Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,057 0
2.
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William
890 0
3.
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James
586 0
4.
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George
470 0
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Robert
417 0
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Thomas
364 0
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Charles
344 0
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Arthur
312 0
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Leslie
248 +3
10.
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Frederick
228 -1
10.
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Henry
228 0
12.
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Albert
224 +1
13.
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Ronald
217 -2
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Francis
211 +1
15.
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Eric
205 -1
16.
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Edward
192 +2
17.
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Harold
180 0
18.
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David
178 +5
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Leonard
171 +9
20.
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Gordon
170 -4
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Raymond
170 +4
22.
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Walter
169 +5
23.
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Alfred
166 -4
24.
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Norman
160 -3
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Kenneth
158 +1
25.
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Stanley
158 +6
27.
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Ernest
155 -7
28.
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Jack
152 -7
29.
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Richard
136 0
30.
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Joseph
134 0
31.
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Allan
129 +2
32.
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Alexander
127 -7
33.
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Herbert
125 +3
34.
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Frank
123 0
35.
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Douglas
112 0
36.
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Reginald
111 +1
37.
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Alan
108 +7
38.
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Cyril
107 +1
39.
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Roy
105 +2
40.
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Colin
101 0
41.
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Donald
99 -10
42.
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Maurice
98 +1
43.
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Cecil
86 -6
44.
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Patrick
84 +1
45.
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Keith
83 +5
46.
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Hugh
82 -1
47.
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Ian
79 +2
48.
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Harry
74 -1
49.
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Percy
72 +8
49.
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Victor
72 +3
51.
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Clifford
69 +4
52.
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Andrew
66 +2
53.
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Clarence
65 -11
54.
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Lawrence
64 -6
55.
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Noel
63 +1
55.
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Peter
63 +6
57.
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Bernard
61 +18
57.
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Wilfred
61 +3
59.
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Ivan
58 -8
60.
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Sydney
57 -7
61.
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Philip
48 +4
61.
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Trevor
48 +3
63.
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Mervyn
47 +4
63.
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Samuel
47 -4
65.
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Laurence
46 +32
66.
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Ralph
45 -1
67.
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Claude
43 +11
68.
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Bruce
42 new
68.
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Edgar
42 +4
68.
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Edwin
42 -5
71.
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Allen
41 -4
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Archibald
41 -9
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Geoffrey
41 +4
74.
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Hector
40 -16
74.
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Leo
40 -4
76.
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Owen
35 -6
77.
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Basil
34 +3
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Howard
34 new
77.
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Louis
34 new
77.
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Michael
34 0
81.
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Daniel
33 +1
81.
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Sidney
33 +1
83.
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Gilbert
31 -4
83.
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Horace
31 -11
83.
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Malcolm
31 -16
86.
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Lewis
29 0
87.
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Gerald
28 -1
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Lionel
28 +10
89.
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Desmond
27 +8
89.
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Maxwell
27 new
89.
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Russell
27 +4
92.
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Arnold
26 -20
92.
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Dudley
26 +4
92.
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Martin
26 new
92.
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Phillip
26 new
96.
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Brian
24 new
96.
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Vincent
24 -10
96.
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Wallace
24 new
99.
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Lindsay
23 -2
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Murray
23 new
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Neville
23 -14
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Roland
23 -9
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
528 0
2.
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Margaret
448 0
3.
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Dorothy
293 0
4.
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Phyllis
263 +1
5.
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Kathleen
256 -1
6.
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Jean
246 +1
7.
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Mavis
227 0
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Annie
215 +5
9.
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Edna
208 0
10.
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Eileen
199 -4
11.
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Doris
186 -1
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Elizabeth
183 +2
13.
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Alice
181 -1
14.
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Gladys
174 -3
15.
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Ethel
161 +5
15.
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Marjorie
161 +6
17.
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Florence
159 +1
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Thelma
158 -1
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Jessie
155 -1
20.
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Ellen
148 +10
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Olive
148 +4
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Elsie
144 -7
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Joan
138 +8
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Joyce
138 +4
25.
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Edith
137 -9
26.
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Winifred
134 -1
27.
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Violet
130 +7
28.
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Hazel
129 -2
29.
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Agnes
127 -6
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Rita
119 +10
31.
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Catherine
116 +2
32.
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Ivy
115 -11
33.
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Irene
114 -5
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Myrtle
114 +6
35.
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Mabel
110 +2
36.
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Frances
107 +2
37.
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Iris
106 +11
38.
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Vera
102 -3
39.
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Muriel
95 -10
40.
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Nancy
94 -9
41.
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Ruby
90 +4
42.
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Grace
89 -6
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Helen
89 0
44.
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Hilda
88 -3
45.
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Ruth
84 +6
46.
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Evelyn
75 -3
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Lorna
74 0
48.
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Alma
72 -2
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Betty
72 +25
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Lilian
72 +5
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Beatrice
71 +10
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Dulcie
65 +17
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Mona
64 +8
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Eva
62 -10
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Marion
62 -1
56.
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Nellie
61 +3
57.
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May
59 +2
58.
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Constance
58 -8
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Gwendoline
58 -9
60.
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Isabella
57 +5
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Sarah
57 +27
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Sylvia
57 +18
63.
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Christina
55 +10
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Doreen
54 -11
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Isabel
54 +5
66.
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Eunice
53 +24
67.
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Audrey
52 -2
68.
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Patricia
51 0
69.
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Ida
50 +7
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Marie
50 +25
71.
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Freda
48 0
72.
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Rose
47 +9
73.
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Emily
46 -17
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Myra
46 -17
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Rona
46 -12
76.
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Daphne
45 +21
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Ada
44 -19
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Lillian
44 0
79.
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Barbara
43 +8
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Bertha
43 +8
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Beryl
43 -7
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Eleanor
42 +3
83.
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Amy
41 -10
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Flora
41 new
85.
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Janet
38 -20
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Lucy
38 -33
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Marjory
38 -21
88.
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Laura
37 -3
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Molly
36 new
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Esther
34 +7
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Lily
34 -7
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Olga
34 0
93.
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Aileen
33 new
94.
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Gertrude
32 -16
95.
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Jane
31 -5
96.
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Ella
30 +3
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Linda
30 new
96.
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Nora
30 -6
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Louisa
29 new
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Norah
29 new
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Stella
29 new