Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
859 0
2.
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William
476 0
3.
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Peter
423 +4
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David
399 +4
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Robert
384 -2
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James
372 -2
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Brian
335 -2
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Ronald
311 -2
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Donald
292 0
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Ian
245 0
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Barry
226 +6
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Raymond
222 -1
13.
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Graham
205 +3
14.
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Colin
193 0
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George
184 -3
16.
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Thomas
176 -3
17.
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Kenneth
170 -2
18.
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Bruce
167 +6
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Alan
166 -1
20.
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Richard
156 -1
21.
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Trevor
153 -1
22.
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Michael
140 +8
23.
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Leslie
131 -1
24.
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Charles
125 +4
25.
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Graeme
123 +7
26.
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Gordon
121 -5
27.
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Keith
119 -1
28.
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Edward
117 +1
29.
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Maurice
114 +12
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Arthur
113 -3
31.
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Douglas
105 -6
32.
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Allan
98 -10
33.
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Noel
97 -2
34.
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Murray
96 +15
35.
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Eric
88 +6
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Kevin
84 +19
37.
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Desmond
83 0
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Patrick
83 -1
39.
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Mervyn
80 +9
40.
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Alexander
77 +6
41.
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Albert
75 0
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Francis
75 -7
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Frederick
75 +5
44.
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Leonard
74 +8
44.
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Malcolm
74 +11
46.
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Joseph
70 +14
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Rex
70 -6
48.
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Russell
69 +5
49.
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Neil
68 -10
50.
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Bryan
66 +11
51.
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Harold
65 +3
52.
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Henry
63 -8
53.
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Ernest
62 +21
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Norman
62 -19
53.
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Terence
62 -3
56.
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Anthony
61 -12
57.
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Bernard
57 +13
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Ivan
57 -24
59.
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Jack
56 -1
59.
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Neville
56 +11
59.
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Stanley
56 -1
62.
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Lawrence
55 +1
62.
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Ross
55 +5
64.
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Roy
54 -14
65.
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Robin
53 -4
66.
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Owen
52 +7
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Paul
52 -2
68.
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Alfred
50 -13
69.
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Walter
49 -31
70.
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Reginald
47 -5
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Roger
47 -1
72.
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Geoffrey
46 +6
73.
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Philip
44 +12
74.
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Gary
43 new
74.
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Gerald
43 +1
76.
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Andrew
39 -6
76.
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Clive
39 0
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Frank
39 -10
79.
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Dennis
36 -11
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Warren
36 +1
81.
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Kelvin
34 new
82.
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Barrie
33 -4
83.
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Denis
32 +10
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Hugh
32 -3
85.
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Stuart
31 -5
86.
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Herbert
30 +10
87.
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Basil
29 0
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Laurence
29 0
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Allen
28 new
90.
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Clifford
27 +9
90.
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Ralph
27 -10
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Rodney
27 -3
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Sydney
27 -3
94.
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Derek
26 +2
94.
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Harry
26 -7
94.
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Lewis
26 new
94.
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Samuel
26 +2
98.
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Lindsay
25 -14
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Lionel
25 -11
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Selwyn
25 -5
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
693 0
2.
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Shirley
456 0
3.
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Patricia
344 0
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Mary
269 0
5.
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Joan
250 0
6.
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Barbara
244 0
7.
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Dorothy
211 +1
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Beverley
208 +5
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Maureen
178 +2
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Judith
176 +5
11.
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Elizabeth
175 -4
12.
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Valerie
167 -3
13.
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Pamela
143 +6
14.
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Marie
139 +4
15.
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Kathleen
137 +2
16.
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Helen
135 -1
17.
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Jean
132 -7
18.
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Betty
126 -4
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Doreen
124 +2
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June
119 -8
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Colleen
114 +1
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Janet
113 +1
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Audrey
106 +5
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Joyce
97 -5
25.
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Yvonne
92 +16
26.
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Heather
90 -2
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Anne
87 +12
28.
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Ngaire
86 +4
29.
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Frances
84 +10
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Noeline
84 +7
31.
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Marion
83 +6
32.
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Dawn
82 -7
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Nancy
82 -3
34.
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Lois
81 -9
35.
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Elaine
77 +8
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Alison
72 -2
37.
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Eileen
71 -10
38.
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Nola
70 -8
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Jennifer
67 +10
40.
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Jocelyn
64 +5
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Marjorie
64 +2
42.
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Joy
63 +5
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Norma
63 -9
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Pauline
62 -7
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Beryl
61 +11
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Janice
60 +1
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Daphne
59 -1
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Lorraine
59 +2
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Ruth
59 -13
50.
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Ann
58 -1
51.
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Beverly
56 +8
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Josephine
56 +21
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Irene
53 +3
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Fay
52 -10
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Phyllis
52 -24
56.
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Lesley
51 +8
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Rosemary
51 +16
58.
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Catherine
50 -5
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Evelyn
50 -5
58.
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Lorna
50 +5
61.
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Olive
47 +11
62.
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Jill
46 +31
63.
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Florence
45 +4
64.
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Thelma
44 -9
65.
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Alice
42 +5
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Elsie
41 +13
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Sylvia
41 -2
68.
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Marlene
40 +8
69.
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Diana
39 +3
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Ellen
39 +1
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Gloria
39 +10
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Mavis
39 -17
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Edna
37 -17
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Marina
37 new
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Jeanette
36 +20
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Doris
35 +3
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Gladys
35 -15
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Agnes
34 +6
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Edith
34 +11
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Annette
31 +12
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Grace
31 new
82.
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Winifred
30 -23
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Violet
29 -16
84.
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Aileen
28 +14
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Hazel
28 -20
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Isabel
28 new
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Isobel
28 -7
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Jacqueline
28 new
89.
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Gillian
27 new
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Merle
27 new
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Peggy
27 +9
92.
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Claire
26 +3
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Iris
26 -8
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Ivy
26 new
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Gwendoline
25 -16
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Jessie
25 +3
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Myra
25 new
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Diane
24 new
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Ethel
24 new
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May
24 -3