Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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William
894 0
2.
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John
780 0
3.
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James
467 0
4.
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George
416 0
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Charles
355 +1
6.
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Arthur
320 +2
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Robert
316 0
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Thomas
307 -3
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Frederick
252 +1
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Albert
224 -1
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Leslie
209 +2
12.
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Alfred
203 +3
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Edward
195 -1
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Eric
184 +2
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Henry
184 -3
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Francis
175 +3
16.
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Harold
175 -2
18.
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Walter
163 -1
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Alexander
149 +8
20.
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Ernest
135 -2
21.
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Stanley
134 +4
22.
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Joseph
132 0
23.
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David
127 -4
24.
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Herbert
126 0
25.
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Leonard
125 -2
25.
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Norman
125 0
27.
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Cecil
116 +7
27.
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Gordon
116 +3
29.
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Frank
114 +3
30.
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Richard
110 -9
31.
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Reginald
103 -3
32.
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Cyril
95 -3
33.
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Roy
90 +6
34.
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Raymond
88 +4
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Ronald
88 -1
36.
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Clarence
87 +1
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Kenneth
84 -6
38.
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Douglas
83 -2
39.
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Jack
82 +1
40.
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Harry
81 +4
41.
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Donald
77 +6
42.
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Allan
76 -2
43.
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Percy
70 -9
44.
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Hector
65 -2
44.
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Hugh
65 +2
46.
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Victor
62 +3
47.
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Andrew
61 -3
48.
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Horace
60 +6
49.
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Samuel
57 +2
50.
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Edwin
56 +5
51.
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Ian
53 +21
52.
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Wilfred
50 +7
53.
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Alan
49 0
54.
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Colin
48 +1
54.
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Sydney
48 -6
56.
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Maurice
47 +6
57.
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Claude
45 +11
57.
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Patrick
45 -2
59.
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Archibald
42 -16
59.
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Lawrence
42 -10
61.
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Keith
40 0
62.
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Clifford
39 -7
63.
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Lionel
36 -4
64.
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Ivan
35 +15
65.
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Ralph
33 +3
66.
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Edgar
32 +2
66.
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Michael
32 0
68.
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Daniel
31 +12
68.
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Philip
31 -16
68.
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Sidney
31 +7
71.
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Leo
30 -9
71.
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Noel
30 +1
73.
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Gilbert
28 +2
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Lewis
28 +17
75.
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Geoffrey
27 -7
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Allen
24 +2
76.
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Arnold
24 -11
76.
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Louis
24 +8
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Nelson
24 new
80.
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Bernard
23 -18
80.
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Percival
23 0
80.
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Stuart
23 new
80.
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Trevor
23 +10
84.
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Martin
22 -4
85.
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Gerald
20 +3
85.
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Owen
20 -13
85.
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Vincent
20 new
88.
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Malcolm
19 -8
88.
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Mervyn
19 +4
88.
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Peter
19 -22
88.
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Roland
19 -3
92.
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Terence
18 new
93.
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Howard
17 +1
93.
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Hubert
17 new
93.
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Neil
17 new
96.
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Clement
16 new
96.
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Duncan
16 new
96.
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Huia
16 new
96.
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Laurence
16 -21
100.
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Aubrey
15 new
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Oswald
15 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
481 0
2.
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Margaret
314 0
3.
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Dorothy
246 +1
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Doris
245 +6
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Annie
241 -2
6.
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Alice
211 +2
6.
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Gladys
211 +1
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Eileen
208 -2
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Elizabeth
194 0
9.
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Florence
194 -4
11.
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Kathleen
188 +3
12.
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Elsie
180 0
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Ivy
161 -2
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Violet
156 +5
15.
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Ethel
150 -2
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Jessie
148 +2
17.
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Edith
146 +5
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Ellen
146 +3
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Myrtle
141 -4
20.
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Vera
138 0
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Catherine
137 +4
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Irene
137 -5
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Olive
132 -6
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Winifred
132 +3
25.
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Edna
131 -1
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Agnes
122 +6
27.
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Thelma
118 +3
28.
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Mavis
111 +4
29.
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Marjorie
104 -1
30.
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Grace
96 +9
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Mabel
95 -4
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Phyllis
95 -3
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Rita
95 0
34.
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Evelyn
92 +4
35.
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Frances
91 0
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Ruby
88 0
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Hazel
86 -3
38.
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Hilda
84 +2
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Helen
82 +5
40.
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Eva
74 +3
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Ada
73 0
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Mona
72 +7
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May
71 -1
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Muriel
71 -20
45.
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Emily
66 -8
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Lilian
64 +4
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Constance
62 -2
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Ida
62 -2
49.
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Jean
61 +15
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Nellie
61 +7
51.
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Isabella
60 -4
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Alma
57 -1
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Christina
52 +12
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Iris
52 +1
55.
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Gertrude
49 +1
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Sarah
49 -8
57.
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Lucy
48 -2
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Rose
48 +2
59.
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Amy
47 +1
60.
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Freda
43 +33
60.
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Gwendoline
43 +7
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Isabel
43 +11
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Lillian
43 -9
64.
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Ruth
42 -3
65.
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Doreen
41 +11
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Emma
41 +15
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Louisa
41 +22
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Marion
41 +8
69.
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Beatrice
40 -18
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Jane
40 -8
71.
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Esther
39 -1
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Myra
38 -14
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Linda
37 +7
74.
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Marjory
36 new
74.
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Nancy
36 +23
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Ella
35 -7
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Clara
34 -4
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Flora
34 +1
79.
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Janet
33 -14
80.
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Minnie
32 -9
81.
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Daisy
30 -14
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Joyce
30 new
81.
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Lorna
30 +15
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Maud
30 -8
85.
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Laura
29 -5
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Nora
29 +10
87.
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Bessie
28 0
87.
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Clarice
28 -2
87.
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Eleanor
28 -9
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Lily
28 -26
91.
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Martha
27 -6
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Dora
26 new
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Veronica
26 +5
94.
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Charlotte
25 -14
95.
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Bertha
24 -19
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Norah
24 new
95.
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Stella
24 -5
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Hannah
23 new
98.
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Katherine
23 new
98.
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Marie
23 new
98.
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Rona
23 new