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
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Alan		 87 +4 +16 +22.5%
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Albert		 497 0 +36 +7.8%
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Alexander		 210 -1 +26 +14.1%
41.
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Alfred		 216 -5 -12 -5.3%
40.
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Allan		 220 +10 +60 +37.5%
79.
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Allen		 73 -3 -10 -12.0%
83.
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Alvin		 69 +2 +3 +4.5%
67.
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Andrew		 110 +3 +12 +12.2%
75.
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Arnold		 91 +3 +12 +15.2%
16.
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Arthur		 525 0 +49 +10.3%
15.
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Baby		 528 0 +11 +2.1%
53.
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Bernard		 153 +6 +27 +21.4%
45.
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Bruce		 203 -2 +25 +14.0%
66.
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Carl		 115 -4 -3 -2.5%
58.
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Cecil		 133 -2 -5 -3.6%
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Charles		 749 0 +3 +0.4%
44.
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Clarence		 204 -4 -8 -3.8%
93.
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Clayton		 58 new new new
38.
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Clifford		 229 +7 +53 +30.1%
78.
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Daniel		 80 -10 -23 -22.3%
19.
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David		 418 +3 +71 +20.5%
7.
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Donald		 1,086 +1 +150 +16.0%
18.
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Douglas		 459 +1 +53 +13.1%
48.
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Earl		 185 -7 -19 -9.3%
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Edgar		 71 +1 +3 +4.4%
14.
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Edward		 592 0 +72 +13.8%
62.
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Edwin		 122 +5 +14 +13.0%
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Elmer		 94 +1 +9 +10.6%
67.
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Eric		 110 +12 +38 +52.8%
30.
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Ernest		 287 0 +24 +9.1%
88.
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Eugene		 64 -7 -7 -9.9%
24.
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Francis		 335 -1 0 0.0%
29.
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Frank		 311 +3 +51 +19.6%
91.
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Fred		 59 +7 +12 +25.5%
21.
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Frederick		 403 -1 +10 +2.5%
83.
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Fredrick		 69 +4 +7 +11.3%
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Garnet		 59 -2 +1 +1.7%
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George		 1,330 0 +52 +4.1%
28.
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Gerald		 318 +5 +61 +23.7%
98.
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Gilbert		 54 -8 -1 -1.8%
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Glenn		 53 new new new
10.
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Gordon		 737 +1 +64 +9.5%
13.
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Harold		 661 -1 -4 -0.6%
23.
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Harry		 340 +1 +22 +6.9%
71.
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Harvey		 101 -2 0 0.0%
32.
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Henry		 283 +3 +37 +15.0%
41.
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Herbert		 216 -5 -12 -5.3%
35.
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Howard		 249 -7 -31 -11.1%
65.
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Hugh		 117 0 +4 +3.5%
81.
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Ivan		 72 +7 +12 +20.0%
8.
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J		 1,042 -5 -423 -28.9%
26.
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Jack		 325 +1 +30 +10.2%
5.
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James		 1,607 0 +214 +15.4%
69.
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Jean		 109 +4 +23 +26.7%
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John		 2,839 -1 +126 +4.6%
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Joseph		 1,834 +4 +599 +48.5%
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Keith		 91 -3 +4 +4.6%
12.
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Kenneth		 703 +1 +88 +14.3%
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Lawrence		 177 -1 +11 +6.6%
60.
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Leo		 129 -6 -10 -7.2%
37.
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Leonard		 240 -1 +12 +5.3%
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Leslie		 131 +1 +11 +9.2%
36.
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Lloyd		 244 -10 -59 -19.5%
57.
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Lorne		 137 0 +3 +2.2%
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Louis		 128 +2 +12 +10.3%
73.
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Maurice		 94 -2 +6 +6.8%
90.
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Melvin		 60 +4 +10 +20.0%
56.
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Michael		 138 -4 -5 -3.5%
95.
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Milton		 56 new new new
96.
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Morris		 55 -5 +2 +3.8%
55.
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Murray		 145 -4 -9 -5.8%
98.
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Nelson		 54 new new new
20.
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Norman		 410 -2 -9 -2.1%
70.
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Patrick		 105 +7 +25 +31.3%
50.
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Paul		 174 -1 +9 +5.5%
89.
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Percy		 62 -6 -6 -8.8%
39.
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Peter		 227 +8 +58 +34.3%
83.
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Philip		 69 +3 +5 +7.8%
46.
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Ralph		 197 -2 +20 +11.3%
34.
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Raymond		 278 -3 +17 +6.5%
62.
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Reginald		 122 +2 +8 +7.0%
32.
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Richard		 283 +4 +55 +24.1%
4.
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Robert		 1,670 0 +245 +17.2%
31.
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Ronald		 285 +3 +36 +14.5%
54.
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Ross		 148 0 +9 +6.5%
25.
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Roy		 329 -1 +11 +3.5%
51.
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Russell		 166 +7 +34 +25.8%
64.
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Samuel		 118 -4 -2 -1.7%
83.
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Sidney		 69 +10 +17 +32.7%
27.
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Stanley		 322 +1 +42 +15.0%
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Stuart		 55 new new new
11.
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Thomas		 711 -1 +13 +1.9%
79.
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Vernon		 73 -4 -11 -13.1%
52.
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Victor		 158 +1 +18 +12.9%
87.
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Vincent		 65 +12 +19 +41.3%
72.
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Wallace		 98 -6 -14 -12.5%
22.
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Walter		 379 -1 -8 -2.1%
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Wilbert		 57 -15 -15 -20.8%
47.
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Wilfred		 195 -1 +21 +12.1%
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William		 2,863 +1 +389 +15.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Ada		 79 new new new
46.
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Agnes		 217 -2 +33 +17.9%
22.
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Alice		 355 +5 +57 +19.1%
75.
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Alma		 102 +5 +18 +21.4%
33.
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Anna		 259 0 +23 +9.7%
19.
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Annie		 401 -5 +18 +4.7%
12.
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Audrey		 500 +1 +75 +17.6%
16.
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Baby		 417 +1 +51 +13.9%
38.
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Barbara		 240 +1 +43 +21.8%
44.
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Beatrice		 225 -9 +3 +1.4%
55.
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Bernice		 170 0 +24 +16.4%
76.
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Bertha		 100 -2 +2 +2.0%
13.
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Betty		 469 +2 +101 +27.4%
42.
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Catherine		 227 -5 +8 +3.7%
80.
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Clara		 95 -8 -12 -11.2%
90.
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Constance		 84 +7 +15 +21.7%
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Dora		 87 +1 +12 +16.0%
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Doreen		 213 +14 +75 +54.3%
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Doris		 677 0 +49 +7.8%
4.
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Dorothy		 1,281 0 +48 +3.9%
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Edith		 321 -1 +9 +2.9%
31.
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Edna		 293 +1 +39 +15.4%
41.
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Eileen		 228 +1 +40 +21.3%
34.
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Eleanor		 256 +19 +90 +54.2%
11.
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Elizabeth		 549 0 +43 +8.5%
65.
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Ellen		 138 +2 +12 +9.5%
48.
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Elsie		 211 -9 +14 +7.1%
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Emily		 75 -2 +5 +7.1%
40.
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Ethel		 234 -6 +4 +1.7%
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Eva		 174 -2 +6 +3.6%
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Evelyn		 417 +3 +61 +17.1%
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Florence		 450 -2 -40 -8.2%
24.
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Frances		 342 0 +27 +8.6%
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Georgina		 74 new new new
87.
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Geraldine		 85 new new new
53.
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Gertrude		 175 +1 +11 +6.7%
26.
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Gladys		 324 -5 -14 -4.1%
66.
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Gloria		 134 +7 +30 +28.8%
39.
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Grace		 238 -9 -29 -10.9%
35.
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Hazel		 252 +1 +31 +14.0%
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Helen		 1,049 -1 -12 -1.1%
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Hilda		 140 0 +9 +6.9%
70.
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Ida		 126 -2 +10 +8.6%
23.
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Irene		 352 -5 -11 -3.0%
100.
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Iris		 74 new new new
73.
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Isabel		 112 new new new
98.
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Janet		 75 -19 -11 -12.8%
7.
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Jean		 703 0 +46 +7.0%
62.
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Jessie		 151 0 +19 +14.4%
36.
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Joan		 249 +9 +69 +38.3%
72.
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Josephine		 114 +19 +42 +58.3%
51.
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Joyce		 206 0 +37 +21.9%
32.
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June		 281 +10 +93 +49.5%
20.
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Kathleen		 376 0 +24 +6.8%
57.
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Laura		 160 +2 +21 +15.1%
29.
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Lillian		 309 -1 +18 +6.2%
36.
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Lois		 249 +23 +110 +79.1%
74.
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Lorna		 103 +24 +36 +53.7%
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M		 1,133 -3 -521 -31.5%
66.
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Mabel		 134 -8 -6 -4.3%
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Madeline		 76 -5 +4 +5.6%
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Margaret		 1,606 +1 +63 +4.1%
55.
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Marguerite		 170 -8 -3 -1.7%
78.
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Maria		 99 -1 +8 +8.8%
86.
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Marian		 86 -3 +3 +3.6%
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Marie		 1,318 +3 +507 +62.5%
10.
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Marion		 581 0 +53 +10.0%
15.
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Marjorie		 443 0 +75 +20.4%
81.
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Marjory		 94 -10 -15 -13.8%
87.
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Martha		 85 +13 +21 +32.8%
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Mary		 2,493 0 +361 +16.9%
93.
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May		 79 -2 +7 +9.7%
25.
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Mildred		 339 0 +26 +8.3%
28.
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Muriel		 314 0 +23 +7.9%
58.
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Myrtle		 159 +6 +28 +21.4%
92.
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Nancy		 80 +8 +16 +25.0%
82.
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Nora		 92 +4 +17 +22.7%
20.
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Norma		 376 +3 +56 +17.5%
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Olga		 79 +2 +8 +11.3%
49.
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Olive		 208 -2 +35 +20.2%
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Patricia		 208 +13 +76 +57.6%
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Pauline		 83 -14 -8 -8.8%
71.
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Pearl		 121 -1 +11 +10.0%
30.
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Phyllis		 300 +1 +39 +14.9%
66.
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Reta		 134 0 +4 +3.1%
61.
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Rita		 153 -12 -18 -10.5%
59.
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Rose		 158 -3 +14 +9.7%
60.
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Ruby		 156 -10 -14 -8.2%
9.
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Ruth		 629 0 +29 +4.8%
69.
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Sarah		 128 0 +13 +11.3%
18.
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Shirley		 411 +4 +74 +22.0%
87.
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Stella		 85 -3 +6 +7.6%
42.
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Thelma		 227 +4 +48 +26.8%
79.
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Velma		 98 +11 +25 +34.2%
52.
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Vera		 197 -11 +3 +1.5%
63.
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Verna		 142 -7 -2 -1.4%
76.
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Viola		 100 -1 +5 +5.3%
45.
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Violet		 223 -7 +25 +12.6%
84.
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Vivian		 90 -4 +6 +7.1%
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Wilma		 76 new new new
83.
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Winnifred		 91 -7 -1 -1.1%
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Popularity extremes for Canada