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
2,930 0
2.
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William
2,809 0
3.
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Robert
1,583 +1
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Joseph
1,578 -1
5.
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James
1,497 0
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George
1,392 0
7.
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J
1,113 0
8.
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Donald
926 0
9.
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Charles
820 0
10.
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Gordon
726 +2
11.
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Harold
711 0
12.
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Thomas
683 -2
13.
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Kenneth
659 0
14.
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Arthur
646 0
15.
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Edward
579 0
16.
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Albert
487 0
17.
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Norman
474 0
18.
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Frederick
433 +1
19.
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Douglas
417 -1
20.
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David
395 0
21.
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Walter
387 0
22.
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Harry
384 +1
23.
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Jack
368 +2
24.
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Francis
365 -2
25.
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Roy
349 -1
26.
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Lloyd
322 0
27.
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Ernest
316 +1
28.
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Frank
302 -1
29.
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Raymond
301 +5
30.
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Richard
297 0
31.
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Stanley
285 0
32.
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Henry
279 +1
33.
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Alfred
259 -4
34.
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Leonard
246 +6
35.
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Howard
238 0
36.
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Gerald
235 -4
37.
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Clarence
232 +2
38.
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Herbert
229 -2
39.
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Earl
228 -1
40.
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Ronald
225 +2
41.
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Clifford
222 -4
42.
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Wilfred
216 +3
43.
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Allan
207 0
44.
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Alexander
205 -3
45.
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Peter
199 -1
46.
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Ralph
189 +1
47.
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Lawrence
185 -1
48.
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Leslie
176 +13
49.
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Bruce
174 +4
50.
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Russell
151 -2
51.
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Paul
150 +9
52.
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Hugh
148 -1
53.
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Louis
146 +3
54.
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Ross
145 +2
55.
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Bernard
142 0
56.
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Michael
140 -6
57.
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Victor
139 -4
58.
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Leo
136 +7
58.
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Murray
136 +5
60.
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Reginald
134 +2
61.
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Lorne
127 -9
62.
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Patrick
125 +7
63.
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Cecil
124 -14
64.
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Harvey
121 0
65.
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Baby
118 new
66.
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Carl
116 +2
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Samuel
116 -8
68.
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Edwin
108 -2
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Vernon
108 +9
70.
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Andrew
106 -12
71.
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Fredrick
103 +18
72.
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Edgar
102 +10
73.
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Arnold
100 +5
74.
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Elmer
98 -7
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Maurice
98 -4
76.
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Wallace
93 -5
77.
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Daniel
91 -1
78.
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Eric
88 -3
79.
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Philip
86 -8
80.
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Allen
83 -7
81.
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Jean
79 -8
82.
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Alvin
76 -4
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Percy
76 -1
84.
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Vincent
73 +2
85.
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Cyril
72 +5
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Sidney
71 -4
87.
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Alan
70 +5
87.
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Eugene
70 +4
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Glen
70 +12
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Keith
68 -3
91.
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Melvin
67 +4
92.
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Fred
63 -8
92.
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Wilbert
63 -7
94.
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Wesley
61 new
95.
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Ivan
60 -15
96.
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Gilbert
58 -2
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Morris
58 +1
98.
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Hubert
55 new
98.
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Stephen
55 -6
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Franklin
54 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
2,638 0
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Margaret
1,776 0
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Dorothy
1,347 0
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M
1,235 +2
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Marie
1,118 -1
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Helen
1,017 -1
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Jean
731 0
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Doris
605 0
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Ruth
599 0
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Florence
561 0
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Marion
516 0
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Elizabeth
510 0
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Audrey
492 +10
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Marjorie
467 -1
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Evelyn
420 +3
16.
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Kathleen
412 -1
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Irene
404 +3
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Annie
401 -4
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Alice
399 -2
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Gladys
391 +1
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Edith
375 -5
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Muriel
361 +4
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Edna
345 -1
24.
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Lillian
341 +1
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Mildred
332 -6
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Grace
325 +1
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Frances
321 -3
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Betty
318 +2
29.
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Phyllis
301 +2
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Norma
297 +7
31.
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Ethel
284 -2
32.
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Anna
277 +9
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Hazel
273 +2
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Elsie
253 +2
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Shirley
252 +18
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Violet
248 -8
37.
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Agnes
236 +6
38.
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Olive
233 0
39.
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Vera
223 +3
40.
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Eleanor
222 +3
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Beatrice
220 -9
42.
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Barbara
218 +4
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Thelma
206 -11
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Gertrude
202 +4
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Catherine
195 -11
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Jessie
194 +6
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Ruby
194 -1
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Eileen
189 -10
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Joan
189 +13
50.
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June
185 +13
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Marguerite
185 -3
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Eva
183 -12
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Rita
178 -4
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Joyce
161 +11
55.
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Hilda
159 0
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Mabel
158 -2
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Patricia
155 -7
58.
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Pearl
150 -2
59.
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Clara
147 +5
59.
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Sarah
147 +8
61.
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Laura
146 -3
62.
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Reta
144 +8
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Bernice
141 -4
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Myrtle
141 -12
65.
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Rose
137 -9
66.
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Verna
131 -7
67.
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Ellen
129 +1
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Lois
129 -5
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Marjory
125 0
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Josephine
119 +10
71.
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Doreen
109 +6
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Bertha
108 +1
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Winnifred
107 -1
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Ida
106 -9
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Vivian
102 new
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May
100 +7
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Constance
98 -1
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Stella
98 new
79.
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Ada
97 +13
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Gloria
97 new
81.
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Alma
94 -6
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Geraldine
93 +15
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Katherine
92 new
84.
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Viola
91 -11
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Emily
90 new
86.
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Bessie
89 -1
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Nora
89 -4
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Martha
88 new
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Velma
88 new
90.
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Esther
87 -1
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Julia
87 new
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Marian
85 +4
93.
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Blanche
84 +4
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Maria
84 -14
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Pauline
84 -4
96.
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Isabel
83 -2
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Lilian
81 -14
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Emma
80 -11
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Francis
80 -21
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Virginia
80 new