Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Aubrey
15 new new new
100.
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Oswald
15 new new new
96.
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Clement
16 new new new
96.
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Duncan
16 new new new
96.
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Huia
16 new new new
96.
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Laurence
16 -21 -10 -38.5%
93.
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Howard
17 +1 +2 +13.3%
93.
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Hubert
17 new new new
93.
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Neil
17 new new new
92.
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Terence
18 new new new
88.
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Malcolm
19 -8 -4 -17.4%
88.
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Mervyn
19 +4 +3 +18.8%
88.
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Peter
19 -22 -11 -36.7%
88.
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Roland
19 -3 -2 -9.5%
85.
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Gerald
20 +3 +2 +11.1%
85.
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Owen
20 -13 -7 -25.9%
85.
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Vincent
20 new new new
84.
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Martin
22 -4 -1 -4.3%
80.
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Bernard
23 -18 -13 -36.1%
80.
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Percival
23 0 0 0.0%
80.
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Stuart
23 new new new
80.
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Trevor
23 +10 +6 +35.3%
76.
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Allen
24 +2 -1 -4.0%
76.
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Arnold
24 -11 -11 -31.4%
76.
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Louis
24 +8 +2 +9.1%
76.
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Nelson
24 new new new
75.
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Geoffrey
27 -7 -2 -6.9%
73.
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Gilbert
28 +2 +2 +7.7%
73.
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Lewis
28 +17 +11 +64.7%
71.
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Leo
30 -9 -6 -16.7%
71.
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Noel
30 +1 +3 +11.1%
68.
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Daniel
31 +12 +8 +34.8%
68.
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Philip
31 -16 -13 -29.5%
68.
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Sidney
31 +7 +5 +19.2%
66.
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Edgar
32 +2 +3 +10.3%
66.
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Michael
32 0 +2 +6.7%
65.
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Ralph
33 +3 +4 +13.8%
64.
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Ivan
35 +15 +11 +45.8%
63.
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Lionel
36 -4 -3 -7.7%
62.
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Clifford
39 -7 -1 -2.5%
61.
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Keith
40 0 +3 +8.1%
59.
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Archibald
42 -16 -20 -32.3%
59.
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Lawrence
42 -10 -11 -20.8%
57.
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Claude
45 +11 +16 +55.2%
57.
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Patrick
45 -2 +5 +12.5%
56.
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Maurice
47 +6 +11 +30.6%
54.
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Colin
48 +1 +8 +20.0%
54.
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Sydney
48 -6 -7 -12.7%
53.
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Alan
49 0 +6 +14.0%
52.
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Wilfred
50 +7 +11 +28.2%
51.
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Ian
53 +21 +26 +96.3%
50.
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Edwin
56 +5 +16 +40.0%
49.
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Samuel
57 +2 +10 +21.3%
48.
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Horace
60 +6 +18 +42.9%
47.
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Andrew
61 -3 0 0.0%
46.
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Victor
62 +3 +9 +17.0%
44.
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Hector
65 -2 +2 +3.2%
44.
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Hugh
65 +2 +7 +12.1%
43.
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Percy
70 -9 -7 -9.1%
42.
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Allan
76 -2 +8 +11.8%
41.
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Donald
77 +6 +21 +37.5%
40.
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Harry
81 +4 +20 +32.8%
39.
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Jack
82 +1 +14 +20.6%
38.
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Douglas
83 -2 +7 +9.2%
37.
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Kenneth
84 -6 -4 -4.5%
36.
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Clarence
87 +1 +13 +17.6%
34.
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Raymond
88 +4 +16 +22.2%
34.
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Ronald
88 -1 +3 +3.5%
33.
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Roy
90 +6 +20 +28.6%
32.
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Cyril
95 -3 -12 -11.2%
31.
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Reginald
103 -3 -9 -8.0%
30.
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Richard
110 -9 -19 -14.7%
29.
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Frank
114 +3 +28 +32.6%
27.
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Cecil
116 +7 +39 +50.6%
27.
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Gordon
116 +3 +10 +9.4%
25.
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Leonard
125 -2 +1 +0.8%
25.
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Norman
125 0 +6 +5.0%
24.
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Herbert
126 0 +4 +3.3%
23.
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David
127 -4 -20 -13.6%
22.
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Joseph
132 0 +6 +4.8%
21.
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Stanley
134 +4 +15 +12.6%
20.
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Ernest
135 -2 -15 -10.0%
19.
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Alexander
149 +8 +35 +30.7%
18.
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Walter
163 -1 +6 +3.8%
16.
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Francis
175 +3 +28 +19.0%
16.
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Harold
175 -2 -31 -15.0%
14.
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Eric
184 +2 0 0.0%
14.
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Henry
184 -3 -35 -16.0%
13.
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Edward
195 -1 -21 -9.7%
12.
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Alfred
203 +3 0 0.0%
11.
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Leslie
209 +2 -5 -2.3%
10.
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Albert
224 -1 -41 -15.5%
9.
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Frederick
252 +1 -4 -1.6%
8.
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Thomas
307 -3 -46 -13.0%
7.
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Robert
316 0 +7 +2.3%
6.
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Arthur
320 +2 +49 +18.1%
5.
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Charles
355 +1 +11 +3.2%
4.
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George
416 0 -25 -5.7%
3.
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James
467 0 +3 +0.6%
2.
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John
780 0 +42 +5.7%
1.
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William
894 0 +32 +3.7%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
98.
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Hannah
23 new new new
98.
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Katherine
23 new new new
98.
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Marie
23 new new new
98.
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Rona
23 new new new
95.
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Bertha
24 -19 -11 -31.4%
95.
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Norah
24 new new new
95.
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Stella
24 -5 -2 -7.7%
94.
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Charlotte
25 -14 -5 -16.7%
92.
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Dora
26 new new new
92.
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Veronica
26 +5 +4 +18.2%
91.
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Martha
27 -6 -1 -3.6%
87.
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Bessie
28 0 +1 +3.7%
87.
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Clarice
28 -2 0 0.0%
87.
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Eleanor
28 -9 -5 -15.2%
87.
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Lily
28 -26 -17 -37.8%
85.
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Laura
29 -5 -1 -3.3%
85.
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Nora
29 +10 +5 +20.8%
81.
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Daisy
30 -14 -12 -28.6%
81.
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Joyce
30 new new new
81.
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Lorna
30 +15 +7 +30.4%
81.
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Maud
30 -8 -6 -16.7%
80.
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Minnie
32 -9 -6 -15.8%
79.
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Janet
33 -14 -10 -23.3%
77.
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Clara
34 -4 -2 -5.6%
77.
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Flora
34 +1 +1 +3.0%
76.
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Ella
35 -7 -6 -14.6%
74.
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Marjory
36 new new new
74.
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Nancy
36 +23 +14 +63.6%
73.
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Linda
37 +7 +7 +23.3%
72.
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Myra
38 -14 -10 -20.8%
71.
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Esther
39 -1 0 0.0%
69.
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Beatrice
40 -18 -13 -24.5%
69.
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Jane
40 -8 -5 -11.1%
65.
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Doreen
41 +11 +6 +17.1%
65.
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Emma
41 +15 +11 +36.7%
65.
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Louisa
41 +22 +14 +51.9%
65.
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Marion
41 +8 +5 +13.9%
64.
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Ruth
42 -3 -3 -6.7%
60.
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Freda
43 +33 +18 +72.0%
60.
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Gwendoline
43 +7 +1 +2.4%
60.
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Isabel
43 +11 +5 +13.2%
60.
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Lillian
43 -9 -10 -18.9%
59.
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Amy
47 +1 +1 +2.2%
57.
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Lucy
48 -2 -2 -4.0%
57.
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Rose
48 +2 +1 +2.1%
55.
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Gertrude
49 +1 0 0.0%
55.
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Sarah
49 -8 -9 -15.5%
53.
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Christina
52 +12 +9 +20.9%
53.
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Iris
52 +1 +1 +2.0%
52.
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Alma
57 -1 +4 +7.5%
51.
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Isabella
60 -4 +2 +3.4%
49.
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Jean
61 +15 +17 +38.6%
49.
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Nellie
61 +7 +12 +24.5%
47.
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Constance
62 -2 -2 -3.1%
47.
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Ida
62 -2 -2 -3.1%
46.
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Lilian
64 +4 +9 +16.4%
45.
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Emily
66 -8 -13 -16.5%
43.
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May
71 -1 +1 +1.4%
43.
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Muriel
71 -20 -50 -41.3%
42.
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Mona
72 +7 +15 +26.3%
41.
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Ada
73 0 0 0.0%
40.
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Eva
74 +3 +6 +8.8%
39.
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Helen
82 +5 +15 +22.4%
38.
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Hilda
84 +2 +10 +13.5%
37.
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Hazel
86 -3 -2 -2.3%
36.
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Ruby
88 0 +8 +10.0%
35.
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Frances
91 0 +10 +12.3%
34.
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Evelyn
92 +4 +14 +17.9%
31.
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Mabel
95 -4 -11 -10.4%
31.
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Phyllis
95 -3 -5 -5.0%
31.
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Rita
95 0 +3 +3.3%
30.
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Grace
96 +9 +20 +26.3%
29.
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Marjorie
104 -1 +4 +4.0%
28.
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Mavis
111 +4 +20 +22.0%
27.
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Thelma
118 +3 +21 +21.6%
26.
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Agnes
122 +6 +31 +34.1%
25.
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Edna
131 -1 +17 +14.9%
23.
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Olive
132 -6 -18 -12.0%
23.
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Winifred
132 +3 +23 +21.1%
21.
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Catherine
137 +4 +27 +24.5%
21.
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Irene
137 -5 -17 -11.0%
20.
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Vera
138 0 -2 -1.4%
19.
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Myrtle
141 -4 -14 -9.0%
17.
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Edith
146 +5 +11 +8.1%
17.
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Ellen
146 +3 +6 +4.3%
16.
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Jessie
148 +2 -1 -0.7%
15.
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Ethel
150 -2 -11 -6.8%
14.
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Violet
156 +5 +15 +10.6%
13.
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Ivy
161 -2 -11 -6.4%
12.
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Elsie
180 0 +15 +9.1%
11.
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Kathleen
188 +3 +29 +18.2%
9.
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Elizabeth
194 0 +8 +4.3%
9.
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Florence
194 -4 -11 -5.4%
8.
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Eileen
208 -2 +12 +6.1%
6.
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Alice
211 +2 +23 +12.2%
6.
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Gladys
211 +1 +18 +9.3%
5.
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Annie
241 -2 -13 -5.1%
4.
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Doris
245 +6 +62 +33.9%
3.
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Dorothy
246 +1 +21 +9.3%
2.
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Margaret
314 0 +22 +7.5%
1.
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Mary
481 0 +22 +4.8%