Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
70.
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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
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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
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
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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
97.
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Beatrice
30 -24
81.
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Dulcie
37 -30