Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Peter
1,431 0
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John
1,250 0
3.
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David
1,168 0
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Michael
937 0
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Paul
776 0
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Stephen
758 0
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Robert
718 0
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Mark
642 +1
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Christopher
626 +1
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Kevin
531 -2
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Richard
481 +1
12.
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Ian
465 -1
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Anthony
453 +4
13.
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Brian
453 0
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William
404 -1
16.
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Bruce
391 0
17.
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Wayne
369 -2
18.
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Murray
365 +4
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Gary
363 0
20.
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James
356 -2
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Alan
346 0
22.
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Graeme
321 -2
23.
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Grant
290 +1
24.
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Barry
289 +1
25.
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Graham
273 -2
25.
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Ross
273 +8
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Geoffrey
271 0
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Philip
269 +4
29.
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Colin
267 -4
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Gregory
254 0
31.
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Trevor
243 +6
32.
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Kenneth
233 -3
33.
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Andrew
225 -5
34.
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Neil
218 -4
35.
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Allan
216 0
36.
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Steven
215 -2
37.
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Donald
203 -1
38.
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Garry
199 +4
39.
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Keith
196 +1
40.
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Raymond
191 -2
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Thomas
180 +3
42.
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Stuart
176 -3
43.
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Phillip
173 +4
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Roger
164 -3
45.
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Timothy
159 +12
46.
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Martin
157 +4
47.
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Ronald
154 +7
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Russell
154 -4
49.
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Warren
153 +2
50.
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Patrick
150 -4
51.
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Craig
142 +4
52.
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Brent
136 +12
53.
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Douglas
134 -4
54.
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Malcolm
132 -9
55.
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Robin
130 +1
56.
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Simon
129 +6
57.
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Jeffrey
125 -9
58.
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Lindsay
124 +11
59.
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Nigel
120 +8
60.
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Gordon
119 -9
61.
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George
113 -8
62.
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Gavin
112 -1
63.
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Dennis
111 -4
64.
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Bryan
110 +4
65.
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Tony
107 +7
66.
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Charles
104 -7
66.
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Edward
104 -1
66.
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Neville
104 -4
69.
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Leslie
98 -11
70.
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Glenn
96 +4
71.
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Kerry
95 0
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Brett
93 +24
73.
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Joseph
92 -4
74.
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Rodney
90 +1
75.
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Terence
88 -9
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Lance
86 +4
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Nicholas
86 +11
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Eric
82 0
79.
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Bernard
81 +9
80.
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Noel
80 -4
80.
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Rex
80 -7
82.
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Daniel
75 +3
83.
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Owen
70 +17
84.
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Alexander
69 -7
84.
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Dean
69 +11
86.
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Derek
68 -7
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Warwick
68 new
88.
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Maurice
67 -6
89.
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Gerard
63 -6
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Terry
63 +1
91.
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Darryl
57 new
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Jonathan
57 +9
91.
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Shane
57 -8
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Francis
56 0
95.
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Mervyn
53 new
96.
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Gerald
52 new
96.
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Norman
52 -16
98.
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Allen
51 new
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Hugh
51 +2
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Alistair
50 -4
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Henry
50 new
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Stewart
50 -10
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Karen
825 +2
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Susan
814 -1
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Christine
774 -1
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Jennifer
460 +2
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Margaret
437 0
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Judith
427 -2
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Linda
413 +3
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Robyn
407 0
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Elizabeth
371 -2
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Patricia
367 -1
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Wendy
367 +4
12.
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Sandra
363 +6
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Mary
354 -2
14.
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Helen
334 -1
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Deborah
329 +12
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Anne
310 0
17.
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Barbara
304 -5
18.
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Heather
297 -1
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Carol
292 +1
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Lynette
287 -1
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Diane
271 0
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Pamela
266 0
23.
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Sharon
263 -8
24.
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Suzanne
252 0
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Catherine
237 +2
26.
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Julie
228 -3
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Jane
217 +13
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Raewyn
217 +2
29.
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Janet
213 0
30.
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Shirley
210 +5
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Janice
209 -6
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Denise
205 +5
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Pauline
195 0
34.
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Dianne
190 -8
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Joanne
180 +17
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Alison
177 -4
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Rosemary
176 -6
38.
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Gail
172 +8
38.
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Lorraine
172 -2
40.
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Annette
164 -2
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Kathleen
162 -7
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Vicki
161 +17
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Donna
155 +21
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Marie
152 0
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Debra
149 +25
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Carolyn
143 +26
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Jacqueline
143 -2
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Yvonne
142 -7
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Lynda
138 +6
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Maureen
133 +3
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Kathryn
130 -4
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Sheryl
129 -2
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Ann
127 -14
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Colleen
124 -5
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Brenda
121 +2
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Jillian
121 -8
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Maria
121 0
58.
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Jan
119 +5
59.
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Fiona
117 new
60.
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Beverley
113 -10
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Lesley
113 -18
62.
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Angela
112 +6
63.
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Cheryl
111 -10
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Glenda
107 -21
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Sally
105 +2
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Kerry
102 +26
67.
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Gillian
101 -7
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Kay
99 -7
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Maree
92 +2
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Frances
91 -4
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Shona
91 +12
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Louise
88 +5
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Glenys
87 +15
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Ruth
87 +3
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Diana
86 +9
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Penelope
84 +4
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Michelle
83 new
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Bronwyn
82 +17
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Christina
80 +20
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Josephine
80 +13
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Lynne
80 -6
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Valerie
80 -1
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Marilyn
79 -25
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Teresa
78 new
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Caroline
77 new
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Jocelyn
77 -5
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Joy
76 -25
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Elaine
75 +4
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Andrea
73 new
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Jeanette
73 -21
91.
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Lois
72 +9
92.
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Anna
71 -13
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Jill
71 -8
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Dorothy
70 -19
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Marion
70 -29
96.
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Adrienne
69 -14
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Janette
69 new
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Nicola
69 new
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Paula
69 +2
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Vivienne
69 -23