Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,170 0
2.
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David
734 0
3.
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Peter
631 0
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Robert
629 0
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William
512 0
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Brian
461 0
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Ian
375 +2
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Michael
369 0
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James
345 -2
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Kenneth
298 +1
11.
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Raymond
288 0
12.
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Colin
284 +4
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Kevin
284 +2
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Donald
282 +2
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Richard
271 0
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Alan
269 +4
17.
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Bruce
264 +4
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Graham
264 -4
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Graeme
262 -9
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Barry
242 -2
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Ronald
242 -1
22.
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Anthony
237 0
23.
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Murray
209 +1
24.
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Trevor
188 -1
25.
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Allan
175 0
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Paul
173 +2
27.
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Gary
171 -1
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Roger
171 +11
29.
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Wayne
162 +24
30.
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Thomas
160 -3
31.
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Douglas
152 -2
32.
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Dennis
149 +6
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Keith
149 +2
34.
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Terence
139 +6
35.
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Russell
135 -2
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Neil
134 -5
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George
131 -7
38.
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Ross
127 +10
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Leslie
120 -7
40.
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Edward
119 -4
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Gordon
118 -7
42.
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Geoffrey
117 +17
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Robin
113 -6
44.
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Noel
111 -4
45.
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Patrick
108 +1
46.
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Charles
100 -4
47.
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Arthur
99 -3
48.
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Neville
98 +1
49.
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Eric
96 -5
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Malcolm
96 +1
51.
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Christopher
94 -4
52.
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Rex
90 +9
53.
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Norman
89 -3
54.
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Warren
87 +12
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Bernard
83 +1
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Maurice
83 -12
57.
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Bryan
78 +8
58.
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Philip
77 +3
59.
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Desmond
75 -7
60.
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Ivan
72 +6
61.
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Francis
71 -7
61.
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Rodney
71 +7
63.
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Alexander
69 0
64.
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Andrew
68 +7
65.
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Lindsay
67 +12
66.
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Mervyn
66 -11
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Garry
65 +12
68.
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Stanley
63 +3
69.
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Stephen
62 +17
70.
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Frederick
57 -7
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Henry
57 +4
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Walter
57 +20
73.
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Leonard
55 -14
74.
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Owen
54 -5
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Stuart
54 -18
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Albert
52 -7
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Denis
52 -18
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Joseph
52 -1
79.
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Roy
49 +5
80.
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Clifford
47 new
81.
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Hugh
45 +9
81.
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Kerry
45 +6
83.
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Clive
44 +4
83.
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Gerald
44 +12
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Kelvin
44 -3
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Phillip
44 -1
87.
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Allen
43 new
87.
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Gavin
43 +6
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Warwick
43 +13
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Maxwell
42 +7
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Terrence
42 0
92.
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Ernest
41 -17
93.
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Lawrence
40 -20
94.
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Alfred
38 -14
95.
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Harold
37 -2
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Reginald
37 new
97.
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Frank
36 -15
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Martin
36 new
99.
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Derek
35 -4
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Errol
34 new
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Timothy
34 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Margaret
681 0
2.
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Patricia
481 0
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Judith
477 0
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Janice
367 0
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Mary
348 0
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Barbara
320 0
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Helen
287 +1
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Pamela
280 +1
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Shirley
269 +2
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Elizabeth
266 0
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Heather
251 +6
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Beverley
243 -5
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Jennifer
237 +2
14.
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Lynette
215 +6
15.
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Colleen
212 -2
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Carol
201 +9
17.
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Kathleen
200 -3
18.
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Maureen
194 -6
19.
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Lorraine
185 -3
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Diane
182 -2
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Dorothy
172 +1
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Janet
169 -1
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Valerie
165 -4
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Marie
148 +2
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Joan
142 -2
26.
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Pauline
141 +3
27.
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Alison
137 +1
28.
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Susan
136 +16
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Frances
123 +4
30.
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Elaine
119 -7
31.
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Lois
115 +16
32.
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Anne
109 -2
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Annette
108 +1
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Ann
107 -2
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Robyn
107 +5
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Yvonne
107 -7
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Christine
105 +32
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Raewyn
104 +3
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Sandra
104 +8
40.
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Jeanette
102 -10
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Lesley
102 +3
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Marion
101 -4
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Glenys
100 +14
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Rosemary
97 +6
45.
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Irene
96 +19
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Dianne
93 +11
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Catherine
91 0
48.
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Jean
90 -8
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Marilyn
88 +23
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Gloria
87 +5
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Wendy
86 -2
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Joy
81 +4
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Carole
80 -3
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Ngaire
79 +3
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Josephine
77 +12
56.
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Diana
74 -12
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Suzanne
74 +21
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Betty
73 -21
59.
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Gail
70 +5
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Jillian
70 +4
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Ruth
70 -6
62.
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Dawn
69 +2
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June
69 -27
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Leonie
69 +18
65.
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Beverly
68 -15
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Jocelyn
68 -23
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Kay
68 -29
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Carolyn
66 +17
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Jill
66 -7
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Nancy
66 +8
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Noeline
63 -10
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Julie
60 +8
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Denise
59 +16
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Gillian
57 -7
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Rosalie
57 -1
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Eileen
56 -23
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Jacqueline
56 -3
78.
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Joyce
54 -21
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Robin
54 +5
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Fay
53 +7
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Shona
52 +13
82.
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Adrienne
48 -5
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Evelyn
48 +7
84.
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Sylvia
47 -14
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Karen
45 new
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Norma
45 +2
87.
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Daphne
43 -5
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Linda
43 -3
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Maria
43 +5
90.
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Kathryn
42 +10
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Marlene
42 -13
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Sally
42 new
93.
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Lynne
41 new
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Marjorie
41 -8
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Doreen
40 -24
95.
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Julia
40 +3
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Phyllis
40 -6
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Eleanor
39 -25
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Faye
39 new
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Sharon
39 new