Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
48.
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Aaron		 161 +26
85.
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Adam		 80 -6
66.
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Adrian		 114 -1
42.
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Alan		 177 -8
56.
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Allan		 132 +3
3.
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Andrew		 964 0
20.
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Anthony		 329 -2
72.
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Antony		 107 -7
60.
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Barry		 123 +4
88.
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Blair		 75 new
84.
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Brendan		 83 +8
66.
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Brendon		 114 +27
22.
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Brent		 308 +3
27.
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Brett		 245 -6
33.
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Brian		 212 +2
40.
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Bruce		 183 -4
90.
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Bryan		 73 -5
69.
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Carl		 110 -4
6.
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Christopher		 705 +6
49.
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Colin		 159 +1
13.
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Craig		 526 -2
60.
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Daniel		 123 +10
37.
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Darren		 197 -12
90.
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Darryl		 73 -14
95.
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Daryl		 64 +2
2.
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David		 1,119 -1
16.
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Dean		 382 -3
81.
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Derek		 94 +3
97.
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Dion		 61 -4
89.
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Donald		 74 -7
79.
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Douglas		 96 -2
76.
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Edward		 102 -16
100.
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Garry		 56 new
35.
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Gary		 208 -6
54.
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Gavin		 147 +2
51.
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Geoffrey		 155 -4
87.
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George		 77 -7
63.
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Glen		 119 +10
34.
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Glenn		 211 +9
47.
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Graeme		 162 -3
74.
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Graham		 106 -20
17.
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Grant		 380 -1
21.
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Gregory		 314 +2
83.
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Hamish		 86 +4
25.
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Ian		 262 -1
15.
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James		 388 +4
19.
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Jason		 347 +9
57.
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Jeffrey		 130 0
93.
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Jeremy		 66 new
8.
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John		 667 -2
58.
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Jonathan		 129 +13
65.
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Joseph		 115 +12
93.
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Justin		 66 new
72.
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Karl		 107 +3
100.
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Keith		 56 -20
78.
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Kelvin		 97 +13
80.
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Kenneth		 95 -25
68.
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Kerry		 111 -3
26.
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Kevin		 250 -6
86.
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Lance		 78 +4
82.
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Malcolm		 89 -11
5.
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Mark		 843 0
44.
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Martin		 167 -6
32.
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Matthew		 220 +5
1.
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Michael		 1,123 +1
49.
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Murray		 159 -8
69.
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Neil		 110 -19
41.
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Nicholas		 181 +17
29.
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Nigel		 229 +3
55.
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Patrick		 143 -10
4.
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Paul		 960 0
7.
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Peter		 681 +1
30.
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Philip		 227 0
39.
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Phillip		 190 +9
62.
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Raymond		 120 +1
9.
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Richard		 639 +1
11.
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Robert		 608 -2
96.
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Robin		 62 new
51.
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Rodney		 155 -9
75.
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Roger		 105 -6
97.
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Ronald		 61 new
46.
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Ross		 165 +3
77.
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Russell		 98 -17
99.
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Samuel		 58 +1
36.
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Scott		 207 +16
38.
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Sean		 193 +8
12.
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Shane		 581 +2
45.
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Shaun		 166 +40
100.
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Shayne		 56 new
23.
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Simon		 277 +8
10.
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Stephen		 634 -3
18.
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Steven		 373 -3
43.
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Stuart		 169 -5
92.
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Terry		 67 -3
63.
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Thomas		 119 -11
28.
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Timothy		 234 +5
71.
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Todd		 108 +11
31.
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Tony		 226 -9
59.
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Trevor		 128 +1
53.
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Warren		 154 -13
14.
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Wayne		 417 +3
24.
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William		 264 +3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
44.
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Alison		 142 -11
33.
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Amanda		 177 -1
19.
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Andrea		 266 +10
8.
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Angela		 410 -1
94.
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Anita		 71 new
92.
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Ann		 72 -6
45.
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Anna		 141 +8
56.
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Anne		 121 -6
67.
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Annette		 102 -1
80.
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Barbara		 87 -19
50.
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Brenda		 128 -9
92.
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Bridget		 72 +2
56.
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Bronwyn		 121 +7
55.
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Carol		 124 -6
70.
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Caroline		 101 +10
63.
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Carolyn		 108 -8
25.
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Catherine		 233 -3
84.
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Cherie		 83 0
95.
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Christina		 70 new
15.
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Christine		 325 +2
75.
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Claire		 91 -3
72.
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Debbie		 99 -2
9.
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Deborah		 395 -5
66.
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Debra		 103 -10
46.
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Denise		 139 -10
51.
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Diane		 127 -14
87.
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Dianne		 80 +3
12.
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Donna		 358 +1
23.
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Elizabeth		 239 0
21.
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Fiona		 252 -3
54.
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Heather		 125 -8
16.
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Helen		 310 -2
18.
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Jacqueline		 299 +1
98.
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Jan		 65 -2
29.
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Jane		 204 +1
35.
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Janine		 175 +9
28.
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Jennifer		 219 -5
60.
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Joanna		 115 new
6.
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Joanne		 420 +6
82.
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Judith		 84 -24
14.
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Julie		 328 +1
59.
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Justine		 117 +19
2.
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Karen		 624 -1
100.
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Karyn		 62 -2
67.
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Katherine		 102 -7
87.
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Kathleen		 80 -21
37.
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Kathryn		 167 -3
51.
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Katrina		 127 +15
89.
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Kerry		 76 -5
5.
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Kim		 434 +4
98.
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Kirsten		 65 new
22.
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Leanne		 251 +6
33.
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Linda		 177 -8
1.
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Lisa		 760 +1
36.
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Louise		 170 +2
72.
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Lynda		 99 +3
63.
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Lynette		 108 0
42.
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Maree		 149 +3
58.
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Margaret		 118 -16
31.
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Maria		 198 -10
85.
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Marie		 81 -29
47.
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Mary		 137 -5
27.
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Megan		 222 +25
78.
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Melanie		 88 +13
80.
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Melissa		 87 -5
3.
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Michelle		 550 0
90.
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Natalie		 75 -16
6.
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Nicola		 420 +4
78.
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Pamela		 88 -12
38.
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Patricia		 163 +1
24.
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Paula		 236 +10
71.
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Pauline		 100 -6
90.
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Philippa		 75 +1
40.
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Rachel		 158 +8
53.
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Raewyn		 126 -2
67.
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Rebecca		 102 +19
32.
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Robyn		 189 -1
85.
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Ruth		 81 +9
74.
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Sally		 97 +6
17.
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Sandra		 305 -6
20.
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Sarah		 262 +6
13.
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Sharon		 339 +2
65.
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Shelley		 107 +7
96.
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Sheryl		 69 new
77.
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Sonya		 89 +23
62.
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Stephanie		 111 -1
11.
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Susan		 364 -6
43.
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Suzanne		 147 -4
4.
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Tania		 455 +2
41.
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Tanya		 154 +18
76.
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Teresa		 90 -5
39.
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Tina		 161 +8
60.
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Toni		 115 +15
10.
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Tracey		 393 -2
30.
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Tracy		 200 -3
49.
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Vanessa		 133 +33
48.
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Vicki		 134 +5
82.
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Victoria		 84 new
26.
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Wendy		 232 -6
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Yvonne		 67 -4
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