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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William
871 0 +78 +9.8%
2.
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John
735 0 +50 +7.3%
3.
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James
447 +1 +29 +6.9%
4.
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George
423 -1 -14 -3.2%
5.
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Charles
345 0 +2 +0.6%
6.
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Robert
307 0 +16 +5.5%
7.
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Thomas
281 0 -3 -1.1%
8.
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Albert
275 +1 +24 +9.6%
9.
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Arthur
256 -1 -13 -4.8%
10.
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Edward
240 0 +8 +3.4%
11.
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Frederick
218 0 +2 +0.9%
12.
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Henry
183 0 -5 -2.7%
13.
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Alfred
174 0 -10 -5.4%
14.
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Leslie
165 +2 +17 +11.5%
15.
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Francis
158 +2 +11 +7.5%
16.
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Joseph
148 +7 +30 +25.4%
17.
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Walter
137 +3 +2 +1.5%
18.
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David
133 +3 +9 +7.3%
19.
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Eric
132 0 -13 -9.0%
20.
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Harold
129 -2 -17 -11.6%
21.
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Cecil
126 +9 +42 +50.0%
22.
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Herbert
125 0 +5 +4.2%
23.
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Ernest
123 -9 -36 -22.6%
24.
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Alexander
114 -9 -39 -25.5%
25.
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Norman
112 0 +1 +0.9%
26.
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Leonard
106 0 -1 -0.9%
27.
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Hector
101 +4 +19 +23.2%
28.
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Richard
100 0 -4 -3.8%
29.
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Frank
96 -5 -18 -15.8%
30.
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Percy
89 +6 +21 +30.9%
31.
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Stanley
88 -2 -12 -12.0%
32.
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Gordon
86 -5 -20 -18.9%
33.
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Reginald
85 -1 +5 +6.3%
34.
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Cyril
77 +1 +8 +11.6%
35.
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Samuel
69 +12 +18 +35.3%
36.
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Clarence
68 -3 -5 -6.8%
37.
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Roy
67 0 +2 +3.1%
38.
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Allan
65 +6 +9 +16.1%
38.
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Victor
65 +7 +13 +25.0%
40.
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Ronald
64 0 +4 +6.7%
41.
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Hugh
63 +2 +6 +10.5%
42.
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Douglas
62 -4 -2 -3.1%
43.
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Sydney
60 +2 +8 +15.4%
44.
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Harry
58 -10 -14 -19.4%
45.
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Donald
56 -7 -8 -12.5%
46.
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Andrew
55 -6 -5 -8.3%
47.
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Jack
52 +1 +5 +10.6%
47.
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Kenneth
52 -5 -6 -10.3%
49.
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Maurice
49 +6 +16 +48.5%
50.
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Raymond
48 +4 +14 +41.2%
51.
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Edwin
46 +4 +13 +39.4%
52.
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Wilfred
42 -3 -4 -8.7%
53.
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Horace
39 -2 -2 -4.9%
53.
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Lawrence
39 +2 +6 +18.2%
55.
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Patrick
35 -6 -11 -23.9%
56.
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Alan
33 +7 +5 +17.9%
56.
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Philip
33 +11 +6 +22.2%
58.
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Michael
32 +11 +6 +23.1%
59.
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Daniel
30 +4 +2 +7.1%
59.
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Ian
30 +8 +3 +11.1%
61.
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Colin
29 -1 0 0.0%
61.
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Peter
29 -3 -3 -9.4%
63.
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Archibald
28 -10 -11 -28.2%
63.
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Gilbert
28 -3 -1 -3.4%
65.
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Clifford
26 +12 +7 +36.8%
65.
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Louis
26 +4 0 0.0%
67.
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Ivan
25 -8 -5 -16.7%
68.
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Leo
24 -5 -4 -14.3%
68.
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Percival
24 +16 +9 +60.0%
70.
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Edmund
23 new new new
70.
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Laurence
23 +23 +11 +91.7%
70.
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Malcolm
23 +8 +5 +27.8%
70.
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Ralph
23 -10 -6 -20.7%
70.
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Sidney
23 +2 -2 -8.0%
75.
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Claude
22 -24 -19 -46.3%
75.
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Gerald
22 +23 +11 +100%
75.
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Howard
22 +3 +4 +22.2%
75.
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Lionel
22 -6 -4 -15.4%
79.
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Keith
21 +14 +9 +75.0%
79.
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Noel
21 +11 +8 +61.5%
81.
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Arnold
19 -18 -9 -32.1%
81.
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Edgar
19 -5 -1 -5.0%
81.
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Stephen
19 +6 +5 +35.7%
84.
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Duncan
18 new new new
84.
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Geoffrey
18 -10 -5 -21.7%
86.
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Bernard
17 -14 -8 -32.0%
86.
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Roland
17 -2 +2 +13.3%
88.
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Bertie
16 -1 +2 +14.3%
88.
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Vincent
16 -13 -5 -23.8%
90.
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Guy
15 new new new
90.
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Martin
15 -10 -2 -11.8%
92.
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Angus
14 -9 -2 -12.5%
92.
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Lewis
14 -12 -3 -17.6%
92.
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Matthew
14 +6 +3 +27.3%
92.
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Trevor
14 new new new
92.
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Vernon
14 new new new
92.
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Wallace
14 new new new
98.
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Athol
13 new new new
98.
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Oliver
13 new new new
100.
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Archie
12 new new new
100.
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Phillip
12 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary
464 0 -28 -5.7%
2.
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Margaret
299 0 -40 -11.8%
3.
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Dorothy
223 +1 +22 +10.9%
4.
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Annie
221 -1 -20 -8.3%
5.
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Gladys
203 +1 +9 +4.6%
6.
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Alice
202 +1 +10 +5.2%
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Doris
195 +2 +23 +13.4%
7.
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Elizabeth
195 -2 -3 -1.5%
9.
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Florence
194 +1 +29 +17.6%
10.
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Elsie
176 -2 -12 -6.4%
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Eileen
175 0 +16 +10.1%
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Myrtle
153 +2 +11 +7.7%
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Violet
143 +7 +19 +15.3%
14.
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Ethel
141 +4 +13 +10.2%
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Jessie
138 +2 +9 +7.0%
16.
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Edith
137 0 0 0.0%
17.
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Catherine
135 +4 +15 +12.5%
17.
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Ivy
135 -4 -10 -6.9%
19.
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Kathleen
134 -7 -20 -13.0%
20.
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Olive
132 -1 +7 +5.6%
21.
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Ellen
130 -6 -10 -7.1%
22.
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Vera
115 +1 +3 +2.7%
23.
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Agnes
113 +2 +8 +7.6%
23.
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Irene
113 -1 -4 -3.4%
25.
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Mabel
105 +5 +18 +20.7%
26.
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Muriel
94 +1 -1 -1.1%
27.
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Grace
91 -1 -8 -8.1%
28.
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Ruby
89 +3 +6 +7.2%
29.
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Evelyn
85 -1 -6 -6.6%
30.
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Winifred
82 -6 -29 -26.1%
31.
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Hilda
81 +1 +3 +3.8%
32.
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Isabella
80 +3 +7 +9.6%
33.
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Eva
78 +4 +6 +8.3%
34.
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Rita
76 +5 +9 +13.4%
35.
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Frances
74 -1 0 0.0%
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Edna
73 +4 +7 +10.6%
37.
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Emily
72 -4 -4 -5.3%
37.
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Helen
72 +6 +13 +22.0%
37.
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Thelma
72 +4 +9 +14.3%
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Ada
64 +3 +5 +8.5%
41.
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Sarah
62 -3 -8 -11.4%
42.
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May
61 -13 -27 -30.7%
43.
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Hazel
55 -1 -7 -11.3%
44.
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Christina
52 +32 +20 +62.5%
45.
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Ida
51 -10 -22 -30.1%
46.
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Lucy
49 +15 +10 +25.6%
47.
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Amy
47 +6 +2 +4.4%
47.
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Rose
47 +5 +1 +2.2%
49.
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Ruth
46 +23 +12 +35.3%
50.
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Constance
45 -5 -11 -19.6%
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Gertrude
45 -1 -6 -11.8%
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Janet
45 +9 +5 +12.5%
53.
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Beatrice
44 -2 -5 -10.2%
53.
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Bertha
44 +30 +17 +63.0%
53.
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Jane
44 -4 -7 -13.7%
53.
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Phyllis
44 +4 +2 +4.8%
57.
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Clara
43 +32 +19 +79.2%
57.
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Lilian
43 -4 -2 -4.4%
57.
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Lily
43 +9 +7 +19.4%
57.
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Marion
43 -11 -11 -20.4%
57.
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Nellie
43 +15 +9 +26.5%
62.
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Louisa
42 -1 +3 +7.7%
62.
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Mona
42 +12 +9 +27.3%
64.
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Alma
39 -9 -5 -11.4%
65.
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Iris
38 +5 +3 +8.6%
66.
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Gwendoline
37 +15 +9 +32.1%
66.
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Marjorie
37 -20 -17 -31.5%
68.
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Ella
35 -3 -2 -5.4%
68.
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Mavis
35 -2 -1 -2.8%
70.
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Daisy
34 -13 -8 -19.0%
70.
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Isabel
34 -11 -6 -15.0%
70.
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Lillian
34 -14 -9 -20.9%
73.
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Maud
33 +12 +7 +26.9%
74.
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Emma
32 -4 -3 -8.6%
74.
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Flora
32 -13 -7 -17.9%
74.
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Pearl
32 +15 +8 +33.3%
77.
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Esther
31 +4 +3 +10.7%
78.
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Laura
30 +2 +1 +3.4%
78.
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Marjory
30 -12 -6 -16.7%
80.
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Eleanor
29 new new new
80.
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Jean
29 -2 -1 -3.3%
82.
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Charlotte
27 -16 -9 -25.0%
82.
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Clarice
27 -4 -3 -10.0%
82.
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Veronica
27 +14 +7 +35.0%
85.
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Martha
26 -11 -7 -21.2%
86.
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Amelia
25 -1 -1 -3.8%
86.
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Barbara
25 new new new
88.
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Alexandra
24 new new new
88.
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Bessie
24 +1 0 0.0%
88.
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Doreen
24 new new new
88.
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Norah
24 +12 +5 +26.3%
92.
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Linda
23 +4 +3 +15.0%
93.
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Hannah
22 new new new
93.
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Stella
22 -10 -5 -18.5%
95.
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Dora
21 -2 -2 -8.7%
95.
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Eliza
21 +5 +2 +10.5%
95.
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Fanny
21 new new new
95.
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Henrietta
21 new new new
95.
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Myra
21 -10 -5 -19.2%
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Nancy
21 new new new