Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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David
1,057 +1 -62 -5.5%
2.
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Michael
1,051 -1 -72 -6.4%
3.
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Paul
933 +1 -27 -2.8%
4.
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Mark
900 +1 +57 +6.8%
5.
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Andrew
853 -2 -111 -11.5%
6.
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Jason
721 +13 +374 +108%
7.
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Christopher
660 -1 -45 -6.4%
8.
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John
655 0 -12 -1.8%
8.
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Stephen
655 +2 +21 +3.3%
10.
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Craig
620 +3 +94 +17.9%
11.
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Peter
561 -4 -120 -17.6%
11.
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Richard
561 -2 -78 -12.2%
13.
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Shane
559 -1 -22 -3.8%
14.
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Robert
537 -3 -71 -11.7%
15.
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Steven
417 +3 +44 +11.8%
16.
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Anthony
380 +4 +51 +15.5%
17.
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James
368 -2 -20 -5.2%
18.
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Grant
358 -1 -22 -5.8%
19.
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Wayne
352 -5 -65 -15.6%
20.
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Dean
339 -4 -43 -11.3%
21.
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Simon
318 +2 +41 +14.8%
22.
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Gregory
313 -1 -1 -0.3%
23.
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Matthew
301 +9 +81 +36.8%
24.
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Timothy
271 +4 +37 +15.8%
25.
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Scott
258 +11 +51 +24.6%
26.
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Tony
252 +5 +26 +11.5%
27.
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Nigel
246 +2 +17 +7.4%
28.
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Darren
245 +9 +48 +24.4%
29.
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William
238 -5 -26 -9.8%
30.
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Philip
235 0 +8 +3.5%
31.
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Brent
232 -9 -76 -24.7%
32.
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Brett
221 -5 -24 -9.8%
33.
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Ian
213 -8 -49 -18.7%
34.
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Gary
209 +1 +1 +0.5%
35.
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Glenn
204 -1 -7 -3.3%
36.
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Kevin
203 -10 -47 -18.8%
37.
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Brendon
194 +29 +80 +70.2%
38.
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Nicholas
192 +3 +11 +6.1%
39.
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Brian
191 -6 -21 -9.9%
40.
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Phillip
186 -1 -4 -2.1%
41.
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Jonathan
180 +17 +51 +39.5%
42.
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Daniel
178 +18 +55 +44.7%
42.
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Martin
178 +2 +11 +6.6%
44.
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Bruce
177 -4 -6 -3.3%
45.
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Aaron
165 +3 +4 +2.5%
46.
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Warren
159 +7 +5 +3.2%
47.
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Karl
154 +25 +47 +43.9%
48.
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Sean
151 -10 -42 -21.8%
49.
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Alan
147 -7 -30 -16.9%
50.
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Geoffrey
145 +1 -10 -6.5%
51.
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Stuart
143 -8 -26 -15.4%
52.
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Neil
141 +17 +31 +28.2%
53.
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Colin
138 -4 -21 -13.2%
54.
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Adrian
134 +12 +20 +17.5%
54.
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Carl
134 +15 +24 +21.8%
56.
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Shaun
132 -11 -34 -20.5%
57.
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Antony
127 +15 +20 +18.7%
57.
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Graeme
127 -10 -35 -21.6%
57.
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Murray
127 -8 -32 -20.1%
60.
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Glen
126 +3 +7 +5.9%
61.
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Gavin
124 -7 -23 -15.6%
62.
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Edward
121 +14 +19 +18.6%
63.
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Thomas
119 0 0 0.0%
64.
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Ross
116 -18 -49 -29.7%
64.
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Trevor
116 -5 -12 -9.4%
66.
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Brendan
115 +18 +32 +38.6%
66.
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Graham
115 +8 +9 +8.5%
66.
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Raymond
115 -4 -5 -4.2%
69.
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Barry
113 -9 -10 -8.1%
69.
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Rodney
113 -18 -42 -27.1%
69.
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Roger
113 +6 +8 +7.6%
72.
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Joseph
112 -7 -3 -2.6%
73.
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Allan
110 -17 -22 -16.7%
74.
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Jeffrey
109 -17 -21 -16.2%
74.
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Patrick
109 -19 -34 -23.8%
76.
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Kerry
108 -8 -3 -2.7%
77.
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George
103 +10 +26 +33.8%
78.
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Dion
100 +19 +39 +63.9%
79.
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Hamish
97 +4 +11 +12.8%
79.
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Malcolm
97 +3 +8 +9.0%
81.
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Blair
95 +7 +20 +26.7%
81.
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Justin
95 +12 +29 +43.9%
81.
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Kenneth
95 -1 0 0.0%
84.
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Douglas
93 -5 -3 -3.1%
85.
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Darryl
92 +5 +19 +26.0%
85.
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Jeremy
92 +8 +26 +39.4%
87.
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Adam
89 -2 +9 +11.3%
88.
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Lee
88 new new new
89.
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Kelvin
86 -11 -11 -11.3%
90.
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Todd
85 -19 -23 -21.3%
91.
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Russell
84 -14 -14 -14.3%
92.
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Charles
83 new new new
93.
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Lance
80 -7 +2 +2.6%
94.
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Samuel
69 +5 +11 +19.0%
95.
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Donald
68 -6 -6 -8.1%
96.
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Derek
66 -15 -28 -29.8%
97.
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Nathan
60 new new new
98.
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Alistair
59 new new new
98.
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Bryan
59 -8 -14 -19.2%
98.
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Ronald
59 -1 -2 -3.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Lisa
934 0 +174 +22.9%
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Michelle
674 +1 +124 +22.5%
3.
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Karen
515 -1 -109 -17.5%
4.
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Joanne
455 +2 +35 +8.3%
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Tania
445 -1 -10 -2.2%
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Nicola
430 0 +10 +2.4%
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Angela
427 +1 +17 +4.1%
8.
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Deborah
386 +1 -9 -2.3%
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Tracey
373 +1 -20 -5.1%
10.
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Kim
359 -5 -75 -17.3%
11.
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Susan
348 0 -16 -4.4%
12.
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Donna
334 0 -24 -6.7%
13.
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Sharon
331 0 -8 -2.4%
14.
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Fiona
311 +7 +59 +23.4%
15.
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Julie
309 -1 -19 -5.8%
16.
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Paula
287 +8 +51 +21.6%
17.
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Sarah
284 +3 +22 +8.4%
18.
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Andrea
264 +1 -2 -0.8%
19.
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Christine
258 -4 -67 -20.6%
20.
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Jacqueline
256 -2 -43 -14.4%
21.
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Helen
254 -5 -56 -18.1%
21.
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Rachel
254 +19 +96 +60.8%
21.
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Sandra
254 -4 -51 -16.7%
24.
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Catherine
250 +1 +17 +7.3%
25.
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Elizabeth
244 -2 +5 +2.1%
26.
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Jennifer
242 +2 +23 +10.5%
27.
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Wendy
233 -1 +1 +0.4%
28.
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Amanda
226 +5 +49 +27.7%
29.
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Leanne
216 -7 -35 -13.9%
30.
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Tracy
214 0 +14 +7.0%
31.
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Janine
211 +4 +36 +20.6%
32.
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Maria
205 -1 +7 +3.5%
33.
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Joanna
199 +27 +84 +73.0%
34.
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Vanessa
198 +15 +65 +48.9%
35.
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Linda
188 -2 +11 +6.2%
36.
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Jane
183 -7 -21 -10.3%
37.
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Robyn
170 -5 -19 -10.1%
38.
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Katrina
161 +13 +34 +26.8%
39.
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Kathryn
157 -2 -10 -6.0%
40.
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Louise
156 -4 -14 -8.2%
41.
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Megan
154 -14 -68 -30.6%
42.
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Rebecca
152 +25 +50 +49.0%
43.
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Carolyn
149 +20 +41 +38.0%
44.
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Suzanne
144 -1 -3 -2.0%
45.
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Tina
142 -6 -19 -11.8%
46.
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Heather
140 +8 +15 +12.0%
47.
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Maree
136 -5 -13 -8.7%
47.
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Vicki
136 +1 +2 +1.5%
49.
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Melissa
130 +31 +43 +49.4%
50.
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Toni
126 +10 +11 +9.6%
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Victoria
126 +32 +42 +50.0%
52.
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Mary
124 -5 -13 -9.5%
52.
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Stephanie
124 +10 +13 +11.7%
54.
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Alison
121 -10 -21 -14.8%
55.
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Anna
120 -10 -21 -14.9%
56.
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Tanya
114 -15 -40 -26.0%
57.
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Denise
113 -11 -26 -18.7%
58.
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Justine
110 +1 -7 -6.0%
59.
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Margaret
109 -1 -9 -7.6%
60.
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Bronwyn
106 -4 -15 -12.4%
60.
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Diane
106 -9 -21 -16.5%
60.
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Patricia
106 -22 -57 -35.0%
63.
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Debra
105 +3 +2 +1.9%
64.
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Raewyn
104 -11 -22 -17.5%
65.
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Brenda
103 -15 -25 -19.5%
66.
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Melanie
102 +12 +14 +15.9%
66.
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Shelley
102 -1 -5 -4.7%
68.
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Katherine
101 -1 -1 -1.0%
69.
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Teresa
98 +7 +8 +8.9%
70.
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Anne
97 -14 -24 -19.8%
71.
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Natalie
93 +19 +18 +24.0%
72.
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Judith
92 +10 +8 +9.5%
73.
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Cherie
91 +11 +8 +9.6%
73.
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Debbie
91 -1 -8 -8.1%
75.
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Sonya
88 +2 -1 -1.1%
76.
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Karyn
86 +24 +24 +38.7%
76.
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Sally
86 -2 -11 -11.3%
78.
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Kathleen
85 +9 +5 +6.3%
79.
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Marie
83 +6 +2 +2.5%
79.
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Rachael
83 new new new
81.
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Carol
82 -26 -42 -33.9%
82.
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Pamela
79 -4 -9 -10.2%
83.
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Anita
78 +11 +7 +9.9%
83.
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Christina
78 +12 +8 +11.4%
85.
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Caroline
77 -15 -24 -23.8%
85.
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Lynda
77 -13 -22 -22.2%
87.
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Pauline
76 -16 -24 -24.0%
88.
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Annette
75 -21 -27 -26.5%
88.
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Barbara
75 -8 -12 -13.8%
90.
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Lynette
74 -27 -34 -31.5%
91.
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Belinda
73 new new new
92.
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Ann
72 0 0 0.0%
93.
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Michele
71 new new new
93.
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Nicole
71 new new new
95.
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Claire
70 -20 -21 -23.1%
95.
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Philippa
70 -5 -5 -6.7%
97.
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Emma
67 new new new
97.
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Kirsten
67 +1 +2 +3.1%
97.
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Vicky
67 new new new
100.
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Penelope
65 new new new