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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Basil
22 -11 -10 -31.3%
99.
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Maxwell
23 -14 -11 -32.4%
98.
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Clarence
24 new new new
95.
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Denis
26 -2 0 0.0%
95.
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Dennis
26 -11 -9 -25.7%
95.
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Lionel
26 new new new
93.
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Athol
27 new new new
93.
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Selwyn
27 -8 -7 -20.6%
92.
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Lindsay
28 new new new
90.
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Clive
30 +7 +5 +20.0%
90.
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Derek
30 -11 -8 -21.1%
88.
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Cecil
31 new new new
88.
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Leo
31 -3 -3 -8.8%
85.
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Allen
34 -10 -8 -19.0%
85.
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Edwin
34 -4 -2 -5.6%
85.
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Gerald
34 -8 -5 -12.8%
84.
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Stuart
35 new new new
83.
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Victor
36 -8 -6 -14.3%
82.
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Clifford
38 -12 -7 -15.6%
80.
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Harry
39 +5 +5 +14.7%
80.
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Ralph
39 new new new
78.
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Cyril
41 -1 +2 +5.1%
78.
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Laurence
41 +3 +5 +13.9%
77.
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Robin
42 +12 +10 +31.3%
76.
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Ross
43 -8 -8 -15.7%
75.
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Andrew
45 +6 +9 +25.0%
74.
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Roger
46 +18 +15 +48.4%
71.
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Hugh
48 -2 -1 -2.0%
71.
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Neville
48 +3 +5 +11.6%
71.
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Paul
48 +1 +4 +9.1%
70.
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Philip
49 +9 +11 +28.9%
69.
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Herbert
50 -2 -4 -7.4%
68.
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Terence
53 +2 +8 +17.8%
67.
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Anthony
55 -2 -1 -1.8%
66.
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Ernest
58 -18 -20 -25.6%
64.
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Geoffrey
59 +2 +4 +7.3%
64.
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Neil
59 -1 0 0.0%
61.
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Kevin
60 -6 -9 -13.0%
61.
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Lawrence
60 -4 -6 -9.1%
61.
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Malcolm
60 +2 +1 +1.7%
59.
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Frank
61 0 -3 -4.7%
59.
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Reginald
61 -1 -4 -6.2%
58.
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Bryan
66 +14 +22 +50.0%
57.
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Graeme
69 +3 +6 +9.5%
55.
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Michael
70 -1 -2 -2.8%
55.
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Rex
70 +5 +7 +11.1%
54.
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Bernard
71 -5 -6 -7.8%
53.
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Harold
72 -9 -11 -13.3%
52.
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Henry
76 -1 +1 +1.3%
50.
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Joseph
77 0 +1 +1.3%
50.
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Russell
77 +12 +17 +28.3%
49.
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Murray
80 -10 -11 -12.1%
48.
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Owen
83 +8 +15 +22.1%
45.
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Alexander
84 -1 +1 +1.2%
45.
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Jack
84 -10 -20 -19.2%
45.
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Mervyn
84 +8 +11 +15.1%
44.
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Frederick
86 -3 -1 -1.1%
42.
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Alfred
87 +1 +3 +3.6%
42.
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Roy
87 +9 +12 +16.0%
40.
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Patrick
92 +7 +11 +13.6%
40.
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Stanley
92 -3 -11 -10.7%
39.
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Walter
94 -4 -10 -9.6%
37.
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Francis
97 -3 -18 -15.7%
37.
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Leonard
97 +3 +8 +9.0%
36.
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Albert
99 +2 +2 +2.1%
35.
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Barry
105 +11 +23 +28.0%
34.
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Ivan
113 +8 +28 +32.9%
33.
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Norman
122 -2 -3 -2.4%
32.
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Noel
125 -6 -21 -14.4%
31.
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Eric
131 +2 +9 +7.4%
30.
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Charles
136 -6 -22 -13.9%
29.
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Desmond
140 +1 +8 +6.1%
28.
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Trevor
145 0 +1 +0.7%
27.
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Richard
146 +2 +10 +7.4%
26.
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Alan
147 -4 -14 -8.7%
24.
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Allan
148 +1 -6 -3.9%
24.
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Graham
148 +8 +24 +19.4%
22.
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Bruce
152 -3 -13 -7.9%
22.
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Edward
152 -2 -11 -6.7%
21.
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Leslie
155 -3 -15 -8.8%
19.
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Gordon
157 -3 -16 -9.2%
19.
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Maurice
157 +4 -3 -1.9%
18.
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Douglas
163 +3 +1 +0.6%
17.
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Arthur
167 +9 +21 +14.4%
16.
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Kenneth
173 -2 -47 -21.4%
15.
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Keith
175 +2 +4 +2.3%
13.
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Colin
208 +2 -1 -0.5%
13.
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Thomas
208 -1 -54 -20.6%
12.
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George
210 +1 -26 -11.0%
11.
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Ian
300 0 +29 +10.7%
10.
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Raymond
305 0 +30 +10.9%
9.
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Brian
307 -1 +25 +8.9%
8.
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Donald
312 +1 +31 +11.0%
7.
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David
318 0 +33 +11.6%
6.
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Peter
346 0 +49 +16.5%
5.
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Ronald
389 0 +35 +9.9%
4.
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James
428 -1 -52 -10.8%
3.
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Robert
430 +1 -43 -9.1%
2.
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William
618 0 +27 +4.6%
1.
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John
869 0 -12 -1.4%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
99.
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Aileen
28 -25 -14 -33.3%
99.
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Molly
28 new new new
96.
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Ann
29 new new new
96.
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Grace
29 -13 -7 -19.4%
96.
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Isabel
29 new new new
95.
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Eunice
30 -8 -3 -9.1%
92.
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Jacqueline
31 new new new
92.
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Peggy
31 -11 -7 -18.4%
92.
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Winifred
31 -20 -12 -27.9%
87.
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Ethel
32 0 -1 -3.0%
87.
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Ivy
32 -15 -11 -25.6%
87.
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Rae
32 +11 +5 +18.5%
87.
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Rosemary
32 +9 +4 +14.3%
87.
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Violet
32 -16 -12 -27.3%
85.
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Ailsa
33 +1 -2 -5.7%
85.
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Edith
33 -27 -19 -36.5%
83.
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Rona
34 -7 -7 -17.1%
83.
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Vera
34 0 -2 -5.6%
79.
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Dulcie
35 -13 -13 -27.1%
79.
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Jessie
35 -11 -12 -25.5%
79.
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Lesley
35 new new new
79.
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Valda
35 new new new
75.
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Bernice
36 +12 +3 +9.1%
75.
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Diana
36 +21 +8 +28.6%
75.
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Eleanor
36 new new new
75.
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Gloria
36 +3 -3 -7.7%
74.
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Beatrice
37 +19 +6 +19.4%
72.
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Alma
38 +11 +2 +5.6%
72.
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Muriel
38 -9 -12 -24.0%
71.
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Gwendoline
39 +6 -1 -2.5%
70.
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Ellen
40 -2 -7 -14.9%
68.
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Annie
41 -7 -10 -19.6%
68.
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Iris
41 -5 -9 -18.0%
67.
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Lorraine
45 +11 +6 +15.4%
66.
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Rita
46 -3 -4 -8.0%
64.
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Agnes
47 +23 +14 +42.4%
64.
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Olive
47 -17 -18 -27.7%
63.
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Hazel
48 -18 -19 -28.4%
62.
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Elsie
49 -5 -4 -7.5%
61.
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Anne
50 +17 +11 +28.2%
60.
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Sylvia
52 -6 -5 -8.8%
59.
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Beryl
53 -5 -4 -7.0%
57.
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Alison
54 +4 +3 +5.9%
57.
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Gladys
54 -6 -9 -14.3%
56.
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Jocelyn
55 -8 -9 -14.1%
54.
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Florence
56 -1 -5 -8.2%
54.
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Josephine
56 +20 +14 +33.3%
53.
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Alice
57 +3 +3 +5.6%
52.
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Heather
60 -7 -7 -10.4%
50.
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Doris
63 -2 -1 -1.6%
50.
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Evelyn
63 +8 +11 +21.2%
48.
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Edna
64 -7 -5 -7.2%
48.
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Yvonne
64 +18 +16 +33.3%
46.
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Janet
65 +12 +13 +25.0%
46.
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Thelma
65 -7 -8 -11.0%
45.
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Marion
66 +7 +4 +6.5%
42.
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Catherine
69 -1 0 0.0%
42.
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Joy
69 -1 0 0.0%
42.
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Lorna
69 -6 -6 -8.0%
38.
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Elaine
72 +10 +8 +12.5%
38.
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Frances
72 +3 +3 +4.3%
38.
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Irene
72 -3 -10 -12.2%
38.
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Ruth
72 -2 -3 -4.0%
37.
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Judith
73 +33 +27 +58.7%
34.
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Fay
75 +4 +1 +1.4%
34.
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Mavis
75 -4 -25 -25.0%
34.
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Nola
75 +5 +2 +2.7%
33.
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Marjorie
79 -4 -22 -21.8%
32.
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Pauline
88 0 -5 -5.4%
31.
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Lois
92 +2 0 0.0%
30.
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Phyllis
93 -3 -16 -14.7%
29.
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Dawn
96 +1 -4 -4.0%
28.
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Norma
102 -5 -13 -11.3%
27.
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Daphne
103 -5 -15 -12.7%
26.
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Colleen
107 +2 +1 +0.9%
25.
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Noeline
108 +1 -3 -2.7%
24.
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Pamela
114 +10 +26 +29.5%
23.
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Eileen
116 -3 -9 -7.2%
22.
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Nancy
126 -3 -1 -0.8%
21.
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Beverley
129 +2 +14 +12.2%
20.
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Ngaire
132 -2 -13 -9.0%
19.
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Helen
137 +2 +15 +12.3%
18.
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Maureen
149 +5 +34 +29.6%
17.
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Kathleen
161 -1 +1 +0.6%
16.
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Marie
162 -2 -4 -2.4%
15.
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Joyce
170 -5 -37 -17.9%
14.
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Audrey
173 +3 +27 +18.5%
13.
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Jean
176 -1 -14 -7.4%
12.
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Doreen
178 +3 +13 +7.9%
11.
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Barbara
192 +2 +11 +6.1%
10.
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Valerie
197 +1 +4 +2.1%
9.
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June
207 -1 -17 -7.6%
8.
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Elizabeth
222 +1 +2 +0.9%
7.
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Dorothy
233 0 -23 -9.0%
6.
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Betty
263 -1 -29 -9.9%
5.
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Joan
278 +1 +8 +3.0%
4.
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Mary
311 0 -37 -10.6%
3.
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Shirley
338 -1 -53 -13.6%
2.
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Patricia
375 +1 -7 -1.8%
1.
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Margaret
815 0 +151 +22.7%