Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
37.
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Alan		 123 +6
19.
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Albert		 197 +3
35.
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Alexander		 136 -4
27.
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Alfred		 165 0
29.
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Allan		 154 +3
64.
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Allen		 55 +5
66.
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Andrew		 50 -6
89.
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Arnold		 30 +9
8.
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Arthur		 288 0
89.
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Athol		 30 +2
100.
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Basil		 27 -12
60.
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Bernard		 60 +4
59.
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Brian		 61 +22
50.
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Bruce		 80 +9
60.
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Cecil		 60 -7
9.
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Charles		 279 0
56.
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Clarence		 71 +2
100.
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Claude		 27 -24
49.
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Clifford		 83 +6
31.
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Colin		 148 -3
57.
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Cyril		 69 -11
100.
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Daniel		 27 -17
17.
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David		 205 -4
48.
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Desmond		 97 +2
24.
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Donald		 170 +2
11.
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Douglas		 269 -4
89.
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Edgar		 30 +9
10.
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Edward		 270 +6
66.
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Edwin		 50 +10
15.
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Eric		 214 0
34.
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Ernest		 139 0
18.
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Francis		 200 0
42.
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Frank		 114 -7
19.
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Frederick		 197 -1
98.
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Fredrick		 28 new
65.
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Geoffrey		 54 -3
5.
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George		 385 0
89.
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Gerald		 30 new
80.
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Gilbert		 33 -4
16.
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Gordon		 213 -3
74.
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Graham		 38 +17
22.
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Harold		 186 +1
54.
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Harry		 74 -7
80.
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Hector		 33 -5
26.
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Henry		 167 -2
38.
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Herbert		 122 -2
89.
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Howard		 30 -6
68.
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Hugh		 48 -4
33.
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Ian		 146 -1
53.
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Ivan		 76 -3
21.
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Jack		 188 -1
3.
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James		 591 0
1.
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John		 1,003 0
39.
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Joseph		 121 +1
39.
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Keith		 121 +6
14.
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Kenneth		 216 +3
55.
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Lawrence		 72 -1
77.
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Leo		 36 +6
28.
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Leonard		 155 +1
13.
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Leslie		 231 -2
95.
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Lewis		 29 -16
80.
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Lionel		 33 new
95.
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Lloyd		 29 -38
100.
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Louis		 27 -4
75.
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Malcolm		 37 +7
36.
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Maurice		 125 +3
80.
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Maxwell		 33 +10
60.
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Mervyn		 60 +7
72.
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Michael		 41 +7
95.
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Murray		 29 -12
80.
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Neil		 33 new
89.
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Neville		 30 +2
43.
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Noel		 112 -5
23.
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Norman		 176 -3
50.
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Owen		 80 +10
41.
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Patrick		 115 0
63.
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Percy		 59 -1
45.
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Peter		 105 +5
70.
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Philip		 45 -4
77.
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Ralph		 36 -10
12.
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Raymond		 246 0
44.
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Reginald		 111 -3
71.
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Rex		 44 +2
29.
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Richard		 154 +1
4.
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Robert		 437 0
98.
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Roland		 28 new
7.
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Ronald		 297 +3
45.
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Roy		 105 -1
75.
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Russell		 37 +16
72.
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Samuel		 41 -1
86.
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Selwyn		 31 new
77.
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Sidney		 36 -6
25.
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Stanley		 168 +12
80.
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Stuart		 33 new
58.
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Sydney		 63 -3
86.
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Terence		 31 -3
6.
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Thomas		 356 0
47.
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Trevor		 98 0
52.
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Victor		 79 -3
86.
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Wallace		 31 +2
32.
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Walter		 147 -7
69.
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Wilfred		 46 0
2.
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William		 842 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
81.
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Ada		 39 -2
48.
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Agnes		 80 -14
99.
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Ailsa		 31 new
25.
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Alice		 132 -7
93.
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Alison		 34 new
58.
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Alma		 66 -4
21.
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Annie		 137 +7
30.
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Audrey		 111 +4
63.
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Barbara		 58 -15
67.
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Beatrice		 54 0
52.
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Beryl		 72 +16
7.
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Betty		 245 +2
29.
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Catherine		 114 +7
85.
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Christina		 37 new
61.
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Constance		 63 +9
42.
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Daphne		 88 +4
23.
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Doreen		 135 +2
12.
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Doris		 178 0
4.
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Dorothy		 371 -1
67.
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Dulcie		 54 -4
32.
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Edith		 107 -8
15.
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Edna		 170 +1
10.
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Eileen		 235 0
12.
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Elizabeth		 178 +5
47.
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Ellen		 83 -6
26.
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Elsie		 128 -5
75.
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Emily		 46 new
64.
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Enid		 57 +15
94.
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Esther		 33 -4
41.
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Ethel		 91 -10
77.
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Eunice		 43 -19
72.
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Eva		 50 -2
38.
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Evelyn		 94 +1
20.
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Florence		 138 +2
44.
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Frances		 87 -12
70.
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Freda		 52 +17
17.
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Gladys		 149 -2
58.
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Grace		 66 -13
62.
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Gwendoline		 59 -18
31.
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Hazel		 110 -1
28.
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Helen		 120 +11
65.
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Hilda		 55 -2
89.
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Ida		 35 -6
33.
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Irene		 106 +3
38.
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Iris		 94 +14
79.
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Isabel		 42 -3
97.
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Isabella		 32 -24
46.
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Ivy		 85 -3
83.
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Janet		 38 0
6.
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Jean		 331 0
35.
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Jessie		 104 -8
3.
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Joan		 444 +2
85.
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Josephine		 37 -7
94.
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Joy		 33 +6
5.
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Joyce		 346 -1
24.
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June		 134 +9
8.
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Kathleen		 244 0
77.
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Lilian		 43 -12
85.
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Lillian		 37 +8
89.
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Lois		 35 +4
45.
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Lorna		 86 +5
85.
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Lucy		 37 -12
70.
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Mabel		 52 -15
1.
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Margaret		 559 0
37.
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Marie		 99 +22
53.
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Marion		 71 +6
18.
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Marjorie		 146 +2
94.
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Marjory		 33 -38
2.
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Mary		 529 0
12.
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Mavis		 178 -1
76.
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May		 44 -4
80.
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Molly		 41 new
72.
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Mona		 50 +4
42.
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Muriel		 88 0
49.
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Myrtle		 75 +3
15.
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Nancy		 170 -2
89.
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Nellie		 35 +7
55.
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Ngaire		 70 +14
99.
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Noeline		 31 -3
50.
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Nola		 74 0
36.
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Norma		 102 +2
65.
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Olga		 55 +31
22.
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Olive		 136 -3
11.
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Patricia		 211 +2
83.
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Pearl		 38 +4
74.
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Peggy		 47 +26
9.
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Phyllis		 243 -2
57.
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Rita		 67 -1
58.
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Rona		 66 +1
97.
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Rose		 32 -18
69.
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Ruby		 53 -10
40.
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Ruth		 92 +8
99.
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Sheila		 31 new
56.
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Shirley		 68 +34
53.
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Sylvia		 71 +13
19.
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Thelma		 139 +6
89.
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Una		 35 +11
81.
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Valerie		 39 new
51.
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Vera		 73 -4
34.
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Violet		 105 -5
27.
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Winifred		 126 -4
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