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		 768 +1
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Matthew		 764 +4
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Daniel		 721 -2
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James		 641 -1
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David		 575 0
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Andrew		 557 -2
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Christopher		 541 0
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Nicholas		 397 +1
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Jason		 382 -1
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Mark		 373 0
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Benjamin		 354 0
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Richard		 352 0
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Timothy		 335 0
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Joshua		 331 +9
15.
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John		 313 -1
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Samuel		 307 +2
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Aaron		 295 +5
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Paul		 294 -2
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Jonathan		 283 -5
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Scott		 280 -3
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Adam		 279 -2
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Robert		 270 -2
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Simon		 261 -2
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William		 238 +1
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Luke		 225 +1
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Thomas		 222 +8
27.
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Steven		 214 +1
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Jeremy		 212 +9
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Nathan		 204 -3
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Stephen		 202 -1
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Craig		 192 +1
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Joseph		 192 +4
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Ryan		 192 +2
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Shane		 190 -10
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Peter		 186 -4
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Shaun		 171 -1
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Hayden		 166 0
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Gareth		 145 -8
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Cameron		 144 +2
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Jamie		 139 0
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Anthony		 136 -2
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Bradley		 135 +4
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Lance		 126 +23
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Blair		 124 0
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Carl		 124 +10
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Justin		 123 +3
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Phillip		 119 +1
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Hamish		 118 -3
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Karl		 118 -2
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Mathew		 111 -8
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Brett		 99 +24
52.
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Jared		 96 -9
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Tony		 95 +3
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Alexander		 94 +3
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Stuart		 94 +1
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Gregory		 93 -5
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Philip		 88 -7
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Jacob		 86 +31
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Dean		 85 +17
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Joel		 85 +9
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Brendon		 83 -9
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Edward		 83 0
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Troy		 79 +32
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George		 75 +6
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Patrick		 75 -4
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Shannon		 75 +8
67.
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Kyle		 74 +28
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Damian		 73 -10
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Ben		 72 +20
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Dylan		 72 +15
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Sean		 69 -8
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Nigel		 68 +13
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Brendan		 67 -20
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Caleb		 67 +22
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Jordan		 67 +19
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Kevin		 67 -12
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Travis		 65 new
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Brad		 64 +22
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Corey		 64 +11
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Glen		 64 -12
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Grant		 64 -19
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Kane		 64 -1
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Charles		 63 new
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Douglas		 63 +4
85.
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Clinton		 62 new
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Kieran		 62 new
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Adrian		 59 -17
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Ricky		 59 +8
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Geoffrey		 58 -10
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Logan		 58 -11
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Brent		 57 -22
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Ian		 56 -28
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Raymond		 56 -20
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Marcus		 54 -9
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Oliver		 54 new
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Ross		 54 -13
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Lee		 53 -10
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Leon		 52 -17
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Rory		 52 new
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Damien		 51 0
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Glenn		 51 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 678 0
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Rebecca		 450 0
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Emma		 364 0
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Kelly		 363 0
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Jessica		 339 +7
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Lisa		 331 -1
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Amy		 318 0
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Melissa		 308 +3
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Anna		 301 -3
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Rachel		 289 -2
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Nicola		 287 -1
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Michelle		 262 -3
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Angela		 194 +1
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Amanda		 188 -1
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Jennifer		 186 +8
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Natasha		 186 +3
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Hayley		 181 0
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Kylie		 177 -3
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Elizabeth		 173 -3
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Renee		 167 0
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Stacey		 162 +1
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Kate		 158 +4
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Natalie		 153 -4
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Laura		 152 +31
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Julia		 151 +17
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Melanie		 151 +1
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Tania		 144 -6
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Hannah		 137 +1
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Tracey		 132 -4
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Claire		 131 +1
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Aimee		 125 +4
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Megan		 122 -9
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Catherine		 120 -1
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Louise		 117 -6
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Amber		 115 +3
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Stephanie		 115 +20
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Victoria		 115 -5
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Gemma		 114 +26
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Rachael		 114 +3
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Erin		 112 +5
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Charlotte		 111 +6
42.
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Katie		 106 -9
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Danielle		 104 +1
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Kimberley		 104 -3
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Nicole		 99 -8
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Vanessa		 98 -8
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Emily		 97 +24
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Alana		 95 +4
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Joanne		 95 -2
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Katrina		 93 -15
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Helen		 92 +6
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Katherine		 91 -18
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Crystal		 90 +31
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Joanna		 90 +6
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Lauren		 89 +19
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Kirsty		 88 -3
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Andrea		 86 0
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Olivia		 86 +22
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Monique		 83 -17
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Shannon		 82 +7
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Karen		 80 -8
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Julie		 79 -14
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Krystal		 79 +35
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Lucy		 78 +27
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Fiona		 77 -14
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Tracy		 74 -4
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Rochelle		 73 -18
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Kathryn		 72 -9
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Kim		 72 -6
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Alice		 71 -21
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Holly		 70 new
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Jamie		 70 +28
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Maria		 69 -12
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Donna		 68 +3
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Jane		 68 +17
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Sara		 68 -6
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Caroline		 67 -1
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Toni		 67 +2
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Ruth		 66 new
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Samantha		 65 new
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Mary		 64 -13
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Bridget		 63 0
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Shelley		 63 -10
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Jacqueline		 62 -1
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Casey		 60 +6
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Anita		 59 -13
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Jasmine		 59 -7
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Alicia		 58 +3
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Frances		 57 -4
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Jade		 57 -21
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Rebekah		 56 new
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Naomi		 55 -15
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Susan		 55 new
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Heather		 54 new
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Georgina		 53 new
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Haley		 53 new
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Jenna		 53 new
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Christina		 52 -7
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Christine		 52 new
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Teresa		 52 -23
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand