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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Matthew
752 +2 +78 +11.6%
2.
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Daniel
724 0 +22 +3.1%
3.
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Michael
705 -2 -31 -4.2%
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James
678 +1 +66 +10.8%
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Samuel
654 +1 +80 +13.9%
6.
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Joshua
637 -2 0 0.0%
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Benjamin
493 +2 +38 +8.4%
8.
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Christopher
485 0 +18 +3.9%
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Thomas
469 +2 +54 +13.0%
10.
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David
431 -3 -56 -11.5%
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Nicholas
411 +1 +14 +3.5%
12.
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Andrew
406 -2 -38 -8.6%
13.
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Ryan
308 +10 +66 +27.3%
14.
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Cameron
299 +6 +45 +17.7%
15.
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William
298 +1 +28 +10.4%
16.
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Jason
288 -3 -52 -15.3%
17.
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Scott
282 -1 +12 +4.4%
18.
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Jesse
269 +7 +40 +17.5%
19.
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Joseph
251 +3 +3 +1.2%
20.
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Jordan
250 +18 +80 +47.1%
21.
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Timothy
247 -6 -34 -12.1%
22.
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John
245 +2 +5 +2.1%
23.
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Jamie
234 +20 +86 +58.1%
24.
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Robert
229 -10 -53 -18.8%
25.
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Luke
227 +2 +21 +10.2%
26.
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Aaron
218 -5 -31 -12.4%
27.
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Richard
217 -9 -43 -16.5%
28.
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Mark
216 -2 +7 +3.3%
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Jonathan
211 +1 +11 +5.5%
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Anthony
203 +1 +4 +2.0%
31.
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Adam
202 -12 -56 -21.7%
32.
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Nathan
199 -4 -4 -2.0%
33.
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Hamish
194 +6 +27 +16.2%
34.
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Hayden
184 +3 +9 +5.1%
34.
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Sean
184 +7 +24 +15.0%
36.
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Simon
183 -7 -19 -9.4%
37.
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Dylan
179 +9 +51 +39.8%
38.
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Alexander
178 -4 -16 -8.2%
38.
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Jacob
178 -6 -20 -10.1%
40.
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Peter
167 -4 -22 -11.6%
41.
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Shaun
158 +1 +9 +6.0%
42.
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Steven
151 -2 -10 -6.2%
43.
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Jeremy
149 +2 +11 +8.0%
44.
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Liam
147 +8 +45 +44.1%
45.
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Shane
146 -13 -52 -26.3%
46.
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Bradley
134 -2 -13 -8.8%
47.
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Ethan
132 new new new
48.
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Paul
124 -13 -67 -35.1%
49.
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Sam
121 +11 +29 +31.5%
50.
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Stephen
117 -3 -6 -4.9%
51.
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George
115 +11 +25 +27.8%
52.
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Patrick
114 0 +12 +11.8%
53.
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Logan
112 +4 +12 +12.0%
54.
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Joel
108 +6 +16 +17.4%
55.
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Corey
107 0 +6 +5.9%
56.
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Ben
102 +3 +8 +8.5%
57.
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Mathew
100 -8 -20 -16.7%
57.
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Troy
100 +1 +2 +2.0%
59.
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Kieran
99 +5 +13 +15.1%
60.
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Alex
96 +20 +30 +45.5%
60.
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Jared
96 -10 -12 -11.1%
62.
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Zachary
94 +27 +30 +46.9%
63.
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Mitchell
93 +15 +26 +38.8%
64.
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Kyle
89 -16 -33 -27.0%
65.
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Cody
86 +15 +20 +30.3%
66.
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Craig
84 -16 -24 -22.2%
67.
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Isaac
83 +4 +8 +10.7%
68.
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Phillip
82 -1 -1 -1.2%
69.
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Caleb
81 -1 +1 +1.3%
69.
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Justin
81 +4 +7 +9.5%
69.
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Oliver
81 +23 +20 +32.8%
69.
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Vincent
81 -3 -3 -3.6%
73.
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Edward
80 -5 0 0.0%
74.
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Ashley
78 -22 -24 -23.5%
74.
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Karl
78 -19 -23 -22.8%
76.
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Jack
77 +9 +12 +18.5%
76.
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Kane
77 -5 +2 +2.7%
76.
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Zane
77 +9 +12 +18.5%
79.
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Blair
74 -16 -13 -14.9%
80.
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Kurt
72 -10 -5 -6.5%
80.
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Tony
72 -15 -13 -15.3%
82.
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Dean
71 +10 +10 +16.4%
83.
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Tyson
68 +2 +3 +4.6%
84.
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Callum
63 -8 -6 -8.7%
85.
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Charles
61 -7 -6 -9.0%
86.
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Henry
60 +12 +4 +7.1%
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Todd
60 new new new
88.
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Lance
59 -8 -7 -10.6%
88.
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Regan
59 new new new
90.
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Shannon
57 -10 -9 -13.6%
91.
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Carl
56 +5 -2 -3.4%
91.
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Marcus
56 new new new
91.
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Trent
56 0 -7 -11.1%
94.
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Brendan
55 +1 -4 -6.8%
94.
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Brendon
55 +4 -1 -1.8%
94.
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Rhys
55 -5 -9 -14.1%
94.
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Ricky
55 -9 -10 -15.4%
98.
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Levi
54 new new new
99.
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Stefan
53 new new new
100.
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Philip
52 -23 -16 -23.5%
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Jessica
603 +1 +105 +21.1%
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Sarah
548 -1 -90 -14.1%
3.
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Samantha
490 0 +2 +0.4%
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Emma
434 0 -28 -6.1%
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Rebecca
358 0 +30 +9.1%
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Nicole
351 0 +27 +8.3%
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Hannah
340 0 +54 +18.9%
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Melissa
283 0 +2 +0.7%
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Amy
275 +3 +38 +16.0%
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Rachel
267 +1 +24 +9.9%
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Laura
261 -2 -12 -4.4%
12.
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Danielle
248 +1 +17 +7.4%
13.
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Stephanie
246 +1 +24 +10.8%
14.
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Hayley
234 +14 +82 +53.9%
15.
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Ashleigh
219 +3 +10 +4.8%
16.
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Natasha
214 0 0 0.0%
17.
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Anna
213 0 +3 +1.4%
18.
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Kate
190 +3 0 0.0%
19.
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Lauren
189 +3 +13 +7.4%
20.
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Amanda
182 -10 -79 -30.3%
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Courtney
182 +4 +18 +11.0%
22.
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Megan
179 +16 +60 +50.4%
23.
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Elizabeth
178 -3 -14 -7.3%
24.
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Emily
170 +11 +45 +36.0%
25.
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Lisa
164 -6 -39 -19.2%
26.
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Alexandra
161 +21 +51 +46.4%
27.
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Kimberley
158 +13 +42 +36.2%
28.
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Sophie
152 +3 +8 +5.6%
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Stacey
152 -5 -22 -12.6%
30.
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Charlotte
149 -5 -9 -5.7%
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Michelle
149 -4 -7 -4.5%
32.
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Kelly
148 -3 +2 +1.4%
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Holly
147 +4 +25 +20.5%
34.
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Ashley
143 +9 +30 +26.5%
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Olivia
141 +11 +30 +27.0%
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Jasmine
139 -4 -3 -2.1%
37.
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Victoria
134 +5 +20 +17.5%
38.
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Shannon
131 +6 +19 +17.0%
39.
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Chelsea
130 +5 +18 +16.1%
40.
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Jennifer
128 +14 +26 +25.5%
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Natalie
128 -11 -18 -12.3%
42.
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Nicola
126 -15 -28 -18.2%
43.
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Chloe
125 -5 +6 +5.0%
44.
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Katherine
119 -4 +3 +2.6%
45.
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Renee
118 -12 -20 -14.5%
46.
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Jessie
115 +21 +38 +49.4%
46.
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Katie
115 -11 -10 -8.0%
48.
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Alice
112 -14 -15 -11.8%
49.
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Jade
107 +3 +1 +0.9%
50.
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Catherine
106 -3 -4 -3.6%
51.
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Claire
105 +6 +14 +15.4%
52.
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Kelsey
104 +28 +43 +70.5%
53.
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Amber
103 +2 +8 +8.4%
53.
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Lucy
103 0 -1 -1.0%
55.
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Monique
99 -6 -8 -7.5%
56.
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Brooke
98 0 +5 +5.4%
57.
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Zoe
95 +5 +10 +11.8%
58.
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Gemma
93 -9 -14 -13.1%
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Christina
92 -2 +1 +1.1%
60.
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Rachael
91 +1 +4 +4.6%
61.
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Aimee
89 -12 -18 -16.8%
61.
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Jordan
89 new new new
61.
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Kathryn
89 +13 +19 +27.1%
64.
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Caitlin
80 +24 +22 +37.9%
65.
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Erin
79 +12 +10 +14.5%
65.
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Grace
79 0 -1 -1.3%
65.
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Maria
79 -3 -6 -7.1%
68.
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Casey
78 +25 +24 +44.4%
68.
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Tessa
78 +12 +17 +27.9%
70.
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Alana
77 +14 +18 +30.5%
70.
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Jamie
77 0 +1 +1.3%
72.
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Toni
76 0 +1 +1.3%
73.
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Rebekah
75 +11 +16 +27.1%
74.
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Jenna
70 -10 -11 -13.6%
74.
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Melanie
70 -17 -21 -23.1%
76.
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Vanessa
69 -9 -8 -10.4%
77.
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Julia
68 -10 -9 -11.7%
77.
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Louise
68 +7 +9 +15.3%
79.
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Sara
66 -5 -4 -5.7%
80.
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Tamara
65 -7 -8 -11.0%
81.
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Katrina
63 +11 +8 +14.5%
82.
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Joanna
62 +12 +9 +17.0%
83.
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Amelia
60 +8 +4 +7.1%
83.
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Helen
60 -3 -1 -1.6%
83.
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Kirsty
60 -13 -16 -21.1%
86.
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Georgia
57 new new new
87.
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Bridget
56 new new new
87.
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Brittany
56 new new new
87.
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Cassandra
56 -3 -3 -5.1%
87.
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Kayla
56 -22 -24 -30.0%
87.
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Tracey
56 -13 -14 -20.0%
92.
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Kylie
54 -78 -168 -75.7%
92.
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Leah
54 new new new
92.
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Morgan
54 -4 -4 -6.9%
95.
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Angela
53 -35 -35 -39.8%
95.
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Mary
53 -12 -7 -11.7%
95.
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Nikita
53 new new new
95.
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Sinead
53 new new new
95.
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Tania
53 new new new
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Georgina
52 new new new