Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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David
1,319 0
2.
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Michael
1,075 0
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Paul
904 +2
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Peter
880 0
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John
857 -2
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Andrew
838 +1
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Mark
802 -1
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Stephen
713 0
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Robert
593 0
10.
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Richard
592 0
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Christopher
487 0
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Craig
443 0
13.
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Darren
390 +71
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James
385 +5
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Anthony
367 -1
16.
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Grant
366 -3
17.
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Wayne
361 -2
18.
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Shane
357 +2
19.
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Steven
345 +2
20.
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Gregory
329 -4
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Kevin
322 -5
22.
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Dean
319 +3
23.
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William
318 0
24.
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Ian
303 -6
25.
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Bruce
295 -1
26.
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Philip
288 -4
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Brett
257 +6
28.
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Brian
250 0
29.
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Gary
239 +2
30.
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Brent
238 -4
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Timothy
230 +9
32.
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Tony
221 +3
33.
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Simon
213 -1
34.
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Murray
207 -7
34.
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Stuart
207 0
36.
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Martin
205 +2
37.
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Ross
201 -2
38.
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Alan
191 -9
39.
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Colin
189 +2
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Graeme
182 -10
41.
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Nigel
171 +3
41.
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Phillip
171 -4
43.
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Warren
167 +3
44.
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Glenn
164 -2
45.
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Trevor
163 +9
46.
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Barry
160 -3
47.
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Graham
158 -8
48.
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Neil
151 -3
49.
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Raymond
148 +6
50.
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Roger
146 +12
51.
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Jeffrey
142 -2
52.
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Allan
141 -2
53.
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Geoffrey
140 -5
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Thomas
140 0
55.
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Kenneth
136 -8
56.
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Russell
132 +6
57.
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Darrin
131 new
57.
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Malcolm
131 -6
59.
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Darryl
129 -1
60.
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Patrick
123 -9
61.
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Matthew
122 -3
62.
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Gavin
118 -4
63.
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Antony
116 -7
64.
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Donald
112 +3
65.
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Kerry
111 +3
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Nicholas
111 +4
67.
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Darryn
109 new
67.
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George
109 +9
69.
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Joseph
106 -8
70.
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Daniel
105 +1
71.
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Scott
102 -7
72.
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Douglas
100 -15
73.
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Lance
97 -2
74.
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Rodney
92 +9
74.
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Sean
92 +3
76.
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Adrian
89 +13
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Shayne
89 +4
78.
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Edward
88 -13
79.
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Garry
85 -14
80.
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Ronald
83 -1
81.
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Carl
82 +16
81.
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Glen
82 -7
81.
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Keith
82 -11
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Kelvin
82 0
85.
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Gordon
79 +2
86.
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Jonathan
78 -15
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Charles
75 -9
88.
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Bryan
71 -4
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Adam
68 new
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Daryl
68 +3
91.
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Robin
67 -4
92.
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Karl
66 +2
93.
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Derek
65 -12
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Bernard
64 new
95.
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Neville
61 -11
96.
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Dennis
60 new
96.
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Eric
60 new
96.
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Gerard
60 new
99.
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Brendan
59 new
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Brendon
59 -5
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Karen
560 0
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Susan
506 0
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Sandra
452 0
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Michelle
447 +5
5.
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Joanne
445 +1
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Donna
436 +2
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Deborah
413 0
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Sharon
393 -3
9.
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Tania
368 +7
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Julie
364 -6
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Christine
354 -1
12.
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Jacqueline
326 -1
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Tracey
321 +11
14.
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Linda
317 +4
15.
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Wendy
314 -3
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Helen
312 -3
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Elizabeth
293 -3
18.
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Angela
292 +3
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Nicola
272 +11
20.
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Fiona
268 -3
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Kim
265 +2
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Catherine
263 -2
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Leanne
263 +6
24.
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Jennifer
256 -9
25.
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Robyn
242 -6
26.
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Denise
226 -1
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Sarah
217 +18
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Maria
214 +8
29.
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Diane
206 +4
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Jane
206 +3
31.
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Lisa
201 +35
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Patricia
201 -2
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Tracy
199 +4
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Suzanne
196 -12
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Andrea
195 +4
36.
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Heather
192 +7
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Carol
181 +5
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Mary
179 -12
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Carolyn
177 +4
40.
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Margaret
168 -13
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Kathryn
167 -4
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Anne
165 -7
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Lynette
162 -9
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Debra
159 -3
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Judith
157 -14
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Louise
151 +6
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Brenda
149 +10
48.
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Alison
144 0
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Amanda
141 +13
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Raewyn
141 -3
51.
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Vicki
139 -12
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Janine
133 +2
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Maree
125 +10
54.
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Bronwyn
123 -5
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Paula
123 +7
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Lynda
121 -4
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Sally
117 +7
58.
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Stephanie
115 +26
59.
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Megan
113 +25
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Tanya
113 +19
61.
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Marie
111 -11
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Annette
108 -7
63.
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Ann
105 +5
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Kathleen
105 -7
65.
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Caroline
103 -6
66.
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Dianne
102 -15
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Pauline
101 -8
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Debbie
99 +9
69.
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Anna
97 +1
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Pamela
95 +8
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Rachel
94 new
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Shelley
93 -5
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Barbara
92 -26
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Ruth
92 +2
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Rosemary
91 0
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Tina
91 +13
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Katrina
81 new
78.
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Jillian
80 -20
79.
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Jan
79 +1
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Janet
79 -14
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Michele
79 +5
82.
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Kerry
76 -13
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Sheryl
75 -10
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Yvonne
75 -10
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Natalie
74 new
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Colleen
73 +10
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Shona
73 -2
88.
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Lorraine
72 -6
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Toni
72 new
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Jeanette
71 +2
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Katherine
70 -21
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Cherie
69 new
93.
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Gillian
68 0
94.
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Diana
67 0
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Lynne
67 -13
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Belinda
65 new
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Cheryl
64 -25
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Kay
64 +2
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Teresa
64 -2
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Frances
63 -2