
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Jane		 161 +4
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Wendy		 158 -7
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Stephanie		 155 -2
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Louise		 153 +2
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Joanna		 152 -3
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Kathryn		 152 -2
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Janine		 148 0
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Shelley		 147 +3
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Victoria		 144 -4
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Suzanne		 141 -11
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Kirsten		 135 +2
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Katherine		 134 +5
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Teresa		 130 +3
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Tina		 128 -4
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Justine		 127 -1
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Emma		 123 +2
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Bronwyn		 122 +11
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Sandra		 119 -10
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Kirsty		 114 +24
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Maria		 114 -7
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Nicole		 109 +6
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Bridget		 107 +27
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Belinda		 104 +12
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Natalie		 99 +1
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Toni		 99 -4
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Mary		 95 -7
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Cherie		 94 +3
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Carmen		 93 +16
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Tanya		 93 -5
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Anita		 89 +22
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Linda		 89 -9
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Philippa		 87 +20
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Caroline		 83 +14
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Claire		 83 +17
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Gina		 82 +19
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Heather		 82 +2
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Patricia		 82 +3
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Vicki		 82 -13
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Carolyn		 80 +3
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Penelope		 79 +17
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Margaret		 78 +18
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Alison		 76 -14
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Diane		 75 +1
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Cheryl		 73 -10
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Denise		 72 -22
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Kerry		 72 -20
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Hayley		 71 new
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Robyn		 70 -17
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Annette		 69 new
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Debbie		 69 -17
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Sally		 69 -3
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Maree		 68 -20
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Julia		 67 -15
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Brenda		 65 -19
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Debra		 65 -16
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Jodie		 65 new
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Kate		 65 new
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Marie		 63 new
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Stacey		 62 new
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Christina		 61 -4
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Georgina		 61 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand