Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,209 0
2.
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Peter
756 +1
3.
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David
740 +3
4.
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Robert
639 +1
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William
528 -3
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Brian
521 -2
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James
404 0
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Ian
385 0
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Michael
336 +2
10.
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Barry
320 0
11.
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Graham
299 -2
12.
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Ronald
295 +1
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Kenneth
279 +2
14.
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Donald
277 -2
15.
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Graeme
275 +1
16.
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Raymond
272 +1
17.
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Richard
264 +2
18.
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Alan
256 0
18.
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Colin
256 -4
20.
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Kevin
240 +9
21.
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Bruce
226 0
22.
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Allan
212 +4
23.
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Anthony
210 -3
24.
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Trevor
204 -1
25.
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Thomas
200 -3
26.
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Murray
195 +4
27.
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George
189 -3
28.
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Gary
185 -3
29.
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Edward
174 -1
30.
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Keith
146 -3
31.
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Robin
141 +4
32.
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Douglas
136 +1
33.
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Gordon
134 +7
33.
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Neil
134 +1
35.
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Leslie
131 -4
36.
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Paul
129 +2
37.
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Noel
127 +6
38.
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Roger
123 +1
39.
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Patrick
120 +5
40.
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Charles
115 -3
40.
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Ross
115 +18
42.
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Arthur
112 0
43.
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Russell
111 +3
44.
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Norman
105 +6
45.
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Terence
99 -13
45.
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Winston
99 +28
47.
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Eric
98 +9
48.
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Maurice
97 -13
49.
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Desmond
96 +1
50.
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Bryan
92 -3
50.
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Malcolm
92 0
50.
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Rex
92 -1
53.
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Dennis
90 -13
53.
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Geoffrey
90 0
55.
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Christopher
89 +29
55.
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Neville
89 -11
57.
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Francis
88 -9
58.
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Mervyn
82 -3
59.
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Frederick
77 -6
59.
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Leonard
77 -1
59.
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Warren
77 +9
62.
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Alexander
71 -1
63.
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Walter
70 +2
64.
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Denis
69 -1
64.
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Garry
69 +3
66.
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Philip
66 -2
67.
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Stanley
65 -11
68.
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Albert
64 -8
68.
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Errol
64 +2
70.
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Joseph
63 -4
71.
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Bernard
62 -2
72.
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Ivan
60 -10
72.
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Rodney
60 +2
74.
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Lawrence
57 +1
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Andrew
55 0
76.
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Henry
54 -5
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Owen
54 +4
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Roy
54 +7
76.
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Stuart
54 +11
80.
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Ernest
53 -2
80.
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Harold
53 -3
82.
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Frank
50 +8
83.
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Hugh
48 +16
83.
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Jack
48 +4
85.
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Clive
47 -5
85.
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Stephen
47 new
87.
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Derek
46 new
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Gavin
46 -5
89.
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Alfred
44 -11
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Gerald
44 -5
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Warwick
44 -2
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Lindsay
43 +4
93.
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Reginald
42 -22
94.
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Barrie
39 -3
95.
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Allen
38 +3
95.
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Edwin
38 -11
97.
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Herbert
37 new
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Kelvin
37 new
99.
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Harry
36 new
99.
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Laurence
36 new
99.
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Terrence
36 0
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Margaret
828 0
2.
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Patricia
599 0
3.
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Judith
442 0
4.
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Barbara
380 0
5.
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Mary
374 0
6.
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Beverley
335 +3
7.
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Pamela
321 -1
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Elizabeth
314 0
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Shirley
274 -2
10.
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Helen
265 +4
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Janice
255 -1
12.
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Maureen
229 0
13.
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Valerie
228 -2
14.
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Jennifer
226 +2
15.
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Heather
218 +4
16.
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Kathleen
211 +5
17.
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Joan
202 -4
18.
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Lorraine
182 +4
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Colleen
180 -2
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Elaine
180 +4
21.
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Janet
178 -3
22.
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Dorothy
171 -8
23.
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Alison
157 +13
24.
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Diane
154 +28
25.
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Marie
153 -5
26.
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Anne
141 -3
27.
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Lois
138 +7
28.
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Frances
135 +17
29.
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Lynette
132 +20
30.
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June
131 -4
31.
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Ann
116 -4
32.
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Pauline
114 -3
33.
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Carol
113 +4
33.
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Jeanette
113 -4
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Yvonne
113 -8
36.
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Jean
108 -9
37.
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Joy
107 +5
38.
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Rosemary
106 +8
39.
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Marion
103 -6
40.
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Diana
100 +16
41.
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Dawn
98 -6
42.
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Annette
95 -10
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Ngaire
93 -2
44.
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Wendy
91 +15
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Jocelyn
90 +11
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Noeline
90 -7
47.
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Beverly
87 -9
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Doreen
87 +17
49.
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Irene
86 +1
50.
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Gloria
85 -7
51.
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Kay
84 +18
52.
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Rosalie
82 0
53.
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Josephine
81 -7
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Joyce
81 -2
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Marlene
81 -22
56.
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Betty
79 -18
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Gillian
79 +9
58.
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Ruth
77 +1
59.
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Catherine
75 -16
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Daphne
75 +17
61.
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Jillian
74 +1
62.
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Eileen
72 -14
63.
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Lesley
71 -2
64.
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Fay
70 -10
64.
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Nancy
70 -2
66.
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Jill
69 -8
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Marilyn
69 +10
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Robyn
69 +16
69.
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Glenys
65 new
69.
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Robin
65 -14
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Susan
63 0
72.
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Julie
61 -4
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Dianne
58 +21
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Edith
57 +11
75.
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Gail
55 -5
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Jacqueline
53 -10
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Carole
52 +3
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Ellen
50 +12
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Evelyn
50 -7
80.
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Beryl
49 +15
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Julia
48 new
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Norma
48 -10
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Suzanne
48 new
84.
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Christine
46 +11
84.
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Eleanor
46 -6
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Florence
46 +8
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Janette
46 -1
88.
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Marjorie
45 -9
89.
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Lorna
44 -8
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Phyllis
44 0
91.
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Sally
42 new
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Sylvia
41 -21
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Raewyn
39 new
94.
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Adrienne
38 -9
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Thelma
38 -23
96.
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Denise
37 new
96.
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Vivienne
37 new
98.
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Mavis
36 -10
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Linda
35 new
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Noelene
35 -9