Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
928 0
2.
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William
776 0
3.
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James
546 0
4.
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George
448 0
5.
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Robert
392 0
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Thomas
344 0
7.
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Arthur
307 +1
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Charles
279 -1
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Albert
256 0
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Edward
228 +3
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Ronald
228 +1
12.
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Eric
206 +3
13.
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Frederick
203 -3
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Leslie
202 -2
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Ian
200 +13
16.
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Henry
189 -2
17.
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David
178 +6
17.
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Harold
178 +2
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Gordon
177 -4
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Norman
175 -3
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Alfred
170 +12
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Kenneth
168 +2
23.
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Ernest
154 +2
23.
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Walter
154 -3
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Francis
151 -3
25.
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Raymond
151 -7
27.
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Jack
147 -6
28.
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Stanley
144 +1
29.
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Frank
142 +5
30.
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Leonard
141 0
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Donald
140 +5
32.
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Herbert
139 +6
33.
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Alexander
138 -1
34.
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Allan
133 -7
35.
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Maurice
128 +9
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Richard
128 -9
37.
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Douglas
118 +2
38.
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Cyril
116 +5
39.
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Joseph
114 -3
40.
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Colin
108 -9
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Alan
99 -6
42.
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Roy
97 +8
43.
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Patrick
94 +4
44.
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Reginald
92 -3
45.
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Ivan
83 -5
46.
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Harry
80 +5
46.
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Sydney
80 +5
48.
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Keith
79 -3
49.
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Cecil
77 0
50.
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Noel
76 -4
51.
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Andrew
75 +5
52.
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Hugh
73 +2
53.
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Clifford
69 -6
54.
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Bernard
63 -12
55.
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Clarence
62 +5
55.
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Peter
62 -2
57.
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Victor
58 +4
58.
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Samuel
57 +4
59.
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Lawrence
52 -1
60.
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Bruce
51 +13
60.
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Mervyn
51 -1
60.
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Ralph
51 +11
60.
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Trevor
51 -3
64.
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Philip
49 +17
65.
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Owen
47 +8
66.
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Percy
46 +4
67.
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Desmond
45 +14
67.
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Hector
45 -12
67.
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Wilfred
45 -4
70.
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Allen
44 -2
70.
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Sidney
44 +2
72.
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Geoffrey
43 -6
73.
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Edwin
40 -9
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Lloyd
40 new
75.
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Michael
38 +2
76.
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Basil
34 +9
77.
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Claude
33 -1
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Daniel
33 +4
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Malcolm
33 +7
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Neil
33 +17
81.
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Edgar
32 new
81.
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Horace
32 -13
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Leo
32 -17
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Lewis
32 -2
85.
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Arnold
30 +4
85.
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Athol
30 +10
85.
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Lionel
30 -10
88.
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Archibald
29 -22
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Brian
29 -1
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Gilbert
29 +1
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Percival
29 +12
88.
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Stuart
29 +8
93.
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Louis
28 -8
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Vernon
28 -6
95.
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Graham
27 -6
95.
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Rex
27 new
95.
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Wallace
27 new
98.
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Denis
25 new
98.
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Vincent
25 -2
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Gerald
24 -7
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Maxwell
24 -21
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
538 0
2.
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Margaret
403 0
3.
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Dorothy
315 0
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Jean
268 0
5.
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Kathleen
220 0
6.
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Edna
203 +4
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Phyllis
202 0
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Eileen
194 -2
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Joan
192 +3
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Joyce
191 -2
11.
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Alice
179 +4
12.
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Mavis
178 -3
13.
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Annie
176 +1
14.
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Florence
168 +5
15.
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Doris
165 -4
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Elizabeth
165 -2
17.
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Gladys
161 -1
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Elsie
149 +2
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Marjorie
142 -1
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Jessie
139 +3
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Edith
137 +3
22.
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Winifred
132 +3
23.
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Nancy
131 -1
24.
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Thelma
130 -7
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Ellen
127 +3
26.
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Ethel
126 0
27.
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Olive
124 -6
28.
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Violet
117 -1
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Frances
115 -1
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Betty
107 +14
31.
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Catherine
104 +1
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Ivy
104 0
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Agnes
103 -3
34.
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Iris
102 +8
35.
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Grace
99 +3
36.
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Helen
97 +4
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Rita
97 +8
38.
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Hazel
96 -3
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Irene
96 -2
40.
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Muriel
94 -7
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Evelyn
90 -7
42.
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Hilda
81 +2
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Vera
81 -6
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Doreen
80 +12
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Mabel
79 -7
46.
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Eva
76 +1
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Myrtle
76 -5
48.
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Gwendoline
73 +5
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Ruby
70 -2
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Ruth
68 +2
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Audrey
66 -1
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Rona
65 +29
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Emily
62 +11
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Patricia
61 +6
55.
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Dulcie
60 +4
56.
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Beatrice
59 +1
56.
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Daphne
59 +10
56.
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Lorna
59 -13
59.
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Lilian
57 -10
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Marie
57 +14
61.
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Mona
56 -1
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Alma
55 -8
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Beryl
54 +16
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Marion
54 -13
65.
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Myra
52 +13
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Sylvia
52 +3
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Ada
51 +6
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Barbara
51 +4
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Isabella
51 -13
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Lucy
51 +6
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Norma
51 +17
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Christina
50 -2
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Constance
50 -12
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Ida
50 -1
75.
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May
49 -9
76.
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Amy
48 0
77.
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Eunice
46 -1
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Lillian
46 +21
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Olga
46 +4
80.
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Janet
45 -23
81.
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Nellie
43 -13
82.
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Freda
39 -19
82.
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Nora
39 +10
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Rose
39 +10
85.
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Enid
38 -4
85.
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Isabel
38 +2
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Marjory
38 +1
88.
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Monica
37 +7
89.
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Jane
35 +3
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Sarah
35 0
91.
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Gertrude
34 -26
92.
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Esther
33 -8
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Josephine
33 +6
94.
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Laura
32 -7
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Clara
31 new
96.
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Nola
30 new
97.
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Bertha
29 new
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Una
29 new
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Daisy
28 +1
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Eleanor
28 new
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Pearl
28 new