Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
892 0
2.
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William
758 0
3.
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James
505 0
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Robert
500 0
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George
370 0
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Thomas
302 +2
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Ronald
273 -1
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Raymond
250 -2
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Arthur
247 0
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Douglas
223 +1
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Charles
221 +4
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Donald
221 +5
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David
216 +4
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Eric
198 -2
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Gordon
198 -2
16.
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Kenneth
195 -6
17.
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Ian
186 +1
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Leslie
186 -3
19.
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Keith
182 +7
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Allan
181 +4
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Edward
180 -1
22.
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Jack
176 -3
23.
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Colin
164 -2
24.
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Frederick
162 -2
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Peter
161 +3
26.
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Albert
159 +3
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Richard
157 +5
28.
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Stanley
153 +5
29.
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Norman
141 -6
30.
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Noel
135 +14
31.
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Francis
131 0
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Alan
130 +3
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Walter
130 +1
34.
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Alexander
128 +6
35.
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Roy
126 +13
36.
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Desmond
125 +6
37.
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Alfred
122 +6
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Harold
122 -1
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Henry
121 -13
40.
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Ivan
120 +4
41.
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Leonard
118 -17
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Trevor
118 -3
43.
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Maurice
117 -6
44.
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Ernest
110 -4
45.
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Joseph
109 -6
46.
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Frank
108 -16
47.
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Bruce
107 0
48.
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Brian
100 +3
48.
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Patrick
100 -2
50.
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Lawrence
95 +7
51.
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Owen
86 +1
52.
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Herbert
85 0
53.
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Cyril
80 +1
54.
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Reginald
79 -6
55.
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Bernard
74 0
56.
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Mervyn
68 -6
57.
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Graham
67 +3
58.
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Victor
60 +6
59.
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Harry
58 -3
60.
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Geoffrey
57 0
60.
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Rex
57 +11
62.
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Clifford
55 -4
63.
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Cecil
54 +12
64.
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Andrew
50 -1
64.
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Philip
50 -5
66.
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Clarence
48 -1
67.
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Hugh
46 -5
68.
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Basil
45 +13
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Neville
45 +9
70.
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Neil
44 +5
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Ralph
44 +9
72.
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Murray
43 +18
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Sydney
43 -2
74.
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Laurence
40 -7
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Allen
39 +8
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Gerald
39 new
75.
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Kevin
39 -8
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Wilfred
39 +8
79.
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Michael
38 +4
80.
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Leo
37 +1
81.
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Malcolm
35 -12
81.
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Russell
35 -8
81.
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Samuel
35 +7
84.
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Arnold
33 +10
84.
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Hector
33 new
84.
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Lionel
33 +6
84.
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Vernon
33 -13
88.
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Ross
32 -23
88.
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Terence
32 +9
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Gilbert
31 -2
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Maxwell
31 -11
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Stuart
31 +6
93.
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Athol
30 -10
93.
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Edwin
30 -20
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Lewis
30 -16
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Lloyd
30 -1
97.
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Daniel
29 new
97.
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Wallace
29 -14
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Roland
28 new
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Claude
27 new
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Horace
27 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Margaret
516 0
2.
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Joan
420 +1
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Mary
411 -1
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Dorothy
357 +1
5.
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Joyce
309 -1
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Jean
288 0
7.
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Betty
276 0
8.
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Kathleen
234 +1
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Patricia
229 -1
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June
187 +2
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Eileen
181 0
12.
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Shirley
163 +13
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Phyllis
160 -3
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Audrey
158 +1
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Doreen
156 +5
16.
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Mavis
155 +2
17.
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Marjorie
150 -2
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Elizabeth
141 -1
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Nancy
140 -6
20.
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Gladys
130 -1
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Edna
127 -8
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Doris
122 -2
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Marie
122 +7
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Thelma
121 -2
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Norma
117 +1
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Daphne
113 +9
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Annie
110 +3
28.
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Olive
107 -4
29.
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Hazel
106 -1
30.
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Alice
103 +1
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Florence
103 -3
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Lorna
101 +16
33.
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Helen
98 -1
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Irene
98 +5
35.
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Frances
97 +1
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Ngaire
91 +9
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Barbara
86 +14
38.
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Edith
85 +3
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Muriel
84 0
40.
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Ruth
83 +10
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Winifred
83 +4
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Ellen
82 +3
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Nola
81 -1
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Beryl
80 -5
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Elsie
79 -23
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Evelyn
77 -14
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Jessie
74 +6
48.
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Iris
73 -16
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Agnes
72 -1
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Dulcie
71 +21
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Catherine
68 0
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Rita
68 +15
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Marion
65 +9
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Grace
63 +5
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Noeline
62 +9
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Rona
62 +3
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Violet
62 -12
58.
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Ethel
60 -22
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Sylvia
60 -3
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Peggy
58 0
61.
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Gwendoline
56 +4
62.
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Joy
53 +5
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Valerie
53 +18
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Alma
52 -9
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Pauline
52 +18
66.
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Aileen
50 +33
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Lois
50 +5
68.
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Eunice
49 +14
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Beatrice
47 -15
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Eva
47 +8
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Ivy
47 -9
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Vera
47 -22
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Mabel
46 -18
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Janet
45 0
75.
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Maureen
43 new
76.
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Hilda
41 -8
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Ruby
41 -13
78.
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Myra
40 -3
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Constance
39 -8
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Gloria
39 +20
81.
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Isabel
38 -12
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Myrtle
38 -12
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Mona
36 -5
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Freda
35 +15
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Alison
34 +2
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May
34 +3
87.
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Ada
33 new
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Isobel
33 new
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Josephine
33 +1
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Lilian
33 -5
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Elaine
31 -3
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Olga
31 -9
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Rose
31 new
94.
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Emily
30 +2
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Enid
30 -19
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Una
30 +2
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Elva
29 -5
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Ida
29 new
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Pearl
29 -19
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Eleanor
28 new
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Heather
28 new
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Lucy
28 -20
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Yvonne
28 -18