Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,575 0
2.
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David
982 0
3.
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Peter
891 0
4.
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Robert
719 0
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Michael
602 0
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William
590 +1
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Brian
555 -1
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Kevin
495 +1
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James
432 +1
10.
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Richard
414 +1
11.
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Ian
406 -3
12.
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Graeme
404 +2
13.
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Bruce
402 0
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Paul
386 +1
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Graham
371 -3
16.
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Murray
348 +3
17.
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Alan
343 -1
18.
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Kenneth
324 0
19.
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Colin
310 +3
20.
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Wayne
287 +1
21.
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Barry
283 -4
22.
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Anthony
282 0
23.
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Raymond
276 +2
24.
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Ronald
257 -4
25.
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Donald
254 +1
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Trevor
254 -1
27.
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Christopher
248 +3
28.
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Allan
238 -1
29.
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Dennis
228 +3
30.
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Keith
225 +2
31.
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Roger
219 0
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Geoffrey
217 +4
32.
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Ross
217 -3
34.
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Russell
211 -2
35.
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Gary
205 -8
36.
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Thomas
200 -1
37.
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Douglas
189 +1
38.
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Philip
183 +3
39.
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Stephen
182 +13
40.
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Neil
156 -1
41.
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Warren
153 +2
42.
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Terence
146 -5
43.
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George
144 -4
44.
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Edward
136 +3
45.
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Leslie
133 -3
46.
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Neville
127 +2
47.
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Robin
124 -2
48.
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Stuart
123 +13
49.
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Gordon
121 -1
49.
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Patrick
121 -4
51.
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Bryan
117 +7
52.
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Lindsay
115 +21
53.
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Malcolm
113 -9
54.
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Noel
112 -3
55.
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Andrew
111 0
56.
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Charles
110 -6
57.
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Eric
109 +9
58.
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Rodney
105 -6
59.
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Garry
104 -5
60.
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Maurice
102 0
61.
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Phillip
99 +7
62.
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Arthur
95 -6
63.
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Kerry
91 0
64.
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Desmond
89 +4
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Gregory
89 +9
66.
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Rex
87 -9
67.
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Francis
83 -5
68.
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Frederick
80 +10
68.
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Mark
80 +17
70.
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Grant
77 +9
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Norman
77 -3
72.
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Mervyn
76 +1
73.
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Stanley
74 +18
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Alexander
70 -10
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Ivan
70 -3
76.
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Denis
69 -18
77.
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Jeffrey
68 +20
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Joseph
68 -7
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Owen
68 -5
80.
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Gavin
67 -16
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Derek
66 0
82.
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Bernard
64 -1
82.
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Terrence
64 +2
84.
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Roy
63 +9
85.
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Clive
61 -8
86.
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Warwick
60 -10
87.
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Hugh
59 0
88.
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Henry
58 +7
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Lawrence
58 -8
90.
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Gerald
57 +8
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Leonard
57 -1
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Martin
57 +8
93.
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Laurence
54 -6
94.
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Larry
53 new
94.
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Selwyn
53 new
96.
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Timothy
52 -5
97.
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Frank
49 new
98.
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Kelvin
48 -9
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Roderick
46 new
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Allen
45 -15
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Stewart
45 -7
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
730 0
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Judith
543 0
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Patricia
523 0
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Jennifer
466 +2
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Barbara
431 +4
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Susan
416 -2
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Mary
414 0
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Christine
413 +6
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Sandra
356 +8
10.
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Elizabeth
353 -5
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Pamela
338 -3
12.
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Janice
337 -3
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Lynette
323 -1
14.
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Helen
322 -3
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Diane
287 +1
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Carol
286 -3
17.
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Heather
283 +3
18.
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Kathleen
272 -3
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Shirley
269 -1
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Linda
263 +37
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Lorraine
244 0
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Marilyn
232 +15
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Robyn
226 -1
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Beverley
217 -5
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Janet
214 -1
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Pauline
204 +2
27.
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Colleen
196 -2
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Maureen
189 -6
29.
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Carolyn
187 +7
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Lesley
187 +15
31.
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Suzanne
186 -4
32.
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Dianne
178 0
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Anne
177 -3
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Raewyn
173 +4
35.
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Karen
170 +3
36.
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Alison
162 -3
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Jillian
156 +17
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Marie
156 -8
39.
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Catherine
147 +4
40.
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Valerie
145 -14
41.
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Denise
143 -10
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Joan
142 +3
43.
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Annette
141 -5
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Wendy
141 -2
45.
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Rosemary
140 +6
46.
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Yvonne
137 -12
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Julie
135 +5
48.
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Frances
133 -1
49.
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Ann
129 -7
50.
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Dorothy
128 -15
51.
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Gail
124 -1
52.
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Elaine
121 -5
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Sheryl
119 +5
54.
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Cheryl
114 -8
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Jeanette
114 +11
56.
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Joy
104 +2
57.
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Glenys
102 +11
58.
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Jacqueline
101 0
59.
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Kay
96 -10
60.
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Sharon
95 +11
61.
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Marion
94 -9
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Diana
93 +1
63.
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Lois
91 -8
64.
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Ngaire
87 +3
65.
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Jocelyn
86 +7
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Irene
83 +8
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Jill
82 -4
68.
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Gillian
79 -6
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Gloria
79 -7
70.
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Dawn
78 +18
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Jean
77 -6
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Lynda
77 new
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June
75 -17
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Kathryn
71 +1
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Josephine
70 -3
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Ruth
70 -7
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Eileen
68 +9
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Janis
64 new
79.
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Adrienne
63 -2
80.
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Betty
62 -5
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Faye
62 +11
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Marlene
62 +1
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Noeline
62 +4
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Shona
62 -2
85.
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Carole
59 +6
86.
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Sally
58 -16
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Vivienne
58 +12
88.
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Lynne
57 -4
89.
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Jane
55 +7
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Sylvia
55 +7
91.
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Evelyn
54 -9
92.
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Beverly
53 -10
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Cynthia
53 +6
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Fay
52 +6
95.
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Leonie
51 new
96.
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Nancy
50 -8
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Brenda
49 -11
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Maria
49 new
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Lynnette
48 -4
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Rosalie
48 new