Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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David
1,057 +1
2.
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Michael
1,051 -1
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Paul
933 +1
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Mark
900 +1
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Andrew
853 -2
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Jason
721 +13
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Christopher
660 -1
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John
655 0
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Stephen
655 +2
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Craig
620 +3
11.
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Peter
561 -4
11.
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Richard
561 -2
13.
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Shane
559 -1
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Robert
537 -3
15.
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Steven
417 +3
16.
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Anthony
380 +4
17.
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James
368 -2
18.
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Grant
358 -1
19.
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Wayne
352 -5
20.
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Dean
339 -4
21.
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Simon
318 +2
22.
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Gregory
313 -1
23.
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Matthew
301 +9
24.
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Timothy
271 +4
25.
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Scott
258 +11
26.
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Tony
252 +5
27.
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Nigel
246 +2
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Darren
245 +9
29.
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William
238 -5
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Philip
235 0
31.
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Brent
232 -9
32.
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Brett
221 -5
33.
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Ian
213 -8
34.
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Gary
209 +1
35.
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Glenn
204 -1
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Kevin
203 -10
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Brendon
194 +29
38.
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Nicholas
192 +3
39.
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Brian
191 -6
40.
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Phillip
186 -1
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Jonathan
180 +17
42.
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Daniel
178 +18
42.
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Martin
178 +2
44.
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Bruce
177 -4
45.
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Aaron
165 +3
46.
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Warren
159 +7
47.
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Karl
154 +25
48.
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Sean
151 -10
49.
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Alan
147 -7
50.
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Geoffrey
145 +1
51.
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Stuart
143 -8
52.
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Neil
141 +17
53.
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Colin
138 -4
54.
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Adrian
134 +12
54.
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Carl
134 +15
56.
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Shaun
132 -11
57.
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Antony
127 +15
57.
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Graeme
127 -10
57.
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Murray
127 -8
60.
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Glen
126 +3
61.
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Gavin
124 -7
62.
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Edward
121 +14
63.
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Thomas
119 0
64.
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Ross
116 -18
64.
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Trevor
116 -5
66.
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Brendan
115 +18
66.
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Graham
115 +8
66.
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Raymond
115 -4
69.
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Barry
113 -9
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Rodney
113 -18
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Roger
113 +6
72.
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Joseph
112 -7
73.
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Allan
110 -17
74.
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Jeffrey
109 -17
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Patrick
109 -19
76.
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Kerry
108 -8
77.
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George
103 +10
78.
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Dion
100 +19
79.
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Hamish
97 +4
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Malcolm
97 +3
81.
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Blair
95 +7
81.
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Justin
95 +12
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Kenneth
95 -1
84.
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Douglas
93 -5
85.
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Darryl
92 +5
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Jeremy
92 +8
87.
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Adam
89 -2
88.
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Lee
88 new
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Kelvin
86 -11
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Todd
85 -19
91.
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Russell
84 -14
92.
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Charles
83 new
93.
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Lance
80 -7
94.
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Samuel
69 +5
95.
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Donald
68 -6
96.
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Derek
66 -15
97.
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Nathan
60 new
98.
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Alistair
59 new
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Bryan
59 -8
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Ronald
59 -1
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Lisa
934 0
2.
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Michelle
674 +1
3.
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Karen
515 -1
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Joanne
455 +2
5.
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Tania
445 -1
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Nicola
430 0
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Angela
427 +1
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Deborah
386 +1
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Tracey
373 +1
10.
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Kim
359 -5
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Susan
348 0
12.
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Donna
334 0
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Sharon
331 0
14.
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Fiona
311 +7
15.
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Julie
309 -1
16.
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Paula
287 +8
17.
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Sarah
284 +3
18.
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Andrea
264 +1
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Christine
258 -4
20.
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Jacqueline
256 -2
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Helen
254 -5
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Rachel
254 +19
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Sandra
254 -4
24.
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Catherine
250 +1
25.
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Elizabeth
244 -2
26.
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Jennifer
242 +2
27.
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Wendy
233 -1
28.
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Amanda
226 +5
29.
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Leanne
216 -7
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Tracy
214 0
31.
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Janine
211 +4
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Maria
205 -1
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Joanna
199 +27
34.
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Vanessa
198 +15
35.
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Linda
188 -2
36.
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Jane
183 -7
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Robyn
170 -5
38.
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Katrina
161 +13
39.
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Kathryn
157 -2
40.
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Louise
156 -4
41.
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Megan
154 -14
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Rebecca
152 +25
43.
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Carolyn
149 +20
44.
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Suzanne
144 -1
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Tina
142 -6
46.
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Heather
140 +8
47.
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Maree
136 -5
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Vicki
136 +1
49.
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Melissa
130 +31
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Toni
126 +10
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Victoria
126 +32
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Mary
124 -5
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Stephanie
124 +10
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Alison
121 -10
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Anna
120 -10
56.
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Tanya
114 -15
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Denise
113 -11
58.
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Justine
110 +1
59.
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Margaret
109 -1
60.
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Bronwyn
106 -4
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Diane
106 -9
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Patricia
106 -22
63.
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Debra
105 +3
64.
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Raewyn
104 -11
65.
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Brenda
103 -15
66.
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Melanie
102 +12
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Shelley
102 -1
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Katherine
101 -1
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Teresa
98 +7
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Anne
97 -14
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Natalie
93 +19
72.
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Judith
92 +10
73.
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Cherie
91 +11
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Debbie
91 -1
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Sonya
88 +2
76.
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Karyn
86 +24
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Sally
86 -2
78.
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Kathleen
85 +9
79.
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Marie
83 +6
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Rachael
83 new
81.
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Carol
82 -26
82.
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Pamela
79 -4
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Anita
78 +11
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Christina
78 +12
85.
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Caroline
77 -15
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Lynda
77 -13
87.
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Pauline
76 -16
88.
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Annette
75 -21
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Barbara
75 -8
90.
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Lynette
74 -27
91.
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Belinda
73 new
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Ann
72 0
93.
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Michele
71 new
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Nicole
71 new
95.
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Claire
70 -20
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Philippa
70 -5
97.
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Emma
67 new
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Kirsten
67 +1
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Vicky
67 new
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Penelope
65 new