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