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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Bryan
25 -5 -3 -10.7%
100.
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Clarence
25 -16 -9 -26.5%
100.
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Wiremu
25 new new new
99.
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Lloyd
26 new new new
94.
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Lewis
27 +3 0 0.0%
94.
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Lionel
27 -14 -10 -27.0%
94.
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Maxwell
27 -21 -17 -38.6%
94.
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Paul
27 +1 -1 -3.6%
94.
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Selwyn
27 new new new
92.
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Lindsay
28 0 -1 -3.4%
92.
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Sidney
28 +8 +2 +7.7%
91.
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Athol
29 -14 -12 -29.3%
90.
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Wallace
30 +2 +1 +3.4%
89.
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Stuart
31 0 0 0.0%
87.
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Derek
32 new new new
87.
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Ross
32 -8 -6 -15.8%
86.
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Howard
33 +4 +3 +10.0%
85.
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Wilfred
35 +7 +6 +20.7%
84.
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Allen
36 -4 -1 -2.7%
83.
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Neville
38 -16 -10 -20.8%
80.
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Kevin
39 -9 -8 -17.0%
80.
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Ralph
39 -18 -13 -25.0%
80.
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Sydney
39 -13 -9 -18.8%
78.
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Leo
40 -14 -11 -21.6%
78.
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Samuel
40 +12 +10 +33.3%
76.
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Gerald
41 +12 +9 +28.1%
76.
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Terence
41 +4 +4 +10.8%
75.
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Michael
42 +11 +9 +27.3%
74.
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Laurence
43 -7 -5 -10.4%
72.
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Cecil
45 +2 +2 +4.7%
72.
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Malcolm
45 -5 -3 -6.3%
71.
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Basil
46 +13 +12 +35.3%
70.
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Anthony
47 new new new
68.
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Hugh
48 -11 -14 -22.6%
68.
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Neil
48 +6 +5 +11.6%
67.
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Victor
49 -7 -7 -12.5%
66.
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Edwin
50 +6 +5 +11.1%
65.
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Russell
55 +18 +20 +57.1%
62.
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Geoffrey
57 +16 +17 +42.5%
62.
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Harry
57 -6 -8 -12.3%
62.
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Philip
57 +4 +7 +14.0%
61.
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Clifford
58 -6 -10 -14.7%
60.
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Murray
60 +16 +18 +42.9%
58.
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Lawrence
61 +4 +9 +17.3%
58.
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Rex
61 0 +4 +7.0%
56.
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Andrew
69 +5 +16 +30.2%
56.
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Reginald
69 -7 -8 -10.4%
55.
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Owen
75 -3 0 0.0%
54.
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Cyril
76 +4 +19 +33.3%
53.
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Bernard
80 -3 +4 +5.3%
51.
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Frank
82 -9 -33 -28.7%
51.
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Graham
82 +13 +31 +60.8%
50.
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Ernest
83 -5 -22 -21.0%
49.
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Herbert
84 +3 +9 +12.0%
48.
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Mervyn
91 +6 +21 +30.0%
47.
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Ivan
94 -1 -10 -9.6%
46.
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Joseph
96 +2 +3 +3.2%
45.
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Patrick
98 +2 -1 -1.0%
44.
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Roy
104 +6 +28 +36.8%
42.
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Alfred
118 +1 +7 +6.3%
42.
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Trevor
118 -1 +2 +1.7%
41.
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Bruce
119 -2 +1 +0.8%
40.
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Henry
124 +4 +14 +12.7%
39.
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Alexander
125 -5 0 0.0%
36.
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Leonard
126 -3 0 0.0%
36.
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Maurice
126 +3 +8 +6.8%
36.
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Stanley
126 +2 +5 +4.1%
34.
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Brian
127 +1 +4 +3.3%
34.
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Jack
127 -8 -24 -15.9%
33.
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Walter
132 -1 0 0.0%
32.
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Albert
133 -4 -15 -10.1%
31.
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Keith
135 -10 -38 -22.0%
30.
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Harold
141 +7 +19 +15.6%
29.
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Frederick
143 +6 +20 +16.3%
28.
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Francis
146 -1 -3 -2.0%
27.
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Norman
150 -2 -7 -4.5%
26.
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Alan
153 +4 +9 +6.3%
25.
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Desmond
154 +4 +9 +6.2%
24.
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Allan
156 0 -7 -4.3%
23.
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Noel
157 +8 +20 +14.6%
22.
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Richard
161 +1 -10 -5.8%
21.
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Eric
169 -1 -12 -6.6%
20.
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Leslie
188 -2 +3 +1.6%
19.
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Edward
189 -4 -5 -2.6%
18.
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Ian
191 -1 +3 +1.6%
17.
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Peter
201 -2 +7 +3.6%
16.
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Charles
208 -2 +13 +6.7%
15.
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Douglas
213 -3 +11 +5.4%
14.
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Kenneth
216 -3 +13 +6.4%
13.
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David
218 0 +22 +11.2%
12.
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Colin
220 +9 +47 +27.2%
11.
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Donald
225 -1 +4 +1.8%
10.
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Arthur
238 -1 +1 +0.4%
9.
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Gordon
242 +9 +57 +30.8%
8.
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Thomas
292 -2 +13 +4.7%
7.
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Raymond
293 +1 +42 +16.7%
6.
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Ronald
308 +1 +41 +15.4%
5.
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George
345 0 +22 +6.8%
4.
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Robert
444 0 -9 -2.0%
3.
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James
522 0 +29 +5.9%
2.
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William
725 0 -4 -0.5%
1.
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John
955 0 +26 +2.8%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
97.
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Ailsa
30 0 -2 -6.3%
97.
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Avis
30 new new new
97.
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Beatrice
30 -24 -15 -33.3%
97.
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Isobel
30 new new new
97.
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Olga
30 new new new
94.
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Janet
31 +3 -1 -3.1%
94.
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Ruby
31 -9 -6 -16.2%
94.
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Sheila
31 -7 -5 -13.9%
93.
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Pearl
32 new new new
92.
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Alison
33 +1 0 0.0%
88.
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Colleen
34 -19 -13 -27.7%
88.
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Elva
34 -9 -7 -17.1%
88.
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Eva
34 -4 -4 -10.5%
88.
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Yvonne
34 -7 -6 -15.0%
87.
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Fay
35 new new new
84.
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Elaine
36 +3 0 0.0%
84.
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Mabel
36 +16 +6 +20.0%
84.
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Pamela
36 +7 +2 +5.9%
81.
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Dulcie
37 -30 -27 -42.2%
81.
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Melva
37 +4 0 0.0%
81.
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Rona
37 -14 -13 -26.0%
77.
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Aileen
38 new new new
77.
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Eunice
38 -4 -7 -15.6%
77.
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May
38 +23 +8 +26.7%
77.
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Merle
38 +1 -4 -9.5%
75.
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Constance
39 +4 -2 -4.9%
75.
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Dawn
39 +16 +5 +14.7%
73.
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Enid
41 -4 -6 -12.8%
73.
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Myra
41 +20 +8 +24.2%
72.
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Ivy
42 -9 -13 -23.6%
71.
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Josephine
45 -2 -2 -4.3%
70.
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Heather
48 +23 +15 +45.5%
69.
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Gloria
52 +21 +17 +48.6%
67.
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Hilda
53 +14 +13 +32.5%
67.
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Rita
53 -14 -10 -15.9%
65.
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Alma
54 -1 0 0.0%
65.
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Marion
54 -12 -9 -14.3%
64.
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Myrtle
56 +1 +3 +5.7%
63.
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Vera
57 +12 +13 +29.5%
60.
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Grace
58 +9 +11 +23.4%
60.
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Gwendoline
58 -9 -6 -9.4%
60.
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Joy
58 +6 +7 +13.7%
59.
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Violet
59 -15 -18 -23.4%
57.
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Ethel
60 +3 +3 +5.3%
57.
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Peggy
60 0 0 0.0%
55.
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Pauline
62 +13 +13 +26.5%
55.
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Sylvia
62 +2 +2 +3.3%
54.
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Catherine
63 -9 -11 -14.9%
51.
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Agnes
64 -1 -1 -1.5%
51.
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Ellen
64 +9 +7 +12.3%
51.
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Maureen
64 +6 +4 +6.7%
50.
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Muriel
65 -3 -8 -11.0%
49.
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Jessie
66 +6 +4 +6.5%
48.
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Ruth
67 -5 -12 -15.2%
46.
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Edith
72 -1 -2 -2.7%
46.
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Iris
72 +10 +11 +18.0%
45.
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Frances
75 -9 -17 -18.5%
44.
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Winifred
76 +4 +4 +5.6%
43.
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Hazel
78 -9 -17 -17.9%
42.
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Evelyn
79 -1 -2 -2.5%
39.
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Annie
80 -8 -16 -16.7%
39.
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Florence
80 -11 -20 -20.0%
39.
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Lois
80 +23 +24 +42.9%
38.
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Noeline
85 +10 +13 +18.1%
37.
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Beryl
87 +2 +2 +2.4%
36.
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Alice
88 +4 +4 +4.8%
35.
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Gladys
89 -6 -8 -8.2%
34.
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Doris
91 -11 -23 -20.2%
33.
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Irene
92 -8 -18 -16.4%
32.
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Valerie
94 +9 +13 +16.0%
31.
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Lorna
95 +6 +4 +4.4%
30.
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Elsie
96 +1 0 0.0%
29.
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Olive
103 +2 +7 +7.3%
28.
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Helen
104 -7 -14 -11.9%
26.
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Barbara
105 +9 +11 +11.7%
26.
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Nola
105 +3 +8 +8.2%
25.
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Thelma
107 -3 -8 -7.0%
23.
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Edna
110 -5 -19 -14.7%
23.
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Norma
110 -4 -16 -12.7%
21.
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Marie
111 +6 +6 +5.7%
21.
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Ngaire
111 +16 +20 +22.0%
20.
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Daphne
121 +6 +15 +14.2%
19.
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Mavis
122 +4 +8 +7.0%
18.
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Marjorie
127 +2 +3 +2.4%
17.
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Doreen
139 -1 -11 -7.3%
16.
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Nancy
140 +1 +4 +2.9%
15.
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Elizabeth
151 -1 -22 -12.7%
14.
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Phyllis
157 -1 -46 -22.7%
13.
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Audrey
165 -1 -45 -21.4%
12.
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Eileen
187 +3 +26 +16.1%
11.
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June
218 0 -2 -0.9%
10.
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Kathleen
224 0 +3 +1.4%
9.
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Jean
245 -1 -24 -8.9%
8.
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Shirley
295 +1 +43 +17.1%
7.
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Dorothy
306 -3 -42 -12.1%
6.
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Joyce
308 -1 -21 -6.4%
5.
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Patricia
311 +1 +16 +5.4%
4.
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Betty
343 +3 +51 +17.5%
3.
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Joan
399 0 +27 +7.3%
2.
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Mary
435 0 +25 +6.1%
1.
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Margaret
568 0 +32 +6.0%