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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Lindsay
26 new new new
98.
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Robin
26 0 0 0.0%
98.
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Stuart
26 -19 -11 -29.7%
98.
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Wilfred
26 0 0 0.0%
92.
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Arnold
27 +4 0 0.0%
92.
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Athol
27 -2 -5 -15.6%
92.
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Derek
27 +1 -3 -10.0%
92.
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Roger
27 -7 -8 -22.9%
92.
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Samuel
27 +1 -3 -10.0%
92.
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Selwyn
27 new new new
90.
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Edwin
29 +1 -2 -6.5%
90.
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Vernon
29 new new new
89.
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Bryan
32 -8 -4 -11.1%
86.
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Laurence
33 -16 -9 -21.4%
86.
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Lloyd
33 new new new
86.
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Wallace
33 +10 +6 +22.2%
85.
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Dennis
34 +13 +8 +30.8%
84.
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Allen
35 -9 -4 -10.3%
82.
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Gerald
36 -1 0 0.0%
82.
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Neville
36 +5 +2 +5.9%
81.
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Paul
37 new new new
77.
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Maxwell
39 0 +1 +2.6%
77.
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Ralph
39 -8 -6 -13.3%
77.
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Terence
39 +12 +6 +18.2%
77.
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Victor
39 -5 -2 -4.9%
76.
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Philip
40 +11 +6 +17.6%
72.
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Harry
41 -4 -9 -18.0%
72.
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Hugh
41 +21 +11 +36.7%
72.
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Leo
41 +5 +3 +7.9%
72.
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Sydney
41 +9 +5 +13.9%
71.
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Andrew
42 -8 -14 -25.0%
70.
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Anthony
45 0 +3 +7.1%
67.
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Graeme
47 +8 +8 +20.5%
67.
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Herbert
47 -7 -16 -25.4%
67.
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Ross
47 +18 +12 +34.3%
65.
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Clifford
53 +8 +13 +32.5%
65.
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Geoffrey
53 -7 -11 -17.2%
64.
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Neil
54 -1 -2 -3.6%
63.
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Cyril
55 -2 -6 -9.8%
62.
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Bernard
56 -6 -15 -21.1%
61.
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Michael
58 +2 +2 +3.6%
60.
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Lawrence
59 -6 -15 -20.3%
58.
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Kevin
62 -11 -24 -27.9%
58.
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Owen
62 -1 -4 -6.1%
56.
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Malcolm
64 +10 +12 +23.1%
56.
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Reginald
64 +2 0 0.0%
54.
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Ernest
66 -8 -22 -25.0%
54.
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Russell
66 +8 +7 +11.9%
53.
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Barry
67 +13 +15 +28.8%
50.
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Frank
71 +5 -2 -2.7%
50.
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Murray
71 +2 -11 -13.4%
50.
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Rex
71 -3 -15 -17.4%
48.
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Harold
74 -4 -22 -22.9%
48.
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Joseph
74 -3 -18 -19.6%
46.
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Leonard
80 -8 -28 -25.9%
46.
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Roy
80 +4 -4 -4.8%
45.
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Alfred
83 +8 +6 +7.8%
44.
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Patrick
85 -2 -18 -17.5%
43.
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Henry
92 +7 +8 +9.5%
42.
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Alexander
93 -3 -14 -13.1%
40.
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Ivan
98 -8 -33 -25.2%
40.
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Mervyn
98 0 -7 -6.7%
39.
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Frederick
100 +1 -5 -4.8%
38.
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Jack
101 -2 -11 -9.8%
37.
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Albert
104 0 -7 -6.3%
36.
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Walter
105 +7 +7 +7.1%
35.
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Norman
110 -6 -34 -23.6%
34.
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Stanley
111 0 -9 -7.5%
33.
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Graham
121 +16 +36 +42.4%
32.
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Noel
124 -1 -13 -9.5%
31.
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Francis
125 +4 +8 +6.8%
30.
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Edward
135 -6 -17 -11.2%
27.
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Allan
144 +3 +6 +4.3%
27.
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Charles
144 0 -2 -1.4%
27.
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Desmond
144 -4 -14 -8.9%
26.
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Bruce
146 +7 +16 +12.3%
24.
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Eric
148 -4 -17 -10.3%
24.
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Trevor
148 +1 +1 +0.7%
23.
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Leslie
153 -2 -8 -5.0%
22.
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Richard
154 0 -6 -3.8%
21.
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Maurice
157 +4 +10 +6.8%
20.
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Alan
160 +7 +14 +9.6%
19.
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Arthur
162 0 -4 -2.4%
18.
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Gordon
165 -5 -48 -22.5%
17.
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Douglas
176 0 -23 -11.6%
16.
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Kenneth
194 0 -6 -3.0%
14.
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Keith
211 +3 +12 +6.0%
14.
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Thomas
211 -4 -43 -16.9%
13.
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Colin
214 +1 +6 +2.9%
12.
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George
255 -4 -37 -12.7%
11.
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Ian
256 +1 +8 +3.2%
10.
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Brian
261 +5 +54 +26.1%
9.
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Donald
262 +2 +9 +3.6%
8.
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David
274 +1 +13 +5.0%
7.
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Peter
302 -1 -10 -3.2%
6.
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Raymond
315 +1 +20 +6.8%
5.
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Ronald
355 0 +30 +9.2%
4.
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Robert
434 0 +10 +2.4%
3.
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James
436 0 -22 -4.8%
2.
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William
616 0 -20 -3.1%
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John
911 0 +7 +0.8%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Molly
28 new new new
98.
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Ruby
29 -7 -1 -3.3%
98.
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Valma
29 new new new
96.
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Noelene
30 new new new
96.
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Vera
30 -17 -7 -18.9%
93.
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Anne
31 +3 +2 +6.9%
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Constance
31 new new new
93.
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Freda
31 new new new
90.
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Beatrice
32 -5 +1 +3.2%
90.
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Grace
32 +8 +4 +14.3%
90.
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Isobel
32 -10 -3 -8.6%
87.
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Ailsa
33 -11 -6 -15.4%
87.
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Judith
33 -7 -2 -5.7%
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Myra
33 new new new
84.
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Elva
35 +7 +5 +16.7%
84.
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Lesley
35 new new new
84.
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Merle
35 +1 +4 +12.9%
83.
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Dulcie
37 -13 -6 -14.0%
81.
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Alma
38 +17 +10 +35.7%
81.
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Ivy
38 -11 -5 -11.6%
79.
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Aileen
39 +3 +5 +14.7%
79.
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Rona
39 +6 +8 +25.8%
77.
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Eunice
40 -4 -2 -4.8%
77.
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Janet
40 -15 -13 -24.5%
76.
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Agnes
41 -12 -10 -19.6%
74.
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Lorraine
42 +11 +11 +35.5%
74.
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Violet
42 -17 -18 -30.0%
73.
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Valmai
43 +10 +10 +30.3%
72.
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Rita
44 +2 +3 +7.3%
70.
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Elaine
45 -15 -16 -26.2%
70.
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Olive
45 -23 -25 -35.7%
68.
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Jessie
46 +1 -1 -2.1%
68.
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Jocelyn
46 +23 +16 +53.3%
64.
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Ethel
48 +27 +18 +60.0%
64.
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Gwendoline
48 +20 +16 +50.0%
64.
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Peggy
48 +4 0 0.0%
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Winifred
48 0 -3 -5.9%
63.
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Catherine
50 -11 -16 -24.2%
62.
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Josephine
51 +12 +10 +24.4%
61.
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Iris
53 +3 +2 +3.9%
58.
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Edith
55 +2 -1 -1.8%
58.
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Ellen
55 -4 -8 -12.7%
58.
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Muriel
55 +1 -2 -3.5%
57.
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Hazel
57 -17 -20 -26.0%
56.
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Annie
58 -6 -9 -13.4%
54.
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Evelyn
59 +1 -2 -3.3%
54.
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Heather
59 +22 +20 +51.3%
52.
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Alice
60 +10 +7 +13.2%
52.
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Marion
60 -11 -13 -17.8%
50.
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Pauline
62 -6 -10 -13.9%
50.
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Sylvia
62 +11 +8 +14.8%
49.
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Fay
66 +9 +8 +13.8%
47.
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Frances
67 -12 -21 -23.9%
47.
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Yvonne
67 -6 -6 -8.2%
46.
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Alison
68 +21 +19 +38.8%
44.
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Edna
70 -8 -16 -18.6%
44.
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Florence
70 +5 +2 +2.9%
42.
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Lois
72 -1 -1 -1.4%
42.
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Ruth
72 -3 -9 -11.1%
41.
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Gladys
73 +5 +2 +2.8%
39.
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Elsie
74 +13 +8 +12.1%
39.
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Joy
74 -1 -8 -9.8%
38.
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Doris
75 +12 +8 +11.9%
37.
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Dawn
78 -5 -17 -17.9%
36.
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Beryl
79 +1 -6 -7.1%
35.
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Irene
81 -9 -20 -19.8%
34.
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Thelma
87 -8 -14 -13.9%
33.
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Pamela
91 +14 +21 +30.0%
32.
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Noeline
92 -3 -8 -8.0%
31.
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Lorna
93 -5 -8 -7.9%
30.
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Marjorie
94 0 -4 -4.1%
29.
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Beverley
96 +15 +24 +33.3%
27.
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Daphne
97 -9 -33 -25.4%
27.
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Mavis
97 -7 -32 -24.8%
26.
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Colleen
102 +5 +5 +5.2%
25.
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Nancy
103 -1 -13 -11.2%
24.
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Maureen
107 +9 +18 +20.2%
21.
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Helen
110 +4 +4 +3.8%
21.
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Norma
110 +2 -7 -6.0%
21.
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Phyllis
110 0 -14 -11.3%
20.
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Nola
132 +13 +43 +48.3%
19.
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Eileen
141 +3 +19 +15.6%
18.
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Marie
147 -2 -5 -3.3%
17.
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Audrey
149 -5 -40 -21.2%
16.
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Ngaire
157 +2 +27 +20.8%
15.
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Barbara
163 +2 +31 +23.5%
14.
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Doreen
175 +1 +13 +8.0%
13.
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Valerie
185 0 -1 -0.5%
12.
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Jean
188 -1 -15 -7.4%
11.
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Kathleen
193 +3 +24 +14.2%
10.
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Elizabeth
206 -1 -39 -15.9%
9.
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Joyce
226 -1 -20 -8.1%
8.
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June
249 +2 +35 +16.4%
7.
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Dorothy
263 0 +3 +1.2%
6.
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Joan
302 0 +40 +15.3%
5.
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Betty
316 -2 -48 -13.2%
4.
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Patricia
351 0 -3 -0.8%
3.
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Mary
365 +2 +39 +12.0%
2.
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Shirley
406 0 +8 +2.0%
1.
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Margaret
521 0 +21 +4.2%