Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Adam		 68 new
76.
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Adrian		 89 +13
38.
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Alan		 191 -9
52.
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Allan		 141 -2
6.
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Andrew		 838 +1
15.
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Anthony		 367 -1
63.
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Antony		 116 -7
46.
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Barry		 160 -3
94.
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Bernard		 64 new
99.
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Brendan		 59 new
99.
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Brendon		 59 -5
30.
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Brent		 238 -4
27.
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Brett		 257 +6
28.
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Brian		 250 0
25.
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Bruce		 295 -1
88.
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Bryan		 71 -4
81.
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Carl		 82 +16
87.
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Charles		 75 -9
11.
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Christopher		 487 0
39.
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Colin		 189 +2
12.
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Craig		 443 0
70.
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Daniel		 105 +1
13.
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Darren		 390 +71
57.
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Darrin		 131 new
59.
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Darryl		 129 -1
67.
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Darryn		 109 new
89.
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Daryl		 68 +3
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David		 1,319 0
22.
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Dean		 319 +3
96.
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Dennis		 60 new
93.
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Derek		 65 -12
64.
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Donald		 112 +3
72.
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Douglas		 100 -15
78.
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Edward		 88 -13
96.
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Eric		 60 new
79.
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Garry		 85 -14
29.
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Gary		 239 +2
62.
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Gavin		 118 -4
53.
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Geoffrey		 140 -5
67.
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George		 109 +9
96.
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Gerard		 60 new
81.
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Glen		 82 -7
44.
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Glenn		 164 -2
85.
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Gordon		 79 +2
40.
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Graeme		 182 -10
47.
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Graham		 158 -8
16.
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Grant		 366 -3
20.
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Gregory		 329 -4
24.
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Ian		 303 -6
14.
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James		 385 +5
51.
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Jeffrey		 142 -2
5.
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John		 857 -2
86.
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Jonathan		 78 -15
69.
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Joseph		 106 -8
92.
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Karl		 66 +2
81.
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Keith		 82 -11
81.
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Kelvin		 82 0
55.
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Kenneth		 136 -8
65.
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Kerry		 111 +3
21.
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Kevin		 322 -5
73.
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Lance		 97 -2
57.
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Malcolm		 131 -6
7.
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Mark		 802 -1
36.
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Martin		 205 +2
61.
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Matthew		 122 -3
2.
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Michael		 1,075 0
34.
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Murray		 207 -7
48.
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Neil		 151 -3
95.
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Neville		 61 -11
65.
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Nicholas		 111 +4
41.
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Nigel		 171 +3
60.
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Patrick		 123 -9
3.
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Paul		 904 +2
4.
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Peter		 880 0
26.
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Philip		 288 -4
41.
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Phillip		 171 -4
49.
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Raymond		 148 +6
10.
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Richard		 592 0
9.
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Robert		 593 0
91.
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Robin		 67 -4
74.
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Rodney		 92 +9
50.
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Roger		 146 +12
80.
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Ronald		 83 -1
37.
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Ross		 201 -2
56.
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Russell		 132 +6
71.
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Scott		 102 -7
74.
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Sean		 92 +3
18.
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Shane		 357 +2
76.
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Shayne		 89 +4
33.
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Simon		 213 -1
8.
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Stephen		 713 0
19.
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Steven		 345 +2
34.
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Stuart		 207 0
53.
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Thomas		 140 0
31.
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Timothy		 230 +9
32.
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Tony		 221 +3
45.
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Trevor		 163 +9
43.
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Warren		 167 +3
17.
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Wayne		 361 -2
23.
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William		 318 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
48.
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Alison		 144 0
49.
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Amanda		 141 +13
35.
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Andrea		 195 +4
18.
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Angela		 292 +3
63.
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Ann		 105 +5
69.
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Anna		 97 +1
42.
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Anne		 165 -7
62.
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Annette		 108 -7
73.
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Barbara		 92 -26
96.
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Belinda		 65 new
47.
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Brenda		 149 +10
54.
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Bronwyn		 123 -5
37.
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Carol		 181 +5
65.
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Caroline		 103 -6
39.
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Carolyn		 177 +4
22.
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Catherine		 263 -2
92.
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Cherie		 69 new
97.
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Cheryl		 64 -25
11.
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Christine		 354 -1
86.
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Colleen		 73 +10
68.
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Debbie		 99 +9
7.
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Deborah		 413 0
44.
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Debra		 159 -3
26.
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Denise		 226 -1
94.
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Diana		 67 0
29.
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Diane		 206 +4
66.
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Dianne		 102 -15
6.
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Donna		 436 +2
17.
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Elizabeth		 293 -3
20.
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Fiona		 268 -3
100.
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Frances		 63 -2
93.
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Gillian		 68 0
36.
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Heather		 192 +7
16.
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Helen		 312 -3
12.
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Jacqueline		 326 -1
79.
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Jan		 79 +1
29.
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Jane		 206 +3
79.
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Janet		 79 -14
52.
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Janine		 133 +2
90.
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Jeanette		 71 +2
24.
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Jennifer		 256 -9
78.
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Jillian		 80 -20
5.
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Joanne		 445 +1
45.
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Judith		 157 -14
10.
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Julie		 364 -6
1.
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Karen		 560 0
91.
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Katherine		 70 -21
63.
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Kathleen		 105 -7
41.
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Kathryn		 167 -4
77.
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Katrina		 81 new
97.
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Kay		 64 +2
82.
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Kerry		 76 -13
21.
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Kim		 265 +2
22.
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Leanne		 263 +6
14.
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Linda		 317 +4
31.
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Lisa		 201 +35
88.
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Lorraine		 72 -6
46.
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Louise		 151 +6
56.
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Lynda		 121 -4
43.
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Lynette		 162 -9
94.
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Lynne		 67 -13
53.
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Maree		 125 +10
40.
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Margaret		 168 -13
28.
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Maria		 214 +8
61.
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Marie		 111 -11
38.
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Mary		 179 -12
59.
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Megan		 113 +25
79.
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Michele		 79 +5
4.
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Michelle		 447 +5
85.
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Natalie		 74 new
19.
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Nicola		 272 +11
70.
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Pamela		 95 +8
31.
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Patricia		 201 -2
54.
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Paula		 123 +7
67.
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Pauline		 101 -8
71.
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Rachel		 94 new
49.
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Raewyn		 141 -3
25.
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Robyn		 242 -6
75.
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Rosemary		 91 0
73.
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Ruth		 92 +2
57.
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Sally		 117 +7
3.
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Sandra		 452 0
27.
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Sarah		 217 +18
8.
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Sharon		 393 -3
72.
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Shelley		 93 -5
83.
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Sheryl		 75 -10
86.
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Shona		 73 -2
58.
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Stephanie		 115 +26
2.
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Susan		 506 0
34.
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Suzanne		 196 -12
9.
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Tania		 368 +7
59.
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Tanya		 113 +19
97.
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Teresa		 64 -2
75.
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Tina		 91 +13
88.
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Toni		 72 new
13.
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Tracey		 321 +11
33.
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Tracy		 199 +4
51.
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Vicki		 139 -12
15.
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Wendy		 314 -3
83.
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Yvonne		 75 -10
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