Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
900 0
2.
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William
835 0
3.
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James
562 0
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Robert
448 +1
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George
410 -1
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Thomas
356 0
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Arthur
305 0
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Charles
292 0
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Douglas
257 +8
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Leslie
244 +2
11.
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Albert
223 -2
12.
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Frederick
209 -2
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Edward
205 +1
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Eric
205 0
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Henry
200 -1
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Ronald
194 -5
17.
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Francis
191 +2
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David
178 +7
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Walter
174 +7
20.
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Alfred
173 +14
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Ernest
172 -2
22.
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Kenneth
168 0
23.
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Harold
166 -2
24.
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Herbert
160 +4
25.
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Jack
158 -9
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Alexander
157 +5
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Raymond
157 +3
28.
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Gordon
155 -5
29.
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Norman
152 -11
30.
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Stanley
144 -3
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Alan
126 +14
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Donald
126 +2
33.
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Maurice
123 +7
34.
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Cyril
122 +9
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Leonard
122 +1
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Frank
121 -4
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Richard
120 -14
38.
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Joseph
112 -2
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Allan
110 -1
40.
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Ian
107 -10
41.
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Colin
104 -4
42.
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Reginald
98 0
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Noel
96 +3
44.
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Roy
89 0
45.
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Lloyd
88 +27
46.
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Patrick
86 -5
47.
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Ivan
85 -8
48.
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Keith
82 +1
49.
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Victor
77 +4
50.
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Harry
76 -3
51.
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Clifford
71 0
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Bernard
70 +3
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Trevor
70 +12
54.
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Clarence
69 +6
55.
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Lawrence
67 -3
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Percy
67 +3
57.
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Andrew
65 -7
57.
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Hugh
65 +3
59.
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Cecil
64 -3
60.
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Peter
63 -3
61.
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Sydney
62 -13
62.
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Hector
56 +10
62.
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Mervyn
56 +4
64.
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Leo
54 +11
65.
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Bruce
53 +3
66.
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Wilfred
52 -12
67.
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Desmond
48 +2
68.
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Claude
47 +15
69.
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Owen
46 +3
69.
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Philip
46 -10
69.
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Ralph
46 -2
72.
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Allen
44 +15
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Archibald
44 +6
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Edwin
44 -10
75.
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Michael
42 +5
76.
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Rex
40 -7
77.
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Samuel
39 +3
78.
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Malcolm
38 +16
79.
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Neil
37 +3
80.
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Horace
36 -2
81.
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Lionel
35 -5
82.
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Sidney
33 +8
83.
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Brian
32 -7
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Lewis
32 new
85.
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Arnold
31 +2
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Athol
31 new
85.
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Geoffrey
31 -23
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Laurence
31 +4
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Edgar
29 -6
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Gilbert
28 -5
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Martin
28 +9
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Stuart
28 new
93.
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Fredrick
27 new
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Howard
27 -1
93.
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Maxwell
27 new
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Neville
27 -1
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Vincent
27 +4
98.
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Denis
24 new
98.
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Verdun
24 -34
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Daniel
23 -31
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Louis
23 -1
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Phillip
23 new
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Roland
23 new
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Vernon
23 -15
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
510 +1
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Mary
481 -1
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Dorothy
343 0
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Jean
335 0
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Joan
297 +1
6.
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Joyce
279 +1
7.
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Kathleen
267 -2
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Phyllis
240 +1
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Eileen
209 -1
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Edna
195 0
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Mavis
191 +1
12.
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Annie
174 +6
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Gladys
172 +2
14.
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Thelma
168 +5
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Doris
166 -1
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Marjorie
166 +11
17.
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Florence
164 -4
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Alice
149 -1
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Elizabeth
149 -7
20.
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Olive
141 0
21.
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Elsie
140 -5
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Betty
131 +5
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Ellen
129 +5
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Frances
127 -3
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Hazel
118 +6
26.
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Nancy
117 -3
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Jessie
116 -5
28.
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Edith
114 -4
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Ethel
114 +7
30.
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Catherine
112 +11
31.
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Agnes
111 +3
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Patricia
111 +5
33.
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Evelyn
109 -4
34.
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Iris
108 -2
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Winifred
108 -10
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Helen
107 -6
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Irene
105 0
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Violet
102 +2
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Muriel
99 -7
40.
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Rona
95 +12
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Lorna
94 +5
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Vera
93 +1
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Doreen
87 +5
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Rita
84 +2
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Ivy
81 -7
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Grace
78 -4
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Daphne
76 +18
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Audrey
75 -4
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Mabel
74 +3
50.
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Hilda
73 +1
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Marion
73 +16
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Alma
71 +2
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Gwendoline
68 -5
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Ruby
64 -10
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Ruth
64 -15
56.
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Constance
62 +2
57.
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Beatrice
61 +1
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Eva
61 -3
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Marie
61 -3
60.
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Myrtle
59 -12
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Olga
56 +22
62.
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Isabel
54 +11
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Dulcie
53 -2
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Nola
52 +13
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Beryl
51 +7
66.
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Barbara
50 -9
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Lillian
50 +14
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Norma
50 0
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Mona
49 -9
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Freda
48 +3
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Emily
46 +2
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Lilian
45 -10
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Nellie
45 -1
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Ada
43 -12
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Janet
43 +6
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June
43 new
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Sylvia
43 -8
78.
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Rose
42 +8
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Enid
41 -2
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Eunice
41 -13
81.
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Isabella
40 -11
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Lucy
40 +5
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Marjory
40 +13
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May
40 -19
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Christina
38 -2
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Gertrude
38 +1
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Myra
37 -8
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Nora
36 new
89.
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Sarah
35 new
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Amy
34 new
91.
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Josephine
33 -18
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Peggy
33 new
93.
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Ida
32 -7
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Molly
32 +7
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Sheila
32 new
96.
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Ella
31 new
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Mildred
31 new
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Monica
31 new
99.
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Ngaire
30 -7
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Clara
29 new
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Clarice
29 new
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Linda
29 new
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Lois
29 new