Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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William
901 0
2.
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John
875 0
3.
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George
485 +1
4.
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James
478 -1
5.
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Robert
394 0
6.
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Thomas
371 +1
7.
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Charles
350 -1
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Arthur
340 0
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Frederick
254 +1
10.
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Albert
227 -1
11.
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Henry
223 +1
12.
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Alfred
213 +6
13.
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Edward
210 -2
14.
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Leslie
203 -1
15.
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Walter
197 +4
16.
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Harold
190 -1
17.
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Eric
187 -1
18.
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Ernest
174 -1
19.
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David
163 +8
19.
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Francis
163 -5
21.
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Alexander
162 -1
22.
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Herbert
144 +1
23.
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Norman
140 -2
24.
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Leonard
132 -2
25.
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Joseph
131 +4
26.
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Ronald
127 0
26.
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Stanley
127 -2
28.
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Richard
125 0
29.
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Frank
120 -4
30.
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Raymond
117 +9
31.
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Gordon
115 -1
32.
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Kenneth
108 +6
33.
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Jack
106 +4
34.
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Cecil
98 +1
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Reginald
98 -1
36.
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Cyril
97 -2
37.
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Douglas
95 -6
38.
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Clarence
93 -3
39.
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Roy
85 -7
40.
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Donald
82 +1
41.
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Harry
75 +1
42.
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Allan
74 -2
42.
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Sydney
74 0
44.
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Percy
72 0
45.
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Hector
71 +7
46.
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Maurice
69 +9
47.
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Victor
66 -2
48.
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Andrew
64 -3
49.
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Hugh
59 -4
50.
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Samuel
58 -5
51.
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Colin
52 +4
52.
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Alan
51 +1
52.
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Edwin
51 +11
54.
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Ian
50 +14
55.
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Claude
48 -6
55.
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Clifford
48 -1
55.
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Lawrence
48 +3
58.
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Archibald
47 0
59.
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Edgar
46 +9
60.
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Horace
42 -5
60.
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Patrick
42 -11
62.
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Ivan
41 -2
63.
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Gilbert
37 +1
63.
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Keith
37 -3
63.
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Philip
37 +9
63.
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Wilfred
37 -14
67.
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Basil
36 +18
67.
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Geoffrey
36 +13
67.
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Lionel
36 -1
70.
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Arnold
33 +4
70.
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Leo
33 +7
72.
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Bernard
32 -8
72.
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Louis
32 +2
72.
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Noel
32 +2
72.
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Ralph
32 -4
76.
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Percival
31 +4
77.
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Owen
30 -6
78.
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Daniel
28 -11
79.
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Laurence
27 +13
79.
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Mervyn
27 +21
79.
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Peter
27 -19
82.
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Malcolm
26 +14
82.
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Michael
26 -10
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Roland
26 new
82.
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Sidney
26 +3
86.
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Wallace
25 +10
87.
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Howard
24 +2
88.
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Lewis
23 -3
88.
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Trevor
23 -8
90.
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Bruce
22 +10
91.
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Benjamin
21 -8
92.
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Athol
20 0
92.
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Vernon
20 new
94.
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Gerald
19 +6
94.
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Stewart
19 +2
96.
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Bertie
18 new
96.
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Martin
18 new
96.
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Neil
18 new
96.
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Russell
18 new
100.
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Duncan
17 -11
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Vincent
17 -11
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
506 0
2.
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Margaret
322 0
3.
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Dorothy
257 0
4.
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Eileen
249 +2
5.
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Annie
228 +7
6.
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Alice
218 -2
7.
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Doris
212 0
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Gladys
211 -3
9.
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Elizabeth
206 +4
10.
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Edna
205 +7
11.
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Kathleen
198 -3
12.
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Elsie
173 -3
13.
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Florence
168 -2
14.
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Jessie
160 -4
15.
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Ivy
154 +4
16.
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Ellen
146 +10
17.
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Edith
144 -3
17.
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Ethel
144 -2
19.
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Myrtle
142 -2
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Violet
142 +5
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Irene
141 -5
22.
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Phyllis
138 +7
23.
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Mavis
131 +5
24.
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Olive
130 -4
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Vera
130 +1
26.
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Thelma
129 -3
27.
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Rita
121 +6
28.
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Catherine
120 -7
29.
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Muriel
119 +1
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Winifred
117 0
31.
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Marjorie
113 +5
32.
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Evelyn
110 +6
33.
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Hazel
109 +2
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Mabel
109 -3
35.
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Agnes
108 -13
36.
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Frances
106 +3
37.
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Ruby
103 -3
38.
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Grace
101 -11
39.
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Jean
89 +2
40.
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Eva
84 -3
41.
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May
78 +13
42.
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Helen
77 +1
43.
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Hilda
73 -1
44.
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Ada
68 +4
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Mona
68 +2
46.
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Emily
65 -6
47.
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Ida
62 +3
48.
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Constance
61 -4
48.
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Lilian
61 +4
50.
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Beatrice
60 +10
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Iris
60 -4
52.
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Isabella
57 -4
53.
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Alma
56 -9
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Lillian
55 +13
55.
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Amy
53 +8
55.
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Christina
53 +2
55.
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Rose
53 +8
58.
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Lucy
51 -2
59.
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Freda
50 +3
59.
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Sarah
50 +6
61.
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Ena
49 -1
62.
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Louisa
48 +10
62.
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Marion
48 +5
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Nancy
48 +13
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Ruth
48 -4
66.
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Gertrude
47 -12
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Gwendoline
47 -8
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Isabel
47 +6
69.
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Joyce
46 +17
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Nellie
46 -17
71.
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Daphne
43 +12
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Doreen
43 +20
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Flora
43 +15
74.
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Eleanor
41 +17
75.
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Jane
39 -24
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Marjory
39 -6
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Myra
39 -1
78.
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Dulcie
38 new
79.
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Amelia
37 -3
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Emma
37 +7
81.
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Eunice
36 new
81.
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Janet
36 -12
81.
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Laura
36 +9
81.
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Lily
36 -5
81.
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Mildred
36 new
86.
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Clara
35 -20
86.
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Daisy
35 -15
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Pearl
35 new
89.
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Clarice
34 -10
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Lorna
34 +2
91.
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Esther
33 new
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Stella
33 new
93.
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Ella
32 -2
93.
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Maud
32 -17
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Minnie
32 +3
96.
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Barbara
29 new
96.
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Beryl
29 -13
96.
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Charlotte
29 -10
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Nora
29 -15
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Aileen
28 new
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Reta
28 -4