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		 745 +1
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Daniel		 726 -1
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Matthew		 671 +1
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James		 586 -1
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Christopher		 538 0
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David		 527 0
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Samuel		 490 +4
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Andrew		 469 -1
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Joshua		 465 0
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Nicholas		 461 0
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Benjamin		 441 -3
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Jason		 368 +3
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Adam		 335 +1
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Thomas		 314 +3
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Mark		 307 -3
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Robert		 292 0
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Richard		 287 -4
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Timothy		 287 +2
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Scott		 279 0
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William		 260 +1
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Simon		 255 +6
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John		 246 -4
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Aaron		 244 +2
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Ryan		 240 +4
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Joseph		 236 -3
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Jonathan		 233 -2
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Paul		 228 -4
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Nathan		 208 +1
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Steven		 197 +2
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Peter		 195 +6
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Anthony		 193 +3
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Luke		 193 -6
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Jeremy		 189 0
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Hayden		 171 -5
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Cameron		 164 +2
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Shane		 152 -4
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Stephen		 150 +2
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Bradley		 148 +4
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Craig		 140 +1
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Phillip		 138 +5
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Alexander		 135 +12
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Mathew		 134 -5
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Hamish		 133 +1
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Shaun		 131 -1
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Jamie		 128 -10
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Kyle		 114 +4
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Dylan		 110 +1
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Karl		 109 -2
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Caleb		 99 +31
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Kieran		 99 +8
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Patrick		 97 +5
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Justin		 95 +13
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Jared		 92 -12
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Joel		 92 -5
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Blair		 91 -8
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Jacob		 87 -2
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Troy		 86 +36
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Ashley		 84 +30
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Tony		 82 -5
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Jesse		 81 +20
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Kane		 81 +33
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Philip		 81 +1
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Edward		 79 -6
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Gareth		 78 -13
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Lance		 77 -14
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Dean		 76 +2
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Liam		 76 new
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George		 75 -5
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Jordan		 75 -3
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Carl		 73 -10
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Charles		 73 +23
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Gregory		 73 -1
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Logan		 73 -7
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Shannon		 73 +29
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Brent		 70 -4
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Brendon		 67 -9
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Brett		 65 -15
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Oliver		 65 -3
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Sean		 65 -4
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Raymond		 63 -6
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Alan		 62 +9
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Brendan		 62 -5
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Cody		 62 new
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Ricky		 62 -12
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Sam		 60 new
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Adrian		 59 +7
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Ben		 59 -27
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Grant		 59 -1
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Isaac		 59 -10
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Kurt		 57 +9
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Lee		 57 +9
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Corey		 56 -4
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Stuart		 56 -21
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Harley		 54 new
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Mitchell		 52 new
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Brad		 51 -4
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Henry		 51 new
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Kevin		 51 -13
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Darren		 50 new
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Leon		 50 new
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Martin		 50 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 794 0
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Jessica		 458 0
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Emma		 394 +2
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Rebecca		 354 -1
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Amanda		 353 -1
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Nicole		 310 +25
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Amy		 269 -1
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Melissa		 249 -1
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Michelle		 235 +6
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Lisa		 233 -1
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Anna		 230 -1
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Rachel		 224 -4
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Nicola		 210 -3
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Laura		 209 -1
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Kelly		 193 -1
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Samantha		 188 +13
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Kylie		 185 -1
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Elizabeth		 183 +5
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Hayley		 183 0
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Stacey		 181 +5
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Hannah		 176 +3
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Natasha		 175 +4
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Jenna		 169 -11
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Jennifer		 165 -4
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Kate		 163 -8
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Stephanie		 162 0
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Renee		 159 -8
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Gemma		 155 -7
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Angela		 141 -1
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Charlotte		 135 +14
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Megan		 133 -1
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Lauren		 132 +2
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Victoria		 131 +5
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Katie		 130 +1
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Danielle		 124 +6
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Holly		 122 -3
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Natalie		 114 -15
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Kayla		 112 new
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Emily		 111 +8
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Olivia		 111 +12
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Claire		 108 -10
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Katherine		 107 -5
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Sophie		 107 +13
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Sara		 105 +19
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Kirsty		 104 +3
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Melanie		 104 +4
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Catherine		 100 -9
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Tracey		 100 -9
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Alice		 98 +20
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Christina		 98 +17
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Vanessa		 98 -4
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Aimee		 96 -9
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Erin		 95 -11
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Julia		 93 -9
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Tania		 89 -2
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Lucy		 82 +6
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Jamie		 81 +1
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Katrina		 81 +12
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Monique		 81 +23
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Rachael		 80 -24
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Shannon		 80 -10
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Ashleigh		 79 new
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Ashley		 79 new
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Alana		 78 -1
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Amber		 78 -5
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Maria		 77 -7
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Tara		 77 -1
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Fiona		 76 +7
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Kathryn		 76 +13
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Alexandra		 75 +2
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Toni		 75 +3
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Helen		 74 -21
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Rochelle		 74 -6
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Louise		 73 -19
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Christine		 72 +11
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Kimberley		 72 -7
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Nikita		 71 new
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Casey		 70 0
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Joanna		 70 -24
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Jasmine		 69 -25
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Jane		 63 -8
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Crystal		 61 +4
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Alicia		 60 -7
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Georgina		 58 new
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Krystal		 58 -13
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Haley		 57 -5
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Joanne		 57 -9
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Rebekah		 57 new
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Andrea		 56 -30
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Anita		 55 -1
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Brooke		 55 new
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Philippa		 54 +6
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Courtney		 50 -2
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Jade		 50 -8
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Amelia		 49 new
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Jacqueline		 49 -3
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Chloe		 48 new
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Julie		 48 0
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Gina		 47 -7
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Karen		 47 -1
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand