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		 1,561 0
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David		 917 0
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Peter		 813 0
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Robert		 711 0
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Michael		 574 +1
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William		 567 -1
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Brian		 563 0
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Ian		 503 0
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James		 434 +2
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Kevin		 411 -1
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Graeme		 376 +3
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Graham		 349 +5
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Bruce		 339 +6
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Richard		 337 -4
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Anthony		 319 +6
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Alan		 316 -3
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Murray		 315 +3
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Paul		 315 +7
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Colin		 304 -1
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Raymond		 304 -4
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Barry		 291 +2
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Kenneth		 283 -10
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Ronald		 267 -7
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Donald		 263 -2
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Trevor		 256 +1
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Wayne		 248 +2
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Dennis		 221 +3
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Gary		 220 -3
29.
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Allan		 216 -2
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Thomas		 210 +3
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Roger		 205 +4
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Ross		 204 -1
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Russell		 185 0
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Keith		 184 -2
35.
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Douglas		 171 -6
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Leslie		 171 +4
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Christopher		 169 +3
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Neil		 168 -2
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Geoffrey		 155 +2
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George		 153 -4
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Edward		 145 +4
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Terence		 143 -4
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Gordon		 134 -1
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Warren		 131 +10
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Patrick		 127 -1
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Robin		 123 +1
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Neville		 122 +2
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Charles		 121 +8
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Malcolm		 121 +4
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Philip		 114 -4
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Rodney		 114 0
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Noel		 113 -9
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Maurice		 106 -1
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Bryan		 105 -4
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Andrew		 101 +16
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Rex		 101 +6
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Desmond		 97 +1
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Stuart		 97 +7
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Arthur		 94 -11
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Garry		 93 +10
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Mervyn		 92 -1
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Lindsay		 87 +12
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Norman		 87 +6
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Eric		 86 -8
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Francis		 86 +4
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Stephen		 84 -2
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Alexander		 82 -4
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Kerry		 82 +11
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Denis		 77 -5
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Bernard		 73 -11
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Grant		 72 +11
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Owen		 72 -10
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Leonard		 66 +5
74.
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Clive		 65 +3
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Joseph		 65 -10
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Warwick		 65 +19
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Gerald		 62 +5
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Derek		 61 +4
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Phillip		 61 -6
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Timothy		 60 new
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Ivan		 59 -9
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Harold		 56 -1
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Frederick		 55 -7
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Martin		 55 new
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Roy		 55 -9
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Terrence		 55 +13
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Stanley		 53 -9
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Jeffrey		 52 new
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Lawrence		 51 -7
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Henry		 49 -3
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Clifford		 48 -2
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Laurence		 48 new
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Gavin		 46 +5
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Walter		 46 0
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Albert		 45 +4
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Allen		 45 -9
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Jack		 45 +4
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Roderick		 45 new
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Errol		 44 -3
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Alfred		 43 new
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Reginald		 43 -1
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Selwyn		 43 -11
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 795 0
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Patricia		 571 +1
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Judith		 522 -1
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Jennifer		 439 +8
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Elizabeth		 387 +2
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Barbara		 379 0
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Mary		 375 -2
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Pamela		 356 +2
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Carol		 341 0
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Janice		 339 -6
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Susan		 321 +8
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Helen		 306 -1
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Lynette		 285 -5
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Shirley		 283 0
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Heather		 274 -2
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Diane		 273 -1
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Kathleen		 258 +4
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Beverley		 249 -2
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Colleen		 232 -2
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Christine		 231 +5
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Lorraine		 220 -3
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Maureen		 205 0
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Sandra		 202 +3
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Janet		 200 -4
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Pauline		 199 -1
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Robyn		 177 +9
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Yvonne		 174 +1
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Raewyn		 166 +4
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Marie		 160 +9
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Denise		 155 +46
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Valerie		 154 -8
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Dorothy		 151 -5
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Alison		 143 +3
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Joan		 140 -5
35.
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Anne		 135 -4
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Marilyn		 135 +15
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Dianne		 133 +4
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Rosemary		 133 +20
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Wendy		 133 +5
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Gail		 130 +6
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Carolyn		 127 +3
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Elaine		 127 -8
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Ann		 121 +9
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Lesley		 121 -9
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Jeanette		 120 -8
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Suzanne		 120 +17
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Frances		 118 -17
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Annette		 116 -8
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Catherine		 116 +22
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Joy		 116 +20
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Ngaire		 113 +3
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Marion		 112 -13
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June		 111 -10
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Diana		 102 +13
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Jocelyn		 102 0
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Kay		 102 -6
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Cheryl		 101 0
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Jillian		 100 +1
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Jean		 99 -13
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Gloria		 95 +12
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Jill		 95 +9
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Ruth		 95 +6
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Gillian		 94 -12
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Irene		 91 -12
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Karen		 91 +18
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Lois		 91 -16
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Carole		 88 -22
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Jacqueline		 88 +10
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Glenys		 83 -15
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Betty		 77 +3
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Sharon		 74 +18
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Eileen		 73 +1
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Julie		 73 +5
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Dawn		 69 -14
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Beverly		 68 -4
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Joyce		 66 +9
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Noeline		 65 -15
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Marlene		 64 -17
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Sally		 64 +14
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Doreen		 63 -7
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Linda		 63 +2
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Robin		 61 +4
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Lynnette		 57 +9
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Sylvia		 57 +8
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Josephine		 56 -23
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Daphne		 55 +8
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Jane		 55 new
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Adrienne		 54 -2
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Fay		 54 -4
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Leonie		 53 -10
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Vivienne		 53 -9
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Maria		 51 +8
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Shona		 51 +2
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Brenda		 50 new
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Evelyn		 50 -5
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Nancy		 50 -32
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Kathryn		 49 new
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Eleanor		 48 new
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Faye		 48 0
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Lynne		 48 -12
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