Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,391 0
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Peter
1,258 +1
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David
1,188 -1
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Michael
868 0
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Robert
732 0
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Paul
723 0
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Stephen
685 0
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Kevin
565 0
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Christopher
550 0
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Ian
496 +1
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Mark
454 +2
12.
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Richard
434 +2
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William
428 -2
14.
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Brian
394 -4
15.
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Bruce
387 0
16.
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Alan
377 0
17.
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Murray
375 0
18.
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Anthony
372 +4
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Wayne
367 0
20.
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James
352 +1
21.
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Graeme
350 -3
22.
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Gary
337 -2
23.
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Graham
320 +1
24.
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Barry
292 +1
25.
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Colin
274 +1
26.
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Ross
267 +3
27.
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Geoffrey
266 +4
28.
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Raymond
252 +4
29.
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Kenneth
249 -2
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Philip
248 -7
31.
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Trevor
243 -3
32.
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Neil
227 +8
33.
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Grant
220 -3
34.
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Donald
212 +1
35.
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Gregory
208 +3
36.
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Steven
201 +3
37.
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Allan
200 -3
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Garry
200 +6
39.
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Andrew
196 +3
40.
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Roger
194 -3
41.
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Keith
183 -8
42.
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Ronald
169 -6
43.
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Warren
161 -2
44.
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Russell
154 0
45.
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Thomas
153 0
46.
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Dennis
152 0
47.
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Stuart
146 +1
48.
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Timothy
143 +13
49.
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Malcolm
141 +4
50.
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Douglas
132 -2
51.
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Edward
131 +4
52.
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Phillip
129 -5
53.
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Robin
128 -2
54.
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Martin
124 +4
55.
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Gavin
123 +14
56.
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Patrick
122 +4
57.
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Leslie
119 -6
58.
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Gordon
118 -4
59.
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Charles
117 0
60.
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Terence
116 -3
61.
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George
113 -11
62.
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Craig
112 +5
63.
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Lindsay
108 -1
64.
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Jeffrey
99 +3
65.
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Bryan
98 +9
66.
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Joseph
97 0
67.
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Glenn
95 +10
68.
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Rex
94 -4
69.
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Kerry
92 -5
70.
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Neville
91 -15
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Noel
91 -7
72.
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Nigel
88 0
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Tony
87 +3
74.
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Brent
86 -3
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Arthur
84 +5
76.
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Alexander
82 -4
77.
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Rodney
75 -8
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Simon
68 +13
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Maurice
67 +13
80.
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Eric
63 -3
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Lance
63 +12
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Francis
62 +2
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Bernard
59 -3
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Nicholas
58 +11
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Owen
58 -9
86.
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Stewart
57 +12
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Gerard
56 -1
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Derek
53 0
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Roy
53 +10
90.
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Gerald
52 new
91.
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Hugh
51 new
92.
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Mervyn
49 -6
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Brett
48 -1
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Desmond
48 -3
93.
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Frank
48 new
93.
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Norman
48 -5
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Warwick
48 new
98.
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Lawrence
47 -21
99.
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Laurence
46 new
99.
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Lloyd
46 new
99.
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Shane
46 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan
749 +1
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Christine
698 -1
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Margaret
562 0
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Judith
460 0
5.
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Jennifer
447 0
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Karen
436 +8
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Patricia
425 +1
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Mary
401 -1
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Linda
386 0
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Barbara
378 0
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Elizabeth
362 -5
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Robyn
354 0
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Wendy
346 +4
14.
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Helen
334 +1
15.
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Heather
331 +5
16.
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Lynette
321 -5
17.
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Anne
311 -4
18.
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Sandra
304 0
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Diane
289 -3
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Carol
259 +2
21.
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Pamela
248 0
22.
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Janet
242 -3
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Janice
241 0
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Suzanne
239 +1
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Raewyn
226 +4
26.
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Sharon
223 +10
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Dianne
220 0
28.
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Julie
216 -4
29.
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Rosemary
201 +1
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Deborah
191 +13
31.
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Alison
190 +2
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Denise
184 +4
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Kathleen
184 -1
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Pauline
184 -1
35.
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Catherine
179 +4
36.
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Lorraine
178 -10
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Yvonne
165 +1
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Marie
160 +11
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Ann
159 +6
40.
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Beverley
156 +1
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Annette
154 +6
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Lesley
154 -6
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Shirley
153 -3
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Colleen
151 +2
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Marilyn
146 -17
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Maureen
134 -4
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Glenda
130 +10
48.
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Jane
128 -1
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Gail
126 -15
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Jillian
126 -6
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Lynda
125 +10
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Sheryl
124 -2
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Brenda
123 +19
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Jacqueline
120 +1
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Kay
119 -1
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Carolyn
118 -5
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Marion
116 +5
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Maria
112 +1
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Cheryl
111 -3
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Donna
109 +11
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Kathryn
109 -8
62.
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Vicki
107 +13
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Jeanette
100 +4
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Gillian
99 -1
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Jan
99 +1
66.
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Sally
97 -6
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Ruth
96 -9
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Lynne
95 -3
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Jocelyn
94 0
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Jill
92 +4
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Joanne
91 +7
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Frances
90 -19
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Maree
89 +27
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Valerie
88 +4
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Dorothy
83 +10
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Elaine
83 -8
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Adrienne
81 +12
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Glenys
81 -14
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Joy
80 +2
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Angela
79 -4
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Irene
79 -11
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Shona
79 -2
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Paula
74 +3
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Lois
73 -2
85.
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Bronwyn
72 +5
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Vivienne
72 -9
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Fiona
71 new
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Louise
69 +5
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Stephanie
69 -5
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Christina
66 +6
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Debra
66 new
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Ngaire
66 new
93.
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Claire
64 +5
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Diana
64 -6
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Jean
64 new
96.
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Lynnette
63 -4
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Joan
62 -13
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Penelope
61 -4
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Gloria
60 -11
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Katherine
58 new
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Maxine
58 new
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Philippa
58 new