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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William		 2,863 +1
47.
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Wilfred		 195 -1
94.
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Wilbert		 57 -15
22.
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Walter		 379 -1
72.
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Wallace		 98 -6
87.
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Vincent		 65 +12
52.
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Victor		 158 +1
79.
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Vernon		 73 -4
11.
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Thomas		 711 -1
96.
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Stuart		 55 new
27.
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Stanley		 322 +1
83.
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Sidney		 69 +10
64.
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Samuel		 118 -4
51.
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Russell		 166 +7
25.
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Roy		 329 -1
54.
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Ross		 148 0
31.
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Ronald		 285 +3
4.
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Robert		 1,670 0
32.
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Richard		 283 +4
62.
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Reginald		 122 +2
34.
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Raymond		 278 -3
46.
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Ralph		 197 -2
83.
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Philip		 69 +3
39.
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Peter		 227 +8
89.
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Percy		 62 -6
50.
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Paul		 174 -1
70.
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Patrick		 105 +7
20.
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Norman		 410 -2
98.
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Nelson		 54 new
55.
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Murray		 145 -4
96.
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Morris		 55 -5
95.
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Milton		 56 new
56.
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Michael		 138 -4
90.
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Melvin		 60 +4
73.
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Maurice		 94 -2
61.
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Louis		 128 +2
57.
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Lorne		 137 0
36.
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Lloyd		 244 -10
59.
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Leslie		 131 +1
37.
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Leonard		 240 -1
60.
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Leo		 129 -6
49.
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Lawrence		 177 -1
12.
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Kenneth		 703 +1
75.
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Keith		 91 -3
3.
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Joseph		 1,834 +4
2.
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John		 2,839 -1
69.
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Jean		 109 +4
5.
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James		 1,607 0
26.
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Jack		 325 +1
8.
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J		 1,042 -5
81.
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Ivan		 72 +7
65.
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Hugh		 117 0
35.
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Howard		 249 -7
41.
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Herbert		 216 -5
32.
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Henry		 283 +3
71.
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Harvey		 101 -2
23.
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Harry		 340 +1
13.
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Harold		 661 -1
10.
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Gordon		 737 +1
100.
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Glenn		 53 new
98.
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Gilbert		 54 -8
28.
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Gerald		 318 +5
6.
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George		 1,330 0
91.
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Garnet		 59 -2
83.
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Fredrick		 69 +4
21.
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Frederick		 403 -1
91.
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Fred		 59 +7
29.
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Frank		 311 +3
24.
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Francis		 335 -1
88.
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Eugene		 64 -7
30.
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Ernest		 287 0
67.
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Eric		 110 +12
73.
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Elmer		 94 +1
62.
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Edwin		 122 +5
14.
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Edward		 592 0
82.
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Edgar		 71 +1
48.
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Earl		 185 -7
18.
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Douglas		 459 +1
7.
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Donald		 1,086 +1
19.
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David		 418 +3
78.
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Daniel		 80 -10
38.
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Clifford		 229 +7
93.
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Clayton		 58 new
44.
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Clarence		 204 -4
9.
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Charles		 749 0
58.
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Cecil		 133 -2
66.
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Carl		 115 -4
45.
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Bruce		 203 -2
53.
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Bernard		 153 +6
15.
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Baby		 528 0
16.
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Arthur		 525 0
75.
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Arnold		 91 +3
67.
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Andrew		 110 +3
83.
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Alvin		 69 +2
79.
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Allen		 73 -3
40.
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Allan		 220 +10
41.
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Alfred		 216 -5
43.
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Alexander		 210 -1
17.
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Albert		 497 0
77.
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Alan		 87 +4
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
83.
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Winnifred		 91 -7
96.
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Wilma		 76 new
84.
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Vivian		 90 -4
45.
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Violet		 223 -7
76.
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Viola		 100 -1
63.
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Verna		 142 -7
52.
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Vera		 197 -11
79.
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Velma		 98 +11
42.
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Thelma		 227 +4
87.
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Stella		 85 -3
18.
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Shirley		 411 +4
69.
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Sarah		 128 0
9.
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Ruth		 629 0
60.
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Ruby		 156 -10
59.
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Rose		 158 -3
61.
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Rita		 153 -12
66.
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Reta		 134 0
30.
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Phyllis		 300 +1
71.
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Pearl		 121 -1
91.
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Pauline		 83 -14
49.
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Patricia		 208 +13
49.
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Olive		 208 -2
93.
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Olga		 79 +2
20.
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Norma		 376 +3
82.
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Nora		 92 +4
92.
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Nancy		 80 +8
58.
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Myrtle		 159 +6
28.
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Muriel		 314 0
25.
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Mildred		 339 0
93.
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May		 79 -2
1.
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Mary		 2,493 0
87.
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Martha		 85 +13
81.
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Marjory		 94 -10
15.
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Marjorie		 443 0
10.
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Marion		 581 0
3.
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Marie		 1,318 +3
86.
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Marian		 86 -3
78.
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Maria		 99 -1
55.
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Marguerite		 170 -8
2.
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Margaret		 1,606 +1
96.
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Madeline		 76 -5
66.
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Mabel		 134 -8
5.
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M		 1,133 -3
74.
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Lorna		 103 +24
36.
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Lois		 249 +23
29.
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Lillian		 309 -1
57.
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Laura		 160 +2
20.
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Kathleen		 376 0
32.
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June		 281 +10
51.
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Joyce		 206 0
72.
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Josephine		 114 +19
36.
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Joan		 249 +9
62.
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Jessie		 151 0
7.
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Jean		 703 0
98.
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Janet		 75 -19
73.
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Isabel		 112 new
100.
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Iris		 74 new
23.
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Irene		 352 -5
70.
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Ida		 126 -2
64.
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Hilda		 140 0
6.
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Helen		 1,049 -1
35.
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Hazel		 252 +1
39.
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Grace		 238 -9
66.
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Gloria		 134 +7
26.
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Gladys		 324 -5
53.
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Gertrude		 175 +1
87.
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Geraldine		 85 new
100.
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Georgina		 74 new
24.
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Frances		 342 0
14.
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Florence		 450 -2
16.
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Evelyn		 417 +3
54.
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Eva		 174 -2
40.
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Ethel		 234 -6
98.
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Emily		 75 -2
48.
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Elsie		 211 -9
65.
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Ellen		 138 +2
11.
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Elizabeth		 549 0
34.
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Eleanor		 256 +19
41.
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Eileen		 228 +1
31.
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Edna		 293 +1
27.
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Edith		 321 -1
4.
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Dorothy		 1,281 0
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Doris		 677 0
47.
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Doreen		 213 +14
85.
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Dora		 87 +1
90.
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Constance		 84 +7
80.
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Clara		 95 -8
42.
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Catherine		 227 -5
13.
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Betty		 469 +2
76.
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Bertha		 100 -2
55.
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Bernice		 170 0
44.
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Beatrice		 225 -9
38.
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Barbara		 240 +1
16.
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Baby		 417 +1
12.
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Audrey		 500 +1
19.
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Annie		 401 -5
33.
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Anna		 259 0
75.
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Alma		 102 +5
22.
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Alice		 355 +5
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Agnes		 217 -2
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Ada		 79 new
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