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
1,025 0 -273 -21.0%
2.
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Michael
871 0 -65 -6.9%
3.
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David
826 0 -70 -7.8%
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Andrew
812 +1 -25 -3.0%
5.
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Paul
755 -1 -117 -13.4%
6.
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Craig
725 0 -63 -8.0%
7.
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Mark
717 0 -52 -6.8%
8.
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Aaron
612 +2 +43 +7.6%
9.
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Christopher
608 -1 +22 +3.8%
10.
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Richard
561 -1 -24 -4.1%
11.
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Matthew
542 +4 +70 +14.8%
12.
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Robert
475 +1 -13 -2.7%
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John
467 -2 -58 -11.0%
14.
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Stephen
462 -2 -55 -10.6%
15.
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Scott
400 +4 +53 +15.3%
16.
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Peter
394 -2 -89 -18.4%
17.
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Simon
390 +5 +73 +23.0%
18.
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Shane
375 -2 -71 -15.9%
19.
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James
374 -1 -7 -1.8%
20.
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Steven
326 -3 -66 -16.8%
21.
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Anthony
311 -1 -19 -5.8%
22.
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Grant
291 -1 -30 -9.3%
23.
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Nicholas
261 +4 +15 +6.1%
24.
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Gregory
257 0 -31 -10.8%
25.
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Wayne
252 -2 -46 -15.4%
26.
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Justin
251 +8 +55 +28.1%
27.
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Timothy
232 +6 +32 +16.0%
28.
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Daniel
225 +13 +48 +27.1%
29.
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William
218 +1 -13 -5.6%
30.
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Tony
216 -1 -24 -10.0%
31.
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Brent
214 -5 -35 -14.1%
31.
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Darren
214 0 -13 -5.7%
33.
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Glenn
210 -5 -31 -12.9%
34.
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Glen
209 +10 +41 +24.4%
35.
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Brendon
202 0 +7 +3.6%
36.
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Philip
196 +2 +12 +6.5%
37.
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Dean
193 -12 -77 -28.5%
37.
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Nigel
193 -5 -19 -9.0%
39.
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Jonathan
188 +1 +9 +5.0%
40.
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Brett
172 -1 -10 -5.5%
41.
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Karl
170 +6 +12 +7.6%
42.
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Kevin
166 -5 -26 -13.5%
43.
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Gavin
157 +9 +17 +12.1%
44.
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Jeremy
155 -1 -15 -8.8%
45.
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Nathan
153 +19 +41 +36.6%
46.
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Phillip
142 -1 -20 -12.3%
47.
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Stuart
138 -11 -56 -28.9%
48.
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Hamish
135 +1 -9 -6.3%
49.
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Adam
129 +13 +10 +8.4%
49.
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Carl
129 +4 -10 -7.2%
51.
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Brian
128 +5 -5 -3.8%
51.
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Geoffrey
128 -1 -14 -9.9%
53.
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Ian
127 -11 -49 -27.8%
54.
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Bruce
125 +1 -10 -7.4%
54.
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Joseph
125 +9 +12 +10.6%
56.
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Sean
124 -9 -34 -21.5%
57.
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Blair
121 -11 -40 -24.8%
58.
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Adrian
119 +11 +12 +11.2%
58.
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Dion
119 0 -7 -5.6%
58.
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Thomas
119 +1 -6 -4.8%
61.
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Patrick
118 +5 +8 +7.3%
62.
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Edward
114 +19 +18 +18.8%
63.
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Martin
113 -12 -28 -19.9%
64.
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Shaun
112 +22 +21 +23.1%
65.
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Lance
111 +29 +30 +37.0%
66.
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Cameron
105 +22 +17 +19.3%
67.
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Gary
104 -14 -35 -25.2%
67.
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Ross
104 -8 -21 -16.8%
69.
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Alan
102 -8 -18 -15.0%
70.
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Colin
100 +9 +2 +2.0%
71.
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Barry
99 -4 -10 -9.2%
71.
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Raymond
99 +2 -7 -6.6%
73.
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Murray
98 -6 -11 -10.1%
74.
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Graham
94 +7 -2 -2.1%
75.
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Clinton
93 +4 -5 -5.1%
75.
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Kerry
93 -1 -11 -10.6%
75.
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Mathew
93 0 -10 -9.7%
75.
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Todd
93 +11 +2 +2.2%
79.
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Graeme
92 -10 -15 -14.0%
79.
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Warren
92 -23 -41 -30.8%
81.
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Jeffrey
91 -12 -16 -15.0%
82.
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Gareth
90 +8 +5 +5.9%
83.
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Vaughan
89 +14 +12 +15.6%
84.
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Benjamin
87 0 -7 -7.4%
85.
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Antony
86 -21 -26 -23.2%
86.
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Neil
85 -9 -14 -14.1%
87.
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Julian
84 new new new
88.
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Damian
81 new new new
88.
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George
81 +3 -3 -3.6%
90.
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Douglas
80 +9 +5 +6.7%
90.
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Roger
80 -1 -6 -7.0%
92.
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Darryl
78 -15 -21 -21.2%
92.
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Jamie
78 new new new
92.
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Rodney
78 -17 -25 -24.3%
92.
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Ryan
78 new new new
96.
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Charles
77 new new new
97.
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Brendan
76 -28 -31 -29.0%
98.
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Trevor
75 -13 -17 -18.5%
99.
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Kenneth
73 new new new
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Russell
73 -16 -22 -23.2%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Michelle
618 +1 -43 -6.5%
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Lisa
597 -1 -76 -11.3%
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Rachel
497 0 -84 -14.5%
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Nicola
480 +1 +13 +2.8%
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Joanne
477 -1 -90 -15.9%
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Angela
455 +2 +41 +9.9%
7.
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Sarah
449 +6 +123 +37.7%
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Tracey
440 -1 -17 -3.7%
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Karen
382 -3 -83 -17.8%
10.
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Tania
350 -1 -37 -9.6%
11.
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Kelly
330 +3 +11 +3.4%
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Kim
294 +3 -11 -3.6%
13.
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Amanda
291 -2 -43 -12.9%
13.
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Deborah
291 -3 -47 -13.9%
15.
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Andrea
259 +5 -8 -3.0%
15.
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Tracy
259 -3 -69 -21.0%
17.
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Fiona
256 +2 -16 -5.9%
18.
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Julie
249 -2 -36 -12.6%
19.
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Melanie
238 +10 +31 +15.0%
20.
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Rebecca
235 +2 -24 -9.3%
21.
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Vanessa
228 -4 -47 -17.1%
22.
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Donna
222 -1 -42 -15.9%
22.
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Paula
222 +5 +5 +2.3%
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Megan
218 +10 +24 +12.4%
25.
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Susan
216 -7 -57 -20.9%
26.
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Catherine
213 -3 -32 -13.1%
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Melissa
213 +18 +49 +29.9%
26.
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Sharon
213 -2 -29 -12.0%
29.
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Rachael
203 -5 -39 -16.1%
30.
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Jennifer
202 +1 -1 -0.5%
31.
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Jacqueline
199 -5 -32 -13.9%
32.
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Elizabeth
192 -4 -16 -7.7%
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Rochelle
192 +7 +17 +9.7%
34.
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Christine
191 -4 -15 -7.3%
35.
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Wendy
185 -3 -13 -6.6%
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Katrina
184 +11 +24 +15.0%
37.
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Helen
181 -4 -14 -7.2%
38.
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Leanne
175 -1 -4 -2.2%
39.
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Suzanne
174 -5 -20 -10.3%
40.
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Anna
173 +1 +5 +3.0%
41.
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Stephanie
171 +10 +31 +22.1%
42.
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Joanna
170 -6 -14 -7.6%
43.
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Kathryn
168 -2 0 0.0%
44.
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Jane
167 -3 -1 -0.6%
45.
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Victoria
162 -1 -2 -1.2%
46.
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Louise
160 +3 +9 +6.0%
47.
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Janine
157 -1 -4 -2.5%
48.
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Sandra
149 -10 -29 -16.3%
49.
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Natasha
147 +42 +70 +90.9%
50.
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Tina
143 -10 -31 -17.8%
51.
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Shelley
138 -2 -13 -8.6%
52.
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Maria
136 -4 -20 -12.8%
53.
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Kirsten
126 +17 +33 +35.5%
54.
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Justine
125 0 -1 -0.8%
54.
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Kylie
125 new new new
56.
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Teresa
124 +4 +16 +14.8%
57.
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Katherine
115 +21 +30 +35.3%
58.
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Emma
113 +14 +22 +24.2%
59.
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Mary
111 +3 +5 +4.7%
60.
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Toni
109 -2 -4 -3.5%
61.
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Linda
106 -9 -31 -22.6%
62.
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Vicki
105 +1 +1 +1.0%
63.
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Denise
101 -3 -7 -6.5%
63.
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Tanya
101 +1 -2 -1.9%
65.
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Kerry
95 +10 +8 +9.2%
65.
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Natalie
95 new new new
67.
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Nicole
92 -11 -31 -25.2%
68.
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Alison
91 -1 -5 -5.2%
68.
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Bronwyn
91 -2 -9 -9.0%
70.
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Cherie
89 +5 +2 +2.3%
71.
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Robyn
87 -18 -44 -33.6%
72.
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Debbie
84 +17 +5 +6.3%
72.
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Maree
84 +2 -4 -4.5%
74.
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Cheryl
83 -20 -43 -34.1%
75.
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Belinda
82 -10 -19 -18.8%
75.
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Brenda
82 +5 -2 -2.4%
77.
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Heather
79 -8 -15 -16.0%
78.
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Debra
78 +2 -6 -7.1%
78.
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Julia
78 +8 -3 -3.7%
78.
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Patricia
78 -22 -45 -36.6%
78.
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Sharlene
78 +11 -1 -1.3%
82.
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Carolyn
77 -23 -32 -29.4%
83.
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Kirsty
76 +9 +1 +1.3%
84.
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Carmen
75 new new new
84.
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Diane
75 +1 -7 -8.5%
86.
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Sally
74 -6 -10 -11.9%
87.
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Caroline
72 -20 -24 -25.0%
87.
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Ruth
72 new new new
89.
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Bridget
71 -19 -22 -23.7%
90.
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Anne
70 -10 -14 -16.7%
90.
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Claire
70 -10 -14 -16.7%
92.
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Anita
69 0 -6 -8.0%
92.
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Philippa
69 0 -6 -8.0%
94.
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Gina
68 new new new
94.
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Nadine
68 new new new
96.
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Christina
67 new new new
97.
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Kellie
66 new new new
97.
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Penelope
66 +1 -2 -2.9%
99.
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Margaret
65 -26 -25 -27.8%
100.
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Charlotte
64 new new new
100.
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Rachelle
64 new new new