Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
962 0
2.
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William
904 0
3.
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George
486 +1
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James
465 -1
5.
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Robert
414 0
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Thomas
336 0
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Charles
325 0
8.
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Arthur
315 0
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Albert
218 0
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Frederick
217 0
11.
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Henry
206 +2
12.
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Leslie
204 +4
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Ronald
204 +7
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Edward
199 -3
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Eric
197 -3
16.
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Alfred
196 -1
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Francis
176 -3
18.
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Walter
170 -1
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Harold
168 +2
20.
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Raymond
163 +12
21.
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Ernest
161 -4
22.
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David
159 +2
23.
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Norman
150 -3
24.
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Gordon
143 -2
25.
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Kenneth
137 +2
25.
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Leonard
137 +9
27.
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Stanley
134 -3
28.
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Alexander
133 +3
29.
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Richard
128 -3
30.
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Jack
126 -1
31.
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Joseph
123 +2
32.
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Herbert
119 -9
33.
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Frank
115 -6
34.
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Allan
109 +1
35.
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Douglas
106 +1
36.
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Donald
103 +2
37.
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Cyril
99 -8
38.
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Reginald
87 -1
39.
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Cecil
82 +3
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Roy
82 +2
41.
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Maurice
80 +5
42.
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Alan
79 +7
43.
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Clarence
76 0
44.
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Ivan
73 -1
44.
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Keith
73 +1
46.
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Harry
71 -6
47.
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Clifford
68 +1
48.
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Lawrence
67 +9
49.
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Andrew
66 -2
49.
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Colin
66 -11
51.
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Noel
64 +11
52.
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Hugh
63 +11
53.
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Bernard
62 +4
53.
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Patrick
62 -4
55.
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Percy
60 -4
56.
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Hector
59 +1
56.
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Samuel
59 -4
58.
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Sydney
55 -5
59.
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Wilfred
53 +6
60.
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Victor
52 -3
61.
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Archibald
51 0
62.
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Trevor
50 +5
63.
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Peter
49 +15
64.
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Claude
46 0
65.
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Ian
45 -10
66.
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Edwin
44 -10
67.
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Mervyn
41 -2
68.
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Horace
40 +1
69.
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Ralph
36 0
70.
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Geoffrey
35 -17
70.
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Sidney
35 +3
72.
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Edgar
34 +8
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Owen
34 +1
74.
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Arnold
32 +2
74.
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Leo
32 -3
74.
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Lewis
32 +9
74.
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Philip
32 -3
78.
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Daniel
30 -3
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Louis
30 +5
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Michael
30 +4
81.
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Laurence
28 -14
82.
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Allen
27 +1
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Brian
27 new
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Gilbert
27 -6
85.
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Malcolm
25 -7
86.
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Howard
24 +1
86.
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Matthew
24 +2
86.
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Percival
24 +3
89.
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Basil
23 -8
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Lindsay
23 +7
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Maxwell
23 new
92.
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Bruce
22 0
92.
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Gerald
22 +2
92.
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Stuart
22 +1
95.
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Denis
21 new
95.
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Lionel
21 -12
97.
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Carl
19 new
97.
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Duncan
19 new
97.
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Roland
19 new
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Russell
19 -1
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
557 0
2.
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Margaret
368 0
3.
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Dorothy
261 0
4.
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Phyllis
254 +7
5.
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Eileen
221 +4
6.
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Kathleen
215 -2
7.
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Annie
210 +5
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Edna
191 -1
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Gladys
191 -3
10.
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Doris
187 -4
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Mavis
187 +4
12.
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Alice
176 +1
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Elizabeth
176 -2
14.
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Jean
171 +1
15.
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Florence
169 -7
16.
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Elsie
164 +5
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Marjorie
157 +6
18.
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Winifred
150 +8
19.
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Ethel
146 -2
20.
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Olive
143 -1
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Jessie
138 -5
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Edith
135 0
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Ellen
135 -4
24.
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Thelma
131 +5
25.
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Ivy
122 -1
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Violet
121 0
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Myrtle
120 +8
28.
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Agnes
116 -3
28.
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Irene
116 -8
30.
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Evelyn
108 +2
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Hazel
108 0
32.
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Catherine
107 -4
33.
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Joyce
105 +12
34.
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Vera
103 -4
35.
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Helen
101 +5
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Mabel
100 +3
37.
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Rita
98 -4
38.
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Joan
95 +7
39.
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Nancy
94 +4
40.
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Frances
92 +2
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Muriel
91 -8
42.
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Iris
83 -5
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Ruby
83 -5
44.
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Grace
80 -8
45.
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May
73 +8
46.
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Eva
72 -5
47.
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Hilda
71 -4
48.
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Ruth
68 +11
49.
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Gwendoline
67 -2
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Emily
66 +3
51.
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Isabella
64 +10
52.
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Alma
62 +1
53.
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Constance
61 -1
54.
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Lilian
60 -4
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Beatrice
59 -7
56.
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Doreen
58 +31
56.
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Mona
58 -8
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Ada
52 -5
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Myra
52 +27
60.
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Marie
51 +19
61.
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Freda
50 +10
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Ida
50 +11
63.
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Isabel
49 +6
64.
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Lorna
48 -2
65.
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Christina
47 +16
66.
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Amy
46 +9
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Dulcie
45 -16
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Lucy
45 -14
69.
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Marion
43 -9
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Nellie
43 -16
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Sylvia
43 +22
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Eunice
42 +3
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Daphne
41 +8
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Janet
40 -8
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Sarah
39 +4
76.
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Daisy
38 +5
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Linda
38 +15
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Marjory
38 -11
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Audrey
37 -11
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Gertrude
37 -16
81.
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Beryl
36 -8
81.
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Clara
36 -6
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Laura
36 new
81.
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Lillian
36 -12
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Louisa
36 +13
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Rona
36 -18
87.
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Barbara
33 +13
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Eleanor
33 new
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Esther
33 +11
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Flora
33 +1
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Pearl
33 new
92.
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Ella
32 +2
93.
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Enid
31 new
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Martha
31 new
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Minnie
31 +1
96.
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Betty
30 new
96.
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Jane
30 -15
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Veronica
30 new
99.
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Mildred
29 -9
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Charlotte
28 new
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Clarice
28 -12
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Nora
28 new