Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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William
793 0
2.
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John
685 0
3.
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George
437 +1
4.
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James
418 -1
5.
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Charles
343 0
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Robert
291 +1
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Thomas
284 -1
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Arthur
269 0
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Albert
251 +2
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Edward
232 +5
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Frederick
216 -2
12.
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Henry
188 -2
13.
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Alfred
184 -1
14.
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Ernest
159 +3
15.
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Alexander
153 +12
16.
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Leslie
148 -2
17.
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Francis
147 +1
18.
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Harold
146 -5
19.
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Eric
145 +6
20.
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Walter
135 -4
21.
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David
124 +3
22.
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Herbert
120 -3
23.
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Joseph
118 0
24.
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Frank
114 +2
25.
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Norman
111 -3
26.
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Leonard
107 -5
27.
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Gordon
106 +1
28.
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Richard
104 +3
29.
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Stanley
100 +1
30.
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Cecil
84 -10
31.
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Hector
82 +1
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Reginald
80 +2
33.
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Clarence
73 +6
34.
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Harry
72 +4
35.
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Cyril
69 -6
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Percy
68 -3
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Roy
65 -2
38.
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Donald
64 +3
38.
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Douglas
64 -3
40.
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Andrew
60 0
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Ronald
60 +3
42.
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Kenneth
58 -1
43.
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Hugh
57 +3
44.
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Allan
56 -7
45.
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Sydney
52 +4
45.
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Victor
52 -2
47.
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Samuel
51 -4
48.
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Jack
47 +10
49.
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Patrick
46 -2
49.
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Wilfred
46 +2
51.
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Claude
41 +6
51.
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Horace
41 +2
53.
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Archibald
39 +5
54.
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Raymond
34 -7
55.
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Edwin
33 -6
55.
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Lawrence
33 +6
55.
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Maurice
33 +8
58.
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Peter
32 -5
59.
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Ivan
30 +30
60.
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Colin
29 +7
60.
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Gilbert
29 +4
60.
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Ralph
29 +9
63.
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Alan
28 -8
63.
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Arnold
28 +14
63.
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Daniel
28 +2
63.
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Leo
28 +6
67.
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Ian
27 0
67.
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Philip
27 +2
69.
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Lionel
26 +11
69.
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Louis
26 -4
69.
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Michael
26 -9
72.
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Bernard
25 -11
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Sidney
25 +4
74.
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Geoffrey
23 -5
75.
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Vincent
21 new
76.
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Edgar
20 -1
77.
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Clifford
19 -22
78.
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Howard
18 new
78.
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Malcolm
18 0
80.
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Hubert
17 +12
80.
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Lewis
17 +9
80.
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Martin
17 new
83.
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Angus
16 +2
84.
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Percival
15 -2
84.
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Roland
15 -2
84.
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Vivian
15 new
87.
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Bertie
14 -9
87.
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Cedric
14 new
87.
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Stephen
14 +2
90.
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Noel
13 +2
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Oswald
13 new
90.
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Stuart
13 new
93.
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Allen
12 -8
93.
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Keith
12 -24
93.
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Laurence
12 -24
93.
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Mark
12 new
93.
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Roderick
12 new
98.
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Adam
11 new
98.
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Benjamin
11 -1
98.
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Bertram
11 new
98.
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Gerald
11 -14
98.
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Matthew
11 new
98.
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Rupert
11 new
98.
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Stewart
11 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
492 0
2.
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Margaret
339 0
3.
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Annie
241 0
4.
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Dorothy
201 0
5.
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Elizabeth
198 +1
6.
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Gladys
194 +2
7.
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Alice
192 0
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Elsie
188 +2
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Doris
172 0
10.
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Florence
165 -5
11.
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Eileen
159 +5
12.
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Kathleen
154 +10
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Ivy
145 -2
14.
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Myrtle
142 -2
15.
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Ellen
140 -2
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Edith
137 +4
17.
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Jessie
129 -3
18.
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Ethel
128 -1
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Olive
125 +4
20.
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Violet
124 -6
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Catherine
120 -3
22.
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Irene
117 +3
23.
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Vera
112 +4
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Winifred
111 -5
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Agnes
105 -4
26.
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Grace
99 +5
27.
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Muriel
95 +5
28.
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Evelyn
91 +1
29.
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May
88 +5
30.
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Mabel
87 -2
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Ruby
83 -5
32.
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Hilda
78 +5
33.
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Emily
76 +11
34.
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Frances
74 -4
35.
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Ida
73 -2
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Isabella
73 +6
37.
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Eva
72 -13
38.
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Sarah
70 -2
39.
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Rita
67 0
40.
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Edna
66 +13
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Thelma
63 -1
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Hazel
62 +7
43.
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Ada
59 -8
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Helen
59 -5
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Constance
56 +8
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Marion
54 +21
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Marjorie
54 +12
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Victoria
53 new
49.
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Gertrude
51 -4
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Jane
51 0
51.
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Beatrice
49 +5
52.
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Rose
46 0
53.
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Amy
45 +12
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Lilian
45 -5
55.
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Alma
44 +22
56.
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Lillian
43 -7
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Daisy
42 +2
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Phyllis
42 -10
59.
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Isabel
40 +26
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Janet
40 +4
61.
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Flora
39 +6
61.
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Louisa
39 +22
61.
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Lucy
39 -20
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Minnie
39 +12
65.
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Ella
37 -6
66.
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Charlotte
36 +13
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Lily
36 +4
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Marjory
36 +17
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Mavis
36 +1
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Emma
35 -11
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Iris
35 +10
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Nellie
34 -27
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Ruth
34 -31
74.
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Martha
33 -11
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Mona
33 -15
76.
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Christina
32 +1
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Freda
31 +14
78.
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Clarice
30 +8
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Jean
30 new
80.
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Laura
29 -7
81.
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Esther
28 -8
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Gwendoline
28 +5
83.
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Bertha
27 -13
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Stella
27 +8
85.
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Amelia
26 +1
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Maud
26 -29
85.
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Myra
26 new
88.
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Harriet
25 new
89.
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Bessie
24 new
89.
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Clara
24 -23
89.
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Nora
24 +2
89.
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Pearl
24 +10
93.
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Dora
23 new
94.
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Enid
22 new
94.
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Kate
22 -8
96.
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Caroline
20 -26
96.
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Julia
20 new
96.
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Linda
20 0
96.
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Veronica
20 new
100.
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Aileen
19 -9
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Eliza
19 -20
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Norah
19 -4