Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
21.
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Alan		 170 -2
34.
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Albert		 120 0
47.
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Alexander		 91 +3
51.
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Alfred		 78 -8
24.
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Allan		 148 +3
82.
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Allen		 34 -13
71.
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Andrew		 46 -10
78.
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Anthony		 37 -8
94.
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Arnold		 28 new
17.
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Arthur		 196 -1
94.
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Athol		 28 +3
77.
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Barry		 38 +9
91.
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Basil		 29 -9
53.
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Bernard		 76 -2
25.
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Brian		 146 +4
33.
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Bruce		 124 +6
94.
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Bryan		 28 -5
80.
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Cecil		 36 +5
16.
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Charles		 199 +4
78.
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Clarence		 37 -4
66.
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Clifford		 52 -3
15.
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Colin		 203 -2
61.
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Cyril		 60 +4
8.
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David		 276 +1
22.
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Desmond		 163 +2
12.
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Donald		 241 -1
18.
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Douglas		 188 0
23.
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Edward		 160 -1
76.
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Edwin		 39 +3
19.
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Eric		 180 +2
44.
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Ernest		 97 -4
25.
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Francis		 146 +4
38.
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Frank		 115 +8
36.
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Frederick		 118 +9
65.
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Geoffrey		 54 -8
5.
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George		 331 +1
72.
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Gerald		 43 +6
98.
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Gilbert		 26 new
14.
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Gordon		 205 -4
52.
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Graham		 77 +2
37.
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Harold		 117 -1
68.
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Harry		 50 -5
39.
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Henry		 113 -1
59.
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Herbert		 62 +1
62.
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Hugh		 58 +4
9.
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Ian		 273 +3
48.
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Ivan		 86 -13
34.
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Jack		 120 -9
4.
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James		 479 -1
1.
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John		 938 0
49.
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Joseph		 85 -3
29.
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Keith		 139 -6
13.
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Kenneth		 232 +2
62.
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Kevin		 58 -7
75.
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Laurence		 40 -1
54.
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Lawrence		 75 +5
85.
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Leo		 33 -11
41.
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Leonard		 108 +2
20.
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Leslie		 171 -3
87.
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Lionel		 31 +1
89.
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Lloyd		 30 new
70.
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Malcolm		 47 -12
30.
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Maurice		 135 +2
94.
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Maxwell		 28 -8
42.
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Mervyn		 107 0
69.
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Michael		 49 +13
100.
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Milton		 25 new
55.
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Murray		 71 +15
60.
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Neil		 61 +6
72.
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Neville		 43 +22
27.
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Noel		 143 +6
32.
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Norman		 134 -1
55.
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Owen		 71 -3
44.
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Patrick		 97 -3
91.
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Paul		 29 -12
11.
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Peter		 262 +3
82.
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Philip		 34 0
81.
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Ralph		 35 -2
7.
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Raymond		 280 0
57.
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Reginald		 68 -5
50.
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Rex		 84 +6
28.
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Richard		 142 -2
3.
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Robert		 490 +1
100.
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Rodney		 25 new
82.
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Roger		 34 new
6.
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Ronald		 303 -1
86.
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Ross		 32 -16
46.
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Roy		 95 +2
58.
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Russell		 63 +4
91.
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Samuel		 29 new
89.
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Selwyn		 30 +5
98.
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Sidney		 26 new
43.
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Stanley		 102 -6
87.
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Stuart		 31 +10
74.
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Sydney		 42 -1
64.
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Terence		 55 +10
10.
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Thomas		 268 -2
30.
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Trevor		 135 -2
66.
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Victor		 52 +2
100.
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Wallace		 25 -6
40.
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Walter		 110 +9
2.
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William		 656 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
56.
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Agnes		 58 +3
77.
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Aileen		 41 +8
79.
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Ailsa		 40 +1
49.
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Alice		 67 -13
75.
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Alison		 42 +7
89.
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Alma		 35 -16
50.
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Annie		 65 +6
13.
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Audrey		 192 +1
18.
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Barbara		 146 +8
96.
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Beatrice		 32 -1
29.
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Beryl		 101 +11
5.
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Betty		 336 +3
51.
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Beverley		 64 +48
51.
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Catherine		 64 -12
48.
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Colleen		 70 +28
82.
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Constance		 39 0
28.
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Daphne		 107 -5
40.
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Dawn		 79 +10
12.
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Doreen		 195 +1
34.
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Doris		 85 0
7.
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Dorothy		 302 0
65.
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Dulcie		 50 +2
56.
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Edith		 58 -2
39.
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Edna		 80 -4
15.
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Eileen		 159 0
77.
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Elaine		 41 +4
9.
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Elizabeth		 230 +3
54.
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Ellen		 62 -10
46.
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Elsie		 73 -8
91.
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Elva		 34 -23
86.
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Enid		 36 -13
62.
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Ethel		 53 +14
75.
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Eunice		 42 +4
96.
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Eva		 32 +3
41.
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Evelyn		 75 +7
67.
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Fay		 49 +5
30.
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Florence		 99 +15
31.
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Frances		 94 +9
96.
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Freda		 32 new
41.
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Gladys		 75 -12
69.
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Gloria		 47 +13
93.
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Grace		 33 -36
83.
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Gwendoline		 38 -13
47.
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Hazel		 72 0
73.
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Heather		 43 +5
25.
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Helen		 117 -1
86.
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Hilda		 36 +1
38.
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Irene		 81 -6
44.
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Iris		 74 -4
79.
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Isabel		 40 +8
73.
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Isobel		 43 +26
83.
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Ivy		 38 -10
79.
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Janet		 40 +12
11.
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Jean		 215 -1
56.
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Jessie		 58 -3
5.
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Joan		 336 -1
86.
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Jocelyn		 36 new
71.
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Josephine		 46 -3
44.
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Joy		 74 -4
8.
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Joyce		 283 -2
10.
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June		 228 -1
14.
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Kathleen		 171 -3
96.
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Lilian		 32 -1
41.
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Lois		 75 -5
34.
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Lorna		 85 -7
1.
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Margaret		 523 0
17.
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Marie		 149 +4
62.
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Marion		 53 -12
21.
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Marjorie		 128 -4
100.
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Marjory		 31 new
4.
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Mary		 370 -2
53.
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Maureen		 63 +5
26.
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Mavis		 112 -8
89.
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May		 35 +3
93.
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Monica		 33 +2
60.
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Muriel		 54 -12
91.
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Myrtle		 34 -6
23.
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Nancy		 123 -4
22.
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Ngaire		 126 0
32.
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Noeline		 92 +1
20.
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Nola		 131 +5
24.
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Norma		 122 -4
32.
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Olive		 92 -4
59.
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Pamela		 55 +4
3.
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Patricia		 372 +2
65.
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Pauline		 50 -4
69.
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Peggy		 47 -14
16.
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Phyllis		 153 0
68.
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Rita		 48 -8
72.
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Rona		 45 -9
93.
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Ruby		 33 +6
34.
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Ruth		 85 +12
2.
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Shirley		 387 +1
37.
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Sylvia		 83 +33
26.
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Thelma		 112 +3
19.
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Valerie		 133 +12
83.
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Vera		 38 -17
55.
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Violet		 60 +7
60.
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Winifred		 54 -10
62.
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Yvonne		 53 +1
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