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
706 0 -16 -2.2%
2.
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David
671 +1 +52 +8.4%
3.
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Daniel
656 +1 +75 +12.9%
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Andrew
655 -2 +23 +3.6%
5.
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Matthew
564 0 +40 +7.6%
6.
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James
539 +1 +54 +11.1%
7.
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Christopher
463 +2 +20 +4.5%
8.
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Jason
442 -2 -55 -11.1%
9.
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Mark
418 -1 -54 -11.4%
10.
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Paul
415 0 -8 -1.9%
11.
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Richard
384 0 +5 +1.3%
12.
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Nicholas
356 +7 +76 +27.1%
13.
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Benjamin
327 +1 +27 +9.0%
14.
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Aaron
314 -2 -49 -13.5%
15.
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John
298 -2 -4 -1.3%
16.
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Shane
297 +6 +29 +10.8%
17.
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Robert
296 0 +9 +3.1%
18.
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Nathan
288 +5 +39 +15.7%
19.
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Timothy
285 +2 +10 +3.6%
20.
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Simon
282 -5 -15 -5.1%
21.
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Scott
280 -3 -4 -1.4%
22.
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Craig
260 -6 -30 -10.3%
23.
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Peter
255 -3 -21 -7.6%
24.
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Samuel
241 +7 +68 +39.3%
25.
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Jeremy
237 +1 +25 +11.8%
26.
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Steven
223 -1 -3 -1.3%
27.
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Stephen
213 -3 -15 -6.6%
28.
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Joshua
196 +22 +85 +76.6%
29.
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William
193 +1 +19 +10.9%
30.
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Luke
189 +31 +99 +110%
31.
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Adam
187 +2 +36 +23.8%
32.
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Joseph
183 -4 -17 -8.5%
33.
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Jonathan
182 -6 -19 -9.5%
34.
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Gareth
180 +22 +78 +76.5%
35.
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Anthony
179 -1 +31 +20.9%
36.
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Thomas
170 +13 +57 +50.4%
37.
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Jamie
168 -8 -11 -6.1%
38.
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Ryan
166 -6 +8 +5.1%
39.
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Hayden
162 -4 +16 +11.0%
40.
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Hamish
158 -5 +12 +8.2%
41.
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Blair
147 +13 +42 +40.0%
42.
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Justin
141 -1 +11 +8.5%
43.
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Shaun
139 -8 -7 -4.8%
44.
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Gregory
132 -5 -6 -4.3%
44.
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Karl
132 -1 +7 +5.6%
44.
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Phillip
132 -6 -8 -5.7%
47.
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Carl
125 +17 +37 +42.0%
48.
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Brendon
121 -8 -12 -9.0%
49.
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Tony
119 -1 +5 +4.4%
50.
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Brent
118 0 +7 +6.3%
51.
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Cameron
117 -4 +2 +1.7%
52.
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Jared
116 +13 +29 +33.3%
53.
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Mathew
112 -8 -5 -4.3%
54.
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Grant
111 +1 +7 +6.7%
55.
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Dean
108 -11 -12 -10.0%
56.
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Bradley
106 +2 +11 +11.6%
56.
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Philip
106 -14 -21 -16.5%
58.
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Nigel
102 -8 -9 -8.1%
59.
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Bevan
94 0 +1 +1.1%
60.
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Glen
92 -15 -25 -21.4%
61.
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Stuart
90 +9 +9 +11.1%
62.
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Lance
89 +5 +6 +7.2%
62.
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Wayne
89 -9 -17 -16.0%
64.
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Darren
85 +24 +19 +28.8%
65.
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Logan
84 new new new
66.
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Brendan
83 +20 +15 +22.1%
66.
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Brett
83 -9 -14 -14.4%
66.
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Gavin
83 +17 +14 +20.3%
69.
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Clinton
82 +28 +24 +41.4%
69.
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Troy
82 +3 +4 +5.1%
71.
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Ross
81 +3 +4 +5.2%
72.
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Sean
80 +5 +7 +9.6%
73.
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Edward
79 +6 +7 +9.7%
74.
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Jeffrey
73 +26 +19 +35.2%
75.
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Raymond
72 -1 -5 -6.5%
76.
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Damian
71 -10 -13 -15.5%
76.
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Glenn
71 -9 -12 -14.5%
78.
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Regan
69 -8 -12 -14.8%
78.
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Shannon
69 -17 -21 -23.3%
80.
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Patrick
68 -6 -9 -11.7%
81.
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Alexander
66 +2 -3 -4.3%
81.
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Kevin
66 -18 -23 -25.8%
83.
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Adrian
63 -16 -20 -24.1%
84.
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Kyle
62 +4 -4 -6.1%
85.
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Brian
61 -4 -9 -12.9%
85.
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Russell
61 new new new
87.
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Corey
60 -8 -12 -16.7%
87.
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Douglas
60 new new new
87.
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Martin
60 -4 -9 -13.0%
90.
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Ian
59 -18 -19 -24.4%
90.
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Lee
59 -3 -8 -11.9%
90.
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Neil
59 +10 +5 +9.3%
93.
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Alan
58 -2 -6 -9.4%
93.
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Charles
58 +7 +4 +7.4%
93.
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Geoffrey
58 -16 -15 -20.5%
93.
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Leon
58 -5 -8 -12.1%
97.
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George
56 -37 -35 -38.5%
98.
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Bruce
55 -4 -6 -9.8%
98.
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Duncan
55 -3 -5 -8.3%
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Jarrod
54 -7 -8 -12.9%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Sarah
578 0 +34 +6.3%
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Rebecca
473 0 -41 -8.0%
3.
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Kelly
399 0 -67 -14.4%
4.
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Lisa
397 +1 +73 +22.5%
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Angela
368 -1 +17 +4.8%
6.
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Anna
359 +5 +89 +33.0%
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Nicola
335 0 +26 +8.4%
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Rachel
334 0 +27 +8.8%
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Michelle
305 -3 -7 -2.2%
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Amy
290 +5 +84 +40.8%
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Emma
285 +5 +83 +41.1%
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Jessica
268 +14 +112 +71.8%
13.
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Amanda
265 0 +23 +9.5%
14.
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Melissa
254 -4 -26 -9.3%
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Natasha
242 -1 +1 +0.4%
16.
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Tania
229 -7 -74 -24.4%
17.
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Melanie
222 -5 -31 -12.3%
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Elizabeth
187 +2 +5 +2.7%
19.
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Kylie
185 0 +2 +1.1%
20.
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Vanessa
174 +5 +14 +8.7%
21.
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Jennifer
158 -3 -31 -16.4%
22.
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Megan
155 0 -15 -8.8%
23.
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Joanne
154 -6 -44 -22.2%
24.
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Tracey
147 -1 -20 -12.0%
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Kate
144 +13 +33 +29.7%
26.
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Hayley
137 +26 +44 +47.3%
26.
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Karen
137 -5 -40 -22.6%
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Katrina
137 +6 +16 +13.2%
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Renee
136 0 +9 +7.1%
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Fiona
134 +2 +13 +10.7%
31.
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Catherine
133 -4 -13 -8.9%
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Rachael
133 0 +9 +7.3%
33.
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Claire
131 +11 +24 +22.4%
34.
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Andrea
130 -6 -13 -9.1%
35.
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Kim
127 -11 -37 -22.6%
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Louise
127 +1 +14 +12.4%
37.
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Stacey
124 +2 +14 +12.7%
38.
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Natalie
119 -8 -6 -4.8%
39.
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Julie
117 -5 -3 -2.5%
40.
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Deborah
115 +2 +7 +6.5%
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Katherine
114 -4 +2 +1.8%
42.
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Helen
108 -7 -9 -7.7%
43.
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Kirsty
106 +8 +12 +12.8%
43.
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Tracy
106 -1 -2 -1.9%
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Victoria
106 -2 -3 -2.8%
46.
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Kathryn
102 +4 +7 +7.4%
47.
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Paula
101 +11 +12 +13.5%
48.
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Amber
99 +7 +8 +8.8%
49.
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Sharon
97 -10 -13 -11.8%
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Susan
97 -1 -1 -1.0%
51.
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Charlotte
96 +2 +4 +4.3%
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Joanna
96 -6 -8 -7.7%
53.
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Toni
94 +20 +26 +38.2%
54.
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Jane
93 -5 -3 -3.1%
54.
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Katie
93 +31 +36 +63.2%
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Nicole
93 -1 +1 +1.1%
57.
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Tina
89 +3 +8 +9.9%
58.
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Christine
88 +8 +15 +20.5%
58.
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Stephanie
88 +5 +9 +11.4%
60.
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Maria
84 -15 -20 -19.2%
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Shannon
84 +4 +8 +10.5%
62.
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Caroline
83 -6 -7 -7.8%
63.
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Donna
81 -18 -23 -22.1%
64.
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Erin
78 +28 +26 +50.0%
65.
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Julia
76 +13 +13 +20.6%
66.
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Hannah
75 +16 +14 +23.0%
66.
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Rochelle
75 +5 +6 +8.7%
68.
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Olivia
73 -1 +1 +1.4%
69.
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Alison
72 +7 +7 +10.8%
69.
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Bridget
72 0 +2 +2.9%
69.
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Jacqueline
72 -2 0 0.0%
72.
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Emily
71 +2 +4 +6.0%
72.
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Lauren
71 +21 +20 +39.2%
74.
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Anita
70 -9 -4 -5.4%
74.
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Wendy
70 -14 -11 -13.6%
76.
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Leanne
69 -14 -11 -13.8%
76.
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Linda
69 +22 +20 +40.8%
78.
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Jolene
68 +15 +17 +33.3%
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Teresa
67 -20 -15 -18.3%
80.
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Aimee
66 new new new
80.
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Laura
66 +4 +8 +13.8%
82.
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Kirsten
65 -5 +1 +1.6%
83.
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Philippa
63 -14 -7 -10.0%
83.
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Ruth
63 new new new
85.
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Marie
62 +8 +11 +21.6%
85.
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Naomi
62 new new new
85.
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Samantha
62 +13 +13 +26.5%
88.
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Christina
61 new new new
88.
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Jade
61 new new new
90.
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Mary
60 -19 -9 -13.0%
91.
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Alice
59 new new new
91.
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Jodie
59 +2 +8 +15.7%
91.
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Sara
59 +6 +9 +18.0%
94.
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Shelley
57 -20 -10 -14.9%
95.
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Heather
56 -13 -5 -8.2%
95.
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Suzanne
56 -7 0 0.0%
97.
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Cherie
55 new new new
98.
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Belinda
54 -42 -36 -40.0%
99.
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Bronwyn
53 new new new
99.
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Lucy
53 -1 +4 +8.2%
99.
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Monique
53 new new new
99.
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Sally
53 -1 +4 +8.2%