Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Glen		 56 new
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Desmond		 59 -9
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George		 59 new
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Micheal		 59 -4
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Nigel		 59 +2
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Terence		 60 -4
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Jeremiah		 62 new
92.
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Aaron		 63 -2
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Cian		 63 -3
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Gareth		 64 -10
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Hugh		 66 +5
89.
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Cormac		 70 -10
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Eoghan		 72 -6
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Eamon		 73 +10
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Garry		 73 -4
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Diarmuid		 74 +2
83.
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Fergal		 74 -1
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Maurice		 74 new
82.
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Eric		 76 +5
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Bryan		 78 +19
80.
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Bernard		 82 -9
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Damian		 84 -1
78.
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Nicholas		 88 +7
76.
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Enda		 91 0
76.
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Owen		 91 -6
75.
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Eamonn		 97 +2
74.
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Darragh		 98 -3
73.
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Wayne		 100 -2
72.
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Rory		 106 -13
71.
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Karl		 109 -2
70.
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Seamus		 110 -10
69.
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Dermot		 115 -8
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Vincent		 116 +6
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Adam		 117 +13
66.
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Neil		 120 -10
65.
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Cathal		 123 +1
64.
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Steven		 128 +10
63.
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Ross		 136 +5
62.
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Gavin		 140 -11
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Donal		 141 -9
60.
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Timothy		 144 -2
59.
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Graham		 146 +4
58.
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Trevor		 148 +3
57.
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Simon		 152 +7
56.
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Adrian		 154 -3
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Matthew		 157 +12
54.
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Denis		 159 +1
53.
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Kenneth		 178 -5
52.
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Padraig		 179 +13
51.
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Francis		 182 +3
50.
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Noel		 183 -3
49.
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Liam		 187 +1
48.
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Raymond		 196 +9
47.
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Colin		 220 +2
46.
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Aidan		 229 0
45.
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Kieran		 230 0
44.
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Edward		 248 0
43.
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Jason		 258 -1
42.
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Colm		 265 +1
41.
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Ian		 267 -2
40.
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Declan		 269 -2
39.
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Ronan		 271 +2
38.
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Philip		 272 +1
37.
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Damien		 276 -3
36.
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Derek		 277 -1
35.
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Ciaran		 307 -4
34.
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Conor		 309 +2
33.
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Brendan		 322 -3
32.
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Gary		 325 +5
31.
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Eoin		 334 +1
30.
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Richard		 348 -1
29.
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Darren		 362 +4
28.
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Andrew		 377 -8
27.
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Niall		 379 -2
26.
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Gerard		 386 -2
25.
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Jonathan		 395 -7
24.
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Barry		 409 -2
23.
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Christopher		 430 +5
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Peter		 440 -3
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Martin		 448 -6
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Anthony		 449 -4
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Keith		 452 +8
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Joseph		 453 +3
16.
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Daniel		 455 +10
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William		 455 +1
15.
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Sean		 464 +7
14.
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Robert		 615 -2
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Kevin		 637 0
12.
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Shane		 662 +2
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Alan		 687 0
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Thomas		 707 -1
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Brian		 747 -1
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Mark		 865 +2
7.
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Paul		 965 -3
6.
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James		 993 0
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Patrick		 1,110 -1
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Stephen		 1,116 +3
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Michael		 1,174 0
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David		 1,631 0
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John		 1,710 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anita		 76 -13
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Hazel		 76 new
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Jean		 76 new
98.
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Natalie		 77 -9
97.
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Audrey		 79 -17
94.
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Andrea		 82 -4
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Kim		 82 +4
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Tanya		 82 new
93.
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Emily		 85 -3
92.
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Victoria		 87 0
90.
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Angela		 91 -8
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Lorna		 91 -18
87.
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Ashling		 92 new
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Christine		 92 +1
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Tracy		 92 -8
86.
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Caitriona		 94 -11
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Danielle		 96 new
84.
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Samantha		 97 +16
83.
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Maeve		 98 +9
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Aileen		 101 new
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Kate		 101 new
80.
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Teresa		 103 +4
78.
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Christina		 104 +2
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Gemma		 104 -11
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Eileen		 107 -14
75.
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Bernadette		 109 -1
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Jane		 109 +2
74.
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Jessica		 111 +4
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Alison		 113 -3
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Anna		 117 -7
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Tara		 120 +1
69.
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Catriona		 123 +7
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Tracey		 123 +1
67.
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Geraldine		 125 +1
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Paula		 125 -10
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Rebecca		 130 -9
64.
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Julie		 133 +4
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Roisin		 133 -7
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Mairead		 139 -17
62.
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Kathleen		 141 0
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Suzanne		 142 -5
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Jacqueline		 144 +4
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Bridget		 153 +2
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Clare		 154 -5
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Melissa		 154 +42
56.
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Grainne		 163 -11
55.
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Stephanie		 165 +28
54.
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Eimear		 166 -5
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Yvonne		 167 -3
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Carol		 168 -4
51.
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Deborah		 169 -9
50.
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Ruth		 171 +10
49.
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Aine		 172 +4
48.
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Sandra		 183 -4
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Pamela		 190 0
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Amanda		 191 -2
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Martina		 191 +9
43.
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Emer		 195 +11
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Helen		 195 -2
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Edel		 205 -5
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Gillian		 207 -2
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Amy		 209 +11
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Grace		 211 +26
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Denise		 226 0
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Orla		 226 -8
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Donna		 231 -3
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Joanne		 235 -1
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Marie		 236 -3
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Patricia		 247 +2
32.
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Maria		 255 +4
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Aisling		 256 0
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Siobhan		 258 -1
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Susan		 258 -2
28.
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Ann		 267 -4
27.
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Anne		 279 -5
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Rachel		 289 +14
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Elizabeth		 293 +5
24.
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Margaret		 309 +1
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Linda		 312 -2
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Nicola		 323 -2
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Lorraine		 341 +5
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Deirdre		 387 -5
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Ciara		 406 +1
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Fiona		 406 -1
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Sharon		 412 +6
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Caroline		 414 +2
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Claire		 418 -3
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Niamh		 426 -1
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Elaine		 447 -7
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Catherine		 484 -2
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Aoife		 489 +4
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Louise		 489 -3
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Karen		 513 +7
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Sinead		 541 +1
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Emma		 560 +1
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Lisa		 605 -1
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Jennifer		 682 -1
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Michelle		 684 -1
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Laura		 714 +8
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Mary		 744 -1
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Sarah		 829 +1
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