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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Hubert
17 new new new
97.
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Louis
17 -2 -1 -5.6%
97.
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Stewart
17 new new new
97.
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Wallace
17 new new new
95.
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Matthew
18 new new new
95.
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Stephen
18 -8 -3 -14.3%
93.
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Lewis
19 -14 -8 -29.6%
93.
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Percival
19 -8 -3 -13.6%
90.
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Gerald
21 +7 +4 +23.5%
90.
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Martin
21 +7 +4 +23.5%
90.
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Russell
21 new new new
89.
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Cedric
23 new new new
87.
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Clive
24 new new new
87.
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Daniel
24 0 +3 +14.3%
85.
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Lionel
26 -23 -20 -43.5%
85.
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Malcolm
26 -3 +1 +4.0%
84.
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Athol
27 +13 +10 +58.8%
83.
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Laurence
28 -4 +1 +3.7%
79.
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Horace
29 -12 -11 -27.5%
79.
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Mervyn
29 -1 0 0.0%
79.
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Michael
29 -5 -4 -12.1%
79.
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Philip
29 -21 -20 -40.8%
77.
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Geoffrey
31 -6 -7 -18.4%
77.
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Owen
31 +7 +8 +34.8%
75.
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Bruce
33 +25 +17 +106%
75.
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Howard
33 +17 +14 +73.7%
72.
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Edgar
35 0 -2 -5.4%
72.
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Peter
35 -9 -10 -22.2%
72.
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Vincent
35 +19 +15 +75.0%
68.
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Allen
36 +5 +1 +2.9%
68.
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Archibald
36 -15 -19 -34.5%
68.
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Gilbert
36 -3 -6 -14.3%
68.
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Trevor
36 +6 +3 +9.1%
67.
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Noel
37 -1 -4 -9.8%
66.
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Sidney
39 +10 +7 +21.9%
64.
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Arnold
41 +15 +14 +51.9%
64.
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Claude
41 -7 -9 -18.0%
63.
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Bernard
43 -3 -5 -10.4%
60.
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Edwin
44 +7 +4 +10.0%
60.
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Lawrence
44 -4 -7 -13.7%
60.
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Wilfred
44 -2 -5 -10.2%
59.
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Ralph
45 +8 +5 +12.5%
58.
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Leo
47 +18 +15 +46.9%
57.
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Ivan
49 +7 +5 +11.4%
56.
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Hector
50 +5 +3 +6.4%
55.
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Patrick
54 -4 -3 -5.3%
54.
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Maurice
55 -10 -14 -20.3%
53.
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Samuel
59 +14 +19 +47.5%
52.
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Percy
60 -5 -4 -6.3%
51.
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Alan
62 -5 -5 -7.5%
50.
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Hugh
63 -3 -1 -1.6%
48.
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Andrew
67 -4 -2 -2.9%
48.
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Clifford
67 +6 +13 +24.1%
46.
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Colin
71 +3 +10 +16.4%
46.
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Victor
71 -4 0 0.0%
45.
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Keith
73 +10 +20 +37.7%
44.
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Ian
76 +7 +19 +33.3%
43.
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Harry
77 -1 +6 +8.5%
42.
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Clarence
79 -4 -16 -16.8%
41.
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Sydney
82 +9 +23 +39.0%
40.
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Donald
84 -4 -25 -22.9%
39.
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Roy
85 +1 -3 -3.4%
38.
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Jack
106 -4 -8 -7.0%
36.
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Cecil
107 +2 +12 +12.6%
36.
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Douglas
107 +1 +3 +2.9%
35.
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Allan
108 +6 +26 +31.7%
34.
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Cyril
120 -2 +1 +0.8%
33.
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Reginald
123 +1 +9 +7.9%
32.
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Raymond
128 0 +9 +7.6%
31.
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Frank
129 -6 -12 -8.5%
30.
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Stanley
133 -8 -20 -13.1%
29.
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Joseph
134 -3 -4 -2.9%
28.
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Richard
136 -4 -6 -4.2%
27.
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Leonard
139 +3 +10 +7.8%
26.
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Kenneth
140 +2 +5 +3.7%
25.
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Herbert
142 +2 +5 +3.6%
24.
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David
143 -4 -24 -14.4%
23.
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Francis
145 -7 -50 -25.6%
22.
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Norman
155 -1 0 0.0%
21.
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Ronald
166 +2 +21 +14.5%
20.
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Gordon
169 +9 +36 +27.1%
19.
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Walter
170 0 -2 -1.2%
18.
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Alexander
172 +13 +44 +34.4%
17.
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Ernest
184 0 -3 -1.6%
16.
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Harold
189 +2 +16 +9.2%
15.
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Henry
197 -1 -3 -1.5%
14.
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Eric
199 -2 -16 -7.4%
13.
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Alfred
200 +1 0 0.0%
12.
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Edward
214 +1 +11 +5.4%
11.
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Leslie
215 -1 -16 -6.9%
10.
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Albert
229 +1 +13 +6.0%
9.
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Frederick
259 0 -5 -1.9%
8.
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Charles
335 -1 -41 -10.9%
7.
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Arthur
340 +1 +49 +16.8%
6.
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Thomas
346 -1 -56 -13.9%
5.
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Robert
394 +1 -2 -0.5%
4.
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George
427 0 +5 +1.2%
3.
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James
527 0 -11 -2.0%
2.
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John
858 0 +16 +1.9%
1.
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William
898 0 +47 +5.5%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
97.
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Clarice
27 -3 -4 -12.9%
97.
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Ena
27 -5 -5 -15.6%
97.
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Linda
27 -8 -6 -18.2%
97.
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Maud
27 new new new
97.
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Minnie
27 -9 -7 -20.6%
95.
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Amelia
28 -13 -8 -22.2%
95.
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Esther
28 -10 -7 -20.0%
94.
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Laura
29 -15 -8 -21.6%
90.
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Barbara
30 new new new
90.
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Flora
30 -1 -3 -9.1%
90.
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Joan
30 -1 -3 -9.1%
90.
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Una
30 new new new
88.
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Emma
33 -6 -3 -8.3%
88.
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Louisa
33 -3 -2 -5.7%
86.
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Daisy
34 -17 -12 -26.1%
86.
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Ella
34 -15 -11 -24.4%
84.
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Rona
35 +11 +6 +20.7%
84.
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Sarah
35 -28 -19 -35.2%
83.
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Myra
36 +2 +1 +2.9%
81.
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Bertha
37 -8 -7 -15.9%
81.
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Jane
37 -25 -17 -31.5%
80.
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Doreen
38 -15 -11 -22.4%
79.
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Sylvia
39 new new new
75.
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Beryl
40 +22 +13 +48.1%
75.
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Dulcie
40 -1 -1 -2.4%
75.
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Freda
40 -25 -23 -36.5%
75.
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Mildred
40 +1 0 0.0%
74.
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Nora
41 +26 +15 +57.7%
73.
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Clara
42 +24 +15 +55.6%
72.
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Eleanor
43 +7 +6 +16.2%
70.
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Ada
47 -22 -20 -29.9%
70.
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Janet
47 -1 +1 +2.2%
68.
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Gertrude
48 +3 +3 +6.7%
68.
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Marjory
48 +24 +16 +50.0%
65.
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Lillian
49 -9 -5 -9.3%
65.
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Lily
49 +17 +13 +36.1%
65.
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Lucy
49 -1 -1 -2.0%
63.
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Daphne
50 +15 +11 +28.2%
63.
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Lorna
50 +13 +10 +25.0%
60.
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Christina
53 +8 +5 +10.4%
60.
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Isabel
53 +3 +2 +3.9%
60.
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Marion
53 +1 +1 +1.9%
58.
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Beatrice
54 +3 +2 +3.8%
58.
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Ruth
54 +7 +5 +10.2%
57.
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Ida
56 +8 +7 +14.3%
55.
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Lilian
57 -3 -5 -8.1%
55.
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Nellie
57 -1 -2 -3.4%
54.
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Rose
61 +25 +24 +64.9%
53.
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Alma
62 -1 0 0.0%
52.
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Amy
63 -3 -1 -1.6%
50.
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Emily
64 -3 -6 -8.6%
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Isabella
64 +4 +5 +8.5%
48.
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Constance
68 -4 -6 -8.1%
48.
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Mona
68 -6 -11 -13.9%
47.
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Nancy
69 -1 -3 -4.2%
46.
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Joyce
70 +14 +17 +32.1%
45.
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Gwendoline
74 +11 +20 +37.0%
44.
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Helen
77 +6 +14 +22.2%
42.
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Eva
78 -3 -13 -14.3%
42.
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Hilda
78 -1 -5 -6.0%
41.
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May
79 +3 +5 +6.8%
39.
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Frances
86 -1 -7 -7.5%
39.
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Iris
86 +4 +11 +14.7%
38.
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Grace
97 -2 -2 -2.0%
36.
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Mabel
99 -8 -16 -13.9%
36.
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Muriel
99 0 0 0.0%
34.
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Rita
109 -1 +1 +0.9%
34.
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Ruby
109 -3 0 0.0%
33.
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Myrtle
114 -11 -27 -19.1%
31.
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Agnes
118 -7 -17 -12.6%
31.
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Evelyn
118 +4 +16 +15.7%
30.
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Winifred
126 0 +13 +11.5%
29.
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Vera
128 -4 -3 -2.3%
28.
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Hazel
131 +6 +24 +22.4%
27.
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Jean
132 +13 +42 +46.7%
26.
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Olive
139 -8 -7 -4.8%
25.
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Thelma
141 +1 +18 +14.6%
24.
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Violet
142 -3 0 0.0%
23.
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Ivy
144 -7 -7 -4.6%
22.
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Marjorie
145 +6 +30 +26.1%
21.
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Edith
146 +2 +10 +7.4%
20.
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Irene
147 -1 +4 +2.8%
18.
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Ethel
155 -4 -7 -4.3%
18.
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Jessie
155 +1 +12 +8.4%
17.
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Catherine
157 +10 +37 +30.8%
16.
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Ellen
167 +15 +58 +53.2%
15.
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Florence
181 -4 -3 -1.6%
14.
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Elizabeth
184 -2 +7 +4.0%
13.
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Elsie
190 +2 +33 +21.0%
12.
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Mavis
192 +5 +42 +28.0%
11.
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Phyllis
194 +2 +18 +10.2%
10.
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Doris
196 -6 -42 -17.6%
9.
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Gladys
198 -5 -40 -16.8%
8.
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Eileen
207 -1 -9 -4.2%
7.
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Alice
218 -1 +1 +0.5%
6.
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Annie
223 +2 +9 +4.2%
5.
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Kathleen
236 +5 +40 +20.4%
4.
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Edna
245 +5 +38 +18.4%
3.
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Dorothy
269 0 -12 -4.3%
2.
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Margaret
368 0 +37 +11.2%
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Mary
513 0 +35 +7.3%