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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Cyril
23 new new new
99.
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Victor
24 new new new
97.
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Dennis
25 -18 -11 -30.6%
97.
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Lindsay
25 +1 0 0.0%
95.
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Lewis
26 -1 0 0.0%
95.
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Wiremu
26 new new new
93.
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Allen
27 -4 -1 -3.6%
93.
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Kelvin
27 -12 -7 -20.6%
91.
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Daniel
28 new new new
91.
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Harry
28 +3 +2 +7.7%
89.
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Barrie
29 -7 -4 -12.1%
89.
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Herbert
29 -3 -1 -3.3%
87.
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Clifford
30 +3 +3 +11.1%
87.
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Rodney
30 +3 +3 +11.1%
86.
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Clive
31 -10 -8 -20.5%
84.
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Edwin
32 new new new
84.
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Ralph
32 +6 +5 +18.5%
82.
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Garry
33 new new new
82.
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Laurence
33 +5 +4 +13.8%
81.
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Maxwell
34 new new new
79.
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Bernard
35 -22 -22 -38.6%
79.
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Hugh
35 +4 +3 +9.4%
78.
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Ernest
38 -25 -24 -38.7%
77.
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Andrew
39 -1 0 0.0%
75.
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Philip
40 -2 -4 -9.1%
75.
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Warren
40 +4 +4 +11.1%
74.
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Gerald
41 0 -2 -4.7%
73.
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Denis
42 +10 +10 +31.3%
72.
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Roy
43 -8 -11 -20.4%
71.
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Ross
45 -9 -10 -18.2%
70.
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Lawrence
46 -8 -9 -16.4%
69.
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Frank
47 +7 +8 +20.5%
68.
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Reginald
50 +2 +3 +6.4%
67.
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Owen
51 -1 -1 -1.9%
65.
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Alfred
52 +3 +2 +4.0%
65.
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Harold
52 -14 -13 -20.0%
64.
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Geoffrey
53 +8 +7 +15.2%
63.
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Leonard
56 -19 -18 -24.3%
62.
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Jack
57 -3 +1 +1.8%
61.
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Russell
59 -13 -10 -14.5%
60.
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Ivan
60 -3 +3 +5.3%
58.
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Bryan
61 -8 -5 -7.6%
58.
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Roger
61 +12 +14 +29.8%
56.
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Mervyn
62 -17 -18 -22.5%
56.
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Robin
62 +9 +9 +17.0%
53.
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Henry
63 -1 0 0.0%
53.
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Neville
63 +6 +7 +12.5%
53.
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Terence
63 0 +1 +1.6%
52.
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Joseph
64 -6 -6 -8.6%
51.
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Gary
66 +23 +23 +53.5%
49.
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Paul
68 +17 +16 +30.8%
49.
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Walter
68 +20 +19 +38.8%
48.
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Stanley
72 +11 +16 +28.6%
47.
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Anthony
74 +9 +13 +21.3%
46.
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Eric
75 -11 -13 -14.8%
43.
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Albert
76 -2 +1 +1.3%
43.
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Francis
76 -2 +1 +1.3%
43.
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Malcolm
76 +1 +2 +2.7%
42.
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Rex
78 +4 +8 +11.4%
41.
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Neil
79 +8 +11 +16.2%
40.
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Alexander
80 0 +3 +3.9%
39.
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Kevin
82 -3 -2 -2.4%
38.
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Desmond
84 -1 +1 +1.2%
36.
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Frederick
86 +5 +11 +14.7%
36.
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Norman
86 +17 +24 +38.7%
35.
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Patrick
93 +2 +10 +12.0%
34.
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Maurice
94 -5 -20 -17.5%
33.
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Noel
103 0 +6 +6.2%
32.
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Murray
107 +2 +11 +11.5%
31.
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Arthur
108 -1 -5 -4.4%
30.
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Keith
109 -3 -10 -8.4%
28.
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Allan
111 +4 +13 +13.3%
28.
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Leslie
111 -5 -20 -15.3%
26.
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Alan
116 -7 -50 -30.1%
26.
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Douglas
116 +5 +11 +10.5%
25.
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Charles
118 -1 -7 -5.6%
24.
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Gordon
122 +2 +1 +0.8%
23.
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Michael
140 -1 0 0.0%
21.
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Graeme
151 +4 +28 +22.8%
21.
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Trevor
151 0 -2 -1.3%
20.
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Bruce
170 -2 +3 +1.8%
19.
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Edward
178 +9 +61 +52.1%
18.
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Richard
181 +2 +25 +16.0%
17.
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Thomas
182 -1 +6 +3.4%
16.
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Kenneth
184 +1 +14 +8.2%
15.
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George
187 0 +3 +1.6%
14.
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Raymond
205 -2 -17 -7.7%
13.
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Barry
215 -2 -11 -4.9%
12.
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Colin
231 +2 +38 +19.7%
11.
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Ian
247 -1 +2 +0.8%
10.
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Graham
253 +3 +48 +23.4%
9.
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Donald
285 0 -7 -2.4%
8.
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Ronald
331 0 +20 +6.4%
7.
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James
343 -1 -29 -7.8%
6.
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Brian
395 +1 +60 +17.9%
5.
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David
406 -1 +7 +1.8%
4.
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Peter
428 -1 +5 +1.2%
3.
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Robert
431 +2 +47 +12.2%
2.
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William
508 0 +32 +6.7%
1.
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John
925 0 +66 +7.7%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
97.
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Coral
25 new new new
97.
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Julia
25 new new new
97.
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Maria
25 new new new
97.
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Marilyn
25 new new new
97.
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Melva
25 new new new
95.
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Doris
26 -19 -9 -25.7%
95.
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Robin
26 new new new
94.
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Aileen
27 -10 -1 -3.6%
88.
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Agnes
28 -10 -6 -17.6%
88.
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Gillian
28 +1 +1 +3.7%
88.
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Gloria
28 -19 -11 -28.2%
88.
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Grace
28 -8 -3 -9.7%
88.
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Noelene
28 new new new
88.
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Winifred
28 -6 -2 -6.7%
84.
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Annie
29 new new new
84.
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Carol
29 new new new
84.
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Merle
29 +5 +2 +7.4%
84.
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Muriel
29 new new new
82.
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Peggy
30 +7 +3 +11.1%
82.
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Violet
30 +1 +1 +3.4%
81.
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Edna
31 -8 -6 -16.2%
79.
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Eleanor
32 new new new
79.
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Ethel
32 +19 +8 +33.3%
78.
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Elsie
34 -12 -7 -17.1%
76.
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Hazel
36 +8 +8 +28.6%
76.
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Jacqueline
36 +8 +8 +28.6%
75.
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Ellen
38 -6 -1 -2.6%
72.
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Florence
39 -9 -6 -13.3%
72.
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Gladys
39 +4 +4 +11.4%
72.
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Marlene
39 -4 -1 -2.5%
71.
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Rita
40 new new new
69.
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Lesley
41 -13 -10 -19.6%
69.
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Olive
41 -8 -6 -12.8%
68.
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Annette
43 +12 +12 +38.7%
67.
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Beryl
44 -22 -17 -27.9%
65.
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Alice
45 0 +3 +7.1%
65.
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Daphne
45 -18 -14 -23.7%
64.
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Edith
46 +14 +12 +35.3%
63.
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Rosemary
47 -7 -4 -7.8%
61.
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Jocelyn
48 -21 -16 -25.0%
61.
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Thelma
48 +3 +4 +9.1%
60.
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Lorna
49 -2 -1 -2.0%
59.
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Norma
50 -17 -13 -20.6%
58.
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Jill
51 +4 +5 +10.9%
54.
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Catherine
53 +4 +3 +6.0%
54.
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Diana
53 +15 +14 +35.9%
54.
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Irene
53 -1 0 0.0%
54.
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Mavis
53 +15 +14 +35.9%
53.
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Jeanette
54 +22 +18 +50.0%
52.
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Ruth
55 -5 -4 -6.8%
51.
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Phyllis
56 +3 +4 +7.7%
50.
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Josephine
57 +1 +1 +1.8%
49.
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Sylvia
59 +17 +18 +43.9%
48.
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Marjorie
61 -8 -3 -4.7%
47.
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Evelyn
64 +11 +14 +28.0%
46.
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Fay
67 +8 +15 +28.8%
44.
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Joy
68 -2 +5 +7.9%
44.
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Pauline
68 0 +6 +9.7%
43.
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Nola
69 -5 -1 -1.4%
42.
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Ann
73 +8 +15 +25.9%
41.
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Lorraine
75 +6 +16 +27.1%
39.
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Audrey
76 -16 -30 -28.3%
39.
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Beverly
76 +12 +20 +35.7%
38.
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Alison
78 -2 +6 +8.3%
37.
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Lois
79 -3 -2 -2.5%
36.
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Marion
83 -5 0 0.0%
35.
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Frances
84 -6 0 0.0%
34.
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Joyce
86 -10 -11 -11.3%
33.
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Dawn
87 -1 +5 +6.1%
31.
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Eileen
90 +6 +19 +26.8%
31.
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Nancy
90 +1 +8 +9.8%
30.
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Ngaire
91 -2 +5 +5.8%
28.
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Janice
92 +18 +32 +53.3%
28.
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Jennifer
92 +11 +25 +37.3%
26.
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Doreen
93 -7 -31 -25.0%
26.
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Noeline
93 +3 +9 +10.7%
25.
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Yvonne
97 0 +5 +5.4%
24.
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Anne
102 +3 +15 +17.2%
23.
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Elaine
103 +12 +26 +33.8%
22.
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Heather
117 +4 +27 +30.0%
21.
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June
127 -1 +8 +6.7%
20.
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Marie
128 -6 -11 -7.9%
19.
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Janet
130 +3 +17 +15.0%
18.
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Kathleen
137 -3 0 0.0%
17.
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Helen
141 -1 +6 +4.4%
16.
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Betty
143 +2 +17 +13.5%
15.
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Colleen
149 +6 +35 +30.7%
14.
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Pamela
153 -1 +10 +7.0%
13.
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Maureen
161 -4 -17 -9.6%
12.
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Jean
164 +5 +32 +24.2%
11.
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Judith
202 -1 +26 +14.8%
10.
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Dorothy
205 -3 -6 -2.8%
9.
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Elizabeth
212 +2 +37 +21.1%
8.
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Valerie
216 +4 +49 +29.3%
7.
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Joan
234 -2 -16 -6.4%
6.
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Barbara
255 0 +11 +4.5%
5.
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Beverley
259 +3 +51 +24.5%
4.
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Mary
308 0 +39 +14.5%
3.
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Patricia
344 0 0 0.0%
2.
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Shirley
454 0 -2 -0.4%
1.
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Margaret
743 0 +50 +7.2%