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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Laurence
46 new new new
99.
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Lloyd
46 new new new
99.
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Shane
46 new new new
98.
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Lawrence
47 -21 -24 -33.8%
93.
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Brett
48 -1 -4 -7.7%
93.
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Desmond
48 -3 -9 -15.8%
93.
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Frank
48 new new new
93.
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Norman
48 -5 -11 -18.6%
93.
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Warwick
48 new new new
92.
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Mervyn
49 -6 -11 -18.3%
91.
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Hugh
51 new new new
90.
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Gerald
52 new new new
88.
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Derek
53 0 -6 -10.2%
88.
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Roy
53 +10 +5 +10.4%
87.
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Gerard
56 -1 -4 -6.7%
86.
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Stewart
57 +12 +9 +18.8%
84.
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Nicholas
58 +11 +9 +18.4%
84.
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Owen
58 -9 -18 -23.7%
83.
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Bernard
59 -3 -9 -13.2%
82.
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Francis
62 +2 0 0.0%
80.
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Eric
63 -3 -8 -11.3%
80.
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Lance
63 +12 +11 +21.2%
79.
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Maurice
67 +13 +15 +28.8%
78.
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Simon
68 +13 +12 +21.4%
77.
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Rodney
75 -8 -20 -21.1%
76.
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Alexander
82 -4 0 0.0%
75.
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Arthur
84 +5 +16 +23.5%
74.
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Brent
86 -3 -8 -8.5%
73.
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Tony
87 +3 +12 +16.0%
72.
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Nigel
88 0 +6 +7.3%
70.
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Neville
91 -15 -41 -31.1%
70.
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Noel
91 -7 -10 -9.9%
69.
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Kerry
92 -5 -8 -8.0%
68.
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Rex
94 -4 -6 -6.0%
67.
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Glenn
95 +10 +24 +33.8%
66.
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Joseph
97 0 -2 -2.0%
65.
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Bryan
98 +9 +19 +24.1%
64.
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Jeffrey
99 +3 +2 +2.1%
63.
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Lindsay
108 -1 0 0.0%
62.
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Craig
112 +5 +15 +15.5%
61.
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George
113 -11 -35 -23.6%
60.
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Terence
116 -3 -11 -8.7%
59.
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Charles
117 0 -1 -0.8%
58.
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Gordon
118 -4 -15 -11.3%
57.
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Leslie
119 -6 -21 -15.0%
56.
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Patrick
122 +4 +7 +6.1%
55.
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Gavin
123 +14 +28 +29.5%
54.
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Martin
124 +4 +4 +3.3%
53.
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Robin
128 -2 -12 -8.6%
52.
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Phillip
129 -5 -30 -18.9%
51.
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Edward
131 +4 -1 -0.8%
50.
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Douglas
132 -2 -19 -12.6%
49.
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Malcolm
141 +4 +3 +2.2%
48.
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Timothy
143 +13 +32 +28.8%
47.
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Stuart
146 +1 -5 -3.3%
46.
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Dennis
152 0 -13 -7.9%
45.
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Thomas
153 0 -14 -8.4%
44.
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Russell
154 0 -14 -8.3%
43.
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Warren
161 -2 -18 -10.1%
42.
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Ronald
169 -6 -26 -13.3%
41.
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Keith
183 -8 -30 -14.1%
40.
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Roger
194 -3 +3 +1.6%
39.
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Andrew
196 +3 +20 +11.4%
37.
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Allan
200 -3 -8 -3.8%
37.
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Garry
200 +6 +27 +15.6%
36.
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Steven
201 +3 +12 +6.3%
35.
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Gregory
208 +3 +18 +9.5%
34.
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Donald
212 +1 +15 +7.6%
33.
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Grant
220 -3 -14 -6.0%
32.
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Neil
227 +8 +46 +25.4%
31.
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Trevor
243 -3 -4 -1.6%
30.
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Philip
248 -7 -51 -17.1%
29.
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Kenneth
249 -2 +1 +0.4%
28.
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Raymond
252 +4 +38 +17.8%
27.
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Geoffrey
266 +4 +45 +20.4%
26.
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Ross
267 +3 +29 +12.2%
25.
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Colin
274 +1 -7 -2.5%
24.
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Barry
292 +1 +4 +1.4%
23.
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Graham
320 +1 +22 +7.4%
22.
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Gary
337 -2 +13 +4.0%
21.
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Graeme
350 -3 -15 -4.1%
20.
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James
352 +1 +30 +9.3%
19.
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Wayne
367 0 +35 +10.5%
18.
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Anthony
372 +4 +59 +18.8%
17.
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Murray
375 0 +5 +1.4%
16.
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Alan
377 0 +2 +0.5%
15.
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Bruce
387 0 +11 +2.9%
14.
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Brian
394 -4 -75 -16.0%
13.
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William
428 -2 -10 -2.3%
12.
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Richard
434 +2 +43 +11.0%
11.
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Mark
454 +2 +32 +7.6%
10.
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Ian
496 +1 +58 +13.2%
9.
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Christopher
550 0 +45 +8.9%
8.
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Kevin
565 0 +24 +4.4%
7.
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Stephen
685 0 +115 +20.2%
6.
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Paul
723 0 +46 +6.8%
5.
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Robert
732 0 +5 +0.7%
4.
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Michael
868 0 +18 +2.1%
3.
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David
1,188 -1 +38 +3.3%
2.
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Peter
1,258 +1 +114 +10.0%
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John
1,391 0 +7 +0.5%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Katherine
58 new new new
100.
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Maxine
58 new new new
100.
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Philippa
58 new new new
99.
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Gloria
60 -11 -7 -10.4%
98.
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Penelope
61 -4 +7 +13.0%
97.
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Joan
62 -13 -9 -12.7%
96.
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Lynnette
63 -4 +5 +8.6%
93.
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Claire
64 +5 +12 +23.1%
93.
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Diana
64 -6 -4 -5.9%
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Jean
64 new new new
90.
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Christina
66 +6 +13 +24.5%
90.
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Debra
66 new new new
90.
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Ngaire
66 new new new
88.
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Louise
69 +5 +12 +21.1%
88.
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Stephanie
69 -5 -3 -4.2%
87.
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Fiona
71 new new new
85.
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Bronwyn
72 +5 +10 +16.1%
85.
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Vivienne
72 -9 -5 -6.5%
84.
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Lois
73 -2 -1 -1.4%
83.
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Paula
74 +3 +5 +7.2%
80.
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Angela
79 -4 +2 +2.6%
80.
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Irene
79 -11 -8 -9.2%
80.
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Shona
79 -2 +3 +3.9%
79.
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Joy
80 +2 +5 +6.7%
77.
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Adrienne
81 +12 +17 +26.6%
77.
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Glenys
81 -14 -10 -11.0%
75.
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Dorothy
83 +10 +13 +18.6%
75.
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Elaine
83 -8 -6 -6.7%
74.
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Valerie
88 +4 +12 +15.8%
73.
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Maree
89 +27 +38 +74.5%
72.
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Frances
90 -19 -31 -25.6%
71.
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Joanne
91 +7 +15 +19.7%
70.
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Jill
92 +4 +9 +10.8%
69.
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Jocelyn
94 0 +7 +8.0%
68.
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Lynne
95 -3 +5 +5.6%
67.
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Ruth
96 -9 -8 -7.7%
66.
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Sally
97 -6 +1 +1.0%
64.
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Gillian
99 -1 +8 +8.8%
64.
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Jan
99 +1 +9 +10.0%
63.
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Jeanette
100 +4 +11 +12.4%
62.
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Vicki
107 +13 +27 +33.8%
60.
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Donna
109 +11 +24 +28.2%
60.
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Kathryn
109 -8 -14 -11.4%
59.
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Cheryl
111 -3 +5 +4.7%
58.
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Maria
112 +1 +11 +10.9%
57.
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Marion
116 +5 +24 +26.1%
56.
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Carolyn
118 -5 -10 -7.8%
55.
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Kay
119 -1 +5 +4.4%
54.
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Jacqueline
120 +1 +9 +8.1%
53.
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Brenda
123 +19 +39 +46.4%
52.
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Sheryl
124 -2 -10 -7.5%
51.
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Lynda
125 +10 +30 +31.6%
49.
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Gail
126 -15 -55 -30.4%
49.
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Jillian
126 -6 -25 -16.6%
48.
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Jane
128 -1 -16 -11.1%
47.
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Glenda
130 +10 +25 +23.8%
46.
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Maureen
134 -4 -18 -11.8%
45.
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Marilyn
146 -17 -65 -30.8%
44.
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Colleen
151 +2 +3 +2.0%
43.
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Shirley
153 -3 -7 -4.4%
41.
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Annette
154 +6 +10 +6.9%
41.
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Lesley
154 -6 -19 -11.0%
40.
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Beverley
156 +1 +2 +1.3%
39.
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Ann
159 +6 +9 +6.0%
38.
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Marie
160 +11 +19 +13.5%
37.
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Yvonne
165 +1 -4 -2.4%
36.
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Lorraine
178 -10 -46 -20.5%
35.
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Catherine
179 +4 +13 +7.8%
32.
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Denise
184 +4 +13 +7.6%
32.
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Kathleen
184 -1 -15 -7.5%
32.
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Pauline
184 -1 -15 -7.5%
31.
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Alison
190 +2 +4 +2.2%
30.
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Deborah
191 +13 +40 +26.5%
29.
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Rosemary
201 +1 -4 -2.0%
28.
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Julie
216 -4 -12 -5.3%
27.
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Dianne
220 0 +2 +0.9%
26.
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Sharon
223 +10 +52 +30.4%
25.
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Raewyn
226 +4 +20 +9.7%
24.
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Suzanne
239 +1 +13 +5.8%
23.
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Janice
241 0 +4 +1.7%
22.
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Janet
242 -3 -31 -11.4%
21.
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Pamela
248 0 -10 -3.9%
20.
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Carol
259 +2 +13 +5.3%
19.
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Diane
289 -3 -1 -0.3%
18.
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Sandra
304 0 +28 +10.1%
17.
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Anne
311 -4 -17 -5.2%
16.
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Lynette
321 -5 -32 -9.1%
15.
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Heather
331 +5 +60 +22.1%
14.
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Helen
334 +1 +11 +3.4%
13.
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Wendy
346 +4 +65 +23.1%
12.
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Robyn
354 0 +14 +4.1%
11.
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Elizabeth
362 -5 -58 -13.8%
10.
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Barbara
378 0 0 0.0%
9.
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Linda
386 0 -6 -1.5%
8.
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Mary
401 -1 -18 -4.3%
7.
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Patricia
425 +1 +22 +5.5%
6.
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Karen
436 +8 +112 +34.6%
5.
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Jennifer
447 0 -13 -2.8%
4.
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Judith
460 0 -69 -13.0%
3.
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Margaret
562 0 +3 +0.5%
2.
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Christine
698 -1 -71 -9.2%
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Susan
749 +1 +21 +2.9%