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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Joseph
2,818 0
2.
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John
2,808 0
3.
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William
2,637 0
4.
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Robert
2,049 0
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Donald
1,692 +1
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James
1,556 -1
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George
1,128 0
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Ronald
869 +1
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Kenneth
767 -1
10.
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Charles
642 0
11.
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Edward
622 +1
12.
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Thomas
613 -1
13.
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Gordon
612 +1
14.
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David
580 -1
15.
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Douglas
559 +1
16.
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Gerald
451 +3
16.
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Harold
451 -2
18.
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Richard
447 +2
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Norman
400 -1
20.
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Arthur
396 -3
21.
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Albert
395 +1
22.
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Raymond
364 +1
23.
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Walter
356 +1
24.
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Frederick
341 -3
25.
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Stanley
317 +1
26.
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Peter
280 +5
27.
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Roy
272 -2
28.
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Jack
263 +1
29.
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Allan
254 +4
30.
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Francis
251 -3
31.
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Baby
247 +3
31.
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Paul
247 +7
33.
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Frank
246 -5
34.
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Lawrence
231 -2
35.
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Harry
222 -5
36.
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Howard
214 0
37.
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Ernest
212 0
38.
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Leonard
211 +3
39.
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Bruce
202 +1
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Henry
202 0
41.
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Lloyd
200 +1
42.
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Alfred
199 +2
43.
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Ralph
167 -8
44.
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Alexander
166 +3
44.
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Earl
166 +1
46.
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Clifford
164 -3
46.
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Michael
164 +2
48.
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Murray
153 -2
49.
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Clarence
146 +12
50.
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Herbert
139 +3
51.
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Ross
136 0
51.
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Victor
136 -1
53.
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Keith
135 +2
54.
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Carl
132 -5
55.
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Lorne
127 +2
56.
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Patrick
125 +7
57.
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Louis
124 +5
58.
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Leo
123 +5
59.
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Bernard
122 -2
60.
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Daniel
116 +9
61.
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Wilfred
115 -9
62.
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Leslie
112 +10
63.
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Andrew
110 +8
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Russell
110 +5
65.
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Maurice
108 -8
66.
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Alan
105 -1
67.
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Edwin
102 +5
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Reginald
102 -7
69.
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Hugh
101 -15
70.
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Samuel
97 -5
71.
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Harvey
96 -15
72.
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Philip
89 +6
73.
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Allen
85 +2
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Jean
85 +3
75.
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Fredrick
84 +4
76.
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Cecil
80 -9
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Glen
75 -7
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Eugene
73 +6
79.
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Arnold
69 -5
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Roger
69 +1
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Wallace
66 +5
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Stephen
65 +14
83.
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Neil
64 +17
84.
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Alvin
62 +5
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Eric
62 -2
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Ivan
62 -8
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Melvin
62 -3
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Glenn
61 new
89.
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Vernon
57 -5
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Anthony
56 +8
91.
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Dennis
55 -9
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Floyd
55 -2
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Gilbert
55 +2
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Elmer
54 -8
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Malcolm
54 new
96.
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Morris
52 -3
97.
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Laurence
50 new
98.
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Edgar
49 -7
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Ian
49 new
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Infant
47 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Mary
2,478 0
2.
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Marie
2,149 0
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Margaret
1,420 0
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Shirley
984 0
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Helen
899 +1
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Dorothy
871 -1
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Joan
860 +1
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Barbara
839 +1
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Betty
708 -2
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Elizabeth
631 +1
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Jean
607 -1
12.
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Patricia
563 +3
13.
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Joyce
540 +1
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Ruth
506 -2
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Marion
446 -2
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Doris
407 +2
17.
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June
402 0
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Audrey
399 -2
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Norma
381 +2
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Doreen
370 -1
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Lois
350 +1
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Marjorie
321 -2
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Evelyn
316 0
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Florence
303 +1
25.
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Irene
290 -1
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Annie
288 +3
27.
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Kathleen
275 +4
28.
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Frances
267 -2
29.
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Alice
261 -2
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Eleanor
250 0
31.
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Lillian
235 -3
32.
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Gloria
230 +8
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Donna
225 +13
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Marilyn
218 +8
35.
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Catherine
209 +1
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Edith
209 0
37.
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Gladys
203 0
38.
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Grace
202 +1
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Phyllis
201 -7
40.
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Anna
196 -8
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Rose
196 +1
42.
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Muriel
192 -8
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Edna
191 +1
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Mildred
191 -5
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Bernice
187 0
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Baby
181 +5
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Violet
170 0
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Rita
168 +6
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Eileen
166 -1
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Elsie
164 -7
51.
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Beverley
162 +2
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Beatrice
159 0
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Nancy
157 +1
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Agnes
155 -5
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Anne
137 +16
56.
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Theresa
136 +3
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Thelma
133 0
58.
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Ethel
131 -8
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Lorraine
131 -2
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Janet
129 +8
61.
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Yvonne
122 +14
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Vera
120 -1
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Marguerite
119 0
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Hazel
118 -6
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Jacqueline
115 -1
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Laura
115 +12
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Ellen
112 +14
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Gertrude
109 +12
69.
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Geraldine
108 -2
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Lorna
108 +4
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Ann
107 +25
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Clara
105 +1
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Pauline
105 0
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Sheila
105 -4
75.
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Eva
104 -15
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Ruby
100 -8
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Verna
98 -13
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Constance
97 new
79.
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Josephine
96 -13
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Marian
96 +3
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Hilda
95 -2
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Olive
94 -7
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Reta
90 +2
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Velma
90 +15
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Vivian
88 new
86.
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Beverly
87 0
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Virginia
87 new
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Jessie
84 -11
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Mabel
83 +4
90.
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Stella
81 +3
91.
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Dolores
78 -29
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Viola
78 new
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Gwendolyn
76 -7
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Wilma
76 +3
95.
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Olga
75 -6
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Sylvia
74 new
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Maria
73 -14
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Leona
71 -3
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May
70 0
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Myrtle
69 -16