Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,382 0
2.
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David
1,055 0
3.
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Peter
951 0
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Michael
723 0
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Robert
643 -1
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Kevin
553 0
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Paul
491 +3
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Brian
483 -1
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William
479 -1
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Ian
474 0
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Stephen
434 +1
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Graeme
405 +2
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Alan
384 +3
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Bruce
378 -5
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Murray
374 0
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Christopher
346 +8
16.
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James
346 -4
18.
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Graham
330 +1
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Richard
327 -2
20.
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Colin
294 +3
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Anthony
285 -1
22.
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Barry
283 0
23.
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Kenneth
269 -5
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Wayne
269 -2
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Trevor
268 +2
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Donald
261 +3
27.
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Gary
257 +3
28.
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Raymond
246 -2
29.
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Allan
238 -4
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Philip
230 +2
31.
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Ronald
214 -3
32.
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Dennis
213 +1
32.
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Geoffrey
213 -1
34.
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Roger
208 +5
35.
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Grant
200 0
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Keith
193 -2
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Ross
193 +1
38.
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Neil
191 +3
39.
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Thomas
181 -3
39.
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Warren
181 +3
41.
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Gregory
168 +9
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Douglas
167 0
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Garry
162 +2
44.
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Russell
161 -5
45.
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Andrew
158 +1
46.
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Terence
150 0
47.
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Leslie
136 +5
48.
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Mark
134 +8
49.
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Charles
133 +5
50.
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Neville
130 +5
51.
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George
127 -2
52.
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Robin
122 -4
53.
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Phillip
121 -2
54.
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Gordon
120 -2
55.
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Edward
115 -11
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Malcolm
115 -17
57.
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Patrick
110 0
58.
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Steven
109 +14
59.
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Noel
106 +8
60.
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Lindsay
105 +3
61.
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Denis
103 -1
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Stuart
103 +1
63.
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Maurice
98 +1
64.
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Rodney
97 -4
65.
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Bryan
96 -6
66.
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Rex
85 -8
67.
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Martin
84 +13
68.
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Joseph
82 -1
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Owen
82 +2
70.
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Norman
80 +3
71.
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Arthur
79 -4
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Gavin
79 -5
73.
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Timothy
78 +6
74.
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Jeffrey
76 +1
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Kerry
76 +7
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Francis
73 +2
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Eric
72 -4
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Brent
69 new
79.
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Lawrence
68 +8
80.
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Mervyn
63 -4
81.
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Desmond
61 -17
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Henry
61 new
83.
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Derek
60 +10
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Warwick
60 +9
85.
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Ivan
58 +6
86.
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Alexander
57 -16
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Bernard
55 -5
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Glenn
54 new
89.
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Lance
52 -4
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Simon
50 new
91.
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Walter
48 +5
92.
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Laurence
47 -7
93.
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Daniel
46 +5
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Frederick
46 -6
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Leonard
46 +3
96.
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Alistair
45 new
96.
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Clifford
45 new
96.
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Clive
45 -9
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Stewart
45 new
100.
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Maxwell
44 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Christine
673 +1
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Margaret
635 -1
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Susan
528 +1
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Jennifer
485 +1
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Judith
469 -2
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Patricia
422 +2
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Linda
416 0
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Elizabeth
413 +1
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Mary
370 -3
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Barbara
349 0
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Helen
306 +1
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Lynette
302 -1
13.
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Anne
285 +7
14.
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Heather
278 +4
15.
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Janice
275 -2
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Carol
274 -2
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Sandra
273 -1
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Robyn
261 +6
19.
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Pamela
255 -2
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Diane
252 -5
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Lorraine
247 +5
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Janet
241 +1
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Karen
241 0
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Irene
230 +52
25.
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Kathleen
203 -6
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Pauline
199 +2
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Shirley
196 -6
28.
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Beverley
195 -3
29.
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Marilyn
193 -2
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Wendy
191 +5
31.
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Alison
184 +5
32.
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Dianne
177 +1
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Raewyn
177 +6
34.
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Catherine
174 +14
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Maureen
174 -3
36.
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Colleen
166 -3
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Yvonne
166 +11
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Suzanne
163 -9
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Lesley
161 0
40.
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Denise
158 +1
41.
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Sharon
145 +8
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Ann
142 +2
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Carolyn
137 -11
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Julie
137 +8
45.
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Gail
133 -15
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Rosemary
133 -9
47.
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Annette
129 -1
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Marie
128 -6
49.
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Cheryl
122 +2
50.
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Kay
118 +10
51.
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Kathryn
117 +2
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Lynda
114 -10
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Marion
108 +4
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Frances
107 -14
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Valerie
106 -10
56.
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Jillian
104 -6
57.
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Dorothy
102 -2
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Joan
100 +3
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Jocelyn
100 -1
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Lynne
100 -3
61.
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Glenys
99 +9
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Lois
99 +3
63.
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Jeanette
92 -6
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Jill
92 +3
65.
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Elaine
91 +1
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Joy
87 -2
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Jacqueline
86 +2
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Sheryl
85 +4
69.
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Ruth
80 +1
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Brenda
79 +12
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Shona
79 +7
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Vivienne
79 +5
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Sally
78 -1
74.
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Glenda
77 +6
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Gloria
77 -20
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Gillian
76 -15
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Jane
71 -16
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Adrienne
64 -10
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Ngaire
64 +9
80.
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June
63 +5
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Deborah
59 new
82.
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Janette
58 new
83.
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Jean
57 -5
84.
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Eileen
54 +7
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Lynnette
54 -1
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Diana
53 -12
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Stephanie
53 new
88.
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Dawn
52 -9
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Lynn
52 new
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Beverly
51 new
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Maria
51 -6
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Robin
51 +6
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Bronwyn
50 new
94.
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Angela
49 new
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Joanne
49 new
96.
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Christina
48 +3
96.
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Josephine
48 -16
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Fay
47 -2
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Evelyn
46 new
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Louise
45 new
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Marlene
45 -12