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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Michael
722 0 -32 -4.2%
2.
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Andrew
632 0 -2 -0.3%
3.
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David
619 +1 +7 +1.1%
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Daniel
581 -1 -43 -6.9%
5.
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Matthew
524 +2 -6 -1.1%
6.
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Jason
497 0 -52 -9.5%
7.
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James
485 +1 -6 -1.2%
8.
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Mark
472 -3 -83 -15.0%
9.
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Christopher
443 +1 +3 +0.7%
10.
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Paul
423 -1 -32 -7.0%
11.
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Richard
379 0 -44 -10.4%
12.
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Aaron
363 +3 +36 +11.0%
13.
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John
302 +6 +10 +3.4%
14.
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Benjamin
300 +8 +29 +10.7%
15.
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Simon
297 -2 -59 -16.6%
16.
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Craig
290 -2 -60 -17.1%
17.
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Robert
287 0 -29 -9.2%
18.
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Scott
284 -6 -81 -22.2%
19.
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Nicholas
280 -1 -30 -9.7%
20.
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Peter
276 +6 +56 +25.5%
21.
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Timothy
275 0 +1 +0.4%
22.
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Shane
268 -2 -23 -7.9%
23.
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Nathan
249 0 -18 -6.7%
24.
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Stephen
228 -8 -89 -28.1%
25.
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Steven
226 0 -18 -7.4%
26.
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Jeremy
212 -2 -48 -18.5%
27.
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Jonathan
201 +2 +11 +5.8%
28.
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Joseph
200 +6 +38 +23.5%
29.
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Jamie
179 +2 -2 -1.1%
30.
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William
174 -3 -26 -13.0%
31.
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Samuel
173 +2 +8 +4.8%
32.
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Ryan
158 +8 +15 +10.5%
33.
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Adam
151 +17 +22 +17.1%
34.
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Anthony
148 -6 -45 -23.3%
35.
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Hamish
146 +6 +4 +2.8%
35.
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Hayden
146 -3 -34 -18.9%
35.
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Shaun
146 +9 +7 +5.0%
38.
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Phillip
140 0 -4 -2.8%
39.
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Gregory
138 +11 +9 +7.0%
40.
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Brendon
133 +6 -3 -2.2%
41.
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Justin
130 -11 -58 -30.9%
42.
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Philip
127 +5 -8 -5.9%
43.
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Karl
125 -8 -30 -19.4%
44.
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Dean
120 +8 -6 -4.8%
45.
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Glen
117 -8 -28 -19.3%
45.
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Mathew
117 0 -21 -15.2%
47.
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Cameron
115 +12 +6 +5.5%
48.
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Tony
114 -10 -30 -20.8%
49.
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Thomas
113 -2 -22 -16.3%
50.
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Brent
111 +3 -10 -8.3%
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Joshua
111 +6 0 0.0%
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Nigel
111 -15 -44 -28.4%
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Wayne
106 -11 -35 -24.8%
54.
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Blair
105 +13 +18 +20.7%
55.
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Grant
104 -12 -36 -25.7%
56.
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Gareth
102 +7 +5 +5.2%
57.
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Brett
97 +20 +19 +24.4%
58.
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Bradley
95 0 -15 -13.6%
59.
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Bevan
93 +13 +9 +10.7%
60.
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George
91 +34 +29 +46.8%
61.
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Luke
90 new new new
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Shannon
90 -7 -26 -22.4%
63.
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Kevin
89 +1 -5 -5.3%
64.
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Carl
88 -15 -43 -32.8%
65.
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Jared
87 -3 -14 -13.9%
66.
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Damian
84 -5 -19 -18.4%
67.
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Adrian
83 -7 -24 -22.4%
67.
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Glenn
83 -12 -29 -25.9%
67.
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Lance
83 new new new
70.
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Regan
81 +5 -2 -2.4%
70.
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Stuart
81 -5 -11 -12.0%
72.
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Ian
78 +9 +5 +6.8%
72.
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Troy
78 -6 -10 -11.4%
74.
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Patrick
77 -5 -9 -10.5%
74.
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Raymond
77 +8 +7 +10.0%
74.
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Ross
77 +3 -1 -1.3%
77.
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Geoffrey
73 +10 +8 +12.3%
77.
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Sean
73 -8 -13 -15.1%
79.
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Corey
72 new new new
79.
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Edward
72 -7 -12 -14.3%
81.
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Brian
70 -5 -10 -12.5%
81.
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Dion
70 -10 -15 -17.6%
83.
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Alexander
69 +13 +9 +15.0%
83.
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Gavin
69 -27 -42 -37.8%
83.
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Martin
69 +1 0 0.0%
86.
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Brendan
68 +9 +7 +11.5%
87.
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Lee
67 -20 -20 -23.0%
88.
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Darren
66 -8 -9 -12.0%
88.
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Kyle
66 new new new
88.
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Leon
66 +3 +3 +4.8%
91.
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Alan
64 -2 0 0.0%
91.
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Brad
64 -12 -13 -16.9%
93.
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Jarrod
62 +3 +2 +3.3%
94.
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Bruce
61 -3 -2 -3.2%
95.
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Duncan
60 -13 -10 -14.3%
96.
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Andre
59 new new new
97.
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Clinton
58 -25 -26 -31.0%
98.
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Dwayne
56 new new new
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Rhys
56 -7 -7 -11.1%
100.
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Charles
54 -11 -10 -15.6%
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Jeffrey
54 new new new
100.
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Neil
54 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Sarah
544 0 -73 -11.8%
2.
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Rebecca
514 0 +31 +6.4%
3.
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Kelly
466 +9 +181 +63.5%
4.
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Angela
351 -1 -83 -19.1%
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Lisa
324 +1 -37 -10.2%
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Michelle
312 -1 -54 -14.8%
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Nicola
309 -3 -70 -18.5%
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Rachel
307 -1 -26 -7.8%
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Tania
303 +9 +108 +55.4%
10.
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Melissa
280 +1 -13 -4.4%
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Anna
270 -1 -42 -13.5%
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Melanie
253 -4 -76 -23.1%
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Amanda
242 -4 -74 -23.4%
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Natasha
241 0 +11 +4.8%
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Amy
206 +11 +49 +31.2%
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Emma
202 +1 -8 -3.8%
17.
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Joanne
198 -2 -25 -11.2%
18.
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Jennifer
189 +9 +35 +22.7%
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Kylie
183 -6 -73 -28.5%
20.
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Elizabeth
182 -1 -3 -1.6%
21.
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Karen
177 -5 -36 -16.9%
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Megan
170 0 +3 +1.8%
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Tracey
167 -1 0 0.0%
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Kim
164 0 +3 +1.9%
25.
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Vanessa
160 -5 -17 -9.6%
26.
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Jessica
156 +39 +73 +88.0%
27.
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Catherine
146 0 -8 -5.2%
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Andrea
143 -7 -30 -17.3%
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Renee
127 +24 +26 +25.7%
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Natalie
125 0 -23 -15.5%
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Rachael
124 +3 -6 -4.6%
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Fiona
121 -7 -38 -23.9%
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Katrina
121 -3 -28 -18.8%
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Julie
120 -3 -27 -18.4%
35.
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Helen
117 -3 -24 -17.0%
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Louise
113 +12 +5 +4.6%
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Katherine
112 +3 -4 -3.4%
38.
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Kate
111 +27 +28 +33.7%
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Sharon
110 +21 +19 +20.9%
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Stacey
110 -1 -10 -8.3%
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Victoria
109 +4 -2 -1.8%
42.
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Deborah
108 +1 -5 -4.4%
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Tracy
108 -7 -15 -12.2%
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Claire
107 +2 -3 -2.7%
45.
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Donna
104 -6 -14 -11.9%
45.
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Joanna
104 +5 -2 -1.9%
45.
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Maria
104 -10 -19 -15.4%
48.
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Susan
98 -2 -12 -10.9%
49.
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Jane
96 -5 -16 -14.3%
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Kathryn
95 -10 -21 -18.1%
51.
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Kirsty
94 -9 -20 -17.5%
52.
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Hayley
93 +7 -1 -1.1%
53.
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Charlotte
92 -3 -14 -13.2%
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Nicole
92 -20 -41 -30.8%
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Amber
91 new new new
56.
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Belinda
90 0 -8 -8.2%
56.
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Caroline
90 +5 0 0.0%
58.
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Paula
89 -21 -32 -26.4%
59.
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Teresa
82 +18 +15 +22.4%
60.
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Tina
81 +2 -7 -8.0%
60.
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Wendy
81 +9 +7 +9.5%
62.
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Leanne
80 -10 -24 -23.1%
63.
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Stephanie
79 -6 -17 -17.7%
64.
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Shannon
76 -15 -31 -29.0%
65.
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Anita
74 -12 -27 -26.7%
66.
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Christine
73 -3 -14 -16.1%
67.
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Jacqueline
72 +1 -6 -7.7%
67.
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Olivia
72 +3 -1 -1.4%
69.
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Bridget
70 +4 0 0.0%
69.
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Philippa
70 +25 +13 +22.8%
71.
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Mary
69 +3 0 0.0%
71.
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Rochelle
69 -16 -30 -30.3%
73.
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Toni
68 -9 -17 -20.0%
74.
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Emily
67 +5 +2 +3.1%
74.
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Shelley
67 -16 -28 -29.5%
76.
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Alison
65 -2 -4 -5.8%
77.
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Kirsten
64 -3 -5 -7.2%
78.
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Julia
63 +1 -2 -3.1%
78.
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Kristy
63 new new new
78.
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Tanya
63 +3 -1 -1.6%
81.
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Janine
62 -14 -18 -22.5%
82.
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Hannah
61 +16 +5 +8.9%
82.
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Heather
61 +12 +4 +7.0%
84.
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Laura
58 new new new
85.
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Georgina
57 new new new
85.
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Katie
57 -4 -7 -10.9%
85.
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Patricia
57 new new new
88.
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Suzanne
56 -17 -16 -22.2%
89.
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Clare
55 new new new
89.
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Rebekah
55 new new new
91.
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Kerry
53 -7 -10 -15.9%
92.
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Erin
52 +2 -5 -8.8%
93.
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Jodie
51 new new new
93.
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Jolene
51 -12 -13 -20.3%
93.
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Lauren
51 new new new
93.
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Marie
51 -6 -10 -16.4%
97.
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Sara
50 -20 -17 -25.4%
98.
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Linda
49 -11 -12 -19.7%
98.
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Lucy
49 new new new
98.
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Penelope
49 new new new
98.
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Sally
49 -13 -13 -21.0%
98.
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Samantha
49 new new new