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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Denis
13 new new new
99.
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Duncan
13 -15 -5 -27.8%
99.
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Oliver
13 -1 0 0.0%
99.
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Vivian
13 new new new
95.
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Bertie
14 -7 -2 -12.5%
95.
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Clive
14 new new new
95.
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Edmund
14 -25 -9 -39.1%
95.
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Fred
14 new new new
92.
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Claud
15 new new new
92.
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Clement
15 new new new
92.
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Roland
15 -6 -2 -11.8%
89.
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Allen
16 new new new
89.
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Noel
16 -10 -5 -23.8%
89.
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Trevor
16 +3 +2 +14.3%
87.
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Howard
18 -12 -4 -18.2%
87.
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Louis
18 -22 -8 -30.8%
82.
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Laurence
19 -12 -4 -17.4%
82.
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Martin
19 +8 +4 +26.7%
82.
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Neil
19 new new new
82.
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Sidney
19 -12 -4 -17.4%
82.
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Stephen
19 -1 0 0.0%
81.
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Lewis
20 +11 +6 +42.9%
80.
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Benjamin
21 new new new
76.
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Edgar
23 +5 +4 +21.1%
76.
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Owen
23 new new new
76.
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Percival
23 -8 -1 -4.2%
76.
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Ralph
23 -6 0 0.0%
73.
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Basil
24 new new new
73.
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Geoffrey
24 +11 +6 +33.3%
73.
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Malcolm
24 -3 +1 +4.3%
72.
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Arnold
26 +9 +7 +36.8%
71.
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Gilbert
27 -8 -1 -3.6%
70.
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Clifford
29 -5 +3 +11.5%
68.
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Ian
30 -9 0 0.0%
68.
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Michael
30 -10 -2 -6.3%
67.
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Patrick
31 -12 -4 -11.4%
66.
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Daniel
32 -7 +2 +6.7%
65.
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Colin
33 -4 +4 +13.8%
63.
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Archibald
34 0 +6 +21.4%
63.
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Leo
34 +5 +10 +41.7%
60.
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Bernard
35 +26 +18 +106%
60.
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Keith
35 +19 +14 +66.7%
60.
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Lionel
35 +15 +13 +59.1%
58.
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Ivan
36 +9 +11 +44.0%
58.
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Philip
36 -2 +3 +9.1%
57.
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Maurice
37 -8 -12 -24.5%
54.
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Alan
40 +2 +7 +21.2%
54.
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Claude
40 +21 +18 +81.8%
54.
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Peter
40 +7 +11 +37.9%
53.
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Horace
41 0 +2 +5.1%
52.
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Edwin
46 -1 0 0.0%
51.
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Wilfred
47 +1 +5 +11.9%
49.
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Sydney
53 -6 -7 -11.7%
49.
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Victor
53 -11 -12 -18.5%
47.
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Jack
54 0 +2 +3.8%
47.
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Lawrence
54 +6 +15 +38.5%
46.
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Douglas
55 -4 -7 -11.3%
45.
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Andrew
56 +1 +1 +1.8%
44.
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Samuel
57 -9 -12 -17.4%
43.
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Hugh
59 -2 -4 -6.3%
42.
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Clarence
68 -6 0 0.0%
41.
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Donald
70 +4 +14 +25.0%
40.
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Roy
71 -3 +4 +6.0%
39.
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Hector
72 -12 -29 -28.7%
37.
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Harry
73 +7 +15 +25.9%
37.
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Raymond
73 +13 +25 +52.1%
36.
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Percy
75 -6 -14 -15.7%
35.
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Allan
76 +3 +11 +16.9%
34.
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Kenneth
78 +13 +26 +50.0%
33.
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Cyril
85 +1 +8 +10.4%
32.
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Ronald
87 +8 +23 +35.9%
31.
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Reginald
93 +2 +8 +9.4%
30.
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Cecil
98 -9 -28 -22.2%
29.
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Richard
102 -1 +2 +2.0%
28.
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Gordon
104 +4 +18 +20.9%
27.
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Stanley
108 +4 +20 +22.7%
26.
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Frank
110 +3 +14 +14.6%
25.
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Norman
113 0 +1 +0.9%
24.
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Herbert
126 -2 +1 +0.8%
23.
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Leonard
133 +3 +27 +25.5%
21.
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Alexander
138 +3 +24 +21.1%
21.
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David
138 -3 +5 +3.8%
20.
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Joseph
141 -4 -7 -4.7%
19.
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Alfred
143 -6 -31 -17.8%
18.
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Walter
155 -1 +18 +13.1%
17.
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Francis
157 -2 -1 -0.6%
16.
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Ernest
158 +7 +35 +28.5%
15.
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Harold
161 +5 +32 +24.8%
14.
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Eric
164 +5 +32 +24.2%
13.
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Frederick
185 -2 -33 -15.1%
12.
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Leslie
194 +2 +29 +17.6%
11.
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Henry
201 +1 +18 +9.8%
10.
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Edward
225 0 -15 -6.3%
9.
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Albert
234 -1 -41 -14.9%
8.
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Arthur
269 +1 +13 +5.1%
7.
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Charles
318 -2 -27 -7.8%
6.
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Robert
322 0 +15 +4.9%
5.
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Thomas
328 +2 +47 +16.7%
4.
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George
404 0 -19 -4.5%
3.
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James
464 0 +17 +3.8%
2.
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John
731 0 -4 -0.5%
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William
882 0 +11 +1.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
99.
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Kate
20 new new new
99.
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Maggie
20 new new new
99.
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Norah
20 -11 -4 -16.7%
95.
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Charlotte
21 -13 -6 -22.2%
95.
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Doreen
21 -7 -3 -12.5%
95.
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Hannah
21 -2 -1 -4.5%
95.
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Martha
21 -10 -5 -19.2%
94.
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Linda
22 -2 -1 -4.3%
93.
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Beryl
23 new new new
90.
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Amelia
24 -4 -1 -4.0%
90.
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Eunice
24 new new new
90.
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Lorna
24 new new new
88.
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Bessie
25 0 +1 +4.2%
88.
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Myra
25 +7 +4 +19.0%
87.
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Flora
26 -13 -6 -18.8%
86.
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Marjory
27 -8 -3 -10.0%
81.
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Clarice
28 +1 +1 +3.7%
81.
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Freda
28 new new new
81.
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Isabel
28 -11 -6 -17.6%
81.
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Nancy
28 +14 +7 +33.3%
81.
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Nora
28 new new new
80.
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Aileen
29 new new new
79.
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Laura
30 -1 0 0.0%
76.
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Daisy
32 -6 -2 -5.9%
76.
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Eleanor
32 +4 +3 +10.3%
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Esther
32 +1 +1 +3.2%
75.
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Pearl
34 -1 +2 +6.3%
73.
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Ella
35 -5 0 0.0%
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Maud
35 0 +2 +6.1%
72.
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Lily
36 -15 -7 -16.3%
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Janet
37 -20 -8 -17.8%
70.
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Louisa
37 -8 -5 -11.9%
68.
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Clara
38 -11 -5 -11.6%
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Minnie
38 new new new
67.
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Jean
39 +13 +10 +34.5%
64.
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Bertha
40 -11 -4 -9.1%
64.
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Emma
40 +10 +8 +25.0%
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Iris
40 +1 +2 +5.3%
62.
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Alma
44 +2 +5 +12.8%
62.
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Ruth
44 -13 -2 -4.3%
61.
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Beatrice
45 -8 +1 +2.3%
59.
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Gwendoline
46 +7 +9 +24.3%
59.
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Rose
46 -12 -1 -2.1%
58.
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Christina
47 -14 -5 -9.6%
57.
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Marion
48 0 +5 +11.6%
55.
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Mona
49 +7 +7 +16.7%
55.
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Nellie
49 +2 +6 +14.0%
54.
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Lucy
50 -8 +1 +2.0%
52.
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Amy
51 -5 +4 +8.5%
52.
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Lillian
51 +18 +17 +50.0%
51.
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Jane
52 +2 +8 +18.2%
50.
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Gertrude
54 0 +9 +20.0%
49.
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Sarah
56 -8 -6 -9.7%
48.
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Constance
57 +2 +12 +26.7%
47.
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Isabella
61 -15 -19 -23.8%
45.
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Lilian
63 +12 +20 +46.5%
45.
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Marjorie
63 +21 +26 +70.3%
44.
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Ida
64 +1 +13 +25.5%
43.
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May
66 -1 +5 +8.2%
42.
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Helen
68 -5 -4 -5.6%
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Hazel
73 +2 +18 +32.7%
40.
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Mavis
75 +28 +40 +114%
38.
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Ada
79 +2 +15 +23.4%
38.
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Frances
79 -3 +5 +6.8%
37.
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Phyllis
80 +16 +36 +81.8%
34.
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Eva
83 -1 +5 +6.4%
34.
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Muriel
83 -8 -11 -11.7%
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Rita
83 0 +7 +9.2%
32.
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Emily
84 +5 +12 +16.7%
32.
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Grace
84 -5 -7 -7.7%
31.
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Hilda
86 0 +5 +6.2%
30.
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Thelma
95 +7 +23 +31.9%
27.
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Mabel
99 -2 -6 -5.7%
27.
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Ruby
99 +1 +10 +11.2%
27.
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Winifred
99 +3 +17 +20.7%
26.
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Evelyn
104 +3 +19 +22.4%
25.
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Edna
112 +11 +39 +53.4%
24.
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Irene
116 -1 +3 +2.7%
23.
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Catherine
118 -6 -17 -12.6%
22.
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Vera
122 0 +7 +6.1%
21.
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Edith
128 -5 -9 -6.6%
19.
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Agnes
131 +4 +18 +15.9%
19.
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Ellen
131 +2 +1 +0.8%
18.
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Olive
132 +2 0 0.0%
17.
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Myrtle
142 -5 -11 -7.2%
16.
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Kathleen
144 +3 +10 +7.5%
15.
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Eileen
148 -4 -27 -15.4%
14.
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Violet
153 -1 +10 +7.0%
13.
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Ethel
161 +1 +20 +14.2%
12.
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Gladys
163 -7 -40 -19.7%
11.
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Jessie
168 +4 +30 +21.7%
10.
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Elizabeth
173 -3 -22 -11.3%
9.
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Ivy
178 +8 +43 +31.9%
8.
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Doris
183 -1 -12 -6.2%
7.
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Elsie
191 +3 +15 +8.5%
6.
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Florence
193 +3 -1 -0.5%
5.
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Alice
204 +1 +2 +1.0%
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Dorothy
226 -1 +3 +1.3%
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Annie
229 +1 +8 +3.6%
2.
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Margaret
293 0 -6 -2.0%
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Mary
452 0 -12 -2.6%