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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Athol
27 -10 -3 -10.0%
99.
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Gilbert
27 -19 -6 -18.2%
99.
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Howard
27 -10 -3 -10.0%
99.
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Lewis
27 -4 -2 -6.9%
99.
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Murray
27 -4 -2 -6.9%
99.
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Vernon
27 new new new
96.
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Horace
29 new new new
96.
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Maxwell
29 -16 -4 -12.1%
96.
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Ralph
29 -19 -7 -19.4%
95.
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Selwyn
30 -9 -1 -3.2%
91.
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Anthony
31 new new new
91.
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Kevin
31 new new new
91.
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Terence
31 -5 0 0.0%
91.
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Wallace
31 -5 0 0.0%
84.
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Basil
34 +16 +7 +25.9%
84.
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Daniel
34 +16 +7 +25.9%
84.
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Lionel
34 -4 +1 +3.0%
84.
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Malcolm
34 -9 -3 -8.1%
84.
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Neville
34 +5 +4 +13.3%
84.
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Percy
34 -21 -25 -42.4%
84.
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Wilfred
34 -15 -12 -26.1%
83.
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Arnold
35 +6 +5 +16.7%
82.
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Leo
36 -5 0 0.0%
81.
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Lloyd
38 +14 +9 +31.0%
78.
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Claude
39 +22 +12 +44.4%
78.
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Hector
39 +2 +6 +18.2%
78.
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Neil
39 +2 +6 +18.2%
76.
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Graham
40 -2 +2 +5.3%
76.
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Stuart
40 +4 +7 +21.2%
75.
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Sidney
41 +2 +5 +13.9%
73.
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Allen
42 -9 -13 -23.6%
73.
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Samuel
42 -1 +1 +2.4%
71.
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Edwin
45 -5 -5 -10.0%
71.
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Michael
45 +1 +4 +9.8%
70.
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Philip
46 0 +1 +2.2%
68.
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Gerald
49 +21 +19 +63.3%
68.
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Laurence
49 new new new
66.
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Cecil
50 -6 -10 -16.7%
66.
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Rex
50 +5 +6 +13.6%
64.
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Geoffrey
53 +1 -1 -1.9%
64.
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Sydney
53 -6 -10 -15.9%
63.
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Russell
57 +12 +20 +54.1%
62.
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Clarence
58 -6 -13 -18.3%
60.
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Mervyn
61 0 +1 +1.7%
60.
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Victor
61 -8 -18 -22.8%
59.
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Andrew
63 +7 +13 +26.0%
57.
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Brian
66 +2 +5 +8.2%
57.
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Harry
66 -3 -8 -10.8%
56.
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Hugh
67 +12 +19 +39.6%
54.
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Clifford
68 -5 -15 -18.1%
54.
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Cyril
68 +3 -1 -1.4%
53.
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Bernard
72 +7 +12 +20.0%
52.
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Owen
79 -2 -1 -1.3%
51.
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Lawrence
83 +4 +11 +15.3%
50.
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Reginald
84 -6 -27 -24.3%
48.
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Bruce
87 +2 +7 +8.7%
48.
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Desmond
87 0 -10 -10.3%
47.
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Trevor
91 0 -7 -7.1%
46.
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Patrick
97 -5 -18 -15.7%
45.
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Ivan
100 +8 +24 +31.6%
44.
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Herbert
104 -6 -18 -14.8%
43.
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Joseph
106 -4 -15 -12.4%
42.
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Roy
108 +3 +3 +2.9%
41.
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Noel
119 +2 +7 +6.3%
40.
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Peter
121 +5 +16 +15.2%
39.
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Frank
123 +3 +9 +7.9%
37.
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Leonard
128 -9 -27 -17.4%
37.
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Walter
128 -5 -19 -12.9%
36.
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Alexander
135 -1 -1 -0.7%
35.
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Alfred
138 -8 -27 -16.4%
34.
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Alan
139 +3 +16 +13.0%
33.
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Ernest
141 +1 +2 +1.4%
31.
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Keith
143 +8 +22 +18.2%
31.
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Stanley
143 -6 -25 -14.9%
29.
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Colin
150 +2 +2 +1.4%
29.
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Maurice
150 +7 +25 +20.0%
28.
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Richard
154 +1 0 0.0%
27.
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Jack
164 -6 -24 -12.8%
25.
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Allan
165 +4 +11 +7.1%
25.
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Henry
165 +1 -2 -1.2%
24.
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Albert
171 -5 -26 -13.2%
23.
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Ian
172 +10 +26 +17.8%
22.
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Harold
173 0 -13 -7.0%
20.
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Frederick
181 -1 -16 -8.1%
20.
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Norman
181 +3 +5 +2.8%
19.
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Eric
186 -4 -28 -13.1%
17.
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David
192 0 -13 -6.3%
17.
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Francis
192 +1 -8 -4.0%
16.
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Edward
199 -6 -71 -26.3%
15.
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Donald
213 +9 +43 +25.3%
14.
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Arthur
216 -6 -72 -25.0%
12.
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Gordon
218 +4 +5 +2.3%
12.
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Leslie
218 +1 -13 -5.6%
11.
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Douglas
223 0 -46 -17.1%
10.
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Kenneth
230 +4 +14 +6.5%
9.
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Charles
236 0 -43 -15.4%
8.
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Raymond
242 +4 -4 -1.6%
7.
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Ronald
295 0 -2 -0.7%
6.
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Thomas
333 0 -23 -6.5%
5.
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George
358 0 -27 -7.0%
4.
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Robert
500 0 +63 +14.4%
3.
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James
544 0 -47 -8.0%
2.
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William
742 0 -100 -11.9%
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John
979 0 -24 -2.4%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Ella
28 new new new
99.
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Esther
28 -5 -5 -15.2%
97.
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Gloria
30 new new new
97.
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Olga
30 -32 -25 -45.5%
95.
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Ada
31 -14 -8 -20.5%
95.
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Rose
31 +2 -1 -3.1%
93.
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Christina
32 -8 -5 -13.5%
93.
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Elva
32 new new new
92.
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Lillian
33 -7 -4 -10.8%
91.
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Ida
34 -2 -1 -2.9%
90.
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Valerie
36 -9 -3 -7.7%
87.
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Emily
37 -12 -9 -19.6%
87.
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Eunice
37 -10 -6 -14.0%
87.
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Josephine
37 -2 0 0.0%
85.
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Eva
38 -13 -12 -24.0%
85.
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Pearl
38 -2 0 0.0%
83.
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Freda
39 -13 -13 -25.0%
83.
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May
39 -7 -5 -11.4%
81.
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Janet
40 +2 +2 +5.3%
81.
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Pauline
40 new new new
80.
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Molly
41 0 0 0.0%
79.
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Sylvia
42 -26 -29 -40.8%
78.
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Mabel
45 -8 -7 -13.5%
72.
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Enid
47 -8 -10 -17.5%
72.
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Joy
47 +22 +14 +42.4%
72.
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Lois
47 +17 +12 +34.3%
72.
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Lucy
47 +13 +10 +27.0%
72.
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Marjory
47 +22 +14 +42.4%
72.
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Noeline
47 +27 +16 +51.6%
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Mona
48 +1 -2 -4.0%
70.
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Dulcie
49 -3 -5 -9.3%
69.
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Alma
51 -11 -15 -22.7%
66.
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Beatrice
54 +1 0 0.0%
66.
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Isabel
54 +13 +12 +28.6%
66.
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Myra
54 new new new
65.
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Peggy
55 +9 +8 +17.0%
64.
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Gwendoline
57 -2 -2 -3.4%
63.
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Lilian
58 +14 +15 +34.9%
62.
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Rona
61 -4 -5 -7.6%
60.
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Agnes
62 -12 -18 -22.5%
60.
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Ruby
62 +9 +9 +17.0%
58.
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Hilda
65 +7 +10 +18.2%
58.
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Myrtle
65 -9 -10 -13.3%
56.
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Beryl
66 -4 -6 -8.3%
56.
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Ngaire
66 -1 -4 -5.7%
53.
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Constance
68 +8 +5 +7.9%
53.
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Grace
68 +5 +2 +3.0%
53.
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Rita
68 +4 +1 +1.5%
51.
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Barbara
70 +12 +12 +20.7%
51.
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Marion
70 +2 -1 -1.4%
50.
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Iris
73 -12 -21 -22.3%
49.
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Ivy
74 -3 -11 -12.9%
48.
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Nola
77 +2 +3 +4.1%
47.
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Catherine
78 -18 -36 -31.6%
46.
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Violet
79 -12 -26 -24.8%
45.
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Lorna
80 0 -6 -7.0%
44.
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Jessie
81 -9 -23 -22.1%
42.
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Muriel
83 0 -5 -5.7%
42.
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Ruth
83 -2 -9 -9.8%
41.
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Edith
85 -9 -22 -20.6%
40.
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Ellen
91 +7 +8 +9.6%
38.
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Evelyn
93 0 -1 -1.1%
38.
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Vera
93 +13 +20 +27.4%
37.
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Winifred
94 -10 -32 -25.4%
36.
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Ethel
95 +5 +4 +4.4%
35.
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Frances
96 +9 +9 +10.3%
34.
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Daphne
107 +8 +19 +21.6%
33.
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Helen
108 -5 -12 -10.0%
32.
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Elsie
109 -6 -19 -14.8%
30.
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Marie
111 +7 +12 +12.1%
30.
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Shirley
111 +26 +43 +63.2%
29.
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Alice
113 -4 -19 -14.4%
28.
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Norma
114 +8 +12 +11.8%
27.
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Florence
115 -7 -23 -16.7%
26.
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Doreen
118 -3 -17 -12.6%
25.
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Annie
120 -4 -17 -12.4%
24.
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Hazel
123 +7 +13 +11.8%
23.
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Irene
128 +10 +22 +20.8%
22.
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Audrey
132 +8 +21 +18.9%
21.
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Olive
144 +1 +8 +5.9%
19.
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Edna
148 -4 -22 -12.9%
19.
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Thelma
148 0 +9 +6.5%
18.
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Gladys
151 -1 +2 +1.3%
17.
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Doris
153 -5 -25 -14.0%
16.
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Marjorie
159 +2 +13 +8.9%
15.
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Mavis
161 -3 -17 -9.6%
14.
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Elizabeth
164 -2 -14 -7.9%
13.
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Nancy
167 +2 -3 -1.8%
12.
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June
180 +12 +46 +34.3%
11.
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Eileen
181 -1 -54 -23.0%
10.
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Phyllis
190 -1 -53 -21.8%
9.
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Patricia
210 +2 -1 -0.5%
8.
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Betty
225 -1 -20 -8.2%
7.
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Kathleen
248 +1 +4 +1.6%
6.
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Jean
305 0 -26 -7.9%
5.
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Dorothy
381 -1 +10 +2.7%
4.
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Joyce
392 +1 +46 +13.3%
3.
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Joan
438 0 -6 -1.4%
2.
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Mary
454 0 -75 -14.2%
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Margaret
570 0 +11 +2.0%