Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
929 0
2.
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William
729 0
3.
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James
493 0
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Robert
453 0
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George
323 0
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Thomas
279 0
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Ronald
267 0
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Raymond
251 0
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Arthur
237 0
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Donald
221 +1
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Kenneth
203 +5
12.
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Douglas
202 -2
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David
196 0
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Charles
195 -3
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Edward
194 +6
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Peter
194 +10
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Ian
188 0
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Gordon
185 -4
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Leslie
185 -1
20.
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Eric
181 -6
21.
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Colin
173 +2
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Keith
173 -2
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Richard
171 +4
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Allan
163 -4
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Norman
157 +4
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Jack
151 -4
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Francis
149 +4
28.
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Albert
148 -2
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Desmond
145 +7
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Alan
144 +2
31.
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Noel
137 -1
32.
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Walter
132 0
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Leonard
126 +8
34.
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Alexander
125 0
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Brian
123 +13
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Frederick
123 -11
37.
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Harold
122 0
38.
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Stanley
121 -10
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Bruce
118 +8
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Maurice
118 +4
41.
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Trevor
116 0
42.
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Frank
115 +4
43.
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Alfred
111 -6
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Henry
110 -5
45.
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Ernest
105 -1
46.
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Ivan
104 -6
47.
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Patrick
99 +1
48.
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Joseph
93 -3
49.
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Reginald
77 +5
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Bernard
76 +5
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Roy
76 -15
52.
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Herbert
75 0
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Owen
75 -1
54.
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Mervyn
70 +2
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Clifford
68 +7
56.
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Harry
65 +3
57.
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Hugh
62 +10
58.
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Cyril
57 -5
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Rex
57 +2
60.
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Victor
56 -2
61.
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Andrew
53 +3
62.
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Lawrence
52 -12
62.
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Ralph
52 +8
64.
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Graham
51 -7
64.
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Leo
51 +16
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Philip
50 -2
67.
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Laurence
48 +7
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Malcolm
48 +14
67.
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Neville
48 +1
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Sydney
48 +5
71.
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Kevin
47 +4
72.
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Edwin
45 +21
73.
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Maxwell
44 +17
74.
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Cecil
43 -11
74.
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Neil
43 -4
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Murray
42 -4
77.
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Athol
41 +16
78.
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Geoffrey
40 -18
79.
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Ross
38 +9
80.
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Allen
37 -5
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Lionel
37 +4
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Terence
37 +8
83.
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Russell
35 -2
84.
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Basil
34 -16
84.
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Clarence
34 -18
86.
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Arnold
33 -2
86.
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Michael
33 -7
88.
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Gerald
32 -13
89.
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Stuart
31 +1
90.
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Howard
30 new
90.
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Samuel
30 -9
92.
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Lindsay
29 new
92.
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Wallace
29 +5
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Wilfred
29 -17
95.
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Bryan
28 new
95.
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Paul
28 new
97.
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Gilbert
27 -7
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Lewis
27 -4
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Vincent
27 new
100.
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Sidney
26 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
536 0
2.
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Mary
410 +1
3.
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Joan
372 -1
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Dorothy
348 0
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Joyce
329 0
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Patricia
295 +3
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Betty
292 0
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Jean
269 -2
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Shirley
252 +3
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Kathleen
221 -2
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June
220 -1
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Audrey
210 +2
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Phyllis
203 0
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Elizabeth
173 +4
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Eileen
161 -4
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Doreen
150 -1
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Nancy
136 +2
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Edna
129 +3
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Norma
126 +6
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Marjorie
124 -3
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Helen
118 +12
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Thelma
115 +2
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Doris
114 -1
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Mavis
114 -7
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Irene
110 +8
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Daphne
106 0
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Marie
105 -5
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Florence
100 +2
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Gladys
97 -9
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Nola
97 +14
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Annie
96 -4
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Elsie
96 +14
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Olive
96 -3
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Hazel
95 -5
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Barbara
94 +2
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Frances
92 -1
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Lorna
91 -5
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Ngaire
91 -1
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Beryl
85 +5
40.
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Alice
84 -10
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Evelyn
81 +5
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Valerie
81 +21
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Ruth
79 -3
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Violet
77 +11
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Catherine
74 +6
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Edith
74 -7
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Muriel
73 -8
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Noeline
72 +7
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Winifred
72 -8
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Agnes
65 -1
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Dulcie
64 -1
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Gwendoline
64 +10
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Marion
63 0
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Rita
63 -2
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Jessie
62 -8
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Iris
61 -8
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Maureen
60 +18
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Peggy
60 +3
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Sylvia
60 +1
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Ellen
57 -18
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Ethel
57 -2
62.
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Lois
56 +4
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Ivy
55 +6
64.
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Alma
54 0
65.
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Myrtle
53 +16
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Joy
51 -4
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Rona
50 -12
68.
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Pauline
49 -4
69.
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Colleen
47 new
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Enid
47 +25
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Grace
47 -15
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Josephine
47 +18
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Beatrice
45 -4
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Eunice
45 -5
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Isabel
44 +6
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Vera
44 -6
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Lilian
43 +10
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Merle
42 new
79.
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Constance
41 0
79.
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Elva
41 +18
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Hilda
40 -5
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Mona
40 +2
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Yvonne
40 +19
84.
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Eva
38 -15
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Melva
37 new
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Ruby
37 -9
87.
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Christina
36 new
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Elaine
36 +4
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Sheila
36 new
90.
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Gloria
35 -11
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Dawn
34 new
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Pamela
34 new
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Alison
33 -8
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Eleanor
33 +7
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Heather
33 +7
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Myra
33 -15
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Ailsa
32 new
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Janet
32 -23
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Marjory
32 new
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Freda
30 -16
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Jocelyn
30 new
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Mabel
30 -27
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May
30 -15