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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Samuel
59 new new new
98.
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Alexander
60 new new new
98.
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Leslie
60 new new new
97.
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Daryl
62 new new new
96.
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Gordon
63 -3 -7 -10.0%
95.
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Darryn
64 -16 -23 -26.4%
93.
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Brendon
65 -4 -7 -9.7%
93.
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Dion
65 new new new
92.
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Brendan
68 -3 -4 -5.6%
91.
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Kelvin
70 -2 -2 -2.8%
90.
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Lance
72 -13 -18 -20.0%
89.
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Terry
73 +9 +6 +9.0%
88.
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Charles
74 -3 -5 -6.3%
87.
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Hamish
76 -1 0 0.0%
85.
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Bryan
78 +2 +3 +4.0%
85.
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Shaun
78 new new new
84.
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Derek
79 -8 -12 -13.2%
82.
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Donald
81 -5 -9 -10.0%
82.
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Todd
81 +10 +10 +14.1%
80.
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George
85 -5 -9 -9.6%
80.
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Keith
85 +8 +11 +14.9%
79.
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Adam
95 +14 +25 +35.7%
77.
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Douglas
98 -7 -5 -4.9%
77.
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Joseph
98 -17 -28 -22.2%
76.
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Darryl
99 -9 -9 -8.3%
75.
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Karl
100 +9 +17 +20.5%
74.
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Aaron
101 -2 +2 +2.0%
73.
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Glen
105 +23 +37 +54.4%
71.
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Jonathan
107 -2 +1 +0.9%
71.
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Malcolm
107 +2 +10 +10.3%
70.
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Daniel
108 0 +5 +4.9%
69.
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Roger
111 -2 +3 +2.8%
65.
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Adrian
114 +17 +30 +35.7%
65.
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Antony
114 +1 +2 +1.8%
65.
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Carl
114 +17 +30 +35.7%
65.
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Kerry
114 +9 +18 +18.8%
64.
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Barry
115 -3 -9 -7.3%
63.
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Raymond
116 -14 -24 -17.1%
60.
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Edward
119 +5 +5 +4.4%
60.
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Russell
119 -12 -22 -15.6%
60.
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Trevor
119 -7 -15 -11.2%
59.
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Allan
120 0 -7 -5.5%
58.
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Nicholas
125 +6 +8 +6.8%
57.
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Jeffrey
129 -7 -10 -7.2%
56.
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Gavin
130 -3 -4 -3.0%
55.
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Kenneth
132 +3 +2 +1.5%
54.
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Graham
133 -2 -2 -1.5%
52.
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Scott
143 +10 +20 +16.3%
52.
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Thomas
143 -7 -4 -2.7%
50.
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Colin
145 -3 +2 +1.4%
50.
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Neil
145 +6 +12 +9.0%
49.
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Ross
150 -10 -22 -12.8%
48.
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Phillip
151 -13 -47 -23.7%
47.
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Geoffrey
152 -3 +4 +2.7%
46.
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Sean
154 +11 +22 +16.7%
45.
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Patrick
157 +18 +35 +28.7%
44.
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Graeme
158 +7 +22 +16.2%
43.
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Glenn
160 0 +6 +3.9%
42.
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Rodney
167 +4 +23 +16.0%
41.
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Murray
171 -7 -28 -14.1%
40.
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Warren
177 +2 +16 +9.9%
38.
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Martin
186 -1 +6 +3.3%
38.
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Stuart
186 0 +9 +5.1%
37.
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Matthew
187 +3 +16 +9.4%
36.
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Bruce
188 -6 -33 -14.9%
35.
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Brian
193 -2 -13 -6.3%
34.
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Alan
198 +6 +27 +15.8%
33.
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Timothy
200 -4 -23 -10.3%
32.
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Nigel
210 +4 +22 +11.7%
31.
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Simon
212 -4 -28 -11.7%
30.
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Philip
233 -5 -30 -11.4%
29.
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Gary
236 -3 -19 -7.5%
28.
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Jason
237 +25 +103 +76.9%
27.
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William
243 -3 -28 -10.3%
25.
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Brent
249 +7 +31 +14.2%
25.
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Darren
249 -6 -104 -29.5%
24.
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Ian
257 -1 -46 -15.2%
23.
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Gregory
260 -3 -83 -24.2%
22.
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Tony
265 +6 +34 +14.7%
21.
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Brett
271 +9 +50 +22.6%
20.
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Kevin
313 +2 +7 +2.3%
19.
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James
373 -1 +15 +4.2%
18.
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Anthony
375 -1 +16 +4.5%
17.
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Wayne
377 -3 -10 -2.6%
16.
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Grant
387 0 +23 +6.3%
15.
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Steven
395 +6 +71 +21.9%
14.
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Shane
446 -1 -15 -3.3%
13.
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Dean
470 +2 +100 +27.0%
12.
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Christopher
521 -1 -46 -8.1%
11.
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Craig
537 +1 +36 +7.2%
10.
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Richard
577 -1 -42 -6.8%
9.
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Robert
579 +1 -19 -3.2%
8.
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Peter
668 -2 -115 -14.7%
7.
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Stephen
698 +1 +3 +0.4%
6.
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John
727 -1 -78 -9.7%
5.
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Mark
810 +2 +84 +11.6%
4.
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Paul
981 -1 +32 +3.4%
3.
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Andrew
995 +1 +130 +15.0%
2.
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Michael
1,174 0 +57 +5.1%
1.
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David
1,199 0 +60 +5.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
100.
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Sonya
62 0 0 0.0%
98.
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Karyn
63 -14 -13 -17.1%
98.
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Penelope
63 new new new
97.
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Vicky
65 +1 0 0.0%
96.
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Jan
66 -15 -12 -15.4%
94.
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Bridget
67 new new new
94.
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Ruth
67 0 -2 -2.9%
93.
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Yvonne
68 -3 -2 -2.9%
91.
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Melanie
70 -1 0 0.0%
91.
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Philippa
70 +9 +8 +12.9%
90.
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Dianne
71 -19 -20 -22.0%
89.
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Lesley
77 new new new
88.
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Gillian
78 +2 +8 +11.4%
86.
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Ann
80 -2 +4 +5.3%
86.
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Rebecca
80 +14 +18 +29.0%
84.
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Cherie
81 -1 +4 +5.2%
84.
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Kerry
81 -20 -22 -21.4%
82.
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Shona
82 new new new
82.
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Vanessa
82 new new new
80.
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Caroline
83 -5 -3 -3.5%
80.
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Sally
83 -18 -25 -23.1%
78.
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Justine
85 new new new
78.
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Michele
85 -1 +3 +3.7%
75.
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Lynda
87 -23 -39 -31.0%
75.
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Melissa
87 new new new
75.
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Toni
87 +6 +9 +11.5%
74.
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Natalie
88 +22 +22 +33.3%
72.
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Claire
91 +14 +16 +21.3%
72.
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Shelley
91 -9 -16 -15.0%
71.
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Teresa
92 +16 +18 +24.3%
70.
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Debbie
96 +4 +8 +9.1%
66.
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Annette
98 +7 +9 +10.1%
66.
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Kathleen
98 -7 -13 -11.7%
66.
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Katrina
98 +1 +1 +1.0%
66.
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Pamela
98 +14 +19 +24.1%
65.
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Pauline
100 +5 +8 +8.7%
63.
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Bronwyn
101 -3 -8 -7.3%
63.
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Lynette
101 -5 -15 -12.9%
61.
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Barbara
104 +5 +3 +3.0%
61.
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Stephanie
104 -5 -17 -14.0%
60.
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Katherine
105 +12 +15 +16.7%
59.
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Tanya
107 -4 -15 -12.3%
58.
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Judith
120 -10 -17 -12.4%
56.
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Debra
122 -3 -3 -2.4%
56.
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Marie
122 +19 +36 +41.9%
55.
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Carolyn
124 -8 -22 -15.1%
53.
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Anna
128 +7 +19 +17.4%
53.
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Vicki
128 +3 +7 +5.8%
52.
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Megan
129 -1 0 0.0%
51.
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Raewyn
130 -2 -4 -3.0%
50.
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Anne
131 -8 -33 -20.1%
49.
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Carol
132 -3 -17 -11.4%
48.
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Rachel
133 +20 +37 +38.5%
47.
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Tina
137 +18 +35 +34.3%
46.
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Heather
138 -5 -27 -16.4%
45.
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Maree
142 +4 +8 +6.0%
44.
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Janine
146 -6 -26 -15.1%
42.
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Margaret
148 -3 -22 -12.9%
42.
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Mary
148 -7 -31 -17.3%
41.
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Brenda
149 +12 +24 +19.2%
39.
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Patricia
155 +1 -12 -7.2%
39.
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Suzanne
155 -2 -18 -10.4%
38.
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Louise
157 +6 +4 +2.6%
37.
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Diane
158 -5 -35 -18.1%
36.
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Denise
167 -2 -13 -7.2%
34.
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Kathryn
170 +2 -5 -2.9%
34.
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Paula
170 +11 +19 +12.6%
33.
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Alison
174 -3 -30 -14.7%
32.
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Amanda
180 +11 +21 +13.2%
31.
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Robyn
192 +2 +1 +0.5%
30.
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Jane
204 +1 +1 +0.5%
29.
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Andrea
218 0 +10 +4.8%
28.
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Leanne
222 -6 -25 -10.1%
27.
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Tracy
223 +1 +7 +3.2%
26.
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Sarah
233 0 +8 +3.6%
25.
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Linda
241 +1 +16 +7.1%
23.
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Elizabeth
257 -3 -18 -6.5%
23.
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Jennifer
257 +2 +19 +8.0%
22.
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Catherine
261 -1 -10 -3.7%
21.
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Maria
269 +3 +29 +12.1%
20.
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Wendy
286 -2 -9 -3.1%
19.
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Jacqueline
300 -4 -17 -5.4%
18.
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Fiona
306 +1 +14 +4.8%
17.
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Christine
315 -3 -22 -6.5%
15.
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Julie
341 -3 -22 -6.1%
15.
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Sharon
341 -7 -50 -12.8%
14.
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Helen
351 +3 +55 +18.6%
13.
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Donna
364 -2 -8 -2.2%
12.
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Joanne
369 -7 -62 -14.4%
11.
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Sandra
371 -5 -54 -12.7%
10.
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Nicola
392 +6 +92 +30.7%
9.
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Kim
399 +14 +153 +62.2%
8.
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Tracey
405 +2 +30 +8.0%
7.
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Angela
410 +6 +54 +15.2%
6.
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Tania
419 +2 +28 +7.2%
5.
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Susan
430 -1 -60 -12.2%
4.
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Deborah
479 -1 -15 -3.0%
3.
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Michelle
615 -2 +29 +4.9%
2.
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Lisa
638 +5 +215 +50.8%
1.
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Karen
651 +1 +100 +18.1%