Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Peter
1,484 0
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David
1,238 +1
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John
1,181 -1
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Michael
1,009 0
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Stephen
872 +1
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Paul
803 -1
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Mark
752 +1
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Robert
708 -1
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Christopher
681 0
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Kevin
551 0
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Richard
482 0
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Anthony
445 +1
13.
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Ian
432 -1
14.
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William
429 +1
15.
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Wayne
422 +2
16.
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Grant
392 +7
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Alan
376 +4
18.
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Bruce
368 -2
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Brian
367 -6
20.
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Gary
357 -1
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Murray
357 -2
22.
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Graeme
349 0
23.
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James
348 -3
24.
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Gregory
330 +6
25.
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Steven
297 +11
26.
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Ross
291 -1
27.
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Andrew
278 +6
28.
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Philip
269 0
29.
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Colin
267 0
30.
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Graham
266 -5
31.
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Geoffrey
253 -4
32.
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Allan
244 +3
33.
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Barry
241 -9
34.
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Keith
225 +5
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Kenneth
225 -2
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Trevor
209 -5
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Donald
203 0
38.
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Neil
198 -4
39.
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Raymond
194 +1
40.
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Garry
185 -2
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Martin
180 +5
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Stuart
173 0
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Thomas
172 -2
44.
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Simon
170 +12
45.
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Roger
168 -1
46.
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Russell
166 +1
47.
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Craig
163 +4
48.
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Timothy
162 -3
49.
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Patrick
159 +1
50.
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Phillip
158 -7
51.
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Brent
153 +1
52.
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Tony
149 +13
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Warren
149 -3
54.
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Robin
143 +1
55.
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Malcolm
135 -1
56.
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Kerry
132 +15
57.
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Jeffrey
130 0
58.
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Ronald
129 -11
59.
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Douglas
127 -6
60.
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Joseph
123 +13
61.
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Gavin
118 +1
62.
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Nigel
115 -3
63.
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Dennis
112 0
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Neville
112 +3
65.
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Gordon
110 -5
66.
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George
107 -5
67.
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Terence
106 +8
68.
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Brett
103 +4
68.
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Leslie
103 +1
70.
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Edward
102 -4
71.
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Charles
94 -5
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Dean
94 +13
73.
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Lance
93 +3
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Nicholas
93 +3
75.
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Rodney
91 -1
76.
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Derek
88 +10
77.
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Shane
86 +14
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Noel
85 +2
79.
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Eric
83 -1
79.
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Lindsay
83 -21
81.
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Bryan
79 -17
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Glenn
79 -11
83.
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Rex
74 -3
84.
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Bernard
73 -5
85.
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Alexander
67 -1
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Maurice
67 +3
87.
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Alistair
65 +13
88.
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Terry
63 +1
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Ivan
62 new
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Daniel
61 -8
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Desmond
61 new
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Gerard
61 -1
93.
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Arthur
60 new
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Lawrence
60 new
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Owen
60 -10
96.
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Warwick
58 -10
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Matthew
57 new
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Walter
57 new
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Leonard
55 new
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Stewart
55 +1
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan
914 +1
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Karen
808 -1
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Christine
609 0
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Jennifer
457 0
5.
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Margaret
427 0
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Deborah
416 +9
7.
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Linda
408 0
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Wendy
402 +2
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Elizabeth
398 0
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Judith
370 -4
11.
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Robyn
358 -3
12.
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Helen
352 +2
13.
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Julie
344 +13
14.
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Patricia
342 -4
15.
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Sandra
338 -3
16.
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Mary
315 -3
17.
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Barbara
308 0
18.
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Sharon
304 +5
19.
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Diane
301 +2
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Lynette
299 0
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Carol
276 -2
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Debra
268 +23
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Anne
263 -7
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Catherine
256 +1
25.
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Suzanne
237 -1
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Heather
236 -8
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Joanne
232 +8
28.
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Denise
226 +4
29.
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Pamela
225 -7
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Janice
219 +1
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Raewyn
206 -4
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Janet
200 -3
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Jane
188 -6
34.
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Vicki
186 +8
35.
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Dianne
185 -1
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Shirley
179 -6
37.
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Pauline
176 -4
38.
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Donna
175 +5
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Carolyn
174 +7
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Rosemary
173 -3
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Alison
171 -5
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Lorraine
171 -3
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Kathleen
169 -2
44.
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Kathryn
167 +7
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Yvonne
164 +3
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Annette
162 -6
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Lesley
146 +13
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Ann
139 +5
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Marie
135 -5
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Lynda
134 -1
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Jacqueline
132 -5
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Gail
129 -14
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Fiona
128 +6
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Sally
128 +12
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Jan
127 +3
56.
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Colleen
125 -2
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Sheryl
125 -4
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Jillian
124 -3
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Kerry
120 +7
60.
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Gillian
118 +7
61.
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Cheryl
117 +2
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Angela
115 0
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Kay
115 +6
64.
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Brenda
114 -9
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Maree
114 +5
66.
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Diana
113 +9
67.
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Beverley
110 -7
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Nicola
109 +28
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Shona
104 +1
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Maria
103 -15
71.
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Ruth
102 +2
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Glenda
101 -8
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Maureen
93 -23
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Michelle
89 +3
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Andrea
88 +14
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Jeanette
87 +13
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Lynne
87 +3
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Kim
86 new
79.
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Caroline
84 +6
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Glenys
84 -6
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Louise
84 -7
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Jocelyn
82 +3
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Joy
82 +5
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Paula
82 +14
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Penelope
82 -6
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Michele
80 new
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Sarah
80 new
88.
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Bronwyn
79 -10
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Josephine
79 -9
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Vivienne
79 +8
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Adrienne
78 +5
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Frances
75 -22
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Stephanie
74 new
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Elaine
72 -6
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Philippa
72 new
96.
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Jill
71 -4
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Janine
70 new
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Claire
69 new
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Anna
68 -7
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Katherine
68 new
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Teresa
68 -15
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Victoria
68 new