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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Daniel
725 +2 +69 +10.5%
2.
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Michael
685 -1 -21 -3.0%
3.
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David
609 -1 -62 -9.2%
4.
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James
586 +2 +47 +8.7%
5.
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Andrew
563 -1 -92 -14.0%
6.
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Matthew
480 -1 -84 -14.9%
7.
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Christopher
442 0 -21 -4.5%
8.
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Mark
424 +1 +6 +1.4%
8.
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Paul
424 +2 +9 +2.2%
10.
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Jason
411 -2 -31 -7.0%
11.
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Nicholas
401 +1 +45 +12.6%
12.
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Timothy
363 +7 +78 +27.4%
13.
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Richard
351 -2 -33 -8.6%
14.
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Benjamin
346 -1 +19 +5.8%
15.
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Scott
340 +6 +60 +21.4%
16.
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Robert
314 +1 +18 +6.1%
17.
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John
303 -2 +5 +1.7%
18.
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Jonathan
292 +15 +110 +60.4%
19.
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Aaron
289 -5 -25 -8.0%
20.
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Simon
280 0 -2 -0.7%
21.
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Shane
273 -5 -24 -8.1%
22.
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Luke
257 +8 +68 +36.0%
23.
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Nathan
252 -5 -36 -12.5%
24.
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Craig
248 -2 -12 -4.6%
25.
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Adam
226 +6 +39 +20.9%
26.
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Samuel
220 -2 -21 -8.7%
27.
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Stephen
212 0 -1 -0.5%
28.
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Steven
210 -2 -13 -5.8%
29.
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Jeremy
208 -4 -29 -12.2%
30.
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Jamie
199 +7 +31 +18.5%
31.
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Peter
191 -8 -64 -25.1%
32.
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Joshua
185 -4 -11 -5.6%
33.
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Gareth
182 +1 +2 +1.1%
34.
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William
180 -5 -13 -6.7%
35.
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Joseph
170 -3 -13 -7.1%
35.
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Ryan
170 +3 +4 +2.4%
37.
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Hayden
167 +2 +5 +3.1%
38.
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Anthony
163 -3 -16 -8.9%
39.
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Thomas
160 -3 -10 -5.9%
40.
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Shaun
138 +3 -1 -0.7%
41.
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Phillip
133 +3 +1 +0.8%
42.
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Cameron
129 +9 +12 +10.3%
43.
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Karl
128 +1 -4 -3.0%
44.
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Philip
126 +12 +20 +18.9%
45.
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Brendon
123 +3 +2 +1.7%
45.
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Jared
123 +7 +7 +6.0%
45.
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Justin
123 -3 -18 -12.8%
48.
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Hamish
121 -8 -37 -23.4%
49.
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Bradley
113 +7 +7 +6.6%
50.
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Carl
108 -3 -17 -13.6%
51.
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Gregory
107 -7 -25 -18.9%
51.
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Tony
107 -2 -12 -10.1%
53.
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Brent
104 -3 -14 -11.9%
53.
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Mathew
104 0 -8 -7.1%
55.
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Blair
101 -14 -46 -31.3%
56.
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Joel
97 new new new
57.
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Damian
91 +19 +20 +28.2%
57.
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Regan
91 +21 +22 +31.9%
57.
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Wayne
91 +5 +2 +2.2%
60.
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Nigel
89 -2 -13 -12.7%
61.
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Dean
88 -6 -20 -18.5%
62.
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Shannon
86 +16 +17 +24.6%
63.
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Raymond
83 +12 +11 +15.3%
64.
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Patrick
82 +16 +14 +20.6%
65.
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Grant
81 -11 -30 -27.0%
66.
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Brett
80 0 -3 -3.6%
66.
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Sean
80 +6 0 0.0%
68.
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Adrian
77 +15 +14 +22.2%
69.
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Brendan
73 -3 -10 -12.0%
69.
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Edward
73 +4 -6 -7.6%
71.
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Glen
72 -11 -20 -21.7%
71.
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Ian
72 +19 +13 +22.0%
73.
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Logan
71 -8 -13 -15.5%
74.
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Martin
70 +13 +10 +16.7%
75.
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Alexander
68 +6 +2 +3.0%
76.
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Jacob
67 new new new
77.
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Glenn
65 -1 -6 -8.5%
78.
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Ross
64 -7 -17 -21.0%
79.
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Kevin
63 +2 -3 -4.5%
80.
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Clinton
62 -11 -20 -24.4%
80.
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George
62 +17 +6 +10.7%
82.
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Corey
61 +5 +1 +1.7%
83.
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Charles
60 +10 +2 +3.4%
84.
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Douglas
59 +3 -1 -1.7%
84.
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Dylan
59 new new new
86.
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Bevan
58 -27 -36 -38.3%
86.
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Stuart
58 -25 -32 -35.6%
88.
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Gary
56 new new new
88.
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Jarrod
56 +12 +2 +3.7%
90.
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Brian
55 -5 -6 -9.8%
90.
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Darren
55 -26 -30 -35.3%
92.
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Jonathon
54 new new new
93.
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Kenneth
53 new new new
94.
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Alan
52 -1 -6 -10.3%
94.
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Bruce
52 +4 -3 -5.5%
94.
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Duncan
52 +4 -3 -5.5%
94.
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Jeffrey
52 -20 -21 -28.8%
94.
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Kyle
52 -10 -10 -16.1%
99.
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Gavin
50 -33 -33 -39.8%
99.
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Marcus
50 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Sarah
657 0 +79 +13.7%
2.
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Rebecca
430 0 -43 -9.1%
3.
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Anna
391 +3 +32 +8.9%
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Lisa
376 0 -21 -5.3%
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Kelly
340 -2 -59 -14.8%
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Nicola
329 +1 -6 -1.8%
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Amy
324 +3 +34 +11.7%
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Emma
292 +3 +7 +2.5%
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Melissa
277 +5 +23 +9.1%
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Amanda
275 +3 +10 +3.8%
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Angela
274 -6 -94 -25.5%
12.
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Michelle
272 -3 -33 -10.8%
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Rachel
256 -5 -78 -23.4%
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Jessica
212 -2 -56 -20.9%
15.
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Kylie
205 +4 +20 +10.8%
16.
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Melanie
190 +1 -32 -14.4%
17.
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Elizabeth
185 +1 -2 -1.1%
18.
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Natasha
182 -3 -60 -24.8%
19.
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Tania
171 -3 -58 -25.3%
20.
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Renee
158 +9 +22 +16.2%
21.
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Kate
157 +4 +13 +9.0%
22.
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Jennifer
156 -1 -2 -1.3%
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Claire
146 +10 +15 +11.5%
24.
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Catherine
142 +7 +9 +6.8%
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Tracey
132 -1 -15 -10.2%
26.
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Megan
131 -4 -24 -15.5%
27.
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Louise
128 +8 +1 +0.8%
28.
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Helen
127 +14 +19 +17.6%
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Katrina
125 -3 -12 -8.8%
30.
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Vanessa
124 -10 -50 -28.7%
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Hayley
123 -5 -14 -10.2%
32.
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Joanne
121 -9 -33 -21.4%
33.
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Andrea
120 +1 -10 -7.7%
34.
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Rachael
118 -3 -15 -11.3%
35.
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Amber
115 +13 +16 +16.2%
35.
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Fiona
115 -5 -19 -14.2%
35.
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Kathryn
115 +11 +13 +12.7%
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Natalie
115 +3 -4 -3.4%
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Stacey
115 +2 -9 -7.3%
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Julie
111 -1 -6 -5.1%
41.
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Joanna
107 +10 +11 +11.5%
42.
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Karen
104 -16 -33 -24.1%
42.
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Katie
104 +12 +11 +11.8%
44.
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Katherine
103 -3 -11 -9.6%
44.
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Kirsty
103 -1 -3 -2.8%
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Victoria
102 -3 -4 -3.8%
47.
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Anita
97 +27 +27 +38.6%
47.
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Kim
97 -12 -30 -23.6%
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Nicole
97 +7 +4 +4.3%
50.
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Shannon
96 +10 +12 +14.3%
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Toni
96 +3 +2 +2.1%
52.
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Jane
89 +2 -4 -4.3%
53.
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Charlotte
88 -2 -8 -8.3%
54.
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Maria
87 +6 +3 +3.6%
54.
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Tracy
87 -11 -19 -17.9%
56.
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Rochelle
86 +10 +11 +14.7%
57.
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Laura
85 +23 +19 +28.8%
58.
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Aimee
83 +22 +17 +25.8%
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Hannah
82 +7 +7 +9.3%
60.
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Donna
81 +3 0 0.0%
61.
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Caroline
80 +1 -3 -3.6%
62.
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Erin
79 +2 +1 +1.3%
63.
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Deborah
77 -23 -38 -33.0%
64.
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Susan
76 -15 -21 -21.6%
65.
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Mary
75 +25 +15 +25.0%
66.
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Bridget
73 +3 +1 +1.4%
66.
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Shelley
73 +28 +16 +28.1%
66.
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Teresa
73 +13 +6 +9.0%
69.
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Monique
72 +30 +19 +35.8%
69.
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Sharon
72 -20 -25 -25.8%
71.
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Naomi
71 +14 +9 +14.5%
71.
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Stephanie
71 -13 -17 -19.3%
71.
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Tina
71 -14 -18 -20.2%
74.
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Sara
69 +17 +10 +16.9%
75.
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Paula
68 -28 -33 -32.7%
76.
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Jacqueline
67 -7 -5 -6.9%
76.
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Jodie
67 +15 +8 +13.6%
78.
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Christine
66 -20 -22 -25.0%
79.
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Philippa
65 +4 +2 +3.2%
80.
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Carla
64 new new new
80.
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Olivia
64 -12 -9 -12.3%
82.
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Emily
63 -10 -8 -11.3%
83.
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Kristy
61 new new new
83.
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Samantha
61 +2 -1 -1.6%
85.
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Jasmine
60 new new new
86.
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Alice
59 +5 0 0.0%
87.
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Lauren
58 -15 -13 -18.3%
88.
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Leanne
57 -12 -12 -17.4%
89.
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Belinda
56 +9 +2 +3.7%
89.
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Marie
56 -4 -6 -9.7%
91.
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Alana
54 new new new
91.
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Kirsten
54 -9 -11 -16.9%
93.
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Christina
53 -5 -8 -13.1%
93.
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Heidi
53 new new new
95.
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Wendy
52 -21 -18 -25.7%
96.
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Cherie
50 +1 -5 -9.1%
96.
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Julia
50 -31 -26 -34.2%
98.
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Sandra
49 new new new
99.
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Jade
48 -11 -13 -21.3%
99.
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Rebekah
48 new new new