Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
938 0
2.
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William
656 0
3.
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Robert
490 +1
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James
479 -1
5.
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George
331 +1
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Ronald
303 -1
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Raymond
280 0
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David
276 +1
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Ian
273 +3
10.
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Thomas
268 -2
11.
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Peter
262 +3
12.
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Donald
241 -1
13.
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Kenneth
232 +2
14.
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Gordon
205 -4
15.
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Colin
203 -2
16.
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Charles
199 +4
17.
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Arthur
196 -1
18.
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Douglas
188 0
19.
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Eric
180 +2
20.
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Leslie
171 -3
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Alan
170 -2
22.
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Desmond
163 +2
23.
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Edward
160 -1
24.
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Allan
148 +3
25.
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Brian
146 +4
25.
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Francis
146 +4
27.
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Noel
143 +6
28.
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Richard
142 -2
29.
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Keith
139 -6
30.
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Maurice
135 +2
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Trevor
135 -2
32.
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Norman
134 -1
33.
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Bruce
124 +6
34.
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Albert
120 0
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Jack
120 -9
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Frederick
118 +9
37.
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Harold
117 -1
38.
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Frank
115 +8
39.
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Henry
113 -1
40.
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Walter
110 +9
41.
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Leonard
108 +2
42.
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Mervyn
107 0
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Stanley
102 -6
44.
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Ernest
97 -4
44.
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Patrick
97 -3
46.
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Roy
95 +2
47.
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Alexander
91 +3
48.
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Ivan
86 -13
49.
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Joseph
85 -3
50.
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Rex
84 +6
51.
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Alfred
78 -8
52.
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Graham
77 +2
53.
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Bernard
76 -2
54.
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Lawrence
75 +5
55.
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Murray
71 +15
55.
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Owen
71 -3
57.
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Reginald
68 -5
58.
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Russell
63 +4
59.
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Herbert
62 +1
60.
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Neil
61 +6
61.
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Cyril
60 +4
62.
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Hugh
58 +4
62.
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Kevin
58 -7
64.
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Terence
55 +10
65.
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Geoffrey
54 -8
66.
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Clifford
52 -3
66.
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Victor
52 +2
68.
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Harry
50 -5
69.
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Michael
49 +13
70.
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Malcolm
47 -12
71.
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Andrew
46 -10
72.
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Gerald
43 +6
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Neville
43 +22
74.
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Sydney
42 -1
75.
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Laurence
40 -1
76.
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Edwin
39 +3
77.
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Barry
38 +9
78.
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Anthony
37 -8
78.
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Clarence
37 -4
80.
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Cecil
36 +5
81.
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Ralph
35 -2
82.
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Allen
34 -13
82.
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Philip
34 0
82.
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Roger
34 new
85.
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Leo
33 -11
86.
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Ross
32 -16
87.
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Lionel
31 +1
87.
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Stuart
31 +10
89.
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Lloyd
30 new
89.
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Selwyn
30 +5
91.
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Basil
29 -9
91.
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Paul
29 -12
91.
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Samuel
29 new
94.
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Arnold
28 new
94.
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Athol
28 +3
94.
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Bryan
28 -5
94.
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Maxwell
28 -8
98.
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Gilbert
26 new
98.
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Sidney
26 new
100.
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Milton
25 new
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Rodney
25 new
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Wallace
25 -6
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
523 0
2.
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Shirley
387 +1
3.
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Patricia
372 +2
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Mary
370 -2
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Betty
336 +3
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Joan
336 -1
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Dorothy
302 0
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Joyce
283 -2
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Elizabeth
230 +3
10.
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June
228 -1
11.
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Jean
215 -1
12.
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Doreen
195 +1
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Audrey
192 +1
14.
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Kathleen
171 -3
15.
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Eileen
159 0
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Phyllis
153 0
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Marie
149 +4
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Barbara
146 +8
19.
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Valerie
133 +12
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Nola
131 +5
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Marjorie
128 -4
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Ngaire
126 0
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Nancy
123 -4
24.
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Norma
122 -4
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Helen
117 -1
26.
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Mavis
112 -8
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Thelma
112 +3
28.
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Daphne
107 -5
29.
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Beryl
101 +11
30.
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Florence
99 +15
31.
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Frances
94 +9
32.
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Noeline
92 +1
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Olive
92 -4
34.
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Doris
85 0
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Lorna
85 -7
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Ruth
85 +12
37.
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Sylvia
83 +33
38.
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Irene
81 -6
39.
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Edna
80 -4
40.
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Dawn
79 +10
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Evelyn
75 +7
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Gladys
75 -12
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Lois
75 -5
44.
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Iris
74 -4
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Joy
74 -4
46.
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Elsie
73 -8
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Hazel
72 0
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Colleen
70 +28
49.
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Alice
67 -13
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Annie
65 +6
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Beverley
64 +48
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Catherine
64 -12
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Maureen
63 +5
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Ellen
62 -10
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Violet
60 +7
56.
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Agnes
58 +3
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Edith
58 -2
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Jessie
58 -3
59.
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Pamela
55 +4
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Muriel
54 -12
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Winifred
54 -10
62.
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Ethel
53 +14
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Marion
53 -12
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Yvonne
53 +1
65.
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Dulcie
50 +2
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Pauline
50 -4
67.
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Fay
49 +5
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Rita
48 -8
69.
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Gloria
47 +13
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Peggy
47 -14
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Josephine
46 -3
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Rona
45 -9
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Heather
43 +5
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Isobel
43 +26
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Alison
42 +7
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Eunice
42 +4
77.
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Aileen
41 +8
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Elaine
41 +4
79.
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Ailsa
40 +1
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Isabel
40 +8
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Janet
40 +12
82.
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Constance
39 0
83.
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Gwendoline
38 -13
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Ivy
38 -10
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Vera
38 -17
86.
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Enid
36 -13
86.
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Hilda
36 +1
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Jocelyn
36 new
89.
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Alma
35 -16
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May
35 +3
91.
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Elva
34 -23
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Myrtle
34 -6
93.
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Grace
33 -36
93.
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Monica
33 +2
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Ruby
33 +6
96.
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Beatrice
32 -1
96.
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Eva
32 +3
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Freda
32 new
96.
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Lilian
32 -1
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Marjory
31 new