Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
904 0
2.
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Robert
490 +1
3.
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William
486 -1
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David
475 +1
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Brian
464 +1
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Peter
449 -2
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James
352 0
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Donald
324 +1
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Ronald
312 -1
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Ian
295 +1
11.
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Colin
256 +1
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Graham
229 -2
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Raymond
223 +1
14.
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Barry
206 -1
15.
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George
202 0
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Kenneth
182 0
17.
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Alan
169 +9
18.
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Richard
166 0
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Michael
165 +4
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Bruce
162 0
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Graeme
162 +1
22.
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Thomas
158 -5
23.
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Edward
150 -4
24.
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Trevor
136 -3
25.
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Allan
129 +3
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Arthur
124 +5
27.
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Gordon
116 -3
28.
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Keith
113 +2
28.
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Leslie
113 0
28.
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Noel
113 +5
31.
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Kevin
112 +8
32.
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Maurice
104 +2
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Murray
104 0
34.
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Douglas
97 -8
35.
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Neil
95 +6
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Neville
95 +18
37.
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Anthony
90 +10
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Charles
90 -12
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Gary
90 +14
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Patrick
90 -2
41.
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Terence
89 +12
42.
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Norman
85 -6
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Rex
85 0
44.
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Desmond
84 -6
45.
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Frederick
83 -9
46.
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Robin
82 +10
47.
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Russell
81 +14
48.
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Francis
77 -5
49.
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Albert
74 -6
49.
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Roger
74 +9
51.
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Paul
72 -2
52.
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Joseph
71 0
53.
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Malcolm
65 -10
54.
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Eric
64 -8
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Roy
64 +18
56.
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Alexander
60 -16
56.
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Ross
60 +15
56.
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Walter
60 -7
59.
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Bernard
59 +20
59.
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Jack
59 +3
61.
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Barrie
58 +28
62.
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Owen
57 +5
63.
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Ivan
56 -3
63.
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Leonard
56 0
63.
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Stanley
56 -15
66.
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Alfred
55 -1
67.
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Henry
54 -14
67.
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Mervyn
54 -11
69.
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Bryan
53 -11
70.
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Ernest
52 +8
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Stuart
52 new
72.
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Geoffrey
48 -8
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Lawrence
48 -2
74.
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Philip
46 +1
75.
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Denis
44 -2
76.
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Frank
41 -7
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Reginald
41 -8
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Warren
41 -1
79.
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Gerald
38 -5
79.
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Hugh
38 0
81.
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Dennis
36 +16
82.
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Clive
33 +4
82.
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Warwick
33 new
84.
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Wiremu
32 +11
85.
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Andrew
31 -8
85.
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Garry
31 -3
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Herbert
31 +4
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Maxwell
31 -4
89.
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Christopher
30 new
89.
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Edwin
30 -5
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Rodney
30 -2
92.
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Ralph
29 -8
92.
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Stewart
29 new
94.
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Clifford
28 -7
94.
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Gavin
28 new
94.
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Harry
28 -3
94.
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Laurence
28 -12
98.
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Harold
27 -33
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Lindsay
27 -1
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Errol
26 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
779 0
2.
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Shirley
391 0
3.
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Patricia
380 0
4.
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Mary
344 0
5.
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Beverley
289 0
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Barbara
283 0
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Elizabeth
256 +2
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Judith
251 +3
9.
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Valerie
222 -1
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Joan
206 -3
11.
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Pamela
197 +3
12.
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Dorothy
194 -2
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Maureen
173 0
14.
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Colleen
164 +1
15.
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Marie
148 +5
16.
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Helen
147 +1
17.
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Heather
133 +5
18.
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Janice
132 +10
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June
129 +2
20.
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Kathleen
128 -2
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Janet
126 -2
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Jennifer
122 +6
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Elaine
120 0
24.
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Betty
114 -8
25.
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Anne
101 -1
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Ngaire
100 +4
27.
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Jean
99 -15
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Lorraine
99 +14
29.
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Doreen
94 -3
30.
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Lois
93 +7
31.
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Dawn
88 +2
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Yvonne
88 -6
33.
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Jeanette
85 +20
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Nancy
85 -2
35.
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Marion
84 +1
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Pauline
83 +8
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Joyce
82 -3
38.
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Noeline
80 -12
39.
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Eileen
79 -8
40.
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Frances
78 -5
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Ann
76 +1
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Audrey
75 -3
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Beverly
73 -4
44.
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Jocelyn
70 +17
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Joy
67 -1
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Evelyn
66 +1
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Ruth
64 +5
48.
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Alison
62 -10
49.
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Rosemary
61 +14
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Fay
57 -4
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Irene
57 +4
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Annette
56 +16
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Marjorie
56 -4
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Daphne
55 +11
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Nola
55 -11
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Josephine
52 -6
57.
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Catherine
51 -3
58.
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Florence
49 +14
58.
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Jill
49 0
58.
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Lesley
49 +11
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Marlene
49 +14
62.
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Gloria
46 +26
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Norma
46 -3
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Phyllis
46 -11
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Sylvia
46 -13
66.
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Edna
45 +15
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Alice
44 -2
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Beryl
44 0
69.
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Diane
42 new
69.
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Lorna
42 -9
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Mavis
42 -15
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Thelma
42 -8
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Eleanor
39 +6
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Diana
38 -20
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Gillian
37 +13
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Jacqueline
37 +1
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Merle
37 +9
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Hazel
36 -2
79.
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Ellen
35 -4
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Olive
35 -10
81.
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Edith
34 -17
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Grace
34 +7
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Muriel
34 +3
84.
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Annie
33 0
84.
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Jessie
33 new
84.
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Peggy
33 -2
87.
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Noelene
32 +1
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Carol
31 -4
89.
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Iris
30 new
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Wendy
30 new
91.
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Vivienne
29 new
92.
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Angela
28 new
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Lynette
28 new
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Robin
28 +3
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Violet
28 -10
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Agnes
27 -8
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Doris
27 -1
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Julia
27 +1
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Lilian
27 new
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Aileen
26 -6
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Marilyn
26 -3
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Shona
26 new