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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Jason
1,366 +5 +645 +89.5%
2.
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Michael
958 0 -93 -8.8%
3.
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David
916 -2 -141 -13.3%
4.
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Andrew
910 +1 +57 +6.7%
5.
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Paul
878 -2 -55 -5.9%
6.
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Mark
776 -2 -124 -13.8%
7.
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Stephen
648 +1 -7 -1.1%
8.
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Craig
632 +2 +12 +1.9%
9.
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Christopher
604 -2 -56 -8.5%
10.
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Richard
574 +1 +13 +2.3%
11.
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John
570 -3 -85 -13.0%
12.
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Peter
507 -1 -54 -9.6%
13.
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Shane
479 0 -80 -14.3%
14.
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Robert
454 0 -83 -15.5%
15.
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James
383 +2 +15 +4.1%
16.
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Steven
381 -1 -36 -8.6%
17.
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Matthew
374 +6 +73 +24.3%
18.
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Simon
363 +3 +45 +14.2%
19.
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Anthony
357 -3 -23 -6.1%
20.
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Grant
344 -2 -14 -3.9%
21.
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Scott
328 +4 +70 +27.1%
22.
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Wayne
323 -3 -29 -8.2%
23.
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Dean
311 -3 -28 -8.3%
24.
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Aaron
268 +21 +103 +62.4%
25.
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Tony
259 +1 +7 +2.8%
26.
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Gregory
250 -4 -63 -20.1%
27.
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Nicholas
235 +11 +43 +22.4%
28.
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Nigel
233 -1 -13 -5.3%
29.
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Philip
226 +1 -9 -3.8%
30.
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Brent
224 +1 -8 -3.4%
31.
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Timothy
223 -7 -48 -17.7%
32.
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Glenn
221 +3 +17 +8.3%
33.
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William
216 -4 -22 -9.2%
34.
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Darren
210 -6 -35 -14.3%
35.
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Jonathan
208 +6 +28 +15.6%
36.
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Kevin
206 0 +3 +1.5%
37.
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Brendon
191 0 -3 -1.5%
37.
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Phillip
191 +3 +5 +2.7%
39.
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Ian
182 -6 -31 -14.6%
40.
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Brett
180 -8 -41 -18.6%
41.
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Glen
178 +19 +52 +41.3%
42.
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Stuart
165 +9 +22 +15.4%
43.
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Martin
164 -1 -14 -7.9%
44.
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Karl
163 +3 +9 +5.8%
45.
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Daniel
162 -3 -16 -9.0%
46.
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Brian
161 -7 -30 -15.7%
47.
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Bruce
154 -3 -23 -13.0%
48.
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Gary
152 -14 -57 -27.3%
49.
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Sean
151 -1 0 0.0%
50.
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Geoffrey
143 0 -2 -1.4%
51.
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Warren
142 -5 -17 -10.7%
52.
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Alan
140 -3 -7 -4.8%
52.
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Thomas
140 +11 +21 +17.6%
54.
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Justin
133 +27 +38 +40.0%
55.
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Carl
130 -1 -4 -3.0%
56.
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Blair
124 +25 +29 +30.5%
57.
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Hamish
120 +22 +23 +23.7%
58.
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Dion
118 +20 +18 +18.0%
59.
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Graeme
116 -2 -11 -8.7%
60.
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Ross
113 +4 -3 -2.6%
61.
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Colin
110 -8 -28 -20.3%
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Murray
109 -5 -18 -14.2%
63.
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Antony
108 -6 -19 -15.0%
64.
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Brendan
107 +2 -8 -7.0%
65.
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Barry
106 +4 -7 -6.2%
66.
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Adam
105 +21 +16 +18.0%
67.
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Edward
104 -5 -17 -14.0%
67.
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Kerry
104 +9 -4 -3.7%
67.
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Patrick
104 +7 -5 -4.6%
67.
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Raymond
104 -1 -11 -9.6%
71.
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Gavin
103 -10 -21 -16.9%
72.
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Adrian
102 -18 -32 -23.9%
72.
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Lance
102 +21 +22 +27.5%
72.
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Shaun
102 -16 -30 -22.7%
75.
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Rodney
101 -6 -12 -10.6%
76.
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Graham
100 -10 -15 -13.0%
77.
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Jeffrey
99 -3 -10 -9.2%
77.
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Russell
99 +14 +15 +17.9%
79.
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Kenneth
97 +2 +2 +2.1%
79.
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Malcolm
97 0 0 0.0%
79.
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Trevor
97 -15 -19 -16.4%
82.
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Neil
94 -30 -47 -33.3%
83.
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Todd
93 +7 +8 +9.4%
84.
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Joseph
92 -12 -20 -17.9%
85.
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Douglas
86 -1 -7 -7.5%
86.
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Allan
85 -13 -25 -22.7%
87.
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Bryan
84 +11 +25 +42.4%
88.
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Jeremy
83 -3 -9 -9.8%
89.
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George
80 -12 -23 -22.3%
89.
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Kelvin
80 0 -6 -7.0%
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Roger
80 -20 -33 -29.2%
92.
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Daryl
79 new new new
93.
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Darryl
78 -8 -14 -15.2%
94.
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Benjamin
68 new new new
94.
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Charles
68 -2 -15 -18.1%
94.
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Derek
68 +2 +2 +3.0%
94.
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Mathew
68 new new new
98.
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Lee
67 -10 -21 -23.9%
99.
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Vaughan
65 new new new
100.
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Cameron
62 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Lisa
786 0 -148 -15.8%
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Michelle
665 0 -9 -1.3%
3.
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Karen
497 0 -18 -3.5%
4.
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Rachel
465 +17 +211 +83.1%
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Joanne
446 -1 -9 -2.0%
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Nicola
434 0 +4 +0.9%
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Tracey
421 +2 +48 +12.9%
8.
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Angela
409 -1 -18 -4.2%
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Tania
403 -4 -42 -9.4%
10.
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Deborah
331 -2 -55 -14.2%
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Tracy
317 +19 +103 +48.1%
12.
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Kim
300 -2 -59 -16.4%
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Sarah
295 +4 +11 +3.9%
14.
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Paula
290 +2 +3 +1.0%
15.
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Sharon
289 -2 -42 -12.7%
16.
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Donna
287 -4 -47 -14.1%
17.
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Fiona
281 -3 -30 -9.6%
18.
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Julie
278 -3 -31 -10.0%
19.
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Susan
266 -8 -82 -23.6%
20.
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Andrea
256 -2 -8 -3.0%
21.
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Jacqueline
254 -1 -2 -0.8%
22.
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Catherine
243 +2 -7 -2.8%
23.
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Amanda
238 +5 +12 +5.3%
24.
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Christine
232 -5 -26 -10.1%
25.
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Sandra
227 -4 -27 -10.6%
26.
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Helen
226 -5 -28 -11.0%
27.
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Leanne
225 +2 +9 +4.2%
28.
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Vanessa
217 +6 +19 +9.6%
29.
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Joanna
204 +4 +5 +2.5%
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Jennifer
202 -4 -40 -16.5%
31.
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Rebecca
197 +11 +45 +29.6%
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Wendy
197 -4 -36 -15.5%
33.
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Elizabeth
196 -8 -48 -19.7%
34.
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Maria
195 -2 -10 -4.9%
35.
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Janine
190 -4 -21 -10.0%
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Megan
184 +5 +30 +19.5%
37.
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Suzanne
183 +7 +39 +27.1%
38.
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Linda
167 -3 -21 -11.2%
39.
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Louise
166 +1 +10 +6.4%
40.
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Robyn
162 -3 -8 -4.7%
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Jane
161 -5 -22 -12.0%
42.
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Kathryn
160 -3 +3 +1.9%
43.
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Rachael
158 +36 +75 +90.4%
44.
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Melissa
147 +5 +17 +13.1%
45.
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Victoria
145 +5 +19 +15.1%
46.
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Tina
144 -1 +2 +1.4%
47.
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Anna
142 +8 +22 +18.3%
47.
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Justine
142 +11 +32 +29.1%
49.
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Katrina
137 -11 -24 -14.9%
50.
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Stephanie
134 +2 +10 +8.1%
51.
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Cheryl
131 new new new
52.
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Carolyn
126 -9 -23 -15.4%
52.
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Melanie
126 +14 +24 +23.5%
54.
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Shelley
123 +12 +21 +20.6%
55.
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Katherine
119 +13 +18 +17.8%
56.
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Teresa
118 +13 +20 +20.4%
56.
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Toni
118 -6 -8 -6.3%
58.
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Bronwyn
117 +2 +11 +10.4%
58.
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Mary
117 -6 -7 -5.6%
58.
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Tanya
117 -2 +3 +2.6%
61.
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Diane
108 -1 +2 +1.9%
62.
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Maree
107 -15 -29 -21.3%
62.
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Patricia
107 -2 +1 +0.9%
62.
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Vicki
107 -15 -29 -21.3%
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Margaret
104 -6 -5 -4.6%
66.
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Alison
102 -12 -19 -15.7%
67.
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Anne
98 +3 +1 +1.0%
68.
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Nicole
96 +25 +25 +35.2%
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Caroline
95 +16 +18 +23.4%
70.
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Belinda
93 +21 +20 +27.4%
71.
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Carol
92 +10 +10 +12.2%
71.
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Natalie
92 0 -1 -1.1%
71.
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Sheryl
92 new new new
74.
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Pamela
91 +8 +12 +15.2%
75.
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Heather
89 -29 -51 -36.4%
76.
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Raewyn
88 -12 -16 -15.4%
77.
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Brenda
86 -12 -17 -16.5%
77.
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Bridget
86 new new new
79.
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Debbie
85 -6 -6 -6.6%
79.
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Sonya
85 -4 -3 -3.4%
81.
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Denise
84 -24 -29 -25.7%
81.
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Rochelle
84 new new new
83.
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Anita
83 0 +5 +6.4%
83.
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Philippa
83 +12 +13 +18.6%
85.
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Judith
81 -13 -11 -12.0%
85.
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Kerry
81 new new new
87.
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Debra
78 -24 -27 -25.7%
87.
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Emma
78 +10 +11 +16.4%
87.
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Sally
78 -11 -8 -9.3%
90.
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Kelly
77 new new new
91.
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Cherie
75 -18 -16 -17.6%
91.
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Lynda
75 -6 -2 -2.6%
93.
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Karyn
73 -17 -13 -15.1%
94.
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Julia
72 new new new
95.
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Marie
70 -16 -13 -15.7%
96.
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Claire
69 -1 -1 -1.4%
96.
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Lynette
69 -6 -5 -6.8%
96.
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Pauline
69 -9 -7 -9.2%
96.
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Penelope
69 +4 +4 +6.2%
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Sonia
67 new new new