Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,376 0
2.
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David
743 0
3.
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Peter
740 0
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Robert
635 0
5.
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William
508 0
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Michael
496 +2
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Brian
479 -1
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Ian
412 -1
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Kevin
366 +3
10.
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Richard
363 +5
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James
345 -2
12.
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Kenneth
328 -2
13.
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Alan
301 +3
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Graeme
296 +5
15.
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Raymond
295 -4
16.
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Ronald
289 +4
17.
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Graham
287 0
18.
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Colin
279 -6
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Bruce
278 -2
20.
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Murray
263 +3
21.
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Anthony
262 +1
22.
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Donald
255 -8
23.
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Barry
251 -3
24.
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Paul
236 +2
25.
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Gary
214 +2
26.
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Trevor
201 -2
27.
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Allan
194 -2
28.
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Wayne
193 +1
29.
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Douglas
185 +2
30.
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Dennis
172 +2
31.
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Ross
164 +7
32.
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Keith
161 0
33.
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Russell
156 +2
33.
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Thomas
156 -3
35.
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Roger
152 -8
36.
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George
144 +1
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Neil
144 0
38.
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Terence
143 -4
39.
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Leslie
139 0
40.
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Christopher
131 +11
41.
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Geoffrey
129 +1
42.
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Gordon
123 -1
43.
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Noel
119 +1
44.
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Patrick
118 +1
45.
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Edward
116 -5
46.
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Philip
109 +12
47.
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Robin
108 -4
48.
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Arthur
104 -1
49.
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Neville
101 -1
50.
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Bryan
96 +7
50.
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Rodney
96 +11
52.
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Malcolm
93 -3
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Maurice
93 +3
54.
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Warren
92 0
55.
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Victor
90 new
56.
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Charles
88 -10
56.
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Eric
88 -7
58.
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Desmond
87 +1
59.
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Bernard
83 -4
60.
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Mervyn
79 +6
61.
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Owen
76 +13
61.
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Rex
76 -9
63.
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Alexander
71 0
64.
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Denis
67 +12
64.
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Joseph
67 +12
64.
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Stephen
67 +5
64.
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Stuart
67 +10
68.
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Francis
66 -7
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Norman
66 -15
70.
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Garry
64 -3
71.
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Andrew
63 -7
72.
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Ivan
62 -12
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Phillip
62 +11
74.
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Lindsay
59 -9
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Roy
59 +5
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Frederick
57 -6
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Clive
55 +6
78.
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Kerry
54 +3
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Leonard
54 -5
78.
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Stanley
54 -10
81.
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Harold
51 +14
82.
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Derek
50 +17
82.
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Gerald
50 +1
82.
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Grant
50 new
82.
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Lawrence
50 +11
86.
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Allen
49 +1
87.
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Frank
44 +10
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Henry
44 -17
89.
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Clifford
43 -9
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Ernest
43 +3
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Mark
43 new
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Selwyn
43 new
93.
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Hugh
42 -12
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Walter
42 -23
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Warwick
42 -6
96.
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Errol
40 +4
96.
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Terrence
40 -6
98.
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Gavin
38 -11
99.
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Albert
37 -23
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Jack
37 new
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Reginald
37 -4
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
696 0
2.
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Judith
532 +1
3.
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Patricia
488 -1
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Janice
357 0
5.
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Mary
348 0
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Barbara
345 0
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Elizabeth
334 +3
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Lynette
316 +6
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Carol
314 +7
10.
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Pamela
313 -2
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Helen
307 -4
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Jennifer
303 +1
13.
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Heather
262 -2
14.
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Shirley
253 -5
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Diane
247 +5
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Beverley
241 -4
17.
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Colleen
229 -2
18.
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Lorraine
222 +1
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Susan
218 +9
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Janet
206 +2
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Kathleen
205 -4
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Maureen
202 -4
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Valerie
163 0
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Pauline
159 +2
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Christine
153 +12
26.
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Sandra
151 +12
27.
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Dorothy
149 -6
28.
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Yvonne
147 +6
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Joan
144 -4
30.
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Frances
141 -1
31.
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Anne
136 +1
32.
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Raewyn
133 +6
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Elaine
132 -3
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Lesley
131 +6
35.
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Robyn
129 -1
36.
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Alison
126 -9
37.
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Jeanette
121 +3
38.
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Marie
118 -14
39.
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Marion
114 +3
40.
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Annette
112 -7
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Dianne
108 +5
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Wendy
107 +9
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June
102 +19
44.
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Carolyn
99 +24
45.
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Carole
98 +8
46.
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Gail
97 +13
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Jean
97 +2
48.
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Kay
95 +17
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Lois
95 -17
50.
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Marilyn
91 -1
51.
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Gillian
90 +23
52.
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Ann
89 -18
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Irene
89 -7
54.
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Glenys
88 -11
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Jocelyn
88 +11
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Ngaire
88 0
57.
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Cheryl
86 new
57.
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Rosemary
86 -13
59.
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Jillian
84 0
60.
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Dawn
82 +2
61.
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Marlene
80 +29
62.
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Josephine
78 -7
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Nancy
78 +6
62.
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Noeline
78 +9
62.
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Suzanne
78 -6
66.
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Ruth
77 -7
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Diana
76 -11
68.
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Joy
73 -16
69.
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Jill
70 -1
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Catherine
69 -23
71.
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Beverly
68 -6
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Gloria
67 -22
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Betty
65 -15
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Doreen
65 +22
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Eileen
65 +3
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Denise
64 -3
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Jacqueline
63 -1
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Julie
63 -5
79.
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Rosalie
61 -5
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Leonie
57 -18
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Vivienne
56 new
82.
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Karen
55 +3
82.
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Linda
55 +5
84.
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Fay
52 -4
85.
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Joyce
51 -7
86.
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Adrienne
50 -4
86.
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Lynne
50 +7
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Robin
50 -8
89.
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Evelyn
48 -7
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Sharon
48 +9
91.
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Sylvia
46 -7
92.
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Lynnette
45 new
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Sally
45 -2
94.
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Daphne
43 -7
94.
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Marjorie
43 -1
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Shona
43 -13
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Norma
42 -12
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Ellen
41 new
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Faye
41 0
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Maria
40 -13