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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Daniel		 785 +1
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Michael		 744 -1
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Matthew		 676 0
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James		 632 0
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Joshua		 590 +3
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Andrew		 555 0
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Samuel		 542 0
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Christopher		 531 -3
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Benjamin		 478 +1
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David		 470 -1
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Thomas		 409 +1
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Nicholas		 380 -1
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Adam		 326 0
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Jason		 318 +1
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Timothy		 294 -2
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Scott		 292 0
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Joseph		 282 +10
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Richard		 280 -1
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Robert		 280 +4
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William		 277 -1
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Mark		 271 -3
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Ryan		 267 -1
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Simon		 256 0
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Aaron		 253 +2
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Jonathan		 229 +3
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John		 225 -6
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Hayden		 223 +4
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Luke		 215 -4
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Alexander		 203 +6
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Peter		 195 -1
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Nathan		 189 +3
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Paul		 188 -7
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Bradley		 182 +6
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Shaun		 180 +7
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Steven		 178 -5
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Anthony		 175 +2
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Cameron		 174 0
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Jesse		 172 +15
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Shane		 169 -6
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Hamish		 167 -4
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Stephen		 155 0
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Jacob		 148 +4
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Jeremy		 148 -10
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Jamie		 136 -5
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Mathew		 134 +4
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Sean		 134 +11
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Dylan		 127 -1
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Jordan		 122 -5
49.
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Karl		 118 +6
50.
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Jared		 115 +7
51.
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Blair		 110 +22
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Craig		 107 -7
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Joel		 106 -1
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Ashley		 105 -1
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Patrick		 102 -5
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Kane		 93 +12
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Kyle		 93 -6
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Phillip		 92 -14
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Ben		 90 +16
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Troy		 87 0
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Vincent		 87 new
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Liam		 86 +1
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Carl		 83 +4
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Mitchell		 82 +20
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Kieran		 81 -17
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Logan		 81 -3
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Edward		 80 -8
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George		 78 -3
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Justin		 76 +1
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Sam		 76 +21
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Tony		 75 -14
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Kevin		 71 +3
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Alex		 70 +13
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Brendon		 70 +4
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Shannon		 70 +5
76.
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Gregory		 69 -4
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Callum		 68 new
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Dean		 68 -12
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Jack		 68 new
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Rhys		 68 +11
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Philip		 66 -20
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Brendan		 65 +7
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Gareth		 65 -1
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Tyson		 65 new
85.
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Oliver		 64 +5
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Ricky		 64 -12
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Caleb		 62 -23
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Raymond		 62 +5
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Reuben		 62 new
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Lance		 61 -9
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Brett		 60 +1
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Isaac		 59 -21
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Charles		 57 -15
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Corey		 56 +6
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Kurt		 56 -26
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Alan		 55 +2
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Harley		 55 new
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Henry		 55 -2
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Zachary		 53 new
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Micheal		 52 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 667 0
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Emma		 495 +1
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Jessica		 474 -1
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Rebecca		 369 +3
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Samantha		 366 +3
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Nicole		 332 -1
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Amanda		 302 -3
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Rachel		 270 +4
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Amy		 268 -3
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Anna		 264 0
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Laura		 257 +4
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Hannah		 251 +1
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Lisa		 226 -2
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Melissa		 223 -5
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Kylie		 209 +9
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Natasha		 202 +2
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Stephanie		 196 +1
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Danielle		 189 +8
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Kate		 187 -2
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Ashleigh		 184 +11
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Stacey		 183 -5
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Michelle		 174 -8
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Elizabeth		 173 -3
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Renee		 165 -3
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Sophie		 160 +13
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Kelly		 149 -3
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Megan		 145 +5
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Natalie		 144 +6
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Nicola		 144 -6
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Hayley		 143 -2
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Chelsea		 139 +32
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Jennifer		 133 -5
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Chloe		 127 +30
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Katie		 125 +8
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Ashley		 123 0
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Holly		 121 +5
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Jenna		 120 -12
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Courtney		 119 +7
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Jasmine		 119 +20
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Charlotte		 118 -4
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Lauren		 118 +9
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Olivia		 118 -2
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Victoria		 117 -15
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Kimberley		 115 -2
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Emily		 113 -9
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Gemma		 111 -18
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Katherine		 111 +10
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Christina		 110 +12
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Alexandra		 109 +6
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Claire		 108 -17
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Alice		 107 +2
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Erin		 107 -4
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Vanessa		 100 +1
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Melanie		 98 +2
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Catherine		 96 -9
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Amber		 95 +18
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Jade		 90 +19
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Kirsty		 90 +14
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Tracey		 90 -6
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Lucy		 89 -12
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Aimee		 87 -11
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Joanna		 87 +33
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Tamara		 85 new
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Angela		 84 -26
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Rachael		 84 -13
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Sara		 84 +4
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Monique		 83 -5
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Shannon		 83 +5
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Alicia		 82 +14
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Jessie		 81 +18
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Kathryn		 81 -7
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Zoe		 80 new
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Louise		 79 -15
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Kayla		 77 -30
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Maria		 73 -2
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Toni		 73 -15
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Tara		 71 +8
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Helen		 70 +4
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Julia		 70 -10
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Katrina		 69 -13
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Casey		 68 0
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Rochelle		 68 -2
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Grace		 65 -15
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Tessa		 63 +10
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Christine		 62 +2
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Tania		 62 -19
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Rebekah		 60 new
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Bridget		 59 +3
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Brooke		 57 -15
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Amelia		 56 -5
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Leah		 56 +4
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Ashlee		 55 new
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Mary		 55 +7
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Alana		 54 -18
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Andrea		 54 -15
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Jane		 54 new
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Georgina		 53 new
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Jamie		 51 -15
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Josephine		 49 new
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Krystal		 49 -21
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand