Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
925 0
2.
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William
508 0
3.
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Robert
431 +2
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Peter
428 -1
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David
406 -1
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Brian
395 +1
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James
343 -1
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Ronald
331 0
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Donald
285 0
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Graham
253 +3
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Ian
247 -1
12.
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Colin
231 +2
13.
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Barry
215 -2
14.
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Raymond
205 -2
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George
187 0
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Kenneth
184 +1
17.
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Thomas
182 -1
18.
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Richard
181 +2
19.
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Edward
178 +9
20.
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Bruce
170 -2
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Graeme
151 +4
21.
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Trevor
151 0
23.
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Michael
140 -1
24.
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Gordon
122 +2
25.
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Charles
118 -1
26.
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Alan
116 -7
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Douglas
116 +5
28.
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Allan
111 +4
28.
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Leslie
111 -5
30.
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Keith
109 -3
31.
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Arthur
108 -1
32.
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Murray
107 +2
33.
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Noel
103 0
34.
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Maurice
94 -5
35.
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Patrick
93 +2
36.
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Frederick
86 +5
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Norman
86 +17
38.
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Desmond
84 -1
39.
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Kevin
82 -3
40.
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Alexander
80 0
41.
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Neil
79 +8
42.
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Rex
78 +4
43.
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Albert
76 -2
43.
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Francis
76 -2
43.
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Malcolm
76 +1
46.
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Eric
75 -11
47.
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Anthony
74 +9
48.
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Stanley
72 +11
49.
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Paul
68 +17
49.
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Walter
68 +20
51.
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Gary
66 +23
52.
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Joseph
64 -6
53.
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Henry
63 -1
53.
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Neville
63 +6
53.
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Terence
63 0
56.
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Mervyn
62 -17
56.
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Robin
62 +9
58.
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Bryan
61 -8
58.
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Roger
61 +12
60.
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Ivan
60 -3
61.
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Russell
59 -13
62.
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Jack
57 -3
63.
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Leonard
56 -19
64.
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Geoffrey
53 +8
65.
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Alfred
52 +3
65.
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Harold
52 -14
67.
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Owen
51 -1
68.
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Reginald
50 +2
69.
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Frank
47 +7
70.
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Lawrence
46 -8
71.
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Ross
45 -9
72.
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Roy
43 -8
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Denis
42 +10
74.
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Gerald
41 0
75.
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Philip
40 -2
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Warren
40 +4
77.
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Andrew
39 -1
78.
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Ernest
38 -25
79.
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Bernard
35 -22
79.
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Hugh
35 +4
81.
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Maxwell
34 new
82.
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Garry
33 new
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Laurence
33 +5
84.
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Edwin
32 new
84.
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Ralph
32 +6
86.
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Clive
31 -10
87.
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Clifford
30 +3
87.
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Rodney
30 +3
89.
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Barrie
29 -7
89.
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Herbert
29 -3
91.
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Daniel
28 new
91.
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Harry
28 +3
93.
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Allen
27 -4
93.
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Kelvin
27 -12
95.
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Lewis
26 -1
95.
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Wiremu
26 new
97.
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Dennis
25 -18
97.
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Lindsay
25 +1
99.
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Victor
24 new
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Cyril
23 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
743 0
2.
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Shirley
454 0
3.
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Patricia
344 0
4.
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Mary
308 0
5.
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Beverley
259 +3
6.
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Barbara
255 0
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Joan
234 -2
8.
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Valerie
216 +4
9.
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Elizabeth
212 +2
10.
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Dorothy
205 -3
11.
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Judith
202 -1
12.
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Jean
164 +5
13.
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Maureen
161 -4
14.
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Pamela
153 -1
15.
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Colleen
149 +6
16.
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Betty
143 +2
17.
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Helen
141 -1
18.
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Kathleen
137 -3
19.
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Janet
130 +3
20.
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Marie
128 -6
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June
127 -1
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Heather
117 +4
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Elaine
103 +12
24.
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Anne
102 +3
25.
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Yvonne
97 0
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Doreen
93 -7
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Noeline
93 +3
28.
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Janice
92 +18
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Jennifer
92 +11
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Ngaire
91 -2
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Eileen
90 +6
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Nancy
90 +1
33.
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Dawn
87 -1
34.
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Joyce
86 -10
35.
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Frances
84 -6
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Marion
83 -5
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Lois
79 -3
38.
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Alison
78 -2
39.
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Audrey
76 -16
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Beverly
76 +12
41.
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Lorraine
75 +6
42.
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Ann
73 +8
43.
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Nola
69 -5
44.
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Joy
68 -2
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Pauline
68 0
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Fay
67 +8
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Evelyn
64 +11
48.
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Marjorie
61 -8
49.
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Sylvia
59 +17
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Josephine
57 +1
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Phyllis
56 +3
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Ruth
55 -5
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Jeanette
54 +22
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Catherine
53 +4
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Diana
53 +15
54.
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Irene
53 -1
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Mavis
53 +15
58.
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Jill
51 +4
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Norma
50 -17
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Lorna
49 -2
61.
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Jocelyn
48 -21
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Thelma
48 +3
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Rosemary
47 -7
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Edith
46 +14
65.
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Alice
45 0
65.
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Daphne
45 -18
67.
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Beryl
44 -22
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Annette
43 +12
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Lesley
41 -13
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Olive
41 -8
71.
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Rita
40 new
72.
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Florence
39 -9
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Gladys
39 +4
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Marlene
39 -4
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Ellen
38 -6
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Hazel
36 +8
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Jacqueline
36 +8
78.
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Elsie
34 -12
79.
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Eleanor
32 new
79.
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Ethel
32 +19
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Edna
31 -8
82.
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Peggy
30 +7
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Violet
30 +1
84.
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Annie
29 new
84.
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Carol
29 new
84.
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Merle
29 +5
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Muriel
29 new
88.
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Agnes
28 -10
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Gillian
28 +1
88.
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Gloria
28 -19
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Grace
28 -8
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Noelene
28 new
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Winifred
28 -6
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Aileen
27 -10
95.
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Doris
26 -19
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Robin
26 new
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Coral
25 new
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Julia
25 new
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Maria
25 new
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Marilyn
25 new
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Melva
25 new