Popular Names in Canada (Ontario and BC)

This is a combination of the provincial statistics from Ontario (Government and Consumer Services) and British Columbia (Vital Statistics Agency)
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 63 -2
16.
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Albert		 573 -1
41.
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Alexander		 235 -7
29.
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Alfred		 309 +2
43.
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Allan		 209 +5
73.
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Allen		 104 +2
78.
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Alvin		 89 +3
58.
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Andrew		 148 +7
98.
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Angus		 56 new
95.
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Archibald		 61 +2
78.
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Arnold		 89 -8
14.
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Arthur		 614 -2
55.
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Bernard		 152 +8
53.
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Bruce		 154 +5
68.
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Carl		 116 -1
49.
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Cecil		 171 0
9.
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Charles		 915 -2
39.
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Clarence		 244 -3
100.
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Clayton		 53 0
37.
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Clifford		 255 +1
90.
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Cyril		 66 0
76.
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Daniel		 96 -5
20.
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David		 443 +1
8.
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Donald		 933 0
18.
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Douglas		 498 +1
38.
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Earl		 251 +3
82.
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Edgar		 79 0
15.
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Edward		 605 -2
66.
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Edwin		 126 -10
67.
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Elmer		 119 +12
75.
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Eric		 97 -9
28.
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Ernest		 333 0
91.
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Eugene		 65 -8
22.
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Francis		 395 +3
27.
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Frank		 345 0
84.
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Fred		 77 +6
19.
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Frederick		 485 -3
89.
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Fredrick		 67 -1
6.
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George		 1,428 0
32.
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Gerald		 287 +6
94.
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Gilbert		 62 -7
99.
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Glen		 54 new
12.
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Gordon		 714 -1
11.
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Harold		 754 -1
23.
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Harry		 378 -1
64.
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Harvey		 128 -2
33.
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Henry		 286 -3
36.
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Herbert		 259 -1
35.
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Howard		 271 -2
51.
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Hugh		 158 +2
80.
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Ivan		 83 +10
7.
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J		 936 -4
25.
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Jack		 370 -2
5.
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James		 1,588 -1
73.
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Jean		 104 +11
1.
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John		 3,079 0
3.
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Joseph		 1,951 +14
87.
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Keith		 72 -10
13.
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Kenneth		 620 +1
46.
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Lawrence		 198 -2
65.
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Leo		 127 -4
40.
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Leonard		 236 0
61.
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Leslie		 139 -7
88.
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Lewis		 69 +8
26.
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Lloyd		 346 0
52.
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Lorne		 157 -2
56.
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Louis		 149 +4
70.
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Maurice		 108 +4
95.
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Melvin		 61 -6
50.
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Michael		 166 +9
97.
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Morris		 59 new
63.
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Murray		 133 +1
17.
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Norman		 513 +1
69.
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Patrick		 111 -1
60.
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Paul		 147 -10
81.
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Percy		 81 -9
44.
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Peter		 207 +2
71.
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Philip		 105 +2
47.
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Ralph		 190 -3
34.
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Raymond		 283 +3
62.
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Reginald		 134 -7
30.
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Richard		 289 +2
4.
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Robert		 1,618 +1
42.
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Ronald		 233 +1
56.
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Ross		 149 +12
24.
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Roy		 374 0
48.
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Russell		 179 -1
58.
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Samuel		 148 -1
82.
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Sidney		 79 -3
31.
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Stanley		 288 -2
92.
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Stephen		 63 +8
10.
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Thomas		 847 -1
77.
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Vernon		 94 0
53.
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Victor		 154 -1
86.
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Vincent		 74 0
71.
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Wallace		 105 +4
21.
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Walter		 426 -1
85.
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Wilbert		 75 +9
45.
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Wilfred		 201 -4
2.
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William		 2,955 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
92.
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Ada		 82 -10
43.
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Agnes		 219 -2
17.
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Alice		 435 +2
75.
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Alma		 121 -4
41.
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Anna		 230 -5
14.
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Annie		 458 +1
23.
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Audrey		 390 +3
46.
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Barbara		 211 +8
32.
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Beatrice		 280 +1
59.
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Bernice		 151 +11
73.
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Bertha		 122 -7
85.
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Bessie		 94 -8
30.
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Betty		 284 +13
97.
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Blanche		 75 -5
34.
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Catherine		 273 +5
97.
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Charlotte		 75 new
64.
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Clara		 144 -4
76.
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Constance		 118 +12
85.
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Dora		 94 +6
77.
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Doreen		 101 new
8.
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Doris		 609 0
3.
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Dorothy		 1,413 0
16.
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Edith		 448 +2
22.
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Edna		 394 -2
38.
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Eileen		 240 +4
43.
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Eleanor		 219 +7
12.
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Elizabeth		 491 -2
81.
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Ella		 97 +6
68.
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Ellen		 133 -10
36.
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Elsie		 258 -5
87.
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Emma		 86 +13
89.
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Esther		 83 +5
29.
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Ethel		 288 -6
40.
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Eva		 233 +5
18.
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Evelyn		 429 -5
10.
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Florence		 564 -1
24.
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Frances		 368 +5
77.
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Francis		 101 new
97.
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Geraldine		 75 new
48.
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Gertrude		 203 -10
21.
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Gladys		 406 -4
27.
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Grace		 344 +1
35.
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Hazel		 271 -5
5.
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Helen		 1,159 -1
55.
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Hilda		 173 -6
65.
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Ida		 139 0
20.
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Irene		 410 -6
94.
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Isabel		 80 -16
88.
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Janet		 84 -8
7.
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Jean		 712 -1
97.
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Jennie		 75 new
52.
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Jessie		 178 -4
61.
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Joan		 149 -8
80.
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Josephine		 99 -5
65.
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Joyce		 139 +7
63.
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June		 145 +1
15.
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Kathleen		 451 -3
58.
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Laura		 165 -1
95.
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Leona		 79 new
83.
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Lilian		 95 -4
25.
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Lillian		 362 -4
62.
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Lois		 148 +14
93.
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Lorna		 81 new
6.
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M		 905 -5
54.
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Mabel		 175 -8
89.
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Madeline		 83 +8
2.
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Margaret		 1,936 0
47.
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Marguerite		 209 -3
79.
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Maria		 100 +11
96.
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Marian		 76 +1
4.
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Marie		 1,350 +23
11.
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Marion		 530 0
13.
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Marjorie		 479 +3
69.
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Marjory		 130 0
1.
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Mary		 2,599 +4
83.
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May		 95 -10
19.
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Mildred		 411 +3
26.
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Muriel		 361 -2
51.
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Myrtle		 186 +5
71.
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Nellie		 124 +12
82.
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Nora		 96 +4
37.
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Norma		 254 0
38.
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Olive		 240 -4
50.
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Patricia		 189 +11
89.
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Pauline		 83 +4
56.
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Pearl		 166 -4
31.
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Phyllis		 282 +1
70.
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Reta		 129 +3
49.
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Rita		 199 +2
56.
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Rose		 166 +7
45.
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Ruby		 215 +2
9.
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Ruth		 571 -2
67.
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Sarah		 138 -5
53.
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Shirley		 177 +5
32.
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Thelma		 280 +8
42.
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Vera		 228 -7
59.
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Verna		 151 -4
73.
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Viola		 122 -7
28.
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Violet		 297 -3
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Winnifred		 123 -4
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Popularity extremes for Canada