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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Clive
47 -17 -13 -21.7%
98.
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Roy
48 -5 -1 -2.0%
98.
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Stewart
48 -8 -2 -4.0%
95.
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Daniel
49 -9 -5 -9.3%
95.
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Frederick
49 new new new
95.
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Nicholas
49 new new new
92.
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Brett
52 -2 +2 +4.0%
92.
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Lance
52 +7 +6 +13.0%
92.
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Maurice
52 -21 -30 -36.6%
91.
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Simon
56 +2 +7 +14.3%
90.
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Desmond
57 -12 -10 -14.9%
88.
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Derek
59 +11 +13 +28.3%
88.
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Norman
59 +5 +10 +20.4%
86.
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Gerard
60 new new new
86.
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Mervyn
60 -8 -7 -10.4%
85.
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Henry
61 +1 +7 +13.0%
84.
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Francis
62 -3 +1 +1.6%
82.
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Denis
66 +14 +18 +37.5%
82.
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Ivan
66 +4 +12 +22.2%
80.
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Arthur
68 -7 -12 -15.0%
80.
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Bernard
68 +1 +7 +11.5%
77.
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Eric
71 -3 -3 -4.1%
77.
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Glenn
71 new new new
77.
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Lawrence
71 +21 +24 +51.1%
76.
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Tony
75 +4 +11 +17.2%
75.
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Owen
76 -1 +2 +2.7%
74.
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Bryan
79 -6 -10 -11.2%
72.
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Alexander
82 +13 +24 +41.4%
72.
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Nigel
82 0 +1 +1.2%
71.
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Brent
94 +6 +26 +38.2%
69.
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Gavin
95 +1 +8 +9.2%
69.
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Rodney
95 -7 -13 -12.0%
67.
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Craig
97 -8 -17 -14.9%
67.
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Jeffrey
97 -2 -3 -3.0%
66.
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Joseph
99 +2 +10 +11.2%
64.
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Kerry
100 +12 +29 +40.8%
64.
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Rex
100 0 -3 -2.9%
63.
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Noel
101 -3 -9 -8.2%
62.
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Lindsay
108 -10 -24 -18.2%
61.
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Timothy
111 +6 +19 +20.7%
60.
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Patrick
115 -7 -16 -12.2%
59.
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Charles
118 -5 -12 -9.2%
58.
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Martin
120 +8 +22 +22.4%
57.
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Terence
127 +6 +22 +21.0%
55.
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Edward
132 +6 +23 +21.1%
55.
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Neville
132 +2 +16 +13.8%
54.
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Gordon
133 +1 +8 +6.4%
53.
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Malcolm
138 -7 -9 -6.1%
51.
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Leslie
140 +6 +24 +20.7%
51.
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Robin
140 -3 -2 -1.4%
50.
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George
148 +6 +29 +24.4%
48.
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Douglas
151 +1 +10 +7.1%
48.
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Stuart
151 +3 +18 +13.5%
47.
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Phillip
159 +3 +21 +15.2%
46.
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Dennis
165 -5 -9 -5.2%
45.
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Thomas
167 -1 +7 +4.4%
44.
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Russell
168 -1 +2 +1.2%
43.
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Garry
173 +1 +13 +8.1%
42.
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Andrew
176 0 +6 +3.5%
41.
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Warren
179 -3 -4 -2.2%
40.
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Neil
181 -3 -10 -5.2%
39.
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Steven
189 +8 +44 +30.3%
38.
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Gregory
190 +1 +14 +8.0%
37.
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Roger
191 +3 +16 +9.1%
36.
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Ronald
195 0 -2 -1.0%
35.
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Donald
197 -2 -29 -12.8%
34.
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Allan
208 -2 -19 -8.4%
33.
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Keith
213 0 -13 -5.8%
32.
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Raymond
214 -3 -38 -15.1%
31.
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Geoffrey
221 -1 -13 -5.6%
30.
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Grant
234 +5 +34 +17.0%
29.
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Ross
238 +2 +7 +3.0%
28.
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Trevor
247 -2 -22 -8.2%
27.
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Kenneth
248 0 -15 -5.7%
26.
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Colin
281 -6 -29 -9.4%
25.
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Barry
288 -2 -14 -4.6%
24.
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Graham
298 -2 -9 -2.9%
23.
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Philip
299 +5 +39 +15.0%
22.
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Anthony
313 -6 -39 -11.1%
21.
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James
322 -3 -20 -5.8%
20.
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Gary
324 +5 +46 +16.5%
19.
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Wayne
332 +1 +22 +7.1%
18.
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Graeme
365 -1 +21 +6.1%
17.
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Murray
370 +2 +42 +12.8%
16.
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Alan
375 -1 +21 +5.9%
15.
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Bruce
376 -2 -23 -5.8%
14.
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Richard
391 0 +15 +4.0%
13.
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Mark
422 +11 +133 +46.0%
11.
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Ian
438 0 -29 -6.2%
11.
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William
438 +1 +5 +1.2%
10.
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Brian
469 -1 -25 -5.1%
9.
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Christopher
505 +1 +29 +6.1%
8.
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Kevin
541 -1 -27 -4.8%
7.
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Stephen
570 +1 +9 +1.6%
6.
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Paul
677 0 +89 +15.1%
5.
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Robert
727 -1 +37 +5.4%
4.
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Michael
850 +1 +170 +25.0%
3.
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Peter
1,144 0 +97 +9.3%
2.
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David
1,150 0 +98 +9.3%
1.
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John
1,384 0 +111 +8.7%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Dawn
51 new new new
100.
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Leonie
51 new new new
100.
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Maree
51 new new new
98.
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Claire
52 new new new
98.
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Janette
52 new new new
96.
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Christina
53 -9 -7 -11.7%
96.
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Lynn
53 new new new
94.
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Penelope
54 new new new
94.
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Virginia
54 new new new
93.
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Louise
57 +3 +4 +7.5%
92.
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Lynnette
58 new new new
91.
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Marian
60 new new new
90.
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Bronwyn
62 new new new
89.
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Adrienne
64 -4 +3 +4.9%
88.
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Gloria
67 +10 +15 +28.8%
87.
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Diana
68 -2 +7 +11.5%
86.
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Paula
69 -7 -3 -4.2%
85.
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Dorothy
70 -14 -12 -14.6%
84.
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Joan
71 -21 -22 -23.7%
83.
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Stephanie
72 +4 +12 +20.0%
82.
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Lois
74 -12 -9 -10.8%
81.
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Joy
75 -19 -19 -20.2%
78.
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Joanne
76 +11 +18 +31.0%
78.
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Shona
76 +5 +8 +11.8%
78.
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Valerie
76 -23 -28 -26.9%
76.
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Angela
77 +6 +8 +11.6%
76.
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Vivienne
77 +2 +3 +4.1%
75.
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Vicki
80 +5 +10 +14.3%
74.
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Jill
83 -3 +1 +1.2%
72.
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Brenda
84 -5 -5 -5.6%
72.
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Josephine
84 +3 +5 +6.3%
71.
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Donna
85 +13 +22 +34.9%
69.
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Irene
87 -9 -8 -8.4%
69.
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Jocelyn
87 +2 +5 +6.1%
67.
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Elaine
89 -2 -3 -3.3%
67.
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Jeanette
89 -8 -8 -8.2%
65.
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Jan
90 +12 +14 +18.4%
65.
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Lynne
90 +1 0 0.0%
63.
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Gillian
91 +17 +21 +30.0%
63.
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Glenys
91 +6 +5 +5.8%
62.
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Marion
92 +6 +5 +5.7%
61.
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Lynda
95 -13 -42 -30.7%
60.
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Sally
96 +15 +17 +21.5%
59.
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Maria
101 +1 +6 +6.3%
58.
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Ruth
104 +16 +23 +28.4%
57.
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Glenda
105 +1 +4 +4.0%
56.
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Cheryl
106 -10 -38 -26.4%
55.
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Jacqueline
111 +2 +8 +7.8%
54.
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Kay
114 -11 -38 -25.0%
53.
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Frances
121 +1 +11 +10.0%
52.
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Kathryn
123 +3 +19 +18.3%
51.
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Carolyn
128 +1 +5 +4.1%
50.
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Sheryl
134 +13 +41 +44.1%
49.
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Marie
141 -12 -23 -14.0%
47.
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Annette
144 +4 +16 +12.5%
47.
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Jane
144 +3 +12 +9.1%
46.
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Colleen
148 0 +4 +2.8%
45.
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Ann
150 -4 -6 -3.8%
43.
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Deborah
151 +10 +38 +33.6%
43.
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Jillian
151 +2 +5 +3.4%
42.
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Maureen
152 -2 -9 -5.6%
41.
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Beverley
154 -5 -14 -8.3%
40.
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Shirley
160 -7 -18 -10.1%
39.
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Catherine
166 0 +4 +2.5%
38.
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Yvonne
169 -7 -20 -10.6%
36.
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Denise
171 +8 +24 +16.3%
36.
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Sharon
171 +13 +35 +25.7%
35.
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Lesley
173 +7 +19 +12.3%
34.
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Gail
181 -1 +3 +1.7%
33.
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Alison
186 -1 0 0.0%
31.
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Kathleen
199 -2 -3 -1.5%
31.
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Pauline
199 -5 -19 -8.7%
30.
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Rosemary
205 +5 +31 +17.8%
29.
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Raewyn
206 -5 -17 -7.6%
28.
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Marilyn
211 -1 +1 +0.5%
27.
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Dianne
218 +1 +10 +4.8%
26.
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Lorraine
224 +3 +22 +10.9%
25.
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Suzanne
226 +13 +63 +38.7%
24.
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Julie
228 +1 +7 +3.2%
23.
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Janice
237 -3 -11 -4.4%
22.
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Carol
246 -2 -2 -0.8%
21.
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Pamela
258 -3 -18 -6.5%
20.
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Heather
271 -4 -24 -8.1%
19.
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Janet
273 +3 +29 +11.9%
18.
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Sandra
276 +1 +7 +2.6%
17.
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Wendy
281 +6 +52 +22.7%
16.
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Diane
290 -1 -7 -2.4%
15.
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Helen
323 -5 -21 -6.1%
14.
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Karen
324 0 +12 +3.8%
13.
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Anne
328 +4 +40 +13.9%
12.
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Robyn
340 -1 +6 +1.8%
11.
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Lynette
353 +2 +38 +12.1%
10.
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Barbara
378 +2 +52 +16.0%
9.
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Linda
392 0 +46 +13.3%
8.
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Patricia
403 -2 -50 -11.0%
7.
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Mary
419 +1 +53 +14.5%
6.
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Elizabeth
420 +1 +46 +12.3%
5.
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Jennifer
460 -1 -38 -7.6%
4.
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Judith
529 +1 +51 +10.7%
3.
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Margaret
559 0 -40 -6.7%
2.
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Susan
728 0 +75 +11.5%
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Christine
769 0 -42 -5.2%