Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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William
851 0
2.
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John
842 0
3.
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James
538 +1
4.
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George
422 -1
5.
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Thomas
402 +1
6.
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Robert
396 -1
7.
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Charles
376 0
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Arthur
291 0
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Frederick
264 0
10.
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Leslie
231 +4
11.
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Albert
216 -1
12.
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Eric
215 +5
13.
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Edward
203 0
14.
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Alfred
200 -2
14.
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Henry
200 -3
16.
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Francis
195 +3
17.
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Ernest
187 +1
18.
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Harold
173 -2
19.
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Walter
172 -4
20.
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David
167 -1
21.
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Norman
155 +2
22.
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Stanley
153 +4
23.
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Ronald
145 +3
24.
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Richard
142 +4
25.
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Frank
141 +4
26.
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Joseph
138 -1
27.
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Herbert
137 -5
28.
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Kenneth
135 +4
29.
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Gordon
133 +2
30.
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Leonard
129 -6
31.
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Alexander
128 -10
32.
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Cyril
119 +4
32.
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Raymond
119 -2
34.
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Jack
114 -1
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Reginald
114 0
36.
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Donald
109 +4
37.
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Douglas
104 0
38.
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Cecil
95 -4
38.
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Clarence
95 0
40.
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Roy
88 -1
41.
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Allan
82 +1
42.
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Harry
71 -1
42.
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Victor
71 +5
44.
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Andrew
69 +4
44.
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Maurice
69 +2
46.
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Alan
67 +6
47.
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Hugh
64 +2
47.
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Percy
64 -3
49.
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Colin
61 +2
50.
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Sydney
59 -8
51.
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Ian
57 +3
51.
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Patrick
57 +9
53.
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Archibald
55 +5
54.
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Clifford
54 +1
55.
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Keith
53 +8
56.
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Lawrence
51 -1
57.
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Claude
50 -2
58.
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Philip
49 +5
58.
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Wilfred
49 +5
60.
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Bernard
48 +12
61.
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Hector
47 -16
62.
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Lionel
46 +5
63.
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Peter
45 +16
64.
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Ivan
44 -2
65.
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Gilbert
42 -2
66.
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Noel
41 +6
67.
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Edwin
40 -15
67.
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Horace
40 -7
67.
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Ralph
40 +5
67.
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Samuel
40 -17
71.
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Geoffrey
38 -4
72.
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Edgar
37 -13
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Allen
35 new
74.
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Michael
33 +8
74.
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Trevor
33 +14
76.
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Leo
32 -6
76.
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Sidney
32 +6
78.
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Mervyn
29 +1
79.
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Arnold
27 -9
79.
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Laurence
27 0
79.
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Lewis
27 +9
82.
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Malcolm
25 0
83.
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Basil
24 -16
84.
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Owen
23 -7
85.
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Percival
22 -9
85.
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Vernon
22 +7
87.
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Daniel
21 -9
87.
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Phillip
21 new
87.
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Selwyn
21 new
87.
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Stephen
21 new
91.
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Vincent
20 +9
92.
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Dudley
19 new
92.
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Duncan
19 +8
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Howard
19 -5
95.
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Louis
18 -23
95.
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Neil
18 +1
97.
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Athol
17 -5
97.
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Gerald
17 -3
97.
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Martin
17 -1
100.
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Bruce
16 -10
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Carl
16 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
478 0
2.
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Margaret
331 0
3.
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Dorothy
281 0
4.
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Doris
238 +3
4.
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Gladys
238 +4
6.
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Alice
217 0
7.
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Eileen
216 -3
8.
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Annie
214 -3
9.
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Edna
207 +1
10.
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Kathleen
196 +1
11.
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Florence
184 +2
12.
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Elizabeth
177 -3
13.
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Phyllis
176 +9
14.
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Ethel
162 +3
15.
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Elsie
157 -3
16.
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Ivy
151 -1
17.
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Mavis
150 +6
18.
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Olive
146 +6
19.
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Irene
143 +2
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Jessie
143 -5
21.
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Violet
142 -2
22.
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Myrtle
141 -3
23.
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Edith
136 -6
24.
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Agnes
135 +11
25.
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Vera
131 -1
26.
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Thelma
123 0
27.
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Catherine
120 +1
28.
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Mabel
115 +5
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Marjorie
115 +3
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Winifred
113 0
31.
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Ellen
109 -15
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Ruby
109 +6
33.
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Rita
108 -6
34.
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Hazel
107 -1
35.
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Evelyn
102 -3
36.
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Grace
99 +2
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Muriel
99 -7
38.
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Frances
93 -2
39.
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Eva
91 +1
40.
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Jean
90 -1
41.
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Hilda
83 +2
42.
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Mona
79 +2
43.
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Iris
75 +7
44.
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Constance
74 +4
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May
74 -3
46.
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Nancy
72 +16
47.
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Emily
70 -1
48.
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Ada
67 -4
49.
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Amy
64 +6
50.
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Freda
63 +9
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Helen
63 -8
52.
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Alma
62 +1
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Lilian
62 -4
54.
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Isabella
59 -2
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Nellie
59 +15
56.
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Gwendoline
54 +10
56.
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Jane
54 +19
56.
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Lillian
54 -2
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Sarah
54 +3
60.
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Joyce
53 +9
61.
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Beatrice
52 -11
61.
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Marion
52 +1
63.
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Isabel
51 +3
64.
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Lucy
50 -6
65.
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Doreen
49 +6
65.
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Ida
49 -18
65.
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Ruth
49 -3
68.
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Christina
48 -13
69.
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Daisy
46 +17
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Janet
46 +12
71.
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Ella
45 +22
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Gertrude
45 -5
73.
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Bertha
44 new
74.
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Dulcie
41 +4
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Pearl
41 +12
76.
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Lorna
40 +13
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Mildred
40 +5
78.
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Daphne
39 -7
79.
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Eleanor
37 -5
79.
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Laura
37 +2
79.
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Rose
37 -24
82.
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Amelia
36 -3
82.
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Emma
36 -3
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Lily
36 -1
85.
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Esther
35 +6
85.
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Louisa
35 -23
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Myra
35 -10
88.
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Minnie
34 +5
89.
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Flora
33 -18
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Joan
33 new
89.
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Linda
33 new
92.
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Ena
32 -31
92.
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Marjory
32 -17
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Clarice
31 -5
95.
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Rona
29 new
95.
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Stella
29 -4
97.
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Beryl
27 -1
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Clara
27 -11
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Norah
27 new
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Bessie
26 new
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Caroline
26 new
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Martha
26 new
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Nora
26 -4