Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
977 0
2.
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Peter
582 +3
3.
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David
569 +1
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Robert
557 -1
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William
557 -2
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Brian
514 0
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James
394 0
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Ian
310 +2
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Ronald
285 0
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Graham
276 +2
11.
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Donald
272 -3
12.
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Barry
244 -1
13.
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Raymond
232 +1
14.
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Michael
226 +1
15.
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Colin
221 -3
16.
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Bruce
211 +6
17.
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Kenneth
199 +1
18.
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George
194 +1
18.
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Graeme
194 -2
20.
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Richard
180 -3
21.
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Thomas
179 -1
22.
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Anthony
175 +6
23.
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Alan
168 -3
23.
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Neville
168 +14
25.
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Trevor
161 -2
26.
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Gary
157 -2
27.
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Edward
150 -1
28.
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Kevin
146 +7
29.
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Douglas
135 +1
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Murray
135 +3
31.
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Paul
129 +4
32.
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Allan
127 -8
33.
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Leslie
126 -3
34.
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Gordon
118 -7
35.
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Terence
116 +7
36.
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Arthur
115 -3
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Charles
115 -7
38.
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Noel
113 +1
39.
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Roger
108 +7
40.
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Neil
107 -2
41.
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Maurice
105 -2
42.
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Patrick
99 +10
43.
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Keith
96 -9
44.
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Russell
92 -2
45.
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Dennis
90 +12
46.
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Bryan
88 +8
47.
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Malcolm
84 -3
48.
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Frederick
83 +1
49.
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Norman
82 +5
49.
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Robin
82 0
49.
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Ross
82 +7
52.
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Desmond
78 -5
52.
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Rex
78 +8
54.
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Walter
70 +4
55.
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Eric
69 -14
56.
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Francis
68 -8
57.
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Mervyn
67 +3
58.
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Alexander
62 -13
58.
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Stanley
62 +4
60.
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Albert
58 +4
60.
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Denis
58 +16
60.
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Roy
58 +26
63.
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Joseph
57 -11
64.
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Frank
56 +12
64.
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Geoffrey
56 0
66.
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Bernard
53 +14
66.
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Leonard
53 +1
68.
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Garry
52 -6
69.
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Warren
51 +30
70.
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Philip
50 +2
71.
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Errol
49 +28
71.
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Harold
49 -3
71.
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Henry
49 -13
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Ivan
49 -22
75.
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Alfred
48 +7
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Owen
48 +17
77.
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Gerald
45 +15
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Jack
45 -6
79.
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Ernest
42 -11
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Lindsay
42 -3
81.
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Rodney
41 -7
82.
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Barrie
38 -9
82.
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Lawrence
38 +1
82.
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Stuart
38 -6
82.
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Warwick
38 new
86.
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Andrew
36 -22
86.
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Reginald
36 -18
88.
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Victor
34 +4
89.
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Edwin
33 new
89.
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Terrence
33 new
91.
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Gavin
32 -2
92.
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Christopher
31 -4
92.
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Maxwell
31 -9
92.
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Wiremu
31 -12
95.
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Clifford
30 +3
95.
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Hugh
30 -9
97.
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Allen
29 -8
97.
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Clive
29 -5
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Kerry
29 new
97.
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Laurence
29 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Margaret
708 0
2.
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Patricia
546 0
3.
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Judith
347 +1
4.
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Barbara
321 -1
5.
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Beverley
309 0
6.
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Mary
300 0
7.
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Elizabeth
239 +2
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Valerie
238 0
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Shirley
223 -2
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Joan
220 +1
11.
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Colleen
209 +4
12.
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Pamela
208 -2
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Janice
201 +3
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Dorothy
190 -3
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Maureen
190 -1
16.
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Jennifer
182 +2
17.
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Helen
174 -3
18.
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Marie
157 -1
19.
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Janet
148 +2
20.
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Kathleen
147 0
21.
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Yvonne
146 +8
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June
137 -3
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Elaine
132 0
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Heather
130 -2
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Lorraine
120 +1
26.
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Anne
119 0
26.
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Jean
119 -1
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Jeanette
119 +4
29.
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Ngaire
101 +6
30.
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Beverly
98 +7
31.
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Lois
97 -3
32.
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Betty
96 +1
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Frances
96 +19
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Pauline
96 +10
35.
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Doreen
95 +11
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Alison
90 -4
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Annette
90 +8
38.
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Ann
88 -4
39.
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Marion
87 -3
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Noeline
87 -9
41.
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Dawn
83 -17
42.
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Carol
80 +14
43.
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Fay
79 -6
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Joyce
79 -3
45.
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Nancy
76 -2
46.
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Joy
73 -9
47.
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Eileen
71 -7
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Jocelyn
71 -2
49.
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Rosalie
69 +20
50.
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Daphne
68 -4
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Diane
68 +1
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Catherine
67 +5
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Phyllis
66 +12
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Josephine
65 -8
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Diana
63 -9
56.
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Irene
62 -6
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Rosemary
62 -2
58.
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Jill
61 +1
59.
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Audrey
60 -8
59.
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Evelyn
60 0
59.
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Gillian
60 +32
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Marlene
60 +10
63.
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Lesley
58 -9
64.
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Norma
57 +4
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Ruth
57 -2
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Robin
56 +11
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Nola
53 -3
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Marjorie
49 -11
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Wendy
49 -6
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Lynette
48 +4
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Beryl
46 +3
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Marilyn
46 +9
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Jacqueline
45 +12
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Edith
44 +20
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Gloria
43 -10
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Susan
43 +6
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Sylvia
42 -5
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Jillian
41 +16
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Hazel
40 +15
80.
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Carole
39 new
80.
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Lorna
39 -19
82.
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Mavis
38 -15
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Julie
35 +3
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Olive
35 +6
85.
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Shona
34 new
86.
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Adrienne
33 +8
86.
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Eleanor
33 -5
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Ellen
33 -7
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Faye
33 -14
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Glenda
33 new
86.
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Julia
33 0
86.
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Kay
33 -12
86.
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Suzanne
33 new
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Thelma
33 -15
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Florence
32 -14
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Muriel
32 new
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Noelene
32 -9
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Doris
31 new
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Janette
31 -9
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Merle
30 -16