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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Samuel
24 -7 -3 -11.1%
99.
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Wallace
24 -13 -9 -27.3%
97.
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Clive
25 new new new
97.
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Sydney
25 -25 -16 -39.0%
93.
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Daniel
26 new new new
93.
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Denis
26 new new new
93.
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Gilbert
26 new new new
93.
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Kelvin
26 new new new
92.
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Roger
31 0 +4 +14.8%
89.
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Arnold
32 +3 +5 +18.5%
89.
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Basil
32 new new new
89.
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Robin
32 +9 +6 +23.1%
85.
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Harry
34 -13 -7 -17.1%
85.
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Leo
34 -13 -7 -17.1%
85.
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Maxwell
34 -8 -5 -12.8%
85.
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Selwyn
34 +7 +7 +25.9%
84.
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Dennis
35 +1 +1 +2.9%
81.
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Andrew
36 -10 -6 -14.3%
81.
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Edwin
36 +9 +7 +24.1%
81.
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Laurence
36 +5 +3 +9.1%
79.
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Derek
38 +13 +11 +40.7%
79.
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Philip
38 -3 -2 -5.0%
77.
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Cyril
39 -14 -16 -29.1%
77.
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Gerald
39 +5 +3 +8.3%
75.
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Allen
42 +9 +7 +20.0%
75.
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Victor
42 +2 +3 +7.7%
74.
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Neville
43 +8 +7 +19.4%
72.
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Bryan
44 +17 +12 +37.5%
72.
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Paul
44 +9 +7 +18.9%
70.
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Clifford
45 -5 -8 -15.1%
70.
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Terence
45 +7 +6 +15.4%
69.
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Hugh
49 +3 +8 +19.5%
68.
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Ross
51 -1 +4 +8.5%
67.
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Herbert
54 0 +7 +14.9%
66.
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Geoffrey
55 -1 +2 +3.8%
65.
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Anthony
56 +5 +11 +24.4%
63.
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Malcolm
59 -7 -5 -7.8%
63.
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Neil
59 +1 +5 +9.3%
62.
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Russell
60 -8 -6 -9.1%
60.
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Graeme
63 +7 +16 +34.0%
60.
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Rex
63 -10 -8 -11.3%
59.
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Frank
64 -9 -7 -9.9%
58.
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Reginald
65 -2 +1 +1.6%
57.
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Lawrence
66 +3 +7 +11.9%
56.
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Owen
68 +2 +6 +9.7%
55.
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Kevin
69 +3 +7 +11.3%
54.
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Michael
72 +7 +14 +24.1%
53.
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Mervyn
73 -13 -25 -25.5%
51.
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Henry
75 -8 -17 -18.5%
51.
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Roy
75 -5 -5 -6.3%
50.
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Joseph
76 -2 +2 +2.7%
49.
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Bernard
77 +13 +21 +37.5%
48.
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Ernest
78 +6 +12 +18.2%
47.
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Patrick
81 -3 -4 -4.7%
46.
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Barry
82 +7 +15 +22.4%
44.
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Alexander
83 -2 -10 -10.8%
44.
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Harold
83 +4 +9 +12.2%
43.
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Alfred
84 +2 +1 +1.2%
42.
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Ivan
85 -2 -13 -13.3%
41.
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Frederick
87 -2 -13 -13.0%
40.
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Leonard
89 +6 +9 +11.3%
39.
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Murray
91 +11 +20 +28.2%
38.
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Albert
97 -1 -7 -6.7%
37.
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Stanley
103 -3 -8 -7.2%
35.
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Jack
104 +3 +3 +3.0%
35.
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Walter
104 +1 -1 -1.0%
34.
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Francis
115 -3 -10 -8.0%
33.
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Eric
122 -9 -26 -17.6%
32.
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Graham
124 +1 +3 +2.5%
31.
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Norman
125 +4 +15 +13.6%
30.
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Desmond
132 -3 -12 -8.3%
29.
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Richard
136 -7 -18 -11.7%
28.
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Trevor
144 -4 -4 -2.7%
26.
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Arthur
146 -7 -16 -9.9%
26.
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Noel
146 +6 +22 +17.7%
25.
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Allan
154 +2 +10 +6.9%
24.
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Charles
158 +3 +14 +9.7%
23.
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Maurice
160 -2 +3 +1.9%
22.
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Alan
161 -2 +1 +0.6%
21.
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Douglas
162 -4 -14 -8.0%
20.
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Edward
163 +10 +28 +20.7%
19.
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Bruce
165 +7 +19 +13.0%
18.
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Leslie
170 +5 +17 +11.1%
17.
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Keith
171 -3 -40 -19.0%
16.
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Gordon
173 +2 +8 +4.8%
15.
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Colin
209 -2 -5 -2.3%
14.
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Kenneth
220 +2 +26 +13.4%
13.
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George
236 -1 -19 -7.5%
12.
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Thomas
262 +2 +51 +24.2%
11.
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Ian
271 0 +15 +5.9%
10.
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Raymond
275 -4 -40 -12.7%
9.
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Donald
281 0 +19 +7.3%
8.
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Brian
282 +2 +21 +8.0%
7.
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David
285 +1 +11 +4.0%
6.
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Peter
297 +1 -5 -1.7%
5.
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Ronald
354 0 -1 -0.3%
4.
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Robert
473 0 +39 +9.0%
3.
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James
480 0 +44 +10.1%
2.
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William
591 0 -25 -4.1%
1.
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John
881 0 -30 -3.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Beverly
26 new new new
100.
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Christina
26 new new new
100.
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Elva
26 -16 -9 -25.7%
100.
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Myrtle
26 new new new
98.
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Myra
27 -11 -6 -18.2%
98.
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Rae
27 new new new
96.
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Diana
28 new new new
96.
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Rosemary
28 new new new
95.
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Merle
29 -11 -6 -17.1%
94.
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Rose
30 new new new
93.
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Beatrice
31 -3 -1 -3.1%
87.
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Agnes
33 -11 -8 -19.5%
87.
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Avis
33 new new new
87.
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Bernice
33 new new new
87.
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Ethel
33 -23 -15 -31.3%
87.
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Eunice
33 -10 -7 -17.5%
87.
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Isobel
33 +3 +1 +3.1%
86.
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Ailsa
35 +1 +2 +6.1%
83.
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Alma
36 -2 -2 -5.3%
83.
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Grace
36 +7 +4 +12.5%
83.
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Vera
36 +13 +6 +20.0%
82.
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Melva
37 new new new
81.
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Peggy
38 -17 -10 -20.8%
78.
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Anne
39 +15 +8 +25.8%
78.
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Gloria
39 new new new
78.
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Lorraine
39 -4 -3 -7.1%
77.
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Gwendoline
40 -13 -8 -16.7%
76.
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Rona
41 +3 +2 +5.1%
74.
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Aileen
42 +5 +3 +7.7%
74.
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Josephine
42 -12 -9 -17.6%
72.
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Ivy
43 +9 +5 +13.2%
72.
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Winifred
43 -8 -5 -10.4%
71.
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Violet
44 +3 +2 +4.8%
70.
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Judith
46 +17 +13 +39.4%
68.
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Ellen
47 -10 -8 -14.5%
68.
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Jessie
47 0 +1 +2.2%
66.
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Dulcie
48 +17 +11 +29.7%
66.
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Yvonne
48 -19 -19 -28.4%
63.
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Iris
50 -2 -3 -5.7%
63.
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Muriel
50 -5 -5 -9.1%
63.
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Rita
50 +9 +6 +13.6%
61.
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Alison
51 -15 -17 -25.0%
61.
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Annie
51 -5 -7 -12.1%
58.
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Edith
52 0 -3 -5.5%
58.
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Evelyn
52 -4 -7 -11.9%
58.
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Janet
52 +19 +12 +30.0%
57.
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Elsie
53 -18 -21 -28.4%
56.
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Alice
54 -4 -6 -10.0%
54.
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Beryl
57 -18 -22 -27.8%
54.
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Sylvia
57 -4 -5 -8.1%
53.
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Florence
61 -9 -9 -12.9%
52.
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Marion
62 0 +2 +3.3%
51.
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Gladys
63 -10 -10 -13.7%
48.
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Doris
64 -10 -11 -14.7%
48.
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Elaine
64 +22 +19 +42.2%
48.
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Jocelyn
64 +20 +18 +39.1%
47.
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Olive
65 +23 +20 +44.4%
45.
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Hazel
67 +12 +10 +17.5%
45.
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Heather
67 +9 +8 +13.6%
41.
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Catherine
69 +22 +19 +38.0%
41.
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Edna
69 +3 -1 -1.4%
41.
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Frances
69 +6 +2 +3.0%
41.
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Joy
69 -2 -5 -6.8%
39.
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Nola
73 -19 -59 -44.7%
39.
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Thelma
73 -5 -14 -16.1%
38.
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Fay
74 +11 +8 +12.1%
36.
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Lorna
75 -5 -18 -19.4%
36.
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Ruth
75 +6 +3 +4.2%
35.
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Irene
82 0 +1 +1.2%
34.
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Pamela
88 -1 -3 -3.3%
33.
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Lois
92 +9 +20 +27.8%
32.
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Pauline
93 +18 +31 +50.0%
30.
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Dawn
100 +7 +22 +28.2%
30.
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Mavis
100 -3 +3 +3.1%
29.
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Marjorie
101 +1 +7 +7.4%
28.
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Colleen
106 -2 +4 +3.9%
27.
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Phyllis
109 -6 -1 -0.9%
26.
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Noeline
111 +6 +19 +20.7%
23.
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Beverley
115 +6 +19 +19.8%
23.
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Maureen
115 +1 +8 +7.5%
23.
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Norma
115 -2 +5 +4.5%
22.
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Daphne
118 +5 +21 +21.6%
21.
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Helen
122 0 +12 +10.9%
20.
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Eileen
125 -1 -16 -11.3%
19.
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Nancy
127 +6 +24 +23.3%
18.
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Ngaire
145 -2 -12 -7.6%
17.
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Audrey
146 0 -3 -2.0%
16.
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Kathleen
160 -5 -33 -17.1%
15.
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Doreen
165 -1 -10 -5.7%
14.
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Marie
166 +4 +19 +12.9%
13.
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Barbara
181 +2 +18 +11.0%
12.
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Jean
190 0 +2 +1.1%
11.
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Valerie
193 +2 +8 +4.3%
10.
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Joyce
207 -1 -19 -8.4%
9.
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Elizabeth
220 +1 +14 +6.8%
8.
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June
224 0 -25 -10.0%
7.
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Dorothy
256 0 -7 -2.7%
6.
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Joan
270 0 -32 -10.6%
5.
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Betty
292 0 -24 -7.6%
4.
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Mary
348 -1 -17 -4.7%
3.
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Patricia
382 +1 +31 +8.8%
2.
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Shirley
391 0 -15 -3.7%
1.
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Margaret
664 0 +143 +27.4%