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
882 0 -39 -4.2%
2.
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Mark
734 +3 +30 +4.3%
3.
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Andrew
700 0 -34 -4.6%
4.
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David
697 0 -12 -1.7%
5.
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Jason
686 -3 -102 -12.9%
6.
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Paul
663 0 -19 -2.8%
7.
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Matthew
583 +1 -30 -4.9%
8.
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Daniel
554 +9 +174 +45.8%
9.
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Craig
534 -2 -121 -18.5%
10.
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Christopher
517 -1 -28 -5.1%
11.
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Richard
488 -1 -41 -7.8%
12.
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Aaron
463 -1 -58 -11.1%
13.
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James
440 +2 +46 +11.7%
14.
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Robert
436 -2 -17 -3.8%
15.
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John
399 -1 -25 -5.9%
16.
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Stephen
373 -3 -58 -13.5%
17.
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Shane
355 +1 -15 -4.1%
18.
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Simon
351 -2 -34 -8.8%
19.
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Scott
327 0 -35 -9.7%
20.
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Steven
319 +2 +24 +8.1%
21.
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Peter
310 -1 -15 -4.6%
22.
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Nicholas
307 -1 -10 -3.2%
23.
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Nathan
281 +15 +104 +58.8%
24.
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Anthony
263 -1 +11 +4.4%
25.
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Justin
260 0 +26 +11.1%
26.
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Grant
255 -2 +8 +3.2%
27.
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Timothy
239 +7 +47 +24.5%
28.
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Glenn
230 +2 +25 +12.2%
29.
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Dean
225 -3 +7 +3.2%
30.
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Tony
222 +7 +40 +22.0%
31.
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Jonathan
206 +1 +11 +5.6%
32.
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Gregory
202 -3 -8 -3.8%
33.
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Brendon
201 -2 +2 +1.0%
34.
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William
199 -7 -16 -7.4%
35.
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Jeremy
195 -1 +3 +1.6%
36.
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Wayne
193 -9 -22 -10.2%
37.
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Glen
191 +14 +55 +40.4%
38.
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Brent
181 -2 -10 -5.2%
39.
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Darren
171 +2 +3 +1.8%
40.
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Benjamin
166 +17 +46 +38.3%
41.
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Shaun
162 +4 +5 +3.2%
42.
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Nigel
161 +1 -3 -1.8%
43.
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Adam
153 -1 -14 -8.4%
43.
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Karl
153 -11 -42 -21.5%
45.
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Stuart
149 +2 -4 -2.6%
46.
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Phillip
147 -2 -13 -8.1%
47.
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Hamish
145 -8 -28 -16.2%
47.
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Philip
145 -2 -12 -7.6%
49.
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Carl
138 0 -3 -2.1%
50.
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Blair
136 +6 +5 +3.8%
50.
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Dion
136 +1 0 0.0%
52.
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Joseph
127 -2 -11 -8.0%
52.
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Kevin
127 -12 -43 -25.3%
54.
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Thomas
121 +8 +8 +7.1%
55.
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Mathew
115 +9 +5 +4.5%
56.
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Gavin
112 -8 -37 -24.8%
56.
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Ian
112 +10 +4 +3.7%
58.
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Brett
111 -4 -23 -17.2%
59.
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Clinton
110 0 -7 -6.0%
59.
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Samuel
110 +18 +21 +23.6%
61.
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Brian
108 -8 -27 -20.0%
62.
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Sean
107 +1 -5 -4.5%
63.
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Brendan
106 +18 +22 +26.2%
64.
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Bruce
99 +2 -9 -8.3%
64.
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Jamie
99 +10 +8 +8.8%
64.
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Martin
99 -6 -19 -16.1%
67.
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Cameron
97 +18 +14 +16.9%
67.
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Edward
97 +2 -8 -7.6%
67.
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Hayden
97 new new new
70.
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Adrian
96 -15 -36 -27.3%
70.
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Raymond
96 -9 -20 -17.2%
72.
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Alan
94 +19 +16 +20.5%
72.
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Joshua
94 new new new
74.
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Gary
92 +7 +8 +9.5%
74.
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Ryan
92 +6 +7 +8.2%
76.
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Gareth
88 -17 -29 -24.8%
76.
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Troy
88 +12 +8 +10.0%
78.
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Duncan
86 new new new
78.
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Kerry
86 -6 -9 -9.5%
80.
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Colin
84 new new new
80.
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Damian
84 +1 0 0.0%
82.
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George
83 +7 +4 +5.1%
83.
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Bradley
82 +15 +12 +17.1%
84.
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Patrick
81 -14 -15 -15.6%
85.
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Geoffrey
79 -21 -31 -28.2%
86.
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Lance
78 -16 -18 -18.8%
87.
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Antony
76 +2 -3 -3.8%
88.
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Todd
75 -9 -11 -12.8%
89.
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Bevan
74 -13 -16 -17.8%
89.
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Damon
74 new new new
91.
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Leon
71 +8 +3 +4.4%
92.
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Russell
70 new new new
93.
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Darryl
69 -2 -9 -11.5%
93.
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Kyle
69 +2 -5 -6.8%
95.
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Jared
68 new new new
95.
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Kelvin
68 +2 -5 -6.8%
95.
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Marcus
68 -14 -16 -19.0%
98.
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Julian
67 -12 -15 -18.3%
99.
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Graeme
65 -8 -13 -16.7%
99.
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Rodney
65 new new new
99.
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Warren
65 -31 -41 -38.7%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Sarah
507 +5 +69 +15.8%
2.
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Michelle
489 -1 -39 -7.4%
3.
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Lisa
476 -1 -44 -8.5%
4.
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Nicola
469 -1 -20 -4.1%
5.
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Rachel
454 -2 -35 -7.2%
6.
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Angela
438 -1 -2 -0.5%
7.
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Rebecca
412 +2 +68 +19.8%
8.
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Melanie
349 +9 +100 +40.2%
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Joanne
340 -2 -87 -20.4%
10.
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Tracey
303 -2 -52 -14.6%
11.
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Amanda
298 +3 +23 +8.4%
12.
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Tania
267 0 -22 -7.6%
13.
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Karen
259 -3 -72 -21.8%
14.
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Kim
244 +6 +5 +2.1%
15.
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Fiona
239 +2 -10 -4.0%
16.
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Vanessa
230 -1 -37 -13.9%
17.
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Melissa
229 -4 -59 -20.5%
18.
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Megan
228 +3 -6 -2.6%
19.
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Katrina
227 +16 +50 +28.2%
20.
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Kelly
220 -9 -73 -24.9%
21.
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Anna
219 +6 +18 +9.0%
21.
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Deborah
219 -5 -40 -15.4%
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Kylie
218 +5 +22 +11.2%
24.
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Andrea
215 -1 -5 -2.3%
25.
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Julie
210 -3 -12 -5.4%
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Rachael
210 0 -7 -3.2%
27.
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Elizabeth
202 +6 +21 +11.6%
28.
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Donna
198 -2 -13 -6.2%
29.
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Catherine
193 -10 -54 -21.9%
30.
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Paula
185 -6 -34 -15.5%
31.
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Natasha
183 +7 +13 +7.6%
32.
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Tracy
174 -2 -14 -7.4%
33.
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Emma
169 +23 +46 +37.4%
34.
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Helen
162 -2 -21 -11.5%
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Jennifer
162 -4 -26 -13.8%
36.
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Jane
151 +4 -10 -6.2%
37.
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Shelley
149 +11 +2 +1.4%
38.
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Kirsten
146 +13 +11 +8.1%
39.
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Joanna
145 +6 -7 -4.6%
40.
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Jacqueline
140 -1 -28 -16.7%
41.
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Louise
139 +3 -14 -9.2%
42.
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Rochelle
138 -8 -40 -22.5%
43.
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Victoria
136 +6 -8 -5.6%
44.
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Bridget
135 +18 +28 +26.2%
44.
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Susan
135 -16 -61 -31.1%
46.
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Sharon
134 -9 -37 -21.6%
47.
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Stephanie
133 -4 -22 -14.2%
48.
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Christine
131 -8 -30 -18.6%
49.
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Tina
130 +5 +2 +1.6%
50.
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Katherine
128 +2 -6 -4.5%
51.
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Kathryn
127 -6 -25 -16.4%
52.
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Leanne
125 -16 -50 -28.6%
53.
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Belinda
124 +10 +20 +19.2%
54.
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Wendy
121 -12 -37 -23.4%
55.
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Janine
118 -8 -30 -20.3%
56.
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Justine
114 -1 -13 -10.2%
56.
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Maria
114 +3 0 0.0%
58.
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Suzanne
113 -8 -28 -19.9%
59.
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Nicole
109 +2 0 0.0%
60.
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Bronwyn
107 -3 -15 -12.3%
61.
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Sandra
102 -3 -17 -14.3%
62.
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Kirsty
97 -3 -17 -14.9%
63.
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Claire
93 +10 +10 +12.0%
63.
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Linda
93 +7 +4 +4.5%
63.
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Sally
93 +26 +24 +34.8%
63.
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Teresa
93 -10 -37 -28.5%
67.
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Natalie
92 -3 -7 -7.1%
68.
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Caroline
89 +5 +6 +7.2%
68.
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Toni
89 -4 -10 -10.1%
70.
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Carolyn
87 +9 +7 +8.7%
70.
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Tanya
87 -2 -6 -6.5%
72.
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Robyn
84 +16 +14 +20.0%
73.
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Anita
83 -3 -6 -6.7%
73.
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Carla
83 new new new
75.
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Patricia
82 0 0 0.0%
76.
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Kate
81 +18 +16 +24.6%
76.
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Vicki
81 -1 -1 -1.2%
78.
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Mary
80 -12 -15 -15.8%
79.
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Cherie
79 -12 -15 -16.0%
80.
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Hayley
78 +7 +7 +9.9%
81.
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Heather
72 -6 -10 -12.2%
82.
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Margaret
71 -1 -7 -9.0%
83.
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Alison
68 -1 -8 -10.5%
84.
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Julia
67 +9 0 0.0%
85.
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Annette
66 +4 -3 -4.3%
85.
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Brenda
66 +9 +1 +1.5%
85.
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Kerry
66 0 -6 -8.3%
88.
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Carmen
65 -20 -28 -30.1%
88.
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Charlotte
65 new new new
88.
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Christina
65 +12 +4 +6.6%
88.
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Cindy
65 new new new
88.
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Maree
65 +4 -3 -4.4%
93.
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Sharlene
64 new new new
94.
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Debbie
63 -5 -6 -8.7%
94.
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Philippa
63 -22 -24 -27.6%
94.
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Sheree
63 new new new
94.
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Sonya
63 new new new
98.
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Kathleen
62 new new new
98.
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Kiri
62 new new new
98.
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Stacey
62 +1 0 0.0%