Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
911 0
2.
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William
616 0
3.
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James
436 0
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Robert
434 0
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Ronald
355 0
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Raymond
315 +1
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Peter
302 -1
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David
274 +1
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Donald
262 +2
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Brian
261 +5
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Ian
256 +1
12.
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George
255 -4
13.
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Colin
214 +1
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Keith
211 +3
14.
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Thomas
211 -4
16.
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Kenneth
194 0
17.
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Douglas
176 0
18.
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Gordon
165 -5
19.
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Arthur
162 0
20.
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Alan
160 +7
21.
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Maurice
157 +4
22.
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Richard
154 0
23.
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Leslie
153 -2
24.
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Eric
148 -4
24.
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Trevor
148 +1
26.
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Bruce
146 +7
27.
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Allan
144 +3
27.
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Charles
144 0
27.
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Desmond
144 -4
30.
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Edward
135 -6
31.
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Francis
125 +4
32.
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Noel
124 -1
33.
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Graham
121 +16
34.
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Stanley
111 0
35.
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Norman
110 -6
36.
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Walter
105 +7
37.
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Albert
104 0
38.
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Jack
101 -2
39.
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Frederick
100 +1
40.
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Ivan
98 -8
40.
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Mervyn
98 0
42.
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Alexander
93 -3
43.
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Henry
92 +7
44.
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Patrick
85 -2
45.
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Alfred
83 +8
46.
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Leonard
80 -8
46.
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Roy
80 +4
48.
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Harold
74 -4
48.
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Joseph
74 -3
50.
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Frank
71 +5
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Murray
71 +2
50.
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Rex
71 -3
53.
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Barry
67 +13
54.
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Ernest
66 -8
54.
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Russell
66 +8
56.
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Malcolm
64 +10
56.
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Reginald
64 +2
58.
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Kevin
62 -11
58.
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Owen
62 -1
60.
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Lawrence
59 -6
61.
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Michael
58 +2
62.
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Bernard
56 -6
63.
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Cyril
55 -2
64.
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Neil
54 -1
65.
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Clifford
53 +8
65.
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Geoffrey
53 -7
67.
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Graeme
47 +8
67.
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Herbert
47 -7
67.
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Ross
47 +18
70.
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Anthony
45 0
71.
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Andrew
42 -8
72.
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Harry
41 -4
72.
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Hugh
41 +21
72.
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Leo
41 +5
72.
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Sydney
41 +9
76.
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Philip
40 +11
77.
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Maxwell
39 0
77.
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Ralph
39 -8
77.
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Terence
39 +12
77.
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Victor
39 -5
81.
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Paul
37 new
82.
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Gerald
36 -1
82.
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Neville
36 +5
84.
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Allen
35 -9
85.
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Dennis
34 +13
86.
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Laurence
33 -16
86.
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Lloyd
33 new
86.
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Wallace
33 +10
89.
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Bryan
32 -8
90.
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Edwin
29 +1
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Vernon
29 new
92.
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Arnold
27 +4
92.
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Athol
27 -2
92.
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Derek
27 +1
92.
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Roger
27 -7
92.
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Samuel
27 +1
92.
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Selwyn
27 new
98.
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Lindsay
26 new
98.
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Robin
26 0
98.
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Stuart
26 -19
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Wilfred
26 0
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Margaret
521 0
2.
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Shirley
406 0
3.
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Mary
365 +2
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Patricia
351 0
5.
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Betty
316 -2
6.
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Joan
302 0
7.
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Dorothy
263 0
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June
249 +2
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Joyce
226 -1
10.
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Elizabeth
206 -1
11.
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Kathleen
193 +3
12.
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Jean
188 -1
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Valerie
185 0
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Doreen
175 +1
15.
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Barbara
163 +2
16.
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Ngaire
157 +2
17.
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Audrey
149 -5
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Marie
147 -2
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Eileen
141 +3
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Nola
132 +13
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Helen
110 +4
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Norma
110 +2
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Phyllis
110 0
24.
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Maureen
107 +9
25.
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Nancy
103 -1
26.
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Colleen
102 +5
27.
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Daphne
97 -9
27.
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Mavis
97 -7
29.
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Beverley
96 +15
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Marjorie
94 0
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Lorna
93 -5
32.
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Noeline
92 -3
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Pamela
91 +14
34.
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Thelma
87 -8
35.
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Irene
81 -9
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Beryl
79 +1
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Dawn
78 -5
38.
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Doris
75 +12
39.
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Elsie
74 +13
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Joy
74 -1
41.
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Gladys
73 +5
42.
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Lois
72 -1
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Ruth
72 -3
44.
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Edna
70 -8
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Florence
70 +5
46.
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Alison
68 +21
47.
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Frances
67 -12
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Yvonne
67 -6
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Fay
66 +9
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Pauline
62 -6
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Sylvia
62 +11
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Alice
60 +10
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Marion
60 -11
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Evelyn
59 +1
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Heather
59 +22
56.
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Annie
58 -6
57.
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Hazel
57 -17
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Edith
55 +2
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Ellen
55 -4
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Muriel
55 +1
61.
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Iris
53 +3
62.
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Josephine
51 +12
63.
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Catherine
50 -11
64.
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Ethel
48 +27
64.
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Gwendoline
48 +20
64.
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Peggy
48 +4
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Winifred
48 0
68.
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Jessie
46 +1
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Jocelyn
46 +23
70.
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Elaine
45 -15
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Olive
45 -23
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Rita
44 +2
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Valmai
43 +10
74.
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Lorraine
42 +11
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Violet
42 -17
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Agnes
41 -12
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Eunice
40 -4
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Janet
40 -15
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Aileen
39 +3
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Rona
39 +6
81.
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Alma
38 +17
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Ivy
38 -11
83.
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Dulcie
37 -13
84.
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Elva
35 +7
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Lesley
35 new
84.
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Merle
35 +1
87.
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Ailsa
33 -11
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Judith
33 -7
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Myra
33 new
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Beatrice
32 -5
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Grace
32 +8
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Isobel
32 -10
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Anne
31 +3
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Constance
31 new
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Freda
31 new
96.
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Noelene
30 new
96.
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Vera
30 -17
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Ruby
29 -7
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Valma
29 new
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Molly
28 new