Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
881 0
2.
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William
591 0
3.
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James
480 0
4.
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Robert
473 0
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Ronald
354 0
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Peter
297 +1
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David
285 +1
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Brian
282 +2
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Donald
281 0
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Raymond
275 -4
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Ian
271 0
12.
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Thomas
262 +2
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George
236 -1
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Kenneth
220 +2
15.
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Colin
209 -2
16.
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Gordon
173 +2
17.
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Keith
171 -3
18.
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Leslie
170 +5
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Bruce
165 +7
20.
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Edward
163 +10
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Douglas
162 -4
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Alan
161 -2
23.
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Maurice
160 -2
24.
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Charles
158 +3
25.
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Allan
154 +2
26.
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Arthur
146 -7
26.
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Noel
146 +6
28.
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Trevor
144 -4
29.
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Richard
136 -7
30.
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Desmond
132 -3
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Norman
125 +4
32.
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Graham
124 +1
33.
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Eric
122 -9
34.
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Francis
115 -3
35.
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Jack
104 +3
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Walter
104 +1
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Stanley
103 -3
38.
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Albert
97 -1
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Murray
91 +11
40.
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Leonard
89 +6
41.
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Frederick
87 -2
42.
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Ivan
85 -2
43.
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Alfred
84 +2
44.
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Alexander
83 -2
44.
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Harold
83 +4
46.
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Barry
82 +7
47.
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Patrick
81 -3
48.
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Ernest
78 +6
49.
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Bernard
77 +13
50.
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Joseph
76 -2
51.
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Henry
75 -8
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Roy
75 -5
53.
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Mervyn
73 -13
54.
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Michael
72 +7
55.
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Kevin
69 +3
56.
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Owen
68 +2
57.
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Lawrence
66 +3
58.
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Reginald
65 -2
59.
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Frank
64 -9
60.
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Graeme
63 +7
60.
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Rex
63 -10
62.
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Russell
60 -8
63.
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Malcolm
59 -7
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Neil
59 +1
65.
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Anthony
56 +5
66.
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Geoffrey
55 -1
67.
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Herbert
54 0
68.
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Ross
51 -1
69.
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Hugh
49 +3
70.
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Clifford
45 -5
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Terence
45 +7
72.
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Bryan
44 +17
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Paul
44 +9
74.
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Neville
43 +8
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Allen
42 +9
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Victor
42 +2
77.
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Cyril
39 -14
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Gerald
39 +5
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Derek
38 +13
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Philip
38 -3
81.
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Andrew
36 -10
81.
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Edwin
36 +9
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Laurence
36 +5
84.
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Dennis
35 +1
85.
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Harry
34 -13
85.
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Leo
34 -13
85.
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Maxwell
34 -8
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Selwyn
34 +7
89.
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Arnold
32 +3
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Basil
32 new
89.
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Robin
32 +9
92.
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Roger
31 0
93.
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Daniel
26 new
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Denis
26 new
93.
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Gilbert
26 new
93.
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Kelvin
26 new
97.
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Clive
25 new
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Sydney
25 -25
99.
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Samuel
24 -7
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Wallace
24 -13
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
664 0
2.
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Shirley
391 0
3.
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Patricia
382 +1
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Mary
348 -1
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Betty
292 0
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Joan
270 0
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Dorothy
256 0
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June
224 0
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Elizabeth
220 +1
10.
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Joyce
207 -1
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Valerie
193 +2
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Jean
190 0
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Barbara
181 +2
14.
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Marie
166 +4
15.
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Doreen
165 -1
16.
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Kathleen
160 -5
17.
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Audrey
146 0
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Ngaire
145 -2
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Nancy
127 +6
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Eileen
125 -1
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Helen
122 0
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Daphne
118 +5
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Beverley
115 +6
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Maureen
115 +1
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Norma
115 -2
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Noeline
111 +6
27.
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Phyllis
109 -6
28.
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Colleen
106 -2
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Marjorie
101 +1
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Dawn
100 +7
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Mavis
100 -3
32.
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Pauline
93 +18
33.
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Lois
92 +9
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Pamela
88 -1
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Irene
82 0
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Lorna
75 -5
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Ruth
75 +6
38.
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Fay
74 +11
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Nola
73 -19
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Thelma
73 -5
41.
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Catherine
69 +22
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Edna
69 +3
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Frances
69 +6
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Joy
69 -2
45.
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Hazel
67 +12
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Heather
67 +9
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Olive
65 +23
48.
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Doris
64 -10
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Elaine
64 +22
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Jocelyn
64 +20
51.
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Gladys
63 -10
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Marion
62 0
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Florence
61 -9
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Beryl
57 -18
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Sylvia
57 -4
56.
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Alice
54 -4
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Elsie
53 -18
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Edith
52 0
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Evelyn
52 -4
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Janet
52 +19
61.
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Alison
51 -15
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Annie
51 -5
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Iris
50 -2
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Muriel
50 -5
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Rita
50 +9
66.
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Dulcie
48 +17
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Yvonne
48 -19
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Ellen
47 -10
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Jessie
47 0
70.
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Judith
46 +17
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Violet
44 +3
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Ivy
43 +9
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Winifred
43 -8
74.
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Aileen
42 +5
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Josephine
42 -12
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Rona
41 +3
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Gwendoline
40 -13
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Anne
39 +15
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Gloria
39 new
78.
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Lorraine
39 -4
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Peggy
38 -17
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Melva
37 new
83.
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Alma
36 -2
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Grace
36 +7
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Vera
36 +13
86.
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Ailsa
35 +1
87.
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Agnes
33 -11
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Avis
33 new
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Bernice
33 new
87.
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Ethel
33 -23
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Eunice
33 -10
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Isobel
33 +3
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Beatrice
31 -3
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Rose
30 new
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Merle
29 -11
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Diana
28 new
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Rosemary
28 new
98.
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Myra
27 -11
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Rae
27 new
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Beverly
26 new
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Christina
26 new
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Elva
26 -16
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Myrtle
26 new