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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John		 893 0
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William		 548 0
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Robert		 437 0
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James		 416 0
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David		 327 +2
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Brian		 310 +3
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Peter		 309 -1
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Donald		 302 0
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Ronald		 301 -4
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Raymond		 275 0
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Ian		 271 0
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George		 226 0
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Kenneth		 198 +3
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Colin		 197 -1
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Thomas		 188 -2
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Douglas		 168 +2
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Bruce		 152 +5
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Trevor		 147 +10
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Edward		 143 +3
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Alan		 140 +6
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Gordon		 139 -2
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Graham		 135 +2
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Arthur		 134 -6
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Charles		 134 +7
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Keith		 133 -10
26.
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Barry		 131 +9
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Leslie		 131 -5
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Richard		 130 -1
29.
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Allan		 117 -5
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Maurice		 116 -11
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Norman		 114 +2
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Albert		 101 +4
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Eric		 101 -1
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Ivan		 98 0
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Noel		 95 -3
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Desmond		 94 -7
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Graeme		 93 +20
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Rex		 93 +18
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Mervyn		 89 +6
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Francis		 86 -3
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Patrick		 86 0
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Frederick		 78 +2
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Stanley		 78 -2
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Henry		 76 +8
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Murray		 76 +5
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Joseph		 73 +4
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Neil		 73 +18
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Michael		 72 +7
49.
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Leonard		 71 -12
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Alfred		 69 -8
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Jack		 69 -5
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Roy		 69 -8
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Walter		 68 -14
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Ernest		 66 +12
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Bryan		 64 +3
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Malcolm		 64 +6
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Russell		 63 -7
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Kevin		 62 +3
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Bernard		 61 -5
60.
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Terence		 60 +8
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Anthony		 59 +6
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Alexander		 58 -17
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Harold		 58 -9
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Neville		 57 +7
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Owen		 57 -16
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Lawrence		 53 -5
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Geoffrey		 52 -3
68.
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Gerald		 49 +17
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Reginald		 47 -10
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Allen		 46 +15
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Paul		 45 0
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Hugh		 43 -1
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Stuart		 43 +12
74.
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Maxwell		 41 +25
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Robin		 41 +3
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Ross		 39 0
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Victor		 39 +7
78.
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Clifford		 36 +4
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Dennis		 36 +17
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Frank		 36 -19
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Harry		 36 +2
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Andrew		 35 -7
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Cyril		 35 -4
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Ralph		 35 -2
85.
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Denis		 34 +10
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Philip		 34 -15
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Samuel		 34 new
88.
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Roger		 33 -14
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Laurence		 32 -11
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Edwin		 31 -5
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Sydney		 31 new
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Leo		 30 -4
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Clarence		 28 +5
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Derek		 28 -3
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Warwick		 27 new
96.
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Arnold		 26 new
96.
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Clive		 26 -6
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Herbert		 26 -27
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Lionel		 26 -1
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Cecil		 25 -12
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Lindsay		 25 -8
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Wiremu		 25 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 775 0
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Shirley		 333 +1
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Patricia		 327 -1
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Joan		 287 +1
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Mary		 282 -1
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Dorothy		 227 +1
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Barbara		 222 +4
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Betty		 214 -2
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Elizabeth		 204 -1
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June		 183 -1
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Valerie		 173 -1
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Maureen		 166 +6
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Jean		 160 0
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Marie		 160 +3
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Joyce		 150 0
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Beverley		 146 +5
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Kathleen		 138 0
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Doreen		 134 -6
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Helen		 129 0
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Audrey		 124 -6
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Nancy		 112 +1
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Eileen		 111 +1
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Ngaire		 111 -2
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Pamela		 110 0
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Colleen		 109 +1
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Dawn		 96 +3
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Pauline		 91 +5
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Judith		 86 +9
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Marjorie		 86 +5
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Daphne		 85 -3
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Norma		 81 -3
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Joy		 79 +10
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Noeline		 77 -8
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Janet		 76 +12
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Lois		 73 -4
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Nola		 72 -2
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Ruth		 72 +2
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Elaine		 71 0
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Fay		 71 -4
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Phyllis		 71 -8
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Frances		 70 -3
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Lorna		 69 0
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Thelma		 66 +3
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Heather		 65 +8
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Marion		 65 +1
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Anne		 60 +15
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Gladys		 58 +10
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Olive		 58 +17
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Evelyn		 57 +1
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Catherine		 56 -8
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Mavis		 56 -16
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Hazel		 55 +11
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Jocelyn		 55 +4
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Edna		 54 -6
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Florence		 53 -1
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Beryl		 52 +3
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Irene		 52 -18
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Yvonne		 52 -8
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Sylvia		 49 +1
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Ellen		 48 +10
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Alice		 47 -8
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Doris		 47 -11
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Elsie		 47 +1
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Alison		 46 -7
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Iris		 45 +3
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Lorraine		 45 +2
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Grace		 42 +29
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Josephine		 42 -13
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Jennifer		 40 new
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Ann		 39 +26
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Muriel		 39 +2
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Peggy		 38 +20
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Rita		 38 -6
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Annie		 37 -6
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Gloria		 37 +1
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Jessie		 37 +5
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Beverly		 36 new
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Edith		 36 +8
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Isabel		 36 +19
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Violet		 36 +10
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Diana		 35 -6
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Constance		 34 new
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Lesley		 34 -3
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Melva		 33 new
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Winifred		 33 +8
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Aileen		 32 +13
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Ethel		 32 +1
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Jill		 31 new
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Rosemary		 31 -1
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Isobel		 30 new
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Gwendoline		 29 -20
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Ivy		 29 -4
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Noelene		 29 new
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Vera		 29 -8
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Agnes		 28 -31
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Ailsa		 27 -11
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Mabel		 27 new
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Janice		 26 new
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Monica		 26 new
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Rona		 26 -15
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Valmai		 26 new
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