Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
953 0
2.
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William
764 0
3.
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James
531 0
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Robert
476 0
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George
376 0
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Raymond
271 +2
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Ronald
271 +1
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Thomas
268 -2
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Arthur
265 +5
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Kenneth
225 0
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Douglas
217 0
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Eric
210 +7
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Gordon
210 0
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Leslie
204 -2
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Charles
199 -6
16.
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Donald
197 -1
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David
195 0
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Ian
193 +5
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Jack
192 +8
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Edward
184 -4
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Colin
183 +8
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Frederick
176 -2
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Norman
173 -3
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Allan
168 +1
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Leonard
168 +13
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Henry
165 -1
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Keith
165 +5
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Peter
160 +12
29.
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Albert
159 -5
30.
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Frank
148 +9
31.
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Francis
146 -14
32.
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Richard
144 -4
33.
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Stanley
139 -2
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Walter
139 +4
35.
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Alan
136 -1
36.
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Harold
133 -14
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Maurice
132 -8
38.
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Trevor
121 +9
39.
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Joseph
120 +4
40.
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Alexander
119 -4
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Ernest
119 -7
42.
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Desmond
114 +6
43.
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Alfred
112 -8
44.
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Ivan
108 +1
44.
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Noel
108 -3
46.
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Patrick
106 0
47.
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Bruce
102 +1
48.
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Reginald
101 +2
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Roy
101 -6
50.
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Mervyn
90 +10
51.
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Brian
89 +6
52.
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Herbert
87 -8
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Owen
87 0
54.
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Cyril
82 0
55.
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Bernard
80 -2
56.
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Harry
71 +1
57.
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Lawrence
69 -6
58.
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Clifford
68 -4
59.
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Philip
60 +11
60.
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Geoffrey
58 +4
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Graham
58 +16
62.
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Hugh
55 -6
63.
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Andrew
52 -4
64.
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Victor
48 -4
65.
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Clarence
47 -3
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Ross
47 new
67.
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Kevin
46 +24
67.
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Laurence
46 +1
69.
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Malcolm
45 +15
70.
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Sydney
44 -6
71.
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Rex
43 -5
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Vernon
43 +28
73.
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Edwin
42 -2
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Russell
42 -10
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Cecil
40 -9
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Neil
40 +3
77.
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Lewis
38 +22
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Neville
38 +7
79.
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Maxwell
37 +17
79.
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Ralph
37 +17
81.
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Basil
36 +3
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Leo
36 +1
83.
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Allen
35 -10
83.
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Athol
35 +16
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Michael
35 -12
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Wallace
35 +8
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Wilfred
35 +1
88.
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Gilbert
34 +11
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Samuel
34 -15
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Lionel
33 -6
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Murray
33 +9
92.
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Howard
32 +7
92.
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Lloyd
32 -11
94.
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Arnold
30 -11
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Anthony
29 -4
96.
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Stuart
28 -20
97.
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Derek
27 new
97.
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Paul
27 new
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Selwyn
27 -2
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Sidney
27 -22
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Terence
27 -6
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
566 0
2.
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Mary
469 0
3.
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Joan
401 0
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Joyce
391 0
5.
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Dorothy
361 0
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Jean
323 0
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Betty
277 +1
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Patricia
247 +1
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Kathleen
236 -2
10.
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Phyllis
200 0
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Eileen
196 0
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June
171 0
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Edna
160 +6
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Nancy
160 0
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Audrey
159 +7
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Marjorie
159 +1
17.
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Elizabeth
152 -3
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Mavis
150 -3
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Gladys
148 -1
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Doreen
144 +6
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Doris
144 -3
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Elsie
136 +10
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Thelma
136 -3
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Olive
135 -3
25.
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Shirley
127 +5
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Norma
124 +2
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Florence
120 0
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Hazel
111 -4
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Marie
106 +1
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Annie
102 -5
31.
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Alice
98 -2
32.
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Evelyn
97 +6
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Helen
97 +1
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Iris
97 +18
35.
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Daphne
94 -1
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Ethel
91 0
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Frances
91 -1
38.
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Irene
90 -15
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Beryl
89 +17
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Muriel
89 +3
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Edith
84 0
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Nola
83 +6
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Violet
81 +3
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Winifred
80 -7
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Ellen
79 -5
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Ngaire
79 +11
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Vera
78 -9
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Agnes
76 +12
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Lorna
76 -3
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Ruth
72 -8
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Barbara
71 0
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Catherine
71 -4
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Jessie
68 -9
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Beatrice
65 +12
55.
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Alma
63 +14
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Mabel
63 +23
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Sylvia
63 +24
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Rona
61 +4
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Grace
60 -6
60.
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Ivy
59 -11
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Peggy
59 +5
62.
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Marion
58 -11
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Ruby
57 -3
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Noeline
56 +8
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Gwendoline
55 -1
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Rita
54 -13
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Joy
53 +5
68.
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Hilda
52 -10
69.
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Isabel
50 -3
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Myrtle
50 -11
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Constance
49 -18
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Dulcie
49 -1
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Lois
49 +1
74.
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Janet
47 +7
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Enid
42 -3
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Myra
42 -9
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Eva
41 +8
78.
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Mona
40 -7
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Pearl
40 +7
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Lucy
39 -8
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Valerie
39 +10
82.
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Eunice
38 +5
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Lilian
38 -19
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Olga
38 +15
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Pauline
38 -1
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Yvonne
38 new
87.
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Alison
37 new
88.
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Elaine
35 new
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Josephine
35 -1
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May
35 -5
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Ailsa
34 new
92.
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Elva
33 +1
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Esther
33 +7
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Lillian
33 0
92.
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Monica
33 new
96.
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Emily
32 -9
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Sheila
32 new
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Una
32 new
99.
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Aileen
31 new
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Freda
31 -16
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Gloria
31 -2
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Isabella
31 new
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Nellie
31 new