Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
97.
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Derek
27 new new new
97.
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Paul
27 new new new
97.
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Selwyn
27 -2 -3 -10.0%
97.
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Sidney
27 -22 -14 -34.1%
97.
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Terence
27 -6 -4 -12.9%
96.
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Stuart
28 -20 -12 -30.0%
95.
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Anthony
29 -4 -2 -6.5%
94.
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Arnold
30 -11 -5 -14.3%
92.
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Howard
32 +7 +5 +18.5%
92.
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Lloyd
32 -11 -6 -15.8%
90.
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Lionel
33 -6 -1 -2.9%
90.
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Murray
33 +9 +6 +22.2%
88.
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Gilbert
34 +11 +7 +25.9%
88.
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Samuel
34 -15 -8 -19.0%
83.
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Allen
35 -10 -7 -16.7%
83.
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Athol
35 +16 +8 +29.6%
83.
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Michael
35 -12 -10 -22.2%
83.
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Wallace
35 +8 +4 +12.9%
83.
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Wilfred
35 +1 +1 +2.9%
81.
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Basil
36 +3 +2 +5.9%
81.
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Leo
36 +1 0 0.0%
79.
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Maxwell
37 +17 +8 +27.6%
79.
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Ralph
37 +17 +8 +27.6%
77.
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Lewis
38 +22 +11 +40.7%
77.
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Neville
38 +7 +4 +11.8%
75.
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Cecil
40 -9 -10 -20.0%
75.
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Neil
40 +3 +1 +2.6%
73.
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Edwin
42 -2 -3 -6.7%
73.
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Russell
42 -10 -15 -26.3%
71.
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Rex
43 -5 -7 -14.0%
71.
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Vernon
43 +28 +16 +59.3%
70.
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Sydney
44 -6 -9 -17.0%
69.
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Malcolm
45 +15 +11 +32.4%
67.
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Kevin
46 +24 +15 +48.4%
67.
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Laurence
46 +1 -3 -6.1%
65.
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Clarence
47 -3 -11 -19.0%
65.
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Ross
47 new new new
64.
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Victor
48 -4 -13 -21.3%
63.
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Andrew
52 -4 -11 -17.5%
62.
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Hugh
55 -6 -12 -17.9%
60.
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Geoffrey
58 +4 +5 +9.4%
60.
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Graham
58 +16 +18 +45.0%
59.
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Philip
60 +11 +14 +30.4%
58.
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Clifford
68 -4 0 0.0%
57.
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Lawrence
69 -6 -14 -16.9%
56.
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Harry
71 +1 +5 +7.6%
55.
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Bernard
80 -2 +8 +11.1%
54.
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Cyril
82 0 +14 +20.6%
52.
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Herbert
87 -8 -17 -16.3%
52.
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Owen
87 0 +8 +10.1%
51.
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Brian
89 +6 +23 +34.8%
50.
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Mervyn
90 +10 +29 +47.5%
48.
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Reginald
101 +2 +17 +20.2%
48.
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Roy
101 -6 -7 -6.5%
47.
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Bruce
102 +1 +15 +17.2%
46.
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Patrick
106 0 +9 +9.3%
44.
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Ivan
108 +1 +8 +8.0%
44.
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Noel
108 -3 -11 -9.2%
43.
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Alfred
112 -8 -26 -18.8%
42.
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Desmond
114 +6 +27 +31.0%
40.
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Alexander
119 -4 -16 -11.9%
40.
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Ernest
119 -7 -22 -15.6%
39.
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Joseph
120 +4 +14 +13.2%
38.
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Trevor
121 +9 +30 +33.0%
37.
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Maurice
132 -8 -18 -12.0%
36.
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Harold
133 -14 -40 -23.1%
35.
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Alan
136 -1 -3 -2.2%
33.
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Stanley
139 -2 -4 -2.8%
33.
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Walter
139 +4 +11 +8.6%
32.
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Richard
144 -4 -10 -6.5%
31.
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Francis
146 -14 -46 -24.0%
30.
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Frank
148 +9 +25 +20.3%
29.
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Albert
159 -5 -12 -7.0%
28.
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Peter
160 +12 +39 +32.2%
26.
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Henry
165 -1 0 0.0%
26.
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Keith
165 +5 +22 +15.4%
24.
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Allan
168 +1 +3 +1.8%
24.
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Leonard
168 +13 +40 +31.3%
23.
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Norman
173 -3 -8 -4.4%
22.
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Frederick
176 -2 -5 -2.8%
21.
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Colin
183 +8 +33 +22.0%
20.
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Edward
184 -4 -15 -7.5%
19.
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Jack
192 +8 +28 +17.1%
18.
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Ian
193 +5 +21 +12.2%
17.
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David
195 0 +3 +1.6%
16.
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Donald
197 -1 -16 -7.5%
15.
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Charles
199 -6 -37 -15.7%
14.
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Leslie
204 -2 -14 -6.4%
12.
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Eric
210 +7 +24 +12.9%
12.
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Gordon
210 0 -8 -3.7%
11.
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Douglas
217 0 -6 -2.7%
10.
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Kenneth
225 0 -5 -2.2%
9.
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Arthur
265 +5 +49 +22.7%
8.
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Thomas
268 -2 -65 -19.5%
6.
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Raymond
271 +2 +29 +12.0%
6.
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Ronald
271 +1 -24 -8.1%
5.
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George
376 0 +18 +5.0%
4.
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Robert
476 0 -24 -4.8%
3.
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James
531 0 -13 -2.4%
2.
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William
764 0 +22 +3.0%
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John
953 0 -26 -2.7%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
99.
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Aileen
31 new new new
99.
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Freda
31 -16 -8 -20.5%
99.
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Gloria
31 -2 +1 +3.3%
99.
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Isabella
31 new new new
99.
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Nellie
31 new new new
96.
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Emily
32 -9 -5 -13.5%
96.
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Sheila
32 new new new
96.
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Una
32 new new new
92.
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Elva
33 +1 +1 +3.1%
92.
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Esther
33 +7 +5 +17.9%
92.
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Lillian
33 0 0 0.0%
92.
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Monica
33 new new new
91.
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Ailsa
34 new new new
88.
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Elaine
35 new new new
88.
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Josephine
35 -1 -2 -5.4%
88.
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May
35 -5 -4 -10.3%
87.
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Alison
37 new new new
82.
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Eunice
38 +5 +1 +2.7%
82.
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Lilian
38 -19 -20 -34.5%
82.
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Olga
38 +15 +8 +26.7%
82.
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Pauline
38 -1 -2 -5.0%
82.
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Yvonne
38 new new new
80.
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Lucy
39 -8 -8 -17.0%
80.
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Valerie
39 +10 +3 +8.3%
78.
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Mona
40 -7 -8 -16.7%
78.
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Pearl
40 +7 +2 +5.3%
77.
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Eva
41 +8 +3 +7.9%
75.
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Enid
42 -3 -5 -10.6%
75.
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Myra
42 -9 -12 -22.2%
74.
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Janet
47 +7 +7 +17.5%
71.
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Constance
49 -18 -19 -27.9%
71.
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Dulcie
49 -1 0 0.0%
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Lois
49 +1 +2 +4.3%
69.
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Isabel
50 -3 -4 -7.4%
69.
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Myrtle
50 -11 -15 -23.1%
68.
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Hilda
52 -10 -13 -20.0%
67.
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Joy
53 +5 +6 +12.8%
66.
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Rita
54 -13 -14 -20.6%
65.
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Gwendoline
55 -1 -2 -3.5%
64.
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Noeline
56 +8 +9 +19.1%
63.
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Ruby
57 -3 -5 -8.1%
62.
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Marion
58 -11 -12 -17.1%
60.
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Ivy
59 -11 -15 -20.3%
60.
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Peggy
59 +5 +4 +7.3%
59.
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Grace
60 -6 -8 -11.8%
58.
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Rona
61 +4 0 0.0%
55.
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Alma
63 +14 +12 +23.5%
55.
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Mabel
63 +23 +18 +40.0%
55.
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Sylvia
63 +24 +21 +50.0%
54.
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Beatrice
65 +12 +11 +20.4%
53.
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Jessie
68 -9 -13 -16.0%
51.
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Barbara
71 0 +1 +1.4%
51.
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Catherine
71 -4 -7 -9.0%
50.
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Ruth
72 -8 -11 -13.3%
48.
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Agnes
76 +12 +14 +22.6%
48.
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Lorna
76 -3 -4 -5.0%
47.
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Vera
78 -9 -15 -16.1%
45.
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Ellen
79 -5 -12 -13.2%
45.
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Ngaire
79 +11 +13 +19.7%
44.
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Winifred
80 -7 -14 -14.9%
43.
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Violet
81 +3 +2 +2.5%
42.
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Nola
83 +6 +6 +7.8%
41.
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Edith
84 0 -1 -1.2%
39.
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Beryl
89 +17 +23 +34.8%
39.
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Muriel
89 +3 +6 +7.2%
38.
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Irene
90 -15 -38 -29.7%
36.
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Ethel
91 0 -4 -4.2%
36.
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Frances
91 -1 -5 -5.2%
35.
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Daphne
94 -1 -13 -12.1%
32.
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Evelyn
97 +6 +4 +4.3%
32.
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Helen
97 +1 -11 -10.2%
32.
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Iris
97 +18 +24 +32.9%
31.
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Alice
98 -2 -15 -13.3%
30.
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Annie
102 -5 -18 -15.0%
29.
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Marie
106 +1 -5 -4.5%
28.
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Hazel
111 -4 -12 -9.8%
27.
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Florence
120 0 +5 +4.3%
26.
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Norma
124 +2 +10 +8.8%
25.
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Shirley
127 +5 +16 +14.4%
24.
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Olive
135 -3 -9 -6.3%
22.
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Elsie
136 +10 +27 +24.8%
22.
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Thelma
136 -3 -12 -8.1%
20.
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Doreen
144 +6 +26 +22.0%
20.
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Doris
144 -3 -9 -5.9%
19.
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Gladys
148 -1 -3 -2.0%
18.
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Mavis
150 -3 -11 -6.8%
17.
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Elizabeth
152 -3 -12 -7.3%
15.
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Audrey
159 +7 +27 +20.5%
15.
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Marjorie
159 +1 0 0.0%
13.
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Edna
160 +6 +12 +8.1%
13.
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Nancy
160 0 -7 -4.2%
12.
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June
171 0 -9 -5.0%
11.
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Eileen
196 0 +15 +8.3%
10.
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Phyllis
200 0 +10 +5.3%
9.
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Kathleen
236 -2 -12 -4.8%
8.
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Patricia
247 +1 +37 +17.6%
7.
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Betty
277 +1 +52 +23.1%
6.
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Jean
323 0 +18 +5.9%
5.
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Dorothy
361 0 -20 -5.2%
4.
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Joyce
391 0 -1 -0.3%
3.
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Joan
401 0 -37 -8.4%
2.
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Mary
469 0 +15 +3.3%
1.
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Margaret
566 0 -4 -0.7%