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		 167 -3
64.
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Albert		 56 -15
45.
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Alexander		 79 +11
82.
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Alfred		 38 -16
24.
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Allan		 137 +1
89.
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Allen		 33 new
64.
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Andrew		 56 +21
28.
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Anthony		 124 +9
33.
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Arthur		 112 -7
73.
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Barrie		 45 -12
11.
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Barry		 275 +3
80.
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Bernard		 40 -21
6.
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Brian		 481 -1
22.
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Bruce		 165 -2
54.
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Bryan		 70 +15
29.
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Charles		 121 +8
88.
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Christopher		 35 +1
98.
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Clifford		 30 -4
92.
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Clive		 32 -10
12.
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Colin		 224 -1
97.
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Daniel		 31 new
4.
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David		 514 0
76.
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Denis		 42 -1
57.
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Dennis		 66 +24
47.
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Desmond		 75 -3
8.
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Donald		 312 0
30.
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Douglas		 119 +4
26.
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Edward		 135 -3
41.
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Eric		 90 +13
68.
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Ernest		 50 +2
99.
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Errol		 28 +1
48.
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Francis		 74 0
76.
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Frank		 42 0
49.
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Frederick		 73 -4
62.
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Garry		 59 +23
24.
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Gary		 137 +13
89.
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Gavin		 33 +5
64.
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Geoffrey		 56 +8
19.
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George		 179 -4
92.
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Gerald		 32 -13
27.
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Gordon		 127 0
16.
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Graeme		 192 +4
12.
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Graham		 224 0
68.
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Harold		 50 +30
58.
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Henry		 63 +9
92.
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Herbert		 32 -7
86.
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Hugh		 36 -7
10.
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Ian		 300 0
49.
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Ivan		 73 +14
71.
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Jack		 48 -12
7.
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James		 368 0
1.
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John		 960 0
52.
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Joseph		 71 0
34.
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Keith		 110 -6
75.
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Kelvin		 43 new
18.
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Kenneth		 189 -2
35.
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Kevin		 108 -4
83.
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Lawrence		 37 -11
67.
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Leonard		 51 -4
30.
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Leslie		 119 -2
76.
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Lindsay		 42 +22
44.
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Malcolm		 82 +9
39.
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Maurice		 95 -7
83.
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Maxwell		 37 +2
60.
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Mervyn		 62 +7
15.
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Michael		 215 +4
32.
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Murray		 117 0
38.
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Neil		 99 -3
37.
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Neville		 107 -2
39.
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Noel		 95 -11
54.
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Norman		 70 -12
92.
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Owen		 32 -30
52.
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Patrick		 71 -15
35.
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Paul		 108 +16
5.
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Peter		 485 +1
72.
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Philip		 47 +2
14.
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Raymond		 223 -1
68.
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Reginald		 50 +8
60.
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Rex		 62 -18
17.
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Richard		 190 +1
3.
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Robert		 536 -1
49.
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Robin		 73 -3
74.
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Rodney		 44 +15
46.
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Roger		 78 +3
9.
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Ronald		 303 0
56.
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Ross		 67 0
86.
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Roy		 36 -32
42.
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Russell		 87 +5
89.
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Selwyn		 33 new
62.
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Stanley		 59 +1
76.
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Stuart		 42 -6
83.
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Sydney		 37 new
42.
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Terence		 87 -1
20.
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Thomas		 167 +2
23.
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Trevor		 145 +1
92.
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Victor		 32 new
58.
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Walter		 63 -2
99.
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Warren		 28 -23
2.
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William		 540 +1
80.
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Wiremu		 40 +4
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
94.
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Adrienne		 27 new
99.
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Aileen		 26 +1
77.
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Alice		 39 -10
32.
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Alison		 94 +16
34.
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Ann		 89 +7
26.
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Anne		 111 -1
44.
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Annette		 69 +8
51.
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Audrey		 60 -9
3.
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Barbara		 340 +3
74.
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Beryl		 40 -7
33.
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Betty		 90 -9
5.
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Beverley		 302 0
37.
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Beverly		 80 +6
56.
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Carol		 58 +32
57.
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Catherine		 57 0
91.
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Claire		 28 new
15.
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Colleen		 172 -1
46.
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Daphne		 65 +8
24.
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Dawn		 121 +7
46.
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Diana		 65 +28
51.
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Diane		 60 +18
46.
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Doreen		 65 -17
11.
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Dorothy		 191 +1
94.
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Edith		 27 -13
40.
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Eileen		 76 -1
23.
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Elaine		 127 0
81.
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Eleanor		 34 -8
9.
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Elizabeth		 208 -2
79.
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Ellen		 36 0
59.
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Evelyn		 56 -13
37.
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Fay		 80 +13
72.
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Faye		 41 new
81.
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Florence		 34 -23
51.
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Frances		 60 -11
91.
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Gillian		 28 -16
65.
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Gloria		 48 -3
94.
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Hazel		 27 -16
22.
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Heather		 130 -5
14.
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Helen		 178 +2
50.
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Irene		 64 0
85.
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Jacqueline		 32 -10
21.
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Janet		 134 0
89.
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Janette		 30 new
16.
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Janice		 166 +2
25.
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Jean		 113 +2
30.
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Jeanette		 98 +3
18.
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Jennifer		 158 +4
91.
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Jessie		 28 -7
59.
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Jill		 56 -1
94.
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Jillian		 27 new
11.
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Joan		 191 -1
45.
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Jocelyn		 66 -1
46.
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Josephine		 65 +10
37.
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Joy		 80 +8
40.
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Joyce		 76 -3
4.
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Judith		 338 +4
86.
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Julia		 31 +10
86.
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Julie		 31 new
19.
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June		 156 0
20.
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Kathleen		 145 0
74.
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Kay		 40 new
54.
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Lesley		 59 +4
28.
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Lois		 108 +2
61.
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Lorna		 53 +8
26.
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Lorraine		 111 +1
74.
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Lynette		 40 +18
1.
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Margaret		 724 0
17.
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Marie		 165 -2
80.
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Marilyn		 35 +20
36.
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Marion		 84 -1
57.
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Marjorie		 57 -5
69.
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Marlene		 44 -11
6.
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Mary		 295 -2
13.
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Maureen		 183 0
67.
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Mavis		 47 +2
84.
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Merle		 33 -9
43.
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Nancy		 71 -10
35.
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Ngaire		 85 -9
86.
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Noelene		 31 +1
30.
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Noeline		 98 +8
64.
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Nola		 50 -10
68.
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Norma		 46 -6
89.
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Olive		 30 -10
10.
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Pamela		 200 +1
2.
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Patricia		 438 +1
42.
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Pauline		 74 -6
65.
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Phyllis		 48 -3
94.
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Raewyn		 27 new
77.
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Robin		 39 +15
69.
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Rosalie		 44 new
54.
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Rosemary		 59 -5
62.
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Ruth		 51 -15
7.
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Shirley		 294 -5
81.
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Susan		 34 new
72.
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Sylvia		 41 -10
71.
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Thelma		 43 -2
8.
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Valerie		 241 +1
99.
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Valmai		 26 new
62.
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Wendy		 51 +27
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Yvonne		 101 +2
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