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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Hugh
45 -9 -6 -11.8%
100.
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Jonathan
45 new new new
100.
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Owen
45 -16 -13 -22.4%
99.
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Leonard
47 new new new
96.
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Alistair
48 new new new
96.
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Brett
48 -3 0 0.0%
96.
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Lawrence
48 +2 +1 +2.1%
95.
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Dean
49 new new new
94.
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Francis
52 -12 -10 -16.1%
93.
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Kelvin
53 new new new
90.
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Arthur
54 -15 -30 -35.7%
90.
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Stewart
54 -4 -3 -5.3%
90.
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Terry
54 new new new
88.
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Bernard
55 -5 -4 -6.8%
88.
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Ivan
55 new new new
87.
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Nicholas
57 -3 -1 -1.7%
85.
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Daniel
58 new new new
85.
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Desmond
58 +8 +10 +20.8%
83.
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Gerard
60 +4 +4 +7.1%
83.
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Shane
60 +16 +14 +30.4%
82.
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Maurice
61 -3 -6 -9.0%
80.
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Lance
62 0 -1 -1.6%
80.
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Norman
62 +13 +14 +29.2%
79.
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Derek
66 +9 +13 +24.5%
78.
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Eric
71 +2 +8 +12.7%
77.
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Alexander
76 -1 -6 -7.3%
76.
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Noel
80 -6 -11 -12.1%
75.
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Rodney
82 +2 +7 +9.3%
74.
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Glenn
86 -7 -9 -9.5%
73.
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Rex
88 -5 -6 -6.4%
72.
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Tony
91 +1 +4 +4.6%
71.
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Kerry
92 -2 0 0.0%
69.
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Joseph
93 -3 -4 -4.1%
69.
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Lindsay
93 -6 -15 -13.9%
68.
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Bryan
94 -3 -4 -4.1%
67.
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Nigel
96 +5 +8 +9.1%
66.
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Terence
102 -6 -14 -12.1%
65.
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Edward
109 -14 -22 -16.8%
64.
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Brent
112 +10 +26 +30.2%
62.
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Neville
113 +8 +22 +24.2%
62.
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Simon
113 +16 +45 +66.2%
61.
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Gavin
115 -6 -8 -6.5%
59.
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Charles
116 0 -1 -0.9%
59.
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Dennis
116 -13 -36 -23.7%
58.
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Leslie
122 -1 +3 +2.5%
57.
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Timothy
124 -9 -19 -13.3%
56.
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Robin
126 -3 -2 -1.6%
55.
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Craig
128 +7 +16 +14.3%
54.
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Ronald
132 -12 -37 -21.9%
53.
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George
134 +8 +21 +18.6%
51.
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Gordon
135 +7 +17 +14.4%
51.
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Warren
135 -8 -26 -16.1%
50.
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Martin
141 +4 +17 +13.7%
49.
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Douglas
144 +1 +12 +9.1%
48.
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Jeffrey
145 +16 +46 +46.5%
47.
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Phillip
149 +5 +20 +15.5%
46.
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Patrick
151 +10 +29 +23.8%
45.
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Malcolm
157 +4 +16 +11.3%
44.
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Thomas
160 +1 +7 +4.6%
43.
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Russell
165 +1 +11 +7.1%
42.
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Garry
166 -5 -34 -17.0%
41.
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Roger
169 -1 -25 -12.9%
40.
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Keith
170 +1 -13 -7.1%
39.
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Stuart
175 +8 +29 +19.9%
38.
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Raymond
187 -10 -65 -25.8%
37.
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Trevor
198 -6 -45 -18.5%
36.
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Donald
200 -2 -12 -5.7%
35.
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Allan
207 +2 +7 +3.5%
34.
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Steven
215 +2 +14 +7.0%
33.
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Ross
232 -7 -35 -13.1%
32.
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Philip
234 -2 -14 -5.6%
30.
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Gregory
236 +5 +28 +13.5%
30.
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Neil
236 +2 +9 +4.0%
29.
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Kenneth
237 0 -12 -4.8%
28.
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Andrew
242 +11 +46 +23.5%
27.
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Geoffrey
245 0 -21 -7.9%
25.
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Barry
256 -1 -36 -12.3%
25.
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Colin
256 0 -18 -6.6%
24.
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Grant
259 +9 +39 +17.7%
23.
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Graham
293 0 -27 -8.4%
22.
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Murray
312 -5 -63 -16.8%
21.
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Alan
329 -5 -48 -12.7%
20.
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Graeme
337 +1 -13 -3.7%
19.
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Gary
348 +3 +11 +3.3%
18.
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James
354 +2 +2 +0.6%
17.
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Anthony
382 +1 +10 +2.7%
16.
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Bruce
395 -1 +8 +2.1%
15.
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Wayne
397 +4 +30 +8.2%
14.
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William
428 -1 0 0.0%
13.
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Brian
429 +1 +35 +8.9%
12.
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Richard
436 0 +2 +0.5%
11.
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Ian
451 -1 -45 -9.1%
10.
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Christopher
523 -1 -27 -4.9%
9.
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Mark
573 +2 +119 +26.2%
8.
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Kevin
599 0 +34 +6.0%
7.
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Robert
696 -2 -36 -4.9%
6.
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Stephen
720 +1 +35 +5.1%
5.
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Paul
726 +1 +3 +0.4%
4.
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Michael
869 0 +1 +0.1%
3.
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David
1,200 0 +12 +1.0%
2.
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John
1,279 -1 -112 -8.1%
1.
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Peter
1,451 +1 +193 +15.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Lois
59 -16 -14 -19.2%
99.
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Christina
60 -9 -6 -9.1%
98.
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Paula
61 -15 -13 -17.6%
95.
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Bronwyn
62 -10 -10 -13.9%
95.
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Dawn
62 new new new
95.
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Katherine
62 +5 +4 +6.9%
92.
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Elaine
63 -17 -20 -24.1%
92.
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Josephine
63 new new new
92.
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Kerry
63 new new new
90.
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Joan
66 +7 +4 +6.5%
90.
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Rhonda
66 new new new
88.
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Glenys
67 -11 -14 -17.3%
88.
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Stephanie
67 0 -2 -2.9%
87.
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Victoria
68 new new new
86.
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Philippa
69 +14 +11 +19.0%
84.
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Diana
70 +9 +6 +9.4%
84.
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Jill
70 -14 -22 -23.9%
82.
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Adrienne
71 -5 -10 -12.3%
82.
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Shona
71 -2 -8 -10.1%
80.
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Jocelyn
73 -11 -21 -22.3%
80.
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Penelope
73 +18 +12 +19.7%
79.
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Anna
74 new new new
78.
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Valerie
76 -4 -12 -13.6%
77.
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Louise
78 +11 +9 +13.0%
76.
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Ruth
79 -9 -17 -17.7%
75.
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Dorothy
80 0 -3 -3.6%
73.
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Lynne
81 -5 -14 -14.7%
73.
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Vivienne
81 +12 +9 +12.5%
72.
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Carolyn
83 -16 -35 -29.7%
71.
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Maree
87 +2 -2 -2.2%
70.
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Debra
88 +20 +22 +33.3%
68.
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Angela
89 +12 +10 +12.7%
68.
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Jeanette
89 -5 -11 -11.0%
67.
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Sally
90 -1 -7 -7.2%
66.
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Frances
91 +6 +1 +1.1%
65.
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Marion
93 -8 -23 -19.8%
64.
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Donna
97 -4 -12 -11.0%
63.
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Jan
98 +1 -1 -1.0%
62.
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Joy
99 +17 +19 +23.8%
61.
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Kay
100 -6 -19 -16.0%
60.
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Gillian
105 +4 +6 +6.1%
59.
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Vicki
110 +3 +3 +2.8%
58.
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Marilyn
112 -13 -34 -23.3%
57.
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Brenda
114 -4 -9 -7.3%
55.
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Lynda
116 -4 -9 -7.2%
55.
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Maria
116 +3 +4 +3.6%
53.
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Cheryl
121 +6 +10 +9.0%
53.
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Maureen
121 -7 -13 -9.7%
52.
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Joanne
123 +19 +32 +35.2%
50.
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Beverley
124 -10 -32 -20.5%
50.
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Sheryl
124 +2 0 0.0%
49.
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Colleen
127 -5 -24 -15.9%
47.
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Jillian
128 +2 +2 +1.6%
47.
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Kathryn
128 +13 +19 +17.4%
46.
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Gail
133 +3 +7 +5.6%
44.
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Jacqueline
134 +10 +14 +11.7%
44.
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Marie
134 -6 -26 -16.3%
43.
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Glenda
139 +4 +9 +6.9%
42.
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Lesley
141 -1 -13 -8.4%
41.
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Yvonne
149 -4 -16 -9.7%
40.
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Jane
150 +8 +22 +17.2%
39.
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Ann
152 0 -7 -4.4%
38.
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Annette
157 +3 +3 +1.9%
37.
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Denise
166 -5 -18 -9.8%
36.
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Lorraine
171 0 -7 -3.9%
35.
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Shirley
184 +8 +31 +20.3%
34.
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Kathleen
186 -2 +2 +1.1%
33.
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Pauline
188 -1 +4 +2.2%
32.
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Alison
192 -1 +2 +1.1%
31.
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Rosemary
194 -2 -7 -3.5%
29.
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Janet
203 -7 -39 -16.1%
29.
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Raewyn
203 -4 -23 -10.2%
27.
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Catherine
215 +8 +36 +20.1%
27.
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Deborah
215 +3 +24 +12.6%
26.
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Dianne
222 +1 +2 +0.9%
25.
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Janice
230 -2 -11 -4.6%
24.
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Suzanne
235 0 -4 -1.7%
23.
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Julie
242 +5 +26 +12.0%
22.
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Pamela
251 -1 +3 +1.2%
21.
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Diane
275 -2 -14 -4.8%
20.
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Carol
296 0 +37 +14.3%
19.
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Lynette
308 -3 -13 -4.0%
18.
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Sandra
312 0 +8 +2.6%
17.
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Heather
317 -2 -14 -4.2%
16.
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Anne
318 +1 +7 +2.3%
15.
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Sharon
319 +11 +96 +43.0%
14.
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Wendy
325 -1 -21 -6.1%
13.
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Helen
326 +1 -8 -2.4%
12.
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Barbara
335 -2 -43 -11.4%
11.
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Mary
360 -3 -41 -10.2%
10.
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Linda
369 -1 -17 -4.4%
9.
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Patricia
380 -2 -45 -10.6%
8.
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Robyn
388 +4 +34 +9.6%
7.
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Elizabeth
394 +4 +32 +8.8%
6.
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Jennifer
433 -1 -14 -3.1%
5.
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Margaret
467 -2 -95 -16.9%
4.
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Judith
478 0 +18 +3.9%
3.
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Karen
616 +3 +180 +41.3%
2.
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Christine
755 0 +57 +8.2%
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Susan
849 0 +100 +13.4%