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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David
1,478 0 +125 +9.2%
2.
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Michael
1,276 +1 +95 +8.0%
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Peter
1,122 -1 -92 -7.6%
4.
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John
1,031 0 -114 -10.0%
5.
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Mark
945 0 -72 -7.1%
6.
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Stephen
869 0 -41 -4.5%
7.
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Paul
810 0 +25 +3.2%
8.
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Andrew
645 +1 -29 -4.3%
9.
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Robert
644 -1 -92 -12.5%
10.
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Christopher
561 0 +16 +2.9%
11.
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Kevin
535 +2 +22 +4.3%
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Richard
504 -1 -40 -7.4%
13.
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Anthony
485 -1 -48 -9.0%
14.
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Grant
471 +5 +98 +26.3%
15.
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Wayne
455 0 +19 +4.4%
16.
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Craig
454 +2 +76 +20.1%
17.
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Gregory
404 0 +1 +0.2%
18.
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Ian
394 -4 -59 -13.0%
19.
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William
385 -3 -22 -5.4%
20.
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Bruce
366 +1 +14 +4.0%
21.
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Steven
360 -1 -10 -2.7%
22.
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James
323 -1 -29 -8.2%
23.
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Gary
317 0 -12 -3.6%
24.
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Graeme
307 +1 -16 -5.0%
25.
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Brian
304 +2 +3 +1.0%
26.
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Murray
302 -2 -23 -7.1%
27.
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Philip
297 -1 -9 -2.9%
28.
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Ross
275 +1 -12 -4.2%
29.
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Alan
273 -1 -20 -6.8%
30.
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Dean
268 +6 +46 +20.7%
31.
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Brent
258 0 +1 +0.4%
31.
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Shane
258 +16 +85 +49.1%
33.
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Colin
227 0 -17 -7.0%
34.
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Neil
223 +3 +6 +2.8%
35.
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Barry
222 -1 -13 -5.5%
36.
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Geoffrey
220 -4 -25 -10.2%
37.
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Graham
215 -7 -47 -17.9%
38.
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Stuart
211 +11 +43 +25.6%
39.
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Martin
203 -4 -25 -11.0%
39.
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Timothy
203 +12 +37 +22.3%
41.
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Simon
201 -1 +4 +2.0%
42.
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Nigel
190 +12 +31 +19.5%
43.
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Brett
188 +13 +35 +22.9%
43.
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Phillip
188 -2 -5 -2.6%
45.
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Tony
184 +5 +17 +10.2%
46.
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Allan
183 -4 -8 -4.2%
47.
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Trevor
178 -8 -26 -12.7%
47.
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Warren
178 -1 +2 +1.1%
49.
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Kenneth
171 -6 -19 -10.0%
50.
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Russell
167 -12 -47 -22.0%
51.
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Keith
164 -6 -21 -11.4%
52.
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Raymond
161 -8 -25 -13.4%
52.
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Thomas
161 0 -4 -2.4%
54.
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Patrick
150 +4 +5 +3.4%
55.
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Kerry
149 +4 +9 +6.4%
56.
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Donald
147 -8 -22 -13.0%
56.
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Glenn
147 +19 +46 +45.5%
58.
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Jeffrey
143 -3 -12 -7.7%
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Malcolm
143 -5 -20 -12.3%
60.
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Roger
130 -3 -17 -11.6%
61.
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Douglas
127 +2 -1 -0.8%
62.
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Gavin
125 0 -6 -4.6%
63.
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George
123 +3 +4 +3.4%
63.
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Matthew
123 +16 +30 +32.3%
63.
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Nicholas
123 +10 +19 +18.3%
66.
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Gordon
116 +1 -2 -1.7%
66.
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Ronald
116 -5 -19 -14.1%
68.
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Joseph
114 -8 -24 -17.4%
69.
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Charles
110 +1 -3 -2.7%
70.
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Scott
108 +22 +41 +61.2%
71.
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Edward
106 +1 -3 -2.8%
71.
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Garry
106 -8 -22 -17.2%
73.
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Bryan
105 +6 +12 +12.9%
74.
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Daniel
104 0 +1 +1.0%
75.
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Lance
103 -6 -12 -10.4%
76.
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Terry
97 +15 +27 +38.6%
77.
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Adrian
96 +6 +17 +21.5%
78.
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Neville
94 -7 -17 -15.3%
79.
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Darryl
92 +10 +20 +27.8%
80.
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Robin
89 -15 -32 -26.4%
81.
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Terence
87 -13 -29 -25.0%
82.
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Jonathan
84 0 -3 -3.4%
83.
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Derek
83 -6 -16 -16.2%
84.
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Dennis
81 -3 -8 -9.0%
85.
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Antony
80 -9 -20 -20.0%
86.
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Noel
76 +12 +19 +33.3%
87.
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Gerard
74 +11 +17 +29.8%
88.
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Lindsay
73 -4 -5 -6.4%
89.
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Alistair
72 +6 +11 +18.0%
90.
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Eric
71 0 0 0.0%
90.
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Rodney
71 -4 -4 -5.3%
92.
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Carl
68 -4 -6 -8.1%
93.
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Kelvin
67 -9 -11 -14.1%
94.
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Leslie
66 -16 -32 -32.7%
95.
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Ricky
63 new new new
96.
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Alexander
61 -3 -5 -7.6%
97.
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Karl
60 new new new
98.
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Kim
59 -5 -7 -10.6%
98.
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Stewart
59 new new new
100.
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Dale
57 new new new
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Henry
57 -5 -4 -6.6%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Susan
729 0 -38 -5.0%
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Karen
655 0 -62 -8.6%
3.
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Sandra
568 +2 +66 +13.1%
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Christine
548 -1 -65 -10.6%
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Deborah
519 -1 -24 -4.4%
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Joanne
482 0 -11 -2.2%
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Julie
480 0 +1 +0.2%
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Sharon
421 +1 -18 -4.1%
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Donna
411 -1 -29 -6.6%
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Robyn
405 +2 +13 +3.3%
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Wendy
405 0 -6 -1.5%
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Linda
404 -1 +6 +1.5%
13.
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Michelle
399 +5 +83 +26.3%
14.
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Elizabeth
358 +1 -5 -1.4%
15.
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Jennifer
336 -1 -45 -11.8%
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Helen
335 -3 -52 -13.4%
17.
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Fiona
316 +6 +42 +15.3%
18.
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Jacqueline
309 +1 +9 +3.0%
19.
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Catherine
304 +4 +30 +10.9%
20.
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Judith
278 -4 -44 -13.7%
21.
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Margaret
267 -4 -53 -16.6%
22.
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Debra
264 +3 -6 -2.2%
23.
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Patricia
263 -3 -31 -10.5%
24.
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Kim
257 +16 +77 +42.8%
25.
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Mary
245 -3 -40 -14.0%
26.
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Carol
239 -5 -53 -18.2%
27.
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Lynette
235 -1 -34 -12.6%
28.
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Heather
232 +1 -3 -1.3%
29.
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Nicola
229 +5 +10 +4.6%
30.
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Suzanne
225 +1 -7 -3.0%
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Anne
223 -3 -26 -10.4%
32.
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Vicki
220 +4 +9 +4.3%
33.
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Diane
219 -3 -14 -6.0%
34.
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Raewyn
216 0 -3 -1.4%
35.
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Carolyn
214 -3 -12 -5.3%
36.
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Denise
212 -9 -38 -15.2%
37.
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Jane
210 +2 +24 +12.9%
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Kathryn
210 +1 +17 +8.8%
39.
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Andrea
198 +13 +52 +35.6%
40.
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Angela
197 -3 -4 -2.0%
41.
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Barbara
178 -8 -47 -20.9%
41.
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Tracey
178 +13 +36 +25.4%
43.
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Maree
165 +23 +47 +39.8%
44.
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Dianne
159 -2 -13 -7.6%
45.
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Alison
157 -2 -6 -3.7%
46.
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Annette
153 0 -8 -5.0%
47.
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Brenda
151 +1 -1 -0.7%
48.
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Leanne
148 +27 +38 +34.5%
49.
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Kathleen
146 +3 0 0.0%
50.
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Louise
143 +10 +16 +12.6%
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Pamela
143 -6 -19 -11.7%
52.
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Tracy
140 +28 +45 +47.4%
53.
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Bronwyn
138 -4 -11 -7.4%
53.
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Janet
138 -12 -38 -21.6%
53.
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Michele
138 -3 -10 -6.8%
56.
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Jan
135 -9 -19 -12.3%
57.
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Shelley
132 +16 +21 +18.9%
58.
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Kerry
131 -2 -3 -2.2%
58.
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Lynda
131 +1 0 0.0%
60.
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Sally
129 +13 +18 +16.2%
61.
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Gillian
127 +4 +5 +4.1%
62.
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Janine
122 +23 +32 +35.6%
62.
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Marie
122 0 -4 -3.2%
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Pauline
122 0 -4 -3.2%
65.
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Rosemary
120 -7 -12 -9.1%
66.
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Jillian
117 -16 -31 -20.9%
66.
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Maria
117 +2 +1 +0.9%
68.
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Debbie
115 +14 +23 +25.0%
69.
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Ann
114 0 0 0.0%
70.
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Janice
112 -14 -22 -16.4%
70.
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Lorraine
112 -15 -26 -18.8%
70.
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Yvonne
112 -10 -15 -11.8%
73.
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Tania
110 new new new
74.
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Kay
109 -10 -14 -11.4%
75.
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Cheryl
108 -8 -9 -7.7%
76.
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Katherine
107 +21 +28 +35.4%
77.
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Sarah
105 0 -3 -2.8%
77.
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Shirley
105 -33 -57 -35.2%
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Caroline
103 +8 +15 +17.0%
80.
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Colleen
102 -10 -11 -9.7%
81.
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Sheryl
101 -11 -12 -10.6%
82.
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Lesley
97 -6 -12 -11.0%
83.
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Anna
94 -1 +2 +2.2%
84.
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Diana
92 +6 +9 +10.8%
84.
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Vivienne
92 +9 +11 +13.6%
86.
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Christina
90 +7 +9 +11.1%
87.
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Frances
89 -8 -7 -7.3%
87.
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Lisa
89 new new new
89.
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Ruth
86 -11 -12 -12.2%
90.
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Shona
85 -18 -27 -24.1%
91.
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Stephanie
84 -4 -4 -4.5%
92.
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Amanda
82 0 0 0.0%
93.
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Maureen
81 0 0 0.0%
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Megan
78 new new new
95.
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Gail
77 -13 -15 -16.3%
95.
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Lynley
77 new new new
97.
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Lynne
75 -16 -18 -19.4%
98.
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Penelope
72 new new new
99.
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Kaye
70 -10 -16 -18.6%
100.
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Beverley
69 -2 -7 -9.2%