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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Owen
51 -7 -9 -15.0%
99.
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Ivan
55 -10 -7 -11.3%
98.
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Bernard
57 -14 -16 -21.9%
97.
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Carl
60 new new new
96.
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Gerard
61 -6 0 0.0%
94.
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Alistair
62 -7 -3 -4.6%
94.
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Stewart
62 +5 +7 +12.7%
93.
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Francis
65 new new new
89.
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Adrian
67 new new new
89.
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Arthur
67 +4 +7 +11.7%
89.
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Kelvin
67 new new new
89.
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Rex
67 -6 -7 -9.5%
87.
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Alexander
68 -2 +1 +1.5%
87.
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Jonathan
68 new new new
86.
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Matthew
69 +11 +12 +21.1%
85.
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Maurice
71 0 +4 +6.0%
84.
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Eric
72 -5 -11 -13.3%
82.
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Lindsay
77 -3 -6 -7.2%
82.
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Noel
77 -4 -8 -9.4%
81.
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Daniel
79 +9 +18 +29.5%
80.
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Glenn
80 +1 +1 +1.3%
79.
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Terry
81 +9 +18 +28.6%
78.
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Dennis
82 -15 -30 -26.8%
77.
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Derek
84 -1 -4 -4.5%
76.
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Bryan
88 +5 +9 +11.4%
75.
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Rodney
90 0 -1 -1.1%
74.
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Charles
91 -3 -3 -3.2%
73.
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Leslie
95 -5 -8 -7.8%
72.
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Joseph
96 -12 -27 -22.0%
70.
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Brett
98 -2 -5 -4.9%
70.
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Shane
98 +7 +12 +14.0%
69.
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Nicholas
101 +4 +8 +8.6%
68.
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Lance
102 +5 +9 +9.7%
67.
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Edward
106 +3 +4 +3.9%
66.
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Dean
107 +5 +13 +13.8%
65.
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Robin
110 -11 -33 -23.1%
63.
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Gordon
117 +2 +7 +6.4%
63.
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Terence
117 +4 +11 +10.4%
62.
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Neville
118 +1 +6 +5.4%
61.
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Nigel
121 +1 +6 +5.2%
60.
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Ronald
123 -2 -6 -4.7%
59.
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George
125 +7 +18 +16.8%
58.
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Kerry
130 -2 -2 -1.5%
57.
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Gavin
132 +4 +14 +11.9%
55.
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Douglas
141 +4 +14 +11.0%
55.
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Malcolm
141 0 +6 +4.4%
54.
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Simon
143 -10 -27 -15.9%
53.
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Tony
150 -1 +1 +0.7%
52.
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Patrick
151 -3 -8 -5.0%
51.
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Jeffrey
154 +6 +24 +18.5%
50.
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Garry
157 -10 -28 -15.1%
49.
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Roger
163 -4 -5 -3.0%
48.
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Thomas
171 -5 -1 -0.6%
47.
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Warren
174 +5 +25 +16.8%
46.
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Brent
175 +5 +22 +14.4%
45.
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Stuart
183 -3 +10 +5.8%
43.
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Phillip
188 +7 +30 +19.0%
43.
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Timothy
188 +5 +26 +16.0%
42.
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Raymond
190 -3 -4 -2.1%
41.
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Martin
196 0 +16 +8.9%
40.
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Keith
199 -6 -26 -11.6%
39.
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Craig
200 +8 +37 +22.7%
37.
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Donald
209 0 +6 +3.0%
37.
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Russell
209 +9 +43 +25.9%
36.
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Trevor
212 0 +3 +1.4%
35.
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Neil
224 +3 +26 +13.1%
34.
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Kenneth
225 0 0 0.0%
33.
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Allan
236 -1 -8 -3.3%
32.
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Graham
238 -2 -28 -10.5%
31.
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Barry
252 +2 +11 +4.6%
30.
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Geoffrey
262 +1 +9 +3.6%
29.
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Colin
280 0 +13 +4.9%
28.
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Ross
294 -2 +3 +1.0%
27.
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Murray
308 -7 -49 -13.7%
25.
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Graeme
311 -3 -38 -10.9%
25.
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Steven
311 0 +14 +4.7%
23.
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Alan
338 -6 -38 -10.1%
23.
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Philip
338 +5 +69 +25.7%
22.
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Gary
344 -2 -13 -3.6%
21.
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Andrew
352 +6 +74 +26.6%
20.
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James
358 +3 +10 +2.9%
19.
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Gregory
362 +5 +32 +9.7%
18.
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Grant
376 -2 -16 -4.1%
17.
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Brian
377 +2 +10 +2.7%
16.
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William
399 -2 -30 -7.0%
15.
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Bruce
402 +3 +34 +9.2%
14.
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Wayne
405 +1 -17 -4.0%
13.
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Ian
431 0 -1 -0.2%
12.
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Richard
490 -1 +8 +1.7%
11.
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Anthony
514 +1 +69 +15.5%
10.
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Kevin
565 0 +14 +2.5%
9.
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Christopher
677 0 -4 -0.6%
8.
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Robert
694 0 -14 -2.0%
7.
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Paul
725 -1 -78 -9.7%
6.
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Mark
829 +1 +77 +10.2%
5.
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Stephen
891 0 +19 +2.2%
4.
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Michael
1,108 0 +99 +9.8%
3.
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John
1,230 0 +49 +4.1%
2.
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David
1,305 0 +67 +5.4%
1.
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Peter
1,334 0 -150 -10.1%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Jill
68 -4 -3 -4.2%
98.
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Claire
69 0 0 0.0%
98.
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Janine
69 -1 -1 -1.4%
97.
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Shelley
70 new new new
95.
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Jocelyn
71 -13 -11 -13.4%
95.
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Lynley
71 new new new
93.
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Christina
72 new new new
93.
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Philippa
72 +1 0 0.0%
91.
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Paula
73 -9 -9 -11.0%
91.
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Ruth
73 -20 -29 -28.4%
90.
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Sarah
74 -4 -6 -7.5%
89.
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Valerie
75 new new new
88.
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Vivienne
77 0 -2 -2.5%
85.
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Caroline
80 -6 -4 -4.8%
85.
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Penelope
80 -3 -2 -2.4%
85.
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Teresa
80 +14 +12 +17.6%
84.
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Jeanette
81 -8 -6 -6.9%
82.
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Josephine
84 +6 +5 +6.3%
82.
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Maureen
84 -9 -9 -9.7%
81.
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Bronwyn
85 +7 +6 +7.6%
80.
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Diana
90 -14 -23 -20.4%
79.
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Andrea
94 -4 +6 +6.8%
78.
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Adrienne
95 +13 +17 +21.8%
75.
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Kay
96 -13 -19 -16.5%
75.
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Maria
96 -5 -7 -6.8%
75.
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Stephanie
96 +18 +22 +29.7%
74.
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Michele
101 +12 +21 +26.3%
73.
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Frances
102 +19 +27 +36.0%
72.
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Cheryl
104 -11 -13 -11.1%
71.
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Lynne
105 +5 +18 +20.7%
70.
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Kim
106 +8 +20 +23.3%
67.
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Beverley
107 0 -3 -2.7%
67.
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Gail
107 -15 -22 -17.1%
67.
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Kerry
107 -8 -13 -10.8%
66.
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Angela
109 -4 -6 -5.2%
65.
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Nicola
110 +3 +1 +0.9%
64.
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Shona
111 +5 +7 +6.7%
63.
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Glenda
112 +9 +11 +10.9%
62.
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Louise
113 +17 +29 +34.5%
61.
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Sheryl
119 -5 -6 -4.8%
59.
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Gillian
120 +1 +2 +1.7%
59.
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Lorraine
120 -18 -51 -29.8%
58.
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Jillian
123 0 -1 -0.8%
57.
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Maree
124 +7 +10 +8.8%
56.
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Brenda
128 +8 +14 +12.3%
55.
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Marie
131 -6 -4 -3.0%
53.
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Jacqueline
132 -2 0 0.0%
53.
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Jan
132 +2 +5 +3.9%
52.
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Ann
137 -4 -2 -1.4%
51.
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Yvonne
138 -6 -26 -15.9%
50.
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Sally
143 +3 +15 +11.7%
49.
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Colleen
144 +7 +19 +15.2%
48.
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Lynda
145 +2 +11 +8.2%
47.
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Lesley
151 0 +5 +3.4%
46.
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Michelle
158 +28 +69 +77.5%
45.
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Kathleen
159 -2 -10 -5.9%
44.
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Annette
162 +2 0 0.0%
42.
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Fiona
163 +11 +35 +27.3%
42.
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Rosemary
163 -2 -10 -5.8%
39.
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Dianne
170 -4 -15 -8.1%
39.
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Janice
170 -9 -49 -22.4%
39.
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Pauline
170 -2 -6 -3.4%
37.
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Alison
179 +4 +8 +4.7%
37.
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Kathryn
179 +7 +12 +7.2%
36.
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Shirley
180 0 +1 +0.6%
35.
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Raewyn
201 -4 -5 -2.4%
34.
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Jane
202 -1 +14 +7.4%
33.
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Carolyn
203 +6 +29 +16.7%
32.
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Janet
213 0 +13 +6.5%
31.
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Pamela
216 -2 -9 -4.0%
30.
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Vicki
221 +4 +35 +18.8%
29.
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Suzanne
233 -4 -4 -1.7%
28.
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Denise
239 0 +13 +5.8%
27.
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Carol
241 -6 -35 -12.7%
26.
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Catherine
251 -2 -5 -2.0%
25.
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Anne
261 -2 -2 -0.8%
24.
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Diane
262 -5 -39 -13.0%
23.
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Heather
267 +3 +31 +13.1%
22.
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Lynette
301 -2 +2 +0.7%
21.
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Barbara
306 -4 -2 -0.6%
20.
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Joanne
308 +7 +76 +32.8%
19.
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Helen
319 -7 -33 -9.4%
18.
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Mary
336 -2 +21 +6.7%
16.
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Debra
341 +6 +73 +27.2%
16.
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Sharon
341 +2 +37 +12.2%
15.
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Donna
351 +23 +176 +101%
14.
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Patricia
353 0 +11 +3.2%
13.
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Margaret
363 -8 -64 -15.0%
12.
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Judith
377 -2 +7 +1.9%
11.
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Elizabeth
380 -2 -18 -4.5%
10.
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Robyn
382 +1 +24 +6.7%
9.
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Wendy
383 -1 -19 -4.7%
8.
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Sandra
411 +7 +73 +21.6%
7.
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Linda
423 0 +15 +3.7%
6.
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Jennifer
427 -2 -30 -6.6%
5.
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Julie
475 +8 +131 +38.1%
4.
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Deborah
515 +2 +99 +23.8%
3.
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Christine
655 0 +46 +7.6%
2.
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Karen
734 0 -74 -9.2%
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Susan
888 0 -26 -2.8%