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
681 0 -79 -10.4%
2.
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Daniel
622 +1 -72 -10.4%
3.
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James
617 +2 -27 -4.2%
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Michael
613 -2 -83 -11.9%
5.
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Joshua
595 -1 -75 -11.2%
6.
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Samuel
521 0 -91 -14.9%
7.
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Dylan
495 +23 +298 +151%
8.
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Benjamin
491 -1 -52 -9.6%
9.
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Thomas
458 -1 +9 +2.0%
10.
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Jordan
433 +2 +83 +23.7%
11.
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Christopher
422 -1 +8 +1.9%
12.
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Nicholas
403 -1 +49 +13.8%
13.
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Andrew
351 -4 -89 -20.2%
14.
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David
336 -1 -13 -3.7%
15.
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Ryan
314 -1 -8 -2.5%
16.
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William
307 -1 +32 +11.6%
17.
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Cameron
280 -1 +21 +8.1%
18.
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Luke
279 0 +34 +13.9%
19.
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Ethan
249 +8 +34 +15.8%
20.
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Alexander
248 +5 +30 +13.8%
21.
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Timothy
229 -1 -3 -1.3%
22.
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Jesse
225 0 -6 -2.6%
23.
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Nathan
224 -1 -7 -3.0%
24.
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Joseph
222 -4 -10 -4.3%
25.
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Aaron
221 +4 +11 +5.2%
26.
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Scott
215 -9 -31 -12.6%
27.
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John
213 -1 -4 -1.8%
27.
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Jonathan
213 +1 -1 -0.5%
27.
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Robert
213 -8 -31 -12.7%
30.
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Adam
202 +2 +8 +4.1%
31.
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Jacob
196 +2 +4 +2.1%
32.
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Sean
184 +6 +14 +8.2%
33.
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Hayden
183 +3 +7 +4.0%
34.
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Brandon
173 new new new
35.
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Jason
165 -11 -59 -26.3%
36.
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Jamie
159 -6 -38 -19.3%
37.
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Hamish
155 +3 -5 -3.1%
37.
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Richard
155 -3 -30 -16.2%
39.
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Liam
153 +3 -4 -2.5%
40.
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Anthony
148 -1 -21 -12.4%
41.
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Mitchell
140 +13 +17 +13.8%
42.
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Bradley
139 +8 +11 +8.6%
42.
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Simon
139 -8 -46 -24.9%
44.
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George
138 +12 +20 +16.9%
45.
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Jack
137 +24 +56 +69.1%
45.
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Steven
137 -1 -9 -6.2%
47.
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Logan
130 0 -1 -0.8%
48.
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Shaun
129 -3 -13 -9.2%
49.
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Mark
128 -12 -47 -26.9%
50.
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Patrick
118 -4 -14 -10.6%
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Peter
118 -9 -40 -25.3%
52.
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Sam
117 +2 -6 -4.9%
53.
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Paul
111 -3 -17 -13.3%
54.
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Jared
107 -4 -21 -16.4%
55.
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Caleb
106 +13 +24 +29.3%
55.
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Joel
106 +4 -1 -0.9%
55.
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Stephen
106 -6 -23 -17.8%
58.
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Callum
105 0 -3 -2.8%
58.
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Jeremy
105 -1 -7 -6.3%
60.
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Kieran
104 +5 +17 +19.5%
61.
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Corey
103 -14 -28 -21.4%
61.
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Isaac
103 +9 +23 +28.8%
61.
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Kyle
103 +5 +18 +21.2%
64.
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Shane
102 -11 -24 -19.0%
65.
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Alex
101 -4 -3 -2.9%
66.
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Mathew
99 -6 -7 -6.6%
67.
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Troy
96 -4 +4 +4.3%
68.
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Zachary
95 +7 +21 +28.4%
69.
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Cody
92 -27 -65 -41.4%
70.
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Oliver
86 +3 +10 +13.2%
70.
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Tyler
86 0 +6 +7.5%
72.
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Jarrod
84 +7 +13 +18.3%
73.
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Edward
83 -6 0 0.0%
73.
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Regan
83 +27 +32 +62.7%
73.
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Rhys
83 +5 +10 +13.7%
76.
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Jayden
82 +9 +15 +22.4%
77.
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Ben
79 -4 +3 +3.9%
78.
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Levi
78 +9 +12 +18.2%
79.
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Phillip
77 -16 -15 -16.3%
80.
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Reuben
76 new new new
81.
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Henry
74 +2 +6 +8.8%
81.
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Justin
74 +12 +13 +21.3%
83.
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Blair
73 -2 +4 +5.8%
83.
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Connor
73 new new new
85.
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Kane
72 -6 +1 +1.4%
86.
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Ashley
71 +5 +7 +10.9%
86.
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Vincent
71 -11 -3 -4.1%
88.
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Karl
69 -18 -11 -13.8%
88.
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Taylor
69 new new new
90.
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Craig
67 -28 -27 -28.7%
91.
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Charles
66 -6 -1 -1.5%
92.
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Dillon
63 new new new
92.
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Zane
63 -9 -5 -7.4%
94.
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Max
61 new new new
94.
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Philip
61 new new new
96.
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Kurt
57 -15 -12 -17.4%
97.
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Kevin
56 new new new
98.
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Brendan
54 -4 -4 -6.9%
98.
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Carl
54 -3 -3 -5.3%
98.
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Martin
54 new new new
98.
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Ricky
54 -11 -12 -18.2%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Jessica
564 0 -25 -4.2%
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Sarah
495 0 -63 -11.3%
3.
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Hannah
398 +4 +49 +14.0%
4.
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Samantha
371 -1 -82 -18.1%
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Emma
362 -1 -66 -15.4%
6.
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Rebecca
320 0 -34 -9.6%
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Nicole
300 -2 -60 -16.7%
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Ashleigh
253 +1 -25 -9.0%
9.
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Laura
248 +4 -2 -0.8%
10.
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Danielle
226 +2 -27 -10.7%
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Amy
213 -1 -52 -19.6%
12.
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Emily
208 +15 +56 +36.8%
13.
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Melissa
195 +1 -50 -20.4%
14.
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Rachel
193 -6 -121 -38.5%
15.
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Kate
191 +6 +18 +10.4%
16.
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Stephanie
187 -5 -77 -29.2%
17.
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Olivia
182 0 -6 -3.2%
18.
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Kayla
180 +1 +4 +2.3%
19.
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Charlotte
175 +7 +19 +12.2%
20.
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Sophie
171 +19 +42 +32.6%
21.
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Chloe
169 -1 -5 -2.9%
22.
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Anna
167 -6 -27 -13.9%
23.
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Courtney
165 -1 -5 -2.9%
24.
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Grace
162 +19 +43 +36.1%
25.
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Hayley
161 -10 -38 -19.1%
26.
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Ashley
156 -3 -11 -6.6%
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Georgia
156 +32 +63 +67.7%
28.
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Alexandra
155 +9 +22 +16.5%
29.
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Natasha
153 -11 -26 -14.5%
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Michelle
152 -3 0 0.0%
31.
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Elizabeth
150 -6 -13 -8.0%
32.
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Chelsea
147 +1 +4 +2.8%
33.
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Jasmine
144 +11 +26 +22.0%
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Lisa
144 -1 -1 -0.7%
35.
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Lauren
135 -6 -13 -8.8%
36.
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Stacey
128 -1 -10 -7.2%
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Victoria
128 +5 +4 +3.2%
38.
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Katie
121 +14 +19 +18.6%
39.
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Megan
120 -15 -45 -27.3%
39.
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Shannon
120 +1 -6 -4.8%
41.
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Amber
116 -11 -31 -21.1%
42.
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Brooke
115 +10 +13 +12.7%
43.
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Natalie
112 +7 +6 +5.7%
44.
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Alice
111 -2 -12 -9.8%
45.
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Amanda
110 -14 -36 -24.7%
45.
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Caitlin
110 -11 -29 -20.9%
47.
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Kelly
105 -9 -26 -19.8%
48.
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Holly
101 -1 -8 -7.3%
48.
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Nicola
101 -12 -34 -25.2%
50.
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Lucy
100 +1 -4 -3.8%
51.
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Aimee
99 +5 +1 +1.0%
51.
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Zoe
99 +4 -2 -2.0%
53.
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Gemma
98 +21 +27 +38.0%
53.
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Renee
98 -1 -4 -3.9%
55.
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Jade
97 +8 +12 +14.1%
56.
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Jordan
95 +1 -1 -1.0%
57.
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Christina
94 -8 -13 -12.1%
58.
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Kimberley
90 -13 -27 -23.1%
59.
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Alana
88 +7 +9 +11.4%
59.
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Kelsey
88 -11 -20 -18.5%
61.
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Brittany
85 +12 +11 +14.9%
62.
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Catherine
84 -2 -7 -7.7%
62.
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Jennifer
84 0 -2 -2.3%
64.
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Katherine
83 0 +1 +1.2%
65.
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Jessie
76 +6 +1 +1.3%
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Monique
76 +2 -2 -2.6%
65.
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Paige
76 +26 +20 +35.7%
68.
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Kirsty
75 -1 -3 -3.8%
69.
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Rebekah
73 -11 -20 -21.5%
70.
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Amelia
72 +24 +20 +38.5%
71.
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Jamie
68 -2 -8 -10.5%
71.
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Maria
68 +12 +5 +7.9%
71.
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Morgan
68 new new new
71.
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Nikita
68 +16 +10 +17.2%
71.
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Vanessa
68 +5 -1 -1.4%
76.
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Claire
67 -1 -3 -4.3%
76.
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Louise
67 +3 0 0.0%
78.
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Rachael
65 -32 -46 -41.4%
78.
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Tessa
65 -13 -16 -19.8%
80.
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Casey
64 -11 -12 -15.8%
81.
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Josephine
63 new new new
82.
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Gabrielle
62 new new new
82.
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Toni
62 -21 -25 -28.7%
84.
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Julia
61 +1 -1 -1.6%
85.
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Ruby
59 new new new
86.
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Georgina
58 -7 -9 -13.4%
87.
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Erin
57 -6 -9 -13.6%
88.
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Leah
56 +1 -1 -1.8%
89.
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Crystal
55 +10 +6 +12.2%
89.
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Kathryn
55 -11 -13 -19.1%
89.
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Sara
55 +4 +2 +3.8%
92.
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Christine
54 +2 +2 +3.8%
93.
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Aleisha
53 new new new
93.
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Melanie
53 -17 -16 -23.2%
93.
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Rose
53 new new new
96.
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Abigail
52 +1 +1 +2.0%
96.
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Angela
52 -25 -23 -30.7%
96.
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Ashlee
52 +1 +1 +2.0%
99.
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Joanna
51 new new new
100.
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Tegan
49 new new new