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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Claude
27 new new new
100.
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Horace
27 new new new
99.
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Roland
28 new new new
97.
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Daniel
29 new new new
97.
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Wallace
29 -14 -6 -17.1%
93.
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Athol
30 -10 -5 -14.3%
93.
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Edwin
30 -20 -12 -28.6%
93.
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Lewis
30 -16 -8 -21.1%
93.
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Lloyd
30 -1 -2 -6.3%
90.
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Gilbert
31 -2 -3 -8.8%
90.
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Maxwell
31 -11 -6 -16.2%
90.
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Stuart
31 +6 +3 +10.7%
88.
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Ross
32 -23 -15 -31.9%
88.
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Terence
32 +9 +5 +18.5%
84.
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Arnold
33 +10 +3 +10.0%
84.
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Hector
33 new new new
84.
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Lionel
33 +6 0 0.0%
84.
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Vernon
33 -13 -10 -23.3%
81.
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Malcolm
35 -12 -10 -22.2%
81.
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Russell
35 -8 -7 -16.7%
81.
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Samuel
35 +7 +1 +2.9%
80.
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Leo
37 +1 +1 +2.8%
79.
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Michael
38 +4 +3 +8.6%
75.
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Allen
39 +8 +4 +11.4%
75.
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Gerald
39 new new new
75.
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Kevin
39 -8 -7 -15.2%
75.
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Wilfred
39 +8 +4 +11.4%
74.
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Laurence
40 -7 -6 -13.0%
72.
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Murray
43 +18 +10 +30.3%
72.
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Sydney
43 -2 -1 -2.3%
70.
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Neil
44 +5 +4 +10.0%
70.
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Ralph
44 +9 +7 +18.9%
68.
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Basil
45 +13 +9 +25.0%
68.
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Neville
45 +9 +7 +18.4%
67.
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Hugh
46 -5 -9 -16.4%
66.
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Clarence
48 -1 +1 +2.1%
64.
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Andrew
50 -1 -2 -3.8%
64.
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Philip
50 -5 -10 -16.7%
63.
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Cecil
54 +12 +14 +35.0%
62.
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Clifford
55 -4 -13 -19.1%
60.
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Geoffrey
57 0 -1 -1.7%
60.
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Rex
57 +11 +14 +32.6%
59.
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Harry
58 -3 -13 -18.3%
58.
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Victor
60 +6 +12 +25.0%
57.
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Graham
67 +3 +9 +15.5%
56.
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Mervyn
68 -6 -22 -24.4%
55.
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Bernard
74 0 -6 -7.5%
54.
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Reginald
79 -6 -22 -21.8%
53.
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Cyril
80 +1 -2 -2.4%
52.
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Herbert
85 0 -2 -2.3%
51.
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Owen
86 +1 -1 -1.1%
50.
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Lawrence
95 +7 +26 +37.7%
48.
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Brian
100 +3 +11 +12.4%
48.
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Patrick
100 -2 -6 -5.7%
47.
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Bruce
107 0 +5 +4.9%
46.
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Frank
108 -16 -40 -27.0%
45.
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Joseph
109 -6 -11 -9.2%
44.
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Ernest
110 -4 -9 -7.6%
43.
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Maurice
117 -6 -15 -11.4%
41.
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Leonard
118 -17 -50 -29.8%
41.
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Trevor
118 -3 -3 -2.5%
40.
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Ivan
120 +4 +12 +11.1%
39.
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Henry
121 -13 -44 -26.7%
37.
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Alfred
122 +6 +10 +8.9%
37.
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Harold
122 -1 -11 -8.3%
36.
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Desmond
125 +6 +11 +9.6%
35.
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Roy
126 +13 +25 +24.8%
34.
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Alexander
128 +6 +9 +7.6%
32.
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Alan
130 +3 -6 -4.4%
32.
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Walter
130 +1 -9 -6.5%
31.
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Francis
131 0 -15 -10.3%
30.
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Noel
135 +14 +27 +25.0%
29.
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Norman
141 -6 -32 -18.5%
28.
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Stanley
153 +5 +14 +10.1%
27.
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Richard
157 +5 +13 +9.0%
26.
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Albert
159 +3 0 0.0%
25.
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Peter
161 +3 +1 +0.6%
24.
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Frederick
162 -2 -14 -8.0%
23.
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Colin
164 -2 -19 -10.4%
22.
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Jack
176 -3 -16 -8.3%
21.
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Edward
180 -1 -4 -2.2%
20.
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Allan
181 +4 +13 +7.7%
19.
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Keith
182 +7 +17 +10.3%
17.
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Ian
186 +1 -7 -3.6%
17.
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Leslie
186 -3 -18 -8.8%
16.
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Kenneth
195 -6 -30 -13.3%
14.
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Eric
198 -2 -12 -5.7%
14.
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Gordon
198 -2 -12 -5.7%
13.
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David
216 +4 +21 +10.8%
11.
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Charles
221 +4 +22 +11.1%
11.
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Donald
221 +5 +24 +12.2%
10.
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Douglas
223 +1 +6 +2.8%
9.
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Arthur
247 0 -18 -6.8%
8.
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Raymond
250 -2 -21 -7.7%
7.
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Ronald
273 -1 +2 +0.7%
6.
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Thomas
302 +2 +34 +12.7%
5.
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George
370 0 -6 -1.6%
4.
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Robert
500 0 +24 +5.0%
3.
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James
505 0 -26 -4.9%
2.
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William
758 0 -6 -0.8%
1.
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John
892 0 -61 -6.4%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Eleanor
28 new new new
100.
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Heather
28 new new new
100.
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Lucy
28 -20 -11 -28.2%
100.
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Yvonne
28 -18 -10 -26.3%
97.
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Elva
29 -5 -4 -12.1%
97.
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Ida
29 new new new
97.
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Pearl
29 -19 -11 -27.5%
94.
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Emily
30 +2 -2 -6.3%
94.
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Enid
30 -19 -12 -28.6%
94.
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Una
30 +2 -2 -6.3%
91.
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Elaine
31 -3 -4 -11.4%
91.
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Olga
31 -9 -7 -18.4%
91.
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Rose
31 new new new
87.
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Ada
33 new new new
87.
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Isobel
33 new new new
87.
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Josephine
33 +1 -2 -5.7%
87.
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Lilian
33 -5 -5 -13.2%
85.
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Alison
34 +2 -3 -8.1%
85.
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May
34 +3 -1 -2.9%
84.
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Freda
35 +15 +4 +12.9%
83.
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Mona
36 -5 -4 -10.0%
81.
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Isabel
38 -12 -12 -24.0%
81.
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Myrtle
38 -12 -12 -24.0%
79.
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Constance
39 -8 -10 -20.4%
79.
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Gloria
39 +20 +8 +25.8%
78.
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Myra
40 -3 -2 -4.8%
76.
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Hilda
41 -8 -11 -21.2%
76.
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Ruby
41 -13 -16 -28.1%
75.
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Maureen
43 new new new
74.
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Janet
45 0 -2 -4.3%
73.
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Mabel
46 -18 -17 -27.0%
69.
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Beatrice
47 -15 -18 -27.7%
69.
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Eva
47 +8 +6 +14.6%
69.
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Ivy
47 -9 -12 -20.3%
69.
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Vera
47 -22 -31 -39.7%
68.
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Eunice
49 +14 +11 +28.9%
66.
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Aileen
50 +33 +19 +61.3%
66.
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Lois
50 +5 +1 +2.0%
64.
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Alma
52 -9 -11 -17.5%
64.
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Pauline
52 +18 +14 +36.8%
62.
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Joy
53 +5 0 0.0%
62.
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Valerie
53 +18 +14 +35.9%
61.
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Gwendoline
56 +4 +1 +1.8%
60.
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Peggy
58 0 -1 -1.7%
58.
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Ethel
60 -22 -31 -34.1%
58.
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Sylvia
60 -3 -3 -4.8%
55.
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Noeline
62 +9 +6 +10.7%
55.
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Rona
62 +3 +1 +1.6%
55.
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Violet
62 -12 -19 -23.5%
54.
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Grace
63 +5 +3 +5.0%
53.
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Marion
65 +9 +7 +12.1%
51.
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Catherine
68 0 -3 -4.2%
51.
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Rita
68 +15 +14 +25.9%
50.
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Dulcie
71 +21 +22 +44.9%
49.
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Agnes
72 -1 -4 -5.3%
48.
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Iris
73 -16 -24 -24.7%
47.
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Jessie
74 +6 +6 +8.8%
46.
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Evelyn
77 -14 -20 -20.6%
45.
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Elsie
79 -23 -57 -41.9%
44.
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Beryl
80 -5 -9 -10.1%
43.
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Nola
81 -1 -2 -2.4%
42.
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Ellen
82 +3 +3 +3.8%
40.
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Ruth
83 +10 +11 +15.3%
40.
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Winifred
83 +4 +3 +3.8%
39.
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Muriel
84 0 -5 -5.6%
38.
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Edith
85 +3 +1 +1.2%
37.
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Barbara
86 +14 +15 +21.1%
36.
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Ngaire
91 +9 +12 +15.2%
35.
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Frances
97 +1 +6 +6.6%
33.
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Helen
98 -1 +1 +1.0%
33.
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Irene
98 +5 +8 +8.9%
32.
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Lorna
101 +16 +25 +32.9%
30.
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Alice
103 +1 +5 +5.1%
30.
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Florence
103 -3 -17 -14.2%
29.
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Hazel
106 -1 -5 -4.5%
28.
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Olive
107 -4 -28 -20.7%
27.
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Annie
110 +3 +8 +7.8%
26.
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Daphne
113 +9 +19 +20.2%
25.
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Norma
117 +1 -7 -5.6%
24.
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Thelma
121 -2 -15 -11.0%
22.
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Doris
122 -2 -22 -15.3%
22.
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Marie
122 +7 +16 +15.1%
21.
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Edna
127 -8 -33 -20.6%
20.
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Gladys
130 -1 -18 -12.2%
19.
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Nancy
140 -6 -20 -12.5%
18.
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Elizabeth
141 -1 -11 -7.2%
17.
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Marjorie
150 -2 -9 -5.7%
16.
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Mavis
155 +2 +5 +3.3%
15.
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Doreen
156 +5 +12 +8.3%
14.
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Audrey
158 +1 -1 -0.6%
13.
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Phyllis
160 -3 -40 -20.0%
12.
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Shirley
163 +13 +36 +28.3%
11.
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Eileen
181 0 -15 -7.7%
10.
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June
187 +2 +16 +9.4%
9.
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Patricia
229 -1 -18 -7.3%
8.
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Kathleen
234 +1 -2 -0.8%
7.
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Betty
276 0 -1 -0.4%
6.
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Jean
288 0 -35 -10.8%
5.
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Joyce
309 -1 -82 -21.0%
4.
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Dorothy
357 +1 -4 -1.1%
3.
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Mary
411 -1 -58 -12.4%
2.
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Joan
420 +1 +19 +4.7%
1.
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Margaret
516 0 -50 -8.8%