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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Jack
46 -5 +1 +2.2%
98.
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Gerald
48 -21 -14 -22.6%
98.
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Martin
48 -15 -7 -12.7%
97.
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Jeffrey
50 -9 -2 -3.8%
95.
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Henry
51 -5 +2 +4.1%
95.
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Maxwell
51 new new new
93.
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Roy
52 -10 -3 -5.5%
93.
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Stewart
52 new new new
91.
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Stanley
53 -4 0 0.0%
91.
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Timothy
53 -11 -7 -11.7%
89.
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Kelvin
54 new new new
89.
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Leonard
54 -16 -12 -18.2%
87.
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Hugh
55 new new new
87.
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Laurence
55 +4 +7 +14.6%
85.
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Allen
56 +10 +11 +24.4%
85.
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Mark
56 new new new
84.
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Terrence
57 -1 +2 +3.6%
81.
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Bernard
60 -11 -13 -17.8%
81.
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Derek
60 -3 -1 -1.6%
81.
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Harold
60 +1 +4 +7.1%
80.
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Lawrence
61 +9 +10 +19.6%
79.
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Grant
65 -8 -7 -9.7%
78.
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Frederick
66 +5 +11 +20.0%
77.
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Clive
69 -3 +4 +6.2%
76.
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Warwick
71 -2 +6 +9.2%
73.
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Gregory
72 new new new
73.
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Lindsay
72 -11 -15 -17.2%
73.
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Mervyn
72 -12 -20 -21.7%
72.
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Owen
74 -1 +2 +2.8%
71.
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Ivan
75 +10 +16 +27.1%
70.
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Joseph
77 +4 +12 +18.5%
68.
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Desmond
82 -11 -15 -15.5%
68.
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Phillip
82 +10 +21 +34.4%
67.
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Norman
83 -5 -4 -4.6%
66.
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Eric
85 -2 -1 -1.2%
64.
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Alexander
86 +3 +4 +4.9%
64.
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Gavin
86 +29 +40 +87.0%
63.
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Kerry
89 +4 +7 +8.5%
62.
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Francis
91 +2 +5 +5.8%
61.
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Stuart
92 -4 -5 -5.2%
60.
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Maurice
96 -7 -10 -9.4%
58.
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Bryan
97 -4 -8 -7.6%
58.
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Denis
97 +11 +20 +26.0%
57.
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Rex
99 -2 -2 -2.0%
56.
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Arthur
102 +3 +8 +8.5%
55.
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Andrew
103 0 +2 +2.0%
54.
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Garry
110 +6 +17 +18.3%
52.
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Rodney
121 -2 +7 +6.1%
52.
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Stephen
121 +14 +37 +44.0%
51.
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Noel
123 +1 +10 +8.8%
50.
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Charles
128 -2 +7 +5.8%
48.
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Gordon
133 -5 -1 -0.7%
48.
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Neville
133 -1 +11 +9.0%
47.
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Edward
134 -6 -11 -7.6%
45.
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Patrick
139 0 +12 +9.4%
45.
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Robin
139 +1 +16 +13.0%
44.
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Malcolm
147 +4 +26 +21.5%
43.
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Warren
149 +1 +18 +13.7%
42.
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Leslie
150 -7 -21 -12.3%
41.
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Philip
156 +9 +42 +36.8%
39.
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George
157 +1 +4 +2.6%
39.
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Neil
157 -1 -11 -6.5%
38.
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Douglas
160 -3 -11 -6.4%
37.
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Terence
161 +5 +18 +12.6%
36.
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Geoffrey
173 +3 +18 +11.6%
35.
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Thomas
189 -5 -21 -10.0%
32.
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Dennis
196 -5 -25 -11.3%
32.
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Keith
196 +2 +12 +6.5%
32.
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Russell
196 +1 +11 +5.9%
31.
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Roger
201 0 -4 -2.0%
30.
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Christopher
218 +7 +49 +29.0%
29.
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Ross
232 +3 +28 +13.7%
27.
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Allan
253 +2 +37 +17.1%
27.
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Gary
253 +1 +33 +15.0%
26.
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Donald
267 -2 +4 +1.5%
25.
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Raymond
289 -6 -15 -4.9%
24.
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Trevor
297 +1 +41 +16.0%
22.
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Anthony
304 -7 -15 -4.7%
22.
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Colin
304 -3 0 0.0%
21.
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Wayne
307 +5 +59 +23.8%
20.
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Ronald
310 +3 +43 +16.1%
19.
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Murray
334 -2 +19 +6.0%
18.
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Kenneth
337 +4 +54 +19.1%
17.
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Barry
352 +4 +61 +21.0%
16.
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Alan
361 0 +45 +14.2%
15.
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Paul
368 +2 +53 +16.8%
14.
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Graeme
374 -3 -2 -0.5%
13.
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Bruce
386 0 +47 +13.9%
12.
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Graham
398 0 +49 +14.0%
11.
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Richard
436 +3 +99 +29.4%
10.
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James
452 -1 +18 +4.1%
9.
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Kevin
467 +1 +56 +13.6%
8.
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Ian
477 0 -26 -5.2%
7.
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William
577 -1 +10 +1.8%
6.
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Brian
597 +1 +34 +6.0%
5.
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Michael
606 0 +32 +5.6%
4.
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Robert
766 0 +55 +7.7%
3.
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Peter
898 0 +85 +10.5%
2.
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David
979 0 +62 +6.8%
1.
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John
1,628 0 +67 +4.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Fay
48 -12 -6 -11.1%
98.
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Cynthia
50 new new new
98.
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Vivienne
50 -8 -3 -5.7%
96.
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Jane
52 -10 -3 -5.5%
96.
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Sylvia
52 -13 -5 -8.8%
95.
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Lynnette
53 -12 -4 -7.0%
91.
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Carole
54 -24 -34 -38.6%
91.
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Faye
54 +7 +6 +12.5%
91.
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Janette
54 new new new
91.
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Robin
54 -9 -7 -11.5%
90.
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Susanne
55 new new new
88.
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Dawn
56 -14 -13 -18.8%
88.
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Nancy
56 +6 +6 +12.0%
86.
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Brenda
57 +8 +7 +14.0%
86.
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Eileen
57 -14 -16 -21.9%
84.
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Lynne
59 +14 +11 +22.9%
84.
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Noeline
59 -7 -6 -9.2%
82.
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Beverly
60 -7 -8 -11.8%
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Evelyn
60 +12 +10 +20.0%
81.
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Marlene
62 -3 -2 -3.1%
80.
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Doreen
64 0 +1 +1.6%
79.
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Joyce
67 -3 +1 +1.5%
78.
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Shona
68 +14 +17 +33.3%
77.
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Adrienne
69 +11 +15 +27.8%
75.
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Betty
70 -5 -7 -9.1%
75.
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Kathryn
70 +22 +21 +42.9%
74.
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Irene
71 -10 -20 -22.0%
72.
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Jocelyn
73 -18 -29 -28.4%
72.
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Josephine
73 +13 +17 +30.4%
71.
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Sharon
79 0 +5 +6.8%
70.
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Sally
81 +8 +17 +26.6%
68.
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Glenys
82 +1 -1 -1.2%
68.
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Ruth
82 -8 -13 -13.7%
67.
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Ngaire
84 -16 -29 -25.7%
65.
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Jean
90 -6 -9 -9.1%
65.
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Jeanette
90 -20 -30 -25.0%
63.
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Diana
91 -9 -11 -10.8%
63.
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Jill
91 -3 -4 -4.2%
62.
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Gillian
93 +1 -1 -1.1%
61.
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Gloria
95 -1 0 0.0%
58.
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Jacqueline
96 +9 +8 +9.1%
58.
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Joy
96 -10 -20 -17.2%
58.
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Sheryl
96 new new new
57.
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Linda
99 +23 +36 +57.1%
56.
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June
101 -3 -10 -9.0%
55.
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Lois
104 +9 +13 +14.3%
54.
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Jillian
110 +4 +10 +10.0%
52.
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Julie
112 +20 +39 +53.4%
52.
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Marion
112 0 0 0.0%
51.
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Rosemary
117 -14 -16 -12.0%
50.
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Gail
120 -10 -10 -7.7%
49.
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Kay
124 +5 +22 +21.6%
47.
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Elaine
130 -6 +3 +2.4%
47.
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Frances
130 0 +12 +10.2%
46.
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Cheryl
138 +11 +37 +36.6%
45.
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Joan
139 -11 -1 -0.7%
44.
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Lesley
141 -1 +20 +16.5%
43.
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Catherine
146 +5 +30 +25.9%
42.
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Ann
149 +1 +28 +23.1%
41.
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Wendy
155 -4 +22 +16.5%
38.
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Annette
159 +10 +43 +37.1%
38.
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Karen
159 +26 +68 +74.7%
38.
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Raewyn
159 -10 -7 -4.2%
37.
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Marilyn
160 -2 +25 +18.5%
36.
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Carolyn
162 +5 +35 +27.6%
35.
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Dorothy
169 -3 +18 +11.9%
34.
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Yvonne
176 -7 +2 +1.1%
33.
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Alison
177 0 +34 +23.8%
32.
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Dianne
182 +5 +49 +36.8%
31.
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Denise
184 -1 +29 +18.7%
30.
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Anne
187 +5 +52 +38.5%
29.
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Marie
191 0 +31 +19.4%
28.
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Pauline
192 -3 -7 -3.5%
27.
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Suzanne
200 +18 +80 +66.7%
26.
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Valerie
201 +5 +47 +30.5%
25.
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Colleen
203 -6 -29 -12.5%
24.
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Janet
207 0 +7 +3.5%
22.
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Maureen
221 0 +16 +7.8%
22.
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Robyn
221 +4 +44 +24.9%
21.
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Lorraine
242 0 +22 +10.0%
20.
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Heather
266 -5 -8 -2.9%
19.
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Beverley
278 -1 +29 +11.6%
18.
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Shirley
281 -4 -2 -0.7%
17.
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Sandra
286 +6 +84 +41.6%
16.
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Diane
289 0 +16 +5.9%
15.
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Kathleen
295 +2 +37 +14.3%
14.
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Christine
328 +6 +97 +42.0%
13.
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Carol
330 -4 -11 -3.2%
12.
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Lynette
337 +1 +52 +18.2%
11.
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Helen
350 +1 +44 +14.4%
9.
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Barbara
365 -3 -14 -3.7%
9.
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Janice
365 +1 +26 +7.7%
8.
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Pamela
374 0 +18 +5.1%
7.
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Mary
402 0 +27 +7.2%
6.
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Jennifer
412 -2 -27 -6.2%
5.
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Elizabeth
416 0 +29 +7.5%
4.
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Susan
436 +7 +115 +35.8%
3.
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Patricia
509 -1 -62 -10.9%
2.
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Judith
585 +1 +63 +12.1%
1.
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Margaret
841 0 +46 +5.8%