Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anthony
22 new
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Horace
22 -20
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Percival
22 new
96.
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Arnold
23 -11
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Gerald
23 new
96.
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Maxwell
23 -3
96.
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Terence
23 new
93.
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Dudley
25 new
93.
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Edgar
25 -4
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Fredrick
25 0
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Archibald
26 -18
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Gilbert
26 0
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Graham
26 new
88.
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Lewis
27 -5
88.
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Stephen
27 new
85.
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Allen
29 -13
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Howard
29 +8
85.
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Rex
29 -9
84.
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Lionel
30 -3
82.
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Louis
31 +18
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Malcolm
31 -4
80.
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Laurence
32 +5
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Selwyn
32 new
79.
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Athol
34 +6
75.
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Basil
35 new
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Daniel
35 +25
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Edwin
35 -3
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Hector
35 -13
74.
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Sidney
37 +8
72.
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Brian
39 +11
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Philip
39 -3
70.
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Bruce
41 -5
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Michael
41 +5
69.
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Leo
43 -5
67.
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Owen
45 +2
67.
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Ralph
45 +2
66.
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Wilfred
46 0
65.
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Geoffrey
47 +20
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Lloyd
48 -19
63.
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Andrew
49 -6
61.
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Hugh
51 -4
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Mervyn
51 +1
60.
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Samuel
52 +17
57.
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Clifford
53 -6
57.
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Percy
53 -2
57.
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Sydney
53 +4
56.
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Desmond
54 +11
55.
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Cecil
56 +4
54.
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Clarence
59 0
53.
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Lawrence
61 +2
52.
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Keith
63 -4
51.
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Bernard
64 +1
49.
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Harry
69 +1
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Peter
69 +11
48.
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Trevor
71 +4
47.
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Victor
74 +2
46.
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Ivan
84 +1
45.
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Alan
88 -14
44.
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Noel
89 -1
43.
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Roy
90 +1
42.
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Reginald
95 0
40.
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Joseph
98 -2
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Patrick
98 +6
39.
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Maurice
99 -6
38.
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Cyril
105 -4
37.
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Ian
107 +3
36.
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Allan
113 +3
35.
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Alexander
114 -9
34.
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Colin
116 +7
33.
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Frank
117 +3
32.
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Stanley
122 -2
31.
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Herbert
127 -7
30.
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Donald
130 +1
29.
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Kenneth
136 -7
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Leonard
140 +7
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Richard
140 +10
26.
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Alfred
141 -6
25.
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Ernest
142 -4
24.
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Jack
145 +1
23.
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Henry
149 -8
21.
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David
153 -3
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Harold
153 +2
20.
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Norman
154 +9
19.
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Raymond
155 +7
18.
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Eric
160 -5
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Francis
163 0
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Walter
165 +3
14.
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Edward
176 -1
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Gordon
176 +14
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Albert
182 -2
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Frederick
196 0
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Leslie
207 -1
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Ronald
209 +6
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Douglas
245 0
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Charles
259 0
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Arthur
287 0
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Thomas
308 0
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George
382 0
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Robert
403 0
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James
469 0
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William
703 0
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John
839 0
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
97.
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Ailsa
28 new
97.
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Josephine
28 -6
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Joy
28 new
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Ngaire
28 +2
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Nora
28 -9
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Sarah
28 -8
96.
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Ella
29 0
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Eleanor
30 new
94.
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Amy
31 -4
92.
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Daisy
32 new
92.
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Sheila
32 +1
89.
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Christina
33 -4
89.
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Lillian
33 -23
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Peggy
33 +2
86.
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Ida
34 +7
86.
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Lucy
34 -5
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Valerie
34 new
84.
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Janet
35 -10
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Lois
35 +16
82.
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Eunice
36 -3
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Marjory
36 -1
80.
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Molly
37 +13
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Noeline
37 new
78.
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Eva
39 -21
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Mona
39 -9
76.
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Ada
42 -2
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Nellie
42 -4
74.
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Isabella
43 +7
74.
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Myra
43 +13
72.
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Enid
45 +7
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Marion
45 -22
68.
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Emily
46 +3
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Isabel
46 -6
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Lilian
46 +4
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Sylvia
46 +6
67.
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Constance
47 -11
65.
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Beatrice
48 -8
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Dulcie
48 -2
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Freda
50 +6
63.
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Olga
52 -2
60.
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Barbara
53 +6
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June
53 +14
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Nola
53 +4
57.
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Alma
55 -5
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Beryl
55 +8
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Hilda
55 -7
56.
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May
58 +25
55.
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Daphne
59 -8
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Ruby
60 0
52.
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Lorna
62 -11
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Rona
62 -12
51.
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Norma
63 +15
50.
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Marie
65 +7
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Mabel
69 0
48.
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Myrtle
70 +12
47.
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Rita
72 -3
46.
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Ruth
74 +8
45.
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Gwendoline
75 +8
44.
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Ivy
79 +1
43.
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Audrey
81 +5
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Evelyn
82 -9
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Ellen
84 -18
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Agnes
85 -8
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Irene
85 -2
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Muriel
89 +1
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Catherine
90 -7
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Grace
91 +10
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Iris
93 -1
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Violet
96 +4
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Helen
98 +3
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Vera
99 +10
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Doreen
101 +12
29.
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Frances
102 -5
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Hazel
102 -4
28.
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Jessie
105 -1
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Thelma
108 -13
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Ethel
112 +3
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Patricia
112 +6
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Elsie
120 -3
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Alice
123 -3
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Edith
123 +7
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Winifred
123 +13
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Nancy
129 +6
18.
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Annie
136 -6
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Betty
136 +4
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Olive
137 +3
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Mavis
141 -5
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Gladys
143 -2
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Florence
148 +4
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Marjorie
148 +2
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Elizabeth
156 +6
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Edna
168 -1
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Doris
175 +5
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Eileen
184 0
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Phyllis
198 0
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Kathleen
230 0
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Joan
249 -1
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Jean
266 0
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Joyce
266 +2
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Dorothy
335 0
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Mary
422 0
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Margaret
458 0