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
1,123 +1 -51 -4.3%
2.
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David
1,119 -1 -80 -6.7%
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Andrew
964 0 -31 -3.1%
4.
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Paul
960 0 -21 -2.1%
5.
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Mark
843 0 +33 +4.1%
6.
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Christopher
705 +6 +184 +35.3%
7.
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Peter
681 +1 +13 +1.9%
8.
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John
667 -2 -60 -8.3%
9.
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Richard
639 +1 +62 +10.7%
10.
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Stephen
634 -3 -64 -9.2%
11.
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Robert
608 -2 +29 +5.0%
12.
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Shane
581 +2 +135 +30.3%
13.
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Craig
526 -2 -11 -2.0%
14.
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Wayne
417 +3 +40 +10.6%
15.
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James
388 +4 +15 +4.0%
16.
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Dean
382 -3 -88 -18.7%
17.
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Grant
380 -1 -7 -1.8%
18.
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Steven
373 -3 -22 -5.6%
19.
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Jason
347 +9 +110 +46.4%
20.
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Anthony
329 -2 -46 -12.3%
21.
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Gregory
314 +2 +54 +20.8%
22.
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Brent
308 +3 +59 +23.7%
23.
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Simon
277 +8 +65 +30.7%
24.
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William
264 +3 +21 +8.6%
25.
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Ian
262 -1 +5 +1.9%
26.
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Kevin
250 -6 -63 -20.1%
27.
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Brett
245 -6 -26 -9.6%
28.
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Timothy
234 +5 +34 +17.0%
29.
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Nigel
229 +3 +19 +9.0%
30.
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Philip
227 0 -6 -2.6%
31.
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Tony
226 -9 -39 -14.7%
32.
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Matthew
220 +5 +33 +17.6%
33.
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Brian
212 +2 +19 +9.8%
34.
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Glenn
211 +9 +51 +31.9%
35.
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Gary
208 -6 -28 -11.9%
36.
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Scott
207 +16 +64 +44.8%
37.
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Darren
197 -12 -52 -20.9%
38.
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Sean
193 +8 +39 +25.3%
39.
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Phillip
190 +9 +39 +25.8%
40.
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Bruce
183 -4 -5 -2.7%
41.
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Nicholas
181 +17 +56 +44.8%
42.
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Alan
177 -8 -21 -10.6%
43.
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Stuart
169 -5 -17 -9.1%
44.
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Martin
167 -6 -19 -10.2%
45.
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Shaun
166 +40 +88 +113%
46.
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Ross
165 +3 +15 +10.0%
47.
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Graeme
162 -3 +4 +2.5%
48.
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Aaron
161 +26 +60 +59.4%
49.
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Colin
159 +1 +14 +9.7%
49.
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Murray
159 -8 -12 -7.0%
51.
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Geoffrey
155 -4 +3 +2.0%
51.
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Rodney
155 -9 -12 -7.2%
53.
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Warren
154 -13 -23 -13.0%
54.
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Gavin
147 +2 +17 +13.1%
55.
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Patrick
143 -10 -14 -8.9%
56.
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Allan
132 +3 +12 +10.0%
57.
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Jeffrey
130 0 +1 +0.8%
58.
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Jonathan
129 +13 +22 +20.6%
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Trevor
128 +1 +9 +7.6%
60.
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Barry
123 +4 +8 +7.0%
60.
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Daniel
123 +10 +15 +13.9%
62.
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Raymond
120 +1 +4 +3.4%
63.
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Glen
119 +10 +14 +13.3%
63.
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Thomas
119 -11 -24 -16.8%
65.
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Joseph
115 +12 +17 +17.3%
66.
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Adrian
114 -1 0 0.0%
66.
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Brendon
114 +27 +49 +75.4%
68.
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Kerry
111 -3 -3 -2.6%
69.
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Carl
110 -4 -4 -3.5%
69.
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Neil
110 -19 -35 -24.1%
71.
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Todd
108 +11 +27 +33.3%
72.
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Antony
107 -7 -7 -6.1%
72.
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Karl
107 +3 +7 +7.0%
74.
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Graham
106 -20 -27 -20.3%
75.
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Roger
105 -6 -6 -5.4%
76.
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Edward
102 -16 -17 -14.3%
77.
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Russell
98 -17 -21 -17.6%
78.
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Kelvin
97 +13 +27 +38.6%
79.
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Douglas
96 -2 -2 -2.0%
80.
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Kenneth
95 -25 -37 -28.0%
81.
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Derek
94 +3 +15 +19.0%
82.
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Malcolm
89 -11 -18 -16.8%
83.
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Hamish
86 +4 +10 +13.2%
84.
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Brendan
83 +8 +15 +22.1%
85.
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Adam
80 -6 -15 -15.8%
86.
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Lance
78 +4 +6 +8.3%
87.
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George
77 -7 -8 -9.4%
88.
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Blair
75 new new new
89.
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Donald
74 -7 -7 -8.6%
90.
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Bryan
73 -5 -5 -6.4%
90.
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Darryl
73 -14 -26 -26.3%
92.
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Terry
67 -3 -6 -8.2%
93.
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Jeremy
66 new new new
93.
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Justin
66 new new new
95.
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Daryl
64 +2 +2 +3.2%
96.
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Robin
62 new new new
97.
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Dion
61 -4 -4 -6.2%
97.
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Ronald
61 new new new
99.
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Samuel
58 +1 -1 -1.7%
100.
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Garry
56 new new new
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Keith
56 -20 -29 -34.1%
100.
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Shayne
56 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Lisa
760 +1 +122 +19.1%
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Karen
624 -1 -27 -4.1%
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Michelle
550 0 -65 -10.6%
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Tania
455 +2 +36 +8.6%
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Kim
434 +4 +35 +8.8%
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Joanne
420 +6 +51 +13.8%
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Nicola
420 +4 +28 +7.1%
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Angela
410 -1 0 0.0%
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Deborah
395 -5 -84 -17.5%
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Tracey
393 -2 -12 -3.0%
11.
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Susan
364 -6 -66 -15.3%
12.
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Donna
358 +1 -6 -1.6%
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Sharon
339 +2 -2 -0.6%
14.
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Julie
328 +1 -13 -3.8%
15.
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Christine
325 +2 +10 +3.2%
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Helen
310 -2 -41 -11.7%
17.
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Sandra
305 -6 -66 -17.8%
18.
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Jacqueline
299 +1 -1 -0.3%
19.
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Andrea
266 +10 +48 +22.0%
20.
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Sarah
262 +6 +29 +12.4%
21.
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Fiona
252 -3 -54 -17.6%
22.
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Leanne
251 +6 +29 +13.1%
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Elizabeth
239 0 -18 -7.0%
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Paula
236 +10 +66 +38.8%
25.
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Catherine
233 -3 -28 -10.7%
26.
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Wendy
232 -6 -54 -18.9%
27.
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Megan
222 +25 +93 +72.1%
28.
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Jennifer
219 -5 -38 -14.8%
29.
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Jane
204 +1 0 0.0%
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Tracy
200 -3 -23 -10.3%
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Maria
198 -10 -71 -26.4%
32.
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Robyn
189 -1 -3 -1.6%
33.
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Amanda
177 -1 -3 -1.7%
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Linda
177 -8 -64 -26.6%
35.
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Janine
175 +9 +29 +19.9%
36.
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Louise
170 +2 +13 +8.3%
37.
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Kathryn
167 -3 -3 -1.8%
38.
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Patricia
163 +1 +8 +5.2%
39.
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Tina
161 +8 +24 +17.5%
40.
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Rachel
158 +8 +25 +18.8%
41.
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Tanya
154 +18 +47 +43.9%
42.
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Maree
149 +3 +7 +4.9%
43.
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Suzanne
147 -4 -8 -5.2%
44.
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Alison
142 -11 -32 -18.4%
45.
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Anna
141 +8 +13 +10.2%
46.
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Denise
139 -10 -28 -16.8%
47.
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Mary
137 -5 -11 -7.4%
48.
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Vicki
134 +5 +6 +4.7%
49.
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Vanessa
133 +33 +51 +62.2%
50.
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Brenda
128 -9 -21 -14.1%
51.
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Diane
127 -14 -31 -19.6%
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Katrina
127 +15 +29 +29.6%
53.
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Raewyn
126 -2 -4 -3.1%
54.
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Heather
125 -8 -13 -9.4%
55.
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Carol
124 -6 -8 -6.1%
56.
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Anne
121 -6 -10 -7.6%
56.
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Bronwyn
121 +7 +20 +19.8%
58.
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Margaret
118 -16 -30 -20.3%
59.
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Justine
117 +19 +32 +37.6%
60.
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Joanna
115 new new new
60.
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Toni
115 +15 +28 +32.2%
62.
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Stephanie
111 -1 +7 +6.7%
63.
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Carolyn
108 -8 -16 -12.9%
63.
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Lynette
108 0 +7 +6.9%
65.
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Shelley
107 +7 +16 +17.6%
66.
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Debra
103 -10 -19 -15.6%
67.
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Annette
102 -1 +4 +4.1%
67.
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Katherine
102 -7 -3 -2.9%
67.
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Rebecca
102 +19 +22 +27.5%
70.
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Caroline
101 +10 +18 +21.7%
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Pauline
100 -6 0 0.0%
72.
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Debbie
99 -2 +3 +3.1%
72.
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Lynda
99 +3 +12 +13.8%
74.
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Sally
97 +6 +14 +16.9%
75.
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Claire
91 -3 0 0.0%
76.
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Teresa
90 -5 -2 -2.2%
77.
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Sonya
89 +23 +27 +43.5%
78.
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Melanie
88 +13 +18 +25.7%
78.
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Pamela
88 -12 -10 -10.2%
80.
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Barbara
87 -19 -17 -16.3%
80.
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Melissa
87 -5 0 0.0%
82.
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Judith
84 -24 -36 -30.0%
82.
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Victoria
84 new new new
84.
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Cherie
83 0 +2 +2.5%
85.
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Marie
81 -29 -41 -33.6%
85.
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Ruth
81 +9 +14 +20.9%
87.
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Dianne
80 +3 +9 +12.7%
87.
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Kathleen
80 -21 -18 -18.4%
89.
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Kerry
76 -5 -5 -6.2%
90.
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Natalie
75 -16 -13 -14.8%
90.
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Philippa
75 +1 +5 +7.1%
92.
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Ann
72 -6 -8 -10.0%
92.
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Bridget
72 +2 +5 +7.5%
94.
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Anita
71 new new new
95.
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Christina
70 new new new
96.
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Sheryl
69 new new new
97.
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Yvonne
67 -4 -1 -1.5%
98.
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Jan
65 -2 -1 -1.5%
98.
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Kirsten
65 new new new
100.
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Karyn
62 -2 -1 -1.6%