Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,628 0
2.
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David
979 0
3.
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Peter
898 0
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Robert
766 0
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Michael
606 0
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Brian
597 +1
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William
577 -1
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Ian
477 0
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Kevin
467 +1
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James
452 -1
11.
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Richard
436 +3
12.
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Graham
398 0
13.
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Bruce
386 0
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Graeme
374 -3
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Paul
368 +2
16.
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Alan
361 0
17.
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Barry
352 +4
18.
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Kenneth
337 +4
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Murray
334 -2
20.
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Ronald
310 +3
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Wayne
307 +5
22.
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Anthony
304 -7
22.
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Colin
304 -3
24.
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Trevor
297 +1
25.
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Raymond
289 -6
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Donald
267 -2
27.
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Allan
253 +2
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Gary
253 +1
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Ross
232 +3
30.
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Christopher
218 +7
31.
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Roger
201 0
32.
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Dennis
196 -5
32.
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Keith
196 +2
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Russell
196 +1
35.
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Thomas
189 -5
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Geoffrey
173 +3
37.
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Terence
161 +5
38.
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Douglas
160 -3
39.
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George
157 +1
39.
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Neil
157 -1
41.
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Philip
156 +9
42.
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Leslie
150 -7
43.
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Warren
149 +1
44.
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Malcolm
147 +4
45.
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Patrick
139 0
45.
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Robin
139 +1
47.
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Edward
134 -6
48.
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Gordon
133 -5
48.
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Neville
133 -1
50.
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Charles
128 -2
51.
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Noel
123 +1
52.
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Rodney
121 -2
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Stephen
121 +14
54.
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Garry
110 +6
55.
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Andrew
103 0
56.
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Arthur
102 +3
57.
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Rex
99 -2
58.
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Bryan
97 -4
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Denis
97 +11
60.
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Maurice
96 -7
61.
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Stuart
92 -4
62.
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Francis
91 +2
63.
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Kerry
89 +4
64.
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Alexander
86 +3
64.
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Gavin
86 +29
66.
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Eric
85 -2
67.
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Norman
83 -5
68.
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Desmond
82 -11
68.
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Phillip
82 +10
70.
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Joseph
77 +4
71.
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Ivan
75 +10
72.
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Owen
74 -1
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Gregory
72 new
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Lindsay
72 -11
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Mervyn
72 -12
76.
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Warwick
71 -2
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Clive
69 -3
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Frederick
66 +5
79.
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Grant
65 -8
80.
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Lawrence
61 +9
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Bernard
60 -11
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Derek
60 -3
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Harold
60 +1
84.
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Terrence
57 -1
85.
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Allen
56 +10
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Mark
56 new
87.
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Hugh
55 new
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Laurence
55 +4
89.
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Kelvin
54 new
89.
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Leonard
54 -16
91.
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Stanley
53 -4
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Timothy
53 -11
93.
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Roy
52 -10
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Stewart
52 new
95.
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Henry
51 -5
95.
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Maxwell
51 new
97.
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Jeffrey
50 -9
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Gerald
48 -21
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Martin
48 -15
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Jack
46 -5
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
841 0
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Judith
585 +1
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Patricia
509 -1
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Susan
436 +7
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Elizabeth
416 0
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Jennifer
412 -2
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Mary
402 0
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Pamela
374 0
9.
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Barbara
365 -3
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Janice
365 +1
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Helen
350 +1
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Lynette
337 +1
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Carol
330 -4
14.
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Christine
328 +6
15.
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Kathleen
295 +2
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Diane
289 0
17.
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Sandra
286 +6
18.
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Shirley
281 -4
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Beverley
278 -1
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Heather
266 -5
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Lorraine
242 0
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Maureen
221 0
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Robyn
221 +4
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Janet
207 0
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Colleen
203 -6
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Valerie
201 +5
27.
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Suzanne
200 +18
28.
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Pauline
192 -3
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Marie
191 0
30.
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Anne
187 +5
31.
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Denise
184 -1
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Dianne
182 +5
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Alison
177 0
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Yvonne
176 -7
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Dorothy
169 -3
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Carolyn
162 +5
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Marilyn
160 -2
38.
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Annette
159 +10
38.
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Karen
159 +26
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Raewyn
159 -10
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Wendy
155 -4
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Ann
149 +1
43.
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Catherine
146 +5
44.
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Lesley
141 -1
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Joan
139 -11
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Cheryl
138 +11
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Elaine
130 -6
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Frances
130 0
49.
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Kay
124 +5
50.
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Gail
120 -10
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Rosemary
117 -14
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Julie
112 +20
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Marion
112 0
54.
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Jillian
110 +4
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Lois
104 +9
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June
101 -3
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Linda
99 +23
58.
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Jacqueline
96 +9
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Joy
96 -10
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Sheryl
96 new
61.
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Gloria
95 -1
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Gillian
93 +1
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Diana
91 -9
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Jill
91 -3
65.
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Jean
90 -6
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Jeanette
90 -20
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Ngaire
84 -16
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Glenys
82 +1
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Ruth
82 -8
70.
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Sally
81 +8
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Sharon
79 0
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Jocelyn
73 -18
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Josephine
73 +13
74.
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Irene
71 -10
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Betty
70 -5
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Kathryn
70 +22
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Adrienne
69 +11
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Shona
68 +14
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Joyce
67 -3
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Doreen
64 0
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Marlene
62 -3
82.
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Beverly
60 -7
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Evelyn
60 +12
84.
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Lynne
59 +14
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Noeline
59 -7
86.
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Brenda
57 +8
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Eileen
57 -14
88.
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Dawn
56 -14
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Nancy
56 +6
90.
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Susanne
55 new
91.
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Carole
54 -24
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Faye
54 +7
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Janette
54 new
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Robin
54 -9
95.
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Lynnette
53 -12
96.
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Jane
52 -10
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Sylvia
52 -13
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Cynthia
50 new
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Vivienne
50 -8
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Fay
48 -12