Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
99.
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Alistair
46 new new new
99.
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Derek
46 -13 -12 -20.7%
99.
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Lance
46 -7 -6 -11.5%
98.
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Lawrence
47 -11 -10 -17.5%
96.
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Denis
48 -21 -25 -34.2%
96.
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Jonathan
48 new new new
93.
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Norman
49 -1 -3 -5.8%
93.
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Roy
49 +5 +1 +2.1%
93.
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Simon
49 new new new
90.
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Brett
50 new new new
90.
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Frank
50 new new new
90.
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Stewart
50 -6 -10 -16.7%
86.
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Daniel
54 +14 +7 +14.9%
86.
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Henry
54 new new new
86.
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Ivan
54 +10 +4 +8.0%
86.
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Warwick
54 -1 -5 -8.5%
85.
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Alexander
58 -10 -15 -20.5%
83.
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Clive
60 -1 -1 -1.6%
83.
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Gerald
60 +14 +11 +22.4%
81.
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Bernard
61 +1 0 0.0%
81.
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Francis
61 -3 -6 -9.0%
80.
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Tony
64 +14 +13 +25.5%
78.
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Desmond
67 +11 +11 +19.6%
78.
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Mervyn
67 +2 +3 +4.7%
77.
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Brent
68 +4 +5 +7.9%
76.
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Kerry
71 +1 -1 -1.4%
74.
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Eric
74 -7 -11 -12.9%
74.
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Owen
74 -2 -4 -5.1%
73.
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Arthur
80 -5 -4 -4.8%
72.
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Nigel
81 +7 +16 +24.6%
71.
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Maurice
82 0 +3 +3.8%
70.
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Gavin
87 -8 -14 -13.9%
68.
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Bryan
89 -8 -19 -17.6%
68.
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Joseph
89 -2 +3 +3.5%
67.
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Timothy
92 +5 +14 +17.9%
66.
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Martin
98 +4 +15 +18.1%
65.
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Jeffrey
100 +3 +16 +19.0%
64.
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Rex
103 0 +14 +15.7%
63.
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Terence
105 -2 +1 +1.0%
62.
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Rodney
108 +3 +20 +22.7%
61.
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Edward
109 -2 -3 -2.7%
60.
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Noel
110 +2 +9 +8.9%
59.
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Craig
114 +15 +38 +50.0%
57.
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Leslie
116 -1 -6 -4.9%
57.
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Neville
116 0 -3 -2.5%
56.
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George
119 -4 -11 -8.5%
55.
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Gordon
125 +3 +7 +5.9%
54.
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Charles
130 0 +2 +1.6%
53.
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Patrick
131 -2 -1 -0.8%
52.
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Lindsay
132 0 +2 +1.5%
51.
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Stuart
133 -3 -8 -5.7%
50.
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Phillip
138 -8 -24 -14.8%
49.
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Douglas
141 0 +2 +1.4%
48.
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Robin
142 +2 +9 +6.8%
47.
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Steven
145 +8 +22 +17.9%
46.
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Malcolm
147 0 -3 -2.0%
44.
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Garry
160 +2 +10 +6.7%
44.
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Thomas
160 +1 +8 +5.3%
43.
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Russell
166 -3 0 0.0%
42.
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Andrew
170 +2 +16 +10.4%
41.
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Dennis
174 -7 -40 -18.7%
40.
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Roger
175 -3 -11 -5.9%
39.
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Gregory
176 +1 +10 +6.0%
38.
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Warren
183 +5 +22 +13.7%
37.
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Neil
191 +1 +7 +3.8%
36.
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Ronald
197 +3 +26 +15.2%
35.
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Grant
200 0 -7 -3.4%
33.
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Donald
226 -1 +9 +4.1%
33.
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Keith
226 +3 +26 +13.0%
32.
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Allan
227 -3 -2 -0.9%
31.
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Ross
231 0 +7 +3.1%
30.
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Geoffrey
234 0 +6 +2.6%
29.
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Raymond
252 -1 +10 +4.1%
28.
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Philip
260 -7 -35 -11.9%
27.
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Kenneth
263 -2 -18 -6.4%
26.
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Trevor
269 +1 +24 +9.8%
25.
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Gary
278 -7 -59 -17.5%
24.
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Mark
289 +9 +74 +34.4%
23.
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Barry
302 -2 +7 +2.4%
22.
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Graham
307 -3 -5 -1.6%
20.
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Colin
310 +6 +33 +11.9%
20.
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Wayne
310 +1 +15 +5.1%
19.
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Murray
328 +1 +22 +7.2%
18.
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James
342 -1 -36 -9.5%
17.
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Graeme
344 -2 -51 -12.9%
16.
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Anthony
352 +8 +62 +21.4%
15.
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Alan
354 +1 -25 -6.6%
14.
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Richard
376 -2 -31 -7.6%
13.
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Bruce
399 +1 +2 +0.5%
12.
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William
433 -1 -32 -6.9%
11.
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Ian
467 -1 -5 -1.1%
10.
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Christopher
476 +3 +74 +18.4%
9.
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Brian
494 -1 +11 +2.3%
8.
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Stephen
561 +1 +79 +16.4%
7.
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Kevin
568 0 +9 +1.6%
6.
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Paul
588 0 +15 +2.6%
5.
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Michael
680 -1 -77 -10.2%
4.
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Robert
690 +1 +52 +8.2%
3.
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Peter
1,047 -1 0 0.0%
2.
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David
1,052 +1 +15 +1.4%
1.
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John
1,273 0 -96 -7.0%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
98.
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Faye
52 new new new
98.
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Gloria
52 -13 -8 -13.3%
98.
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Rhonda
52 new new new
96.
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Beverly
53 new new new
96.
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Louise
53 -7 +1 +1.9%
95.
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Susanne
54 new new new
94.
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Julia
55 new new new
93.
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Jean
56 -14 -20 -26.3%
92.
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Kaye
57 +8 +10 +21.3%
89.
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Eileen
58 -8 -16 -21.6%
89.
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Joanne
58 +9 +9 +18.4%
89.
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Philippa
58 +10 +10 +20.8%
87.
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Christina
60 +4 +9 +17.6%
87.
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Stephanie
60 new new new
85.
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Adrienne
61 -12 -21 -25.6%
85.
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Diana
61 -3 -5 -7.6%
84.
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Donna
63 -2 -3 -4.5%
83.
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Shona
68 -11 -17 -20.0%
82.
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Angela
69 +6 +13 +23.2%
80.
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Gillian
70 -18 -25 -26.3%
80.
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Vicki
70 new new new
79.
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Paula
72 -2 -5 -6.5%
78.
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Vivienne
74 +2 -1 -1.3%
77.
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Jan
76 +9 +19 +33.3%
75.
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Josephine
79 +19 +29 +58.0%
75.
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Sally
79 +9 +14 +21.5%
74.
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Ruth
81 -19 -27 -25.0%
71.
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Dorothy
82 -12 -15 -15.5%
71.
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Jill
82 -6 -11 -11.8%
71.
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Jocelyn
82 -8 -12 -12.8%
70.
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Lois
83 0 -6 -6.7%
69.
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Glenys
86 +7 +8 +10.3%
68.
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Marion
87 -9 -10 -10.3%
67.
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Brenda
89 -2 -4 -4.3%
66.
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Lynne
90 -8 -8 -8.2%
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Elaine
92 +4 +2 +2.2%
63.
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Joan
93 +12 +14 +17.7%
63.
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Sheryl
93 +8 +7 +8.1%
62.
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Joy
94 +6 +3 +3.3%
60.
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Irene
95 -10 -24 -20.2%
60.
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Maria
95 +14 +15 +18.8%
59.
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Jeanette
97 +4 +3 +3.2%
58.
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Glenda
101 +7 +8 +8.6%
57.
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Jacqueline
103 +2 +6 +6.2%
55.
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Kathryn
104 -6 -22 -17.5%
55.
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Valerie
104 +2 +4 +4.0%
54.
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Frances
110 +1 +2 +1.9%
53.
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Deborah
113 +24 +36 +46.8%
52.
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Carolyn
123 -10 -34 -21.7%
51.
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Annette
128 -8 -23 -15.2%
50.
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Jane
132 +1 +19 +16.8%
49.
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Sharon
136 -5 -14 -9.3%
48.
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Lynda
137 +5 +27 +24.5%
46.
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Cheryl
144 +2 +15 +11.6%
46.
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Colleen
144 -8 -23 -13.8%
45.
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Jillian
146 +9 +37 +33.9%
44.
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Denise
147 -5 -19 -11.4%
43.
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Kay
152 +9 +41 +36.9%
42.
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Lesley
154 +3 +5 +3.4%
41.
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Ann
156 -10 -31 -16.6%
40.
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Maureen
161 +6 +16 +11.0%
39.
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Catherine
162 +2 +1 +0.6%
38.
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Suzanne
163 -9 -30 -15.5%
37.
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Marie
164 +10 +25 +18.0%
36.
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Beverley
168 -1 -5 -2.9%
35.
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Rosemary
174 +5 +10 +6.1%
33.
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Gail
178 +4 +8 +4.7%
33.
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Shirley
178 -8 -38 -17.6%
32.
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Alison
186 -1 -1 -0.5%
31.
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Yvonne
189 +5 +17 +9.9%
29.
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Kathleen
202 -7 -27 -11.8%
29.
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Lorraine
202 -1 -5 -2.4%
28.
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Dianne
208 +5 +22 +11.8%
27.
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Marilyn
210 0 +1 +0.5%
26.
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Pauline
218 -2 -3 -1.4%
25.
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Julie
221 +9 +36 +19.5%
24.
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Raewyn
223 +6 +31 +16.1%
23.
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Wendy
229 +3 +17 +8.0%
22.
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Janet
244 +1 +21 +9.4%
20.
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Carol
248 -1 -9 -3.5%
20.
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Janice
248 +1 +5 +2.1%
19.
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Sandra
269 -7 -45 -14.3%
18.
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Pamela
276 +2 +32 +13.1%
17.
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Anne
288 0 +18 +6.7%
16.
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Heather
295 -1 +6 +2.1%
15.
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Diane
297 0 +8 +2.8%
14.
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Karen
312 +4 +47 +17.7%
13.
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Lynette
315 +1 +25 +8.6%
12.
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Barbara
326 -2 -49 -13.1%
11.
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Robyn
334 0 +18 +5.7%
10.
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Helen
344 +3 +49 +16.6%
9.
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Linda
346 0 -41 -10.6%
8.
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Mary
366 0 -25 -6.4%
7.
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Elizabeth
374 0 -72 -16.1%
6.
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Patricia
453 0 -51 -10.1%
5.
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Judith
478 0 -58 -10.8%
4.
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Jennifer
498 0 -45 -8.3%
3.
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Margaret
599 -1 -36 -5.7%
2.
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Susan
653 +1 +25 +4.0%
1.
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Christine
811 0 +120 +17.4%