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
1,139 0 -180 -13.6%
2.
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Michael
1,117 0 +42 +3.9%
3.
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Paul
949 0 +45 +5.0%
4.
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Andrew
865 +2 +27 +3.2%
5.
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John
805 0 -52 -6.1%
6.
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Peter
783 -2 -97 -11.0%
7.
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Mark
726 0 -76 -9.5%
8.
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Stephen
695 0 -18 -2.5%
9.
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Richard
619 +1 +27 +4.6%
10.
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Robert
598 -1 +5 +0.8%
11.
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Christopher
567 0 +80 +16.4%
12.
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Craig
501 0 +58 +13.1%
13.
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Shane
461 +5 +104 +29.1%
14.
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Wayne
387 +3 +26 +7.2%
15.
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Dean
370 +7 +51 +16.0%
16.
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Grant
364 0 -2 -0.5%
17.
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Anthony
359 -2 -8 -2.2%
18.
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James
358 -4 -27 -7.0%
19.
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Darren
353 -6 -37 -9.5%
20.
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Gregory
343 0 +14 +4.3%
21.
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Steven
324 -2 -21 -6.1%
22.
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Kevin
306 -1 -16 -5.0%
23.
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Ian
303 +1 0 0.0%
24.
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William
271 -1 -47 -14.8%
25.
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Philip
263 +1 -25 -8.7%
26.
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Gary
255 +3 +16 +6.7%
27.
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Simon
240 +6 +27 +12.7%
28.
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Tony
231 +4 +10 +4.5%
29.
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Timothy
223 +2 -7 -3.0%
30.
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Brett
221 -3 -36 -14.0%
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Bruce
221 -5 -74 -25.1%
32.
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Brent
218 -2 -20 -8.4%
33.
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Brian
206 -5 -44 -17.6%
34.
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Murray
199 0 -8 -3.9%
35.
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Phillip
198 +6 +27 +15.8%
36.
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Nigel
188 +5 +17 +9.9%
37.
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Martin
180 -1 -25 -12.2%
38.
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Stuart
177 -4 -30 -14.5%
39.
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Ross
172 -2 -29 -14.4%
40.
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Alan
171 -2 -20 -10.5%
40.
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Matthew
171 +21 +49 +40.2%
42.
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Warren
161 +1 -6 -3.6%
43.
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Glenn
154 +1 -10 -6.1%
44.
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Geoffrey
148 +9 +8 +5.7%
45.
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Thomas
147 +8 +7 +5.0%
46.
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Rodney
144 +28 +52 +56.5%
47.
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Colin
143 -8 -46 -24.3%
48.
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Russell
141 +8 +9 +6.8%
49.
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Raymond
140 0 -8 -5.4%
50.
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Jeffrey
139 +1 -3 -2.1%
51.
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Graeme
136 -11 -46 -25.3%
52.
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Graham
135 -5 -23 -14.6%
53.
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Gavin
134 +9 +16 +13.6%
53.
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Jason
134 new new new
53.
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Trevor
134 -8 -29 -17.8%
56.
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Neil
133 -8 -18 -11.9%
57.
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Sean
132 +17 +40 +43.5%
58.
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Kenneth
130 -3 -6 -4.4%
59.
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Allan
127 -7 -14 -9.9%
60.
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Joseph
126 +9 +20 +18.9%
61.
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Barry
124 -15 -36 -22.5%
62.
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Scott
123 +9 +21 +20.6%
63.
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Patrick
122 -3 -1 -0.8%
64.
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Nicholas
117 +1 +6 +5.4%
65.
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Edward
114 +13 +26 +29.5%
66.
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Antony
112 -3 -4 -3.4%
67.
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Darryl
108 -8 -21 -16.3%
67.
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Roger
108 -17 -38 -26.0%
69.
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Jonathan
106 +17 +28 +35.9%
70.
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Daniel
103 0 -2 -1.9%
70.
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Douglas
103 +2 +3 +3.0%
72.
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Aaron
99 new new new
73.
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Malcolm
97 -16 -34 -26.0%
74.
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Kerry
96 -9 -15 -13.5%
75.
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George
94 -8 -15 -13.8%
76.
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Derek
91 +17 +26 +40.0%
77.
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Donald
90 -13 -22 -19.6%
77.
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Lance
90 -4 -7 -7.2%
79.
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Darrin
87 -22 -44 -33.6%
79.
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Darryn
87 -12 -22 -20.2%
81.
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Ronald
86 -1 +3 +3.6%
82.
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Adrian
84 -6 -5 -5.6%
82.
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Carl
84 -1 +2 +2.4%
84.
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Karl
83 +8 +17 +25.8%
85.
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Charles
79 +2 +4 +5.3%
86.
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Hamish
76 new new new
87.
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Bryan
75 +1 +4 +5.6%
88.
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Keith
74 -7 -8 -9.8%
89.
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Brendan
72 +10 +13 +22.0%
89.
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Brendon
72 +10 +13 +22.0%
89.
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Kelvin
72 -8 -10 -12.2%
92.
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Todd
71 new new new
93.
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Adam
70 -4 +2 +2.9%
93.
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Gordon
70 -8 -9 -11.4%
95.
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Shayne
69 -19 -20 -22.5%
96.
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Glen
68 -15 -14 -17.1%
96.
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Robin
68 -5 +1 +1.5%
98.
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Neville
67 -3 +6 +9.8%
98.
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Terry
67 new new new
100.
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Garry
66 -21 -19 -22.4%
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Michelle
586 +3 +139 +31.1%
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Karen
551 -1 -9 -1.6%
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Deborah
494 +4 +81 +19.6%
4.
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Susan
490 -2 -16 -3.2%
5.
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Joanne
431 0 -14 -3.1%
6.
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Sandra
425 -3 -27 -6.0%
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Lisa
423 +24 +222 +110%
8.
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Sharon
391 0 -2 -0.5%
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Tania
391 +1 +23 +6.3%
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Tracey
375 +3 +54 +16.8%
11.
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Donna
372 -5 -64 -14.7%
12.
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Julie
363 -2 -1 -0.3%
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Angela
356 +5 +64 +21.9%
14.
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Christine
337 -3 -17 -4.8%
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Jacqueline
317 -3 -9 -2.8%
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Nicola
300 +3 +28 +10.3%
17.
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Helen
296 -1 -16 -5.1%
18.
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Wendy
295 -3 -19 -6.1%
19.
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Fiona
292 +1 +24 +9.0%
20.
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Elizabeth
275 -3 -18 -6.1%
21.
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Catherine
271 +1 +8 +3.0%
22.
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Leanne
247 0 -16 -6.1%
23.
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Kim
246 -2 -19 -7.2%
24.
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Maria
240 +4 +26 +12.1%
25.
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Jennifer
238 -1 -18 -7.0%
26.
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Linda
225 -12 -92 -29.0%
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Sarah
225 +1 +8 +3.7%
28.
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Tracy
216 +5 +17 +8.5%
29.
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Andrea
208 +6 +13 +6.7%
30.
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Alison
204 +18 +60 +41.7%
31.
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Jane
203 -2 -3 -1.5%
32.
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Diane
193 -3 -13 -6.3%
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Robyn
191 -8 -51 -21.1%
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Denise
180 -8 -46 -20.4%
35.
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Mary
179 +3 0 0.0%
36.
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Kathryn
175 +5 +8 +4.8%
37.
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Suzanne
173 -3 -23 -11.7%
38.
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Janine
172 +14 +39 +29.3%
39.
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Margaret
170 +1 +2 +1.2%
40.
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Patricia
167 -9 -34 -16.9%
41.
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Heather
165 -5 -27 -14.1%
42.
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Anne
164 0 -1 -0.6%
43.
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Amanda
159 +6 +18 +12.8%
44.
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Louise
153 +2 +2 +1.3%
45.
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Paula
151 +9 +28 +22.8%
46.
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Carol
149 -9 -32 -17.7%
47.
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Carolyn
146 -8 -31 -17.5%
48.
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Judith
137 -3 -20 -12.7%
49.
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Maree
134 +4 +9 +7.2%
49.
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Raewyn
134 0 -7 -5.0%
51.
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Megan
129 +8 +16 +14.2%
52.
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Lynda
126 +4 +5 +4.1%
53.
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Brenda
125 -6 -24 -16.1%
53.
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Debra
125 -9 -34 -21.4%
55.
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Tanya
122 +4 +9 +8.0%
56.
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Stephanie
121 +2 +6 +5.2%
56.
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Vicki
121 -5 -18 -12.9%
58.
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Lynette
116 -15 -46 -28.4%
59.
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Kathleen
111 +4 +6 +5.7%
60.
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Anna
109 +9 +12 +12.4%
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Bronwyn
109 -6 -14 -11.4%
62.
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Sally
108 -5 -9 -7.7%
63.
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Shelley
107 +9 +14 +15.1%
64.
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Kerry
103 +18 +27 +35.5%
65.
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Tina
102 +10 +11 +12.1%
66.
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Barbara
101 +7 +9 +9.8%
67.
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Katrina
97 +10 +16 +19.8%
68.
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Rachel
96 +3 +2 +2.1%
69.
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Rosemary
94 +6 +3 +3.3%
70.
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Pauline
92 -3 -9 -8.9%
71.
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Dianne
91 -5 -11 -10.8%
72.
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Katherine
90 +19 +20 +28.6%
73.
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Annette
89 -11 -19 -17.6%
74.
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Debbie
88 -6 -11 -11.1%
75.
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Caroline
86 -10 -17 -16.5%
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Marie
86 -14 -25 -22.5%
77.
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Cheryl
82 +20 +18 +28.1%
77.
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Michele
82 +2 +3 +3.8%
79.
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Janet
80 0 +1 +1.3%
80.
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Pamela
79 -10 -16 -16.8%
81.
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Jan
78 -2 -1 -1.3%
81.
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Toni
78 +7 +6 +8.3%
83.
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Cherie
77 +9 +8 +11.6%
84.
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Ann
76 -21 -29 -27.6%
84.
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Karyn
76 new new new
86.
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Claire
75 new new new
87.
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Teresa
74 +10 +10 +15.6%
88.
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Christina
73 new new new
89.
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Gail
71 new new new
90.
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Gillian
70 +3 +2 +2.9%
90.
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Jillian
70 -12 -10 -12.5%
90.
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Melanie
70 new new new
90.
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Yvonne
70 -7 -5 -6.7%
94.
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Ruth
69 -21 -23 -25.0%
94.
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Sheryl
69 -11 -6 -8.0%
96.
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Natalie
66 -11 -8 -10.8%
96.
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Sonia
66 new new new
98.
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Vicky
65 new new new
99.
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Rhonda
63 new new new
100.
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Philippa
62 new new new
100.
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Rebecca
62 new new new
100.
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Sonya
62 new new new