Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Cecil
25 -12 -6 -19.4%
100.
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Lindsay
25 -8 -3 -10.7%
100.
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Wiremu
25 new new new
96.
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Arnold
26 new new new
96.
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Clive
26 -6 -4 -13.3%
96.
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Herbert
26 -27 -24 -48.0%
96.
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Lionel
26 -1 0 0.0%
95.
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Warwick
27 new new new
93.
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Clarence
28 +5 +4 +16.7%
93.
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Derek
28 -3 -2 -6.7%
92.
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Leo
30 -4 -1 -3.2%
90.
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Edwin
31 -5 -3 -8.8%
90.
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Sydney
31 new new new
89.
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Laurence
32 -11 -9 -22.0%
88.
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Roger
33 -14 -13 -28.3%
85.
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Denis
34 +10 +8 +30.8%
85.
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Philip
34 -15 -15 -30.6%
85.
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Samuel
34 new new new
82.
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Andrew
35 -7 -10 -22.2%
82.
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Cyril
35 -4 -6 -14.6%
82.
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Ralph
35 -2 -4 -10.3%
78.
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Clifford
36 +4 -2 -5.3%
78.
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Dennis
36 +17 +10 +38.5%
78.
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Frank
36 -19 -25 -41.0%
78.
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Harry
36 +2 -3 -7.7%
76.
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Ross
39 0 -4 -9.3%
76.
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Victor
39 +7 +3 +8.3%
74.
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Maxwell
41 +25 +18 +78.3%
74.
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Robin
41 +3 -1 -2.4%
72.
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Hugh
43 -1 -5 -10.4%
72.
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Stuart
43 +12 +8 +22.9%
71.
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Paul
45 0 -3 -6.3%
70.
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Allen
46 +15 +12 +35.3%
69.
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Reginald
47 -10 -14 -23.0%
68.
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Gerald
49 +17 +15 +44.1%
67.
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Geoffrey
52 -3 -7 -11.9%
66.
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Lawrence
53 -5 -7 -11.7%
64.
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Neville
57 +7 +9 +18.8%
64.
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Owen
57 -16 -26 -31.3%
62.
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Alexander
58 -17 -26 -31.0%
62.
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Harold
58 -9 -14 -19.4%
61.
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Anthony
59 +6 +4 +7.3%
60.
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Terence
60 +8 +7 +13.2%
59.
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Bernard
61 -5 -10 -14.1%
58.
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Kevin
62 +3 +2 +3.3%
57.
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Russell
63 -7 -14 -18.2%
55.
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Bryan
64 +3 -2 -3.0%
55.
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Malcolm
64 +6 +4 +6.7%
54.
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Ernest
66 +12 +8 +13.8%
53.
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Walter
68 -14 -26 -27.7%
50.
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Alfred
69 -8 -18 -20.7%
50.
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Jack
69 -5 -15 -17.9%
50.
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Roy
69 -8 -18 -20.7%
49.
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Leonard
71 -12 -26 -26.8%
48.
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Michael
72 +7 +2 +2.9%
46.
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Joseph
73 +4 -4 -5.2%
46.
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Neil
73 +18 +14 +23.7%
44.
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Henry
76 +8 0 0.0%
44.
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Murray
76 +5 -4 -5.0%
42.
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Frederick
78 +2 -8 -9.3%
42.
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Stanley
78 -2 -14 -15.2%
40.
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Francis
86 -3 -11 -11.3%
40.
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Patrick
86 0 -6 -6.5%
39.
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Mervyn
89 +6 +5 +6.0%
37.
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Graeme
93 +20 +24 +34.8%
37.
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Rex
93 +18 +23 +32.9%
36.
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Desmond
94 -7 -46 -32.9%
35.
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Noel
95 -3 -30 -24.0%
34.
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Ivan
98 0 -15 -13.3%
32.
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Albert
101 +4 +2 +2.0%
32.
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Eric
101 -1 -30 -22.9%
31.
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Norman
114 +2 -8 -6.6%
30.
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Maurice
116 -11 -41 -26.1%
29.
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Allan
117 -5 -31 -20.9%
28.
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Richard
130 -1 -16 -11.0%
26.
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Barry
131 +9 +26 +24.8%
26.
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Leslie
131 -5 -24 -15.5%
25.
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Keith
133 -10 -42 -24.0%
23.
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Arthur
134 -6 -33 -19.8%
23.
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Charles
134 +7 -2 -1.5%
22.
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Graham
135 +2 -13 -8.8%
21.
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Gordon
139 -2 -18 -11.5%
20.
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Alan
140 +6 -7 -4.8%
19.
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Edward
143 +3 -9 -5.9%
18.
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Trevor
147 +10 +2 +1.4%
17.
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Bruce
152 +5 0 0.0%
16.
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Douglas
168 +2 +5 +3.1%
15.
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Thomas
188 -2 -20 -9.6%
14.
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Colin
197 -1 -11 -5.3%
13.
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Kenneth
198 +3 +25 +14.5%
12.
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George
226 0 +16 +7.6%
11.
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Ian
271 0 -29 -9.7%
10.
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Raymond
275 0 -30 -9.8%
9.
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Ronald
301 -4 -88 -22.6%
8.
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Donald
302 0 -10 -3.2%
7.
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Peter
309 -1 -37 -10.7%
6.
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Brian
310 +3 +3 +1.0%
5.
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David
327 +2 +9 +2.8%
4.
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James
416 0 -12 -2.8%
3.
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Robert
437 0 +7 +1.6%
2.
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William
548 0 -70 -11.3%
1.
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John
893 0 +24 +2.8%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
98.
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Janice
26 new new new
98.
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Monica
26 new new new
98.
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Rona
26 -15 -8 -23.5%
98.
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Valmai
26 new new new
96.
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Ailsa
27 -11 -6 -18.2%
96.
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Mabel
27 new new new
95.
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Agnes
28 -31 -19 -40.4%
91.
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Gwendoline
29 -20 -10 -25.6%
91.
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Ivy
29 -4 -3 -9.4%
91.
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Noelene
29 new new new
91.
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Vera
29 -8 -5 -14.7%
90.
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Isobel
30 new new new
88.
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Jill
31 new new new
88.
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Rosemary
31 -1 -1 -3.1%
86.
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Aileen
32 +13 +4 +14.3%
86.
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Ethel
32 +1 0 0.0%
84.
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Melva
33 new new new
84.
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Winifred
33 +8 +2 +6.5%
82.
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Constance
34 new new new
82.
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Lesley
34 -3 -1 -2.9%
81.
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Diana
35 -6 -1 -2.8%
77.
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Beverly
36 new new new
77.
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Edith
36 +8 +3 +9.1%
77.
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Isabel
36 +19 +7 +24.1%
77.
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Violet
36 +10 +4 +12.5%
74.
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Annie
37 -6 -4 -9.8%
74.
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Gloria
37 +1 +1 +2.8%
74.
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Jessie
37 +5 +2 +5.7%
72.
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Peggy
38 +20 +7 +22.6%
72.
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Rita
38 -6 -8 -17.4%
70.
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Ann
39 +26 +10 +34.5%
70.
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Muriel
39 +2 +1 +2.6%
69.
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Jennifer
40 new new new
67.
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Grace
42 +29 +13 +44.8%
67.
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Josephine
42 -13 -14 -25.0%
65.
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Iris
45 +3 +4 +9.8%
65.
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Lorraine
45 +2 0 0.0%
64.
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Alison
46 -7 -8 -14.8%
61.
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Alice
47 -8 -10 -17.5%
61.
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Doris
47 -11 -16 -25.4%
61.
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Elsie
47 +1 -2 -4.1%
60.
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Ellen
48 +10 +8 +20.0%
59.
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Sylvia
49 +1 -3 -5.8%
56.
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Beryl
52 +3 -1 -1.9%
56.
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Irene
52 -18 -20 -27.8%
56.
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Yvonne
52 -8 -12 -18.8%
55.
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Florence
53 -1 -3 -5.4%
54.
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Edna
54 -6 -10 -15.6%
52.
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Hazel
55 +11 +7 +14.6%
52.
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Jocelyn
55 +4 0 0.0%
50.
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Catherine
56 -8 -13 -18.8%
50.
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Mavis
56 -16 -19 -25.3%
49.
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Evelyn
57 +1 -6 -9.5%
47.
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Gladys
58 +10 +4 +7.4%
47.
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Olive
58 +17 +11 +23.4%
46.
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Anne
60 +15 +10 +20.0%
44.
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Heather
65 +8 +5 +8.3%
44.
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Marion
65 +1 -1 -1.5%
43.
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Thelma
66 +3 +1 +1.5%
42.
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Lorna
69 0 0 0.0%
41.
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Frances
70 -3 -2 -2.8%
38.
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Elaine
71 0 -1 -1.4%
38.
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Fay
71 -4 -4 -5.3%
38.
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Phyllis
71 -8 -22 -23.7%
36.
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Nola
72 -2 -3 -4.0%
36.
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Ruth
72 +2 0 0.0%
35.
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Lois
73 -4 -19 -20.7%
34.
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Janet
76 +12 +11 +16.9%
33.
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Noeline
77 -8 -31 -28.7%
32.
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Joy
79 +10 +10 +14.5%
31.
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Norma
81 -3 -21 -20.6%
30.
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Daphne
85 -3 -18 -17.5%
28.
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Judith
86 +9 +13 +17.8%
28.
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Marjorie
86 +5 +7 +8.9%
27.
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Pauline
91 +5 +3 +3.4%
26.
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Dawn
96 +3 0 0.0%
25.
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Colleen
109 +1 +2 +1.9%
24.
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Pamela
110 0 -4 -3.5%
22.
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Eileen
111 +1 -5 -4.3%
22.
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Ngaire
111 -2 -21 -15.9%
21.
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Nancy
112 +1 -14 -11.1%
20.
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Audrey
124 -6 -49 -28.3%
19.
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Helen
129 0 -8 -5.8%
18.
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Doreen
134 -6 -44 -24.7%
17.
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Kathleen
138 0 -23 -14.3%
16.
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Beverley
146 +5 +17 +13.2%
15.
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Joyce
150 0 -20 -11.8%
13.
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Jean
160 0 -16 -9.1%
13.
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Marie
160 +3 -2 -1.2%
12.
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Maureen
166 +6 +17 +11.4%
11.
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Valerie
173 -1 -24 -12.2%
10.
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June
183 -1 -24 -11.6%
9.
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Elizabeth
204 -1 -18 -8.1%
8.
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Betty
214 -2 -49 -18.6%
7.
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Barbara
222 +4 +30 +15.6%
6.
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Dorothy
227 +1 -6 -2.6%
5.
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Mary
282 -1 -29 -9.3%
4.
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Joan
287 +1 +9 +3.2%
3.
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Patricia
327 -1 -48 -12.8%
2.
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Shirley
333 +1 -5 -1.5%
1.
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Margaret
775 0 -40 -4.9%