Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
42.
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Alan		 79 +7
9.
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Albert		 218 0
28.
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Alexander		 133 +3
16.
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Alfred		 196 -1
34.
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Allan		 109 +1
82.
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Allen		 27 +1
49.
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Andrew		 66 -2
61.
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Archibald		 51 0
74.
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Arnold		 32 +2
8.
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Arthur		 315 0
89.
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Basil		 23 -8
53.
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Bernard		 62 +4
82.
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Brian		 27 new
92.
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Bruce		 22 0
97.
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Carl		 19 new
39.
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Cecil		 82 +3
7.
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Charles		 325 0
43.
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Clarence		 76 0
64.
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Claude		 46 0
47.
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Clifford		 68 +1
49.
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Colin		 66 -11
37.
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Cyril		 99 -8
78.
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Daniel		 30 -3
22.
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David		 159 +2
95.
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Denis		 21 new
36.
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Donald		 103 +2
35.
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Douglas		 106 +1
97.
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Duncan		 19 new
72.
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Edgar		 34 +8
14.
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Edward		 199 -3
66.
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Edwin		 44 -10
15.
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Eric		 197 -3
21.
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Ernest		 161 -4
17.
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Francis		 176 -3
33.
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Frank		 115 -6
10.
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Frederick		 217 0
70.
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Geoffrey		 35 -17
3.
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George		 486 +1
92.
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Gerald		 22 +2
82.
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Gilbert		 27 -6
24.
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Gordon		 143 -2
19.
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Harold		 168 +2
46.
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Harry		 71 -6
56.
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Hector		 59 +1
11.
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Henry		 206 +2
32.
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Herbert		 119 -9
68.
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Horace		 40 +1
86.
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Howard		 24 +1
52.
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Hugh		 63 +11
65.
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Ian		 45 -10
44.
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Ivan		 73 -1
30.
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Jack		 126 -1
4.
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James		 465 -1
1.
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John		 962 0
31.
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Joseph		 123 +2
44.
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Keith		 73 +1
25.
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Kenneth		 137 +2
81.
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Laurence		 28 -14
48.
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Lawrence		 67 +9
74.
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Leo		 32 -3
25.
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Leonard		 137 +9
12.
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Leslie		 204 +4
74.
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Lewis		 32 +9
89.
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Lindsay		 23 +7
95.
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Lionel		 21 -12
78.
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Louis		 30 +5
85.
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Malcolm		 25 -7
86.
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Matthew		 24 +2
41.
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Maurice		 80 +5
89.
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Maxwell		 23 new
67.
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Mervyn		 41 -2
78.
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Michael		 30 +4
51.
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Noel		 64 +11
23.
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Norman		 150 -3
72.
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Owen		 34 +1
53.
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Patrick		 62 -4
86.
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Percival		 24 +3
55.
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Percy		 60 -4
63.
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Peter		 49 +15
74.
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Philip		 32 -3
69.
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Ralph		 36 0
20.
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Raymond		 163 +12
38.
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Reginald		 87 -1
29.
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Richard		 128 -3
5.
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Robert		 414 0
97.
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Roland		 19 new
12.
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Ronald		 204 +7
39.
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Roy		 82 +2
97.
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Russell		 19 -1
56.
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Samuel		 59 -4
70.
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Sidney		 35 +3
27.
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Stanley		 134 -3
92.
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Stuart		 22 +1
58.
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Sydney		 55 -5
6.
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Thomas		 336 0
62.
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Trevor		 50 +5
60.
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Victor		 52 -3
18.
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Walter		 170 -1
59.
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Wilfred		 53 +6
2.
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William		 904 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
58.
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Ada		 52 -5
28.
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Agnes		 116 -3
12.
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Alice		 176 +1
52.
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Alma		 62 +1
66.
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Amy		 46 +9
7.
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Annie		 210 +5
79.
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Audrey		 37 -11
87.
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Barbara		 33 +13
55.
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Beatrice		 59 -7
81.
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Beryl		 36 -8
96.
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Betty		 30 new
32.
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Catherine		 107 -4
100.
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Charlotte		 28 new
65.
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Christina		 47 +16
81.
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Clara		 36 -6
100.
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Clarice		 28 -12
53.
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Constance		 61 -1
76.
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Daisy		 38 +5
73.
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Daphne		 41 +8
56.
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Doreen		 58 +31
10.
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Doris		 187 -4
3.
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Dorothy		 261 0
67.
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Dulcie		 45 -16
22.
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Edith		 135 0
8.
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Edna		 191 -1
5.
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Eileen		 221 +4
87.
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Eleanor		 33 new
12.
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Elizabeth		 176 -2
92.
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Ella		 32 +2
22.
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Ellen		 135 -4
16.
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Elsie		 164 +5
50.
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Emily		 66 +3
93.
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Enid		 31 new
87.
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Esther		 33 +11
19.
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Ethel		 146 -2
72.
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Eunice		 42 +3
46.
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Eva		 72 -5
30.
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Evelyn		 108 +2
87.
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Flora		 33 +1
15.
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Florence		 169 -7
40.
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Frances		 92 +2
61.
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Freda		 50 +10
79.
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Gertrude		 37 -16
8.
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Gladys		 191 -3
44.
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Grace		 80 -8
49.
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Gwendoline		 67 -2
30.
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Hazel		 108 0
35.
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Helen		 101 +5
47.
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Hilda		 71 -4
61.
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Ida		 50 +11
28.
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Irene		 116 -8
42.
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Iris		 83 -5
63.
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Isabel		 49 +6
51.
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Isabella		 64 +10
25.
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Ivy		 122 -1
96.
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Jane		 30 -15
74.
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Janet		 40 -8
14.
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Jean		 171 +1
21.
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Jessie		 138 -5
38.
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Joan		 95 +7
33.
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Joyce		 105 +12
6.
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Kathleen		 215 -2
81.
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Laura		 36 new
54.
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Lilian		 60 -4
81.
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Lillian		 36 -12
76.
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Linda		 38 +15
64.
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Lorna		 48 -2
81.
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Louisa		 36 +13
67.
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Lucy		 45 -14
36.
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Mabel		 100 +3
2.
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Margaret		 368 0
60.
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Marie		 51 +19
69.
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Marion		 43 -9
17.
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Marjorie		 157 +6
76.
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Marjory		 38 -11
93.
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Martha		 31 new
1.
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Mary		 557 0
10.
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Mavis		 187 +4
45.
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May		 73 +8
99.
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Mildred		 29 -9
93.
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Minnie		 31 +1
56.
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Mona		 58 -8
41.
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Muriel		 91 -8
58.
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Myra		 52 +27
27.
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Myrtle		 120 +8
39.
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Nancy		 94 +4
69.
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Nellie		 43 -16
100.
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Nora		 28 new
20.
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Olive		 143 -1
87.
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Pearl		 33 new
4.
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Phyllis		 254 +7
37.
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Rita		 98 -4
81.
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Rona		 36 -18
42.
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Ruby		 83 -5
48.
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Ruth		 68 +11
75.
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Sarah		 39 +4
69.
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Sylvia		 43 +22
24.
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Thelma		 131 +5
34.
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Vera		 103 -4
96.
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Veronica		 30 new
26.
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Violet		 121 0
18.
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Winifred		 150 +8
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