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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Jason
1,298 0 -68 -5.0%
2.
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Michael
936 0 -22 -2.3%
3.
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David
896 0 -20 -2.2%
4.
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Paul
872 +1 -6 -0.7%
5.
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Andrew
837 -1 -73 -8.0%
6.
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Craig
788 +2 +156 +24.7%
7.
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Mark
769 -1 -7 -0.9%
8.
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Christopher
586 +1 -18 -3.0%
9.
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Richard
585 +1 +11 +1.9%
10.
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Aaron
569 +14 +301 +112%
11.
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John
525 0 -45 -7.9%
12.
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Stephen
517 -5 -131 -20.2%
13.
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Robert
488 +1 +34 +7.5%
14.
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Peter
483 -2 -24 -4.7%
15.
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Matthew
472 +2 +98 +26.2%
16.
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Shane
446 -3 -33 -6.9%
17.
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Steven
392 -1 +11 +2.9%
18.
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James
381 -3 -2 -0.5%
19.
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Scott
347 +2 +19 +5.8%
20.
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Anthony
330 -1 -27 -7.6%
21.
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Grant
321 -1 -23 -6.7%
22.
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Simon
317 -4 -46 -12.7%
23.
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Wayne
298 -1 -25 -7.7%
24.
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Gregory
288 +2 +38 +15.2%
25.
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Dean
270 -2 -41 -13.2%
26.
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Brent
249 +4 +25 +11.2%
27.
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Nicholas
246 0 +11 +4.7%
28.
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Glenn
241 +4 +20 +9.0%
29.
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Tony
240 -4 -19 -7.3%
30.
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William
231 +3 +15 +6.9%
31.
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Darren
227 +3 +17 +8.1%
32.
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Nigel
212 -4 -21 -9.0%
33.
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Timothy
200 -2 -23 -10.3%
34.
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Justin
196 +20 +63 +47.4%
35.
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Brendon
195 +2 +4 +2.1%
36.
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Stuart
194 +6 +29 +17.6%
37.
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Kevin
192 -1 -14 -6.8%
38.
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Philip
184 -9 -42 -18.6%
39.
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Brett
182 +1 +2 +1.1%
40.
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Jonathan
179 -5 -29 -13.9%
41.
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Daniel
177 +4 +15 +9.3%
42.
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Ian
176 -3 -6 -3.3%
43.
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Jeremy
170 +45 +87 +105%
44.
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Glen
168 -3 -10 -5.6%
45.
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Phillip
162 -8 -29 -15.2%
46.
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Blair
161 +10 +37 +29.8%
47.
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Karl
158 -3 -5 -3.1%
47.
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Sean
158 +2 +7 +4.6%
49.
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Hamish
144 +8 +24 +20.0%
50.
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Geoffrey
142 0 -1 -0.7%
51.
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Martin
141 -8 -23 -14.0%
52.
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Gavin
140 +19 +37 +35.9%
53.
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Carl
139 +2 +9 +6.9%
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Gary
139 -5 -13 -8.6%
55.
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Bruce
135 -8 -19 -12.3%
56.
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Brian
133 -10 -28 -17.4%
56.
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Warren
133 -5 -9 -6.3%
58.
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Dion
126 0 +8 +6.8%
59.
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Ross
125 +1 +12 +10.6%
59.
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Thomas
125 -7 -15 -10.7%
61.
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Alan
120 -9 -20 -14.3%
62.
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Adam
119 +4 +14 +13.3%
63.
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Joseph
113 +21 +21 +22.8%
64.
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Antony
112 -1 +4 +3.7%
64.
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Nathan
112 new new new
66.
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Patrick
110 +1 +6 +5.8%
67.
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Barry
109 -2 +3 +2.8%
67.
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Murray
109 -5 0 0.0%
69.
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Adrian
107 +3 +5 +4.9%
69.
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Brendan
107 -5 0 0.0%
69.
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Graeme
107 -10 -9 -7.8%
69.
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Jeffrey
107 +8 +8 +8.1%
73.
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Raymond
106 -6 +2 +1.9%
74.
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Kerry
104 -7 0 0.0%
75.
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Mathew
103 +19 +35 +51.5%
75.
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Rodney
103 0 +2 +2.0%
77.
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Darryl
99 +16 +21 +26.9%
77.
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Neil
99 +5 +5 +5.3%
79.
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Clinton
98 new new new
79.
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Colin
98 -18 -12 -10.9%
81.
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Edward
96 -14 -8 -7.7%
81.
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Graham
96 -5 -4 -4.0%
83.
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Russell
95 -6 -4 -4.0%
84.
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Benjamin
94 +10 +26 +38.2%
85.
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Trevor
92 -6 -5 -5.2%
86.
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Shaun
91 -14 -11 -10.8%
86.
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Todd
91 -3 -2 -2.2%
88.
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Cameron
88 +12 +26 +41.9%
89.
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Roger
86 0 +6 +7.5%
90.
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Gareth
85 new new new
91.
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George
84 -2 +4 +5.0%
91.
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Kelvin
84 -2 +4 +5.0%
93.
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Marcus
83 new new new
94.
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Lance
81 -22 -21 -20.6%
95.
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Daryl
80 -3 +1 +1.3%
96.
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Allan
79 -10 -6 -7.1%
97.
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Vaughan
77 +2 +12 +18.5%
98.
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Malcolm
76 -19 -21 -21.6%
99.
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Douglas
75 -14 -11 -12.8%
100.
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Alexander
70 new new new
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Lisa
673 0 -113 -14.4%
2.
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Michelle
661 0 -4 -0.6%
3.
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Rachel
581 +1 +116 +24.9%
4.
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Joanne
567 +1 +121 +27.1%
5.
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Nicola
467 +1 +33 +7.6%
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Karen
465 -3 -32 -6.4%
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Tracey
457 0 +36 +8.6%
8.
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Angela
414 0 +5 +1.2%
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Tania
387 0 -16 -4.0%
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Deborah
338 0 +7 +2.1%
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Amanda
334 +12 +96 +40.3%
12.
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Tracy
328 -1 +11 +3.5%
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Sarah
326 0 +31 +10.5%
14.
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Kelly
319 +76 +242 +314%
15.
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Kim
305 -3 +5 +1.7%
16.
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Julie
285 +2 +7 +2.5%
17.
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Vanessa
275 +11 +58 +26.7%
18.
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Susan
273 +1 +7 +2.6%
19.
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Fiona
272 -2 -9 -3.2%
20.
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Andrea
267 0 +11 +4.3%
21.
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Donna
264 -5 -23 -8.0%
22.
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Rebecca
259 +9 +62 +31.5%
23.
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Catherine
245 -1 +2 +0.8%
24.
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Rachael
242 +19 +84 +53.2%
24.
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Sharon
242 -9 -47 -16.3%
26.
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Jacqueline
231 -5 -23 -9.1%
27.
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Paula
217 -13 -73 -25.2%
28.
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Elizabeth
208 +5 +12 +6.1%
29.
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Melanie
207 +23 +81 +64.3%
30.
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Christine
206 -6 -26 -11.2%
31.
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Jennifer
203 -1 +1 +0.5%
32.
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Wendy
198 -1 +1 +0.5%
33.
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Helen
195 -7 -31 -13.7%
34.
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Megan
194 +2 +10 +5.4%
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Suzanne
194 +3 +11 +6.0%
36.
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Joanna
184 -7 -20 -9.8%
37.
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Leanne
179 -10 -46 -20.4%
38.
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Sandra
178 -13 -49 -21.6%
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Rochelle
175 +42 +91 +108%
40.
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Tina
174 +6 +30 +20.8%
41.
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Anna
168 +6 +26 +18.3%
41.
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Jane
168 0 +7 +4.3%
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Kathryn
168 +1 +8 +5.0%
44.
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Melissa
164 0 +17 +11.6%
44.
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Victoria
164 +1 +19 +13.1%
46.
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Janine
161 -11 -29 -15.3%
47.
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Katrina
160 +2 +23 +16.8%
48.
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Maria
156 -14 -39 -20.0%
49.
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Louise
151 -10 -15 -9.0%
49.
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Shelley
151 +5 +28 +22.8%
51.
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Stephanie
140 -1 +6 +4.5%
52.
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Linda
137 -14 -30 -18.0%
53.
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Robyn
131 -13 -31 -19.1%
54.
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Cheryl
126 -3 -5 -3.8%
54.
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Justine
126 -7 -16 -11.3%
56.
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Nicole
123 +12 +27 +28.1%
56.
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Patricia
123 +6 +16 +15.0%
58.
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Toni
113 -2 -5 -4.2%
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Carolyn
109 -7 -17 -13.5%
60.
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Denise
108 +21 +24 +28.6%
60.
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Teresa
108 -4 -10 -8.5%
62.
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Mary
106 -4 -11 -9.4%
63.
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Vicki
104 -1 -3 -2.8%
64.
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Tanya
103 -6 -14 -12.0%
65.
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Belinda
101 +5 +8 +8.6%
66.
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Bronwyn
100 -8 -17 -14.5%
67.
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Alison
96 -1 -6 -5.9%
67.
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Caroline
96 +2 +1 +1.1%
69.
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Heather
94 +6 +5 +5.6%
70.
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Bridget
93 +7 +7 +8.1%
70.
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Kirsten
93 new new new
72.
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Emma
91 +15 +13 +16.7%
73.
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Margaret
90 -8 -14 -13.5%
74.
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Maree
88 -12 -19 -17.8%
75.
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Cherie
87 +16 +12 +16.0%
75.
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Kerry
87 +10 +6 +7.4%
77.
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Sheryl
86 -6 -6 -6.5%
78.
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Katherine
85 -23 -34 -28.6%
78.
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Sonya
85 +1 0 0.0%
80.
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Anne
84 -13 -14 -14.3%
80.
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Brenda
84 -3 -2 -2.3%
80.
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Claire
84 +16 +15 +21.7%
80.
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Debra
84 +7 +6 +7.7%
80.
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Sally
84 +7 +6 +7.7%
85.
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Diane
82 -24 -26 -24.1%
86.
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Annette
81 new new new
86.
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Julia
81 +8 +9 +12.5%
86.
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Pauline
81 +10 +12 +17.4%
89.
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Debbie
79 -10 -6 -7.1%
89.
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Sharlene
79 new new new
91.
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Natasha
77 new new new
92.
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Anita
75 -9 -8 -9.6%
92.
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Kirsty
75 new new new
92.
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Philippa
75 -9 -8 -9.6%
95.
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Raewyn
74 -19 -14 -15.9%
96.
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Carol
70 -25 -22 -23.9%
97.
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Karyn
69 -4 -4 -5.5%
98.
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Barbara
68 new new new
98.
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Kathleen
68 new new new
98.
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Penelope
68 -2 -1 -1.4%