Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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David
1,478 0
2.
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Michael
1,276 +1
3.
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Peter
1,122 -1
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John
1,031 0
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Mark
945 0
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Stephen
869 0
7.
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Paul
810 0
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Andrew
645 +1
9.
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Robert
644 -1
10.
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Christopher
561 0
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Kevin
535 +2
12.
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Richard
504 -1
13.
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Anthony
485 -1
14.
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Grant
471 +5
15.
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Wayne
455 0
16.
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Craig
454 +2
17.
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Gregory
404 0
18.
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Ian
394 -4
19.
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William
385 -3
20.
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Bruce
366 +1
21.
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Steven
360 -1
22.
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James
323 -1
23.
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Gary
317 0
24.
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Graeme
307 +1
25.
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Brian
304 +2
26.
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Murray
302 -2
27.
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Philip
297 -1
28.
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Ross
275 +1
29.
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Alan
273 -1
30.
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Dean
268 +6
31.
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Brent
258 0
31.
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Shane
258 +16
33.
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Colin
227 0
34.
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Neil
223 +3
35.
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Barry
222 -1
36.
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Geoffrey
220 -4
37.
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Graham
215 -7
38.
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Stuart
211 +11
39.
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Martin
203 -4
39.
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Timothy
203 +12
41.
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Simon
201 -1
42.
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Nigel
190 +12
43.
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Brett
188 +13
43.
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Phillip
188 -2
45.
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Tony
184 +5
46.
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Allan
183 -4
47.
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Trevor
178 -8
47.
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Warren
178 -1
49.
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Kenneth
171 -6
50.
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Russell
167 -12
51.
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Keith
164 -6
52.
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Raymond
161 -8
52.
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Thomas
161 0
54.
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Patrick
150 +4
55.
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Kerry
149 +4
56.
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Donald
147 -8
56.
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Glenn
147 +19
58.
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Jeffrey
143 -3
58.
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Malcolm
143 -5
60.
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Roger
130 -3
61.
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Douglas
127 +2
62.
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Gavin
125 0
63.
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George
123 +3
63.
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Matthew
123 +16
63.
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Nicholas
123 +10
66.
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Gordon
116 +1
66.
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Ronald
116 -5
68.
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Joseph
114 -8
69.
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Charles
110 +1
70.
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Scott
108 +22
71.
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Edward
106 +1
71.
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Garry
106 -8
73.
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Bryan
105 +6
74.
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Daniel
104 0
75.
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Lance
103 -6
76.
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Terry
97 +15
77.
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Adrian
96 +6
78.
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Neville
94 -7
79.
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Darryl
92 +10
80.
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Robin
89 -15
81.
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Terence
87 -13
82.
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Jonathan
84 0
83.
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Derek
83 -6
84.
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Dennis
81 -3
85.
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Antony
80 -9
86.
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Noel
76 +12
87.
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Gerard
74 +11
88.
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Lindsay
73 -4
89.
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Alistair
72 +6
90.
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Eric
71 0
90.
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Rodney
71 -4
92.
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Carl
68 -4
93.
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Kelvin
67 -9
94.
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Leslie
66 -16
95.
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Ricky
63 new
96.
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Alexander
61 -3
97.
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Karl
60 new
98.
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Kim
59 -5
98.
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Stewart
59 new
100.
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Dale
57 new
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Henry
57 -5
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan
729 0
2.
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Karen
655 0
3.
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Sandra
568 +2
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Christine
548 -1
5.
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Deborah
519 -1
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Joanne
482 0
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Julie
480 0
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Sharon
421 +1
9.
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Donna
411 -1
10.
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Robyn
405 +2
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Wendy
405 0
12.
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Linda
404 -1
13.
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Michelle
399 +5
14.
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Elizabeth
358 +1
15.
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Jennifer
336 -1
16.
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Helen
335 -3
17.
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Fiona
316 +6
18.
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Jacqueline
309 +1
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Catherine
304 +4
20.
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Judith
278 -4
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Margaret
267 -4
22.
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Debra
264 +3
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Patricia
263 -3
24.
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Kim
257 +16
25.
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Mary
245 -3
26.
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Carol
239 -5
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Lynette
235 -1
28.
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Heather
232 +1
29.
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Nicola
229 +5
30.
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Suzanne
225 +1
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Anne
223 -3
32.
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Vicki
220 +4
33.
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Diane
219 -3
34.
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Raewyn
216 0
35.
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Carolyn
214 -3
36.
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Denise
212 -9
37.
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Jane
210 +2
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Kathryn
210 +1
39.
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Andrea
198 +13
40.
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Angela
197 -3
41.
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Barbara
178 -8
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Tracey
178 +13
43.
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Maree
165 +23
44.
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Dianne
159 -2
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Alison
157 -2
46.
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Annette
153 0
47.
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Brenda
151 +1
48.
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Leanne
148 +27
49.
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Kathleen
146 +3
50.
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Louise
143 +10
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Pamela
143 -6
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Tracy
140 +28
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Bronwyn
138 -4
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Janet
138 -12
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Michele
138 -3
56.
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Jan
135 -9
57.
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Shelley
132 +16
58.
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Kerry
131 -2
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Lynda
131 +1
60.
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Sally
129 +13
61.
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Gillian
127 +4
62.
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Janine
122 +23
62.
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Marie
122 0
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Pauline
122 0
65.
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Rosemary
120 -7
66.
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Jillian
117 -16
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Maria
117 +2
68.
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Debbie
115 +14
69.
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Ann
114 0
70.
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Janice
112 -14
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Lorraine
112 -15
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Yvonne
112 -10
73.
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Tania
110 new
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Kay
109 -10
75.
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Cheryl
108 -8
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Katherine
107 +21
77.
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Sarah
105 0
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Shirley
105 -33
79.
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Caroline
103 +8
80.
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Colleen
102 -10
81.
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Sheryl
101 -11
82.
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Lesley
97 -6
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Anna
94 -1
84.
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Diana
92 +6
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Vivienne
92 +9
86.
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Christina
90 +7
87.
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Frances
89 -8
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Lisa
89 new
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Ruth
86 -11
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Shona
85 -18
91.
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Stephanie
84 -4
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Amanda
82 0
93.
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Maureen
81 0
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Megan
78 new
95.
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Gail
77 -13
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Lynley
77 new
97.
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Lynne
75 -16
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Penelope
72 new
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Kaye
70 -10
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Beverley
69 -2