Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
22.
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Alan		 161 -2
38.
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Albert		 97 -1
44.
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Alexander		 83 -2
43.
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Alfred		 84 +2
25.
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Allan		 154 +2
75.
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Allen		 42 +9
81.
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Andrew		 36 -10
65.
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Anthony		 56 +5
89.
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Arnold		 32 +3
26.
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Arthur		 146 -7
46.
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Barry		 82 +7
89.
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Basil		 32 new
49.
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Bernard		 77 +13
8.
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Brian		 282 +2
19.
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Bruce		 165 +7
72.
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Bryan		 44 +17
24.
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Charles		 158 +3
70.
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Clifford		 45 -5
97.
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Clive		 25 new
15.
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Colin		 209 -2
77.
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Cyril		 39 -14
93.
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Daniel		 26 new
7.
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David		 285 +1
93.
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Denis		 26 new
84.
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Dennis		 35 +1
79.
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Derek		 38 +13
30.
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Desmond		 132 -3
9.
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Donald		 281 0
21.
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Douglas		 162 -4
20.
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Edward		 163 +10
81.
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Edwin		 36 +9
33.
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Eric		 122 -9
48.
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Ernest		 78 +6
34.
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Francis		 115 -3
59.
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Frank		 64 -9
41.
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Frederick		 87 -2
66.
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Geoffrey		 55 -1
13.
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George		 236 -1
77.
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Gerald		 39 +5
93.
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Gilbert		 26 new
16.
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Gordon		 173 +2
60.
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Graeme		 63 +7
32.
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Graham		 124 +1
44.
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Harold		 83 +4
85.
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Harry		 34 -13
51.
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Henry		 75 -8
67.
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Herbert		 54 0
69.
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Hugh		 49 +3
11.
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Ian		 271 0
42.
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Ivan		 85 -2
35.
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Jack		 104 +3
3.
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James		 480 0
1.
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John		 881 0
50.
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Joseph		 76 -2
17.
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Keith		 171 -3
93.
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Kelvin		 26 new
14.
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Kenneth		 220 +2
55.
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Kevin		 69 +3
81.
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Laurence		 36 +5
57.
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Lawrence		 66 +3
85.
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Leo		 34 -13
40.
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Leonard		 89 +6
18.
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Leslie		 170 +5
63.
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Malcolm		 59 -7
23.
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Maurice		 160 -2
85.
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Maxwell		 34 -8
53.
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Mervyn		 73 -13
54.
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Michael		 72 +7
39.
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Murray		 91 +11
63.
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Neil		 59 +1
74.
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Neville		 43 +8
26.
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Noel		 146 +6
31.
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Norman		 125 +4
56.
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Owen		 68 +2
47.
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Patrick		 81 -3
72.
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Paul		 44 +9
6.
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Peter		 297 +1
79.
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Philip		 38 -3
10.
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Raymond		 275 -4
58.
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Reginald		 65 -2
60.
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Rex		 63 -10
29.
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Richard		 136 -7
4.
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Robert		 473 0
89.
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Robin		 32 +9
92.
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Roger		 31 0
5.
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Ronald		 354 0
68.
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Ross		 51 -1
51.
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Roy		 75 -5
62.
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Russell		 60 -8
99.
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Samuel		 24 -7
85.
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Selwyn		 34 +7
37.
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Stanley		 103 -3
97.
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Sydney		 25 -25
70.
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Terence		 45 +7
12.
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Thomas		 262 +2
28.
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Trevor		 144 -4
75.
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Victor		 42 +2
99.
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Wallace		 24 -13
35.
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Walter		 104 +1
2.
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William		 591 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
87.
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Agnes		 33 -11
74.
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Aileen		 42 +5
86.
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Ailsa		 35 +1
56.
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Alice		 54 -4
61.
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Alison		 51 -15
83.
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Alma		 36 -2
78.
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Anne		 39 +15
61.
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Annie		 51 -5
17.
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Audrey		 146 0
87.
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Avis		 33 new
13.
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Barbara		 181 +2
93.
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Beatrice		 31 -3
87.
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Bernice		 33 new
54.
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Beryl		 57 -18
5.
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Betty		 292 0
23.
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Beverley		 115 +6
100.
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Beverly		 26 new
41.
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Catherine		 69 +22
100.
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Christina		 26 new
28.
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Colleen		 106 -2
22.
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Daphne		 118 +5
30.
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Dawn		 100 +7
96.
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Diana		 28 new
15.
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Doreen		 165 -1
48.
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Doris		 64 -10
7.
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Dorothy		 256 0
66.
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Dulcie		 48 +17
58.
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Edith		 52 0
41.
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Edna		 69 +3
20.
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Eileen		 125 -1
48.
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Elaine		 64 +22
9.
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Elizabeth		 220 +1
68.
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Ellen		 47 -10
57.
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Elsie		 53 -18
100.
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Elva		 26 -16
87.
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Ethel		 33 -23
87.
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Eunice		 33 -10
58.
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Evelyn		 52 -4
38.
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Fay		 74 +11
53.
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Florence		 61 -9
41.
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Frances		 69 +6
51.
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Gladys		 63 -10
78.
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Gloria		 39 new
83.
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Grace		 36 +7
77.
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Gwendoline		 40 -13
45.
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Hazel		 67 +12
45.
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Heather		 67 +9
21.
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Helen		 122 0
35.
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Irene		 82 0
63.
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Iris		 50 -2
87.
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Isobel		 33 +3
72.
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Ivy		 43 +9
58.
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Janet		 52 +19
12.
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Jean		 190 0
68.
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Jessie		 47 0
6.
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Joan		 270 0
48.
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Jocelyn		 64 +20
74.
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Josephine		 42 -12
41.
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Joy		 69 -2
10.
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Joyce		 207 -1
70.
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Judith		 46 +17
8.
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June		 224 0
16.
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Kathleen		 160 -5
33.
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Lois		 92 +9
36.
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Lorna		 75 -5
78.
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Lorraine		 39 -4
1.
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Margaret		 664 0
14.
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Marie		 166 +4
52.
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Marion		 62 0
29.
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Marjorie		 101 +1
4.
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Mary		 348 -1
23.
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Maureen		 115 +1
30.
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Mavis		 100 -3
82.
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Melva		 37 new
95.
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Merle		 29 -11
63.
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Muriel		 50 -5
98.
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Myra		 27 -11
100.
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Myrtle		 26 new
19.
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Nancy		 127 +6
18.
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Ngaire		 145 -2
26.
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Noeline		 111 +6
39.
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Nola		 73 -19
23.
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Norma		 115 -2
47.
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Olive		 65 +23
34.
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Pamela		 88 -1
3.
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Patricia		 382 +1
32.
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Pauline		 93 +18
81.
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Peggy		 38 -17
27.
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Phyllis		 109 -6
98.
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Rae		 27 new
63.
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Rita		 50 +9
76.
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Rona		 41 +3
94.
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Rose		 30 new
96.
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Rosemary		 28 new
36.
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Ruth		 75 +6
2.
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Shirley		 391 0
54.
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Sylvia		 57 -4
39.
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Thelma		 73 -5
11.
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Valerie		 193 +2
83.
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Vera		 36 +13
71.
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Violet		 44 +3
72.
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Winifred		 43 -8
66.
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Yvonne		 48 -19
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