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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Gerald
24 -7 -2 -7.7%
100.
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Maxwell
24 -21 -10 -29.4%
98.
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Denis
25 new new new
98.
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Vincent
25 -2 +2 +8.7%
95.
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Graham
27 -6 -1 -3.6%
95.
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Rex
27 new new new
95.
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Wallace
27 new new new
93.
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Louis
28 -8 -3 -9.7%
93.
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Vernon
28 -6 -1 -3.4%
88.
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Archibald
29 -22 -17 -37.0%
88.
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Brian
29 -1 0 0.0%
88.
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Gilbert
29 +1 +1 +3.6%
88.
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Percival
29 +12 +7 +31.8%
88.
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Stuart
29 +8 +6 +26.1%
85.
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Arnold
30 +4 +2 +7.1%
85.
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Athol
30 +10 +6 +25.0%
85.
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Lionel
30 -10 -8 -21.1%
81.
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Edgar
32 new new new
81.
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Horace
32 -13 -12 -27.3%
81.
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Leo
32 -17 -17 -34.7%
81.
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Lewis
32 -2 -2 -5.9%
77.
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Claude
33 -1 -4 -10.8%
77.
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Daniel
33 +4 0 0.0%
77.
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Malcolm
33 +7 +1 +3.1%
77.
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Neil
33 +17 +8 +32.0%
76.
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Basil
34 +9 +3 +9.7%
75.
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Michael
38 +2 +2 +5.6%
73.
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Edwin
40 -9 -9 -18.4%
73.
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Lloyd
40 new new new
72.
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Geoffrey
43 -6 -3 -6.5%
70.
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Allen
44 -2 0 0.0%
70.
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Sidney
44 +2 +4 +10.0%
67.
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Desmond
45 +14 +12 +36.4%
67.
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Hector
45 -12 -19 -29.7%
67.
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Wilfred
45 -4 -5 -10.0%
66.
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Percy
46 +4 +3 +7.0%
65.
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Owen
47 +8 +8 +20.5%
64.
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Philip
49 +17 +16 +48.5%
60.
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Bruce
51 +13 +12 +30.8%
60.
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Mervyn
51 -1 -8 -13.6%
60.
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Ralph
51 +11 +10 +24.4%
60.
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Trevor
51 -3 -11 -17.7%
59.
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Lawrence
52 -1 -9 -14.8%
58.
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Samuel
57 +4 +5 +9.6%
57.
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Victor
58 +4 +4 +7.4%
55.
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Clarence
62 +5 +7 +12.7%
55.
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Peter
62 -2 -6 -8.8%
54.
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Bernard
63 -12 -31 -33.0%
53.
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Clifford
69 -6 -16 -18.8%
52.
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Hugh
73 +2 +7 +10.6%
51.
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Andrew
75 +5 +12 +19.0%
50.
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Noel
76 -4 -10 -11.6%
49.
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Cecil
77 0 -6 -7.2%
48.
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Keith
79 -3 -11 -12.2%
46.
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Harry
80 +5 +9 +12.7%
46.
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Sydney
80 +5 +9 +12.7%
45.
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Ivan
83 -5 -24 -22.4%
44.
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Reginald
92 -3 -6 -6.1%
43.
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Patrick
94 +4 +9 +10.6%
42.
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Roy
97 +8 +17 +21.3%
41.
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Alan
99 -6 -24 -19.5%
40.
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Colin
108 -9 -30 -21.7%
39.
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Joseph
114 -3 -5 -4.2%
38.
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Cyril
116 +5 +24 +26.1%
37.
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Douglas
118 +2 +8 +7.3%
35.
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Maurice
128 +9 +37 +40.7%
35.
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Richard
128 -9 -31 -19.5%
34.
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Allan
133 -7 -21 -13.6%
33.
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Alexander
138 -1 +1 +0.7%
32.
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Herbert
139 +6 +23 +19.8%
31.
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Donald
140 +5 +21 +17.6%
30.
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Leonard
141 0 -2 -1.4%
29.
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Frank
142 +5 +9 +6.8%
28.
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Stanley
144 +1 0 0.0%
27.
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Jack
147 -6 -29 -16.5%
25.
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Francis
151 -3 -24 -13.7%
25.
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Raymond
151 -7 -36 -19.3%
23.
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Ernest
154 +2 -7 -4.3%
23.
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Walter
154 -3 -24 -13.5%
22.
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Kenneth
168 +2 +5 +3.1%
21.
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Alfred
170 +12 +36 +26.9%
20.
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Norman
175 -3 -14 -7.4%
19.
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Gordon
177 -4 -19 -9.7%
17.
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David
178 +6 +12 +7.2%
17.
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Harold
178 +2 -6 -3.3%
16.
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Henry
189 -2 -8 -4.1%
15.
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Ian
200 +13 +53 +36.1%
14.
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Leslie
202 -2 -6 -2.9%
13.
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Frederick
203 -3 -17 -7.7%
12.
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Eric
206 +3 +10 +5.1%
10.
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Edward
228 +3 +27 +13.4%
10.
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Ronald
228 +1 +10 +4.6%
9.
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Albert
256 0 +28 +12.3%
8.
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Charles
279 -1 -45 -13.9%
7.
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Arthur
307 +1 +39 +14.6%
6.
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Thomas
344 0 -6 -1.7%
5.
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Robert
392 0 -23 -5.5%
4.
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George
448 0 -6 -1.3%
3.
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James
546 0 +10 +1.9%
2.
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William
776 0 -98 -11.2%
1.
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John
928 0 +10 +1.1%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
99.
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Daisy
28 +1 0 0.0%
99.
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Eleanor
28 new new new
99.
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Pearl
28 new new new
97.
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Bertha
29 new new new
97.
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Una
29 new new new
96.
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Nola
30 new new new
95.
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Clara
31 new new new
94.
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Laura
32 -7 -4 -11.1%
92.
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Esther
33 -8 -5 -13.2%
92.
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Josephine
33 +6 +4 +13.8%
91.
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Gertrude
34 -26 -19 -35.8%
89.
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Jane
35 +3 +2 +6.1%
89.
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Sarah
35 0 0 0.0%
88.
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Monica
37 +7 +5 +15.6%
85.
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Enid
38 -4 -2 -5.0%
85.
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Isabel
38 +2 +2 +5.6%
85.
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Marjory
38 +1 +1 +2.7%
82.
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Freda
39 -19 -18 -31.6%
82.
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Nora
39 +10 +6 +18.2%
82.
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Rose
39 +10 +6 +18.2%
81.
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Nellie
43 -13 -7 -14.0%
80.
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Janet
45 -23 -16 -26.2%
77.
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Eunice
46 -1 +1 +2.2%
77.
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Lillian
46 +21 +17 +58.6%
77.
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Olga
46 +4 +6 +15.0%
76.
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Amy
48 0 +3 +6.7%
75.
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May
49 -9 -3 -5.8%
72.
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Christina
50 -2 +1 +2.0%
72.
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Constance
50 -12 -8 -13.8%
72.
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Ida
50 -1 +3 +6.4%
67.
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Ada
51 +6 +5 +10.9%
67.
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Barbara
51 +4 +4 +8.5%
67.
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Isabella
51 -13 -13 -20.3%
67.
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Lucy
51 +6 +5 +10.9%
67.
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Norma
51 +17 +13 +34.2%
65.
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Myra
52 +13 +9 +20.9%
65.
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Sylvia
52 +3 +2 +4.0%
63.
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Beryl
54 +16 +12 +28.6%
63.
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Marion
54 -13 -14 -20.6%
62.
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Alma
55 -8 -9 -14.1%
61.
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Mona
56 -1 -2 -3.4%
59.
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Lilian
57 -10 -18 -24.0%
59.
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Marie
57 +14 +11 +23.9%
56.
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Beatrice
59 +1 -2 -3.3%
56.
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Daphne
59 +10 +7 +13.5%
56.
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Lorna
59 -13 -23 -28.0%
55.
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Dulcie
60 +4 +1 +1.7%
54.
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Patricia
61 +6 +3 +5.2%
53.
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Emily
62 +11 +7 +12.7%
52.
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Rona
65 +29 +25 +62.5%
51.
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Audrey
66 -1 -2 -2.9%
50.
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Ruth
68 +2 +2 +3.0%
49.
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Ruby
70 -2 -6 -7.9%
48.
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Gwendoline
73 +5 +8 +12.3%
46.
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Eva
76 +1 0 0.0%
46.
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Myrtle
76 -5 -9 -10.6%
45.
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Mabel
79 -7 -12 -13.2%
44.
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Doreen
80 +12 +17 +27.0%
42.
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Hilda
81 +2 0 0.0%
42.
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Vera
81 -6 -15 -15.6%
41.
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Evelyn
90 -7 -15 -14.3%
40.
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Muriel
94 -7 -13 -12.1%
38.
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Hazel
96 -3 -3 -3.0%
38.
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Irene
96 -2 0 0.0%
36.
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Helen
97 +4 +9 +10.2%
36.
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Rita
97 +8 +16 +19.8%
35.
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Grace
99 +3 +8 +8.8%
34.
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Iris
102 +8 +18 +21.4%
33.
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Agnes
103 -3 -10 -8.8%
31.
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Catherine
104 +1 -7 -6.3%
31.
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Ivy
104 0 -8 -7.1%
30.
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Betty
107 +14 +26 +32.1%
29.
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Frances
115 -1 +1 +0.9%
28.
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Violet
117 -1 +2 +1.7%
27.
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Olive
124 -6 -25 -16.8%
26.
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Ethel
126 0 +6 +5.0%
25.
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Ellen
127 +3 +13 +11.4%
24.
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Thelma
130 -7 -40 -23.5%
23.
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Nancy
131 -1 -1 -0.8%
22.
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Winifred
132 +3 +11 +9.1%
21.
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Edith
137 +3 +10 +7.9%
20.
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Jessie
139 +3 +10 +7.8%
19.
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Marjorie
142 -1 -22 -13.4%
18.
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Elsie
149 +2 -9 -5.7%
17.
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Gladys
161 -1 -10 -5.8%
15.
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Doris
165 -4 -30 -15.4%
15.
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Elizabeth
165 -2 -18 -9.8%
14.
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Florence
168 +5 +8 +5.0%
13.
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Annie
176 +1 -5 -2.8%
12.
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Mavis
178 -3 -30 -14.4%
11.
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Alice
179 +4 +3 +1.7%
10.
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Joyce
191 -2 -20 -9.5%
9.
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Joan
192 +3 0 0.0%
8.
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Eileen
194 -2 -43 -18.1%
7.
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Phyllis
202 0 -28 -12.2%
6.
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Edna
203 +4 +2 +1.0%
5.
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Kathleen
220 0 -31 -12.4%
4.
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Jean
268 0 +5 +1.9%
3.
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Dorothy
315 0 +39 +14.1%
2.
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Margaret
403 0 -67 -14.3%
1.
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Mary
538 0 -50 -8.5%