Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Peter
1,334 0
2.
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David
1,305 0
3.
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John
1,230 0
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Michael
1,108 0
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Stephen
891 0
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Mark
829 +1
7.
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Paul
725 -1
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Robert
694 0
9.
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Christopher
677 0
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Kevin
565 0
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Anthony
514 +1
12.
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Richard
490 -1
13.
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Ian
431 0
14.
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Wayne
405 +1
15.
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Bruce
402 +3
16.
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William
399 -2
17.
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Brian
377 +2
18.
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Grant
376 -2
19.
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Gregory
362 +5
20.
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James
358 +3
21.
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Andrew
352 +6
22.
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Gary
344 -2
23.
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Alan
338 -6
23.
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Philip
338 +5
25.
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Graeme
311 -3
25.
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Steven
311 0
27.
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Murray
308 -7
28.
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Ross
294 -2
29.
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Colin
280 0
30.
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Geoffrey
262 +1
31.
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Barry
252 +2
32.
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Graham
238 -2
33.
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Allan
236 -1
34.
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Kenneth
225 0
35.
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Neil
224 +3
36.
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Trevor
212 0
37.
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Donald
209 0
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Russell
209 +9
39.
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Craig
200 +8
40.
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Keith
199 -6
41.
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Martin
196 0
42.
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Raymond
190 -3
43.
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Phillip
188 +7
43.
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Timothy
188 +5
45.
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Stuart
183 -3
46.
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Brent
175 +5
47.
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Warren
174 +5
48.
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Thomas
171 -5
49.
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Roger
163 -4
50.
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Garry
157 -10
51.
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Jeffrey
154 +6
52.
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Patrick
151 -3
53.
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Tony
150 -1
54.
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Simon
143 -10
55.
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Douglas
141 +4
55.
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Malcolm
141 0
57.
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Gavin
132 +4
58.
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Kerry
130 -2
59.
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George
125 +7
60.
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Ronald
123 -2
61.
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Nigel
121 +1
62.
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Neville
118 +1
63.
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Gordon
117 +2
63.
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Terence
117 +4
65.
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Robin
110 -11
66.
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Dean
107 +5
67.
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Edward
106 +3
68.
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Lance
102 +5
69.
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Nicholas
101 +4
70.
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Brett
98 -2
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Shane
98 +7
72.
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Joseph
96 -12
73.
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Leslie
95 -5
74.
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Charles
91 -3
75.
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Rodney
90 0
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Bryan
88 +5
77.
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Derek
84 -1
78.
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Dennis
82 -15
79.
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Terry
81 +9
80.
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Glenn
80 +1
81.
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Daniel
79 +9
82.
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Lindsay
77 -3
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Noel
77 -4
84.
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Eric
72 -5
85.
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Maurice
71 0
86.
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Matthew
69 +11
87.
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Alexander
68 -2
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Jonathan
68 new
89.
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Adrian
67 new
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Arthur
67 +4
89.
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Kelvin
67 new
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Rex
67 -6
93.
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Francis
65 new
94.
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Alistair
62 -7
94.
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Stewart
62 +5
96.
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Gerard
61 -6
97.
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Carl
60 new
98.
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Bernard
57 -14
99.
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Ivan
55 -10
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Owen
51 -7
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan
888 0
2.
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Karen
734 0
3.
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Christine
655 0
4.
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Deborah
515 +2
5.
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Julie
475 +8
6.
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Jennifer
427 -2
7.
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Linda
423 0
8.
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Sandra
411 +7
9.
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Wendy
383 -1
10.
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Robyn
382 +1
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Elizabeth
380 -2
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Judith
377 -2
13.
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Margaret
363 -8
14.
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Patricia
353 0
15.
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Donna
351 +23
16.
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Debra
341 +6
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Sharon
341 +2
18.
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Mary
336 -2
19.
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Helen
319 -7
20.
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Joanne
308 +7
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Barbara
306 -4
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Lynette
301 -2
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Heather
267 +3
24.
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Diane
262 -5
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Anne
261 -2
26.
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Catherine
251 -2
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Carol
241 -6
28.
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Denise
239 0
29.
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Suzanne
233 -4
30.
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Vicki
221 +4
31.
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Pamela
216 -2
32.
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Janet
213 0
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Carolyn
203 +6
34.
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Jane
202 -1
35.
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Raewyn
201 -4
36.
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Shirley
180 0
37.
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Alison
179 +4
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Kathryn
179 +7
39.
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Dianne
170 -4
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Janice
170 -9
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Pauline
170 -2
42.
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Fiona
163 +11
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Rosemary
163 -2
44.
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Annette
162 +2
45.
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Kathleen
159 -2
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Michelle
158 +28
47.
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Lesley
151 0
48.
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Lynda
145 +2
49.
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Colleen
144 +7
50.
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Sally
143 +3
51.
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Yvonne
138 -6
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Ann
137 -4
53.
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Jacqueline
132 -2
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Jan
132 +2
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Marie
131 -6
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Brenda
128 +8
57.
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Maree
124 +7
58.
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Jillian
123 0
59.
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Gillian
120 +1
59.
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Lorraine
120 -18
61.
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Sheryl
119 -5
62.
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Louise
113 +17
63.
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Glenda
112 +9
64.
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Shona
111 +5
65.
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Nicola
110 +3
66.
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Angela
109 -4
67.
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Beverley
107 0
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Gail
107 -15
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Kerry
107 -8
70.
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Kim
106 +8
71.
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Lynne
105 +5
72.
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Cheryl
104 -11
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Frances
102 +19
74.
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Michele
101 +12
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Kay
96 -13
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Maria
96 -5
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Stephanie
96 +18
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Adrienne
95 +13
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Andrea
94 -4
80.
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Diana
90 -14
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Bronwyn
85 +7
82.
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Josephine
84 +6
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Maureen
84 -9
84.
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Jeanette
81 -8
85.
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Caroline
80 -6
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Penelope
80 -3
85.
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Teresa
80 +14
88.
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Vivienne
77 0
89.
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Valerie
75 new
90.
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Sarah
74 -4
91.
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Paula
73 -9
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Ruth
73 -20
93.
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Christina
72 new
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Philippa
72 +1
95.
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Jocelyn
71 -13
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Lynley
71 new
97.
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Shelley
70 new
98.
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Claire
69 0
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Janine
69 -1
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Jill
68 -4