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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Matthew		 681 0
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Daniel		 622 +1
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James		 617 +2
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Michael		 613 -2
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Joshua		 595 -1
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Samuel		 521 0
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Dylan		 495 +23
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Benjamin		 491 -1
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Thomas		 458 -1
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Jordan		 433 +2
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Christopher		 422 -1
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Nicholas		 403 -1
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Andrew		 351 -4
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David		 336 -1
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Ryan		 314 -1
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William		 307 -1
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Cameron		 280 -1
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Luke		 279 0
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Ethan		 249 +8
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Alexander		 248 +5
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Timothy		 229 -1
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Jesse		 225 0
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Nathan		 224 -1
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Joseph		 222 -4
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Aaron		 221 +4
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Scott		 215 -9
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John		 213 -1
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Jonathan		 213 +1
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Robert		 213 -8
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Adam		 202 +2
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Jacob		 196 +2
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Sean		 184 +6
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Hayden		 183 +3
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Brandon		 173 new
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Jason		 165 -11
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Jamie		 159 -6
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Hamish		 155 +3
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Richard		 155 -3
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Liam		 153 +3
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Anthony		 148 -1
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Mitchell		 140 +13
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Bradley		 139 +8
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Simon		 139 -8
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George		 138 +12
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Jack		 137 +24
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Steven		 137 -1
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Logan		 130 0
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Shaun		 129 -3
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Mark		 128 -12
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Patrick		 118 -4
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Peter		 118 -9
52.
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Sam		 117 +2
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Paul		 111 -3
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Jared		 107 -4
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Caleb		 106 +13
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Joel		 106 +4
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Stephen		 106 -6
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Callum		 105 0
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Jeremy		 105 -1
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Kieran		 104 +5
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Corey		 103 -14
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Isaac		 103 +9
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Kyle		 103 +5
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Shane		 102 -11
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Alex		 101 -4
66.
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Mathew		 99 -6
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Troy		 96 -4
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Zachary		 95 +7
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Cody		 92 -27
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Oliver		 86 +3
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Tyler		 86 0
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Jarrod		 84 +7
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Edward		 83 -6
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Regan		 83 +27
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Rhys		 83 +5
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Jayden		 82 +9
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Ben		 79 -4
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Levi		 78 +9
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Phillip		 77 -16
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Reuben		 76 new
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Henry		 74 +2
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Justin		 74 +12
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Blair		 73 -2
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Connor		 73 new
85.
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Kane		 72 -6
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Ashley		 71 +5
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Vincent		 71 -11
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Karl		 69 -18
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Taylor		 69 new
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Craig		 67 -28
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Charles		 66 -6
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Dillon		 63 new
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Zane		 63 -9
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Max		 61 new
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Philip		 61 new
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Kurt		 57 -15
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Kevin		 56 new
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Brendan		 54 -4
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Carl		 54 -3
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Martin		 54 new
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Ricky		 54 -11
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Jessica		 564 0
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Sarah		 495 0
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Hannah		 398 +4
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Samantha		 371 -1
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Emma		 362 -1
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Rebecca		 320 0
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Nicole		 300 -2
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Ashleigh		 253 +1
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Laura		 248 +4
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Danielle		 226 +2
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Amy		 213 -1
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Emily		 208 +15
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Melissa		 195 +1
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Rachel		 193 -6
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Kate		 191 +6
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Stephanie		 187 -5
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Olivia		 182 0
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Kayla		 180 +1
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Charlotte		 175 +7
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Sophie		 171 +19
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Chloe		 169 -1
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Anna		 167 -6
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Courtney		 165 -1
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Grace		 162 +19
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Hayley		 161 -10
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Ashley		 156 -3
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Georgia		 156 +32
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Alexandra		 155 +9
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Natasha		 153 -11
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Michelle		 152 -3
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Elizabeth		 150 -6
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Chelsea		 147 +1
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Jasmine		 144 +11
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Lisa		 144 -1
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Lauren		 135 -6
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Stacey		 128 -1
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Victoria		 128 +5
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Katie		 121 +14
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Megan		 120 -15
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Shannon		 120 +1
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Amber		 116 -11
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Brooke		 115 +10
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Natalie		 112 +7
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Alice		 111 -2
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Amanda		 110 -14
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Caitlin		 110 -11
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Kelly		 105 -9
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Holly		 101 -1
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Nicola		 101 -12
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Lucy		 100 +1
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Aimee		 99 +5
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Zoe		 99 +4
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Gemma		 98 +21
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Renee		 98 -1
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Jade		 97 +8
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Jordan		 95 +1
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Christina		 94 -8
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Kimberley		 90 -13
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Alana		 88 +7
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Kelsey		 88 -11
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Brittany		 85 +12
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Catherine		 84 -2
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Jennifer		 84 0
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Katherine		 83 0
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Jessie		 76 +6
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Monique		 76 +2
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Paige		 76 +26
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Kirsty		 75 -1
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Rebekah		 73 -11
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Amelia		 72 +24
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Jamie		 68 -2
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Maria		 68 +12
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Morgan		 68 new
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Nikita		 68 +16
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Vanessa		 68 +5
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Claire		 67 -1
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Louise		 67 +3
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Rachael		 65 -32
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Tessa		 65 -13
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Casey		 64 -11
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Josephine		 63 new
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Gabrielle		 62 new
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Toni		 62 -21
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Julia		 61 +1
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Ruby		 59 new
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Georgina		 58 -7
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Erin		 57 -6
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Leah		 56 +1
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Crystal		 55 +10
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Kathryn		 55 -11
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Sara		 55 +4
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Christine		 54 +2
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Aleisha		 53 new
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Melanie		 53 -17
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Rose		 53 new
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Abigail		 52 +1
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Angela		 52 -25
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Ashlee		 52 +1
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Joanna		 51 new
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Tegan		 49 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand