Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,561 0
2.
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David
917 0
3.
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Peter
813 0
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Robert
711 0
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Michael
574 +1
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William
567 -1
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Brian
563 0
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Ian
503 0
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James
434 +2
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Kevin
411 -1
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Graeme
376 +3
12.
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Graham
349 +5
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Bruce
339 +6
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Richard
337 -4
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Anthony
319 +6
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Alan
316 -3
17.
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Murray
315 +3
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Paul
315 +7
19.
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Colin
304 -1
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Raymond
304 -4
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Barry
291 +2
22.
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Kenneth
283 -10
23.
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Ronald
267 -7
24.
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Donald
263 -2
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Trevor
256 +1
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Wayne
248 +2
27.
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Dennis
221 +3
28.
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Gary
220 -3
29.
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Allan
216 -2
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Thomas
210 +3
31.
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Roger
205 +4
32.
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Ross
204 -1
33.
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Russell
185 0
34.
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Keith
184 -2
35.
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Douglas
171 -6
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Leslie
171 +4
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Christopher
169 +3
38.
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Neil
168 -2
39.
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Geoffrey
155 +2
40.
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George
153 -4
41.
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Edward
145 +4
42.
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Terence
143 -4
43.
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Gordon
134 -1
44.
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Warren
131 +10
45.
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Patrick
127 -1
46.
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Robin
123 +1
47.
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Neville
122 +2
48.
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Charles
121 +8
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Malcolm
121 +4
50.
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Philip
114 -4
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Rodney
114 0
52.
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Noel
113 -9
53.
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Maurice
106 -1
54.
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Bryan
105 -4
55.
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Andrew
101 +16
55.
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Rex
101 +6
57.
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Desmond
97 +1
57.
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Stuart
97 +7
59.
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Arthur
94 -11
60.
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Garry
93 +10
61.
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Mervyn
92 -1
62.
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Lindsay
87 +12
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Norman
87 +6
64.
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Eric
86 -8
64.
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Francis
86 +4
66.
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Stephen
84 -2
67.
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Alexander
82 -4
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Kerry
82 +11
69.
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Denis
77 -5
70.
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Bernard
73 -11
71.
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Grant
72 +11
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Owen
72 -10
73.
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Leonard
66 +5
74.
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Clive
65 +3
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Joseph
65 -10
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Warwick
65 +19
77.
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Gerald
62 +5
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Derek
61 +4
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Phillip
61 -6
80.
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Timothy
60 new
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Ivan
59 -9
82.
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Harold
56 -1
83.
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Frederick
55 -7
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Martin
55 new
83.
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Roy
55 -9
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Terrence
55 +13
87.
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Stanley
53 -9
88.
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Jeffrey
52 new
89.
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Lawrence
51 -7
90.
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Henry
49 -3
91.
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Clifford
48 -2
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Laurence
48 new
93.
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Gavin
46 +5
93.
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Walter
46 0
95.
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Albert
45 +4
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Allen
45 -9
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Jack
45 +4
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Roderick
45 new
99.
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Errol
44 -3
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Alfred
43 new
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Reginald
43 -1
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Selwyn
43 -11
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
795 0
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Patricia
571 +1
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Judith
522 -1
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Jennifer
439 +8
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Elizabeth
387 +2
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Barbara
379 0
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Mary
375 -2
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Pamela
356 +2
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Carol
341 0
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Janice
339 -6
11.
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Susan
321 +8
12.
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Helen
306 -1
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Lynette
285 -5
14.
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Shirley
283 0
15.
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Heather
274 -2
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Diane
273 -1
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Kathleen
258 +4
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Beverley
249 -2
19.
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Colleen
232 -2
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Christine
231 +5
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Lorraine
220 -3
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Maureen
205 0
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Sandra
202 +3
24.
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Janet
200 -4
25.
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Pauline
199 -1
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Robyn
177 +9
27.
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Yvonne
174 +1
28.
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Raewyn
166 +4
29.
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Marie
160 +9
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Denise
155 +46
31.
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Valerie
154 -8
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Dorothy
151 -5
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Alison
143 +3
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Joan
140 -5
35.
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Anne
135 -4
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Marilyn
135 +15
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Dianne
133 +4
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Rosemary
133 +20
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Wendy
133 +5
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Gail
130 +6
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Carolyn
127 +3
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Elaine
127 -8
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Ann
121 +9
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Lesley
121 -9
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Jeanette
120 -8
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Suzanne
120 +17
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Frances
118 -17
48.
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Annette
116 -8
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Catherine
116 +22
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Joy
116 +20
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Ngaire
113 +3
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Marion
112 -13
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June
111 -10
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Diana
102 +13
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Jocelyn
102 0
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Kay
102 -6
57.
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Cheryl
101 0
58.
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Jillian
100 +1
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Jean
99 -13
60.
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Gloria
95 +12
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Jill
95 +9
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Ruth
95 +6
63.
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Gillian
94 -12
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Irene
91 -12
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Karen
91 +18
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Lois
91 -16
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Carole
88 -22
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Jacqueline
88 +10
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Glenys
83 -15
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Betty
77 +3
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Sharon
74 +18
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Eileen
73 +1
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Julie
73 +5
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Dawn
69 -14
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Beverly
68 -4
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Joyce
66 +9
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Noeline
65 -15
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Marlene
64 -17
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Sally
64 +14
80.
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Doreen
63 -7
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Linda
63 +2
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Robin
61 +4
83.
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Lynnette
57 +9
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Sylvia
57 +8
85.
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Josephine
56 -23
86.
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Daphne
55 +8
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Jane
55 new
88.
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Adrienne
54 -2
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Fay
54 -4
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Leonie
53 -10
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Vivienne
53 -9
92.
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Maria
51 +8
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Shona
51 +2
94.
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Brenda
50 new
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Evelyn
50 -5
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Nancy
50 -32
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Kathryn
49 new
98.
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Eleanor
48 new
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Faye
48 0
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Lynne
48 -12