Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
968 0
2.
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William
791 0
3.
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James
518 0
4.
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George
485 0
5.
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Robert
443 0
6.
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Thomas
356 0
7.
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Arthur
307 0
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Charles
304 0
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Albert
246 0
10.
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Frederick
224 +3
11.
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Ronald
214 -1
12.
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Leslie
201 +2
13.
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Eric
194 -1
14.
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Edward
190 -4
14.
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Henry
190 +2
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Jack
187 +11
17.
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Douglas
183 +20
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Norman
182 +2
19.
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Ernest
178 +4
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Francis
178 +6
21.
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Harold
177 -4
22.
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Kenneth
176 0
23.
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Gordon
175 -4
23.
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Richard
175 +12
25.
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David
174 -8
26.
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Walter
169 -3
27.
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Stanley
164 +1
28.
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Herbert
160 +4
29.
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Raymond
157 -4
30.
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Ian
148 -15
31.
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Alexander
145 +2
32.
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Frank
144 -3
33.
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Donald
142 -2
34.
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Alfred
140 -13
35.
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Leonard
133 -5
36.
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Joseph
132 +3
37.
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Colin
125 +3
38.
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Allan
123 -4
39.
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Ivan
113 +6
40.
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Maurice
109 -5
41.
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Patrick
106 +2
42.
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Reginald
105 +2
43.
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Cyril
100 -5
44.
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Roy
94 -2
45.
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Alan
92 -4
46.
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Noel
90 +4
47.
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Harry
86 -1
48.
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Sydney
83 -2
49.
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Keith
82 -1
50.
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Andrew
73 +1
51.
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Clifford
71 +2
52.
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Lawrence
70 +7
53.
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Victor
69 +4
54.
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Wilfred
68 +13
55.
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Bernard
67 -1
56.
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Cecil
65 -7
57.
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Peter
64 -2
58.
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Percy
61 +8
59.
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Philip
60 +5
60.
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Clarence
56 -5
60.
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Hugh
56 -8
62.
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Edwin
51 +11
62.
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Geoffrey
51 +10
64.
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Trevor
50 -4
64.
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Verdun
50 new
66.
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Mervyn
48 -6
67.
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Ralph
47 -7
68.
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Bruce
45 -8
69.
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Daniel
44 +8
69.
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Desmond
44 -2
69.
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Rex
44 +26
72.
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Hector
43 -5
72.
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Lloyd
43 +1
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Owen
43 -7
75.
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Leo
42 +6
76.
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Brian
41 +12
76.
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Lionel
41 +9
78.
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Archibald
40 +10
78.
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Horace
40 +3
80.
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Michael
39 -5
80.
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Samuel
39 -22
82.
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Neil
37 -5
83.
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Claude
35 -6
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Edgar
35 -2
85.
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Gilbert
34 +3
85.
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Vernon
34 +8
87.
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Allen
32 -17
87.
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Arnold
32 -2
89.
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Laurence
31 new
90.
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Graham
30 +5
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Sidney
30 -20
92.
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Howard
29 new
92.
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Neville
29 new
94.
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Malcolm
28 -17
94.
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Russell
28 new
94.
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Selwyn
28 new
97.
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Stephen
27 new
97.
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Vincent
27 +1
99.
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Louis
25 -6
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Martin
25 new
99.
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Terence
25 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
564 0
2.
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Margaret
464 0
3.
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Dorothy
333 0
4.
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Jean
304 0
5.
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Kathleen
260 0
6.
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Joan
249 +3
7.
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Joyce
244 +3
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Eileen
230 0
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Phyllis
214 -2
10.
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Edna
203 -4
11.
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Elizabeth
198 +4
12.
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Mavis
184 0
13.
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Florence
180 +1
14.
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Doris
177 +1
15.
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Gladys
173 +2
16.
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Elsie
158 +2
17.
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Alice
156 -6
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Annie
155 -5
19.
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Thelma
150 +5
20.
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Olive
146 +7
21.
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Frances
145 +8
22.
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Jessie
142 -2
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Nancy
141 0
24.
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Edith
138 -3
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Winifred
138 -2
26.
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Marjorie
132 -7
27.
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Betty
127 +3
28.
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Ellen
124 -3
29.
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Evelyn
122 +12
30.
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Helen
121 +6
31.
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Hazel
120 +7
32.
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Iris
119 +2
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Muriel
119 +8
34.
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Agnes
106 -1
35.
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Ethel
101 -9
36.
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Patricia
99 +18
37.
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Irene
96 +1
38.
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Ivy
94 -7
39.
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Ruth
93 +11
40.
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Violet
91 -12
41.
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Catherine
89 -10
42.
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Grace
87 -7
43.
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Vera
85 -1
44.
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Audrey
79 +7
44.
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Ruby
79 +5
46.
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Lorna
78 +10
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Rita
78 -10
48.
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Doreen
76 -4
48.
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Gwendoline
76 0
48.
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Myrtle
76 -2
51.
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Hilda
67 -9
52.
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Mabel
66 -7
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Rona
66 0
54.
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Alma
61 +8
54.
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Eva
61 -8
54.
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Marie
61 +5
57.
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Barbara
60 +10
58.
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Beatrice
59 -2
58.
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Constance
59 +14
60.
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Mona
57 +1
61.
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Dulcie
54 -6
62.
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Ada
53 +5
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Lilian
53 -3
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May
53 +13
65.
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Daphne
52 -9
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Eunice
51 +11
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Marion
51 -3
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Norma
51 +1
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Sylvia
51 -1
70.
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Isabella
50 -3
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Nellie
49 +10
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Beryl
48 -9
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Emily
45 -20
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Freda
45 +9
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Isabel
45 +12
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Josephine
45 +19
77.
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Enid
44 +8
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Nola
44 +19
79.
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Myra
42 -14
80.
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Eleanor
41 +19
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Janet
41 0
80.
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Lillian
41 -3
83.
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Christina
40 -11
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Daisy
40 +16
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Olga
40 -6
86.
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Gertrude
39 +5
86.
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Ida
39 -14
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Lucy
39 -19
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Rose
39 -4
90.
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Laura
37 +4
91.
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Bessie
36 new
92.
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Jane
34 -3
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Ngaire
34 new
94.
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Dora
33 new
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Ina
33 new
94.
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Marjory
33 -9
97.
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Stella
32 new
98.
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Esther
31 -6
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Lily
31 new
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Molly
30 new
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Pearl
30 -1