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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Allen
45 -15 -11 -19.6%
100.
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Stewart
45 -7 -7 -13.5%
99.
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Roderick
46 new new new
98.
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Kelvin
48 -9 -6 -11.1%
97.
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Frank
49 new new new
96.
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Timothy
52 -5 -1 -1.9%
94.
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Larry
53 new new new
94.
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Selwyn
53 new new new
93.
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Laurence
54 -6 -1 -1.8%
90.
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Gerald
57 +8 +9 +18.8%
90.
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Leonard
57 -1 +3 +5.6%
90.
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Martin
57 +8 +9 +18.8%
88.
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Henry
58 +7 +7 +13.7%
88.
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Lawrence
58 -8 -3 -4.9%
87.
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Hugh
59 0 +4 +7.3%
86.
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Warwick
60 -10 -11 -15.5%
85.
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Clive
61 -8 -8 -11.6%
84.
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Roy
63 +9 +11 +21.2%
82.
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Bernard
64 -1 +4 +6.7%
82.
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Terrence
64 +2 +7 +12.3%
81.
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Derek
66 0 +6 +10.0%
80.
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Gavin
67 -16 -19 -22.1%
77.
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Jeffrey
68 +20 +18 +36.0%
77.
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Joseph
68 -7 -9 -11.7%
77.
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Owen
68 -5 -6 -8.1%
76.
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Denis
69 -18 -28 -28.9%
74.
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Alexander
70 -10 -16 -18.6%
74.
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Ivan
70 -3 -5 -6.7%
73.
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Stanley
74 +18 +21 +39.6%
72.
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Mervyn
76 +1 +4 +5.6%
70.
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Grant
77 +9 +12 +18.5%
70.
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Norman
77 -3 -6 -7.2%
68.
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Frederick
80 +10 +14 +21.2%
68.
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Mark
80 +17 +24 +42.9%
67.
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Francis
83 -5 -8 -8.8%
66.
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Rex
87 -9 -12 -12.1%
64.
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Desmond
89 +4 +7 +8.5%
64.
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Gregory
89 +9 +17 +23.6%
63.
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Kerry
91 0 +2 +2.2%
62.
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Arthur
95 -6 -7 -6.9%
61.
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Phillip
99 +7 +17 +20.7%
60.
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Maurice
102 0 +6 +6.3%
59.
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Garry
104 -5 -6 -5.5%
58.
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Rodney
105 -6 -16 -13.2%
57.
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Eric
109 +9 +24 +28.2%
56.
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Charles
110 -6 -18 -14.1%
55.
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Andrew
111 0 +8 +7.8%
54.
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Noel
112 -3 -11 -8.9%
53.
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Malcolm
113 -9 -34 -23.1%
52.
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Lindsay
115 +21 +43 +59.7%
51.
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Bryan
117 +7 +20 +20.6%
49.
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Gordon
121 -1 -12 -9.0%
49.
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Patrick
121 -4 -18 -12.9%
48.
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Stuart
123 +13 +31 +33.7%
47.
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Robin
124 -2 -15 -10.8%
46.
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Neville
127 +2 -6 -4.5%
45.
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Leslie
133 -3 -17 -11.3%
44.
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Edward
136 +3 +2 +1.5%
43.
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George
144 -4 -13 -8.3%
42.
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Terence
146 -5 -15 -9.3%
41.
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Warren
153 +2 +4 +2.7%
40.
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Neil
156 -1 -1 -0.6%
39.
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Stephen
182 +13 +61 +50.4%
38.
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Philip
183 +3 +27 +17.3%
37.
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Douglas
189 +1 +29 +18.1%
36.
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Thomas
200 -1 +11 +5.8%
35.
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Gary
205 -8 -48 -19.0%
34.
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Russell
211 -2 +15 +7.7%
32.
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Geoffrey
217 +4 +44 +25.4%
32.
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Ross
217 -3 -15 -6.5%
31.
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Roger
219 0 +18 +9.0%
30.
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Keith
225 +2 +29 +14.8%
29.
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Dennis
228 +3 +32 +16.3%
28.
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Allan
238 -1 -15 -5.9%
27.
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Christopher
248 +3 +30 +13.8%
25.
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Donald
254 +1 -13 -4.9%
25.
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Trevor
254 -1 -43 -14.5%
24.
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Ronald
257 -4 -53 -17.1%
23.
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Raymond
276 +2 -13 -4.5%
22.
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Anthony
282 0 -22 -7.2%
21.
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Barry
283 -4 -69 -19.6%
20.
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Wayne
287 +1 -20 -6.5%
19.
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Colin
310 +3 +6 +2.0%
18.
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Kenneth
324 0 -13 -3.9%
17.
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Alan
343 -1 -18 -5.0%
16.
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Murray
348 +3 +14 +4.2%
15.
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Graham
371 -3 -27 -6.8%
14.
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Paul
386 +1 +18 +4.9%
13.
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Bruce
402 0 +16 +4.1%
12.
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Graeme
404 +2 +30 +8.0%
11.
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Ian
406 -3 -71 -14.9%
10.
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Richard
414 +1 -22 -5.0%
9.
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James
432 +1 -20 -4.4%
8.
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Kevin
495 +1 +28 +6.0%
7.
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Brian
555 -1 -42 -7.0%
6.
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William
590 +1 +13 +2.3%
5.
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Michael
602 0 -4 -0.7%
4.
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Robert
719 0 -47 -6.1%
3.
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Peter
891 0 -7 -0.8%
2.
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David
982 0 +3 +0.3%
1.
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John
1,575 0 -53 -3.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
99.
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Lynnette
48 -4 -5 -9.4%
99.
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Rosalie
48 new new new
97.
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Brenda
49 -11 -8 -14.0%
97.
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Maria
49 new new new
96.
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Nancy
50 -8 -6 -10.7%
95.
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Leonie
51 new new new
94.
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Fay
52 +6 +4 +8.3%
92.
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Beverly
53 -10 -7 -11.7%
92.
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Cynthia
53 +6 +3 +6.0%
91.
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Evelyn
54 -9 -6 -10.0%
89.
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Jane
55 +7 +3 +5.8%
89.
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Sylvia
55 +7 +3 +5.8%
88.
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Lynne
57 -4 -2 -3.4%
86.
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Sally
58 -16 -23 -28.4%
86.
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Vivienne
58 +12 +8 +16.0%
85.
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Carole
59 +6 +5 +9.3%
80.
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Betty
62 -5 -8 -11.4%
80.
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Faye
62 +11 +8 +14.8%
80.
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Marlene
62 +1 0 0.0%
80.
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Noeline
62 +4 +3 +5.1%
80.
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Shona
62 -2 -6 -8.8%
79.
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Adrienne
63 -2 -6 -8.7%
78.
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Janis
64 new new new
77.
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Eileen
68 +9 +11 +19.3%
75.
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Josephine
70 -3 -3 -4.1%
75.
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Ruth
70 -7 -12 -14.6%
74.
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Kathryn
71 +1 +1 +1.4%
73.
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June
75 -17 -26 -25.7%
71.
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Jean
77 -6 -13 -14.4%
71.
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Lynda
77 new new new
70.
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Dawn
78 +18 +22 +39.3%
68.
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Gillian
79 -6 -14 -15.1%
68.
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Gloria
79 -7 -16 -16.8%
67.
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Jill
82 -4 -9 -9.9%
66.
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Irene
83 +8 +12 +16.9%
65.
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Jocelyn
86 +7 +13 +17.8%
64.
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Ngaire
87 +3 +3 +3.6%
63.
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Lois
91 -8 -13 -12.5%
62.
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Diana
93 +1 +2 +2.2%
61.
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Marion
94 -9 -18 -16.1%
60.
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Sharon
95 +11 +16 +20.3%
59.
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Kay
96 -10 -28 -22.6%
58.
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Jacqueline
101 0 +5 +5.2%
57.
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Glenys
102 +11 +20 +24.4%
56.
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Joy
104 +2 +8 +8.3%
54.
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Cheryl
114 -8 -24 -17.4%
54.
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Jeanette
114 +11 +24 +26.7%
53.
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Sheryl
119 +5 +23 +24.0%
52.
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Elaine
121 -5 -9 -6.9%
51.
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Gail
124 -1 +4 +3.3%
50.
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Dorothy
128 -15 -41 -24.3%
49.
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Ann
129 -7 -20 -13.4%
48.
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Frances
133 -1 +3 +2.3%
47.
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Julie
135 +5 +23 +20.5%
46.
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Yvonne
137 -12 -39 -22.2%
45.
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Rosemary
140 +6 +23 +19.7%
43.
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Annette
141 -5 -18 -11.3%
43.
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Wendy
141 -2 -14 -9.0%
42.
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Joan
142 +3 +3 +2.2%
41.
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Denise
143 -10 -41 -22.3%
40.
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Valerie
145 -14 -56 -27.9%
39.
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Catherine
147 +4 +1 +0.7%
37.
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Jillian
156 +17 +46 +41.8%
37.
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Marie
156 -8 -35 -18.3%
36.
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Alison
162 -3 -15 -8.5%
35.
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Karen
170 +3 +11 +6.9%
34.
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Raewyn
173 +4 +14 +8.8%
33.
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Anne
177 -3 -10 -5.3%
32.
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Dianne
178 0 -4 -2.2%
31.
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Suzanne
186 -4 -14 -7.0%
29.
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Carolyn
187 +7 +25 +15.4%
29.
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Lesley
187 +15 +46 +32.6%
28.
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Maureen
189 -6 -32 -14.5%
27.
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Colleen
196 -2 -7 -3.4%
26.
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Pauline
204 +2 +12 +6.3%
25.
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Janet
214 -1 +7 +3.4%
24.
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Beverley
217 -5 -61 -21.9%
23.
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Robyn
226 -1 +5 +2.3%
22.
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Marilyn
232 +15 +72 +45.0%
21.
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Lorraine
244 0 +2 +0.8%
20.
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Linda
263 +37 +164 +166%
19.
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Shirley
269 -1 -12 -4.3%
18.
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Kathleen
272 -3 -23 -7.8%
17.
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Heather
283 +3 +17 +6.4%
16.
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Carol
286 -3 -44 -13.3%
15.
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Diane
287 +1 -2 -0.7%
14.
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Helen
322 -3 -28 -8.0%
13.
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Lynette
323 -1 -14 -4.2%
12.
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Janice
337 -3 -28 -7.7%
11.
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Pamela
338 -3 -36 -9.6%
10.
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Elizabeth
353 -5 -63 -15.1%
9.
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Sandra
356 +8 +70 +24.5%
8.
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Christine
413 +6 +85 +25.9%
7.
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Mary
414 0 +12 +3.0%
6.
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Susan
416 -2 -20 -4.6%
5.
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Barbara
431 +4 +66 +18.1%
4.
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Jennifer
466 +2 +54 +13.1%
3.
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Patricia
523 0 +14 +2.8%
2.
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Judith
543 0 -42 -7.2%
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Margaret
730 0 -111 -13.2%