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 · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Alan		 95 +2
26.
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Albert		 246 -1
59.
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Alexander		 110 -12
48.
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Alfred		 139 -3
28.
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Allan		 220 +10
78.
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Allen		 79 -2
89.
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Alvin		 62 +2
73.
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Andrew		 82 -2
89.
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Anthony		 62 new
80.
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Arnold		 77 -7
25.
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Arthur		 273 -4
38.
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Baby		 171 -11
67.
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Barry		 94 +21
54.
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Bernard		 122 +1
71.
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Brian		 87 +23
31.
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Bruce		 208 0
45.
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Carl		 159 +2
84.
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Cecil		 71 -6
12.
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Charles		 553 0
64.
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Clarence		 98 -18
44.
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Clifford		 162 -2
52.
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Daniel		 127 +1
10.
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David		 645 +1
69.
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Dennis		 91 +6
6.
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Donald		 1,536 0
13.
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Douglas		 528 0
46.
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Earl		 140 +12
14.
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Edward		 516 +1
80.
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Edwin		 77 -3
83.
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Eric		 72 0
43.
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Ernest		 163 -7
92.
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Eugene		 61 +5
31.
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Francis		 208 +1
30.
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Frank		 210 0
98.
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Fred		 53 new
24.
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Frederick		 278 -2
78.
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Fredrick		 79 +4
40.
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Gary		 166 +12
8.
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George		 934 0
16.
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Gerald		 473 +1
87.
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Glen		 66 -2
82.
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Glenn		 74 -9
15.
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Gordon		 482 -1
99.
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Grant		 50 -4
20.
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Harold		 341 -2
35.
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Harry		 190 -2
62.
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Harvey		 102 +1
40.
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Henry		 166 -1
49.
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Herbert		 138 -5
39.
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Howard		 169 +12
68.
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Hugh		 93 -6
97.
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Ian		 57 -8
92.
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Ivan		 61 -7
37.
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Jack		 179 0
5.
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James		 1,583 0
60.
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Jean		 105 +10
2.
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John		 2,395 0
1.
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Joseph		 2,730 0
56.
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Keith		 117 0
9.
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Kenneth		 685 0
88.
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Larry		 64 new
27.
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Lawrence		 221 +2
61.
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Leo		 103 +8
42.
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Leonard		 165 -7
73.
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Leslie		 82 -9
46.
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Lloyd		 140 +3
63.
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Lorne		 99 -4
77.
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Louis		 81 +2
94.
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Martin		 60 +3
73.
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Marvin		 82 +8
65.
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Maurice		 97 -4
89.
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Melvin		 62 0
34.
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Michael		 193 +6
51.
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Murray		 132 -10
85.
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Neil		 69 -2
18.
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Norman		 351 +1
50.
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Patrick		 134 +7
22.
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Paul		 291 +1
21.
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Peter		 338 +5
85.
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Philip		 69 -19
36.
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Ralph		 189 +7
19.
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Raymond		 348 +1
73.
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Reginald		 82 -7
17.
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Richard		 417 -1
4.
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Robert		 1,987 0
58.
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Roger		 114 +2
95.
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Roland		 59 new
7.
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Ronald		 1,176 0
55.
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Ross		 119 -6
33.
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Roy		 196 -5
70.
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Russell		 88 -6
72.
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Samuel		 83 +8
28.
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Stanley		 220 +6
11.
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Thomas		 578 -1
53.
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Victor		 126 +1
23.
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Walter		 285 0
100.
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Warren		 49 new
96.
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Wayne		 58 -3
57.
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Wilfred		 115 +14
3.
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William		 2,111 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
56.
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Agnes		 122 +7
29.
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Alice		 220 -1
56.
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Ann		 122 -3
49.
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Anna		 156 -11
48.
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Anne		 158 +7
50.
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Annie		 143 -14
72.
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Arlene		 92 +8
22.
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Audrey		 267 -3
47.
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Baby		 162 -3
5.
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Barbara		 1,016 0
64.
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Beatrice		 108 -1
59.
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Bernice		 120 -1
11.
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Betty		 450 +1
25.
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Beverley		 238 +7
42.
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Beverly		 170 +4
37.
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Carol		 188 -1
28.
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Catherine		 221 +7
67.
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Constance		 97 +6
98.
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Diane		 67 new
17.
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Donna		 326 +3
24.
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Doreen		 246 -1
26.
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Doris		 237 -5
9.
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Dorothy		 589 0
38.
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Edith		 187 -5
50.
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Edna		 143 +10
53.
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Eileen		 134 +9
78.
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Elaine		 85 +6
31.
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Eleanor		 212 0
10.
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Elizabeth		 514 0
83.
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Ellen		 82 -6
58.
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Elsie		 121 -5
71.
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Ethel		 94 -6
78.
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Eva		 85 +2
27.
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Evelyn		 230 -2
31.
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Florence		 212 -5
23.
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Frances		 252 +4
67.
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Geraldine		 97 +6
72.
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Gertrude		 92 +17
66.
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Gladys		 98 -18
41.
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Gloria		 175 +1
46.
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Grace		 163 +2
93.
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Gwendolyn		 70 -1
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Hazel		 73 -23
8.
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Helen		 694 -1
34.
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Irene		 199 -4
55.
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Jacqueline		 127 0
81.
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Jane		 83 +8
45.
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Janet		 166 -3
13.
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Jean		 425 -2
100.
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Jessie		 65 -12
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Joan		 880 0
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Joanne		 77 -10
89.
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Josephine		 75 -9
15.
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Joyce		 377 -2
70.
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Judith		 95 new
19.
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June		 279 -1
93.
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Katherine		 70 new
35.
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Kathleen		 196 -6
85.
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Laura		 80 -9
36.
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Lillian		 191 -2
18.
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Lois		 292 -1
75.
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Lorna		 88 -5
62.
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Lorraine		 112 -5
86.
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Louise		 79 -1
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Margaret		 1,193 0
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Marguerite		 73 -16
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Marian		 78 +9
1.
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Marie		 2,287 +1
12.
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Marilyn		 433 +4
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Marina		 69 new
14.
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Marion		 388 +1
21.
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Marjorie		 270 +3
40.
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Marlene		 181 +7
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Mary		 2,210 -1
81.
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Maureen		 83 +5
61.
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Mildred		 117 -10
54.
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Muriel		 129 -2
30.
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Nancy		 216 +8
20.
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Norma		 275 +2
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Olga		 66 new
7.
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Patricia		 719 +1
69.
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Pauline		 96 +10
44.
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Phyllis		 167 -3
60.
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Rita		 119 +7
93.
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Roberta		 70 new
39.
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Rose		 185 +6
74.
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Ruby		 89 -4
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Ruth		 360 -2
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Sandra		 85 new
97.
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Sarah		 68 new
33.
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Sheila		 205 +17
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Shirley		 1,710 0
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Sylvia		 170 -2
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Thelma		 86 +6
75.
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Theresa		 88 -9
84.
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Vera		 81 -15
65.
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Verna		 103 +7
63.
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Violet		 111 -5
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Wilma		 75 -2
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Yvonne		 135 +8
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Popularity extremes for Canada