Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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David		 1,319 0
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Michael		 1,075 0
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Paul		 904 +2
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Peter		 880 0
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John		 857 -2
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Andrew		 838 +1
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Mark		 802 -1
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Stephen		 713 0
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Robert		 593 0
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Richard		 592 0
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Christopher		 487 0
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Craig		 443 0
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Darren		 390 +71
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James		 385 +5
15.
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Anthony		 367 -1
16.
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Grant		 366 -3
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Wayne		 361 -2
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Shane		 357 +2
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Steven		 345 +2
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Gregory		 329 -4
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Kevin		 322 -5
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Dean		 319 +3
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William		 318 0
24.
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Ian		 303 -6
25.
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Bruce		 295 -1
26.
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Philip		 288 -4
27.
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Brett		 257 +6
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Brian		 250 0
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Gary		 239 +2
30.
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Brent		 238 -4
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Timothy		 230 +9
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Tony		 221 +3
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Simon		 213 -1
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Murray		 207 -7
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Stuart		 207 0
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Martin		 205 +2
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Ross		 201 -2
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Alan		 191 -9
39.
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Colin		 189 +2
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Graeme		 182 -10
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Nigel		 171 +3
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Phillip		 171 -4
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Warren		 167 +3
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Glenn		 164 -2
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Trevor		 163 +9
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Barry		 160 -3
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Graham		 158 -8
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Neil		 151 -3
49.
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Raymond		 148 +6
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Roger		 146 +12
51.
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Jeffrey		 142 -2
52.
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Allan		 141 -2
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Geoffrey		 140 -5
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Thomas		 140 0
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Kenneth		 136 -8
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Russell		 132 +6
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Darrin		 131 new
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Malcolm		 131 -6
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Darryl		 129 -1
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Patrick		 123 -9
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Matthew		 122 -3
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Gavin		 118 -4
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Antony		 116 -7
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Donald		 112 +3
65.
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Kerry		 111 +3
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Nicholas		 111 +4
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Darryn		 109 new
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George		 109 +9
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Joseph		 106 -8
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Daniel		 105 +1
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Scott		 102 -7
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Douglas		 100 -15
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Lance		 97 -2
74.
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Rodney		 92 +9
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Sean		 92 +3
76.
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Adrian		 89 +13
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Shayne		 89 +4
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Edward		 88 -13
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Garry		 85 -14
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Ronald		 83 -1
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Carl		 82 +16
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Glen		 82 -7
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Keith		 82 -11
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Kelvin		 82 0
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Gordon		 79 +2
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Jonathan		 78 -15
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Charles		 75 -9
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Bryan		 71 -4
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Adam		 68 new
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Daryl		 68 +3
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Robin		 67 -4
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Karl		 66 +2
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Derek		 65 -12
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Bernard		 64 new
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Neville		 61 -11
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Dennis		 60 new
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Eric		 60 new
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Gerard		 60 new
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Brendan		 59 new
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Brendon		 59 -5
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Karen		 560 0
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Susan		 506 0
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Sandra		 452 0
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Michelle		 447 +5
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Joanne		 445 +1
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Donna		 436 +2
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Deborah		 413 0
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Sharon		 393 -3
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Tania		 368 +7
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Julie		 364 -6
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Christine		 354 -1
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Jacqueline		 326 -1
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Tracey		 321 +11
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Linda		 317 +4
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Wendy		 314 -3
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Helen		 312 -3
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Elizabeth		 293 -3
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Angela		 292 +3
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Nicola		 272 +11
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Fiona		 268 -3
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Kim		 265 +2
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Catherine		 263 -2
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Leanne		 263 +6
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Jennifer		 256 -9
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Robyn		 242 -6
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Denise		 226 -1
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Sarah		 217 +18
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Maria		 214 +8
29.
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Diane		 206 +4
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Jane		 206 +3
31.
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Lisa		 201 +35
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Patricia		 201 -2
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Tracy		 199 +4
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Suzanne		 196 -12
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Andrea		 195 +4
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Heather		 192 +7
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Carol		 181 +5
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Mary		 179 -12
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Carolyn		 177 +4
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Margaret		 168 -13
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Kathryn		 167 -4
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Anne		 165 -7
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Lynette		 162 -9
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Debra		 159 -3
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Judith		 157 -14
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Louise		 151 +6
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Brenda		 149 +10
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Alison		 144 0
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Amanda		 141 +13
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Raewyn		 141 -3
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Vicki		 139 -12
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Janine		 133 +2
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Maree		 125 +10
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Bronwyn		 123 -5
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Paula		 123 +7
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Lynda		 121 -4
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Sally		 117 +7
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Stephanie		 115 +26
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Megan		 113 +25
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Tanya		 113 +19
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Marie		 111 -11
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Annette		 108 -7
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Ann		 105 +5
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Kathleen		 105 -7
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Caroline		 103 -6
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Dianne		 102 -15
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Pauline		 101 -8
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Debbie		 99 +9
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Anna		 97 +1
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Pamela		 95 +8
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Rachel		 94 new
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Shelley		 93 -5
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Barbara		 92 -26
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Ruth		 92 +2
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Rosemary		 91 0
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Tina		 91 +13
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Katrina		 81 new
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Jillian		 80 -20
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Jan		 79 +1
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Janet		 79 -14
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Michele		 79 +5
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Kerry		 76 -13
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Sheryl		 75 -10
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Yvonne		 75 -10
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Natalie		 74 new
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Colleen		 73 +10
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Shona		 73 -2
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Lorraine		 72 -6
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Toni		 72 new
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Jeanette		 71 +2
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Katherine		 70 -21
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Cherie		 69 new
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Gillian		 68 0
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Diana		 67 0
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Lynne		 67 -13
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Belinda		 65 new
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Cheryl		 64 -25
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Kay		 64 +2
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Teresa		 64 -2
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Frances		 63 -2
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