Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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David
1,353 0
2.
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Peter
1,214 0
3.
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Michael
1,181 0
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John
1,145 0
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Mark
1,017 +1
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Stephen
910 -1
7.
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Paul
785 0
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Robert
736 0
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Andrew
674 +9
10.
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Christopher
545 -1
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Richard
544 +1
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Anthony
533 -1
13.
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Kevin
513 -3
14.
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Ian
453 -1
15.
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Wayne
436 +2
16.
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William
407 -1
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Gregory
403 -1
18.
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Craig
378 -4
19.
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Grant
373 0
20.
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Steven
370 +3
21.
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Bruce
352 0
21.
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James
352 -1
23.
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Gary
329 +6
24.
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Murray
325 0
25.
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Graeme
323 +1
26.
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Philip
306 -2
27.
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Brian
301 -5
28.
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Alan
293 0
29.
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Ross
287 -2
30.
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Graham
262 +1
31.
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Brent
257 +16
32.
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Geoffrey
245 +1
33.
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Colin
244 -3
34.
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Barry
235 -2
35.
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Martin
228 0
36.
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Dean
222 +30
37.
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Neil
217 -3
38.
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Russell
214 +1
39.
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Trevor
204 -3
40.
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Simon
197 +10
41.
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Phillip
193 0
42.
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Allan
191 -4
43.
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Kenneth
190 -6
44.
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Raymond
186 -5
45.
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Keith
185 +6
46.
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Warren
176 -2
47.
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Shane
173 +14
48.
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Donald
169 -2
49.
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Stuart
168 0
50.
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Tony
167 -5
51.
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Timothy
166 -9
52.
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Thomas
165 -9
53.
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Malcolm
163 +4
54.
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Nigel
159 -2
55.
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Jeffrey
155 -1
56.
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Brett
153 0
57.
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Roger
147 -9
58.
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Patrick
145 +2
59.
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Kerry
140 +5
60.
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Joseph
138 +10
61.
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Ronald
135 -2
62.
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Gavin
131 -5
63.
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Douglas
128 -8
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Garry
128 -10
65.
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Robin
121 0
66.
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George
119 -5
67.
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Gordon
118 +1
68.
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Terence
116 +2
69.
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Lance
115 +4
70.
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Charles
113 +14
71.
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Neville
111 -4
72.
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Edward
109 -9
73.
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Nicholas
104 +5
74.
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Daniel
103 +1
75.
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Glenn
101 +8
76.
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Antony
100 -2
77.
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Derek
99 +7
78.
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Leslie
98 -2
79.
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Bryan
93 +2
79.
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Matthew
93 -1
81.
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Dennis
89 -5
82.
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Jonathan
87 +4
83.
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Adrian
79 +5
84.
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Kelvin
78 -2
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Lindsay
78 +5
86.
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Bernard
75 +11
86.
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Rodney
75 -17
88.
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Carl
74 +11
89.
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Darryl
72 +2
90.
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Eric
71 -18
91.
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Terry
70 -13
92.
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Scott
67 -5
93.
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Alexander
66 -4
93.
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Kim
66 new
95.
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Alistair
61 -2
95.
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Arthur
61 new
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Henry
61 new
98.
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Gerard
57 -5
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Noel
57 -5
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Warwick
57 -5
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan
767 0
2.
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Karen
717 0
3.
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Christine
613 0
4.
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Deborah
543 +1
5.
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Sandra
502 +1
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Joanne
493 +6
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Julie
479 -3
8.
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Donna
440 -1
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Sharon
439 +2
10.
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Wendy
411 0
11.
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Linda
398 +2
12.
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Robyn
392 +2
13.
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Helen
387 +4
14.
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Jennifer
381 -6
15.
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Elizabeth
363 -6
16.
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Judith
322 -1
17.
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Margaret
320 +1
18.
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Michelle
316 +13
19.
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Jacqueline
300 +21
20.
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Patricia
294 -1
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Carol
292 0
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Mary
285 -6
23.
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Catherine
274 +1
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Fiona
274 +11
25.
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Debra
270 -5
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Lynette
269 +1
27.
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Denise
250 -4
28.
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Anne
249 -4
29.
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Heather
235 -1
30.
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Diane
233 -4
31.
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Suzanne
232 -2
32.
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Carolyn
226 0
33.
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Barbara
225 -11
34.
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Nicola
219 +14
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Raewyn
219 +1
36.
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Vicki
211 -6
37.
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Angela
201 +14
38.
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Kathryn
193 -2
39.
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Jane
186 -6
40.
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Kim
180 +12
41.
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Janet
176 -3
42.
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Dianne
172 -1
43.
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Alison
163 -6
44.
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Pamela
162 -5
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Shirley
162 +3
46.
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Annette
161 +3
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Jan
154 +8
48.
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Brenda
152 -2
49.
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Bronwyn
149 +30
50.
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Jillian
148 +5
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Michele
148 +27
52.
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Andrea
146 +8
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Kathleen
146 -8
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Tracey
142 +40
55.
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Lorraine
138 -1
56.
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Janice
134 -11
56.
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Kerry
134 -3
58.
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Rosemary
132 -15
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Lynda
131 +3
60.
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Louise
127 +13
60.
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Yvonne
127 -18
62.
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Marie
126 -7
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Pauline
126 -13
64.
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Kay
123 +2
65.
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Gillian
122 0
66.
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Maree
118 -3
67.
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Cheryl
117 -8
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Maria
116 -4
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Ann
114 -8
70.
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Colleen
113 +4
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Sheryl
113 -12
72.
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Shona
112 -3
73.
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Sally
111 -5
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Shelley
111 +12
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Leanne
110 new
76.
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Lesley
109 -9
77.
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Sarah
108 +7
78.
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Ruth
98 +1
79.
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Frances
96 -9
80.
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Tracy
95 new
81.
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Lynne
93 +2
82.
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Anna
92 +7
82.
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Debbie
92 0
82.
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Gail
92 -6
85.
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Adrienne
90 +7
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Janine
90 +2
87.
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Caroline
88 -15
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Stephanie
88 -16
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Kaye
86 +7
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Diana
83 -13
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Teresa
83 -1
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Amanda
82 new
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Christina
81 +6
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Maureen
81 -2
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Vivienne
81 -19
96.
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Glenda
80 -11
97.
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Katherine
79 new
98.
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Beverley
76 -17
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Jeanette
76 -11
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Philippa
76 new