Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 855 0
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William		 520 0
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Robert		 440 0
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James		 373 +1
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Brian		 371 +2
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Ronald		 354 -2
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Peter		 347 -1
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David		 340 0
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Donald		 294 +1
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Ian		 282 -1
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Raymond		 209 0
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George		 205 0
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Thomas		 189 +1
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Colin		 185 -1
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Kenneth		 170 0
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Graham		 169 +5
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Barry		 166 +3
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Alan		 156 -2
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Richard		 148 0
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Trevor		 138 -3
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Gordon		 130 +6
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Allan		 129 +10
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Leslie		 129 +12
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Bruce		 127 0
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Douglas		 126 -2
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Keith		 123 0
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Arthur		 122 +1
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Charles		 121 -11
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Edward		 114 -4
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Michael		 110 0
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Noel		 107 +2
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Graeme		 102 +2
33.
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Ivan		 99 +18
34.
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Francis		 96 +6
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Norman		 96 -3
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Patrick		 89 +10
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Desmond		 86 -1
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Walter		 85 +4
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Neil		 81 +8
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Rex		 80 -1
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Albert		 79 -3
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Eric		 79 -12
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Maurice		 79 -20
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Anthony		 78 +22
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Henry		 78 +14
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Alexander		 75 -5
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Frederick		 75 -2
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Mervyn		 74 +13
49.
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Murray		 72 -12
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Roy		 69 +9
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Terence		 69 +7
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Leonard		 68 0
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Russell		 65 -6
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Harold		 63 +5
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Alfred		 62 +8
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Kevin		 62 0
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Malcolm		 62 -5
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Jack		 61 -5
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Stanley		 61 -16
60.
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Joseph		 60 -15
61.
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Bryan		 59 -8
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Robin		 59 +9
63.
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Lawrence		 58 +2
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Paul		 57 -2
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Reginald		 56 +3
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Frank		 55 +8
67.
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Ross		 54 +7
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Dennis		 52 +20
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Roger		 51 -3
70.
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Andrew		 49 +6
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Bernard		 49 -14
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Neville		 49 0
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Owen		 47 -24
74.
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Ernest		 46 -11
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Gerald		 45 -6
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Clive		 43 0
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Edwin		 37 -1
78.
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Barrie		 36 -2
78.
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Geoffrey		 36 -5
80.
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Hugh		 35 +1
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Ralph		 35 +11
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Stuart		 35 +17
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Warren		 35 new
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Lindsay		 33 +7
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Philip		 32 +6
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Cyril		 31 -1
87.
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Basil		 27 +10
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Harry		 27 +4
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Laurence		 27 -15
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Lionel		 27 +4
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Rodney		 27 +4
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Sydney		 27 new
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Denis		 26 new
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Maxwell		 26 new
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Selwyn		 26 +4
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Derek		 25 new
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Herbert		 25 -13
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Samuel		 25 new
99.
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Clifford		 24 -16
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Daniel		 24 new
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Stewart		 24 new
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Terrence		 24 new
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Victor		 24 -14
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 733 0
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Shirley		 349 +2
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Patricia		 323 -1
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Mary		 287 -1
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Joan		 241 0
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Barbara		 221 +1
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Elizabeth		 216 +1
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Dorothy		 192 -2
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Valerie		 188 0
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Jean		 175 +4
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Maureen		 171 +1
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June		 169 -1
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Beverley		 163 +2
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Betty		 158 -4
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Helen		 142 +6
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Judith		 142 +7
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Kathleen		 136 +2
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Marie		 126 -1
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Joyce		 125 -1
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Pamela		 125 -3
21.
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Doreen		 118 -8
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Colleen		 116 -2
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Janet		 101 +1
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Heather		 96 +7
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Dawn		 93 +2
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Lois		 93 0
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Eileen		 88 0
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Audrey		 87 -5
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Nancy		 82 -3
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Nola		 79 +18
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Phyllis		 79 +13
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Ngaire		 78 +8
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Norma		 77 -3
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Alison		 75 +11
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Ruth		 75 +1
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Noeline		 74 -9
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Marion		 73 -2
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Pauline		 73 +2
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Anne		 71 -7
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Frances		 71 +6
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Yvonne		 69 -9
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Marjorie		 68 +8
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Elaine		 66 -8
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Fay		 65 -3
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Jocelyn		 64 +15
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Daphne		 61 -14
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Janice		 60 +48
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Joy		 60 -9
49.
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Ann		 56 +33
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Jennifer		 56 +28
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Lorraine		 56 +3
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Mavis		 55 -8
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Catherine		 52 -11
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Evelyn		 52 +3
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Thelma		 51 0
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Beryl		 50 -7
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Edna		 50 +8
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Irene		 50 -4
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Beverly		 49 +5
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Winifred		 49 +21
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Gladys		 45 -1
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Noelene		 45 +13
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Lorna		 44 -13
64.
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Hazel		 43 -17
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Lesley		 43 +22
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Sylvia		 43 +2
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Ailsa		 39 +15
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Florence		 39 -15
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Violet		 39 +30
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Alice		 37 -10
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Ellen		 37 +6
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Diana		 36 -9
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Josephine		 36 -13
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Olive		 36 -5
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Rosemary		 36 -4
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Marlene		 35 +19
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Annie		 34 -9
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Isobel		 34 +5
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Doris		 32 -21
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Elsie		 32 -11
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Gloria		 32 +7
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Gwendoline		 32 new
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Eleanor		 31 +9
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Agnes		 30 -13
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Constance		 30 new
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Iris		 30 -7
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Rae		 30 -2
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Vera		 30 new
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Edith		 29 -32
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Eunice		 29 +1
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Muriel		 29 -3
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Annette		 28 new
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Jill		 27 new
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Rita		 26 -23
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Claire		 25 new
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Jeanette		 25 new
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May		 25 new
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Aileen		 24 new
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Jessie		 24 -21
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Peggy		 24 -27
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