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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John
1,504 0 -71 -4.5%
2.
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David
992 0 +10 +1.0%
3.
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Peter
919 0 +28 +3.1%
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Robert
680 0 -39 -5.4%
5.
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Michael
666 0 +64 +10.6%
6.
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Brian
530 +1 -25 -4.5%
7.
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Kevin
527 +1 +32 +6.5%
8.
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William
501 -2 -89 -15.1%
9.
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Bruce
452 +4 +50 +12.4%
10.
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Ian
440 +1 +34 +8.4%
11.
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Paul
404 +3 +18 +4.7%
12.
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James
403 -3 -29 -6.7%
13.
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Graeme
399 -1 -5 -1.2%
14.
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Alan
385 +3 +42 +12.2%
15.
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Murray
331 +1 -17 -4.9%
16.
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Graham
325 -1 -46 -12.4%
17.
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Richard
304 -7 -110 -26.6%
18.
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Kenneth
303 0 -21 -6.5%
19.
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Colin
301 0 -9 -2.9%
20.
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Wayne
297 0 +10 +3.5%
21.
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Anthony
293 +1 +11 +3.9%
22.
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Stephen
286 +17 +104 +57.1%
23.
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Barry
278 -2 -5 -1.8%
24.
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Trevor
267 +1 +13 +5.1%
25.
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Raymond
266 -2 -10 -3.6%
26.
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Christopher
257 +1 +9 +3.6%
27.
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Allan
240 +1 +2 +0.8%
27.
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Donald
240 -2 -14 -5.5%
29.
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Ronald
235 -5 -22 -8.6%
30.
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Dennis
231 -1 +3 +1.3%
31.
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Philip
226 +7 +43 +23.5%
32.
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Gary
216 +3 +11 +5.4%
33.
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Roger
212 -2 -7 -3.2%
34.
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Geoffrey
203 -2 -14 -6.5%
35.
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Keith
202 -5 -23 -10.2%
36.
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Ross
196 -4 -21 -9.7%
37.
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Russell
195 -3 -16 -7.6%
38.
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Thomas
176 -2 -24 -12.0%
39.
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Douglas
166 -2 -23 -12.2%
39.
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Malcolm
166 +14 +53 +46.9%
41.
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Grant
161 +29 +84 +109%
42.
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Neil
160 -2 +4 +2.6%
43.
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Warren
157 -2 +4 +2.6%
44.
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Terence
154 -2 +8 +5.5%
45.
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Leslie
153 0 +20 +15.0%
46.
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George
152 -3 +8 +5.6%
47.
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Patrick
140 +2 +19 +15.7%
48.
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Gordon
137 +1 +16 +13.2%
49.
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Charles
133 +7 +23 +20.9%
50.
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Rodney
127 +8 +22 +21.0%
51.
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Noel
126 +3 +14 +12.5%
52.
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Robin
125 -5 +1 +0.8%
53.
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Phillip
120 +8 +21 +21.2%
54.
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Andrew
118 +1 +7 +6.3%
55.
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Neville
113 -9 -14 -11.0%
56.
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Mark
112 +12 +32 +40.0%
57.
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Stuart
108 -9 -15 -12.2%
58.
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Garry
106 +1 +2 +1.9%
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Lindsay
105 -7 -10 -8.7%
60.
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Edward
103 -16 -33 -24.3%
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Gregory
103 +4 +14 +15.7%
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Bryan
99 -11 -18 -15.4%
63.
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Arthur
95 -1 0 0.0%
64.
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Maurice
93 -4 -9 -8.8%
65.
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Rex
89 +1 +2 +2.3%
66.
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Eric
88 -9 -21 -19.3%
67.
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Denis
86 +9 +17 +24.6%
67.
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Norman
86 +3 +9 +11.7%
69.
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Alexander
83 +5 +13 +18.6%
70.
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Francis
79 -3 -4 -4.8%
71.
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Martin
76 +19 +19 +33.3%
72.
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Joseph
75 +5 +7 +10.3%
73.
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Timothy
74 +23 +22 +42.3%
74.
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Kerry
73 -11 -18 -19.8%
75.
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Owen
72 +2 +4 +5.9%
76.
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Desmond
70 -12 -19 -21.3%
76.
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Gavin
70 +4 +3 +4.5%
78.
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Clive
68 +7 +7 +11.5%
79.
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Bernard
65 +3 +1 +1.6%
80.
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Lawrence
62 +8 +4 +6.9%
80.
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Steven
62 new new new
82.
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Henry
59 +6 +1 +1.7%
82.
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Warwick
59 +4 -1 -1.7%
84.
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Laurence
58 +9 +4 +7.4%
84.
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Mervyn
58 -12 -18 -23.7%
86.
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Derek
57 -5 -9 -13.6%
86.
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Frederick
57 -18 -23 -28.8%
86.
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Roy
57 -2 -6 -9.5%
89.
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Ivan
55 -15 -15 -21.4%
90.
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Gerald
53 0 -4 -7.0%
90.
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Jeffrey
53 -13 -15 -22.1%
92.
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Alistair
52 new new new
92.
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Leonard
52 -2 -5 -8.8%
94.
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Roderick
50 +5 +4 +8.7%
95.
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Allen
47 +5 +2 +4.4%
95.
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Glenn
47 new new new
95.
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Terrence
47 -13 -17 -26.6%
98.
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Larry
46 -4 -7 -13.2%
99.
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Nigel
45 new new new
100.
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Lloyd
44 new new new
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret
749 0 +19 +2.6%
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Christine
562 +6 +149 +36.1%
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Judith
495 -1 -48 -8.8%
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Jennifer
473 0 +7 +1.5%
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Susan
450 +1 +34 +8.2%
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Patricia
437 -3 -86 -16.4%
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Mary
415 0 +1 +0.2%
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Barbara
398 -3 -33 -7.7%
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Elizabeth
382 +1 +29 +8.2%
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Linda
348 +10 +85 +32.3%
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Lynette
329 +2 +6 +1.9%
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Helen
318 +2 -4 -1.2%
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Janice
314 -1 -23 -6.8%
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Heather
301 +3 +18 +6.4%
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Pamela
295 -4 -43 -12.7%
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Sandra
284 -7 -72 -20.2%
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Carol
278 -1 -8 -2.8%
18.
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Diane
263 -3 -24 -8.4%
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Shirley
260 0 -9 -3.3%
20.
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Kathleen
254 -2 -18 -6.6%
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Lorraine
223 0 -21 -8.6%
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Robyn
223 +2 -3 -1.3%
23.
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Beverley
216 +1 -1 -0.5%
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Pauline
203 +2 -1 -0.5%
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Colleen
201 +2 +5 +2.6%
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Janet
196 -1 -18 -8.4%
27.
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Maureen
190 +1 +1 +0.5%
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Carolyn
188 +1 +1 +0.5%
29.
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Marilyn
187 -7 -45 -19.4%
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Gail
181 +21 +57 +46.0%
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Suzanne
181 +1 -5 -2.7%
32.
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Anne
177 +1 0 0.0%
33.
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Raewyn
171 +1 -2 -1.2%
34.
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Dianne
165 -2 -13 -7.3%
35.
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Karen
156 0 -14 -8.2%
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Alison
155 0 -7 -4.3%
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Lesley
149 -8 -38 -20.3%
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Catherine
141 +1 -6 -4.1%
39.
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Ann
139 +10 +10 +7.8%
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Marie
139 -2 -17 -10.9%
41.
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Annette
136 +2 -5 -3.5%
42.
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Wendy
135 +1 -6 -4.3%
43.
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Cheryl
133 +11 +19 +16.7%
44.
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Yvonne
132 +2 -5 -3.6%
45.
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Julie
129 +2 -6 -4.4%
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Valerie
129 -5 -16 -11.0%
47.
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Rosemary
122 -2 -18 -12.9%
48.
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Dorothy
120 +2 -8 -6.3%
49.
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Denise
118 -8 -25 -17.5%
50.
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Kathryn
116 +24 +45 +63.4%
51.
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Kay
113 +8 +17 +17.7%
52.
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Elaine
112 0 -9 -7.4%
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Joan
112 -10 -30 -21.1%
54.
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Frances
111 -6 -22 -16.5%
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Sheryl
111 -1 -8 -6.7%
56.
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Marion
108 +5 +14 +14.9%
57.
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Jeanette
107 -3 -7 -6.1%
58.
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Joy
106 -2 +2 +1.9%
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Gillian
103 +9 +24 +30.4%
60.
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Jillian
102 -23 -54 -34.6%
61.
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Lynne
100 +27 +43 +75.4%
61.
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Sharon
100 -1 +5 +5.3%
63.
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Lois
98 0 +7 +7.7%
64.
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Ruth
96 +11 +26 +37.1%
65.
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Lynda
95 +6 +18 +23.4%
66.
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Glenys
91 -9 -11 -10.8%
67.
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Diana
88 -5 -5 -5.4%
68.
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Gloria
86 0 +7 +8.9%
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Jocelyn
84 -4 -2 -2.3%
70.
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Jill
82 -3 0 0.0%
71.
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Irene
78 -5 -5 -6.0%
71.
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Sally
78 +15 +20 +34.5%
73.
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Jacqueline
76 -15 -25 -24.8%
74.
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Lynnette
73 +25 +25 +52.1%
75.
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Vivienne
68 +11 +10 +17.2%
76.
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Ngaire
67 -12 -20 -23.0%
77.
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Dawn
65 -7 -13 -16.7%
78.
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Noeline
63 +2 +1 +1.6%
78.
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Shona
63 +2 +1 +1.6%
80.
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Jean
60 -9 -17 -22.1%
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Josephine
60 -5 -10 -14.3%
82.
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June
59 -9 -16 -21.3%
83.
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Adrienne
58 -4 -5 -7.9%
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Brenda
58 +14 +9 +18.4%
85.
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Sharyn
57 new new new
86.
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Eileen
56 -9 -12 -17.6%
86.
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Jane
56 +3 +1 +1.8%
88.
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Jan
55 new new new
89.
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Janis
54 -11 -10 -15.6%
90.
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Beverly
52 +2 -1 -1.9%
91.
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Maria
51 +6 +2 +4.1%
92.
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Penelope
50 new new new
93.
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Faye
49 -13 -13 -21.0%
94.
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Carole
46 -9 -13 -22.0%
94.
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Evelyn
46 -3 -8 -14.8%
94.
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Rosalie
46 +5 -2 -4.2%
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Stephanie
46 new new new
98.
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Nancy
45 -2 -5 -10.0%
99.
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Glenda
44 new new new
99.
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Julia
44 new new new
99.
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Lynley
44 new new new
99.
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Marjorie
44 new new new