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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Basil
26 new new new
97.
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Selwyn
26 new new new
97.
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Stuart
26 -25 -17 -39.5%
97.
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Warwick
26 -2 -1 -3.7%
91.
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Harry
27 -13 -9 -25.0%
91.
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Lindsay
27 +9 +2 +8.0%
91.
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Lionel
27 +5 +1 +3.8%
91.
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Philip
27 -6 -7 -20.6%
91.
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Ralph
27 -9 -8 -22.9%
91.
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Rodney
27 new new new
88.
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Arnold
28 +8 +2 +7.7%
88.
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Dennis
28 -10 -8 -22.2%
88.
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Lloyd
28 new new new
85.
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Cyril
29 -3 -6 -17.1%
85.
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Lewis
29 new new new
85.
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Victor
29 -9 -10 -25.6%
83.
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Clifford
32 -5 -4 -11.1%
83.
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Herbert
32 +13 +6 +23.1%
81.
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Hugh
33 -9 -10 -23.3%
81.
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Leo
33 +11 +3 +10.0%
76.
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Allen
38 -6 -8 -17.4%
76.
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Andrew
38 +6 +3 +8.6%
76.
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Barrie
38 new new new
76.
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Clive
38 +20 +12 +46.2%
76.
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Edwin
38 +14 +7 +22.6%
74.
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Frank
40 +4 +4 +11.1%
74.
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Ross
40 +2 +1 +2.6%
73.
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Geoffrey
41 -6 -11 -21.2%
72.
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Laurence
42 +17 +10 +31.3%
70.
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Neville
43 -6 -14 -24.6%
70.
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Robin
43 +4 +2 +4.9%
69.
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Gerald
44 -1 -5 -10.2%
68.
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Reginald
45 +1 -2 -4.3%
66.
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Anthony
49 -5 -10 -16.9%
66.
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Roger
49 +22 +16 +48.5%
65.
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Lawrence
50 +1 -3 -5.7%
63.
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Alfred
51 -13 -18 -26.1%
63.
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Ernest
51 -9 -15 -22.7%
62.
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Paul
52 +9 +7 +15.6%
61.
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Mervyn
53 -22 -36 -40.4%
59.
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Harold
55 +3 -3 -5.2%
59.
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Roy
55 -9 -14 -20.3%
58.
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Henry
56 -14 -20 -26.3%
57.
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Terence
60 +3 0 0.0%
56.
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Bernard
62 +3 +1 +1.6%
55.
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Kevin
63 +3 +1 +1.6%
53.
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Bryan
64 +2 0 0.0%
53.
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Jack
64 -3 -5 -7.2%
52.
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Leonard
68 -3 -3 -4.2%
51.
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Ivan
69 -17 -29 -29.6%
50.
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Malcolm
70 +5 +6 +9.4%
49.
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Owen
71 +15 +14 +24.6%
47.
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Neil
72 -1 -1 -1.4%
47.
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Russell
72 +10 +9 +14.3%
46.
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Patrick
78 -6 -8 -9.3%
45.
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Joseph
79 +1 +6 +8.2%
44.
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Frederick
80 -2 +2 +2.6%
42.
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Stanley
82 0 +4 +5.1%
42.
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Walter
82 +11 +14 +20.6%
41.
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Alexander
83 +21 +25 +43.1%
40.
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Francis
84 0 -2 -2.3%
39.
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Rex
89 -2 -4 -4.3%
38.
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Albert
90 -6 -11 -10.9%
37.
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Murray
91 +7 +15 +19.7%
36.
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Desmond
94 0 0 0.0%
34.
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Graeme
96 +3 +3 +3.2%
34.
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Leslie
96 -8 -35 -26.7%
33.
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Noel
98 +2 +3 +3.2%
32.
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Allan
101 -3 -16 -13.7%
31.
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Norman
102 0 -12 -10.5%
30.
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Michael
103 +18 +31 +43.1%
29.
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Eric
107 +3 +6 +5.9%
28.
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Arthur
110 -5 -24 -17.9%
27.
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Gordon
120 -6 -19 -13.7%
26.
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Keith
125 -1 -8 -6.0%
25.
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Edward
128 -6 -15 -10.5%
24.
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Bruce
129 -7 -23 -15.1%
23.
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Douglas
137 -7 -31 -18.5%
21.
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Graham
141 +1 +6 +4.4%
21.
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Maurice
141 +9 +25 +21.6%
20.
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Barry
146 +6 +15 +11.5%
19.
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Richard
147 +9 +17 +13.1%
17.
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Charles
148 +6 +14 +10.4%
17.
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Trevor
148 +1 +1 +0.7%
16.
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Alan
159 +4 +19 +13.6%
15.
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Kenneth
179 -2 -19 -9.6%
14.
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Thomas
193 +1 +5 +2.7%
13.
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Colin
197 +1 0 0.0%
12.
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George
220 0 -6 -2.7%
11.
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Raymond
229 -1 -46 -16.7%
10.
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Donald
246 -2 -56 -18.5%
9.
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Ian
258 +2 -13 -4.8%
8.
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David
317 -3 -10 -3.1%
7.
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Brian
325 -1 +15 +4.8%
6.
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Peter
353 +1 +44 +14.2%
5.
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James
388 -1 -28 -6.7%
4.
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Ronald
393 +5 +92 +30.6%
3.
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Robert
405 0 -32 -7.3%
2.
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William
518 0 -30 -5.5%
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John
860 0 -33 -3.7%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
97.
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Hilda
26 new new new
97.
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Natalie
26 new new new
97.
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Ruby
26 new new new
97.
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Violet
26 -20 -10 -27.8%
95.
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Janice
27 +3 +1 +3.8%
95.
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Marlene
27 new new new
92.
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Eleanor
28 new new new
92.
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Ethel
28 -6 -4 -12.5%
92.
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Isabel
28 -15 -8 -22.2%
90.
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Eunice
29 new new new
90.
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Jacqueline
29 new new new
86.
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Gloria
31 -12 -6 -16.2%
86.
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Lesley
31 -4 -3 -8.8%
86.
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Muriel
31 -16 -8 -20.5%
86.
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Myra
31 new new new
82.
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Ailsa
32 +14 +5 +18.5%
82.
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Ann
32 -12 -7 -17.9%
82.
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Isobel
32 +8 +2 +6.7%
82.
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Rae
32 new new new
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Valmai
33 +18 +7 +26.9%
80.
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Winifred
33 +4 0 0.0%
77.
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Iris
34 -12 -11 -24.4%
77.
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Jennifer
34 -8 -6 -15.0%
77.
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Jessie
34 -3 -3 -8.1%
76.
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Ellen
35 -16 -13 -27.1%
74.
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Noelene
36 +17 +7 +24.1%
74.
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Rona
36 +24 +10 +38.5%
71.
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Agnes
37 +24 +9 +32.1%
71.
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Peggy
37 +1 -1 -2.6%
71.
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Rita
37 +1 -1 -2.6%
68.
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Annie
38 +6 +1 +2.7%
68.
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Elsie
38 -7 -9 -19.1%
68.
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Rosemary
38 +20 +7 +22.6%
67.
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Olive
39 -20 -19 -32.8%
66.
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Sylvia
40 -7 -9 -18.4%
64.
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Beverly
41 +13 +5 +13.9%
64.
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Edna
41 -10 -13 -24.1%
63.
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Diana
43 +18 +8 +22.9%
60.
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Alice
46 +1 -1 -2.1%
60.
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Gladys
46 -13 -12 -20.7%
60.
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Jocelyn
46 -8 -9 -16.4%
59.
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Josephine
47 +8 +5 +11.9%
58.
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Doris
48 +3 +1 +2.1%
57.
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Edith
49 +20 +13 +36.1%
56.
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Evelyn
52 -7 -5 -8.8%
55.
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Thelma
54 -12 -12 -18.2%
52.
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Florence
56 +3 +3 +5.7%
52.
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Irene
56 +4 +4 +7.7%
52.
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Lorraine
56 +13 +11 +24.4%
50.
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Lorna
57 -8 -12 -17.4%
50.
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Marjorie
57 -22 -29 -33.7%
49.
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Beryl
59 +7 +7 +13.5%
48.
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Nola
60 -12 -12 -16.7%
47.
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Hazel
61 +5 +6 +10.9%
45.
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Alison
62 +19 +16 +34.8%
45.
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Frances
62 -4 -8 -11.4%
44.
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Mavis
67 +6 +11 +19.6%
43.
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Phyllis
69 -5 -2 -2.8%
42.
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Catherine
74 +8 +18 +32.1%
41.
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Fay
75 -3 +4 +5.6%
40.
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Ngaire
76 -18 -35 -31.5%
39.
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Pauline
77 -12 -14 -15.4%
38.
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Joy
78 -6 -1 -1.3%
35.
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Elaine
80 +3 +9 +12.7%
35.
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Marion
80 +9 +15 +23.1%
35.
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Ruth
80 +1 +8 +11.1%
32.
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Anne
82 +14 +22 +36.7%
32.
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Daphne
82 -2 -3 -3.5%
32.
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Yvonne
82 +24 +30 +57.7%
31.
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Heather
84 +13 +19 +29.2%
30.
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Norma
87 +1 +6 +7.4%
27.
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Dawn
94 -1 -2 -2.1%
27.
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Eileen
94 -5 -17 -15.3%
27.
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Noeline
94 +6 +17 +22.1%
26.
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Nancy
103 -5 -9 -8.0%
25.
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Lois
104 +10 +31 +42.5%
24.
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Janet
110 +10 +34 +44.7%
23.
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Audrey
111 -3 -13 -10.5%
22.
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Judith
115 +6 +29 +33.7%
21.
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Helen
127 -2 -2 -1.6%
20.
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Colleen
128 +5 +19 +17.4%
19.
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Kathleen
134 -2 -4 -2.9%
18.
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Joyce
138 -3 -12 -8.0%
17.
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Marie
144 -4 -16 -10.0%
16.
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Pamela
146 +8 +36 +32.7%
15.
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Beverley
147 +1 +1 +0.7%
14.
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Jean
154 -1 -6 -3.8%
13.
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Doreen
157 +5 +23 +17.2%
12.
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Maureen
168 0 +2 +1.2%
11.
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June
169 -1 -14 -7.7%
10.
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Betty
192 -2 -22 -10.3%
9.
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Valerie
193 +2 +20 +11.6%
8.
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Elizabeth
221 +1 +17 +8.3%
7.
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Barbara
230 0 +8 +3.6%
6.
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Dorothy
247 0 +20 +8.8%
5.
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Joan
280 -1 -7 -2.4%
4.
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Shirley
281 -2 -52 -15.6%
3.
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Mary
309 +2 +27 +9.6%
2.
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Patricia
363 +1 +36 +11.0%
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Margaret
702 0 -73 -9.4%