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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Alan		 144 +2
28.
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Albert		 148 -2
34.
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Alexander		 125 0
43.
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Alfred		 111 -6
24.
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Allan		 163 -4
80.
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Allen		 37 -5
61.
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Andrew		 53 +3
86.
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Arnold		 33 -2
9.
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Arthur		 237 0
77.
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Athol		 41 +16
84.
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Basil		 34 -16
50.
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Bernard		 76 +5
35.
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Brian		 123 +13
39.
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Bruce		 118 +8
95.
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Bryan		 28 new
74.
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Cecil		 43 -11
14.
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Charles		 195 -3
84.
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Clarence		 34 -18
55.
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Clifford		 68 +7
21.
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Colin		 173 +2
58.
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Cyril		 57 -5
13.
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David		 196 0
29.
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Desmond		 145 +7
10.
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Donald		 221 +1
12.
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Douglas		 202 -2
15.
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Edward		 194 +6
72.
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Edwin		 45 +21
20.
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Eric		 181 -6
45.
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Ernest		 105 -1
27.
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Francis		 149 +4
42.
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Frank		 115 +4
35.
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Frederick		 123 -11
78.
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Geoffrey		 40 -18
5.
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George		 323 0
88.
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Gerald		 32 -13
97.
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Gilbert		 27 -7
18.
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Gordon		 185 -4
64.
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Graham		 51 -7
37.
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Harold		 122 0
56.
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Harry		 65 +3
44.
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Henry		 110 -5
52.
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Herbert		 75 0
90.
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Howard		 30 new
57.
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Hugh		 62 +10
17.
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Ian		 188 0
46.
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Ivan		 104 -6
26.
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Jack		 151 -4
3.
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James		 493 0
1.
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John		 929 0
48.
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Joseph		 93 -3
21.
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Keith		 173 -2
11.
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Kenneth		 203 +5
71.
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Kevin		 47 +4
67.
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Laurence		 48 +7
62.
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Lawrence		 52 -12
64.
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Leo		 51 +16
33.
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Leonard		 126 +8
18.
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Leslie		 185 -1
97.
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Lewis		 27 -4
92.
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Lindsay		 29 new
80.
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Lionel		 37 +4
67.
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Malcolm		 48 +14
39.
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Maurice		 118 +4
73.
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Maxwell		 44 +17
54.
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Mervyn		 70 +2
86.
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Michael		 33 -7
76.
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Murray		 42 -4
74.
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Neil		 43 -4
67.
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Neville		 48 +1
31.
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Noel		 137 -1
25.
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Norman		 157 +4
52.
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Owen		 75 -1
47.
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Patrick		 99 +1
95.
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Paul		 28 new
15.
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Peter		 194 +10
66.
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Philip		 50 -2
62.
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Ralph		 52 +8
8.
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Raymond		 251 0
49.
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Reginald		 77 +5
58.
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Rex		 57 +2
23.
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Richard		 171 +4
4.
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Robert		 453 0
7.
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Ronald		 267 0
79.
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Ross		 38 +9
50.
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Roy		 76 -15
83.
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Russell		 35 -2
90.
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Samuel		 30 -9
100.
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Sidney		 26 new
38.
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Stanley		 121 -10
89.
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Stuart		 31 +1
67.
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Sydney		 48 +5
80.
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Terence		 37 +8
6.
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Thomas		 279 0
41.
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Trevor		 116 0
60.
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Victor		 56 -2
97.
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Vincent		 27 new
92.
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Wallace		 29 +5
32.
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Walter		 132 0
92.
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Wilfred		 29 -17
2.
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William		 729 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
50.
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Agnes		 65 -1
97.
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Ailsa		 32 new
40.
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Alice		 84 -10
93.
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Alison		 33 -8
64.
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Alma		 54 0
31.
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Annie		 96 -4
12.
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Audrey		 210 +2
35.
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Barbara		 94 +2
73.
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Beatrice		 45 -4
39.
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Beryl		 85 +5
7.
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Betty		 292 0
45.
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Catherine		 74 +6
87.
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Christina		 36 new
69.
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Colleen		 47 new
79.
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Constance		 41 0
26.
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Daphne		 106 0
91.
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Dawn		 34 new
16.
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Doreen		 150 -1
23.
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Doris		 114 -1
4.
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Dorothy		 348 0
51.
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Dulcie		 64 -1
45.
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Edith		 74 -7
18.
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Edna		 129 +3
15.
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Eileen		 161 -4
87.
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Elaine		 36 +4
93.
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Eleanor		 33 +7
14.
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Elizabeth		 173 +4
60.
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Ellen		 57 -18
31.
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Elsie		 96 +14
79.
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Elva		 41 +18
69.
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Enid		 47 +25
60.
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Ethel		 57 -2
73.
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Eunice		 45 -5
84.
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Eva		 38 -15
41.
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Evelyn		 81 +5
28.
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Florence		 100 +2
36.
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Frances		 92 -1
100.
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Freda		 30 -16
29.
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Gladys		 97 -9
90.
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Gloria		 35 -11
69.
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Grace		 47 -15
51.
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Gwendoline		 64 +10
34.
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Hazel		 95 -5
93.
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Heather		 33 +7
21.
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Helen		 118 +12
81.
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Hilda		 40 -5
25.
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Irene		 110 +8
56.
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Iris		 61 -8
75.
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Isabel		 44 +6
63.
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Ivy		 55 +6
97.
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Janet		 32 -23
8.
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Jean		 269 -2
55.
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Jessie		 62 -8
3.
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Joan		 372 -1
100.
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Jocelyn		 30 new
69.
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Josephine		 47 +18
66.
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Joy		 51 -4
5.
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Joyce		 329 0
11.
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June		 220 -1
10.
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Kathleen		 221 -2
77.
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Lilian		 43 +10
62.
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Lois		 56 +4
37.
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Lorna		 91 -5
100.
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Mabel		 30 -27
1.
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Margaret		 536 0
27.
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Marie		 105 -5
53.
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Marion		 63 0
20.
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Marjorie		 124 -3
97.
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Marjory		 32 new
2.
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Mary		 410 +1
57.
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Maureen		 60 +18
23.
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Mavis		 114 -7
100.
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May		 30 -15
85.
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Melva		 37 new
78.
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Merle		 42 new
81.
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Mona		 40 +2
47.
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Muriel		 73 -8
93.
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Myra		 33 -15
65.
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Myrtle		 53 +16
17.
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Nancy		 136 +2
37.
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Ngaire		 91 -1
48.
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Noeline		 72 +7
29.
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Nola		 97 +14
19.
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Norma		 126 +6
31.
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Olive		 96 -3
91.
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Pamela		 34 new
6.
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Patricia		 295 +3
68.
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Pauline		 49 -4
57.
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Peggy		 60 +3
13.
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Phyllis		 203 0
53.
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Rita		 63 -2
67.
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Rona		 50 -12
85.
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Ruby		 37 -9
43.
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Ruth		 79 -3
87.
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Sheila		 36 new
9.
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Shirley		 252 +3
57.
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Sylvia		 60 +1
22.
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Thelma		 115 +2
41.
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Valerie		 81 +21
75.
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Vera		 44 -6
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Violet		 77 +11
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Winifred		 72 -8
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Yvonne		 40 +19
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