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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Errol
26 new new new
98.
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Harold
27 -33 -25 -48.1%
98.
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Lindsay
27 -1 +2 +8.0%
94.
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Clifford
28 -7 -2 -6.7%
94.
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Gavin
28 new new new
94.
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Harry
28 -3 0 0.0%
94.
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Laurence
28 -12 -5 -15.2%
92.
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Ralph
29 -8 -3 -9.4%
92.
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Stewart
29 new new new
89.
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Christopher
30 new new new
89.
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Edwin
30 -5 -2 -6.3%
89.
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Rodney
30 -2 0 0.0%
85.
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Andrew
31 -8 -8 -20.5%
85.
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Garry
31 -3 -2 -6.1%
85.
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Herbert
31 +4 +2 +6.9%
85.
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Maxwell
31 -4 -3 -8.8%
84.
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Wiremu
32 +11 +6 +23.1%
82.
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Clive
33 +4 +2 +6.5%
82.
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Warwick
33 new new new
81.
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Dennis
36 +16 +11 +44.0%
79.
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Gerald
38 -5 -3 -7.3%
79.
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Hugh
38 0 +3 +8.6%
76.
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Frank
41 -7 -6 -12.8%
76.
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Reginald
41 -8 -9 -18.0%
76.
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Warren
41 -1 +1 +2.5%
75.
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Denis
44 -2 +2 +4.8%
74.
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Philip
46 +1 +6 +15.0%
72.
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Geoffrey
48 -8 -5 -9.4%
72.
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Lawrence
48 -2 +2 +4.3%
70.
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Ernest
52 +8 +14 +36.8%
70.
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Stuart
52 new new new
69.
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Bryan
53 -11 -8 -13.1%
67.
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Henry
54 -14 -9 -14.3%
67.
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Mervyn
54 -11 -8 -12.9%
66.
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Alfred
55 -1 +3 +5.8%
63.
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Ivan
56 -3 -4 -6.7%
63.
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Leonard
56 0 0 0.0%
63.
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Stanley
56 -15 -16 -22.2%
62.
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Owen
57 +5 +6 +11.8%
61.
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Barrie
58 +28 +29 +100%
59.
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Bernard
59 +20 +24 +68.6%
59.
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Jack
59 +3 +2 +3.5%
56.
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Alexander
60 -16 -20 -25.0%
56.
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Ross
60 +15 +15 +33.3%
56.
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Walter
60 -7 -8 -11.8%
54.
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Eric
64 -8 -11 -14.7%
54.
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Roy
64 +18 +21 +48.8%
53.
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Malcolm
65 -10 -11 -14.5%
52.
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Joseph
71 0 +7 +10.9%
51.
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Paul
72 -2 +4 +5.9%
49.
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Albert
74 -6 -2 -2.6%
49.
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Roger
74 +9 +13 +21.3%
48.
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Francis
77 -5 +1 +1.3%
47.
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Russell
81 +14 +22 +37.3%
46.
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Robin
82 +10 +20 +32.3%
45.
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Frederick
83 -9 -3 -3.5%
44.
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Desmond
84 -6 0 0.0%
42.
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Norman
85 -6 -1 -1.2%
42.
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Rex
85 0 +7 +9.0%
41.
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Terence
89 +12 +26 +41.3%
37.
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Anthony
90 +10 +16 +21.6%
37.
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Charles
90 -12 -28 -23.7%
37.
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Gary
90 +14 +24 +36.4%
37.
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Patrick
90 -2 -3 -3.2%
35.
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Neil
95 +6 +16 +20.3%
35.
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Neville
95 +18 +32 +50.8%
34.
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Douglas
97 -8 -19 -16.4%
32.
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Maurice
104 +2 +10 +10.6%
32.
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Murray
104 0 -3 -2.8%
31.
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Kevin
112 +8 +30 +36.6%
28.
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Keith
113 +2 +4 +3.7%
28.
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Leslie
113 0 +2 +1.8%
28.
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Noel
113 +5 +10 +9.7%
27.
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Gordon
116 -3 -6 -4.9%
26.
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Arthur
124 +5 +16 +14.8%
25.
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Allan
129 +3 +18 +16.2%
24.
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Trevor
136 -3 -15 -9.9%
23.
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Edward
150 -4 -28 -15.7%
22.
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Thomas
158 -5 -24 -13.2%
20.
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Bruce
162 0 -8 -4.7%
20.
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Graeme
162 +1 +11 +7.3%
19.
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Michael
165 +4 +25 +17.9%
18.
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Richard
166 0 -15 -8.3%
17.
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Alan
169 +9 +53 +45.7%
16.
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Kenneth
182 0 -2 -1.1%
15.
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George
202 0 +15 +8.0%
14.
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Barry
206 -1 -9 -4.2%
13.
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Raymond
223 +1 +18 +8.8%
12.
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Graham
229 -2 -24 -9.5%
11.
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Colin
256 +1 +25 +10.8%
10.
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Ian
295 +1 +48 +19.4%
9.
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Ronald
312 -1 -19 -5.7%
8.
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Donald
324 +1 +39 +13.7%
7.
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James
352 0 +9 +2.6%
6.
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Peter
449 -2 +21 +4.9%
5.
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Brian
464 +1 +69 +17.5%
4.
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David
475 +1 +69 +17.0%
3.
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William
486 -1 -22 -4.3%
2.
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Robert
490 +1 +59 +13.7%
1.
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John
904 0 -21 -2.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Aileen
26 -6 -1 -3.7%
100.
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Marilyn
26 -3 +1 +4.0%
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Shona
26 new new new
96.
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Agnes
27 -8 -1 -3.6%
96.
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Doris
27 -1 +1 +3.8%
96.
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Julia
27 +1 +2 +8.0%
96.
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Lilian
27 new new new
92.
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Angela
28 new new new
92.
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Lynette
28 new new new
92.
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Robin
28 +3 +2 +7.7%
92.
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Violet
28 -10 -2 -6.7%
91.
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Vivienne
29 new new new
89.
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Iris
30 new new new
89.
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Wendy
30 new new new
88.
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Carol
31 -4 +2 +6.9%
87.
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Noelene
32 +1 +4 +14.3%
84.
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Annie
33 0 +4 +13.8%
84.
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Jessie
33 new new new
84.
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Peggy
33 -2 +3 +10.0%
81.
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Edith
34 -17 -12 -26.1%
81.
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Grace
34 +7 +6 +21.4%
81.
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Muriel
34 +3 +5 +17.2%
79.
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Ellen
35 -4 -3 -7.9%
79.
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Olive
35 -10 -6 -14.6%
78.
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Hazel
36 -2 0 0.0%
75.
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Gillian
37 +13 +9 +32.1%
75.
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Jacqueline
37 +1 +1 +2.8%
75.
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Merle
37 +9 +8 +27.6%
74.
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Diana
38 -20 -15 -28.3%
73.
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Eleanor
39 +6 +7 +21.9%
69.
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Diane
42 new new new
69.
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Lorna
42 -9 -7 -14.3%
69.
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Mavis
42 -15 -11 -20.8%
69.
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Thelma
42 -8 -6 -12.5%
67.
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Alice
44 -2 -1 -2.2%
67.
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Beryl
44 0 0 0.0%
66.
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Edna
45 +15 +14 +45.2%
62.
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Gloria
46 +26 +18 +64.3%
62.
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Norma
46 -3 -4 -8.0%
62.
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Phyllis
46 -11 -10 -17.9%
62.
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Sylvia
46 -13 -13 -22.0%
58.
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Florence
49 +14 +10 +25.6%
58.
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Jill
49 0 -2 -3.9%
58.
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Lesley
49 +11 +8 +19.5%
58.
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Marlene
49 +14 +10 +25.6%
57.
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Catherine
51 -3 -2 -3.8%
56.
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Josephine
52 -6 -5 -8.8%
54.
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Daphne
55 +11 +10 +22.2%
54.
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Nola
55 -11 -14 -20.3%
52.
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Annette
56 +16 +13 +30.2%
52.
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Marjorie
56 -4 -5 -8.2%
50.
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Fay
57 -4 -10 -14.9%
50.
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Irene
57 +4 +4 +7.5%
49.
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Rosemary
61 +14 +14 +29.8%
48.
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Alison
62 -10 -16 -20.5%
47.
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Ruth
64 +5 +9 +16.4%
46.
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Evelyn
66 +1 +2 +3.1%
45.
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Joy
67 -1 -1 -1.5%
44.
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Jocelyn
70 +17 +22 +45.8%
43.
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Beverly
73 -4 -3 -3.9%
42.
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Audrey
75 -3 -1 -1.3%
41.
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Ann
76 +1 +3 +4.1%
40.
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Frances
78 -5 -6 -7.1%
39.
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Eileen
79 -8 -11 -12.2%
38.
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Noeline
80 -12 -13 -14.0%
37.
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Joyce
82 -3 -4 -4.7%
36.
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Pauline
83 +8 +15 +22.1%
35.
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Marion
84 +1 +1 +1.2%
33.
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Jeanette
85 +20 +31 +57.4%
33.
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Nancy
85 -2 -5 -5.6%
31.
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Dawn
88 +2 +1 +1.1%
31.
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Yvonne
88 -6 -9 -9.3%
30.
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Lois
93 +7 +14 +17.7%
29.
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Doreen
94 -3 +1 +1.1%
27.
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Jean
99 -15 -65 -39.6%
27.
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Lorraine
99 +14 +24 +32.0%
26.
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Ngaire
100 +4 +9 +9.9%
25.
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Anne
101 -1 -1 -1.0%
24.
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Betty
114 -8 -29 -20.3%
23.
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Elaine
120 0 +17 +16.5%
22.
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Jennifer
122 +6 +30 +32.6%
21.
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Janet
126 -2 -4 -3.1%
20.
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Kathleen
128 -2 -9 -6.6%
19.
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June
129 +2 +2 +1.6%
18.
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Janice
132 +10 +40 +43.5%
17.
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Heather
133 +5 +16 +13.7%
16.
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Helen
147 +1 +6 +4.3%
15.
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Marie
148 +5 +20 +15.6%
14.
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Colleen
164 +1 +15 +10.1%
13.
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Maureen
173 0 +12 +7.5%
12.
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Dorothy
194 -2 -11 -5.4%
11.
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Pamela
197 +3 +44 +28.8%
10.
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Joan
206 -3 -28 -12.0%
9.
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Valerie
222 -1 +6 +2.8%
8.
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Judith
251 +3 +49 +24.3%
7.
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Elizabeth
256 +2 +44 +20.8%
6.
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Barbara
283 0 +28 +11.0%
5.
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Beverley
289 0 +30 +11.6%
4.
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Mary
344 0 +36 +11.7%
3.
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Patricia
380 0 +36 +10.5%
2.
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Shirley
391 0 -63 -13.9%
1.
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Margaret
779 0 +36 +4.8%