Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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William
898 0
2.
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John
858 0
3.
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James
527 0
4.
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George
427 0
5.
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Robert
394 +1
6.
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Thomas
346 -1
7.
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Arthur
340 +1
8.
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Charles
335 -1
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Frederick
259 0
10.
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Albert
229 +1
11.
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Leslie
215 -1
12.
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Edward
214 +1
13.
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Alfred
200 +1
14.
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Eric
199 -2
15.
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Henry
197 -1
16.
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Harold
189 +2
17.
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Ernest
184 0
18.
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Alexander
172 +13
19.
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Walter
170 0
20.
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Gordon
169 +9
21.
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Ronald
166 +2
22.
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Norman
155 -1
23.
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Francis
145 -7
24.
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David
143 -4
25.
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Herbert
142 +2
26.
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Kenneth
140 +2
27.
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Leonard
139 +3
28.
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Richard
136 -4
29.
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Joseph
134 -3
30.
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Stanley
133 -8
31.
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Frank
129 -6
32.
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Raymond
128 0
33.
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Reginald
123 +1
34.
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Cyril
120 -2
35.
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Allan
108 +6
36.
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Cecil
107 +2
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Douglas
107 +1
38.
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Jack
106 -4
39.
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Roy
85 +1
40.
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Donald
84 -4
41.
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Sydney
82 +9
42.
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Clarence
79 -4
43.
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Harry
77 -1
44.
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Ian
76 +7
45.
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Keith
73 +10
46.
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Colin
71 +3
46.
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Victor
71 -4
48.
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Andrew
67 -4
48.
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Clifford
67 +6
50.
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Hugh
63 -3
51.
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Alan
62 -5
52.
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Percy
60 -5
53.
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Samuel
59 +14
54.
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Maurice
55 -10
55.
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Patrick
54 -4
56.
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Hector
50 +5
57.
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Ivan
49 +7
58.
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Leo
47 +18
59.
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Ralph
45 +8
60.
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Edwin
44 +7
60.
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Lawrence
44 -4
60.
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Wilfred
44 -2
63.
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Bernard
43 -3
64.
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Arnold
41 +15
64.
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Claude
41 -7
66.
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Sidney
39 +10
67.
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Noel
37 -1
68.
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Allen
36 +5
68.
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Archibald
36 -15
68.
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Gilbert
36 -3
68.
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Trevor
36 +6
72.
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Edgar
35 0
72.
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Peter
35 -9
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Vincent
35 +19
75.
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Bruce
33 +25
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Howard
33 +17
77.
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Geoffrey
31 -6
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Owen
31 +7
79.
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Horace
29 -12
79.
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Mervyn
29 -1
79.
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Michael
29 -5
79.
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Philip
29 -21
83.
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Laurence
28 -4
84.
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Athol
27 +13
85.
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Lionel
26 -23
85.
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Malcolm
26 -3
87.
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Clive
24 new
87.
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Daniel
24 0
89.
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Cedric
23 new
90.
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Gerald
21 +7
90.
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Martin
21 +7
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Russell
21 new
93.
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Lewis
19 -14
93.
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Percival
19 -8
95.
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Matthew
18 new
95.
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Stephen
18 -8
97.
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Hubert
17 new
97.
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Louis
17 -2
97.
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Stewart
17 new
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Wallace
17 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
513 0
2.
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Margaret
368 0
3.
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Dorothy
269 0
4.
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Edna
245 +5
5.
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Kathleen
236 +5
6.
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Annie
223 +2
7.
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Alice
218 -1
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Eileen
207 -1
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Gladys
198 -5
10.
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Doris
196 -6
11.
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Phyllis
194 +2
12.
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Mavis
192 +5
13.
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Elsie
190 +2
14.
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Elizabeth
184 -2
15.
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Florence
181 -4
16.
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Ellen
167 +15
17.
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Catherine
157 +10
18.
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Ethel
155 -4
18.
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Jessie
155 +1
20.
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Irene
147 -1
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Edith
146 +2
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Marjorie
145 +6
23.
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Ivy
144 -7
24.
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Violet
142 -3
25.
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Thelma
141 +1
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Olive
139 -8
27.
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Jean
132 +13
28.
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Hazel
131 +6
29.
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Vera
128 -4
30.
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Winifred
126 0
31.
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Agnes
118 -7
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Evelyn
118 +4
33.
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Myrtle
114 -11
34.
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Rita
109 -1
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Ruby
109 -3
36.
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Mabel
99 -8
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Muriel
99 0
38.
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Grace
97 -2
39.
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Frances
86 -1
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Iris
86 +4
41.
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May
79 +3
42.
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Eva
78 -3
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Hilda
78 -1
44.
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Helen
77 +6
45.
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Gwendoline
74 +11
46.
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Joyce
70 +14
47.
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Nancy
69 -1
48.
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Constance
68 -4
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Mona
68 -6
50.
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Emily
64 -3
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Isabella
64 +4
52.
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Amy
63 -3
53.
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Alma
62 -1
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Rose
61 +25
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Lilian
57 -3
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Nellie
57 -1
57.
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Ida
56 +8
58.
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Beatrice
54 +3
58.
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Ruth
54 +7
60.
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Christina
53 +8
60.
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Isabel
53 +3
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Marion
53 +1
63.
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Daphne
50 +15
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Lorna
50 +13
65.
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Lillian
49 -9
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Lily
49 +17
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Lucy
49 -1
68.
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Gertrude
48 +3
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Marjory
48 +24
70.
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Ada
47 -22
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Janet
47 -1
72.
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Eleanor
43 +7
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Clara
42 +24
74.
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Nora
41 +26
75.
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Beryl
40 +22
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Dulcie
40 -1
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Freda
40 -25
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Mildred
40 +1
79.
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Sylvia
39 new
80.
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Doreen
38 -15
81.
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Bertha
37 -8
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Jane
37 -25
83.
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Myra
36 +2
84.
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Rona
35 +11
84.
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Sarah
35 -28
86.
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Daisy
34 -17
86.
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Ella
34 -15
88.
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Emma
33 -6
88.
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Louisa
33 -3
90.
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Barbara
30 new
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Flora
30 -1
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Joan
30 -1
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Una
30 new
94.
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Laura
29 -15
95.
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Amelia
28 -13
95.
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Esther
28 -10
97.
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Clarice
27 -3
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Ena
27 -5
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Linda
27 -8
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Maud
27 new
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Minnie
27 -9