Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Daniel
23 -31 -21 -47.7%
100.
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Louis
23 -1 -2 -8.0%
100.
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Phillip
23 new new new
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Roland
23 new new new
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Vernon
23 -15 -11 -32.4%
98.
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Denis
24 new new new
98.
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Verdun
24 -34 -26 -52.0%
93.
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Fredrick
27 new new new
93.
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Howard
27 -1 -2 -6.9%
93.
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Maxwell
27 new new new
93.
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Neville
27 -1 -2 -6.9%
93.
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Vincent
27 +4 0 0.0%
90.
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Gilbert
28 -5 -6 -17.6%
90.
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Martin
28 +9 +3 +12.0%
90.
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Stuart
28 new new new
89.
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Edgar
29 -6 -6 -17.1%
85.
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Arnold
31 +2 -1 -3.1%
85.
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Athol
31 new new new
85.
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Geoffrey
31 -23 -20 -39.2%
85.
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Laurence
31 +4 0 0.0%
83.
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Brian
32 -7 -9 -22.0%
83.
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Lewis
32 new new new
82.
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Sidney
33 +8 +3 +10.0%
81.
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Lionel
35 -5 -6 -14.6%
80.
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Horace
36 -2 -4 -10.0%
79.
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Neil
37 +3 0 0.0%
78.
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Malcolm
38 +16 +10 +35.7%
77.
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Samuel
39 +3 0 0.0%
76.
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Rex
40 -7 -4 -9.1%
75.
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Michael
42 +5 +3 +7.7%
72.
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Allen
44 +15 +12 +37.5%
72.
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Archibald
44 +6 +4 +10.0%
72.
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Edwin
44 -10 -7 -13.7%
69.
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Owen
46 +3 +3 +7.0%
69.
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Philip
46 -10 -14 -23.3%
69.
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Ralph
46 -2 -1 -2.1%
68.
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Claude
47 +15 +12 +34.3%
67.
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Desmond
48 +2 +4 +9.1%
66.
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Wilfred
52 -12 -16 -23.5%
65.
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Bruce
53 +3 +8 +17.8%
64.
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Leo
54 +11 +12 +28.6%
62.
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Hector
56 +10 +13 +30.2%
62.
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Mervyn
56 +4 +8 +16.7%
61.
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Sydney
62 -13 -21 -25.3%
60.
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Peter
63 -3 -1 -1.6%
59.
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Cecil
64 -3 -1 -1.5%
57.
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Andrew
65 -7 -8 -11.0%
57.
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Hugh
65 +3 +9 +16.1%
55.
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Lawrence
67 -3 -3 -4.3%
55.
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Percy
67 +3 +6 +9.8%
54.
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Clarence
69 +6 +13 +23.2%
52.
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Bernard
70 +3 +3 +4.5%
52.
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Trevor
70 +12 +20 +40.0%
51.
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Clifford
71 0 0 0.0%
50.
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Harry
76 -3 -10 -11.6%
49.
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Victor
77 +4 +8 +11.6%
48.
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Keith
82 +1 0 0.0%
47.
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Ivan
85 -8 -28 -24.8%
46.
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Patrick
86 -5 -20 -18.9%
45.
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Lloyd
88 +27 +45 +105%
44.
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Roy
89 0 -5 -5.3%
43.
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Noel
96 +3 +6 +6.7%
42.
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Reginald
98 0 -7 -6.7%
41.
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Colin
104 -4 -21 -16.8%
40.
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Ian
107 -10 -41 -27.7%
39.
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Allan
110 -1 -13 -10.6%
38.
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Joseph
112 -2 -20 -15.2%
37.
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Richard
120 -14 -55 -31.4%
36.
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Frank
121 -4 -23 -16.0%
34.
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Cyril
122 +9 +22 +22.0%
34.
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Leonard
122 +1 -11 -8.3%
33.
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Maurice
123 +7 +14 +12.8%
31.
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Alan
126 +14 +34 +37.0%
31.
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Donald
126 +2 -16 -11.3%
30.
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Stanley
144 -3 -20 -12.2%
29.
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Norman
152 -11 -30 -16.5%
28.
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Gordon
155 -5 -20 -11.4%
26.
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Alexander
157 +5 +12 +8.3%
26.
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Raymond
157 +3 0 0.0%
25.
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Jack
158 -9 -29 -15.5%
24.
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Herbert
160 +4 0 0.0%
23.
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Harold
166 -2 -11 -6.2%
22.
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Kenneth
168 0 -8 -4.5%
21.
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Ernest
172 -2 -6 -3.4%
20.
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Alfred
173 +14 +33 +23.6%
19.
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Walter
174 +7 +5 +3.0%
18.
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David
178 +7 +4 +2.3%
17.
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Francis
191 +2 +13 +7.3%
16.
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Ronald
194 -5 -20 -9.3%
15.
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Henry
200 -1 +10 +5.3%
13.
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Edward
205 +1 +15 +7.9%
13.
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Eric
205 0 +11 +5.7%
12.
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Frederick
209 -2 -15 -6.7%
11.
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Albert
223 -2 -23 -9.3%
10.
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Leslie
244 +2 +43 +21.4%
9.
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Douglas
257 +8 +74 +40.4%
8.
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Charles
292 0 -12 -3.9%
7.
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Arthur
305 0 -2 -0.7%
6.
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Thomas
356 0 0 0.0%
5.
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George
410 -1 -75 -15.5%
4.
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Robert
448 +1 +5 +1.1%
3.
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James
562 0 +44 +8.5%
2.
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William
835 0 +44 +5.6%
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John
900 0 -68 -7.0%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Clara
29 new new new
100.
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Clarice
29 new new new
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Linda
29 new new new
100.
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Lois
29 new new new
99.
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Ngaire
30 -7 -4 -11.8%
96.
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Ella
31 new new new
96.
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Mildred
31 new new new
96.
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Monica
31 new new new
93.
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Ida
32 -7 -7 -17.9%
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Molly
32 +7 +2 +6.7%
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Sheila
32 new new new
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Josephine
33 -18 -12 -26.7%
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Peggy
33 new new new
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Amy
34 new new new
89.
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Sarah
35 new new new
88.
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Nora
36 new new new
87.
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Myra
37 -8 -5 -11.9%
85.
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Christina
38 -2 -2 -5.0%
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Gertrude
38 +1 -1 -2.6%
81.
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Isabella
40 -11 -10 -20.0%
81.
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Lucy
40 +5 +1 +2.6%
81.
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Marjory
40 +13 +7 +21.2%
81.
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May
40 -19 -13 -24.5%
79.
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Enid
41 -2 -3 -6.8%
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Eunice
41 -13 -10 -19.6%
78.
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Rose
42 +8 +3 +7.7%
74.
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Ada
43 -12 -10 -18.9%
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Janet
43 +6 +2 +4.9%
74.
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June
43 new new new
74.
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Sylvia
43 -8 -8 -15.7%
72.
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Lilian
45 -10 -8 -15.1%
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Nellie
45 -1 -4 -8.2%
71.
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Emily
46 +2 +1 +2.2%
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Freda
48 +3 +3 +6.7%
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Mona
49 -9 -8 -14.0%
66.
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Barbara
50 -9 -10 -16.7%
66.
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Lillian
50 +14 +9 +22.0%
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Norma
50 0 -1 -2.0%
65.
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Beryl
51 +7 +3 +6.3%
64.
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Nola
52 +13 +8 +18.2%
63.
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Dulcie
53 -2 -1 -1.9%
62.
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Isabel
54 +11 +9 +20.0%
61.
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Olga
56 +22 +16 +40.0%
60.
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Myrtle
59 -12 -17 -22.4%
57.
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Beatrice
61 +1 +2 +3.4%
57.
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Eva
61 -3 0 0.0%
57.
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Marie
61 -3 0 0.0%
56.
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Constance
62 +2 +3 +5.1%
54.
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Ruby
64 -10 -15 -19.0%
54.
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Ruth
64 -15 -29 -31.2%
53.
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Gwendoline
68 -5 -8 -10.5%
52.
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Alma
71 +2 +10 +16.4%
50.
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Hilda
73 +1 +6 +9.0%
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Marion
73 +16 +22 +43.1%
49.
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Mabel
74 +3 +8 +12.1%
48.
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Audrey
75 -4 -4 -5.1%
47.
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Daphne
76 +18 +24 +46.2%
46.
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Grace
78 -4 -9 -10.3%
45.
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Ivy
81 -7 -13 -13.8%
44.
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Rita
84 +2 +6 +7.7%
43.
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Doreen
87 +5 +11 +14.5%
42.
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Vera
93 +1 +8 +9.4%
41.
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Lorna
94 +5 +16 +20.5%
40.
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Rona
95 +12 +29 +43.9%
39.
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Muriel
99 -7 -20 -16.8%
38.
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Violet
102 +2 +11 +12.1%
37.
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Irene
105 0 +9 +9.4%
36.
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Helen
107 -6 -14 -11.6%
34.
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Iris
108 -2 -11 -9.2%
34.
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Winifred
108 -10 -30 -21.7%
33.
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Evelyn
109 -4 -13 -10.7%
31.
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Agnes
111 +3 +5 +4.7%
31.
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Patricia
111 +5 +12 +12.1%
30.
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Catherine
112 +11 +23 +25.8%
28.
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Edith
114 -4 -24 -17.4%
28.
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Ethel
114 +7 +13 +12.9%
27.
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Jessie
116 -5 -26 -18.3%
26.
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Nancy
117 -3 -24 -17.0%
25.
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Hazel
118 +6 -2 -1.7%
24.
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Frances
127 -3 -18 -12.4%
23.
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Ellen
129 +5 +5 +4.0%
22.
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Betty
131 +5 +4 +3.1%
21.
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Elsie
140 -5 -18 -11.4%
20.
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Olive
141 0 -5 -3.4%
18.
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Alice
149 -1 -7 -4.5%
18.
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Elizabeth
149 -7 -49 -24.7%
17.
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Florence
164 -4 -16 -8.9%
15.
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Doris
166 -1 -11 -6.2%
15.
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Marjorie
166 +11 +34 +25.8%
14.
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Thelma
168 +5 +18 +12.0%
13.
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Gladys
172 +2 -1 -0.6%
12.
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Annie
174 +6 +19 +12.3%
11.
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Mavis
191 +1 +7 +3.8%
10.
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Edna
195 0 -8 -3.9%
9.
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Eileen
209 -1 -21 -9.1%
8.
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Phyllis
240 +1 +26 +12.1%
7.
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Kathleen
267 -2 +7 +2.7%
6.
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Joyce
279 +1 +35 +14.3%
5.
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Joan
297 +1 +48 +19.3%
4.
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Jean
335 0 +31 +10.2%
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Dorothy
343 0 +10 +3.0%
2.
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Mary
481 -1 -83 -14.7%
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Margaret
510 +1 +46 +9.9%