Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 146 -6
37.
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Albert		 111 -3
39.
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Alexander		 107 +8
53.
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Alfred		 77 -2
30.
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Allan		 138 -6
75.
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Allen		 39 +7
63.
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Andrew		 56 +8
70.
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Anthony		 42 +8
96.
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Arnold		 27 -2
19.
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Arthur		 166 -2
90.
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Athol		 32 +4
66.
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Barry		 52 +11
79.
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Basil		 37 +12
56.
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Bernard		 71 -3
15.
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Brian		 207 +10
33.
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Bruce		 130 0
81.
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Bryan		 36 +13
91.
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Cecil		 31 -11
27.
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Charles		 146 -11
73.
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Clarence		 40 +5
73.
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Clifford		 40 -7
14.
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Colin		 208 +1
61.
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Cyril		 61 0
9.
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David		 261 -1
98.
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Dennis		 26 new
93.
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Derek		 30 new
23.
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Desmond		 158 -1
11.
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Donald		 253 +1
17.
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Douglas		 199 +1
24.
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Edward		 152 -1
91.
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Edwin		 31 -15
20.
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Eric		 165 -1
46.
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Ernest		 88 -2
35.
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Francis		 117 -10
55.
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Frank		 73 -17
40.
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Frederick		 105 -4
58.
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Geoffrey		 64 +7
8.
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George		 292 -3
81.
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Gerald		 36 -9
13.
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Gordon		 213 +1
75.
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Graeme		 39 new
49.
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Graham		 85 +3
44.
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Harold		 96 -7
68.
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Harry		 50 0
50.
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Henry		 84 -11
60.
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Herbert		 63 -1
93.
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Hugh		 30 -31
12.
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Ian		 248 -3
32.
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Ivan		 131 +16
36.
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Jack		 112 -2
3.
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James		 458 +1
1.
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John		 904 0
45.
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Joseph		 92 +4
17.
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Keith		 199 +12
16.
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Kenneth		 200 -3
47.
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Kevin		 86 +15
70.
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Laurence		 42 +5
54.
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Lawrence		 74 0
77.
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Leo		 38 +8
38.
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Leonard		 108 +3
21.
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Leslie		 161 -1
81.
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Lionel		 36 +6
98.
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Louis		 26 new
66.
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Malcolm		 52 +4
25.
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Maurice		 147 +5
77.
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Maxwell		 38 +17
40.
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Mervyn		 105 +2
63.
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Michael		 56 +6
52.
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Murray		 82 +3
63.
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Neil		 56 -3
87.
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Neville		 34 -15
31.
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Noel		 137 -4
29.
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Norman		 144 +3
57.
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Owen		 66 -2
42.
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Patrick		 103 +2
6.
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Peter		 312 +5
87.
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Philip		 34 -5
69.
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Ralph		 45 +12
7.
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Raymond		 295 0
58.
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Reginald		 64 -1
47.
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Rex		 86 +3
22.
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Richard		 160 +6
4.
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Robert		 424 -1
98.
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Robin		 26 new
85.
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Roger		 35 -3
5.
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Ronald		 325 +1
85.
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Ross		 35 +1
50.
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Roy		 84 -4
62.
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Russell		 59 -4
93.
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Samuel		 30 -2
34.
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Stanley		 120 +9
79.
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Stuart		 37 +8
81.
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Sydney		 36 -7
89.
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Terence		 33 -25
10.
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Thomas		 254 0
25.
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Trevor		 147 +5
72.
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Victor		 41 -6
96.
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Wallace		 27 +4
43.
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Walter		 98 -3
98.
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Wilfred		 26 new
2.
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William		 636 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
64.
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Agnes		 51 -8
82.
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Aileen		 34 -5
76.
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Ailsa		 39 +3
62.
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Alice		 53 -13
67.
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Alison		 49 +8
98.
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Alma		 28 -9
96.
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Anne		 29 new
50.
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Annie		 67 0
12.
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Audrey		 189 +1
17.
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Barbara		 132 +1
85.
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Beatrice		 31 +11
37.
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Beryl		 85 -8
3.
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Betty		 364 +2
44.
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Beverley		 72 +7
52.
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Catherine		 66 -1
98.
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Christina		 28 new
31.
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Colleen		 97 +17
18.
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Daphne		 130 +10
32.
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Dawn		 95 +8
85.
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Diana		 31 new
15.
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Doreen		 162 -3
50.
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Doris		 67 -16
7.
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Dorothy		 260 0
70.
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Dulcie		 43 -5
60.
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Edith		 56 -4
36.
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Edna		 86 +3
22.
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Eileen		 122 -7
55.
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Elaine		 61 +22
9.
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Elizabeth		 245 0
54.
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Ellen		 63 0
52.
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Elsie		 66 -6
91.
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Elva		 30 0
91.
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Ethel		 30 -29
73.
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Eunice		 42 +2
96.
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Eva		 29 0
55.
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Evelyn		 61 -14
58.
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Fay		 58 +9
49.
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Florence		 68 -19
35.
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Frances		 88 -4
46.
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Gladys		 71 -5
70.
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Gloria		 43 -1
98.
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Grace		 28 -5
84.
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Gwendoline		 32 -1
40.
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Hazel		 77 +7
76.
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Heather		 39 -3
25.
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Helen		 106 0
26.
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Irene		 101 +12
64.
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Iris		 51 -20
78.
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Isabel		 38 +1
80.
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Isobel		 35 -7
70.
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Ivy		 43 +13
62.
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Janet		 53 +17
11.
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Jean		 203 0
69.
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Jessie		 47 -13
6.
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Joan		 262 -1
91.
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Jocelyn		 30 -5
74.
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Josephine		 41 -3
38.
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Joy		 82 +6
8.
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Joyce		 246 0
80.
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Judith		 35 new
10.
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June		 214 0
14.
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Kathleen		 169 0
85.
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Lillian		 31 new
41.
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Lois		 73 0
26.
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Lorna		 101 +8
85.
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Lorraine		 31 new
98.
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Mabel		 28 new
1.
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Margaret		 500 0
16.
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Marie		 152 +1
41.
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Marion		 73 +21
30.
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Marjorie		 98 -9
5.
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Mary		 326 -1
33.
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Maureen		 89 +20
20.
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Mavis		 129 +6
91.
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Melva		 30 new
85.
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Merle		 31 new
59.
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Muriel		 57 +1
24.
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Nancy		 116 -1
18.
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Ngaire		 130 +4
29.
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Noeline		 100 +3
33.
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Nola		 89 -13
23.
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Norma		 117 +1
47.
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Olive		 70 -15
47.
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Pamela		 70 +12
4.
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Patricia		 354 -1
44.
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Pauline		 72 +21
68.
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Peggy		 48 +1
21.
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Phyllis		 124 -5
74.
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Rita		 41 -6
85.
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Rona		 31 -13
91.
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Ruby		 30 +2
39.
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Ruth		 81 -5
2.
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Shirley		 398 0
61.
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Sylvia		 54 -24
26.
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Thelma		 101 0
98.
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Valda		 28 new
13.
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Valerie		 186 +6
83.
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Valmai		 33 new
79.
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Vera		 37 +4
57.
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Violet		 60 -2
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Winifred		 51 -4
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Yvonne		 73 +21
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