Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Dennis
26 new new new
98.
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Louis
26 new new new
98.
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Robin
26 new new new
98.
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Wilfred
26 new new new
96.
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Arnold
27 -2 -1 -3.6%
96.
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Wallace
27 +4 +2 +8.0%
93.
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Derek
30 new new new
93.
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Hugh
30 -31 -28 -48.3%
93.
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Samuel
30 -2 +1 +3.4%
91.
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Cecil
31 -11 -5 -13.9%
91.
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Edwin
31 -15 -8 -20.5%
90.
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Athol
32 +4 +4 +14.3%
89.
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Terence
33 -25 -22 -40.0%
87.
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Neville
34 -15 -9 -20.9%
87.
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Philip
34 -5 0 0.0%
85.
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Roger
35 -3 +1 +2.9%
85.
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Ross
35 +1 +3 +9.4%
81.
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Bryan
36 +13 +8 +28.6%
81.
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Gerald
36 -9 -7 -16.3%
81.
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Lionel
36 +6 +5 +16.1%
81.
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Sydney
36 -7 -6 -14.3%
79.
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Basil
37 +12 +8 +27.6%
79.
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Stuart
37 +8 +6 +19.4%
77.
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Leo
38 +8 +5 +15.2%
77.
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Maxwell
38 +17 +10 +35.7%
75.
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Allen
39 +7 +5 +14.7%
75.
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Graeme
39 new new new
73.
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Clarence
40 +5 +3 +8.1%
73.
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Clifford
40 -7 -12 -23.1%
72.
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Victor
41 -6 -11 -21.2%
70.
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Anthony
42 +8 +5 +13.5%
70.
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Laurence
42 +5 +2 +5.0%
69.
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Ralph
45 +12 +10 +28.6%
68.
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Harry
50 0 0 0.0%
66.
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Barry
52 +11 +14 +36.8%
66.
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Malcolm
52 +4 +5 +10.6%
63.
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Andrew
56 +8 +10 +21.7%
63.
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Michael
56 +6 +7 +14.3%
63.
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Neil
56 -3 -5 -8.2%
62.
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Russell
59 -4 -4 -6.3%
61.
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Cyril
61 0 +1 +1.7%
60.
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Herbert
63 -1 +1 +1.6%
58.
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Geoffrey
64 +7 +10 +18.5%
58.
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Reginald
64 -1 -4 -5.9%
57.
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Owen
66 -2 -5 -7.0%
56.
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Bernard
71 -3 -5 -6.6%
55.
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Frank
73 -17 -42 -36.5%
54.
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Lawrence
74 0 -1 -1.3%
53.
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Alfred
77 -2 -1 -1.3%
52.
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Murray
82 +3 +11 +15.5%
50.
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Henry
84 -11 -29 -25.7%
50.
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Roy
84 -4 -11 -11.6%
49.
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Graham
85 +3 +8 +10.4%
47.
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Kevin
86 +15 +28 +48.3%
47.
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Rex
86 +3 +2 +2.4%
46.
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Ernest
88 -2 -9 -9.3%
45.
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Joseph
92 +4 +7 +8.2%
44.
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Harold
96 -7 -21 -17.9%
43.
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Walter
98 -3 -12 -10.9%
42.
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Patrick
103 +2 +6 +6.2%
40.
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Frederick
105 -4 -13 -11.0%
40.
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Mervyn
105 +2 -2 -1.9%
39.
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Alexander
107 +8 +16 +17.6%
38.
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Leonard
108 +3 0 0.0%
37.
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Albert
111 -3 -9 -7.5%
36.
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Jack
112 -2 -8 -6.7%
35.
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Francis
117 -10 -29 -19.9%
34.
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Stanley
120 +9 +18 +17.6%
33.
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Bruce
130 0 +6 +4.8%
32.
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Ivan
131 +16 +45 +52.3%
31.
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Noel
137 -4 -6 -4.2%
30.
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Allan
138 -6 -10 -6.8%
29.
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Norman
144 +3 +10 +7.5%
27.
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Alan
146 -6 -24 -14.1%
27.
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Charles
146 -11 -53 -26.6%
25.
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Maurice
147 +5 +12 +8.9%
25.
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Trevor
147 +5 +12 +8.9%
24.
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Edward
152 -1 -8 -5.0%
23.
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Desmond
158 -1 -5 -3.1%
22.
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Richard
160 +6 +18 +12.7%
21.
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Leslie
161 -1 -10 -5.8%
20.
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Eric
165 -1 -15 -8.3%
19.
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Arthur
166 -2 -30 -15.3%
17.
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Douglas
199 +1 +11 +5.9%
17.
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Keith
199 +12 +60 +43.2%
16.
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Kenneth
200 -3 -32 -13.8%
15.
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Brian
207 +10 +61 +41.8%
14.
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Colin
208 +1 +5 +2.5%
13.
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Gordon
213 +1 +8 +3.9%
12.
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Ian
248 -3 -25 -9.2%
11.
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Donald
253 +1 +12 +5.0%
10.
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Thomas
254 0 -14 -5.2%
9.
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David
261 -1 -15 -5.4%
8.
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George
292 -3 -39 -11.8%
7.
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Raymond
295 0 +15 +5.4%
6.
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Peter
312 +5 +50 +19.1%
5.
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Ronald
325 +1 +22 +7.3%
4.
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Robert
424 -1 -66 -13.5%
3.
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James
458 +1 -21 -4.4%
2.
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William
636 0 -20 -3.0%
1.
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John
904 0 -34 -3.6%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
98.
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Alma
28 -9 -7 -20.0%
98.
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Christina
28 new new new
98.
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Grace
28 -5 -5 -15.2%
98.
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Mabel
28 new new new
98.
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Valda
28 new new new
96.
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Anne
29 new new new
96.
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Eva
29 0 -3 -9.4%
91.
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Elva
30 0 -4 -11.8%
91.
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Ethel
30 -29 -23 -43.4%
91.
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Jocelyn
30 -5 -6 -16.7%
91.
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Melva
30 new new new
91.
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Ruby
30 +2 -3 -9.1%
85.
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Beatrice
31 +11 -1 -3.1%
85.
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Diana
31 new new new
85.
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Lillian
31 new new new
85.
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Lorraine
31 new new new
85.
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Merle
31 new new new
85.
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Rona
31 -13 -14 -31.1%
84.
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Gwendoline
32 -1 -6 -15.8%
83.
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Valmai
33 new new new
82.
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Aileen
34 -5 -7 -17.1%
80.
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Isobel
35 -7 -8 -18.6%
80.
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Judith
35 new new new
79.
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Vera
37 +4 -1 -2.6%
78.
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Isabel
38 +1 -2 -5.0%
76.
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Ailsa
39 +3 -1 -2.5%
76.
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Heather
39 -3 -4 -9.3%
74.
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Josephine
41 -3 -5 -10.9%
74.
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Rita
41 -6 -7 -14.6%
73.
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Eunice
42 +2 0 0.0%
70.
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Dulcie
43 -5 -7 -14.0%
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Gloria
43 -1 -4 -8.5%
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Ivy
43 +13 +5 +13.2%
69.
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Jessie
47 -13 -11 -19.0%
68.
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Peggy
48 +1 +1 +2.1%
67.
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Alison
49 +8 +7 +16.7%
64.
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Agnes
51 -8 -7 -12.1%
64.
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Iris
51 -20 -23 -31.1%
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Winifred
51 -4 -3 -5.6%
62.
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Alice
53 -13 -14 -20.9%
62.
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Janet
53 +17 +13 +32.5%
61.
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Sylvia
54 -24 -29 -34.9%
60.
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Edith
56 -4 -2 -3.4%
59.
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Muriel
57 +1 +3 +5.6%
58.
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Fay
58 +9 +9 +18.4%
57.
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Violet
60 -2 0 0.0%
55.
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Elaine
61 +22 +20 +48.8%
55.
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Evelyn
61 -14 -14 -18.7%
54.
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Ellen
63 0 +1 +1.6%
52.
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Catherine
66 -1 +2 +3.1%
52.
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Elsie
66 -6 -7 -9.6%
50.
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Annie
67 0 +2 +3.1%
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Doris
67 -16 -18 -21.2%
49.
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Florence
68 -19 -31 -31.3%
47.
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Olive
70 -15 -22 -23.9%
47.
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Pamela
70 +12 +15 +27.3%
46.
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Gladys
71 -5 -4 -5.3%
44.
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Beverley
72 +7 +8 +12.5%
44.
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Pauline
72 +21 +22 +44.0%
41.
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Lois
73 0 -2 -2.7%
41.
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Marion
73 +21 +20 +37.7%
41.
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Yvonne
73 +21 +20 +37.7%
40.
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Hazel
77 +7 +5 +6.9%
39.
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Ruth
81 -5 -4 -4.7%
38.
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Joy
82 +6 +8 +10.8%
37.
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Beryl
85 -8 -16 -15.8%
36.
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Edna
86 +3 +6 +7.5%
35.
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Frances
88 -4 -6 -6.4%
33.
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Maureen
89 +20 +26 +41.3%
33.
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Nola
89 -13 -42 -32.1%
32.
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Dawn
95 +8 +16 +20.3%
31.
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Colleen
97 +17 +27 +38.6%
30.
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Marjorie
98 -9 -30 -23.4%
29.
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Noeline
100 +3 +8 +8.7%
26.
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Irene
101 +12 +20 +24.7%
26.
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Lorna
101 +8 +16 +18.8%
26.
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Thelma
101 0 -11 -9.8%
25.
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Helen
106 0 -11 -9.4%
24.
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Nancy
116 -1 -7 -5.7%
23.
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Norma
117 +1 -5 -4.1%
22.
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Eileen
122 -7 -37 -23.3%
21.
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Phyllis
124 -5 -29 -19.0%
20.
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Mavis
129 +6 +17 +15.2%
18.
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Daphne
130 +10 +23 +21.5%
18.
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Ngaire
130 +4 +4 +3.2%
17.
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Barbara
132 +1 -14 -9.6%
16.
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Marie
152 +1 +3 +2.0%
15.
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Doreen
162 -3 -33 -16.9%
14.
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Kathleen
169 0 -2 -1.2%
13.
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Valerie
186 +6 +53 +39.8%
12.
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Audrey
189 +1 -3 -1.6%
11.
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Jean
203 0 -12 -5.6%
10.
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June
214 0 -14 -6.1%
9.
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Elizabeth
245 0 +15 +6.5%
8.
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Joyce
246 0 -37 -13.1%
7.
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Dorothy
260 0 -42 -13.9%
6.
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Joan
262 -1 -74 -22.0%
5.
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Mary
326 -1 -44 -11.9%
4.
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Patricia
354 -1 -18 -4.8%
3.
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Betty
364 +2 +28 +8.3%
2.
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Shirley
398 0 +11 +2.8%
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Margaret
500 0 -23 -4.4%