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 +1 +37 +5.4%
2.
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Daniel
682 -1 -43 -5.9%
3.
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David
605 0 -4 -0.7%
4.
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Andrew
586 +1 +23 +4.1%
5.
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James
516 -1 -70 -11.9%
6.
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Matthew
512 0 +32 +6.7%
7.
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Christopher
462 0 +20 +4.5%
8.
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Jason
456 +2 +45 +10.9%
9.
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Nicholas
445 +2 +44 +11.0%
10.
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Timothy
400 +2 +37 +10.2%
11.
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Mark
390 -3 -34 -8.0%
12.
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Benjamin
363 +2 +17 +4.9%
13.
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Paul
362 -5 -62 -14.6%
14.
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Richard
349 -1 -2 -0.6%
15.
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Scott
328 0 -12 -3.5%
16.
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John
292 +1 -11 -3.6%
17.
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Robert
287 -1 -27 -8.6%
18.
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Aaron
283 +1 -6 -2.1%
19.
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Jonathan
273 -1 -19 -6.5%
20.
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Peter
255 +11 +64 +33.5%
21.
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Simon
252 -1 -28 -10.0%
22.
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Samuel
250 +4 +30 +13.6%
23.
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Shane
240 -2 -33 -12.1%
24.
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Steven
234 +4 +24 +11.4%
25.
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Luke
221 -3 -36 -14.0%
25.
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Nathan
221 -2 -31 -12.3%
27.
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Joshua
220 +5 +35 +18.9%
28.
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Craig
219 -4 -29 -11.7%
29.
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Adam
206 -4 -20 -8.8%
30.
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William
205 +4 +25 +13.9%
31.
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Stephen
202 -4 -10 -4.7%
32.
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Jeremy
196 -3 -12 -5.8%
33.
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Jamie
194 -3 -5 -2.5%
34.
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Thomas
188 +5 +28 +17.5%
35.
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Hayden
184 +2 +17 +10.2%
36.
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Shaun
176 +4 +38 +27.5%
37.
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Anthony
169 +1 +6 +3.7%
38.
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Joseph
164 -3 -6 -3.5%
39.
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Ryan
159 -4 -11 -6.5%
40.
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Phillip
142 +1 +9 +6.8%
41.
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Carl
141 +9 +33 +30.6%
42.
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Jared
140 +3 +17 +13.8%
42.
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Justin
140 +3 +17 +13.8%
44.
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Gareth
138 -11 -44 -24.2%
45.
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Bradley
135 +4 +22 +19.5%
46.
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Karl
129 -3 +1 +0.8%
47.
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Cameron
126 -5 -3 -2.3%
48.
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Mathew
125 +5 +21 +20.2%
49.
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Brendon
123 -4 0 0.0%
50.
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Hamish
118 -2 -3 -2.5%
51.
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Gregory
113 0 +6 +5.6%
52.
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Blair
112 +3 +11 +10.9%
53.
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Philip
108 -9 -18 -14.3%
54.
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Tony
105 -3 -2 -1.9%
55.
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Brent
92 -2 -12 -11.5%
56.
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Brett
88 +10 +8 +10.0%
57.
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Edward
84 +12 +11 +15.1%
58.
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Patrick
83 +6 +1 +1.2%
59.
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Grant
82 +6 +1 +1.2%
60.
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Damian
79 -3 -12 -13.2%
60.
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Sean
79 +6 -1 -1.3%
62.
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Glen
78 +9 +6 +8.3%
63.
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Dean
74 -2 -14 -15.9%
64.
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Logan
73 +9 +2 +2.8%
65.
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Jacob
72 +11 +5 +7.5%
66.
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Lance
71 new new new
67.
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George
70 +13 +8 +12.9%
67.
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Shannon
70 -5 -16 -18.6%
69.
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Brendan
69 0 -4 -5.5%
69.
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Charles
69 +14 +9 +15.0%
71.
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Joel
68 -15 -29 -29.9%
71.
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Kevin
68 +8 +5 +7.9%
71.
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Wayne
68 -14 -23 -25.3%
74.
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Brad
66 new new new
74.
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Martin
66 0 -4 -5.7%
74.
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Nigel
66 -14 -23 -25.8%
74.
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Stuart
66 +12 +8 +13.8%
78.
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Alexander
65 -3 -3 -4.4%
78.
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Raymond
65 -15 -18 -21.7%
78.
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Ross
65 0 +1 +1.6%
81.
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Brian
64 +9 +9 +16.4%
82.
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Clinton
63 -2 +1 +1.6%
83.
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Adrian
62 -15 -15 -19.5%
84.
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Bevan
60 +2 +2 +3.4%
85.
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Corey
59 -3 -2 -3.3%
85.
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Glenn
59 -8 -6 -9.2%
87.
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Jesse
58 new new new
87.
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Kenneth
58 +6 +5 +9.4%
87.
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Lee
58 new new new
90.
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Ben
57 new new new
90.
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Isaac
57 new new new
92.
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Tristan
56 new new new
93.
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Dylan
55 -9 -4 -6.8%
93.
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Gary
55 -5 -1 -1.8%
93.
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Regan
55 -36 -36 -39.6%
96.
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Alan
53 -2 +1 +1.9%
96.
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Ian
53 -25 -19 -26.4%
96.
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Jonathon
53 -4 -1 -1.9%
99.
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Darren
52 -9 -3 -5.5%
99.
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Jeffrey
52 -5 0 0.0%
99.
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Todd
52 new new new
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Sarah
646 0 -11 -1.7%
2.
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Rebecca
464 0 +34 +7.9%
3.
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Anna
353 0 -38 -9.7%
4.
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Kelly
336 +1 -4 -1.2%
5.
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Lisa
323 -1 -53 -14.1%
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Emma
305 +2 +13 +4.5%
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Michelle
292 +5 +20 +7.4%
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Nicola
290 -2 -39 -11.9%
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Amy
284 -2 -40 -12.3%
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Rachel
275 +3 +19 +7.4%
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Melissa
267 -2 -10 -3.6%
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Angela
255 -1 -19 -6.9%
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Kylie
227 +2 +22 +10.7%
14.
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Amanda
214 -4 -61 -22.2%
15.
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Jennifer
204 +7 +48 +30.8%
16.
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Jessica
192 -2 -20 -9.4%
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Natasha
182 +1 0 0.0%
18.
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Melanie
177 -2 -13 -6.8%
19.
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Megan
168 +7 +37 +28.2%
20.
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Elizabeth
166 -3 -19 -10.3%
21.
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Tania
162 -2 -9 -5.3%
22.
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Stacey
159 +13 +44 +38.3%
23.
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Natalie
146 +12 +31 +27.0%
24.
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Kate
145 -3 -12 -7.6%
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Tracey
143 0 +11 +8.3%
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Hayley
139 +5 +16 +13.0%
27.
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Catherine
136 -3 -6 -4.2%
28.
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Joanne
132 +4 +11 +9.1%
29.
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Renee
131 -9 -27 -17.1%
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Vanessa
128 0 +4 +3.2%
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Claire
125 -8 -21 -14.4%
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Louise
125 -4 -3 -2.3%
33.
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Katie
124 +9 +20 +19.2%
34.
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Karen
117 +8 +13 +12.5%
35.
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Kim
116 +12 +19 +19.6%
36.
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Katherine
114 +8 +11 +10.7%
37.
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Fiona
113 -2 -2 -1.7%
38.
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Helen
111 -10 -16 -12.6%
39.
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Katrina
109 -10 -16 -12.8%
40.
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Rachael
108 -6 -10 -8.5%
41.
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Victoria
107 +5 +5 +4.9%
42.
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Amber
104 -7 -11 -9.6%
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Hannah
104 +17 +22 +26.8%
44.
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Joanna
103 -3 -4 -3.7%
45.
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Andrea
101 -12 -19 -15.8%
46.
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Shannon
96 +4 0 0.0%
47.
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Julie
93 -7 -18 -16.2%
47.
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Shelley
93 +19 +20 +27.4%
49.
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Rochelle
92 +7 +6 +7.0%
50.
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Kathryn
91 -15 -24 -20.9%
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Laura
91 +7 +6 +7.1%
52.
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Maria
90 +2 +3 +3.4%
52.
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Stephanie
90 +19 +19 +26.8%
54.
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Jane
87 -2 -2 -2.2%
54.
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Kirsty
87 -10 -16 -15.5%
56.
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Anita
86 -9 -11 -11.3%
57.
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Charlotte
85 -4 -3 -3.4%
57.
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Danielle
85 new new new
57.
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Deborah
85 +6 +8 +10.4%
60.
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Kimberley
83 new new new
61.
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Aimee
81 -3 -2 -2.4%
61.
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Alice
81 +25 +22 +37.3%
61.
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Erin
81 +1 +2 +2.5%
64.
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Tracy
80 -10 -7 -8.0%
65.
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Donna
78 -5 -3 -3.7%
66.
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Nicole
77 -19 -20 -20.6%
66.
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Toni
77 -16 -19 -19.8%
68.
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Naomi
74 +3 +3 +4.2%
68.
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Samantha
74 +15 +13 +21.3%
70.
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Emily
73 +12 +10 +15.9%
71.
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Caroline
70 -10 -10 -12.5%
71.
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Sara
70 +3 +1 +1.4%
73.
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Olivia
68 +7 +4 +6.3%
74.
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Paula
67 +1 -1 -1.5%
75.
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Mary
66 -10 -9 -12.0%
76.
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Alicia
65 new new new
76.
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Leanne
65 +12 +8 +14.0%
76.
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Sharon
65 -7 -7 -9.7%
76.
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Susan
65 -12 -11 -14.5%
80.
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Alana
64 +11 +10 +18.5%
80.
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Jacqueline
64 -4 -3 -4.5%
82.
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Jaime
61 new new new
82.
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Julia
61 +14 +11 +22.0%
84.
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Tanya
60 new new new
85.
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Jade
59 +14 +11 +22.9%
85.
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Monique
59 -16 -13 -18.1%
85.
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Wendy
59 +10 +7 +13.5%
88.
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Christina
56 +5 +3 +5.7%
88.
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Christine
56 -10 -10 -15.2%
90.
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Lauren
55 -3 -3 -5.2%
90.
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Suzanne
55 new new new
92.
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Belinda
54 -3 -2 -3.6%
92.
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Jasmine
54 -7 -6 -10.0%
92.
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Kirsten
54 -1 0 0.0%
92.
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Marie
54 -3 -2 -3.6%
92.
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Teresa
54 -26 -19 -26.0%
97.
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Bridget
50 -31 -23 -31.5%
98.
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Tina
49 -27 -22 -31.0%
99.
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Casey
48 new new new
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Kristy
48 -16 -13 -21.3%