Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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William
882 0
2.
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John
731 0
3.
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James
464 0
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George
404 0
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Thomas
328 +2
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Robert
322 0
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Charles
318 -2
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Arthur
269 +1
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Albert
234 -1
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Edward
225 0
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Henry
201 +1
12.
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Leslie
194 +2
13.
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Frederick
185 -2
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Eric
164 +5
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Harold
161 +5
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Ernest
158 +7
17.
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Francis
157 -2
18.
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Walter
155 -1
19.
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Alfred
143 -6
20.
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Joseph
141 -4
21.
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Alexander
138 +3
21.
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David
138 -3
23.
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Leonard
133 +3
24.
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Herbert
126 -2
25.
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Norman
113 0
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Frank
110 +3
27.
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Stanley
108 +4
28.
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Gordon
104 +4
29.
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Richard
102 -1
30.
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Cecil
98 -9
31.
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Reginald
93 +2
32.
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Ronald
87 +8
33.
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Cyril
85 +1
34.
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Kenneth
78 +13
35.
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Allan
76 +3
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Percy
75 -6
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Harry
73 +7
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Raymond
73 +13
39.
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Hector
72 -12
40.
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Roy
71 -3
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Donald
70 +4
42.
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Clarence
68 -6
43.
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Hugh
59 -2
44.
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Samuel
57 -9
45.
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Andrew
56 +1
46.
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Douglas
55 -4
47.
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Jack
54 0
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Lawrence
54 +6
49.
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Sydney
53 -6
49.
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Victor
53 -11
51.
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Wilfred
47 +1
52.
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Edwin
46 -1
53.
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Horace
41 0
54.
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Alan
40 +2
54.
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Claude
40 +21
54.
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Peter
40 +7
57.
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Maurice
37 -8
58.
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Ivan
36 +9
58.
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Philip
36 -2
60.
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Bernard
35 +26
60.
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Keith
35 +19
60.
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Lionel
35 +15
63.
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Archibald
34 0
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Leo
34 +5
65.
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Colin
33 -4
66.
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Daniel
32 -7
67.
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Patrick
31 -12
68.
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Ian
30 -9
68.
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Michael
30 -10
70.
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Clifford
29 -5
71.
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Gilbert
27 -8
72.
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Arnold
26 +9
73.
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Basil
24 new
73.
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Geoffrey
24 +11
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Malcolm
24 -3
76.
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Edgar
23 +5
76.
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Owen
23 new
76.
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Percival
23 -8
76.
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Ralph
23 -6
80.
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Benjamin
21 new
81.
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Lewis
20 +11
82.
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Laurence
19 -12
82.
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Martin
19 +8
82.
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Neil
19 new
82.
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Sidney
19 -12
82.
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Stephen
19 -1
87.
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Howard
18 -12
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Louis
18 -22
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Allen
16 new
89.
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Noel
16 -10
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Trevor
16 +3
92.
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Claud
15 new
92.
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Clement
15 new
92.
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Roland
15 -6
95.
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Bertie
14 -7
95.
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Clive
14 new
95.
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Edmund
14 -25
95.
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Fred
14 new
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Denis
13 new
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Duncan
13 -15
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Oliver
13 -1
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Vivian
13 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
452 0
2.
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Margaret
293 0
3.
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Annie
229 +1
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Dorothy
226 -1
5.
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Alice
204 +1
6.
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Florence
193 +3
7.
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Elsie
191 +3
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Doris
183 -1
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Ivy
178 +8
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Elizabeth
173 -3
11.
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Jessie
168 +4
12.
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Gladys
163 -7
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Ethel
161 +1
14.
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Violet
153 -1
15.
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Eileen
148 -4
16.
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Kathleen
144 +3
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Myrtle
142 -5
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Olive
132 +2
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Agnes
131 +4
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Ellen
131 +2
21.
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Edith
128 -5
22.
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Vera
122 0
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Catherine
118 -6
24.
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Irene
116 -1
25.
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Edna
112 +11
26.
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Evelyn
104 +3
27.
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Mabel
99 -2
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Ruby
99 +1
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Winifred
99 +3
30.
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Thelma
95 +7
31.
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Hilda
86 0
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Emily
84 +5
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Grace
84 -5
34.
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Eva
83 -1
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Muriel
83 -8
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Rita
83 0
37.
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Phyllis
80 +16
38.
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Ada
79 +2
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Frances
79 -3
40.
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Mavis
75 +28
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Hazel
73 +2
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Helen
68 -5
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May
66 -1
44.
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Ida
64 +1
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Lilian
63 +12
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Marjorie
63 +21
47.
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Isabella
61 -15
48.
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Constance
57 +2
49.
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Sarah
56 -8
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Gertrude
54 0
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Jane
52 +2
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Amy
51 -5
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Lillian
51 +18
54.
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Lucy
50 -8
55.
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Mona
49 +7
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Nellie
49 +2
57.
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Marion
48 0
58.
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Christina
47 -14
59.
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Gwendoline
46 +7
59.
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Rose
46 -12
61.
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Beatrice
45 -8
62.
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Alma
44 +2
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Ruth
44 -13
64.
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Bertha
40 -11
64.
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Emma
40 +10
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Iris
40 +1
67.
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Jean
39 +13
68.
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Clara
38 -11
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Minnie
38 new
70.
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Janet
37 -20
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Louisa
37 -8
72.
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Lily
36 -15
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Ella
35 -5
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Maud
35 0
75.
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Pearl
34 -1
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Daisy
32 -6
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Eleanor
32 +4
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Esther
32 +1
79.
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Laura
30 -1
80.
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Aileen
29 new
81.
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Clarice
28 +1
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Freda
28 new
81.
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Isabel
28 -11
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Nancy
28 +14
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Nora
28 new
86.
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Marjory
27 -8
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Flora
26 -13
88.
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Bessie
25 0
88.
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Myra
25 +7
90.
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Amelia
24 -4
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Eunice
24 new
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Lorna
24 new
93.
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Beryl
23 new
94.
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Linda
22 -2
95.
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Charlotte
21 -13
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Doreen
21 -7
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Hannah
21 -2
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Martha
21 -10
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Kate
20 new
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Maggie
20 new
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Norah
20 -11