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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Bruce
16 -10 -6 -27.3%
100.
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Carl
16 new new new
97.
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Athol
17 -5 -3 -15.0%
97.
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Gerald
17 -3 -2 -10.5%
97.
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Martin
17 -1 -1 -5.6%
95.
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Louis
18 -23 -14 -43.8%
95.
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Neil
18 +1 0 0.0%
92.
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Dudley
19 new new new
92.
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Duncan
19 +8 +2 +11.8%
92.
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Howard
19 -5 -5 -20.8%
91.
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Vincent
20 +9 +3 +17.6%
87.
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Daniel
21 -9 -7 -25.0%
87.
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Phillip
21 new new new
87.
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Selwyn
21 new new new
87.
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Stephen
21 new new new
85.
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Percival
22 -9 -9 -29.0%
85.
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Vernon
22 +7 +2 +10.0%
84.
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Owen
23 -7 -7 -23.3%
83.
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Basil
24 -16 -12 -33.3%
82.
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Malcolm
25 0 -1 -3.8%
79.
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Arnold
27 -9 -6 -18.2%
79.
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Laurence
27 0 0 0.0%
79.
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Lewis
27 +9 +4 +17.4%
78.
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Mervyn
29 +1 +2 +7.4%
76.
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Leo
32 -6 -1 -3.0%
76.
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Sidney
32 +6 +6 +23.1%
74.
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Michael
33 +8 +7 +26.9%
74.
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Trevor
33 +14 +10 +43.5%
73.
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Allen
35 new new new
72.
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Edgar
37 -13 -9 -19.6%
71.
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Geoffrey
38 -4 +2 +5.6%
67.
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Edwin
40 -15 -11 -21.6%
67.
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Horace
40 -7 -2 -4.8%
67.
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Ralph
40 +5 +8 +25.0%
67.
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Samuel
40 -17 -18 -31.0%
66.
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Noel
41 +6 +9 +28.1%
65.
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Gilbert
42 -2 +5 +13.5%
64.
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Ivan
44 -2 +3 +7.3%
63.
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Peter
45 +16 +18 +66.7%
62.
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Lionel
46 +5 +10 +27.8%
61.
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Hector
47 -16 -24 -33.8%
60.
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Bernard
48 +12 +16 +50.0%
58.
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Philip
49 +5 +12 +32.4%
58.
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Wilfred
49 +5 +12 +32.4%
57.
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Claude
50 -2 +2 +4.2%
56.
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Lawrence
51 -1 +3 +6.3%
55.
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Keith
53 +8 +16 +43.2%
54.
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Clifford
54 +1 +6 +12.5%
53.
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Archibald
55 +5 +8 +17.0%
51.
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Ian
57 +3 +7 +14.0%
51.
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Patrick
57 +9 +15 +35.7%
50.
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Sydney
59 -8 -15 -20.3%
49.
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Colin
61 +2 +9 +17.3%
47.
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Hugh
64 +2 +5 +8.5%
47.
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Percy
64 -3 -8 -11.1%
46.
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Alan
67 +6 +16 +31.4%
44.
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Andrew
69 +4 +5 +7.8%
44.
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Maurice
69 +2 0 0.0%
42.
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Harry
71 -1 -4 -5.3%
42.
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Victor
71 +5 +5 +7.6%
41.
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Allan
82 +1 +8 +10.8%
40.
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Roy
88 -1 +3 +3.5%
38.
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Cecil
95 -4 -3 -3.1%
38.
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Clarence
95 0 +2 +2.2%
37.
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Douglas
104 0 +9 +9.5%
36.
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Donald
109 +4 +27 +32.9%
34.
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Jack
114 -1 +8 +7.5%
34.
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Reginald
114 0 +16 +16.3%
32.
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Cyril
119 +4 +22 +22.7%
32.
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Raymond
119 -2 +2 +1.7%
31.
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Alexander
128 -10 -34 -21.0%
30.
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Leonard
129 -6 -3 -2.3%
29.
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Gordon
133 +2 +18 +15.7%
28.
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Kenneth
135 +4 +27 +25.0%
27.
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Herbert
137 -5 -7 -4.9%
26.
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Joseph
138 -1 +7 +5.3%
25.
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Frank
141 +4 +21 +17.5%
24.
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Richard
142 +4 +17 +13.6%
23.
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Ronald
145 +3 +18 +14.2%
22.
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Stanley
153 +4 +26 +20.5%
21.
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Norman
155 +2 +15 +10.7%
20.
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David
167 -1 +4 +2.5%
19.
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Walter
172 -4 -25 -12.7%
18.
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Harold
173 -2 -17 -8.9%
17.
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Ernest
187 +1 +13 +7.5%
16.
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Francis
195 +3 +32 +19.6%
14.
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Alfred
200 -2 -13 -6.1%
14.
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Henry
200 -3 -23 -10.3%
13.
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Edward
203 0 -7 -3.3%
12.
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Eric
215 +5 +28 +15.0%
11.
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Albert
216 -1 -11 -4.8%
10.
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Leslie
231 +4 +28 +13.8%
9.
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Frederick
264 0 +10 +3.9%
8.
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Arthur
291 0 -49 -14.4%
7.
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Charles
376 0 +26 +7.4%
6.
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Robert
396 -1 +2 +0.5%
5.
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Thomas
402 +1 +31 +8.4%
4.
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George
422 -1 -63 -13.0%
3.
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James
538 +1 +60 +12.6%
2.
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John
842 0 -33 -3.8%
1.
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William
851 0 -50 -5.5%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Bessie
26 new new new
100.
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Caroline
26 new new new
100.
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Martha
26 new new new
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Nora
26 -4 -3 -10.3%
97.
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Beryl
27 -1 -2 -6.9%
97.
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Clara
27 -11 -8 -22.9%
97.
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Norah
27 new new new
95.
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Rona
29 new new new
95.
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Stella
29 -4 -4 -12.1%
94.
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Clarice
31 -5 -3 -8.8%
92.
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Ena
32 -31 -17 -34.7%
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Marjory
32 -17 -7 -17.9%
89.
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Flora
33 -18 -10 -23.3%
89.
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Joan
33 new new new
89.
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Linda
33 new new new
88.
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Minnie
34 +5 +2 +6.3%
85.
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Esther
35 +6 +2 +6.1%
85.
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Louisa
35 -23 -13 -27.1%
85.
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Myra
35 -10 -4 -10.3%
82.
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Amelia
36 -3 -1 -2.7%
82.
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Emma
36 -3 -1 -2.7%
82.
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Lily
36 -1 0 0.0%
79.
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Eleanor
37 -5 -4 -9.8%
79.
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Laura
37 +2 +1 +2.8%
79.
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Rose
37 -24 -16 -30.2%
78.
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Daphne
39 -7 -4 -9.3%
76.
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Lorna
40 +13 +6 +17.6%
76.
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Mildred
40 +5 +4 +11.1%
74.
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Dulcie
41 +4 +3 +7.9%
74.
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Pearl
41 +12 +6 +17.1%
73.
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Bertha
44 new new new
71.
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Ella
45 +22 +13 +40.6%
71.
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Gertrude
45 -5 -2 -4.3%
69.
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Daisy
46 +17 +11 +31.4%
69.
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Janet
46 +12 +10 +27.8%
68.
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Christina
48 -13 -5 -9.4%
65.
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Doreen
49 +6 +6 +14.0%
65.
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Ida
49 -18 -13 -21.0%
65.
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Ruth
49 -3 +1 +2.1%
64.
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Lucy
50 -6 -1 -2.0%
63.
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Isabel
51 +3 +4 +8.5%
61.
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Beatrice
52 -11 -8 -13.3%
61.
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Marion
52 +1 +4 +8.3%
60.
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Joyce
53 +9 +7 +15.2%
56.
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Gwendoline
54 +10 +7 +14.9%
56.
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Jane
54 +19 +15 +38.5%
56.
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Lillian
54 -2 -1 -1.8%
56.
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Sarah
54 +3 +4 +8.0%
54.
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Isabella
59 -2 +2 +3.5%
54.
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Nellie
59 +15 +13 +28.3%
52.
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Alma
62 +1 +6 +10.7%
52.
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Lilian
62 -4 +1 +1.6%
50.
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Freda
63 +9 +13 +26.0%
50.
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Helen
63 -8 -14 -18.2%
49.
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Amy
64 +6 +11 +20.8%
48.
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Ada
67 -4 -1 -1.5%
47.
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Emily
70 -1 +5 +7.7%
46.
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Nancy
72 +16 +24 +50.0%
44.
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Constance
74 +4 +13 +21.3%
44.
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May
74 -3 -4 -5.1%
43.
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Iris
75 +7 +15 +25.0%
42.
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Mona
79 +2 +11 +16.2%
41.
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Hilda
83 +2 +10 +13.7%
40.
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Jean
90 -1 +1 +1.1%
39.
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Eva
91 +1 +7 +8.3%
38.
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Frances
93 -2 -13 -12.3%
36.
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Grace
99 +2 -2 -2.0%
36.
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Muriel
99 -7 -20 -16.8%
35.
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Evelyn
102 -3 -8 -7.3%
34.
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Hazel
107 -1 -2 -1.8%
33.
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Rita
108 -6 -13 -10.7%
31.
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Ellen
109 -15 -37 -25.3%
31.
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Ruby
109 +6 +6 +5.8%
30.
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Winifred
113 0 -4 -3.4%
28.
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Mabel
115 +5 +6 +5.5%
28.
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Marjorie
115 +3 +2 +1.8%
27.
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Catherine
120 +1 0 0.0%
26.
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Thelma
123 0 -6 -4.7%
25.
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Vera
131 -1 +1 +0.8%
24.
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Agnes
135 +11 +27 +25.0%
23.
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Edith
136 -6 -8 -5.6%
22.
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Myrtle
141 -3 -1 -0.7%
21.
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Violet
142 -2 0 0.0%
19.
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Irene
143 +2 +2 +1.4%
19.
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Jessie
143 -5 -17 -10.6%
18.
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Olive
146 +6 +16 +12.3%
17.
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Mavis
150 +6 +19 +14.5%
16.
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Ivy
151 -1 -3 -1.9%
15.
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Elsie
157 -3 -16 -9.2%
14.
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Ethel
162 +3 +18 +12.5%
13.
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Phyllis
176 +9 +38 +27.5%
12.
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Elizabeth
177 -3 -29 -14.1%
11.
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Florence
184 +2 +16 +9.5%
10.
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Kathleen
196 +1 -2 -1.0%
9.
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Edna
207 +1 +2 +1.0%
8.
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Annie
214 -3 -14 -6.1%
7.
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Eileen
216 -3 -33 -13.3%
6.
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Alice
217 0 -1 -0.5%
4.
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Doris
238 +3 +26 +12.3%
4.
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Gladys
238 +4 +27 +12.8%
3.
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Dorothy
281 0 +24 +9.3%
2.
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Margaret
331 0 +9 +2.8%
1.
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Mary
478 0 -28 -5.5%