Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 123 +2
9.
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Albert		 228 +3
32.
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Alexander		 137 0
33.
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Alfred		 134 -10
27.
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Allan		 154 +4
68.
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Allen		 44 +3
56.
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Andrew		 63 -4
66.
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Archibald		 46 +5
89.
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Arnold		 28 +3
8.
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Arthur		 268 0
95.
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Athol		 24 new
85.
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Basil		 31 -8
42.
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Bernard		 94 +15
87.
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Brian		 29 +9
73.
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Bruce		 39 -5
49.
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Cecil		 83 -6
7.
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Charles		 324 0
60.
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Clarence		 55 -7
76.
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Claude		 37 -9
47.
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Clifford		 85 +4
31.
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Colin		 138 +9
43.
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Cyril		 92 -5
81.
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Daniel		 33 0
23.
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David		 166 -5
81.
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Desmond		 33 +8
36.
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Donald		 119 +5
39.
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Douglas		 110 -4
96.
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Dudley		 23 -4
13.
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Edward		 201 +3
64.
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Edwin		 49 +4
15.
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Eric		 196 0
25.
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Ernest		 161 +2
22.
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Francis		 175 -8
34.
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Frank		 133 0
10.
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Frederick		 220 0
66.
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Geoffrey		 46 +5
4.
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George		 454 0
93.
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Gerald		 26 -6
89.
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Gilbert		 28 -6
15.
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Gordon		 196 +5
89.
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Graham		 28 new
19.
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Harold		 184 -2
51.
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Harry		 71 -3
55.
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Hector		 64 +19
14.
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Henry		 197 -4
38.
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Herbert		 116 -5
68.
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Horace		 44 +15
100.
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Howard		 22 -23
54.
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Hugh		 66 -8
28.
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Ian		 147 +19
40.
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Ivan		 107 +19
21.
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Jack		 176 +7
3.
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James		 536 0
1.
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John		 918 0
36.
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Joseph		 119 -6
45.
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Keith		 90 0
24.
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Kenneth		 163 +1
77.
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Laurence		 36 -12
58.
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Lawrence		 61 -4
64.
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Leo		 49 +10
30.
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Leonard		 143 -11
12.
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Leslie		 208 -3
79.
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Lewis		 34 +7
100.
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Lindsay		 22 -1
75.
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Lionel		 38 +12
85.
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Louis		 31 -8
84.
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Malcolm		 32 -1
44.
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Maurice		 91 -2
79.
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Maxwell		 34 +10
59.
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Mervyn		 59 +4
77.
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Michael		 36 0
94.
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Neil		 25 new
46.
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Noel		 86 +9
17.
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Norman		 189 +7
73.
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Owen		 39 +3
47.
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Patrick		 85 -3
100.
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Paul		 22 new
100.
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Percival		 22 new
70.
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Percy		 43 -21
53.
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Peter		 68 +2
81.
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Philip		 33 -20
71.
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Ralph		 41 -5
18.
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Raymond		 187 +2
41.
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Reginald		 98 -5
26.
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Richard		 159 +3
5.
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Robert		 415 0
11.
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Ronald		 218 +2
50.
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Roy		 80 -11
96.
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Russell		 23 -7
62.
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Samuel		 52 +1
92.
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Selwyn		 27 new
72.
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Sidney		 40 +9
29.
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Stanley		 144 -4
96.
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Stuart		 23 new
51.
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Sydney		 71 +9
6.
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Thomas		 350 0
57.
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Trevor		 62 +4
87.
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Vernon		 29 new
61.
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Victor		 54 -12
96.
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Vincent		 23 0
20.
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Walter		 178 +2
63.
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Wilfred		 50 -6
2.
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William		 874 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
73.
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Ada		 46 +4
30.
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Agnes		 113 -1
90.
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Aileen		 34 +3
15.
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Alice		 176 -2
54.
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Alma		 64 -6
76.
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Amy		 45 +7
14.
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Annie		 181 -6
50.
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Audrey		 68 +17
71.
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Barbara		 47 +8
57.
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Beatrice		 61 -6
79.
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Beryl		 42 0
44.
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Betty		 81 +4
32.
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Catherine		 111 -1
70.
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Christina		 49 -7
60.
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Constance		 58 -2
100.
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Daisy		 28 new
66.
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Daphne		 52 +10
56.
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Doreen		 63 +8
11.
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Doris		 195 0
3.
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Dorothy		 276 0
59.
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Dulcie		 59 -7
24.
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Edith		 127 +1
10.
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Edna		 201 -1
6.
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Eileen		 237 +4
13.
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Elizabeth		 183 -1
95.
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Ella		 32 +1
28.
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Ellen		 114 -8
20.
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Elsie		 158 +2
64.
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Emily		 55 +9
81.
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Enid		 40 new
84.
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Esther		 38 +6
26.
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Ethel		 120 -11
76.
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Eunice		 45 -10
47.
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Eva		 76 +7
34.
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Evelyn		 105 +12
80.
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Flora		 41 +3
19.
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Florence		 160 -2
28.
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Frances		 114 +8
63.
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Freda		 57 +8
65.
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Gertrude		 53 +29
16.
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Gladys		 171 -2
38.
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Grace		 91 +4
53.
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Gwendoline		 65 +5
35.
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Hazel		 99 -7
40.
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Helen		 88 +2
44.
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Hilda		 81 0
71.
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Ida		 47 -2
36.
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Irene		 96 -3
42.
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Iris		 84 -5
87.
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Isabel		 36 -23
54.
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Isabella		 64 +6
31.
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Ivy		 112 +1
92.
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Jane		 33 +3
57.
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Janet		 61 +28
4.
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Jean		 263 +2
23.
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Jessie		 129 -4
12.
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Joan		 192 +11
98.
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Josephine		 29 new
8.
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Joyce		 211 +15
5.
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Kathleen		 251 0
87.
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Laura		 36 +1
49.
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Lilian		 75 -1
98.
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Lillian		 29 -21
97.
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Linda		 30 -1
43.
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Lorna		 82 +4
73.
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Lucy		 46 +12
38.
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Mabel		 91 -3
2.
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Margaret		 470 0
73.
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Marie		 46 -4
50.
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Marion		 68 +4
18.
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Marjorie		 164 -3
86.
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Marjory		 37 -1
1.
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Mary		 588 0
9.
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Mavis		 208 -2
66.
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May		 52 -9
90.
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Molly		 34 -1
60.
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Mona		 58 -7
95.
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Monica		 32 new
33.
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Muriel		 107 +6
78.
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Myra		 43 -5
41.
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Myrtle		 85 -8
22.
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Nancy		 132 +18
68.
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Nellie		 50 -12
92.
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Nora		 33 +4
84.
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Norma		 38 new
81.
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Olga		 40 +9
21.
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Olive		 149 -1
60.
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Patricia		 58 +8
7.
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Phyllis		 230 -3
44.
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Rita		 81 -14
81.
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Rona		 40 -8
92.
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Rose		 33 -20
47.
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Ruby		 76 -6
52.
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Ruth		 66 -7
89.
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Sarah		 35 -29
68.
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Sylvia		 50 -8
17.
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Thelma		 170 +1
36.
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Vera		 96 +2
27.
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Violet		 115 0
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Winifred		 121 +1
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