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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Duncan
17 -11 -3 -15.0%
100.
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Vincent
17 -11 -3 -15.0%
96.
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Bertie
18 new new new
96.
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Martin
18 new new new
96.
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Neil
18 new new new
96.
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Russell
18 new new new
94.
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Gerald
19 +6 +4 +26.7%
94.
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Stewart
19 +2 +2 +11.8%
92.
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Athol
20 0 +1 +5.3%
92.
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Vernon
20 new new new
91.
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Benjamin
21 -8 -5 -19.2%
90.
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Bruce
22 +10 +7 +46.7%
88.
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Lewis
23 -3 +2 +9.5%
88.
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Trevor
23 -8 -4 -14.8%
87.
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Howard
24 +2 +4 +20.0%
86.
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Wallace
25 +10 +8 +47.1%
82.
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Malcolm
26 +14 +9 +52.9%
82.
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Michael
26 -10 -4 -13.3%
82.
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Roland
26 new new new
82.
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Sidney
26 +3 +5 +23.8%
79.
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Laurence
27 +13 +8 +42.1%
79.
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Mervyn
27 +21 +12 +80.0%
79.
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Peter
27 -19 -15 -35.7%
78.
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Daniel
28 -11 -6 -17.6%
77.
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Owen
30 -6 -1 -3.2%
76.
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Percival
31 +4 +4 +14.8%
72.
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Bernard
32 -8 -6 -15.8%
72.
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Louis
32 +2 +3 +10.3%
72.
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Noel
32 +2 +3 +10.3%
72.
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Ralph
32 -4 -1 -3.0%
70.
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Arnold
33 +4 +4 +13.8%
70.
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Leo
33 +7 +5 +17.9%
67.
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Basil
36 +18 +15 +71.4%
67.
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Geoffrey
36 +13 +9 +33.3%
67.
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Lionel
36 -1 0 0.0%
63.
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Gilbert
37 +1 -1 -2.6%
63.
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Keith
37 -3 -5 -11.9%
63.
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Philip
37 +9 +7 +23.3%
63.
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Wilfred
37 -14 -15 -28.8%
62.
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Ivan
41 -2 -1 -2.4%
60.
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Horace
42 -5 -5 -10.6%
60.
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Patrick
42 -11 -10 -19.2%
59.
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Edgar
46 +9 +13 +39.4%
58.
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Archibald
47 0 +1 +2.2%
55.
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Claude
48 -6 -4 -7.7%
55.
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Clifford
48 -1 0 0.0%
55.
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Lawrence
48 +3 +2 +4.3%
54.
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Ian
50 +14 +17 +51.5%
52.
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Alan
51 +1 +1 +2.0%
52.
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Edwin
51 +11 +12 +30.8%
51.
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Colin
52 +4 +5 +10.6%
50.
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Samuel
58 -5 +2 +3.6%
49.
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Hugh
59 -4 +3 +5.4%
48.
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Andrew
64 -3 +8 +14.3%
47.
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Victor
66 -2 +10 +17.9%
46.
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Maurice
69 +9 +22 +46.8%
45.
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Hector
71 +7 +20 +39.2%
44.
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Percy
72 0 +9 +14.3%
42.
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Allan
74 -2 0 0.0%
42.
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Sydney
74 0 +10 +15.6%
41.
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Harry
75 +1 +11 +17.2%
40.
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Donald
82 +1 +9 +12.3%
39.
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Roy
85 -7 -20 -19.0%
38.
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Clarence
93 -3 +1 +1.1%
37.
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Douglas
95 -6 -11 -10.4%
36.
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Cyril
97 -2 -2 -2.0%
34.
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Cecil
98 +1 +6 +6.5%
34.
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Reginald
98 -1 -5 -4.9%
33.
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Jack
106 +4 +16 +17.8%
32.
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Kenneth
108 +6 +20 +22.7%
31.
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Gordon
115 -1 -10 -8.0%
30.
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Raymond
117 +9 +32 +37.6%
29.
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Frank
120 -4 -20 -14.3%
28.
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Richard
125 0 -4 -3.1%
26.
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Ronald
127 0 -4 -3.1%
26.
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Stanley
127 -2 -15 -10.6%
25.
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Joseph
131 +4 +5 +4.0%
24.
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Leonard
132 -2 -19 -12.6%
23.
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Norman
140 -2 -14 -9.1%
22.
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Herbert
144 +1 -5 -3.4%
21.
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Alexander
162 -1 +5 +3.2%
19.
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David
163 +8 +33 +25.4%
19.
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Francis
163 -5 -28 -14.7%
18.
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Ernest
174 -1 +10 +6.1%
17.
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Eric
187 -1 +7 +3.9%
16.
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Harold
190 -1 +6 +3.3%
15.
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Walter
197 +4 +37 +23.1%
14.
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Leslie
203 -1 +3 +1.5%
13.
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Edward
210 -2 +1 +0.5%
12.
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Alfred
213 +6 +52 +32.3%
11.
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Henry
223 +1 +20 +9.9%
10.
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Albert
227 -1 -20 -8.1%
9.
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Frederick
254 +1 +32 +14.4%
8.
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Arthur
340 0 +31 +10.0%
7.
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Charles
350 -1 +15 +4.5%
6.
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Thomas
371 +1 +59 +18.9%
5.
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Robert
394 0 +41 +11.6%
4.
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James
478 -1 -11 -2.2%
3.
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George
485 +1 +60 +14.1%
2.
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John
875 0 +91 +11.6%
1.
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William
901 0 +13 +1.5%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Aileen
28 new new new
100.
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Reta
28 -4 0 0.0%
96.
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Barbara
29 new new new
96.
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Beryl
29 -13 -3 -9.4%
96.
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Charlotte
29 -10 -2 -6.5%
96.
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Nora
29 -15 -4 -12.1%
93.
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Ella
32 -2 +3 +10.3%
93.
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Maud
32 -17 -4 -11.1%
93.
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Minnie
32 +3 +4 +14.3%
91.
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Esther
33 new new new
91.
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Stella
33 new new new
89.
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Clarice
34 -10 -1 -2.9%
89.
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Lorna
34 +2 +5 +17.2%
86.
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Clara
35 -20 -10 -22.2%
86.
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Daisy
35 -15 -7 -16.7%
86.
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Pearl
35 new new new
81.
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Eunice
36 new new new
81.
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Janet
36 -12 -7 -16.3%
81.
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Laura
36 +9 +6 +20.0%
81.
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Lily
36 -5 0 0.0%
81.
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Mildred
36 new new new
79.
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Amelia
37 -3 +1 +2.8%
79.
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Emma
37 +7 +6 +19.4%
78.
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Dulcie
38 new new new
75.
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Jane
39 -24 -19 -32.8%
75.
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Marjory
39 -6 -4 -9.3%
75.
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Myra
39 -1 +1 +2.6%
74.
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Eleanor
41 +17 +12 +41.4%
71.
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Daphne
43 +12 +11 +34.4%
71.
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Doreen
43 +20 +14 +48.3%
71.
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Flora
43 +15 +12 +38.7%
69.
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Joyce
46 +17 +15 +48.4%
69.
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Nellie
46 -17 -11 -19.3%
66.
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Gertrude
47 -12 -9 -16.1%
66.
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Gwendoline
47 -8 -6 -11.3%
66.
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Isabel
47 +6 +7 +17.5%
62.
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Louisa
48 +10 +8 +20.0%
62.
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Marion
48 +5 +4 +9.1%
62.
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Nancy
48 +13 +11 +29.7%
62.
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Ruth
48 -4 -5 -9.4%
61.
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Ena
49 -1 -2 -3.9%
59.
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Freda
50 +3 0 0.0%
59.
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Sarah
50 +6 +2 +4.2%
58.
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Lucy
51 -2 -4 -7.3%
55.
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Amy
53 +8 +4 +8.2%
55.
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Christina
53 +2 -1 -1.9%
55.
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Rose
53 +8 +4 +8.2%
54.
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Lillian
55 +13 +11 +25.0%
53.
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Alma
56 -9 -12 -17.6%
52.
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Isabella
57 -4 -6 -9.5%
50.
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Beatrice
60 +10 +9 +17.6%
50.
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Iris
60 -4 -5 -7.7%
48.
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Constance
61 -4 -7 -10.3%
48.
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Lilian
61 +4 +4 +7.0%
47.
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Ida
62 +3 +2 +3.3%
46.
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Emily
65 -6 -16 -19.8%
44.
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Ada
68 +4 +5 +7.9%
44.
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Mona
68 +2 +3 +4.6%
43.
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Hilda
73 -1 -2 -2.7%
42.
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Helen
77 +1 +6 +8.5%
41.
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May
78 +13 +22 +39.3%
40.
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Eva
84 -3 -3 -3.4%
39.
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Jean
89 +2 +9 +11.3%
38.
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Grace
101 -11 -11 -9.8%
37.
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Ruby
103 -3 +4 +4.0%
36.
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Frances
106 +3 +23 +27.7%
35.
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Agnes
108 -13 -23 -17.6%
33.
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Hazel
109 +2 +17 +18.5%
33.
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Mabel
109 -3 +7 +6.9%
32.
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Evelyn
110 +6 +25 +29.4%
31.
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Marjorie
113 +5 +24 +27.0%
30.
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Winifred
117 0 +15 +14.7%
29.
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Muriel
119 +1 +17 +16.7%
28.
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Catherine
120 -7 -17 -12.4%
27.
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Rita
121 +6 +21 +21.0%
26.
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Thelma
129 -3 -1 -0.8%
24.
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Olive
130 -4 -13 -9.1%
24.
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Vera
130 +1 +11 +9.2%
23.
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Mavis
131 +5 +24 +22.4%
22.
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Phyllis
138 +7 +34 +32.7%
21.
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Irene
141 -5 -13 -8.4%
19.
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Myrtle
142 -2 -11 -7.2%
19.
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Violet
142 +5 +20 +16.4%
17.
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Edith
144 -3 -17 -10.6%
17.
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Ethel
144 -2 -11 -7.1%
16.
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Ellen
146 +10 +30 +25.9%
15.
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Ivy
154 +4 +9 +6.2%
14.
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Jessie
160 -4 -20 -11.1%
13.
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Florence
168 -2 -11 -6.1%
12.
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Elsie
173 -3 -11 -6.0%
11.
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Kathleen
198 -3 -5 -2.5%
10.
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Edna
205 +7 +52 +34.0%
9.
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Elizabeth
206 +4 +33 +19.1%
8.
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Gladys
211 -3 -16 -7.0%
7.
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Doris
212 0 -4 -1.9%
6.
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Alice
218 -2 -22 -9.2%
5.
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Annie
228 +7 +54 +31.0%
4.
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Eileen
249 +2 +32 +14.7%
3.
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Dorothy
257 0 0 0.0%
2.
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Margaret
322 0 -32 -9.0%
1.
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Mary
506 0 +56 +12.4%