Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anthony		 47 new
65.
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Russell		 55 +18
60.
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Murray		 60 +16
62.
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Geoffrey		 57 +16
87.
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Derek		 32 new
51.
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Graham		 82 +13
71.
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Basil		 46 +13
76.
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Gerald		 41 +12
78.
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Samuel		 40 +12
75.
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Michael		 42 +11
9.
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Gordon		 242 +9
12.
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Colin		 220 +9
23.
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Noel		 157 +8
92.
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Sidney		 28 +8
30.
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Harold		 141 +7
85.
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Wilfred		 35 +7
94.
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Selwyn		 27 new
29.
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Frederick		 143 +6
44.
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Roy		 104 +6
48.
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Mervyn		 91 +6
66.
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Edwin		 50 +6
68.
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Neil		 48 +6
56.
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Andrew		 69 +5
25.
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Desmond		 154 +4
26.
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Alan		 153 +4
40.
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Henry		 124 +4
54.
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Cyril		 76 +4
58.
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Lawrence		 61 +4
62.
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Philip		 57 +4
76.
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Terence		 41 +4
86.
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Howard		 33 +4
36.
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Maurice		 126 +3
49.
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Herbert		 84 +3
94.
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Lewis		 27 +3
36.
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Stanley		 126 +2
45.
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Patrick		 98 +2
46.
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Joseph		 96 +2
72.
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Cecil		 45 +2
90.
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Wallace		 30 +2
99.
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Lloyd		 26 new
6.
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Ronald		 308 +1
7.
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Raymond		 293 +1
22.
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Richard		 161 +1
34.
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Brian		 127 +1
42.
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Alfred		 118 +1
94.
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Paul		 27 +1
100.
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Wiremu		 25 new
1.
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John		 955 0
2.
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William		 725 0
3.
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James		 522 0
4.
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Robert		 444 0
5.
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George		 345 0
13.
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David		 218 0
24.
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Allan		 156 0
58.
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Rex		 61 0
89.
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Stuart		 31 0
92.
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Lindsay		 28 0
10.
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Arthur		 238 -1
11.
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Donald		 225 -1
18.
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Ian		 191 -1
21.
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Eric		 169 -1
28.
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Francis		 146 -1
33.
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Walter		 132 -1
42.
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Trevor		 118 -1
47.
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Ivan		 94 -1
8.
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Thomas		 292 -2
16.
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Charles		 208 -2
17.
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Peter		 201 -2
20.
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Leslie		 188 -2
27.
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Norman		 150 -2
41.
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Bruce		 119 -2
14.
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Kenneth		 216 -3
15.
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Douglas		 213 -3
36.
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Leonard		 126 -3
53.
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Bernard		 80 -3
55.
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Owen		 75 -3
19.
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Edward		 189 -4
32.
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Albert		 133 -4
84.
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Allen		 36 -4
39.
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Alexander		 125 -5
50.
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Ernest		 83 -5
72.
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Malcolm		 45 -5
100.
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Bryan		 25 -5
61.
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Clifford		 58 -6
62.
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Harry		 57 -6
56.
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Reginald		 69 -7
67.
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Victor		 49 -7
74.
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Laurence		 43 -7
34.
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Jack		 127 -8
87.
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Ross		 32 -8
51.
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Frank		 82 -9
80.
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Kevin		 39 -9
31.
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Keith		 135 -10
68.
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Hugh		 48 -11
80.
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Sydney		 39 -13
78.
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Leo		 40 -14
91.
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Athol		 29 -14
94.
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Lionel		 27 -14
83.
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Neville		 38 -16
100.
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Clarence		 25 -16
80.
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Ralph		 39 -18
94.
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Maxwell		 27 -21
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
77.
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Aileen		 38 new
39.
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Lois		 80 +23
70.
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Heather		 48 +23
77.
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May		 38 +23
69.
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Gloria		 52 +21
73.
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Myra		 41 +20
21.
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Ngaire		 111 +16
75.
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Dawn		 39 +16
84.
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Mabel		 36 +16
67.
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Hilda		 53 +14
87.
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Fay		 35 new
55.
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Pauline		 62 +13
63.
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Vera		 57 +12
38.
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Noeline		 85 +10
46.
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Iris		 72 +10
26.
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Barbara		 105 +9
32.
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Valerie		 94 +9
51.
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Ellen		 64 +9
60.
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Grace		 58 +9
93.
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Pearl		 32 new
84.
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Pamela		 36 +7
20.
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Daphne		 121 +6
21.
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Marie		 111 +6
31.
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Lorna		 95 +6
49.
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Jessie		 66 +6
51.
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Maureen		 64 +6
60.
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Joy		 58 +6
19.
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Mavis		 122 +4
36.
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Alice		 88 +4
44.
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Winifred		 76 +4
75.
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Constance		 39 +4
81.
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Melva		 37 +4
97.
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Avis		 30 new
97.
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Isobel		 30 new
97.
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Olga		 30 new
4.
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Betty		 343 +3
12.
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Eileen		 187 +3
26.
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Nola		 105 +3
57.
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Ethel		 60 +3
84.
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Elaine		 36 +3
94.
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Janet		 31 +3
18.
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Marjorie		 127 +2
29.
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Olive		 103 +2
37.
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Beryl		 87 +2
55.
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Sylvia		 62 +2
5.
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Patricia		 311 +1
8.
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Shirley		 295 +1
16.
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Nancy		 140 +1
30.
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Elsie		 96 +1
64.
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Myrtle		 56 +1
77.
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Merle		 38 +1
92.
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Alison		 33 +1
1.
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Margaret		 568 0
2.
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Mary		 435 0
3.
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Joan		 399 0
10.
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Kathleen		 224 0
11.
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June		 218 0
57.
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Peggy		 60 0
97.
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Ailsa		 30 0
6.
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Joyce		 308 -1
9.
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Jean		 245 -1
13.
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Audrey		 165 -1
14.
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Phyllis		 157 -1
15.
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Elizabeth		 151 -1
17.
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Doreen		 139 -1
42.
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Evelyn		 79 -1
46.
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Edith		 72 -1
51.
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Agnes		 64 -1
65.
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Alma		 54 -1
71.
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Josephine		 45 -2
7.
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Dorothy		 306 -3
25.
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Thelma		 107 -3
50.
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Muriel		 65 -3
23.
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Norma		 110 -4
73.
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Enid		 41 -4
77.
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Eunice		 38 -4
88.
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Eva		 34 -4
23.
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Edna		 110 -5
48.
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Ruth		 67 -5
35.
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Gladys		 89 -6
28.
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Helen		 104 -7
88.
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Yvonne		 34 -7
94.
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Sheila		 31 -7
33.
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Irene		 92 -8
39.
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Annie		 80 -8
43.
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Hazel		 78 -9
45.
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Frances		 75 -9
54.
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Catherine		 63 -9
60.
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Gwendoline		 58 -9
72.
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Ivy		 42 -9
88.
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Elva		 34 -9
94.
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Ruby		 31 -9
34.
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Doris		 91 -11
39.
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Florence		 80 -11
65.
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Marion		 54 -12
67.
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Rita		 53 -14
81.
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Rona		 37 -14
59.
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Violet		 59 -15
88.
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Colleen		 34 -19
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Beatrice		 30 -24
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Dulcie		 37 -30
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