Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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William
888 0
2.
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John
784 0
3.
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James
489 0
4.
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George
425 0
5.
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Robert
353 +2
6.
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Charles
335 -1
7.
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Thomas
312 +1
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Arthur
309 -2
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Albert
247 +1
10.
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Frederick
222 -1
11.
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Edward
209 +2
12.
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Henry
203 +2
13.
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Leslie
200 -2
14.
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Francis
191 +2
15.
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Harold
184 +1
16.
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Eric
180 -2
17.
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Ernest
164 +3
18.
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Alfred
161 -6
19.
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Walter
160 -1
20.
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Alexander
157 -1
21.
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Norman
154 +4
22.
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Leonard
151 +3
23.
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Herbert
149 +1
24.
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Stanley
142 -3
25.
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Frank
140 +4
26.
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Ronald
131 +8
27.
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David
130 -4
28.
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Richard
129 +2
29.
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Joseph
126 -7
30.
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Gordon
125 -3
31.
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Douglas
106 +7
32.
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Roy
105 +1
33.
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Reginald
103 -2
34.
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Cyril
99 -2
35.
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Cecil
92 -8
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Clarence
92 +1
37.
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Jack
90 +2
38.
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Kenneth
88 -1
39.
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Raymond
85 -5
40.
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Allan
74 +2
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Donald
73 0
42.
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Harry
64 -2
42.
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Sydney
64 +12
44.
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Percy
63 -1
45.
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Andrew
56 +2
45.
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Hugh
56 -1
45.
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Samuel
56 +4
45.
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Victor
56 +1
49.
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Claude
52 +8
49.
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Patrick
52 +8
49.
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Wilfred
52 +3
52.
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Hector
51 -8
53.
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Alan
50 0
54.
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Clifford
48 +8
55.
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Colin
47 -1
55.
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Horace
47 -7
55.
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Maurice
47 +1
58.
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Archibald
46 +1
58.
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Lawrence
46 +1
60.
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Ivan
42 +4
60.
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Keith
42 +1
60.
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Peter
42 +28
63.
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Edwin
39 -13
64.
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Bernard
38 +16
64.
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Gilbert
38 +9
66.
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Lionel
36 -3
67.
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Daniel
34 +1
68.
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Edgar
33 -2
68.
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Ian
33 -17
68.
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Ralph
33 -3
71.
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Owen
31 +14
72.
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Michael
30 -6
72.
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Philip
30 -4
74.
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Arnold
29 +2
74.
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Louis
29 +2
74.
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Noel
29 -3
77.
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Allen
28 -1
77.
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Leo
28 -6
77.
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Stephen
28 new
80.
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Geoffrey
27 -5
80.
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Percival
27 0
80.
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Trevor
27 0
83.
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Benjamin
26 new
84.
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Stuart
23 -4
85.
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Basil
21 new
85.
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Lewis
21 -12
85.
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Nelson
21 -9
85.
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Sidney
21 -17
89.
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Duncan
20 +7
89.
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Howard
20 +4
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Vincent
20 -4
92.
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Athol
19 new
92.
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Laurence
19 +4
94.
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Fredrick
18 new
94.
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Vivian
18 new
96.
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Malcolm
17 -8
96.
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Stewart
17 new
96.
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Wallace
17 new
99.
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Oswald
16 +1
100.
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Archie
15 new
100.
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Bruce
15 new
100.
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Claud
15 new
100.
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Gerald
15 -15
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Mervyn
15 -12
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
450 0
2.
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Margaret
354 0
3.
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Dorothy
257 0
4.
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Alice
240 +2
5.
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Gladys
227 +1
6.
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Eileen
217 +2
7.
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Doris
216 -3
8.
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Kathleen
203 +3
9.
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Elsie
184 +3
10.
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Jessie
180 +6
11.
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Florence
179 -2
12.
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Annie
174 -7
13.
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Elizabeth
173 -4
14.
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Edith
161 +3
15.
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Ethel
155 0
16.
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Irene
154 +5
17.
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Edna
153 +8
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Myrtle
153 +2
19.
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Ivy
145 -6
20.
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Olive
143 +3
21.
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Catherine
137 0
22.
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Agnes
131 +4
23.
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Thelma
130 +4
24.
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Violet
122 -10
25.
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Vera
119 -5
26.
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Ellen
116 -9
27.
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Grace
112 +3
28.
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Mavis
107 0
29.
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Phyllis
104 +2
30.
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Mabel
102 +1
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Muriel
102 +13
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Winifred
102 -7
33.
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Rita
100 -2
34.
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Ruby
99 +2
35.
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Hazel
92 +2
36.
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Marjorie
89 -7
37.
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Eva
87 +3
38.
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Evelyn
85 -4
39.
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Frances
83 -4
40.
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Emily
81 +5
41.
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Jean
80 +8
42.
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Hilda
75 -4
43.
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Helen
71 -4
44.
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Alma
68 +8
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Constance
68 +3
46.
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Iris
65 +7
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Mona
65 -4
48.
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Ada
63 -7
48.
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Isabella
63 +3
50.
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Ida
60 -3
51.
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Jane
58 +18
52.
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Lilian
57 -6
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Nellie
57 -3
54.
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Gertrude
56 +1
54.
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May
56 -11
56.
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Lucy
55 +1
57.
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Christina
54 -4
58.
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Gwendoline
53 +2
58.
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Ruth
53 +6
60.
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Beatrice
51 +9
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Ena
51 new
62.
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Freda
50 -2
63.
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Amy
49 -4
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Rose
49 -6
65.
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Sarah
48 -10
66.
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Clara
45 +11
67.
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Lillian
44 -7
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Marion
44 -2
69.
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Janet
43 +10
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Marjory
43 +5
71.
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Daisy
42 +10
72.
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Isabel
40 -12
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Louisa
40 -7
74.
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Myra
38 -2
75.
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Nancy
37 -1
76.
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Amelia
36 new
76.
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Lily
36 +11
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Maud
36 +5
79.
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Clarice
35 +8
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Ina
35 new
81.
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Bertha
33 +14
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Nora
33 +4
83.
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Beryl
32 new
83.
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Caroline
32 new
83.
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Daphne
32 new
86.
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Charlotte
31 +8
86.
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Emma
31 -21
86.
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Flora
31 -9
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Joyce
31 -5
90.
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Laura
30 -5
91.
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Doreen
29 -26
91.
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Eleanor
29 -4
91.
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Ella
29 -15
91.
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Enid
29 new
91.
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Lorna
29 -10
96.
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Dora
28 -4
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Linda
28 -23
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Minnie
28 -16
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Reta
28 new
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Sybil
28 new