Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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John
949 0 -13 -1.4%
2.
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William
847 0 -57 -6.3%
3.
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James
570 +1 +105 +22.6%
4.
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George
429 -1 -57 -11.7%
5.
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Robert
380 0 -34 -8.2%
6.
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Thomas
357 0 +21 +6.3%
7.
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Charles
307 0 -18 -5.5%
8.
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Arthur
306 0 -9 -2.9%
9.
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Frederick
229 +1 +12 +5.5%
10.
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Henry
223 +1 +17 +8.3%
11.
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Ronald
219 +1 +15 +7.4%
12.
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Leslie
201 0 -3 -1.5%
13.
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Albert
200 -4 -18 -8.3%
14.
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Eric
199 +1 +2 +1.0%
15.
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Francis
186 +2 +10 +5.7%
16.
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Gordon
185 +8 +42 +29.4%
17.
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Harold
177 +2 +9 +5.4%
18.
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Edward
174 -4 -25 -12.6%
19.
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Alfred
166 -3 -30 -15.3%
20.
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Ernest
162 +1 +1 +0.6%
21.
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Jack
161 +9 +35 +27.8%
21.
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Norman
161 +2 +11 +7.3%
23.
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David
156 -1 -3 -1.9%
24.
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Raymond
153 -4 -10 -6.1%
25.
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Alexander
152 +3 +19 +14.3%
26.
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Kenneth
148 -1 +11 +8.0%
27.
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Walter
146 -9 -24 -14.1%
28.
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Leonard
145 -3 +8 +5.8%
29.
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Richard
138 0 +10 +7.8%
30.
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Joseph
137 +1 +14 +11.4%
31.
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Donald
133 +5 +30 +29.1%
31.
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Stanley
133 -4 -1 -0.7%
33.
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Allan
130 +1 +21 +19.3%
34.
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Frank
122 -1 +7 +6.1%
35.
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Douglas
119 0 +13 +12.3%
36.
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Herbert
118 -4 -1 -0.8%
37.
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Cecil
107 +2 +25 +30.5%
37.
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Reginald
107 +1 +20 +23.0%
39.
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Cyril
106 -2 +7 +7.1%
40.
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Colin
95 +9 +29 +43.9%
41.
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Roy
92 -2 +10 +12.2%
42.
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Clarence
87 +1 +11 +14.5%
43.
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Maurice
85 -2 +5 +6.3%
44.
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Alan
80 -2 +1 +1.3%
45.
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Hugh
78 +7 +15 +23.8%
45.
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Patrick
78 +8 +16 +25.8%
47.
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Harry
74 -1 +3 +4.2%
48.
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Lawrence
73 0 +6 +9.0%
49.
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Ian
67 +16 +22 +48.9%
50.
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Keith
63 -6 -10 -13.7%
51.
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Ivan
62 -7 -11 -15.1%
52.
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Victor
61 +8 +9 +17.3%
53.
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Sydney
60 +5 +5 +9.1%
54.
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Andrew
57 -5 -9 -13.6%
55.
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Clifford
56 -8 -12 -17.6%
56.
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Noel
55 -5 -9 -14.1%
57.
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Percy
54 -2 -6 -10.0%
58.
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Hector
52 -2 -7 -11.9%
59.
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Samuel
51 -3 -8 -13.6%
60.
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Wilfred
50 -1 -3 -5.7%
61.
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Peter
49 +2 0 0.0%
62.
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Archibald
48 -1 -3 -5.9%
63.
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Edwin
44 +3 0 0.0%
64.
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Trevor
43 -2 -7 -14.0%
65.
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Philip
42 +9 +10 +31.3%
65.
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Ralph
42 +4 +6 +16.7%
67.
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Allen
41 +15 +14 +51.9%
67.
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Malcolm
41 +18 +16 +64.0%
67.
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Mervyn
41 0 0 0.0%
70.
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Leo
39 +4 +7 +21.9%
70.
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Owen
39 +2 +5 +14.7%
72.
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Arnold
38 +2 +6 +18.8%
72.
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Edgar
38 0 +4 +11.8%
72.
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Horace
38 -4 -2 -5.0%
75.
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Bernard
37 -22 -25 -40.3%
75.
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Geoffrey
37 -5 +2 +5.7%
77.
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Michael
36 +1 +6 +20.0%
78.
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Claude
35 -14 -11 -23.9%
79.
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Gilbert
33 +3 +6 +22.2%
80.
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Basil
32 +9 +9 +39.1%
80.
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Stuart
32 +12 +10 +45.5%
82.
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Daniel
30 -4 0 0.0%
82.
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Sidney
30 -12 -5 -14.3%
84.
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Denis
27 +11 +6 +28.6%
85.
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Neville
26 new new new
86.
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Benjamin
25 new new new
86.
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Gerald
25 +6 +3 +13.6%
86.
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Lewis
25 -12 -7 -21.9%
86.
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Vincent
25 new new new
90.
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Angus
23 new new new
90.
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Percival
23 -4 -1 -4.2%
90.
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Roland
23 +7 +4 +21.1%
93.
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Athol
22 new new new
93.
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Russell
22 +4 +3 +15.8%
93.
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Vernon
22 new new new
96.
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Dudley
21 new new new
97.
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Desmond
20 new new new
97.
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Laurence
20 -16 -8 -28.6%
97.
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Lindsay
20 -8 -3 -13.0%
97.
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Lionel
20 -2 -1 -4.8%
97.
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Matthew
20 -11 -4 -16.7%
97.
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Neil
20 new new new
97.
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Selwyn
20 new new new
97.
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Stephen
20 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Mary
598 0 +41 +7.4%
2.
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Margaret
429 0 +61 +16.6%
3.
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Dorothy
298 0 +37 +14.2%
4.
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Kathleen
252 +2 +37 +17.2%
5.
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Phyllis
248 -1 -6 -2.4%
6.
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Eileen
231 -1 +10 +4.5%
7.
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Jean
213 +7 +42 +24.6%
7.
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Mavis
213 +3 +26 +13.9%
9.
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Edna
212 -1 +21 +11.0%
10.
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Doris
203 0 +16 +8.6%
11.
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Gladys
201 -3 +10 +5.2%
12.
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Alice
195 0 +19 +10.8%
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Annie
184 -6 -26 -12.4%
14.
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Elizabeth
178 -2 +2 +1.1%
15.
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Elsie
172 +1 +8 +4.9%
16.
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Edith
153 +6 +18 +13.3%
17.
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Thelma
151 +7 +20 +15.3%
18.
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Florence
147 -3 -22 -13.0%
18.
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Jessie
147 +3 +9 +6.5%
20.
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Ethel
146 -1 0 0.0%
21.
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Ivy
137 +4 +15 +12.3%
21.
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Marjorie
137 -4 -20 -12.7%
23.
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Agnes
132 +5 +16 +13.8%
24.
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Olive
131 -4 -12 -8.4%
25.
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Winifred
130 -7 -20 -13.3%
26.
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Hazel
127 +4 +19 +17.6%
27.
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Joyce
123 +6 +18 +17.1%
28.
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Irene
121 0 +5 +4.3%
29.
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Muriel
120 +12 +29 +31.9%
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Ellen
119 -8 -16 -11.9%
31.
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Joan
116 +7 +21 +22.1%
31.
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Nancy
116 +8 +22 +23.4%
33.
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Catherine
113 -1 +6 +5.6%
34.
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Violet
111 -8 -10 -8.3%
35.
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Vera
103 -1 0 0.0%
36.
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Grace
102 +8 +22 +27.5%
37.
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Mabel
100 -1 0 0.0%
38.
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Frances
99 +2 +7 +7.6%
39.
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Myrtle
98 -12 -22 -18.3%
40.
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Rita
96 -3 -2 -2.0%
41.
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Hilda
95 +6 +24 +33.8%
42.
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Helen
93 -7 -8 -7.9%
43.
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Evelyn
91 -13 -17 -15.7%
44.
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Eva
85 +2 +13 +18.1%
45.
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Ruby
79 -3 -4 -4.8%
46.
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Alma
77 +6 +15 +24.2%
47.
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Lorna
74 +17 +26 +54.2%
48.
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Iris
70 -6 -13 -15.7%
49.
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Gwendoline
67 0 0 0.0%
50.
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Constance
65 +3 +4 +6.6%
51.
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Ruth
64 -3 -4 -5.9%
52.
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Lucy
62 +15 +17 +37.8%
53.
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Doreen
61 +3 +3 +5.2%
53.
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Lilian
61 +1 +1 +1.7%
53.
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Marion
61 +16 +18 +41.9%
56.
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Emily
58 -6 -8 -12.1%
56.
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Myra
58 +2 +6 +11.5%
58.
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Ada
57 0 +5 +9.6%
59.
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May
55 -14 -18 -24.7%
59.
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Nellie
55 +10 +12 +27.9%
61.
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Beatrice
53 -6 -6 -10.2%
61.
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Mona
53 -5 -5 -8.6%
61.
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Rona
53 +20 +17 +47.2%
64.
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Marjory
51 +12 +13 +34.2%
65.
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Audrey
50 +14 +13 +35.1%
65.
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Isabella
50 -14 -14 -21.9%
65.
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Janet
50 +9 +10 +25.0%
68.
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Patricia
48 new new new
69.
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Dulcie
47 -2 +2 +4.4%
69.
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Isabel
47 -6 -2 -4.1%
71.
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Freda
46 -10 -4 -8.0%
72.
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Beryl
45 +9 +9 +25.0%
73.
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Amy
44 -7 -2 -4.3%
73.
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Betty
44 +23 +14 +46.7%
73.
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Christina
44 -8 -3 -6.4%
76.
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Ida
43 -15 -7 -14.0%
77.
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Lillian
42 +4 +6 +16.7%
78.
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Gertrude
41 +1 +4 +10.8%
78.
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Sylvia
41 -9 -2 -4.7%
80.
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Monica
40 new new new
81.
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Clara
39 0 +3 +8.3%
81.
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Rose
39 new new new
83.
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Lily
38 new new new
83.
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Norma
38 new new new
85.
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Eleanor
37 +2 +4 +12.1%
85.
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Laura
37 -4 +1 +2.8%
87.
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Barbara
36 0 +3 +9.1%
87.
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Bertha
36 new new new
87.
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Sarah
36 -12 -3 -7.7%
90.
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Eunice
34 -18 -8 -19.0%
90.
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Jane
34 +6 +4 +13.3%
90.
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Nora
34 +10 +6 +21.4%
90.
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Olga
34 new new new
94.
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Marie
33 -34 -18 -35.3%
94.
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Mildred
33 +5 +4 +13.8%
96.
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Bessie
32 new new new
97.
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Daphne
31 -24 -10 -24.4%
97.
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Esther
31 -10 -2 -6.1%
99.
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Daisy
30 -23 -8 -21.1%
99.
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Ella
30 -7 -2 -6.3%