Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
928 +1
2.
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William
879 -1
3.
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James
506 0
4.
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George
498 0
5.
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Robert
370 0
6.
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Thomas
347 0
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Charles
334 +1
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Arthur
304 -1
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Albert
241 +1
10.
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Frederick
232 -1
11.
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Edward
225 +1
12.
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Eric
224 +2
13.
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Henry
199 +2
14.
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Francis
196 +9
15.
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Alfred
189 -2
16.
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Leslie
182 -5
17.
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Ernest
177 0
17.
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Walter
177 +2
19.
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Ronald
165 +2
20.
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Norman
163 +2
21.
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Harold
161 -5
22.
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Gordon
153 -2
23.
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Herbert
147 +2
24.
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David
142 0
24.
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Stanley
142 +6
26.
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Richard
141 +2
27.
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Frank
136 +4
27.
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Kenneth
136 -1
29.
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Cyril
126 +5
29.
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Jack
126 +9
31.
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Alexander
123 -13
32.
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Raymond
119 0
33.
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Joseph
118 -4
34.
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Leonard
114 -7
35.
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Allan
106 0
36.
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Douglas
100 0
37.
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Reginald
93 -4
38.
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Colin
90 +8
38.
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Donald
90 +2
40.
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Harry
87 +3
41.
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Roy
79 -2
42.
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Cecil
77 -6
43.
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Clarence
76 -1
43.
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Ivan
76 +14
45.
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Keith
74 0
46.
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Maurice
69 +8
47.
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Andrew
67 +1
48.
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Clifford
66 0
49.
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Alan
65 +2
49.
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Patrick
65 +6
51.
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Percy
62 +1
52.
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Samuel
60 +1
53.
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Geoffrey
59 +24
53.
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Sydney
59 -12
55.
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Ian
58 -11
56.
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Edwin
57 +4
57.
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Bernard
55 +6
57.
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Hector
55 -1
57.
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Lawrence
55 +3
57.
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Victor
55 -11
61.
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Archibald
54 +7
62.
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Noel
49 +5
63.
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Hugh
45 -13
64.
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Claude
44 0
65.
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Mervyn
43 +14
65.
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Wilfred
43 -5
67.
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Laurence
41 +16
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Trevor
41 +1
69.
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Horace
37 +10
69.
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Ralph
37 -10
71.
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Leo
36 -13
71.
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Philip
36 +8
73.
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Owen
35 +4
73.
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Sidney
35 -7
75.
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Daniel
34 +12
76.
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Arnold
33 -12
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Gilbert
33 -8
78.
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Malcolm
32 +7
78.
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Peter
32 -6
80.
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Edgar
31 -8
81.
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Basil
29 new
82.
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Michael
28 -3
83.
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Allen
27 -15
83.
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Lewis
27 +10
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Lionel
27 +2
83.
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Louis
27 +14
87.
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Howard
24 -12
88.
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Matthew
23 +7
89.
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Edmund
22 new
89.
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Percival
22 +4
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Vincent
22 -17
92.
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Bruce
21 -17
93.
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Stuart
19 new
94.
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Gerald
18 -4
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Vernon
18 new
96.
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Aubrey
17 new
96.
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Desmond
17 new
96.
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Dudley
17 new
96.
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Lindsay
17 new
96.
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Martin
17 -6
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Russell
17 -6
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
533 0
2.
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Margaret
351 0
3.
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Dorothy
249 0
4.
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Kathleen
219 +1
5.
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Gladys
217 +4
6.
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Doris
215 +4
7.
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Edna
205 -3
8.
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Florence
200 +7
9.
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Eileen
196 -1
10.
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Elizabeth
194 +4
11.
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Phyllis
187 0
12.
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Annie
182 -6
13.
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Alice
181 -6
14.
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Mavis
171 -2
15.
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Jean
168 +12
16.
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Jessie
165 +2
17.
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Ethel
155 +1
18.
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Ellen
147 -2
19.
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Olive
146 +7
20.
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Irene
144 0
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Elsie
143 -8
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Edith
132 -1
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Marjorie
130 -1
24.
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Ivy
129 -1
25.
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Agnes
123 +6
26.
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Violet
121 -2
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Winifred
121 +4
28.
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Catherine
120 -11
29.
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Thelma
118 -4
30.
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Hazel
114 -2
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Vera
114 -1
32.
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Evelyn
113 -1
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Muriel
104 +3
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Rita
104 +1
35.
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Myrtle
103 -2
36.
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Grace
94 +2
37.
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Iris
91 +2
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Ruby
91 -3
39.
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Mabel
89 -3
40.
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Helen
79 +4
41.
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Eva
78 +1
42.
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Frances
74 -3
43.
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Hilda
70 -1
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Nancy
70 +4
45.
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Joan
67 +45
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Joyce
67 +1
47.
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Gwendoline
66 -2
48.
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Beatrice
64 +10
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Mona
64 0
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Lilian
62 +5
51.
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Dulcie
61 +24
52.
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Constance
58 -4
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Ada
57 +17
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Alma
57 0
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Emily
57 -3
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Lucy
57 +12
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May
57 -12
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Nellie
57 +2
59.
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Ruth
55 -1
60.
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Marion
54 0
61.
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Isabella
52 -11
62.
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Lorna
51 +1
63.
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Gertrude
50 +5
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Rona
50 +21
65.
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Marjory
49 +3
66.
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Janet
47 +4
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Rose
47 -12
68.
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Audrey
46 new
69.
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Isabel
45 -9
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Lillian
45 -4
71.
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Freda
44 +4
72.
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Ida
43 -15
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Beryl
42 +2
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Lily
42 -8
75.
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Amy
38 -23
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Clara
38 -2
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Eunice
38 new
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Norma
38 new
79.
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Marie
37 new
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Sarah
37 +5
81.
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Christina
36 -21
81.
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Daisy
36 +5
81.
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Daphne
36 -18
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Jane
36 0
85.
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Bertha
35 -4
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Myra
35 -2
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Doreen
34 -7
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Clarice
33 +9
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Flora
33 +2
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Mildred
32 -15
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Emma
31 -3
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Linda
31 +6
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Sylvia
31 -12
94.
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Ella
30 -8
94.
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Ena
30 +3
94.
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Louisa
30 -6
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Minnie
30 +3
98.
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Esther
29 -3
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Una
29 -8
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Barbara
28 -10
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Patricia
28 new
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Stella
28 new