Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,213 0
2.
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William
648 +2
3.
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Peter
645 -1
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Brian
607 +2
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Robert
600 -1
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David
571 -3
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James
418 0
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Ian
357 0
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Graham
330 +1
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Barry
319 +2
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Michael
296 +3
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Donald
290 -1
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Ronald
278 -4
14.
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Colin
258 +1
15.
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Kenneth
251 +2
16.
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Graeme
245 +2
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Raymond
243 -4
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Alan
237 +5
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Richard
235 +1
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Anthony
230 +2
21.
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Bruce
193 -5
22.
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Thomas
183 -1
23.
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Trevor
176 +2
24.
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George
174 -6
25.
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Gary
168 +1
26.
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Allan
167 +6
27.
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Keith
155 +16
28.
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Edward
151 -1
29.
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Kevin
145 -1
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Murray
143 -1
31.
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Leslie
142 +2
32.
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Terence
128 +3
33.
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Douglas
127 -4
34.
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Neil
122 +6
35.
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Maurice
121 +6
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Robin
121 +14
37.
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Charles
120 -1
38.
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Paul
118 -7
39.
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Roger
114 0
40.
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Dennis
113 +5
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Gordon
113 -6
42.
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Arthur
109 -6
43.
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Noel
108 -5
44.
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Neville
105 -21
44.
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Patrick
105 -2
46.
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Russell
99 -2
47.
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Bryan
97 -1
48.
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Francis
89 +8
49.
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Rex
88 +3
50.
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Desmond
86 +2
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Malcolm
86 -3
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Norman
86 -1
53.
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Frederick
85 -5
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Geoffrey
85 +11
55.
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Mervyn
84 +2
56.
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Eric
81 -1
56.
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Stanley
81 +2
58.
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Leonard
79 +8
58.
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Ross
79 -9
60.
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Albert
76 0
61.
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Alexander
73 -3
62.
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Ivan
72 +9
63.
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Denis
71 -3
64.
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Philip
67 +6
65.
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Walter
66 -11
66.
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Joseph
63 -3
67.
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Garry
62 +1
68.
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Warren
60 +1
69.
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Bernard
59 -3
70.
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Errol
58 +1
71.
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Henry
56 0
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Reginald
56 +15
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Winston
55 new
74.
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Rodney
53 +7
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Andrew
51 +11
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Lawrence
51 +7
77.
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Harold
49 -6
78.
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Alfred
48 -3
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Ernest
48 +1
80.
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Clive
47 +17
80.
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Owen
47 -5
82.
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Gavin
44 +9
83.
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Roy
43 -23
84.
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Christopher
42 +8
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Edwin
42 +5
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Gerald
42 -7
87.
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Jack
41 -10
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Stuart
41 -5
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Warwick
41 -5
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Frank
40 -26
91.
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Barrie
39 -9
91.
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Maxwell
39 +1
93.
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Clifford
38 +2
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Daniel
38 new
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Wiremu
38 -1
96.
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Lindsay
37 -17
97.
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Victor
36 -9
98.
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Allen
34 -1
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Cyril
33 new
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Hugh
33 -4
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Terrence
33 -10
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
770 0
2.
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Patricia
584 0
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Judith
463 0
4.
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Barbara
388 0
5.
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Mary
354 +1
6.
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Pamela
293 +6
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Shirley
285 +2
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Elizabeth
282 -1
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Beverley
275 -4
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Janice
244 +3
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Valerie
242 -3
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Maureen
224 +2
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Joan
220 -3
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Dorothy
212 0
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Helen
212 +3
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Jennifer
203 0
17.
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Colleen
199 -6
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Janet
180 +1
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Heather
176 +5
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Marie
172 -2
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Kathleen
166 -1
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Lorraine
164 +3
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Anne
144 +3
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Elaine
144 0
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Yvonne
136 -4
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June
135 -4
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Ann
126 +11
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Jean
126 -1
29.
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Jeanette
125 -3
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Pauline
125 +3
31.
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Marlene
121 +28
32.
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Annette
114 +4
33.
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Marion
113 +6
34.
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Lois
104 -3
35.
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Dawn
102 +6
36.
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Alison
98 0
37.
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Carol
96 +5
38.
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Betty
94 -6
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Beverly
94 -8
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Noeline
94 +1
41.
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Ngaire
92 -12
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Joy
90 +4
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Catherine
89 +9
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Gloria
89 +32
45.
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Frances
88 -13
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Josephine
87 +8
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Rosemary
87 +10
48.
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Eileen
86 -1
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Lynette
84 +21
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Irene
83 +6
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Joyce
78 -8
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Diane
77 -2
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Rosalie
77 -3
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Fay
76 -11
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Robin
73 +11
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Diana
72 -1
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Jocelyn
72 -9
58.
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Jill
69 0
59.
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Ruth
68 +5
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Wendy
68 +9
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Lesley
67 +2
62.
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Jillian
66 +16
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Nancy
66 -17
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Doreen
64 -29
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Gillian
62 -6
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Jacqueline
61 +7
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Nola
60 0
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Julie
57 +15
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Kay
55 +17
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Gail
53 new
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Evelyn
52 -12
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Norma
52 -7
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Susan
52 +4
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Sylvia
52 +6
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Thelma
52 +15
76.
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Daphne
51 -26
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Marilyn
51 -5
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Eleanor
49 +8
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Marjorie
48 -11
80.
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Carole
47 0
81.
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Lorna
45 -1
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Robyn
44 new
83.
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Hazel
43 -4
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Janette
43 +15
85.
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Adrienne
42 +1
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Audrey
42 -26
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Edith
42 -11
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Mavis
41 -6
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Phyllis
38 -36
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Ellen
37 -4
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Noelene
37 +5
92.
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Florence
36 +3
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Shona
36 -7
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Dianne
35 new
95.
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Beryl
34 -24
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Christine
34 new
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Cynthia
34 new
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Glenda
34 -9
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Olive
33 -16
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Winifred
33 new