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		 882 0
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Mark		 734 +3
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Andrew		 700 0
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David		 697 0
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Jason		 686 -3
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Paul		 663 0
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Matthew		 583 +1
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Daniel		 554 +9
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Craig		 534 -2
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Christopher		 517 -1
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Richard		 488 -1
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Aaron		 463 -1
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James		 440 +2
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Robert		 436 -2
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John		 399 -1
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Stephen		 373 -3
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Shane		 355 +1
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Simon		 351 -2
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Scott		 327 0
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Steven		 319 +2
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Peter		 310 -1
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Nicholas		 307 -1
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Nathan		 281 +15
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Anthony		 263 -1
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Justin		 260 0
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Grant		 255 -2
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Timothy		 239 +7
28.
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Glenn		 230 +2
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Dean		 225 -3
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Tony		 222 +7
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Jonathan		 206 +1
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Gregory		 202 -3
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Brendon		 201 -2
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William		 199 -7
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Jeremy		 195 -1
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Wayne		 193 -9
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Glen		 191 +14
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Brent		 181 -2
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Darren		 171 +2
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Benjamin		 166 +17
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Shaun		 162 +4
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Nigel		 161 +1
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Adam		 153 -1
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Karl		 153 -11
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Stuart		 149 +2
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Phillip		 147 -2
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Hamish		 145 -8
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Philip		 145 -2
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Carl		 138 0
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Blair		 136 +6
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Dion		 136 +1
52.
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Joseph		 127 -2
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Kevin		 127 -12
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Thomas		 121 +8
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Mathew		 115 +9
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Gavin		 112 -8
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Ian		 112 +10
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Brett		 111 -4
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Clinton		 110 0
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Samuel		 110 +18
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Brian		 108 -8
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Sean		 107 +1
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Brendan		 106 +18
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Bruce		 99 +2
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Jamie		 99 +10
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Martin		 99 -6
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Cameron		 97 +18
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Edward		 97 +2
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Hayden		 97 new
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Adrian		 96 -15
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Raymond		 96 -9
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Alan		 94 +19
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Joshua		 94 new
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Gary		 92 +7
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Ryan		 92 +6
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Gareth		 88 -17
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Troy		 88 +12
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Duncan		 86 new
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Kerry		 86 -6
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Colin		 84 new
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Damian		 84 +1
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George		 83 +7
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Bradley		 82 +15
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Patrick		 81 -14
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Geoffrey		 79 -21
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Lance		 78 -16
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Antony		 76 +2
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Todd		 75 -9
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Bevan		 74 -13
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Damon		 74 new
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Leon		 71 +8
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Russell		 70 new
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Darryl		 69 -2
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Kyle		 69 +2
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Jared		 68 new
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Kelvin		 68 +2
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Marcus		 68 -14
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Julian		 67 -12
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Graeme		 65 -8
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Rodney		 65 new
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Warren		 65 -31
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 507 +5
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Michelle		 489 -1
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Lisa		 476 -1
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Nicola		 469 -1
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Rachel		 454 -2
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Angela		 438 -1
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Rebecca		 412 +2
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Melanie		 349 +9
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Joanne		 340 -2
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Tracey		 303 -2
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Amanda		 298 +3
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Tania		 267 0
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Karen		 259 -3
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Kim		 244 +6
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Fiona		 239 +2
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Vanessa		 230 -1
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Melissa		 229 -4
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Megan		 228 +3
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Katrina		 227 +16
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Kelly		 220 -9
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Anna		 219 +6
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Deborah		 219 -5
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Kylie		 218 +5
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Andrea		 215 -1
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Julie		 210 -3
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Rachael		 210 0
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Elizabeth		 202 +6
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Donna		 198 -2
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Catherine		 193 -10
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Paula		 185 -6
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Natasha		 183 +7
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Tracy		 174 -2
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Emma		 169 +23
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Helen		 162 -2
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Jennifer		 162 -4
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Jane		 151 +4
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Shelley		 149 +11
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Kirsten		 146 +13
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Joanna		 145 +6
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Jacqueline		 140 -1
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Louise		 139 +3
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Rochelle		 138 -8
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Victoria		 136 +6
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Bridget		 135 +18
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Susan		 135 -16
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Sharon		 134 -9
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Stephanie		 133 -4
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Christine		 131 -8
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Tina		 130 +5
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Katherine		 128 +2
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Kathryn		 127 -6
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Leanne		 125 -16
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Belinda		 124 +10
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Wendy		 121 -12
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Janine		 118 -8
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Justine		 114 -1
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Maria		 114 +3
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Suzanne		 113 -8
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Nicole		 109 +2
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Bronwyn		 107 -3
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Sandra		 102 -3
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Kirsty		 97 -3
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Claire		 93 +10
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Linda		 93 +7
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Sally		 93 +26
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Teresa		 93 -10
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Natalie		 92 -3
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Caroline		 89 +5
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Toni		 89 -4
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Carolyn		 87 +9
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Tanya		 87 -2
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Robyn		 84 +16
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Anita		 83 -3
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Carla		 83 new
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Patricia		 82 0
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Kate		 81 +18
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Vicki		 81 -1
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Mary		 80 -12
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Cherie		 79 -12
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Hayley		 78 +7
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Heather		 72 -6
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Margaret		 71 -1
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Alison		 68 -1
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Julia		 67 +9
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Annette		 66 +4
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Brenda		 66 +9
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Kerry		 66 0
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Carmen		 65 -20
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Charlotte		 65 new
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Christina		 65 +12
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Cindy		 65 new
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Maree		 65 +4
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Sharlene		 64 new
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Debbie		 63 -5
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Philippa		 63 -22
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Sheree		 63 new
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Sonya		 63 new
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Kathleen		 62 new
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Kiri		 62 new
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Stacey		 62 +1
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand