Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
855 0
2.
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William
520 0
3.
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Robert
440 0
4.
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James
373 +1
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Brian
371 +2
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Ronald
354 -2
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Peter
347 -1
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David
340 0
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Donald
294 +1
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Ian
282 -1
11.
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Raymond
209 0
12.
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George
205 0
13.
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Thomas
189 +1
14.
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Colin
185 -1
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Kenneth
170 0
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Graham
169 +5
17.
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Barry
166 +3
18.
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Alan
156 -2
19.
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Richard
148 0
20.
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Trevor
138 -3
21.
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Gordon
130 +6
22.
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Allan
129 +10
22.
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Leslie
129 +12
24.
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Bruce
127 0
25.
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Douglas
126 -2
26.
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Keith
123 0
27.
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Arthur
122 +1
28.
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Charles
121 -11
29.
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Edward
114 -4
30.
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Michael
110 0
31.
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Noel
107 +2
32.
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Graeme
102 +2
33.
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Ivan
99 +18
34.
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Francis
96 +6
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Norman
96 -3
36.
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Patrick
89 +10
37.
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Desmond
86 -1
38.
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Walter
85 +4
39.
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Neil
81 +8
40.
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Rex
80 -1
41.
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Albert
79 -3
41.
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Eric
79 -12
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Maurice
79 -20
44.
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Anthony
78 +22
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Henry
78 +14
46.
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Alexander
75 -5
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Frederick
75 -2
48.
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Mervyn
74 +13
49.
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Murray
72 -12
50.
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Roy
69 +9
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Terence
69 +7
52.
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Leonard
68 0
53.
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Russell
65 -6
54.
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Harold
63 +5
55.
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Alfred
62 +8
55.
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Kevin
62 0
55.
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Malcolm
62 -5
58.
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Jack
61 -5
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Stanley
61 -16
60.
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Joseph
60 -15
61.
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Bryan
59 -8
61.
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Robin
59 +9
63.
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Lawrence
58 +2
64.
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Paul
57 -2
65.
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Reginald
56 +3
66.
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Frank
55 +8
67.
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Ross
54 +7
68.
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Dennis
52 +20
69.
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Roger
51 -3
70.
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Andrew
49 +6
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Bernard
49 -14
70.
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Neville
49 0
73.
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Owen
47 -24
74.
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Ernest
46 -11
75.
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Gerald
45 -6
76.
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Clive
43 0
77.
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Edwin
37 -1
78.
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Barrie
36 -2
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Geoffrey
36 -5
80.
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Hugh
35 +1
80.
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Ralph
35 +11
80.
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Stuart
35 +17
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Warren
35 new
84.
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Lindsay
33 +7
85.
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Philip
32 +6
86.
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Cyril
31 -1
87.
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Basil
27 +10
87.
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Harry
27 +4
87.
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Laurence
27 -15
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Lionel
27 +4
87.
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Rodney
27 +4
87.
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Sydney
27 new
93.
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Denis
26 new
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Maxwell
26 new
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Selwyn
26 +4
96.
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Derek
25 new
96.
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Herbert
25 -13
96.
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Samuel
25 new
99.
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Clifford
24 -16
99.
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Daniel
24 new
99.
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Stewart
24 new
99.
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Terrence
24 new
99.
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Victor
24 -14
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
733 0
2.
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Shirley
349 +2
3.
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Patricia
323 -1
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Mary
287 -1
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Joan
241 0
6.
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Barbara
221 +1
7.
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Elizabeth
216 +1
8.
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Dorothy
192 -2
9.
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Valerie
188 0
10.
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Jean
175 +4
11.
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Maureen
171 +1
12.
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June
169 -1
13.
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Beverley
163 +2
14.
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Betty
158 -4
15.
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Helen
142 +6
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Judith
142 +7
17.
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Kathleen
136 +2
18.
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Marie
126 -1
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Joyce
125 -1
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Pamela
125 -3
21.
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Doreen
118 -8
22.
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Colleen
116 -2
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Janet
101 +1
24.
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Heather
96 +7
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Dawn
93 +2
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Lois
93 0
27.
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Eileen
88 0
28.
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Audrey
87 -5
29.
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Nancy
82 -3
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Nola
79 +18
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Phyllis
79 +13
32.
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Ngaire
78 +8
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Norma
77 -3
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Alison
75 +11
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Ruth
75 +1
36.
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Noeline
74 -9
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Marion
73 -2
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Pauline
73 +2
39.
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Anne
71 -7
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Frances
71 +6
41.
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Yvonne
69 -9
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Marjorie
68 +8
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Elaine
66 -8
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Fay
65 -3
45.
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Jocelyn
64 +15
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Daphne
61 -14
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Janice
60 +48
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Joy
60 -9
49.
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Ann
56 +33
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Jennifer
56 +28
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Lorraine
56 +3
52.
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Mavis
55 -8
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Catherine
52 -11
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Evelyn
52 +3
55.
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Thelma
51 0
56.
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Beryl
50 -7
56.
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Edna
50 +8
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Irene
50 -4
59.
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Beverly
49 +5
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Winifred
49 +21
61.
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Gladys
45 -1
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Noelene
45 +13
63.
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Lorna
44 -13
64.
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Hazel
43 -17
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Lesley
43 +22
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Sylvia
43 +2
67.
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Ailsa
39 +15
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Florence
39 -15
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Violet
39 +30
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Alice
37 -10
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Ellen
37 +6
72.
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Diana
36 -9
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Josephine
36 -13
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Olive
36 -5
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Rosemary
36 -4
76.
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Marlene
35 +19
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Annie
34 -9
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Isobel
34 +5
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Doris
32 -21
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Elsie
32 -11
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Gloria
32 +7
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Gwendoline
32 new
83.
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Eleanor
31 +9
84.
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Agnes
30 -13
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Constance
30 new
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Iris
30 -7
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Rae
30 -2
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Vera
30 new
89.
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Edith
29 -32
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Eunice
29 +1
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Muriel
29 -3
92.
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Annette
28 new
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Jill
27 new
94.
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Rita
26 -23
95.
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Claire
25 new
95.
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Jeanette
25 new
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May
25 new
98.
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Aileen
24 new
98.
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Jessie
24 -21
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Peggy
24 -27