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
25 -14 -8 -24.2%
98.
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Lionel
25 -11 -2 -7.4%
98.
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Selwyn
25 -5 -1 -3.8%
94.
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Derek
26 +2 +1 +4.0%
94.
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Harry
26 -7 -1 -3.7%
94.
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Lewis
26 new new new
94.
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Samuel
26 +2 +1 +4.0%
90.
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Clifford
27 +9 +3 +12.5%
90.
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Ralph
27 -10 -8 -22.9%
90.
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Rodney
27 -3 0 0.0%
90.
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Sydney
27 -3 0 0.0%
89.
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Allen
28 new new new
87.
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Basil
29 0 +2 +7.4%
87.
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Laurence
29 0 +2 +7.4%
86.
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Herbert
30 +10 +5 +20.0%
85.
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Stuart
31 -5 -4 -11.4%
83.
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Denis
32 +10 +6 +23.1%
83.
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Hugh
32 -3 -3 -8.6%
82.
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Barrie
33 -4 -3 -8.3%
81.
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Kelvin
34 new new new
79.
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Dennis
36 -11 -16 -30.8%
79.
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Warren
36 +1 +1 +2.9%
76.
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Andrew
39 -6 -10 -20.4%
76.
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Clive
39 0 -4 -9.3%
76.
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Frank
39 -10 -16 -29.1%
74.
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Gary
43 new new new
74.
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Gerald
43 +1 -2 -4.4%
73.
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Philip
44 +12 +12 +37.5%
72.
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Geoffrey
46 +6 +10 +27.8%
70.
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Reginald
47 -5 -9 -16.1%
70.
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Roger
47 -1 -4 -7.8%
69.
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Walter
49 -31 -36 -42.4%
68.
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Alfred
50 -13 -12 -19.4%
66.
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Owen
52 +7 +5 +10.6%
66.
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Paul
52 -2 -5 -8.8%
65.
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Robin
53 -4 -6 -10.2%
64.
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Roy
54 -14 -15 -21.7%
62.
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Lawrence
55 +1 -3 -5.2%
62.
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Ross
55 +5 +1 +1.9%
59.
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Jack
56 -1 -5 -8.2%
59.
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Neville
56 +11 +7 +14.3%
59.
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Stanley
56 -1 -5 -8.2%
57.
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Bernard
57 +13 +8 +16.3%
57.
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Ivan
57 -24 -42 -42.4%
56.
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Anthony
61 -12 -17 -21.8%
53.
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Ernest
62 +21 +16 +34.8%
53.
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Norman
62 -19 -34 -35.4%
53.
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Terence
62 -3 -7 -10.1%
52.
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Henry
63 -8 -15 -19.2%
51.
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Harold
65 +3 +2 +3.2%
50.
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Bryan
66 +11 +7 +11.9%
49.
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Neil
68 -10 -13 -16.0%
48.
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Russell
69 +5 +4 +6.2%
46.
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Joseph
70 +14 +10 +16.7%
46.
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Rex
70 -6 -10 -12.5%
44.
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Leonard
74 +8 +6 +8.8%
44.
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Malcolm
74 +11 +12 +19.4%
41.
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Albert
75 0 -4 -5.1%
41.
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Francis
75 -7 -21 -21.9%
41.
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Frederick
75 +5 0 0.0%
40.
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Alexander
77 +6 +2 +2.7%
39.
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Mervyn
80 +9 +6 +8.1%
37.
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Desmond
83 0 -3 -3.5%
37.
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Patrick
83 -1 -6 -6.7%
36.
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Kevin
84 +19 +22 +35.5%
35.
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Eric
88 +6 +9 +11.4%
34.
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Murray
96 +15 +24 +33.3%
33.
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Noel
97 -2 -10 -9.3%
32.
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Allan
98 -10 -31 -24.0%
31.
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Douglas
105 -6 -21 -16.7%
30.
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Arthur
113 -3 -9 -7.4%
29.
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Maurice
114 +12 +35 +44.3%
28.
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Edward
117 +1 +3 +2.6%
27.
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Keith
119 -1 -4 -3.3%
26.
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Gordon
121 -5 -9 -6.9%
25.
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Graeme
123 +7 +21 +20.6%
24.
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Charles
125 +4 +4 +3.3%
23.
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Leslie
131 -1 +2 +1.6%
22.
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Michael
140 +8 +30 +27.3%
21.
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Trevor
153 -1 +15 +10.9%
20.
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Richard
156 -1 +8 +5.4%
19.
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Alan
166 -1 +10 +6.4%
18.
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Bruce
167 +6 +40 +31.5%
17.
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Kenneth
170 -2 0 0.0%
16.
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Thomas
176 -3 -13 -6.9%
15.
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George
184 -3 -21 -10.2%
14.
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Colin
193 0 +8 +4.3%
13.
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Graham
205 +3 +36 +21.3%
12.
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Raymond
222 -1 +13 +6.2%
11.
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Barry
226 +6 +60 +36.1%
10.
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Ian
245 0 -37 -13.1%
9.
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Donald
292 0 -2 -0.7%
8.
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Ronald
311 -2 -43 -12.1%
7.
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Brian
335 -2 -36 -9.7%
6.
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James
372 -2 -1 -0.3%
5.
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Robert
384 -2 -56 -12.7%
4.
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David
399 +4 +59 +17.4%
3.
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Peter
423 +4 +76 +21.9%
2.
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William
476 0 -44 -8.5%
1.
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John
859 0 +4 +0.5%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Diane
24 new new new
98.
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Ethel
24 new new new
98.
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May
24 -3 -1 -4.0%
95.
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Gwendoline
25 -16 -7 -21.9%
95.
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Jessie
25 +3 +1 +4.2%
95.
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Myra
25 new new new
92.
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Claire
26 +3 +1 +4.0%
92.
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Iris
26 -8 -4 -13.3%
92.
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Ivy
26 new new new
89.
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Gillian
27 new new new
89.
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Merle
27 new new new
89.
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Peggy
27 +9 +3 +12.5%
84.
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Aileen
28 +14 +4 +16.7%
84.
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Hazel
28 -20 -15 -34.9%
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Isabel
28 new new new
84.
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Isobel
28 -7 -6 -17.6%
84.
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Jacqueline
28 new new new
83.
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Violet
29 -16 -10 -25.6%
82.
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Winifred
30 -23 -19 -38.8%
80.
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Annette
31 +12 +3 +10.7%
80.
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Grace
31 new new new
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Agnes
34 +6 +4 +13.3%
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Edith
34 +11 +5 +17.2%
76.
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Doris
35 +3 +3 +9.4%
76.
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Gladys
35 -15 -10 -22.2%
75.
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Jeanette
36 +20 +11 +44.0%
73.
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Edna
37 -17 -13 -26.0%
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Marina
37 new new new
69.
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Diana
39 +3 +3 +8.3%
69.
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Ellen
39 +1 +2 +5.4%
69.
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Gloria
39 +10 +7 +21.9%
69.
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Mavis
39 -17 -16 -29.1%
68.
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Marlene
40 +8 +5 +14.3%
66.
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Elsie
41 +13 +9 +28.1%
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Sylvia
41 -2 -2 -4.7%
65.
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Alice
42 +5 +5 +13.5%
64.
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Thelma
44 -9 -7 -13.7%
63.
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Florence
45 +4 +6 +15.4%
62.
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Jill
46 +31 +19 +70.4%
61.
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Olive
47 +11 +11 +30.6%
58.
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Catherine
50 -5 -2 -3.8%
58.
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Evelyn
50 -5 -2 -3.8%
58.
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Lorna
50 +5 +6 +13.6%
56.
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Lesley
51 +8 +8 +18.6%
56.
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Rosemary
51 +16 +15 +41.7%
54.
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Fay
52 -10 -13 -20.0%
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Phyllis
52 -24 -27 -34.2%
53.
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Irene
53 +3 +3 +6.0%
51.
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Beverly
56 +8 +7 +14.3%
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Josephine
56 +21 +20 +55.6%
50.
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Ann
58 -1 +2 +3.6%
47.
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Daphne
59 -1 -2 -3.3%
47.
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Lorraine
59 +2 +3 +5.4%
47.
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Ruth
59 -13 -16 -21.3%
46.
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Janice
60 +1 0 0.0%
45.
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Beryl
61 +11 +11 +22.0%
44.
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Pauline
62 -7 -11 -15.1%
42.
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Joy
63 +5 +3 +5.0%
42.
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Norma
63 -9 -14 -18.2%
40.
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Jocelyn
64 +5 0 0.0%
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Marjorie
64 +2 -4 -5.9%
39.
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Jennifer
67 +10 +11 +19.6%
38.
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Nola
70 -8 -9 -11.4%
37.
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Eileen
71 -10 -17 -19.3%
36.
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Alison
72 -2 -3 -4.0%
35.
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Elaine
77 +8 +11 +16.7%
34.
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Lois
81 -9 -12 -12.9%
32.
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Dawn
82 -7 -11 -11.8%
32.
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Nancy
82 -3 0 0.0%
31.
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Marion
83 +6 +10 +13.7%
29.
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Frances
84 +10 +13 +18.3%
29.
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Noeline
84 +7 +10 +13.5%
28.
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Ngaire
86 +4 +8 +10.3%
27.
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Anne
87 +12 +16 +22.5%
26.
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Heather
90 -2 -6 -6.3%
25.
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Yvonne
92 +16 +23 +33.3%
24.
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Joyce
97 -5 -28 -22.4%
23.
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Audrey
106 +5 +19 +21.8%
22.
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Janet
113 +1 +12 +11.9%
21.
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Colleen
114 +1 -2 -1.7%
20.
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June
119 -8 -50 -29.6%
19.
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Doreen
124 +2 +6 +5.1%
18.
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Betty
126 -4 -32 -20.3%
17.
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Jean
132 -7 -43 -24.6%
16.
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Helen
135 -1 -7 -4.9%
15.
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Kathleen
137 +2 +1 +0.7%
14.
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Marie
139 +4 +13 +10.3%
13.
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Pamela
143 +6 +18 +14.4%
12.
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Valerie
167 -3 -21 -11.2%
11.
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Elizabeth
175 -4 -41 -19.0%
10.
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Judith
176 +5 +34 +23.9%
9.
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Maureen
178 +2 +7 +4.1%
8.
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Beverley
208 +5 +45 +27.6%
7.
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Dorothy
211 +1 +19 +9.9%
6.
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Barbara
244 0 +23 +10.4%
5.
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Joan
250 0 +9 +3.7%
4.
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Mary
269 0 -18 -6.3%
3.
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Patricia
344 0 +21 +6.5%
2.
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Shirley
456 0 +107 +30.7%
1.
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Margaret
693 0 -40 -5.5%