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		 99 -6
9.
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Albert		 256 0
33.
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Alexander		 138 -1
21.
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Alfred		 170 +12
34.
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Allan		 133 -7
70.
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Allen		 44 -2
51.
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Andrew		 75 +5
88.
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Archibald		 29 -22
85.
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Arnold		 30 +4
7.
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Arthur		 307 +1
85.
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Athol		 30 +10
76.
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Basil		 34 +9
54.
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Bernard		 63 -12
88.
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Brian		 29 -1
60.
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Bruce		 51 +13
49.
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Cecil		 77 0
8.
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Charles		 279 -1
55.
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Clarence		 62 +5
77.
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Claude		 33 -1
53.
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Clifford		 69 -6
40.
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Colin		 108 -9
38.
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Cyril		 116 +5
77.
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Daniel		 33 +4
17.
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David		 178 +6
98.
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Denis		 25 new
67.
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Desmond		 45 +14
31.
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Donald		 140 +5
37.
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Douglas		 118 +2
81.
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Edgar		 32 new
10.
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Edward		 228 +3
73.
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Edwin		 40 -9
12.
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Eric		 206 +3
23.
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Ernest		 154 +2
25.
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Francis		 151 -3
29.
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Frank		 142 +5
13.
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Frederick		 203 -3
72.
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Geoffrey		 43 -6
4.
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George		 448 0
100.
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Gerald		 24 -7
88.
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Gilbert		 29 +1
19.
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Gordon		 177 -4
95.
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Graham		 27 -6
17.
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Harold		 178 +2
46.
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Harry		 80 +5
67.
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Hector		 45 -12
16.
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Henry		 189 -2
32.
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Herbert		 139 +6
81.
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Horace		 32 -13
52.
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Hugh		 73 +2
15.
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Ian		 200 +13
45.
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Ivan		 83 -5
27.
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Jack		 147 -6
3.
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James		 546 0
1.
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John		 928 0
39.
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Joseph		 114 -3
48.
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Keith		 79 -3
22.
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Kenneth		 168 +2
59.
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Lawrence		 52 -1
81.
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Leo		 32 -17
30.
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Leonard		 141 0
14.
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Leslie		 202 -2
81.
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Lewis		 32 -2
85.
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Lionel		 30 -10
73.
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Lloyd		 40 new
93.
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Louis		 28 -8
77.
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Malcolm		 33 +7
35.
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Maurice		 128 +9
100.
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Maxwell		 24 -21
60.
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Mervyn		 51 -1
75.
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Michael		 38 +2
77.
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Neil		 33 +17
50.
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Noel		 76 -4
20.
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Norman		 175 -3
65.
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Owen		 47 +8
43.
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Patrick		 94 +4
88.
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Percival		 29 +12
66.
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Percy		 46 +4
55.
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Peter		 62 -2
64.
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Philip		 49 +17
60.
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Ralph		 51 +11
25.
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Raymond		 151 -7
44.
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Reginald		 92 -3
95.
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Rex		 27 new
35.
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Richard		 128 -9
5.
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Robert		 392 0
10.
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Ronald		 228 +1
42.
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Roy		 97 +8
58.
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Samuel		 57 +4
70.
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Sidney		 44 +2
28.
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Stanley		 144 +1
88.
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Stuart		 29 +8
46.
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Sydney		 80 +5
6.
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Thomas		 344 0
60.
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Trevor		 51 -3
93.
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Vernon		 28 -6
57.
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Victor		 58 +4
98.
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Vincent		 25 -2
95.
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Wallace		 27 new
23.
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Walter		 154 -3
67.
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Wilfred		 45 -4
2.
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William		 776 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
67.
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Ada		 51 +6
33.
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Agnes		 103 -3
11.
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Alice		 179 +4
62.
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Alma		 55 -8
76.
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Amy		 48 0
13.
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Annie		 176 +1
51.
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Audrey		 66 -1
67.
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Barbara		 51 +4
56.
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Beatrice		 59 +1
97.
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Bertha		 29 new
63.
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Beryl		 54 +16
30.
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Betty		 107 +14
31.
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Catherine		 104 +1
72.
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Christina		 50 -2
95.
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Clara		 31 new
72.
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Constance		 50 -12
99.
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Daisy		 28 +1
56.
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Daphne		 59 +10
44.
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Doreen		 80 +12
15.
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Doris		 165 -4
3.
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Dorothy		 315 0
55.
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Dulcie		 60 +4
21.
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Edith		 137 +3
6.
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Edna		 203 +4
8.
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Eileen		 194 -2
99.
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Eleanor		 28 new
15.
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Elizabeth		 165 -2
25.
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Ellen		 127 +3
18.
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Elsie		 149 +2
53.
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Emily		 62 +11
85.
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Enid		 38 -4
92.
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Esther		 33 -8
26.
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Ethel		 126 0
77.
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Eunice		 46 -1
46.
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Eva		 76 +1
41.
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Evelyn		 90 -7
14.
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Florence		 168 +5
29.
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Frances		 115 -1
82.
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Freda		 39 -19
91.
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Gertrude		 34 -26
17.
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Gladys		 161 -1
35.
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Grace		 99 +3
48.
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Gwendoline		 73 +5
38.
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Hazel		 96 -3
36.
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Helen		 97 +4
42.
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Hilda		 81 +2
72.
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Ida		 50 -1
38.
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Irene		 96 -2
34.
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Iris		 102 +8
85.
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Isabel		 38 +2
67.
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Isabella		 51 -13
31.
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Ivy		 104 0
89.
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Jane		 35 +3
80.
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Janet		 45 -23
4.
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Jean		 268 0
20.
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Jessie		 139 +3
9.
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Joan		 192 +3
92.
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Josephine		 33 +6
10.
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Joyce		 191 -2
5.
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Kathleen		 220 0
94.
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Laura		 32 -7
59.
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Lilian		 57 -10
77.
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Lillian		 46 +21
56.
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Lorna		 59 -13
67.
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Lucy		 51 +6
45.
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Mabel		 79 -7
2.
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Margaret		 403 0
59.
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Marie		 57 +14
63.
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Marion		 54 -13
19.
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Marjorie		 142 -1
85.
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Marjory		 38 +1
1.
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Mary		 538 0
12.
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Mavis		 178 -3
75.
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May		 49 -9
61.
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Mona		 56 -1
88.
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Monica		 37 +7
40.
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Muriel		 94 -7
65.
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Myra		 52 +13
46.
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Myrtle		 76 -5
23.
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Nancy		 131 -1
81.
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Nellie		 43 -13
96.
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Nola		 30 new
82.
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Nora		 39 +10
67.
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Norma		 51 +17
77.
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Olga		 46 +4
27.
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Olive		 124 -6
54.
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Patricia		 61 +6
99.
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Pearl		 28 new
7.
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Phyllis		 202 0
36.
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Rita		 97 +8
52.
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Rona		 65 +29
82.
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Rose		 39 +10
49.
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Ruby		 70 -2
50.
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Ruth		 68 +2
89.
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Sarah		 35 0
65.
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Sylvia		 52 +3
24.
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Thelma		 130 -7
97.
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Una		 29 new
42.
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Vera		 81 -6
28.
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Violet		 117 -1
22.
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Winifred		 132 +3
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