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)
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
2,837 +1
2.
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William
2,815 -1
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Joseph
2,672 0
4.
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Robert
1,725 0
5.
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James
1,529 0
6.
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George
1,315 0
7.
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Donald
1,190 0
8.
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Kenneth
751 +4
9.
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Charles
707 0
10.
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Gordon
693 0
11.
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Thomas
683 0
12.
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Harold
615 +1
13.
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Edward
596 +1
14.
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Arthur
550 +2
15.
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Baby
463 0
16.
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Albert
461 +1
17.
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Norman
448 +3
18.
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Douglas
433 0
19.
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David
431 0
20.
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Frederick
393 +1
21.
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Walter
377 +1
22.
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Jack
351 +4
23.
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Gerald
350 +5
24.
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Ronald
341 +7
25.
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Richard
325 +7
26.
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Roy
324 -1
27.
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Francis
313 -3
28.
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Raymond
307 +6
29.
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Harry
305 -6
30.
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Frank
301 -1
31.
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Stanley
295 -4
32.
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Ernest
278 -2
33.
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Howard
270 +2
34.
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Henry
253 -2
35.
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Leonard
250 +2
36.
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Lloyd
239 0
37.
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Peter
233 +2
38.
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Alfred
221 +3
39.
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Earl
209 +9
39.
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Herbert
209 +2
41.
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Alexander
206 +2
42.
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Clarence
205 +2
43.
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J
204 -35
44.
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Clifford
202 -6
44.
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Wilfred
202 +3
46.
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Ralph
199 0
47.
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Lawrence
198 +2
48.
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Allan
187 -8
49.
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Paul
185 +1
50.
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Bruce
183 -5
51.
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Lorne
160 +6
52.
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Murray
150 +3
53.
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Leslie
147 +6
54.
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Leo
138 +6
54.
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Victor
138 -2
56.
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Michael
133 0
57.
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Bernard
132 -4
58.
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Ross
129 -4
58.
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Russell
129 -7
60.
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Reginald
126 +2
61.
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Edwin
121 +1
62.
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Carl
119 +4
62.
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Hugh
119 +3
62.
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Louis
119 -1
65.
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Cecil
116 -7
66.
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Maurice
113 +7
67.
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Andrew
109 0
68.
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Patrick
105 +2
69.
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Harvey
101 +2
70.
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Alan
100 +7
71.
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Arnold
98 +4
71.
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Keith
98 +4
73.
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Allen
97 +6
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Eric
97 -6
75.
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Philip
96 +8
76.
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Daniel
94 +2
76.
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Samuel
94 -12
78.
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Edgar
90 +4
79.
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Ivan
88 +2
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Jean
88 -10
81.
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Alvin
87 +2
81.
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Wallace
87 -9
83.
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Vernon
86 -4
84.
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Elmer
81 -11
85.
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Fredrick
74 -2
86.
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Fred
71 +5
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Gilbert
71 +12
88.
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Melvin
70 +2
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Percy
67 0
90.
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Sidney
66 -7
91.
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Vincent
61 -4
92.
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Glen
60 new
93.
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Eugene
59 -5
94.
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Stephen
56 new
95.
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Milton
54 0
96.
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Stewart
53 new
96.
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Wilbert
53 -2
98.
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Clayton
51 -5
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Warren
51 new
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Gerard
50 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
2,394 0
2.
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Marie
2,045 +1
3.
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Margaret
1,604 -1
4.
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Dorothy
1,235 0
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Helen
1,014 +1
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Jean
781 +1
7.
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Doris
599 +1
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Marion
586 +2
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Betty
560 +4
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Shirley
541 +8
11.
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Ruth
516 -2
12.
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Elizabeth
504 -1
13.
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Audrey
491 -1
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Marjorie
440 +1
15.
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Florence
425 -1
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Evelyn
398 0
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Annie
396 +2
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Norma
392 +2
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Kathleen
388 +1
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Lillian
350 +9
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M
350 -15
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Baby
347 -6
23.
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Irene
338 0
24.
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June
333 +8
25.
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Alice
328 -3
26.
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Barbara
312 +12
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Muriel
308 +1
28.
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Mildred
301 -3
29.
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Gladys
296 -3
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Joan
292 +6
31.
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Frances
282 -7
32.
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Edith
277 -5
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Edna
268 -2
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Joyce
266 +17
35.
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Lois
250 +1
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Phyllis
250 -5
37.
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Anna
245 -4
38.
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Catherine
236 +4
39.
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Eleanor
235 -5
40.
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Ethel
232 0
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Grace
232 -1
42.
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Eileen
230 -1
43.
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Patricia
228 +6
44.
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Elsie
225 +4
45.
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Hazel
224 -10
46.
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Doreen
220 +1
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Agnes
218 -1
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Beatrice
211 -4
49.
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Vera
209 +3
50.
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Violet
204 -5
51.
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Bernice
198 +4
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Rose
184 +7
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Gloria
181 +13
54.
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Rita
180 +7
55.
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Thelma
176 -13
56.
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Olive
174 -7
57.
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Eva
170 -3
58.
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Gertrude
158 -5
59.
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Verna
156 +4
60.
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Ruby
155 0
61.
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Marguerite
142 -6
62.
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Hilda
141 +2
63.
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Laura
131 -6
64.
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Reta
128 +2
65.
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Jessie
125 -3
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Mabel
125 +1
67.
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Pearl
122 +4
68.
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Sarah
117 +1
69.
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Ellen
106 -4
70.
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Viola
102 +6
71.
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Myrtle
101 -13
72.
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Bertha
98 +4
73.
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Ida
97 -3
74.
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Stella
96 +13
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Clara
94 +5
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Gwendolyn
93 new
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Josephine
93 -4
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Velma
93 +3
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Marjory
91 +2
80.
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Lorna
90 -6
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Maria
90 -2
82.
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Geraldine
89 +5
83.
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Marian
88 +3
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Winnifred
88 0
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Nellie
86 new
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Olga
86 +8
85.
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Pauline
86 +6
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Janet
85 +10
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Vivian
84 -5
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May
83 +3
91.
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Wilma
82 +5
92.
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Alma
79 -17
93.
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Constance
78 -3
94.
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Katherine
77 new
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Nora
77 -12
96.
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Virginia
76 new
97.
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Bessie
75 new
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Georgina
75 +3
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Anne
73 new
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Isabel
73 -26