Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
801 0
2.
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William
698 0
3.
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James
447 0
4.
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Robert
376 0
5.
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George
329 0
6.
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Thomas
297 0
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Douglas
258 +2
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Arthur
223 -1
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Charles
216 -1
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Ronald
210 0
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Leslie
187 0
12.
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Raymond
185 +7
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David
174 +8
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Gordon
174 +1
15.
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Eric
167 +3
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Edward
162 -2
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Kenneth
158 +12
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Francis
157 -1
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Frederick
157 -6
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Jack
155 +4
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Norman
155 0
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Albert
153 -9
23.
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Harold
148 -2
24.
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Henry
145 -1
25.
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Walter
137 -9
26.
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Donald
136 +4
27.
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Alfred
133 -1
28.
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Colin
132 +6
29.
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Leonard
131 -2
30.
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Richard
128 -3
31.
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Alexander
126 +4
32.
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Allan
119 +4
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Ian
119 +5
34.
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Ernest
117 -9
35.
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Frank
115 -2
36.
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Herbert
106 -5
37.
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Stanley
104 -5
38.
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Noel
97 +6
39.
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Maurice
95 0
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Joseph
94 0
41.
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Patrick
93 -1
41.
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Reginald
93 +1
43.
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Alan
89 +2
44.
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Roy
86 -1
45.
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Keith
83 +7
46.
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Cyril
78 -8
47.
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Harry
76 +2
47.
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Trevor
76 +1
49.
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Victor
74 -2
50.
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Desmond
71 +6
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Ivan
71 -4
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Peter
71 -1
53.
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Cecil
63 +2
54.
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Lawrence
62 -1
55.
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Clifford
57 +2
55.
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Sydney
57 +2
57.
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Lloyd
53 +7
58.
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Clarence
52 -4
59.
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Bruce
50 +11
60.
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Andrew
49 +3
60.
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Owen
49 +7
62.
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Geoffrey
47 +3
62.
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Percy
47 -5
64.
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Bernard
46 -13
64.
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Hugh
46 -3
66.
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Philip
45 +6
67.
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Mervyn
41 -6
67.
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Ralph
41 0
69.
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Allen
40 +16
69.
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Wilfred
40 -3
71.
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Samuel
38 -11
71.
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Sidney
38 +3
73.
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Rex
37 +12
74.
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Laurence
36 +6
75.
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Hector
33 0
76.
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Claude
32 new
76.
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Edwin
32 -1
76.
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Gilbert
32 +14
79.
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Lewis
31 +9
79.
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Michael
31 -9
81.
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Brian
30 -9
82.
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Malcolm
29 0
83.
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Daniel
28 -8
83.
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Howard
28 +2
83.
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Leo
28 -14
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Murray
28 new
83.
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Terence
28 +13
88.
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Basil
27 -13
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Wallace
27 new
90.
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Maxwell
26 +6
91.
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Athol
25 -12
91.
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Graham
25 -1
91.
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Neville
25 new
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Russell
25 new
91.
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Vincent
25 new
96.
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Archibald
24 -6
96.
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Louis
24 -14
98.
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Arnold
23 -2
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Edgar
23 -5
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Paul
23 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Margaret
446 0
2.
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Mary
389 0
3.
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Dorothy
311 0
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Joyce
299 0
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Joan
280 +1
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Jean
270 -2
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Phyllis
210 +1
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Kathleen
206 -1
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Betty
181 +9
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Eileen
166 -1
11.
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Mavis
155 +5
12.
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Doris
145 -2
13.
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Nancy
137 +7
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Patricia
137 +12
15.
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Gladys
134 0
16.
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Edna
131 -5
17.
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Elizabeth
127 -5
18.
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Alice
126 +3
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Olive
122 -2
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Marjorie
111 -7
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Elsie
107 +3
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Florence
106 -9
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Winifred
105 -2
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Edith
104 -3
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Doreen
103 +6
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Thelma
103 +2
27.
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Jessie
101 +1
28.
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Annie
98 -10
29.
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Violet
97 +5
30.
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Hazel
95 -1
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Ethel
94 -6
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Frances
93 -3
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June
92 +27
34.
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Agnes
90 +5
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Audrey
90 +9
36.
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Catherine
89 +1
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Irene
89 +3
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Norma
85 +13
39.
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Evelyn
81 +3
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Helen
81 -6
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Ellen
79 0
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Muriel
75 -4
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Ivy
74 +1
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Gwendoline
72 +1
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Grace
70 -9
46.
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Daphne
69 +9
47.
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Vera
67 -15
48.
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Barbara
66 +12
48.
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Ruth
66 -2
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Lorna
65 +2
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Nola
65 +10
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Iris
63 -17
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Myrtle
63 -4
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Alma
60 +3
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Mabel
58 -6
56.
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Marjory
56 +26
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Rita
56 -9
58.
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Eunice
53 +24
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Marie
52 -9
59.
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Marion
52 +13
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Rona
52 -7
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Ruby
52 -5
63.
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Dulcie
49 +2
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Hilda
49 -6
65.
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Lilian
46 +3
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Sylvia
45 +2
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Beatrice
44 -2
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Beryl
43 -11
69.
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Ngaire
42 +28
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Constance
39 -3
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Eva
39 +8
72.
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May
38 -16
73.
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Isabella
37 +1
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Lucy
37 +13
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Myra
37 +1
76.
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Isabel
36 -8
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Mona
36 +2
78.
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Josephine
35 +19
79.
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Ada
34 -3
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Enid
34 -7
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Gertrude
34 new
79.
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Rose
34 new
83.
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Ida
33 +3
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Janet
33 +1
85.
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Amy
32 +9
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Nora
32 +12
87.
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Aileen
31 new
87.
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Freda
31 -23
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Pearl
31 new
90.
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Ella
30 +6
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Esther
30 new
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Shirley
30 new
93.
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Eleanor
29 +2
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Lillian
29 -4
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Lois
29 -9
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Monica
28 new
96.
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Nellie
28 -20
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Noeline
28 -16
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Olga
28 -33
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Elva
27 new
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Joy
27 -3
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Peggy
27 -11
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Phillis
27 new
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Una
27 new