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
1,356 0 -157 -10.4%
2.
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Michael
1,176 0 -78 -6.2%
3.
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John
1,048 0 -23 -2.1%
4.
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Peter
986 0 -44 -4.3%
5.
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Paul
900 +1 +9 +1.0%
6.
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Mark
880 -1 -22 -2.4%
7.
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Andrew
833 +1 +78 +10.3%
8.
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Stephen
757 -1 -64 -7.8%
9.
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Robert
680 0 -43 -5.9%
10.
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Richard
573 0 -6 -1.0%
11.
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Christopher
550 0 -21 -3.7%
12.
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Craig
519 0 +32 +6.6%
13.
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Grant
448 +4 +43 +10.6%
14.
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Anthony
432 0 -30 -6.5%
15.
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Wayne
402 0 -15 -3.6%
16.
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Gregory
394 0 -16 -3.9%
16.
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Kevin
394 -3 -71 -15.3%
18.
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Ian
365 0 -24 -6.2%
19.
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James
358 0 -23 -6.0%
20.
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Shane
355 +7 +69 +24.1%
21.
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Steven
348 +1 +7 +2.1%
22.
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Philip
316 -2 -31 -8.9%
23.
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William
312 -3 -35 -10.1%
24.
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Bruce
282 -1 -40 -12.4%
25.
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Dean
276 +4 +14 +5.3%
26.
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Brent
261 +2 -24 -8.4%
27.
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Murray
258 -2 -40 -13.4%
28.
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Brian
257 -4 -48 -15.7%
29.
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Alan
246 +1 -10 -3.9%
30.
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Graeme
240 +1 -15 -5.9%
31.
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Gary
237 -5 -60 -20.2%
32.
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Simon
231 +10 +25 +12.1%
33.
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Brett
222 +6 +13 +6.2%
34.
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Stuart
209 +14 +32 +18.1%
35.
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Ross
206 -3 -40 -16.3%
35.
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Tony
206 -2 -25 -10.8%
37.
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Phillip
204 +6 +3 +1.5%
38.
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Martin
201 -4 -25 -11.1%
39.
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Graham
196 0 -13 -6.2%
40.
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Timothy
195 -5 -28 -12.6%
41.
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Colin
193 -3 -17 -8.1%
42.
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Glenn
186 -3 -23 -11.0%
43.
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Barry
181 +2 -10 -5.2%
44.
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Nigel
172 +2 -16 -8.5%
45.
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Neil
167 -8 -45 -21.2%
46.
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Warren
164 -10 -55 -25.1%
47.
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Kenneth
163 +7 +8 +5.2%
48.
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Geoffrey
158 -4 -42 -21.0%
49.
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Jeffrey
157 +7 +10 +6.8%
50.
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Allan
156 +1 -18 -10.3%
51.
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Malcolm
155 +16 +42 +37.2%
51.
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Patrick
155 +10 +27 +21.1%
53.
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Thomas
154 -4 -22 -12.5%
54.
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Trevor
143 -7 -37 -20.6%
55.
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Raymond
142 -5 -33 -18.9%
56.
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Antony
136 +25 +50 +58.1%
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Douglas
135 +7 +11 +8.9%
58.
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Darryl
132 0 0 0.0%
58.
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Gavin
132 +3 +4 +3.1%
58.
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Matthew
132 +8 +15 +12.8%
61.
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Joseph
131 +2 +5 +4.0%
62.
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Roger
130 -9 -27 -17.2%
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Russell
130 -10 -36 -21.7%
64.
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Scott
129 +5 +22 +20.6%
65.
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Edward
117 -7 -15 -11.4%
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Garry
117 +6 +13 +12.5%
67.
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Donald
116 -12 -35 -23.2%
68.
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Kerry
113 +4 +13 +13.0%
69.
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Nicholas
106 -4 -15 -12.4%
70.
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Keith
103 -13 -31 -23.1%
71.
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Daniel
99 +4 +7 +7.6%
71.
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Jonathan
99 +3 +5 +5.3%
71.
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Lance
99 -11 -31 -23.8%
74.
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Glen
97 +17 +29 +42.6%
75.
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Terence
95 -5 -10 -9.5%
76.
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George
93 -4 -7 -7.0%
77.
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Sean
87 +18 +22 +33.8%
78.
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Charles
86 +1 -1 -1.1%
79.
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Ronald
84 -11 -26 -23.6%
80.
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Shayne
81 new new new
81.
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Derek
80 -2 -7 -8.0%
81.
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Kelvin
80 +1 +1 +1.3%
83.
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Rodney
78 +2 +4 +5.4%
84.
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Bryan
74 -6 -17 -18.7%
84.
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Darren
74 new new new
84.
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Neville
74 -9 -18 -19.6%
87.
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Gordon
73 -12 -19 -20.7%
87.
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Robin
73 -1 +2 +2.8%
89.
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Adrian
71 -3 0 0.0%
89.
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Leslie
71 +4 +4 +6.0%
91.
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Terry
69 -5 -2 -2.8%
92.
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Daryl
67 new new new
93.
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Francis
65 new new new
94.
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Brendon
61 new new new
94.
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Hamish
61 new new new
94.
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Karl
61 +2 -2 -3.2%
97.
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Carl
60 -14 -16 -21.1%
98.
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Alexander
58 -12 -13 -18.3%
98.
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Alistair
58 new new new
98.
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Stewart
58 +2 +2 +3.6%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Karen
641 +1 -47 -6.8%
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Susan
596 -1 -146 -19.7%
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Sandra
524 0 -50 -8.7%
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Julie
425 +2 -22 -4.9%
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Sharon
422 +2 -23 -5.2%
6.
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Joanne
418 +5 +23 +5.8%
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Deborah
398 -2 -64 -13.9%
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Donna
395 +1 -6 -1.5%
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Michelle
383 +3 -8 -2.0%
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Christine
376 -6 -121 -24.3%
11.
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Jacqueline
365 +9 +89 +32.2%
12.
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Wendy
363 -2 -36 -9.0%
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Helen
333 +1 -3 -0.9%
14.
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Elizabeth
330 +4 +43 +15.0%
15.
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Jennifer
321 -2 -59 -15.5%
16.
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Tania
317 +3 +31 +10.8%
17.
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Fiona
311 0 +19 +6.5%
18.
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Linda
298 -10 -110 -27.0%
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Robyn
291 -4 -42 -12.6%
20.
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Catherine
290 -4 -8 -2.7%
21.
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Angela
284 +6 +46 +19.3%
22.
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Suzanne
271 +2 +26 +10.6%
23.
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Kim
265 +7 +44 +19.9%
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Tracey
257 +4 +20 +8.4%
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Denise
251 +7 +34 +15.7%
26.
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Mary
250 -4 -10 -3.8%
27.
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Margaret
248 -2 +5 +2.1%
28.
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Leanne
237 +17 +75 +46.3%
29.
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Patricia
227 -8 -38 -14.3%
30.
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Nicola
221 -7 -26 -10.5%
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Judith
213 +3 +5 +2.4%
32.
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Jane
205 +5 +1 +0.5%
33.
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Diane
204 0 -8 -3.8%
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Lynette
196 +1 -11 -5.3%
35.
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Anne
195 -6 -27 -12.2%
36.
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Maria
194 +9 +32 +19.8%
37.
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Kathryn
183 +4 +5 +2.8%
37.
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Tracy
183 +6 +7 +4.0%
39.
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Andrea
181 0 -12 -6.2%
39.
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Vicki
181 -3 -24 -11.7%
41.
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Debra
179 -15 -63 -26.0%
42.
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Carol
170 -5 -34 -16.7%
43.
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Carolyn
168 -2 -10 -5.6%
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Heather
168 -12 -51 -23.3%
45.
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Sarah
167 +11 +36 +27.5%
46.
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Raewyn
158 -6 -34 -17.7%
47.
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Barbara
153 -3 -18 -10.5%
48.
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Alison
150 0 +3 +2.0%
49.
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Bronwyn
140 +7 +9 +6.9%
50.
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Marie
137 +13 +15 +12.3%
51.
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Dianne
135 +4 0 0.0%
52.
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Louise
134 +8 +7 +5.5%
52.
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Lynda
134 +16 +18 +15.5%
54.
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Janine
132 0 -4 -2.9%
55.
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Annette
131 +3 +2 +1.6%
56.
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Kathleen
130 -4 -13 -9.1%
57.
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Brenda
127 -9 -20 -13.6%
58.
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Jillian
125 +4 +1 +0.8%
59.
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Caroline
124 +23 +28 +29.2%
59.
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Pauline
124 -12 -32 -20.5%
61.
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Paula
122 +7 +6 +5.2%
62.
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Amanda
121 -9 -17 -12.3%
63.
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Maree
119 -13 -27 -18.5%
64.
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Sally
118 -1 -4 -3.3%
65.
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Janet
113 -14 -32 -22.1%
66.
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Lisa
109 +7 +3 +2.8%
67.
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Shelley
108 -2 -12 -10.0%
68.
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Ann
104 +2 -7 -6.3%
69.
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Kerry
100 +2 -10 -9.1%
70.
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Anna
98 +6 -5 -4.9%
70.
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Katherine
98 +22 +17 +21.0%
72.
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Cheryl
97 +5 -5 -4.9%
73.
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Sheryl
96 +5 -5 -5.0%
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Yvonne
96 -6 -22 -18.6%
75.
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Rosemary
92 -9 -27 -22.7%
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Ruth
92 +11 +2 +2.2%
77.
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Debbie
89 +6 -6 -6.3%
78.
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Pamela
88 -7 -22 -20.0%
78.
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Tanya
88 new new new
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Jan
86 -19 -40 -31.7%
81.
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Lynne
84 +12 +4 +5.0%
82.
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Lorraine
82 -3 -17 -17.2%
82.
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Shirley
82 -9 -24 -22.6%
84.
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Megan
81 +15 +12 +17.4%
84.
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Michele
81 -25 -47 -36.7%
84.
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Shona
81 +4 -2 -2.4%
84.
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Stephanie
81 +6 -1 -1.2%
88.
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Lynley
80 new new new
88.
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Tina
80 new new new
90.
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Lesley
79 -15 -25 -24.0%
91.
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Janice
78 -6 -15 -16.1%
92.
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Jeanette
76 +4 +4 +5.6%
93.
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Gillian
75 -13 -23 -23.5%
94.
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Diana
73 0 -5 -6.4%
95.
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Teresa
72 -8 -14 -16.3%
96.
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Colleen
70 -12 -24 -25.5%
96.
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Maureen
70 +1 0 0.0%
98.
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Frances
69 new new new
99.
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Claire
68 new new new
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Kay
68 -11 -15 -18.1%