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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Mark
35 new new new
99.
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Wayne
35 new new new
98.
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Gerald
36 -9 -8 -18.2%
96.
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Allen
37 -1 -1 -2.6%
96.
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Edwin
37 -1 -1 -2.6%
93.
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Frank
42 -11 -8 -16.0%
93.
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Maxwell
42 new new new
93.
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Roy
42 -17 -12 -22.2%
91.
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Victor
43 new new new
91.
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Warwick
43 -2 -1 -2.3%
89.
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Cyril
44 new new new
89.
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Hugh
44 -6 -4 -8.3%
88.
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Derek
45 -1 -1 -2.2%
87.
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Ernest
47 -7 -6 -11.3%
85.
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Alfred
48 +4 +4 +9.1%
85.
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Stephen
48 0 +1 +2.1%
84.
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Laurence
49 +15 +13 +36.1%
82.
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Kelvin
50 +15 +13 +35.1%
82.
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Reginald
50 +11 +8 +19.0%
81.
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Gavin
52 +6 +6 +13.0%
80.
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Harold
53 0 0 0.0%
79.
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Lawrence
55 -5 -2 -3.5%
78.
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Lindsay
57 +14 +14 +32.6%
76.
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Albert
58 -8 -6 -9.4%
76.
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Stuart
58 0 +4 +7.4%
74.
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Garry
59 -10 -10 -14.5%
74.
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Jack
59 +9 +11 +22.9%
73.
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Errol
60 -5 -4 -6.3%
71.
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Andrew
61 +4 +6 +10.9%
71.
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Rodney
61 +1 +1 +1.7%
70.
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Warren
62 -11 -15 -19.5%
69.
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Philip
64 -3 -2 -3.0%
65.
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Bernard
67 +6 +5 +8.1%
65.
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Henry
67 +11 +13 +24.1%
65.
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Owen
67 +11 +13 +24.1%
65.
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Walter
67 -2 -3 -4.3%
63.
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Alexander
68 -1 -3 -4.2%
63.
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Stanley
68 +4 +3 +4.6%
62.
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Christopher
69 -7 -20 -22.5%
61.
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Ivan
72 +11 +12 +20.0%
60.
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Bryan
73 -10 -19 -20.7%
58.
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Denis
76 +6 +7 +10.1%
58.
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Joseph
76 +12 +13 +20.6%
57.
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Frederick
84 +2 +7 +9.1%
56.
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Leonard
87 +3 +10 +13.0%
55.
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Mervyn
88 +3 +6 +7.3%
54.
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Patrick
90 -15 -30 -25.0%
53.
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Norman
92 -9 -13 -12.4%
52.
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Francis
93 +5 +5 +5.7%
51.
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Rex
94 -1 +2 +2.2%
50.
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Desmond
97 -1 +1 +1.0%
49.
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Neville
98 +6 +9 +10.1%
47.
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Eric
103 0 +5 +5.1%
47.
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Malcolm
103 +3 +11 +12.0%
46.
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Dennis
104 +7 +14 +15.6%
45.
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Russell
105 -2 -6 -5.4%
43.
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Geoffrey
106 +10 +16 +17.8%
43.
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Ross
106 -3 -9 -7.8%
42.
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Maurice
108 +6 +11 +11.3%
41.
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Charles
112 -1 -3 -2.6%
40.
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Neil
114 -7 -20 -14.9%
39.
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Terence
117 +6 +18 +18.2%
38.
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Roger
124 0 +1 +0.8%
37.
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Paul
128 -1 -1 -0.8%
36.
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Gordon
131 -3 -3 -2.2%
35.
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Keith
134 -5 -12 -8.2%
34.
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Arthur
135 +8 +23 +20.5%
33.
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Leslie
136 +2 +5 +3.8%
32.
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Noel
138 +5 +11 +8.7%
31.
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Robin
139 0 -2 -1.4%
30.
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Edward
153 -1 -21 -12.1%
29.
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George
162 -2 -27 -14.3%
28.
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Douglas
167 +4 +31 +22.8%
27.
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Allan
172 -5 -40 -18.9%
26.
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Gary
180 +2 -5 -2.7%
24.
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Anthony
182 -1 -28 -13.3%
24.
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Murray
182 +2 -13 -6.7%
23.
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Thomas
185 +2 -15 -7.5%
22.
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Kevin
210 -2 -30 -12.5%
21.
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Trevor
218 +3 +14 +6.9%
20.
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Bruce
231 +1 +5 +2.2%
19.
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Barry
238 -9 -82 -25.6%
18.
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Alan
244 0 -12 -4.7%
17.
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Donald
250 -3 -27 -9.7%
16.
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Richard
260 +1 -4 -1.5%
15.
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Raymond
261 +1 -11 -4.0%
14.
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Graham
262 -3 -37 -12.4%
13.
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Graeme
276 +2 +1 +0.4%
12.
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Colin
278 +6 +22 +8.6%
11.
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Ronald
282 +1 -13 -4.4%
10.
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Kenneth
283 +3 +4 +1.4%
9.
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Ian
345 -1 -40 -10.4%
8.
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Michael
374 +1 +38 +11.3%
7.
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James
377 0 -27 -6.7%
6.
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Brian
498 0 -23 -4.4%
5.
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William
529 0 +1 +0.2%
4.
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Robert
655 0 +16 +2.5%
3.
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David
665 0 -75 -10.1%
2.
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Peter
692 0 -64 -8.5%
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John
1,189 0 -20 -1.7%
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Janette
35 -15 -11 -23.9%
99.
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Muriel
35 new new new
99.
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Shona
35 new new new
97.
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Edith
36 -23 -21 -36.8%
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Phyllis
36 -8 -8 -18.2%
95.
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Linda
37 +4 +2 +5.7%
95.
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Sally
37 -4 -5 -11.9%
94.
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Nola
38 new new new
93.
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Florence
39 -9 -7 -15.2%
91.
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Sandra
42 new new new
91.
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Vivienne
42 +5 +5 +13.5%
90.
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Lorna
43 -1 -1 -2.3%
88.
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Adrienne
44 +6 +6 +15.8%
88.
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Mavis
44 +10 +8 +22.2%
87.
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Evelyn
45 -9 -5 -10.0%
85.
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Beryl
46 -5 -3 -6.1%
85.
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Julie
46 -13 -15 -24.6%
84.
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Sylvia
47 +8 +6 +14.6%
82.
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Daphne
48 -23 -27 -36.0%
82.
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Marjorie
48 +6 +3 +6.7%
81.
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Eleanor
49 +3 +3 +6.5%
80.
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Suzanne
50 +1 +2 +4.2%
79.
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Christine
52 +5 +6 +13.0%
78.
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Marilyn
53 -12 -16 -23.2%
77.
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Denise
54 +19 +17 +45.9%
76.
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Jillian
55 -15 -19 -25.7%
75.
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Norma
57 +6 +9 +18.8%
74.
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Marlene
60 -21 -21 -25.9%
72.
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Dianne
61 +1 +3 +5.2%
72.
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Robin
61 -3 -4 -6.2%
70.
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Josephine
62 -17 -19 -23.5%
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Kay
62 -19 -22 -26.2%
68.
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Beverly
63 -21 -24 -27.6%
68.
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Jacqueline
63 +8 +10 +18.9%
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Carolyn
64 new new new
66.
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Susan
65 +5 +2 +3.2%
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Nancy
67 -1 -3 -4.3%
64.
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Glenys
69 +5 +4 +6.2%
62.
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Catherine
70 -3 -5 -6.7%
62.
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Gail
70 +13 +15 +27.3%
61.
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Irene
71 -12 -15 -17.4%
59.
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Fay
72 +5 +2 +2.9%
59.
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Ruth
72 -1 -5 -6.5%
56.
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Dawn
73 -15 -25 -25.5%
56.
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Jill
73 +10 +4 +5.8%
56.
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Raewyn
73 +37 +34 +87.2%
55.
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Doreen
74 -8 -13 -14.9%
54.
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Rosalie
75 -2 -7 -8.5%
53.
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Carole
78 +24 +26 +50.0%
52.
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Ann
79 -21 -37 -31.9%
51.
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Betty
80 +5 +1 +1.3%
50.
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Eileen
81 +12 +9 +12.5%
47.
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Diana
82 -7 -18 -18.0%
47.
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Gillian
82 +9 +3 +3.8%
47.
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Joyce
82 +6 +1 +1.2%
46.
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Rosemary
83 -8 -23 -21.7%
45.
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Ngaire
85 -2 -8 -8.6%
44.
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Wendy
87 0 -4 -4.4%
43.
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Joy
88 -6 -19 -17.8%
40.
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Jocelyn
90 +5 0 0.0%
40.
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Noeline
90 +5 0 0.0%
40.
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Robyn
90 +26 +21 +30.4%
39.
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Gloria
92 +11 +7 +8.2%
38.
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Marion
103 +1 0 0.0%
37.
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Lesley
105 +26 +34 +47.9%
36.
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Annette
106 +6 +11 +11.6%
35.
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Anne
107 -9 -34 -24.1%
33.
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Frances
115 -5 -20 -14.8%
33.
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Lois
115 -6 -23 -16.7%
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Jean
116 +4 +8 +7.4%
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June
122 -1 -9 -6.9%
30.
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Alison
123 -7 -34 -21.7%
29.
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Pauline
124 +3 +10 +8.8%
28.
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Lynette
128 +1 -4 -3.0%
27.
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Jeanette
132 +6 +19 +16.8%
26.
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Yvonne
136 +7 +23 +20.4%
25.
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Diane
142 -1 -12 -7.8%
24.
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Carol
146 +9 +33 +29.2%
23.
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Lorraine
151 -5 -31 -17.0%
22.
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Elaine
155 -3 -25 -13.9%
21.
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Janet
159 0 -19 -10.7%
20.
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Marie
165 +5 +12 +7.8%
19.
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Colleen
170 0 -10 -5.6%
18.
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Joan
174 -1 -28 -13.9%
17.
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Dorothy
193 +5 +22 +12.9%
16.
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Valerie
202 -3 -26 -11.4%
15.
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Kathleen
207 +1 -4 -1.9%
13.
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Jennifer
212 +1 -14 -6.2%
13.
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Maureen
212 -1 -17 -7.4%
12.
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Heather
231 +3 +13 +6.0%
11.
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Shirley
250 -2 -24 -8.8%
10.
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Helen
271 0 +6 +2.3%
9.
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Beverley
279 -3 -56 -16.7%
8.
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Elizabeth
290 0 -24 -7.6%
7.
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Pamela
306 0 -15 -4.7%
6.
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Janice
331 +5 +76 +29.8%
5.
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Mary
343 0 -31 -8.3%
4.
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Barbara
357 0 -23 -6.1%
3.
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Judith
472 0 +30 +6.8%
2.
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Patricia
658 0 +59 +9.8%
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Margaret
692 0 -136 -16.4%