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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Peter
1,484 0 +53 +3.7%
2.
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David
1,238 +1 +70 +6.0%
3.
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John
1,181 -1 -69 -5.5%
4.
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Michael
1,009 0 +72 +7.7%
5.
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Stephen
872 +1 +114 +15.0%
6.
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Paul
803 -1 +27 +3.5%
7.
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Mark
752 +1 +110 +17.1%
8.
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Robert
708 -1 -10 -1.4%
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Christopher
681 0 +55 +8.8%
10.
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Kevin
551 0 +20 +3.8%
11.
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Richard
482 0 +1 +0.2%
12.
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Anthony
445 +1 -8 -1.8%
13.
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Ian
432 -1 -33 -7.1%
14.
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William
429 +1 +25 +6.2%
15.
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Wayne
422 +2 +53 +14.4%
16.
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Grant
392 +7 +102 +35.2%
17.
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Alan
376 +4 +30 +8.7%
18.
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Bruce
368 -2 -23 -5.9%
19.
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Brian
367 -6 -86 -19.0%
20.
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Gary
357 -1 -6 -1.7%
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Murray
357 -2 -8 -2.2%
22.
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Graeme
349 0 +28 +8.7%
23.
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James
348 -3 -8 -2.2%
24.
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Gregory
330 +6 +76 +29.9%
25.
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Steven
297 +11 +82 +38.1%
26.
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Ross
291 -1 +18 +6.6%
27.
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Andrew
278 +6 +53 +23.6%
28.
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Philip
269 0 0 0.0%
29.
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Colin
267 0 0 0.0%
30.
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Graham
266 -5 -7 -2.6%
31.
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Geoffrey
253 -4 -18 -6.6%
32.
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Allan
244 +3 +28 +13.0%
33.
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Barry
241 -9 -48 -16.6%
34.
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Keith
225 +5 +29 +14.8%
34.
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Kenneth
225 -2 -8 -3.4%
36.
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Trevor
209 -5 -34 -14.0%
37.
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Donald
203 0 0 0.0%
38.
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Neil
198 -4 -20 -9.2%
39.
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Raymond
194 +1 +3 +1.6%
40.
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Garry
185 -2 -14 -7.0%
41.
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Martin
180 +5 +23 +14.6%
42.
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Stuart
173 0 -3 -1.7%
43.
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Thomas
172 -2 -8 -4.4%
44.
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Simon
170 +12 +41 +31.8%
45.
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Roger
168 -1 +4 +2.4%
46.
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Russell
166 +1 +12 +7.8%
47.
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Craig
163 +4 +21 +14.8%
48.
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Timothy
162 -3 +3 +1.9%
49.
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Patrick
159 +1 +9 +6.0%
50.
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Phillip
158 -7 -15 -8.7%
51.
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Brent
153 +1 +17 +12.5%
52.
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Tony
149 +13 +42 +39.3%
52.
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Warren
149 -3 -4 -2.6%
54.
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Robin
143 +1 +13 +10.0%
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Malcolm
135 -1 +3 +2.3%
56.
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Kerry
132 +15 +37 +38.9%
57.
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Jeffrey
130 0 +5 +4.0%
58.
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Ronald
129 -11 -25 -16.2%
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Douglas
127 -6 -7 -5.2%
60.
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Joseph
123 +13 +31 +33.7%
61.
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Gavin
118 +1 +6 +5.4%
62.
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Nigel
115 -3 -5 -4.2%
63.
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Dennis
112 0 +1 +0.9%
63.
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Neville
112 +3 +8 +7.7%
65.
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Gordon
110 -5 -9 -7.6%
66.
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George
107 -5 -6 -5.3%
67.
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Terence
106 +8 +18 +20.5%
68.
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Brett
103 +4 +10 +10.8%
68.
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Leslie
103 +1 +5 +5.1%
70.
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Edward
102 -4 -2 -1.9%
71.
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Charles
94 -5 -10 -9.6%
71.
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Dean
94 +13 +25 +36.2%
73.
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Lance
93 +3 +7 +8.1%
73.
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Nicholas
93 +3 +7 +8.1%
75.
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Rodney
91 -1 +1 +1.1%
76.
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Derek
88 +10 +20 +29.4%
77.
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Shane
86 +14 +29 +50.9%
78.
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Noel
85 +2 +5 +6.3%
79.
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Eric
83 -1 +1 +1.2%
79.
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Lindsay
83 -21 -41 -33.1%
81.
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Bryan
79 -17 -31 -28.2%
81.
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Glenn
79 -11 -17 -17.7%
83.
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Rex
74 -3 -6 -7.5%
84.
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Bernard
73 -5 -8 -9.9%
85.
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Alexander
67 -1 -2 -2.9%
85.
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Maurice
67 +3 0 0.0%
87.
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Alistair
65 +13 +15 +30.0%
88.
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Terry
63 +1 0 0.0%
89.
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Ivan
62 new new new
90.
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Daniel
61 -8 -14 -18.7%
90.
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Desmond
61 new new new
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Gerard
61 -1 -2 -3.2%
93.
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Arthur
60 new new new
93.
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Lawrence
60 new new new
93.
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Owen
60 -10 -10 -14.3%
96.
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Warwick
58 -10 -10 -14.7%
97.
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Matthew
57 new new new
97.
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Walter
57 new new new
99.
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Leonard
55 new new new
99.
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Stewart
55 +1 +5 +10.0%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Susan
914 +1 +100 +12.3%
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Karen
808 -1 -17 -2.1%
3.
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Christine
609 0 -165 -21.3%
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Jennifer
457 0 -3 -0.7%
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Margaret
427 0 -10 -2.3%
6.
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Deborah
416 +9 +87 +26.4%
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Linda
408 0 -5 -1.2%
8.
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Wendy
402 +2 +35 +9.5%
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Elizabeth
398 0 +27 +7.3%
10.
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Judith
370 -4 -57 -13.3%
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Robyn
358 -3 -49 -12.0%
12.
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Helen
352 +2 +18 +5.4%
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Julie
344 +13 +116 +50.9%
14.
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Patricia
342 -4 -25 -6.8%
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Sandra
338 -3 -25 -6.9%
16.
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Mary
315 -3 -39 -11.0%
17.
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Barbara
308 0 +4 +1.3%
18.
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Sharon
304 +5 +41 +15.6%
19.
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Diane
301 +2 +30 +11.1%
20.
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Lynette
299 0 +12 +4.2%
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Carol
276 -2 -16 -5.5%
22.
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Debra
268 +23 +119 +79.9%
23.
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Anne
263 -7 -47 -15.2%
24.
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Catherine
256 +1 +19 +8.0%
25.
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Suzanne
237 -1 -15 -6.0%
26.
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Heather
236 -8 -61 -20.5%
27.
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Joanne
232 +8 +52 +28.9%
28.
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Denise
226 +4 +21 +10.2%
29.
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Pamela
225 -7 -41 -15.4%
30.
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Janice
219 +1 +10 +4.8%
31.
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Raewyn
206 -4 -11 -5.1%
32.
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Janet
200 -3 -13 -6.1%
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Jane
188 -6 -29 -13.4%
34.
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Vicki
186 +8 +25 +15.5%
35.
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Dianne
185 -1 -5 -2.6%
36.
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Shirley
179 -6 -31 -14.8%
37.
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Pauline
176 -4 -19 -9.7%
38.
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Donna
175 +5 +20 +12.9%
39.
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Carolyn
174 +7 +31 +21.7%
40.
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Rosemary
173 -3 -3 -1.7%
41.
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Alison
171 -5 -6 -3.4%
41.
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Lorraine
171 -3 -1 -0.6%
43.
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Kathleen
169 -2 +7 +4.3%
44.
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Kathryn
167 +7 +37 +28.5%
45.
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Yvonne
164 +3 +22 +15.5%
46.
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Annette
162 -6 -2 -1.2%
47.
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Lesley
146 +13 +33 +29.2%
48.
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Ann
139 +5 +12 +9.4%
49.
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Marie
135 -5 -17 -11.2%
50.
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Lynda
134 -1 -4 -2.9%
51.
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Jacqueline
132 -5 -11 -7.7%
52.
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Gail
129 -14 -43 -25.0%
53.
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Fiona
128 +6 +11 +9.4%
53.
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Sally
128 +12 +23 +21.9%
55.
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Jan
127 +3 +8 +6.7%
56.
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Colleen
125 -2 +1 +0.8%
56.
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Sheryl
125 -4 -4 -3.1%
58.
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Jillian
124 -3 +3 +2.5%
59.
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Kerry
120 +7 +18 +17.6%
60.
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Gillian
118 +7 +17 +16.8%
61.
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Cheryl
117 +2 +6 +5.4%
62.
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Angela
115 0 +3 +2.7%
62.
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Kay
115 +6 +16 +16.2%
64.
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Brenda
114 -9 -7 -5.8%
64.
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Maree
114 +5 +22 +23.9%
66.
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Diana
113 +9 +27 +31.4%
67.
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Beverley
110 -7 -3 -2.7%
68.
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Nicola
109 +28 +40 +58.0%
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Shona
104 +1 +13 +14.3%
70.
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Maria
103 -15 -18 -14.9%
71.
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Ruth
102 +2 +15 +17.2%
72.
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Glenda
101 -8 -6 -5.6%
73.
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Maureen
93 -23 -40 -30.1%
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Michelle
89 +3 +6 +7.2%
75.
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Andrea
88 +14 +15 +20.5%
76.
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Jeanette
87 +13 +14 +19.2%
76.
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Lynne
87 +3 +7 +8.7%
78.
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Kim
86 new new new
79.
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Caroline
84 +6 +7 +9.1%
79.
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Glenys
84 -6 -3 -3.4%
79.
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Louise
84 -7 -4 -4.5%
82.
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Jocelyn
82 +3 +5 +6.5%
82.
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Joy
82 +5 +6 +7.9%
82.
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Paula
82 +14 +13 +18.8%
82.
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Penelope
82 -6 -2 -2.4%
86.
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Michele
80 new new new
86.
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Sarah
80 new new new
88.
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Bronwyn
79 -10 -3 -3.7%
88.
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Josephine
79 -9 -1 -1.3%
88.
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Vivienne
79 +8 +10 +14.5%
91.
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Adrienne
78 +5 +9 +13.0%
92.
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Frances
75 -22 -16 -17.6%
93.
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Stephanie
74 new new new
94.
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Elaine
72 -6 -3 -4.0%
94.
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Philippa
72 new new new
96.
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Jill
71 -4 0 0.0%
97.
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Janine
70 new new new
98.
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Claire
69 new new new
99.
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Anna
68 -7 -3 -4.2%
99.
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Katherine
68 new new new
99.
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Teresa
68 -15 -10 -12.8%
99.
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Victoria
68 new new new