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		 781 0
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Daniel		 740 +1
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Matthew		 676 -1
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Christopher		 595 +3
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David		 590 0
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James		 589 -2
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Andrew		 536 -1
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Nicholas		 458 0
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Samuel		 431 +7
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Benjamin		 418 +1
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Joshua		 395 +3
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Jason		 388 -3
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Timothy		 383 0
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Richard		 345 -2
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John		 317 0
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William		 314 +8
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Mark		 311 -7
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Scott		 284 +2
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Adam		 279 +2
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Paul		 274 -2
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Robert		 272 +1
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Thomas		 270 +4
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Jonathan		 257 -4
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Simon		 254 -1
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Steven		 249 +2
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Jeremy		 245 +2
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Aaron		 240 -10
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Joseph		 231 +3
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Nathan		 230 0
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Luke		 225 -5
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Ryan		 211 0
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Stephen		 210 -2
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Peter		 198 +2
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Hayden		 197 +3
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Shane		 194 -1
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Craig		 183 -5
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Anthony		 156 +4
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Jamie		 145 +2
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Shaun		 145 -2
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Mathew		 140 +10
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Bradley		 139 +1
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Karl		 138 +6
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Phillip		 130 +4
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Cameron		 129 -5
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Alexander		 121 +9
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Hamish		 118 +2
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Jared		 115 +5
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Gareth		 105 -10
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Lance		 104 -6
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Patrick		 94 +14
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Gregory		 93 +5
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George		 92 +12
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Brett		 91 -2
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Carl		 91 -9
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Edward		 90 +6
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Philip		 90 +2
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Blair		 86 -13
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Justin		 86 -11
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Brent		 85 +32
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Kyle		 85 +8
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Tony		 85 -6
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Ben		 84 +7
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Jacob		 83 -5
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Brendon		 80 -3
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Troy		 79 -2
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Joel		 77 -7
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Dylan		 76 +2
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Raymond		 76 +25
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Kieran		 74 +16
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Charles		 72 +13
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Douglas		 72 +13
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Grant		 72 +8
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Ian		 70 +19
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Shannon		 69 -10
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Brendan		 68 -2
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Glen		 68 +3
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Ricky		 68 +12
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Adrian		 66 +9
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Kevin		 64 -6
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Sean		 64 -8
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Jordan		 63 -8
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Dean		 62 -23
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Ross		 61 +11
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Logan		 59 +5
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Jonathon		 58 new
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Caleb		 56 -13
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Todd		 56 new
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Isaac		 55 new
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Jesse		 55 new
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Stuart		 55 -34
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Alan		 54 new
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Dion		 54 new
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Wayne		 54 new
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Kane		 53 -16
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Ashley		 52 new
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Leon		 52 +3
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Martin		 52 new
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Brian		 51 new
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Darren		 51 new
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Jeffrey		 51 new
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Kurt		 51 new
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Reuben		 51 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 667 0
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Jessica		 447 +3
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Rebecca		 402 -1
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Amy		 325 +3
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Emma		 320 -2
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Lisa		 290 0
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Melissa		 290 +2
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Kelly		 272 -4
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Nicola		 268 +2
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Anna		 265 -1
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Rachel		 263 -1
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Michelle		 235 0
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Amanda		 230 +1
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Elizabeth		 212 +5
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Stacey		 204 +6
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Natalie		 201 +7
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Gemma		 195 +21
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Jennifer		 195 -2
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Laura		 195 +7
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Kate		 194 +2
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Renee		 191 -1
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Hayley		 188 -5
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Kylie		 178 -5
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Hannah		 175 +4
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Natasha		 166 -10
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Angela		 164 -13
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Stephanie		 151 +8
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Tracey		 133 +1
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Melanie		 131 -4
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Megan		 130 +2
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Tania		 130 -3
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Katherine		 126 +20
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Claire		 120 -3
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Nicole		 120 +12
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Erin		 118 +5
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Holly		 118 +36
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Catherine		 114 -4
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Rachael		 113 0
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Julia		 112 -14
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Lauren		 111 +15
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Katie		 108 +1
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Danielle		 106 +1
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Kirsty		 106 +14
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Victoria		 106 -7
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Aimee		 104 -14
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Kathryn		 102 +22
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Amber		 98 -12
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Vanessa		 97 -2
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Kimberley		 96 -6
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Jenna		 93 +45
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Louise		 92 -17
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Olivia		 92 +6
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Sophie		 92 new
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Helen		 90 -3
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Samantha		 90 +26
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Alice		 89 +14
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Joanna		 88 -4
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Alana		 87 -10
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Charlotte		 87 -17
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Caroline		 86 +17
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Katrina		 85 -11
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Joanne		 84 -14
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Monique		 84 -3
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Toni		 83 +13
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Emily		 82 -18
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Shannon		 81 -6
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Jasmine		 79 +19
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Andrea		 78 -11
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Lucy		 78 -4
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Mary		 78 +13
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Sara		 78 +6
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Casey		 77 +13
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Jane		 77 +2
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Rochelle		 77 -5
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Jacqueline		 76 +9
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Christine		 71 +22
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Maria		 71 -3
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Alicia		 70 +10
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Kim		 68 -11
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Margaret		 65 new
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Rebekah		 65 +11
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Christina		 62 +16
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Bridget		 61 -1
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Krystal		 61 -21
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Julie		 59 -23
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Susan		 59 +7
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Tracy		 59 -19
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Fiona		 58 -23
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Karen		 58 -27
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Crystal		 57 -37
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Donna		 57 -16
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Naomi		 56 0
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Frances		 55 -4
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Paula		 55 new
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Tara		 55 new
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Teresa		 53 +2
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Deborah		 52 new
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Anita		 51 -12
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Ruth		 51 -19
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Kathleen		 50 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand