Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Howard
22 -23 -12 -35.3%
100.
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Lindsay
22 -1 -1 -4.3%
100.
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Paul
22 new new new
100.
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Percival
22 new new new
96.
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Dudley
23 -4 -3 -11.5%
96.
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Russell
23 -7 -4 -14.8%
96.
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Stuart
23 new new new
96.
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Vincent
23 0 -1 -4.2%
95.
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Athol
24 new new new
94.
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Neil
25 new new new
93.
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Gerald
26 -6 -2 -7.1%
92.
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Selwyn
27 new new new
89.
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Arnold
28 +3 +2 +7.7%
89.
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Gilbert
28 -6 -3 -9.7%
89.
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Graham
28 new new new
87.
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Brian
29 +9 +5 +20.8%
87.
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Vernon
29 new new new
85.
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Basil
31 -8 -3 -8.8%
85.
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Louis
31 -8 -3 -8.8%
84.
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Malcolm
32 -1 +1 +3.2%
81.
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Daniel
33 0 0 0.0%
81.
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Desmond
33 +8 +6 +22.2%
81.
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Philip
33 -20 -15 -31.3%
79.
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Lewis
34 +7 +5 +17.2%
79.
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Maxwell
34 +10 +7 +25.9%
77.
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Laurence
36 -12 -10 -21.7%
77.
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Michael
36 0 +2 +5.9%
76.
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Claude
37 -9 -6 -14.0%
75.
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Lionel
38 +12 +10 +35.7%
73.
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Bruce
39 -5 -3 -7.1%
73.
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Owen
39 +3 +4 +11.4%
72.
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Sidney
40 +9 +7 +21.2%
71.
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Ralph
41 -5 -4 -8.9%
70.
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Percy
43 -21 -29 -40.3%
68.
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Allen
44 +3 +3 +7.3%
68.
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Horace
44 +15 +13 +41.9%
66.
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Archibald
46 +5 +5 +12.2%
66.
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Geoffrey
46 +5 +5 +12.2%
64.
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Edwin
49 +4 +7 +16.7%
64.
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Leo
49 +10 +9 +22.5%
63.
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Wilfred
50 -6 -11 -18.0%
62.
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Samuel
52 +1 +5 +10.6%
61.
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Victor
54 -12 -18 -25.0%
60.
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Clarence
55 -7 -10 -15.4%
59.
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Mervyn
59 +4 +12 +25.5%
58.
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Lawrence
61 -4 -3 -4.7%
57.
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Trevor
62 +4 +14 +29.2%
56.
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Andrew
63 -4 -3 -4.5%
55.
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Hector
64 +19 +24 +60.0%
54.
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Hugh
66 -8 -16 -19.5%
53.
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Peter
68 +2 +5 +7.9%
51.
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Harry
71 -3 -3 -4.1%
51.
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Sydney
71 +9 +14 +24.6%
50.
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Roy
80 -11 -25 -23.8%
49.
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Cecil
83 -6 -3 -3.5%
47.
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Clifford
85 +4 +16 +23.2%
47.
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Patrick
85 -3 +1 +1.2%
46.
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Noel
86 +9 +23 +36.5%
45.
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Keith
90 0 +7 +8.4%
44.
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Maurice
91 -2 -7 -7.1%
43.
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Cyril
92 -5 -15 -14.0%
42.
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Bernard
94 +15 +33 +54.1%
41.
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Reginald
98 -5 -13 -11.7%
40.
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Ivan
107 +19 +49 +84.5%
39.
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Douglas
110 -4 -2 -1.8%
38.
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Herbert
116 -5 -9 -7.2%
36.
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Donald
119 +5 +20 +20.2%
36.
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Joseph
119 -6 -15 -11.2%
35.
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Alan
123 +2 +15 +13.9%
34.
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Frank
133 0 +10 +8.1%
33.
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Alfred
134 -10 -32 -19.3%
32.
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Alexander
137 0 +10 +7.9%
31.
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Colin
138 +9 +37 +36.6%
30.
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Leonard
143 -11 -28 -16.4%
29.
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Stanley
144 -4 -14 -8.9%
28.
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Ian
147 +19 +68 +86.1%
27.
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Allan
154 +4 +25 +19.4%
26.
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Richard
159 +3 +23 +16.9%
25.
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Ernest
161 +2 +6 +3.9%
24.
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Kenneth
163 +1 +5 +3.2%
23.
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David
166 -5 -12 -6.7%
22.
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Francis
175 -8 -36 -17.1%
21.
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Jack
176 +7 +24 +15.8%
20.
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Walter
178 +2 +9 +5.3%
19.
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Harold
184 -2 +4 +2.2%
18.
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Raymond
187 +2 +17 +10.0%
17.
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Norman
189 +7 +29 +18.1%
15.
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Eric
196 0 -9 -4.4%
15.
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Gordon
196 +5 +26 +15.3%
14.
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Henry
197 -4 -31 -13.6%
13.
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Edward
201 +3 +9 +4.7%
12.
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Leslie
208 -3 -40 -16.1%
11.
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Ronald
218 +2 +1 +0.5%
10.
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Frederick
220 0 -8 -3.5%
9.
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Albert
228 +3 +4 +1.8%
8.
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Arthur
268 0 -44 -14.1%
7.
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Charles
324 0 -20 -5.8%
6.
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Thomas
350 0 -14 -3.8%
5.
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Robert
415 0 -2 -0.5%
4.
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George
454 0 -16 -3.4%
3.
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James
536 0 -50 -8.5%
2.
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William
874 0 -16 -1.8%
1.
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John
918 0 -139 -13.2%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Daisy
28 new new new
98.
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Josephine
29 new new new
98.
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Lillian
29 -21 -15 -34.1%
97.
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Linda
30 -1 0 0.0%
95.
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Ella
32 +1 +2 +6.7%
95.
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Monica
32 new new new
92.
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Jane
33 +3 +2 +6.5%
92.
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Nora
33 +4 +3 +10.0%
92.
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Rose
33 -20 -14 -29.8%
90.
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Aileen
34 +3 +1 +3.0%
90.
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Molly
34 -1 -2 -5.6%
89.
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Sarah
35 -29 -22 -38.6%
87.
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Isabel
36 -23 -18 -33.3%
87.
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Laura
36 +1 -1 -2.7%
86.
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Marjory
37 -1 -1 -2.6%
84.
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Esther
38 +6 +4 +11.8%
84.
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Norma
38 new new new
81.
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Enid
40 new new new
81.
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Olga
40 +9 +6 +17.6%
81.
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Rona
40 -8 -6 -13.0%
80.
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Flora
41 +3 0 0.0%
79.
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Beryl
42 0 -1 -2.3%
78.
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Myra
43 -5 -3 -6.5%
76.
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Amy
45 +7 +4 +9.8%
76.
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Eunice
45 -10 -8 -15.1%
73.
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Ada
46 +4 +2 +4.5%
73.
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Lucy
46 +12 +8 +21.1%
73.
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Marie
46 -4 -4 -8.0%
71.
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Barbara
47 +8 +4 +9.3%
71.
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Ida
47 -2 -3 -6.0%
70.
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Christina
49 -7 -6 -10.9%
68.
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Nellie
50 -12 -11 -18.0%
68.
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Sylvia
50 -8 -7 -12.3%
66.
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Daphne
52 +10 +7 +15.6%
66.
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May
52 -9 -7 -11.9%
65.
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Gertrude
53 +29 +21 +65.6%
64.
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Emily
55 +9 +9 +19.6%
63.
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Freda
57 +8 +9 +18.8%
60.
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Constance
58 -2 0 0.0%
60.
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Mona
58 -7 -6 -9.4%
60.
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Patricia
58 +8 +7 +13.7%
59.
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Dulcie
59 -7 -6 -9.2%
57.
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Beatrice
61 -6 -10 -14.1%
57.
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Janet
61 +28 +23 +60.5%
56.
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Doreen
63 +8 +9 +16.7%
54.
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Alma
64 -6 -8 -11.1%
54.
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Isabella
64 +6 +7 +12.3%
53.
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Gwendoline
65 +5 +7 +12.1%
52.
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Ruth
66 -7 -18 -21.4%
50.
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Audrey
68 +17 +16 +30.8%
50.
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Marion
68 +4 +6 +9.7%
49.
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Lilian
75 -1 +3 +4.2%
47.
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Eva
76 +7 +14 +22.6%
47.
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Ruby
76 -6 -14 -15.6%
44.
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Betty
81 +4 +9 +12.5%
44.
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Hilda
81 0 -7 -8.0%
44.
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Rita
81 -14 -38 -31.9%
43.
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Lorna
82 +4 +8 +10.8%
42.
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Iris
84 -5 -22 -20.8%
41.
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Myrtle
85 -8 -29 -25.4%
40.
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Helen
88 +2 -1 -1.1%
38.
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Grace
91 +4 +2 +2.2%
38.
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Mabel
91 -3 -19 -17.3%
36.
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Irene
96 -3 -18 -15.8%
36.
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Vera
96 +2 -6 -5.9%
35.
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Hazel
99 -7 -30 -23.3%
34.
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Evelyn
105 +12 +30 +40.0%
33.
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Muriel
107 +6 +12 +12.6%
32.
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Catherine
111 -1 -5 -4.3%
31.
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Ivy
112 +1 -3 -2.6%
30.
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Agnes
113 -1 -14 -11.0%
28.
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Ellen
114 -8 -34 -23.0%
28.
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Frances
114 +8 +7 +6.5%
27.
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Violet
115 0 -15 -11.5%
26.
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Ethel
120 -11 -41 -25.5%
25.
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Winifred
121 +1 -13 -9.7%
24.
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Edith
127 +1 -10 -7.3%
23.
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Jessie
129 -4 -26 -16.8%
22.
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Nancy
132 +18 +38 +40.4%
21.
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Olive
149 -1 +1 +0.7%
20.
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Elsie
158 +2 +14 +9.7%
19.
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Florence
160 -2 +1 +0.6%
18.
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Marjorie
164 -3 +3 +1.9%
17.
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Thelma
170 +1 +12 +7.6%
16.
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Gladys
171 -2 -3 -1.7%
15.
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Alice
176 -2 -5 -2.8%
14.
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Annie
181 -6 -34 -15.8%
13.
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Elizabeth
183 -1 0 0.0%
12.
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Joan
192 +11 +54 +39.1%
11.
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Doris
195 0 +9 +4.8%
10.
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Edna
201 -1 -7 -3.4%
9.
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Mavis
208 -2 -19 -8.4%
8.
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Joyce
211 +15 +73 +52.9%
7.
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Phyllis
230 -3 -33 -12.5%
6.
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Eileen
237 +4 +38 +19.1%
5.
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Kathleen
251 0 -5 -2.0%
4.
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Jean
263 +2 +17 +6.9%
3.
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Dorothy
276 0 -17 -5.8%
2.
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Margaret
470 0 +22 +4.9%
1.
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Mary
588 0 +60 +11.4%