Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Errol
28 +1 +2 +7.7%
99.
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Warren
28 -23 -13 -31.7%
98.
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Clifford
30 -4 +2 +7.1%
97.
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Daniel
31 new new new
92.
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Clive
32 -10 -1 -3.0%
92.
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Gerald
32 -13 -6 -15.8%
92.
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Herbert
32 -7 +1 +3.2%
92.
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Owen
32 -30 -25 -43.9%
92.
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Victor
32 new new new
89.
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Allen
33 new new new
89.
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Gavin
33 +5 +5 +17.9%
89.
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Selwyn
33 new new new
88.
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Christopher
35 +1 +5 +16.7%
86.
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Hugh
36 -7 -2 -5.3%
86.
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Roy
36 -32 -28 -43.8%
83.
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Lawrence
37 -11 -11 -22.9%
83.
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Maxwell
37 +2 +6 +19.4%
83.
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Sydney
37 new new new
82.
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Alfred
38 -16 -17 -30.9%
80.
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Bernard
40 -21 -19 -32.2%
80.
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Wiremu
40 +4 +8 +25.0%
76.
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Denis
42 -1 -2 -4.5%
76.
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Frank
42 0 +1 +2.4%
76.
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Lindsay
42 +22 +15 +55.6%
76.
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Stuart
42 -6 -10 -19.2%
75.
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Kelvin
43 new new new
74.
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Rodney
44 +15 +14 +46.7%
73.
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Barrie
45 -12 -13 -22.4%
72.
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Philip
47 +2 +1 +2.2%
71.
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Jack
48 -12 -11 -18.6%
68.
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Ernest
50 +2 -2 -3.8%
68.
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Harold
50 +30 +23 +85.2%
68.
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Reginald
50 +8 +9 +22.0%
67.
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Leonard
51 -4 -5 -8.9%
64.
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Albert
56 -15 -18 -24.3%
64.
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Andrew
56 +21 +25 +80.6%
64.
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Geoffrey
56 +8 +8 +16.7%
62.
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Garry
59 +23 +28 +90.3%
62.
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Stanley
59 +1 +3 +5.4%
60.
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Mervyn
62 +7 +8 +14.8%
60.
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Rex
62 -18 -23 -27.1%
58.
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Henry
63 +9 +9 +16.7%
58.
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Walter
63 -2 +3 +5.0%
57.
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Dennis
66 +24 +30 +83.3%
56.
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Ross
67 0 +7 +11.7%
54.
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Bryan
70 +15 +17 +32.1%
54.
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Norman
70 -12 -15 -17.6%
52.
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Joseph
71 0 0 0.0%
52.
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Patrick
71 -15 -19 -21.1%
49.
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Frederick
73 -4 -10 -12.0%
49.
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Ivan
73 +14 +17 +30.4%
49.
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Robin
73 -3 -9 -11.0%
48.
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Francis
74 0 -3 -3.9%
47.
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Desmond
75 -3 -9 -10.7%
46.
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Roger
78 +3 +4 +5.4%
45.
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Alexander
79 +11 +19 +31.7%
44.
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Malcolm
82 +9 +17 +26.2%
42.
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Russell
87 +5 +6 +7.4%
42.
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Terence
87 -1 -2 -2.2%
41.
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Eric
90 +13 +26 +40.6%
39.
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Maurice
95 -7 -9 -8.7%
39.
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Noel
95 -11 -18 -15.9%
38.
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Neil
99 -3 +4 +4.2%
37.
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Neville
107 -2 +12 +12.6%
35.
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Kevin
108 -4 -4 -3.6%
35.
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Paul
108 +16 +36 +50.0%
34.
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Keith
110 -6 -3 -2.7%
33.
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Arthur
112 -7 -12 -9.7%
32.
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Murray
117 0 +13 +12.5%
30.
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Douglas
119 +4 +22 +22.7%
30.
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Leslie
119 -2 +6 +5.3%
29.
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Charles
121 +8 +31 +34.4%
28.
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Anthony
124 +9 +34 +37.8%
27.
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Gordon
127 0 +11 +9.5%
26.
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Edward
135 -3 -15 -10.0%
24.
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Allan
137 +1 +8 +6.2%
24.
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Gary
137 +13 +47 +52.2%
23.
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Trevor
145 +1 +9 +6.6%
22.
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Bruce
165 -2 +3 +1.9%
20.
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Alan
167 -3 -2 -1.2%
20.
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Thomas
167 +2 +9 +5.7%
19.
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George
179 -4 -23 -11.4%
18.
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Kenneth
189 -2 +7 +3.8%
17.
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Richard
190 +1 +24 +14.5%
16.
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Graeme
192 +4 +30 +18.5%
15.
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Michael
215 +4 +50 +30.3%
14.
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Raymond
223 -1 0 0.0%
12.
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Colin
224 -1 -32 -12.5%
12.
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Graham
224 0 -5 -2.2%
11.
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Barry
275 +3 +69 +33.5%
10.
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Ian
300 0 +5 +1.7%
9.
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Ronald
303 0 -9 -2.9%
8.
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Donald
312 0 -12 -3.7%
7.
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James
368 0 +16 +4.5%
6.
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Brian
481 -1 +17 +3.7%
5.
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Peter
485 +1 +36 +8.0%
4.
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David
514 0 +39 +8.2%
3.
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Robert
536 -1 +46 +9.4%
2.
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William
540 +1 +54 +11.1%
1.
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John
960 0 +56 +6.2%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
99.
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Aileen
26 +1 0 0.0%
99.
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Valmai
26 new new new
94.
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Adrienne
27 new new new
94.
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Edith
27 -13 -7 -20.6%
94.
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Hazel
27 -16 -9 -25.0%
94.
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Jillian
27 new new new
94.
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Raewyn
27 new new new
91.
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Claire
28 new new new
91.
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Gillian
28 -16 -9 -24.3%
91.
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Jessie
28 -7 -5 -15.2%
89.
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Janette
30 new new new
89.
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Olive
30 -10 -5 -14.3%
86.
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Julia
31 +10 +4 +14.8%
86.
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Julie
31 new new new
86.
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Noelene
31 +1 -1 -3.1%
85.
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Jacqueline
32 -10 -5 -13.5%
84.
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Merle
33 -9 -4 -10.8%
81.
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Eleanor
34 -8 -5 -12.8%
81.
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Florence
34 -23 -15 -30.6%
81.
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Susan
34 new new new
80.
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Marilyn
35 +20 +9 +34.6%
79.
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Ellen
36 0 +1 +2.9%
77.
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Alice
39 -10 -5 -11.4%
77.
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Robin
39 +15 +11 +39.3%
74.
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Beryl
40 -7 -4 -9.1%
74.
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Kay
40 new new new
74.
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Lynette
40 +18 +12 +42.9%
72.
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Faye
41 new new new
72.
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Sylvia
41 -10 -5 -10.9%
71.
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Thelma
43 -2 +1 +2.4%
69.
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Marlene
44 -11 -5 -10.2%
69.
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Rosalie
44 new new new
68.
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Norma
46 -6 0 0.0%
67.
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Mavis
47 +2 +5 +11.9%
65.
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Gloria
48 -3 +2 +4.3%
65.
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Phyllis
48 -3 +2 +4.3%
64.
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Nola
50 -10 -5 -9.1%
62.
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Ruth
51 -15 -13 -20.3%
62.
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Wendy
51 +27 +21 +70.0%
61.
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Lorna
53 +8 +11 +26.2%
59.
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Evelyn
56 -13 -10 -15.2%
59.
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Jill
56 -1 +7 +14.3%
57.
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Catherine
57 0 +6 +11.8%
57.
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Marjorie
57 -5 +1 +1.8%
56.
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Carol
58 +32 +27 +87.1%
54.
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Lesley
59 +4 +10 +20.4%
54.
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Rosemary
59 -5 -2 -3.3%
51.
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Audrey
60 -9 -15 -20.0%
51.
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Diane
60 +18 +18 +42.9%
51.
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Frances
60 -11 -18 -23.1%
50.
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Irene
64 0 +7 +12.3%
46.
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Daphne
65 +8 +10 +18.2%
46.
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Diana
65 +28 +27 +71.1%
46.
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Doreen
65 -17 -29 -30.9%
46.
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Josephine
65 +10 +13 +25.0%
45.
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Jocelyn
66 -1 -4 -5.7%
44.
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Annette
69 +8 +13 +23.2%
43.
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Nancy
71 -10 -14 -16.5%
42.
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Pauline
74 -6 -9 -10.8%
40.
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Eileen
76 -1 -3 -3.8%
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Joyce
76 -3 -6 -7.3%
37.
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Beverly
80 +6 +7 +9.6%
37.
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Fay
80 +13 +23 +40.4%
37.
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Joy
80 +8 +13 +19.4%
36.
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Marion
84 -1 0 0.0%
35.
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Ngaire
85 -9 -15 -15.0%
34.
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Ann
89 +7 +13 +17.1%
33.
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Betty
90 -9 -24 -21.1%
32.
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Alison
94 +16 +32 +51.6%
30.
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Jeanette
98 +3 +13 +15.3%
30.
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Noeline
98 +8 +18 +22.5%
29.
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Yvonne
101 +2 +13 +14.8%
28.
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Lois
108 +2 +15 +16.1%
26.
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Anne
111 -1 +10 +9.9%
26.
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Lorraine
111 +1 +12 +12.1%
25.
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Jean
113 +2 +14 +14.1%
24.
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Dawn
121 +7 +33 +37.5%
23.
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Elaine
127 0 +7 +5.8%
22.
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Heather
130 -5 -3 -2.3%
21.
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Janet
134 0 +8 +6.3%
20.
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Kathleen
145 0 +17 +13.3%
19.
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June
156 0 +27 +20.9%
18.
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Jennifer
158 +4 +36 +29.5%
17.
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Marie
165 -2 +17 +11.5%
16.
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Janice
166 +2 +34 +25.8%
15.
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Colleen
172 -1 +8 +4.9%
14.
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Helen
178 +2 +31 +21.1%
13.
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Maureen
183 0 +10 +5.8%
11.
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Dorothy
191 +1 -3 -1.5%
11.
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Joan
191 -1 -15 -7.3%
10.
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Pamela
200 +1 +3 +1.5%
9.
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Elizabeth
208 -2 -48 -18.8%
8.
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Valerie
241 +1 +19 +8.6%
7.
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Shirley
294 -5 -97 -24.8%
6.
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Mary
295 -2 -49 -14.2%
5.
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Beverley
302 0 +13 +4.5%
4.
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Judith
338 +4 +87 +34.7%
3.
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Barbara
340 +3 +57 +20.1%
2.
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Patricia
438 +1 +58 +15.3%
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Margaret
724 0 -55 -7.1%