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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Verdun		 50 new
69.
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Rex		 44 +26
17.
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Douglas		 183 +20
54.
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Wilfred		 68 +13
23.
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Richard		 175 +12
76.
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Brian		 41 +12
89.
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Laurence		 31 new
16.
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Jack		 187 +11
62.
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Edwin		 51 +11
62.
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Geoffrey		 51 +10
78.
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Archibald		 40 +10
76.
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Lionel		 41 +9
92.
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Howard		 29 new
92.
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Neville		 29 new
58.
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Percy		 61 +8
69.
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Daniel		 44 +8
85.
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Vernon		 34 +8
52.
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Lawrence		 70 +7
94.
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Russell		 28 new
94.
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Selwyn		 28 new
19.
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Francis		 178 +6
39.
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Ivan		 113 +6
75.
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Leo		 42 +6
59.
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Philip		 60 +5
90.
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Graham		 30 +5
19.
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Ernest		 178 +4
28.
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Herbert		 160 +4
46.
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Noel		 90 +4
53.
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Victor		 69 +4
97.
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Stephen		 27 new
10.
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Frederick		 224 +3
36.
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Joseph		 132 +3
37.
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Colin		 125 +3
78.
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Horace		 40 +3
85.
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Gilbert		 34 +3
12.
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Leslie		 201 +2
14.
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Henry		 190 +2
18.
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Norman		 182 +2
31.
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Alexander		 145 +2
41.
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Patrick		 106 +2
42.
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Reginald		 105 +2
51.
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Clifford		 71 +2
99.
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Martin		 25 new
99.
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Terence		 25 new
27.
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Stanley		 164 +1
50.
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Andrew		 73 +1
72.
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Lloyd		 43 +1
97.
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Vincent		 27 +1
1.
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John		 968 0
2.
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William		 791 0
3.
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James		 518 0
4.
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George		 485 0
5.
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Robert		 443 0
6.
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Thomas		 356 0
7.
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Arthur		 307 0
8.
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Charles		 304 0
9.
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Albert		 246 0
22.
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Kenneth		 176 0
11.
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Ronald		 214 -1
13.
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Eric		 194 -1
47.
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Harry		 86 -1
49.
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Keith		 82 -1
55.
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Bernard		 67 -1
33.
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Donald		 142 -2
44.
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Roy		 94 -2
48.
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Sydney		 83 -2
57.
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Peter		 64 -2
69.
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Desmond		 44 -2
83.
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Edgar		 35 -2
87.
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Arnold		 32 -2
26.
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Walter		 169 -3
32.
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Frank		 144 -3
14.
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Edward		 190 -4
21.
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Harold		 177 -4
23.
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Gordon		 175 -4
29.
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Raymond		 157 -4
38.
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Allan		 123 -4
45.
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Alan		 92 -4
64.
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Trevor		 50 -4
35.
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Leonard		 133 -5
40.
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Maurice		 109 -5
43.
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Cyril		 100 -5
60.
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Clarence		 56 -5
72.
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Hector		 43 -5
80.
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Michael		 39 -5
82.
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Neil		 37 -5
66.
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Mervyn		 48 -6
83.
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Claude		 35 -6
99.
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Louis		 25 -6
56.
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Cecil		 65 -7
67.
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Ralph		 47 -7
72.
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Owen		 43 -7
25.
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David		 174 -8
60.
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Hugh		 56 -8
68.
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Bruce		 45 -8
34.
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Alfred		 140 -13
30.
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Ian		 148 -15
87.
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Allen		 32 -17
94.
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Malcolm		 28 -17
90.
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Sidney		 30 -20
80.
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Samuel		 39 -22
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
73.
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Josephine		 45 +19
77.
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Nola		 44 +19
80.
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Eleanor		 41 +19
36.
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Patricia		 99 +18
83.
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Daisy		 40 +16
58.
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Constance		 59 +14
62.
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May		 53 +13
29.
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Evelyn		 122 +12
73.
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Isabel		 45 +12
39.
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Ruth		 93 +11
66.
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Eunice		 51 +11
46.
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Lorna		 78 +10
57.
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Barbara		 60 +10
71.
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Nellie		 49 +10
91.
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Bessie		 36 new
73.
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Freda		 45 +9
92.
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Ngaire		 34 new
21.
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Frances		 145 +8
32.
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Muriel		 119 +8
54.
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Alma		 61 +8
77.
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Enid		 44 +8
20.
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Olive		 146 +7
31.
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Hazel		 120 +7
44.
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Audrey		 79 +7
94.
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Dora		 33 new
94.
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Ina		 33 new
30.
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Helen		 121 +6
19.
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Thelma		 150 +5
44.
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Ruby		 79 +5
54.
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Marie		 61 +5
62.
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Ada		 53 +5
86.
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Gertrude		 39 +5
11.
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Elizabeth		 198 +4
90.
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Laura		 37 +4
97.
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Stella		 32 new
6.
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Joan		 249 +3
7.
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Joyce		 244 +3
27.
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Betty		 127 +3
98.
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Lily		 31 new
15.
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Gladys		 173 +2
16.
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Elsie		 158 +2
32.
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Iris		 119 +2
13.
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Florence		 180 +1
14.
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Doris		 177 +1
37.
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Irene		 96 +1
60.
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Mona		 57 +1
66.
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Norma		 51 +1
100.
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Molly		 30 new
1.
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Mary		 564 0
2.
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Margaret		 464 0
3.
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Dorothy		 333 0
4.
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Jean		 304 0
5.
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Kathleen		 260 0
8.
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Eileen		 230 0
12.
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Mavis		 184 0
23.
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Nancy		 141 0
48.
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Gwendoline		 76 0
52.
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Rona		 66 0
80.
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Janet		 41 0
34.
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Agnes		 106 -1
43.
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Vera		 85 -1
66.
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Sylvia		 51 -1
100.
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Pearl		 30 -1
9.
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Phyllis		 214 -2
22.
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Jessie		 142 -2
24.
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Winifred		 138 -2
48.
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Myrtle		 76 -2
58.
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Beatrice		 59 -2
24.
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Edith		 138 -3
28.
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Ellen		 124 -3
62.
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Lilian		 53 -3
66.
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Marion		 51 -3
70.
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Isabella		 50 -3
80.
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Lillian		 41 -3
92.
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Jane		 34 -3
10.
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Edna		 203 -4
48.
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Doreen		 76 -4
86.
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Rose		 39 -4
18.
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Annie		 155 -5
17.
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Alice		 156 -6
61.
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Dulcie		 54 -6
83.
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Olga		 40 -6
98.
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Esther		 31 -6
26.
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Marjorie		 132 -7
38.
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Ivy		 94 -7
42.
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Grace		 87 -7
52.
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Mabel		 66 -7
54.
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Eva		 61 -8
35.
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Ethel		 101 -9
51.
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Hilda		 67 -9
65.
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Daphne		 52 -9
72.
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Beryl		 48 -9
94.
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Marjory		 33 -9
41.
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Catherine		 89 -10
46.
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Rita		 78 -10
83.
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Christina		 40 -11
40.
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Violet		 91 -12
79.
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Myra		 42 -14
86.
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Ida		 39 -14
86.
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Lucy		 39 -19
73.
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Emily		 45 -20
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