Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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William
862 0
2.
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John
738 0
3.
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James
464 0
4.
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George
441 0
5.
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Thomas
353 0
6.
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Charles
344 +1
7.
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Robert
309 -1
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Arthur
271 0
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Albert
265 0
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Frederick
256 +3
11.
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Henry
219 0
12.
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Edward
216 -2
13.
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Leslie
214 -1
14.
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Harold
206 +1
15.
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Alfred
203 +4
16.
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Eric
184 -2
17.
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Walter
157 +1
18.
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Ernest
150 -2
19.
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David
147 +2
19.
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Francis
147 -2
21.
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Richard
129 +8
22.
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Joseph
126 -2
23.
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Leonard
124 0
24.
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Herbert
122 0
25.
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Norman
119 0
25.
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Stanley
119 +2
27.
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Alexander
114 -6
28.
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Reginald
112 +3
29.
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Cyril
107 +4
30.
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Gordon
106 -2
31.
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Kenneth
88 +3
32.
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Frank
86 -6
33.
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Ronald
85 -1
34.
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Cecil
77 -4
34.
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Percy
77 +2
36.
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Douglas
76 +10
37.
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Clarence
74 +5
38.
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Raymond
72 -1
39.
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Roy
70 +1
40.
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Allan
68 -5
40.
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Jack
68 +7
42.
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Hector
63 -3
43.
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Archibald
62 +20
44.
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Andrew
61 +1
44.
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Harry
61 -7
46.
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Hugh
58 -3
47.
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Donald
56 -6
48.
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Sydney
55 +1
49.
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Lawrence
53 -2
49.
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Victor
53 0
51.
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Samuel
47 -7
52.
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Philip
44 +6
53.
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Alan
43 +1
54.
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Horace
42 -1
55.
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Clifford
40 +15
55.
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Colin
40 +10
55.
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Edwin
40 -3
55.
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Patrick
40 +12
59.
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Lionel
39 +1
59.
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Wilfred
39 -8
61.
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Keith
37 -1
62.
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Bernard
36 -2
62.
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Leo
36 +1
62.
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Maurice
36 -5
65.
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Arnold
35 +7
66.
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Michael
30 +2
66.
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Peter
30 -12
68.
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Claude
29 -14
68.
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Edgar
29 +8
68.
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Geoffrey
29 +5
68.
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Ralph
29 +8
72.
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Ian
27 -4
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Noel
27 +17
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Owen
27 +4
75.
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Gilbert
26 -4
75.
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Laurence
26 +7
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Sidney
26 +7
78.
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Allen
25 +11
79.
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Ivan
24 -21
80.
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Daniel
23 -14
80.
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Malcolm
23 -7
80.
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Martin
23 +2
80.
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Percival
23 -4
84.
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Louis
22 +3
85.
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Roland
21 +7
86.
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Benjamin
20 -6
87.
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Edmund
19 +8
88.
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Gerald
18 new
88.
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Rupert
18 new
90.
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Lewis
17 -9
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Trevor
17 -1
92.
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Bertie
16 +3
92.
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Mervyn
16 new
94.
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Basil
15 -21
94.
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Bertram
15 new
94.
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Bruce
15 new
94.
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Dudley
15 new
94.
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Fredrick
15 new
94.
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Howard
15 -7
94.
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Matthew
15 new
94.
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Russell
15 new
94.
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Stephen
15 -12
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
459 0
2.
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Margaret
292 0
3.
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Annie
254 0
4.
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Dorothy
225 0
5.
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Florence
205 +1
6.
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Eileen
196 +9
7.
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Gladys
193 +5
8.
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Alice
188 -3
9.
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Elizabeth
186 +1
10.
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Doris
183 -2
11.
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Ivy
172 -2
12.
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Elsie
165 -5
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Ethel
161 0
14.
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Kathleen
159 +2
15.
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Myrtle
155 +2
16.
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Irene
154 +8
17.
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Olive
150 +1
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Jessie
149 -7
19.
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Violet
141 -5
20.
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Ellen
140 -1
20.
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Vera
140 +2
22.
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Edith
135 -1
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Muriel
121 +11
24.
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Edna
114 +1
25.
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Catherine
110 -2
26.
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Winifred
109 +1
27.
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Mabel
106 0
28.
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Marjorie
100 +17
28.
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Phyllis
100 +9
30.
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Thelma
97 0
31.
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Rita
92 +3
32.
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Agnes
91 -13
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Mavis
91 +8
34.
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Hazel
88 +7
35.
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Frances
81 +3
36.
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Ruby
80 -9
37.
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Emily
79 -5
38.
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Evelyn
78 -12
39.
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Grace
76 -7
40.
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Hilda
74 -9
41.
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Ada
73 -3
42.
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May
70 +1
43.
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Eva
68 -9
44.
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Helen
67 -2
45.
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Constance
64 +3
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Ida
64 -1
47.
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Isabella
58 0
47.
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Sarah
58 +2
49.
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Mona
57 +6
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Lilian
55 -5
51.
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Alma
53 +11
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Beatrice
53 +10
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Lillian
53 +1
54.
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Iris
51 +10
55.
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Lucy
50 -1
56.
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Gertrude
49 -6
56.
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Nellie
49 -1
58.
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Myra
48 +30
59.
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Rose
47 0
60.
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Amy
46 -8
61.
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Jane
45 -10
61.
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Lily
45 +11
61.
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Ruth
45 +1
64.
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Jean
44 +3
65.
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Christina
43 -7
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Janet
43 +5
67.
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Daisy
42 +9
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Gwendoline
42 -8
69.
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Ella
41 +4
70.
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Esther
39 +6
71.
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Isabel
38 +10
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Minnie
38 -3
73.
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Clara
36 -5
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Marion
36 -16
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Maud
36 0
76.
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Bertha
35 -12
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Doreen
35 +19
78.
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Eleanor
33 -2
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Flora
33 +9
80.
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Charlotte
30 +15
80.
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Emma
30 -16
80.
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Laura
30 -1
80.
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Linda
30 +14
84.
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Beryl
29 +9
85.
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Clarice
28 -4
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Martha
28 +10
87.
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Bessie
27 +1
87.
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Louisa
27 -17
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Sylvia
27 new
90.
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Mildred
26 new
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Pearl
26 -15
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Stella
26 new
93.
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Amelia
25 -3
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Freda
25 -12
95.
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Nora
24 -14
96.
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Lorna
23 -6
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Barbara
22 new
97.
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Eliza
22 new
97.
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Nancy
22 -16
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Veronica
22 new