Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
904 0
2.
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William
636 0
3.
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James
458 +1
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Robert
424 -1
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Ronald
325 +1
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Peter
312 +5
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Raymond
295 0
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George
292 -3
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David
261 -1
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Thomas
254 0
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Donald
253 +1
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Ian
248 -3
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Gordon
213 +1
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Colin
208 +1
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Brian
207 +10
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Kenneth
200 -3
17.
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Douglas
199 +1
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Keith
199 +12
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Arthur
166 -2
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Eric
165 -1
21.
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Leslie
161 -1
22.
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Richard
160 +6
23.
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Desmond
158 -1
24.
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Edward
152 -1
25.
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Maurice
147 +5
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Trevor
147 +5
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Alan
146 -6
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Charles
146 -11
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Norman
144 +3
30.
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Allan
138 -6
31.
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Noel
137 -4
32.
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Ivan
131 +16
33.
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Bruce
130 0
34.
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Stanley
120 +9
35.
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Francis
117 -10
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Jack
112 -2
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Albert
111 -3
38.
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Leonard
108 +3
39.
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Alexander
107 +8
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Frederick
105 -4
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Mervyn
105 +2
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Patrick
103 +2
43.
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Walter
98 -3
44.
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Harold
96 -7
45.
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Joseph
92 +4
46.
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Ernest
88 -2
47.
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Kevin
86 +15
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Rex
86 +3
49.
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Graham
85 +3
50.
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Henry
84 -11
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Roy
84 -4
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Murray
82 +3
53.
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Alfred
77 -2
54.
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Lawrence
74 0
55.
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Frank
73 -17
56.
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Bernard
71 -3
57.
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Owen
66 -2
58.
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Geoffrey
64 +7
58.
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Reginald
64 -1
60.
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Herbert
63 -1
61.
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Cyril
61 0
62.
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Russell
59 -4
63.
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Andrew
56 +8
63.
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Michael
56 +6
63.
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Neil
56 -3
66.
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Barry
52 +11
66.
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Malcolm
52 +4
68.
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Harry
50 0
69.
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Ralph
45 +12
70.
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Anthony
42 +8
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Laurence
42 +5
72.
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Victor
41 -6
73.
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Clarence
40 +5
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Clifford
40 -7
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Allen
39 +7
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Graeme
39 new
77.
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Leo
38 +8
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Maxwell
38 +17
79.
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Basil
37 +12
79.
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Stuart
37 +8
81.
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Bryan
36 +13
81.
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Gerald
36 -9
81.
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Lionel
36 +6
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Sydney
36 -7
85.
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Roger
35 -3
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Ross
35 +1
87.
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Neville
34 -15
87.
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Philip
34 -5
89.
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Terence
33 -25
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Athol
32 +4
91.
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Cecil
31 -11
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Edwin
31 -15
93.
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Derek
30 new
93.
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Hugh
30 -31
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Samuel
30 -2
96.
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Arnold
27 -2
96.
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Wallace
27 +4
98.
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Dennis
26 new
98.
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Louis
26 new
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Robin
26 new
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Wilfred
26 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
500 0
2.
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Shirley
398 0
3.
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Betty
364 +2
4.
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Patricia
354 -1
5.
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Mary
326 -1
6.
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Joan
262 -1
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Dorothy
260 0
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Joyce
246 0
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Elizabeth
245 0
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June
214 0
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Jean
203 0
12.
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Audrey
189 +1
13.
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Valerie
186 +6
14.
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Kathleen
169 0
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Doreen
162 -3
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Marie
152 +1
17.
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Barbara
132 +1
18.
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Daphne
130 +10
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Ngaire
130 +4
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Mavis
129 +6
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Phyllis
124 -5
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Eileen
122 -7
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Norma
117 +1
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Nancy
116 -1
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Helen
106 0
26.
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Irene
101 +12
26.
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Lorna
101 +8
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Thelma
101 0
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Noeline
100 +3
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Marjorie
98 -9
31.
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Colleen
97 +17
32.
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Dawn
95 +8
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Maureen
89 +20
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Nola
89 -13
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Frances
88 -4
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Edna
86 +3
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Beryl
85 -8
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Joy
82 +6
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Ruth
81 -5
40.
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Hazel
77 +7
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Lois
73 0
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Marion
73 +21
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Yvonne
73 +21
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Beverley
72 +7
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Pauline
72 +21
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Gladys
71 -5
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Olive
70 -15
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Pamela
70 +12
49.
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Florence
68 -19
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Annie
67 0
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Doris
67 -16
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Catherine
66 -1
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Elsie
66 -6
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Ellen
63 0
55.
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Elaine
61 +22
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Evelyn
61 -14
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Violet
60 -2
58.
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Fay
58 +9
59.
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Muriel
57 +1
60.
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Edith
56 -4
61.
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Sylvia
54 -24
62.
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Alice
53 -13
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Janet
53 +17
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Agnes
51 -8
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Iris
51 -20
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Winifred
51 -4
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Alison
49 +8
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Peggy
48 +1
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Jessie
47 -13
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Dulcie
43 -5
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Gloria
43 -1
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Ivy
43 +13
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Eunice
42 +2
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Josephine
41 -3
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Rita
41 -6
76.
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Ailsa
39 +3
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Heather
39 -3
78.
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Isabel
38 +1
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Vera
37 +4
80.
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Isobel
35 -7
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Judith
35 new
82.
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Aileen
34 -5
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Valmai
33 new
84.
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Gwendoline
32 -1
85.
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Beatrice
31 +11
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Diana
31 new
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Lillian
31 new
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Lorraine
31 new
85.
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Merle
31 new
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Rona
31 -13
91.
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Elva
30 0
91.
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Ethel
30 -29
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Jocelyn
30 -5
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Melva
30 new
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Ruby
30 +2
96.
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Anne
29 new
96.
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Eva
29 0
98.
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Alma
28 -9
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Christina
28 new
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Grace
28 -5
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Mabel
28 new
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Valda
28 new