Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
949 0
2.
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William
847 0
3.
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James
570 +1
4.
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George
429 -1
5.
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Robert
380 0
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Thomas
357 0
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Charles
307 0
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Arthur
306 0
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Frederick
229 +1
10.
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Henry
223 +1
11.
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Ronald
219 +1
12.
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Leslie
201 0
13.
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Albert
200 -4
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Eric
199 +1
15.
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Francis
186 +2
16.
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Gordon
185 +8
17.
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Harold
177 +2
18.
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Edward
174 -4
19.
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Alfred
166 -3
20.
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Ernest
162 +1
21.
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Jack
161 +9
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Norman
161 +2
23.
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David
156 -1
24.
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Raymond
153 -4
25.
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Alexander
152 +3
26.
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Kenneth
148 -1
27.
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Walter
146 -9
28.
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Leonard
145 -3
29.
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Richard
138 0
30.
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Joseph
137 +1
31.
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Donald
133 +5
31.
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Stanley
133 -4
33.
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Allan
130 +1
34.
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Frank
122 -1
35.
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Douglas
119 0
36.
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Herbert
118 -4
37.
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Cecil
107 +2
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Reginald
107 +1
39.
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Cyril
106 -2
40.
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Colin
95 +9
41.
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Roy
92 -2
42.
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Clarence
87 +1
43.
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Maurice
85 -2
44.
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Alan
80 -2
45.
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Hugh
78 +7
45.
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Patrick
78 +8
47.
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Harry
74 -1
48.
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Lawrence
73 0
49.
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Ian
67 +16
50.
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Keith
63 -6
51.
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Ivan
62 -7
52.
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Victor
61 +8
53.
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Sydney
60 +5
54.
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Andrew
57 -5
55.
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Clifford
56 -8
56.
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Noel
55 -5
57.
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Percy
54 -2
58.
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Hector
52 -2
59.
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Samuel
51 -3
60.
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Wilfred
50 -1
61.
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Peter
49 +2
62.
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Archibald
48 -1
63.
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Edwin
44 +3
64.
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Trevor
43 -2
65.
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Philip
42 +9
65.
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Ralph
42 +4
67.
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Allen
41 +15
67.
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Malcolm
41 +18
67.
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Mervyn
41 0
70.
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Leo
39 +4
70.
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Owen
39 +2
72.
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Arnold
38 +2
72.
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Edgar
38 0
72.
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Horace
38 -4
75.
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Bernard
37 -22
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Geoffrey
37 -5
77.
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Michael
36 +1
78.
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Claude
35 -14
79.
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Gilbert
33 +3
80.
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Basil
32 +9
80.
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Stuart
32 +12
82.
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Daniel
30 -4
82.
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Sidney
30 -12
84.
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Denis
27 +11
85.
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Neville
26 new
86.
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Benjamin
25 new
86.
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Gerald
25 +6
86.
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Lewis
25 -12
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Vincent
25 new
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Angus
23 new
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Percival
23 -4
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Roland
23 +7
93.
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Athol
22 new
93.
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Russell
22 +4
93.
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Vernon
22 new
96.
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Dudley
21 new
97.
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Desmond
20 new
97.
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Laurence
20 -16
97.
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Lindsay
20 -8
97.
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Lionel
20 -2
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Matthew
20 -11
97.
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Neil
20 new
97.
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Selwyn
20 new
97.
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Stephen
20 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
598 0
2.
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Margaret
429 0
3.
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Dorothy
298 0
4.
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Kathleen
252 +2
5.
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Phyllis
248 -1
6.
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Eileen
231 -1
7.
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Jean
213 +7
7.
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Mavis
213 +3
9.
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Edna
212 -1
10.
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Doris
203 0
11.
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Gladys
201 -3
12.
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Alice
195 0
13.
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Annie
184 -6
14.
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Elizabeth
178 -2
15.
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Elsie
172 +1
16.
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Edith
153 +6
17.
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Thelma
151 +7
18.
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Florence
147 -3
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Jessie
147 +3
20.
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Ethel
146 -1
21.
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Ivy
137 +4
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Marjorie
137 -4
23.
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Agnes
132 +5
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Olive
131 -4
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Winifred
130 -7
26.
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Hazel
127 +4
27.
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Joyce
123 +6
28.
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Irene
121 0
29.
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Muriel
120 +12
30.
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Ellen
119 -8
31.
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Joan
116 +7
31.
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Nancy
116 +8
33.
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Catherine
113 -1
34.
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Violet
111 -8
35.
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Vera
103 -1
36.
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Grace
102 +8
37.
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Mabel
100 -1
38.
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Frances
99 +2
39.
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Myrtle
98 -12
40.
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Rita
96 -3
41.
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Hilda
95 +6
42.
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Helen
93 -7
43.
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Evelyn
91 -13
44.
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Eva
85 +2
45.
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Ruby
79 -3
46.
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Alma
77 +6
47.
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Lorna
74 +17
48.
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Iris
70 -6
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Gwendoline
67 0
50.
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Constance
65 +3
51.
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Ruth
64 -3
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Lucy
62 +15
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Doreen
61 +3
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Lilian
61 +1
53.
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Marion
61 +16
56.
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Emily
58 -6
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Myra
58 +2
58.
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Ada
57 0
59.
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May
55 -14
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Nellie
55 +10
61.
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Beatrice
53 -6
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Mona
53 -5
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Rona
53 +20
64.
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Marjory
51 +12
65.
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Audrey
50 +14
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Isabella
50 -14
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Janet
50 +9
68.
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Patricia
48 new
69.
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Dulcie
47 -2
69.
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Isabel
47 -6
71.
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Freda
46 -10
72.
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Beryl
45 +9
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Amy
44 -7
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Betty
44 +23
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Christina
44 -8
76.
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Ida
43 -15
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Lillian
42 +4
78.
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Gertrude
41 +1
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Sylvia
41 -9
80.
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Monica
40 new
81.
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Clara
39 0
81.
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Rose
39 new
83.
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Lily
38 new
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Norma
38 new
85.
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Eleanor
37 +2
85.
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Laura
37 -4
87.
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Barbara
36 0
87.
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Bertha
36 new
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Sarah
36 -12
90.
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Eunice
34 -18
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Jane
34 +6
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Nora
34 +10
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Olga
34 new
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Marie
33 -34
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Mildred
33 +5
96.
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Bessie
32 new
97.
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Daphne
31 -24
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Esther
31 -10
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Daisy
30 -23
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Ella
30 -7