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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Robert		 3,995 0
2.
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John		 3,863 0
3.
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Joseph		 3,243 0
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David		 3,074 0
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William		 2,718 0
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James		 2,619 0
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Richard		 1,976 0
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Michael		 1,758 +1
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Donald		 1,693 -1
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Ronald		 1,503 0
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Brian		 1,390 +1
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Kenneth		 1,355 -1
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Douglas		 1,275 0
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Thomas		 1,216 0
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Paul		 1,202 0
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Gary		 1,125 +2
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Peter		 950 -1
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George		 851 -1
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Wayne		 810 +1
20.
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Larry		 759 +1
21.
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Edward		 745 +1
22.
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Gordon		 728 -3
23.
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Daniel		 718 +3
24.
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Charles		 687 0
25.
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Bruce		 676 -2
26.
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Dennis		 659 +2
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Stephen		 632 0
28.
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Gerald		 618 -3
29.
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Raymond		 495 0
30.
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Gregory		 480 +4
31.
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Allan		 469 0
32.
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Patrick		 448 +1
33.
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Lawrence		 443 -3
34.
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Barry		 423 -2
35.
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Baby		 377 +2
36.
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Mark		 357 +16
37.
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Frederick		 355 -1
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Norman		 354 -3
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Alan		 334 0
40.
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Steven		 317 +5
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Roger		 305 -2
42.
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Christopher		 283 +6
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Garry		 278 -4
44.
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Keith		 277 -2
45.
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Glen		 275 +13
46.
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Harold		 268 +1
47.
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Eric		 262 +8
48.
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Philip		 261 -4
49.
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Arthur		 259 -11
50.
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Terry		 256 0
51.
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Leonard		 251 -8
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Ian		 248 -4
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Walter		 246 +4
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Murray		 244 -3
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Timothy		 234 +5
56.
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Frank		 233 -3
57.
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Stanley		 227 -4
58.
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Francis		 217 -2
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Glenn		 216 0
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Leslie		 211 +5
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Roy		 210 -15
62.
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Andrew		 209 +9
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Albert		 207 +7
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Ralph		 204 -2
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Ross		 193 +2
66.
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Harry		 191 -4
67.
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Terrance		 174 -6
68.
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Bryan		 169 -6
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Jack		 169 +14
70.
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Alexander		 167 -2
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Martin		 167 +17
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Clifford		 162 +7
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Ernest		 160 +3
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Dale		 159 -5
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Howard		 159 -8
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Allen		 155 -2
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Lloyd		 153 -1
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Terrence		 149 0
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Neil		 145 -7
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Randall		 144 +13
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Carl		 141 -6
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Lorne		 141 -8
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Victor		 134 0
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Anthony		 132 -3
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Danny		 131 0
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Henry		 128 -2
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Terence		 127 +11
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Russell		 126 -8
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Grant		 121 -1
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Bernard		 118 +5
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Denis		 114 +5
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Earl		 114 +6
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Alfred		 113 -5
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Rodney		 111 -3
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Jeffrey		 107 new
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Roderick		 107 new
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Craig		 103 new
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Micheal		 102 +1
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Fredrick		 101 new
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Harvey		 101 new
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Herbert		 101 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Linda		 2,923 0
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Mary		 2,688 0
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Marie		 2,467 0
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Susan		 1,788 0
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Patricia		 1,665 +1
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Barbara		 1,530 -1
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Margaret		 1,356 0
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Judith		 1,226 0
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Sharon		 1,165 0
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Donna		 1,123 0
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Carol		 1,080 0
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Nancy		 1,050 +1
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Brenda		 1,040 +2
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Sandra		 997 -2
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Elizabeth		 865 -1
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Catherine		 841 +1
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Karen		 822 -1
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Shirley		 699 0
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Wendy		 692 +1
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Janet		 680 +1
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Bonnie		 646 +2
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Diane		 641 -3
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Janice		 629 +5
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Marilyn		 618 0
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Deborah		 583 +15
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Joan		 565 0
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Lynda		 565 -4
28.
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Heather		 557 -1
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Gail		 465 -4
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Kathleen		 447 -1
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Helen		 426 -1
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Jane		 400 +4
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Cheryl		 387 -2
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Dianne		 378 +5
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Maureen		 374 0
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Joanne		 368 -2
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Ruth		 361 -4
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Valerie		 354 -6
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Beverley		 348 +13
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Kathryn		 345 +7
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Christine		 341 +1
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Pamela		 332 +1
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Judy		 325 +2
44.
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Darlene		 323 +11
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Dorothy		 320 -7
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Anne		 319 +12
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Betty		 311 -6
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Beverly		 307 +2
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Sheila		 302 -12
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Elaine		 300 0
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Carolyn		 298 -7
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Gloria		 283 -3
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Lynn		 277 +10
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Frances		 275 -8
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Marlene		 274 +1
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Katherine		 273 +10
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Suzanne		 271 -9
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Jean		 268 -1
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Joyce		 266 +1
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Diana		 255 +1
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Lorraine		 255 -7
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Irene		 250 +13
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Lois		 237 +2
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Baby		 236 -5
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Jacqueline		 234 -12
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Colleen		 221 +7
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Marion		 217 -5
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Ann		 212 -4
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Louise		 210 -2
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Laura		 205 +12
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Theresa		 185 -2
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Rosemary		 181 +2
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Constance		 177 -5
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Norma		 172 -2
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Arlene		 167 +21
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Evelyn		 161 -6
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Ellen		 160 +13
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Rose		 156 0
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Lynne		 153 -8
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Marjorie		 152 -1
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Pauline		 151 0
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Jennifer		 148 +14
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June		 148 +10
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Rita		 146 new
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Phyllis		 145 -8
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Virginia		 145 -1
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Doreen		 142 0
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Teresa		 141 -1
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Denise		 140 +7
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Wanda		 139 new
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Leslie		 135 -4
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Sylvia		 135 -15
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Victoria		 131 -13
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Cynthia		 130 -1
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Yvonne		 130 new
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Alice		 129 -13
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Penny		 126 -4
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Doris		 123 +2
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Eleanor		 123 -7
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Geraldine		 123 new
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Lorna		 123 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada