Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Michael
921 +1 +50 +5.7%
2.
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Jason
788 -1 -237 -23.1%
3.
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Andrew
734 +1 -78 -9.6%
4.
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David
709 -1 -117 -14.2%
5.
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Mark
704 +2 -13 -1.8%
6.
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Paul
682 -1 -73 -9.7%
7.
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Craig
655 -1 -70 -9.7%
8.
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Matthew
613 +3 +71 +13.1%
9.
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Christopher
545 0 -63 -10.4%
10.
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Richard
529 0 -32 -5.7%
11.
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Aaron
521 -3 -91 -14.9%
12.
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Robert
453 0 -22 -4.6%
13.
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Stephen
431 +1 -31 -6.7%
14.
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John
424 -1 -43 -9.2%
15.
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James
394 +4 +20 +5.3%
16.
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Simon
385 +1 -5 -1.3%
17.
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Daniel
380 +11 +155 +68.9%
18.
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Shane
370 0 -5 -1.3%
19.
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Scott
362 -4 -38 -9.5%
20.
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Peter
325 -4 -69 -17.5%
21.
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Nicholas
317 +2 +56 +21.5%
22.
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Steven
295 -2 -31 -9.5%
23.
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Anthony
252 -2 -59 -19.0%
24.
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Grant
247 -2 -44 -15.1%
25.
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Justin
234 +1 -17 -6.8%
26.
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Dean
218 +11 +25 +13.0%
27.
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Wayne
215 -2 -37 -14.7%
27.
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William
215 +2 -3 -1.4%
29.
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Gregory
210 -5 -47 -18.3%
30.
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Glenn
205 +3 -5 -2.4%
31.
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Brendon
199 +4 -3 -1.5%
32.
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Jonathan
195 +7 +7 +3.7%
32.
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Karl
195 +9 +25 +14.7%
34.
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Jeremy
192 +10 +37 +23.9%
34.
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Timothy
192 -7 -40 -17.2%
36.
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Brent
191 -5 -23 -10.7%
37.
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Tony
182 -7 -34 -15.7%
38.
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Nathan
177 +7 +24 +15.7%
39.
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Hamish
173 +9 +38 +28.1%
40.
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Kevin
170 +2 +4 +2.4%
41.
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Darren
168 -10 -46 -21.5%
42.
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Adam
167 +7 +38 +29.5%
43.
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Nigel
164 -6 -29 -15.0%
44.
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Phillip
160 +2 +18 +12.7%
45.
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Philip
157 -9 -39 -19.9%
45.
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Shaun
157 +19 +45 +40.2%
47.
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Stuart
153 0 +15 +10.9%
48.
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Gavin
149 -5 -8 -5.1%
49.
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Carl
141 0 +12 +9.3%
50.
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Joseph
138 +4 +13 +10.4%
51.
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Dion
136 +7 +17 +14.3%
51.
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Glen
136 -17 -73 -34.9%
53.
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Brian
135 -2 +7 +5.5%
54.
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Brett
134 -14 -38 -22.1%
55.
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Adrian
132 +3 +13 +10.9%
56.
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Blair
131 +1 +10 +8.3%
57.
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Benjamin
120 +27 +33 +37.9%
58.
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Martin
118 +5 +5 +4.4%
59.
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Clinton
117 +16 +24 +25.8%
59.
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Gareth
117 +23 +27 +30.0%
61.
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Raymond
116 +10 +17 +17.2%
62.
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Thomas
113 -4 -6 -5.0%
63.
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Sean
112 -7 -12 -9.7%
64.
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Geoffrey
110 -13 -18 -14.1%
64.
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Mathew
110 +11 +17 +18.3%
66.
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Bruce
108 -12 -17 -13.6%
66.
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Ian
108 -13 -19 -15.0%
68.
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Warren
106 +11 +14 +15.2%
69.
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Edward
105 -7 -9 -7.9%
70.
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Lance
96 -5 -15 -13.5%
70.
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Patrick
96 -9 -22 -18.6%
72.
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Kerry
95 +3 +2 +2.2%
73.
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Ross
92 -6 -12 -11.5%
74.
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Jamie
91 +18 +13 +16.7%
74.
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Vaughan
91 +9 +2 +2.2%
76.
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Bevan
90 new new new
77.
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Samuel
89 new new new
78.
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Jeffrey
88 +3 -3 -3.3%
79.
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Todd
86 -4 -7 -7.5%
80.
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Ryan
85 +12 +7 +9.0%
81.
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Brendan
84 +16 +8 +10.5%
81.
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Damian
84 +7 +3 +3.7%
81.
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Gary
84 -14 -20 -19.2%
81.
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Marcus
84 new new new
85.
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Cameron
83 -19 -22 -21.0%
86.
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Julian
82 +1 -2 -2.4%
86.
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Malcolm
82 new new new
88.
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Troy
80 new new new
89.
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Antony
79 -4 -7 -8.1%
89.
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George
79 -1 -2 -2.5%
91.
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Alan
78 -22 -24 -23.5%
91.
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Corey
78 new new new
91.
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Darryl
78 +1 0 0.0%
91.
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Graeme
78 -12 -14 -15.2%
95.
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Allan
74 new new new
95.
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Kyle
74 new new new
97.
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Kelvin
73 new new new
98.
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Bradley
70 new new new
99.
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Leon
68 new new new
99.
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Murray
68 -26 -30 -30.6%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Michelle
528 0 -90 -14.6%
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Lisa
520 0 -77 -12.9%
3.
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Nicola
489 +1 +9 +1.9%
3.
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Rachel
489 0 -8 -1.6%
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Angela
440 +1 -15 -3.3%
6.
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Sarah
438 +1 -11 -2.4%
7.
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Joanne
427 -2 -50 -10.5%
8.
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Tracey
355 0 -85 -19.3%
9.
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Rebecca
344 +11 +109 +46.4%
10.
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Karen
331 -1 -51 -13.4%
11.
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Kelly
293 0 -37 -11.2%
12.
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Tania
289 -2 -61 -17.4%
13.
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Melissa
288 +13 +75 +35.2%
14.
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Amanda
275 -1 -16 -5.5%
15.
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Vanessa
267 +6 +39 +17.1%
16.
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Deborah
259 -3 -32 -11.0%
17.
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Fiona
249 0 -7 -2.7%
17.
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Melanie
249 +2 +11 +4.6%
19.
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Catherine
247 +7 +34 +16.0%
20.
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Kim
239 -8 -55 -18.7%
21.
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Megan
234 +3 +16 +7.3%
22.
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Julie
222 -4 -27 -10.8%
23.
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Andrea
220 -8 -39 -15.1%
24.
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Paula
219 -2 -3 -1.4%
25.
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Rachael
217 +4 +14 +6.9%
26.
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Donna
211 -4 -11 -5.0%
27.
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Anna
201 +13 +28 +16.2%
28.
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Kylie
196 +26 +71 +56.8%
28.
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Susan
196 -3 -20 -9.3%
30.
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Jennifer
188 0 -14 -6.9%
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Tracy
188 -15 -71 -27.4%
32.
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Helen
183 +5 +2 +1.1%
33.
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Elizabeth
181 -1 -11 -5.7%
34.
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Rochelle
178 -2 -14 -7.3%
35.
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Katrina
177 +1 -7 -3.8%
36.
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Leanne
175 +2 0 0.0%
37.
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Sharon
171 -11 -42 -19.7%
38.
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Natasha
170 +11 +23 +15.6%
39.
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Jacqueline
168 -8 -31 -15.6%
40.
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Christine
161 -6 -30 -15.7%
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Jane
161 +4 -6 -3.6%
42.
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Wendy
158 -7 -27 -14.6%
43.
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Stephanie
155 -2 -16 -9.4%
44.
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Louise
153 +2 -7 -4.4%
45.
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Joanna
152 -3 -18 -10.6%
45.
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Kathryn
152 -2 -16 -9.5%
47.
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Janine
148 0 -9 -5.7%
48.
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Shelley
147 +3 +9 +6.5%
49.
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Victoria
144 -4 -18 -11.1%
50.
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Suzanne
141 -11 -33 -19.0%
51.
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Kirsten
135 +2 +9 +7.1%
52.
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Katherine
134 +5 +19 +16.5%
53.
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Teresa
130 +3 +6 +4.8%
54.
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Tina
128 -4 -15 -10.5%
55.
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Justine
127 -1 +2 +1.6%
56.
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Emma
123 +2 +10 +8.8%
57.
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Bronwyn
122 +11 +31 +34.1%
58.
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Sandra
119 -10 -30 -20.1%
59.
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Kirsty
114 +24 +38 +50.0%
59.
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Maria
114 -7 -22 -16.2%
61.
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Nicole
109 +6 +17 +18.5%
62.
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Bridget
107 +27 +36 +50.7%
63.
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Belinda
104 +12 +22 +26.8%
64.
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Natalie
99 +1 +4 +4.2%
64.
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Toni
99 -4 -10 -9.2%
66.
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Mary
95 -7 -16 -14.4%
67.
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Cherie
94 +3 +5 +5.6%
68.
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Carmen
93 +16 +18 +24.0%
68.
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Tanya
93 -5 -8 -7.9%
70.
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Anita
89 +22 +20 +29.0%
70.
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Linda
89 -9 -17 -16.0%
72.
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Philippa
87 +20 +18 +26.1%
73.
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Caroline
83 +14 +11 +15.3%
73.
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Claire
83 +17 +13 +18.6%
75.
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Gina
82 +19 +14 +20.6%
75.
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Heather
82 +2 +3 +3.8%
75.
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Patricia
82 +3 +4 +5.1%
75.
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Vicki
82 -13 -23 -21.9%
79.
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Carolyn
80 +3 +3 +3.9%
80.
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Penelope
79 +17 +13 +19.7%
81.
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Margaret
78 +18 +13 +20.0%
82.
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Alison
76 -14 -15 -16.5%
83.
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Diane
75 +1 0 0.0%
84.
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Cheryl
73 -10 -10 -12.0%
85.
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Denise
72 -22 -29 -28.7%
85.
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Kerry
72 -20 -23 -24.2%
87.
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Hayley
71 new new new
88.
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Robyn
70 -17 -17 -19.5%
89.
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Annette
69 new new new
89.
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Debbie
69 -17 -15 -17.9%
89.
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Sally
69 -3 -5 -6.8%
92.
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Maree
68 -20 -16 -19.0%
93.
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Julia
67 -15 -11 -14.1%
94.
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Brenda
65 -19 -17 -20.7%
94.
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Debra
65 -16 -13 -16.7%
94.
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Jodie
65 new new new
94.
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Kate
65 new new new
98.
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Marie
63 new new new
99.
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Stacey
62 new new new
100.
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Christina
61 -4 -6 -9.0%
100.
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Georgina
61 new new new