Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,003 0
2.
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William
842 0
3.
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James
591 0
4.
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Robert
437 0
5.
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George
385 0
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Thomas
356 0
7.
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Ronald
297 +3
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Arthur
288 0
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Charles
279 0
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Edward
270 +6
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Douglas
269 -4
12.
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Raymond
246 0
13.
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Leslie
231 -2
14.
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Kenneth
216 +3
15.
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Eric
214 0
16.
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Gordon
213 -3
17.
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David
205 -4
18.
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Francis
200 0
19.
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Albert
197 +3
19.
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Frederick
197 -1
21.
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Jack
188 -1
22.
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Harold
186 +1
23.
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Norman
176 -3
24.
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Donald
170 +2
25.
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Stanley
168 +12
26.
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Henry
167 -2
27.
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Alfred
165 0
28.
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Leonard
155 +1
29.
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Allan
154 +3
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Richard
154 +1
31.
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Colin
148 -3
32.
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Walter
147 -7
33.
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Ian
146 -1
34.
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Ernest
139 0
35.
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Alexander
136 -4
36.
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Maurice
125 +3
37.
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Alan
123 +6
38.
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Herbert
122 -2
39.
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Joseph
121 +1
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Keith
121 +6
41.
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Patrick
115 0
42.
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Frank
114 -7
43.
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Noel
112 -5
44.
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Reginald
111 -3
45.
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Peter
105 +5
45.
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Roy
105 -1
47.
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Trevor
98 0
48.
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Desmond
97 +2
49.
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Clifford
83 +6
50.
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Bruce
80 +9
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Owen
80 +10
52.
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Victor
79 -3
53.
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Ivan
76 -3
54.
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Harry
74 -7
55.
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Lawrence
72 -1
56.
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Clarence
71 +2
57.
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Cyril
69 -11
58.
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Sydney
63 -3
59.
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Brian
61 +22
60.
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Bernard
60 +4
60.
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Cecil
60 -7
60.
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Mervyn
60 +7
63.
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Percy
59 -1
64.
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Allen
55 +5
65.
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Geoffrey
54 -3
66.
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Andrew
50 -6
66.
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Edwin
50 +10
68.
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Hugh
48 -4
69.
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Wilfred
46 0
70.
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Philip
45 -4
71.
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Rex
44 +2
72.
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Michael
41 +7
72.
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Samuel
41 -1
74.
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Graham
38 +17
75.
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Malcolm
37 +7
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Russell
37 +16
77.
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Leo
36 +6
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Ralph
36 -10
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Sidney
36 -6
80.
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Gilbert
33 -4
80.
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Hector
33 -5
80.
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Lionel
33 new
80.
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Maxwell
33 +10
80.
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Neil
33 new
80.
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Stuart
33 new
86.
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Selwyn
31 new
86.
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Terence
31 -3
86.
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Wallace
31 +2
89.
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Arnold
30 +9
89.
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Athol
30 +2
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Edgar
30 +9
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Gerald
30 new
89.
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Howard
30 -6
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Neville
30 +2
95.
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Lewis
29 -16
95.
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Lloyd
29 -38
95.
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Murray
29 -12
98.
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Fredrick
28 new
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Roland
28 new
100.
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Basil
27 -12
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Claude
27 -24
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Daniel
27 -17
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Louis
27 -4
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
559 0
2.
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Mary
529 0
3.
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Joan
444 +2
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Dorothy
371 -1
5.
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Joyce
346 -1
6.
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Jean
331 0
7.
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Betty
245 +2
8.
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Kathleen
244 0
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Phyllis
243 -2
10.
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Eileen
235 0
11.
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Patricia
211 +2
12.
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Doris
178 0
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Elizabeth
178 +5
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Mavis
178 -1
15.
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Edna
170 +1
15.
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Nancy
170 -2
17.
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Gladys
149 -2
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Marjorie
146 +2
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Thelma
139 +6
20.
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Florence
138 +2
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Annie
137 +7
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Olive
136 -3
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Doreen
135 +2
24.
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June
134 +9
25.
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Alice
132 -7
26.
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Elsie
128 -5
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Winifred
126 -4
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Helen
120 +11
29.
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Catherine
114 +7
30.
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Audrey
111 +4
31.
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Hazel
110 -1
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Edith
107 -8
33.
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Irene
106 +3
34.
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Violet
105 -5
35.
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Jessie
104 -8
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Norma
102 +2
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Marie
99 +22
38.
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Evelyn
94 +1
38.
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Iris
94 +14
40.
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Ruth
92 +8
41.
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Ethel
91 -10
42.
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Daphne
88 +4
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Muriel
88 0
44.
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Frances
87 -12
45.
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Lorna
86 +5
46.
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Ivy
85 -3
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Ellen
83 -6
48.
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Agnes
80 -14
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Myrtle
75 +3
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Nola
74 0
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Vera
73 -4
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Beryl
72 +16
53.
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Marion
71 +6
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Sylvia
71 +13
55.
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Ngaire
70 +14
56.
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Shirley
68 +34
57.
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Rita
67 -1
58.
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Alma
66 -4
58.
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Grace
66 -13
58.
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Rona
66 +1
61.
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Constance
63 +9
62.
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Gwendoline
59 -18
63.
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Barbara
58 -15
64.
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Enid
57 +15
65.
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Hilda
55 -2
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Olga
55 +31
67.
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Beatrice
54 0
67.
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Dulcie
54 -4
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Ruby
53 -10
70.
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Freda
52 +17
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Mabel
52 -15
72.
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Eva
50 -2
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Mona
50 +4
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Peggy
47 +26
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Emily
46 new
76.
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May
44 -4
77.
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Eunice
43 -19
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Lilian
43 -12
79.
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Isabel
42 -3
80.
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Molly
41 new
81.
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Ada
39 -2
81.
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Valerie
39 new
83.
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Janet
38 0
83.
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Pearl
38 +4
85.
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Christina
37 new
85.
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Josephine
37 -7
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Lillian
37 +8
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Lucy
37 -12
89.
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Ida
35 -6
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Lois
35 +4
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Nellie
35 +7
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Una
35 +11
93.
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Alison
34 new
94.
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Esther
33 -4
94.
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Joy
33 +6
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Marjory
33 -38
97.
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Isabella
32 -24
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Rose
32 -18
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Ailsa
31 new
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Noeline
31 -3
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Sheila
31 new