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
Rank Name Times +/-
70.
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Alan		 100 +7
16.
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Albert		 461 +1
41.
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Alexander		 206 +2
38.
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Alfred		 221 +3
48.
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Allan		 187 -8
73.
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Allen		 97 +6
81.
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Alvin		 87 +2
67.
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Andrew		 109 0
71.
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Arnold		 98 +4
14.
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Arthur		 550 +2
15.
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Baby		 463 0
57.
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Bernard		 132 -4
50.
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Bruce		 183 -5
62.
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Carl		 119 +4
65.
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Cecil		 116 -7
9.
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Charles		 707 0
42.
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Clarence		 205 +2
98.
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Clayton		 51 -5
44.
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Clifford		 202 -6
76.
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Daniel		 94 +2
19.
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David		 431 0
7.
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Donald		 1,190 0
18.
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Douglas		 433 0
39.
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Earl		 209 +9
78.
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Edgar		 90 +4
13.
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Edward		 596 +1
61.
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Edwin		 121 +1
84.
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Elmer		 81 -11
73.
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Eric		 97 -6
32.
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Ernest		 278 -2
93.
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Eugene		 59 -5
27.
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Francis		 313 -3
30.
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Frank		 301 -1
86.
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Fred		 71 +5
20.
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Frederick		 393 +1
85.
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Fredrick		 74 -2
6.
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George		 1,315 0
23.
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Gerald		 350 +5
100.
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Gerard		 50 new
86.
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Gilbert		 71 +12
92.
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Glen		 60 new
10.
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Gordon		 693 0
12.
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Harold		 615 +1
29.
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Harry		 305 -6
69.
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Harvey		 101 +2
34.
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Henry		 253 -2
39.
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Herbert		 209 +2
33.
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Howard		 270 +2
62.
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Hugh		 119 +3
79.
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Ivan		 88 +2
43.
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J		 204 -35
22.
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Jack		 351 +4
5.
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James		 1,529 0
79.
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Jean		 88 -10
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John		 2,837 +1
3.
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Joseph		 2,672 0
71.
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Keith		 98 +4
8.
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Kenneth		 751 +4
47.
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Lawrence		 198 +2
54.
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Leo		 138 +6
35.
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Leonard		 250 +2
53.
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Leslie		 147 +6
36.
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Lloyd		 239 0
51.
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Lorne		 160 +6
62.
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Louis		 119 -1
66.
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Maurice		 113 +7
88.
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Melvin		 70 +2
56.
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Michael		 133 0
95.
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Milton		 54 0
52.
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Murray		 150 +3
17.
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Norman		 448 +3
68.
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Patrick		 105 +2
49.
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Paul		 185 +1
89.
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Percy		 67 0
37.
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Peter		 233 +2
75.
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Philip		 96 +8
46.
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Ralph		 199 0
28.
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Raymond		 307 +6
60.
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Reginald		 126 +2
25.
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Richard		 325 +7
4.
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Robert		 1,725 0
24.
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Ronald		 341 +7
58.
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Ross		 129 -4
26.
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Roy		 324 -1
58.
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Russell		 129 -7
76.
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Samuel		 94 -12
90.
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Sidney		 66 -7
31.
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Stanley		 295 -4
94.
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Stephen		 56 new
96.
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Stewart		 53 new
11.
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Thomas		 683 0
83.
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Vernon		 86 -4
54.
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Victor		 138 -2
91.
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Vincent		 61 -4
81.
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Wallace		 87 -9
21.
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Walter		 377 +1
98.
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Warren		 51 new
96.
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Wilbert		 53 -2
44.
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Wilfred		 202 +3
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William		 2,815 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
47.
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Agnes		 218 -1
25.
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Alice		 328 -3
92.
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Alma		 79 -17
37.
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Anna		 245 -4
99.
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Anne		 73 new
17.
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Annie		 396 +2
13.
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Audrey		 491 -1
22.
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Baby		 347 -6
26.
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Barbara		 312 +12
48.
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Beatrice		 211 -4
51.
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Bernice		 198 +4
72.
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Bertha		 98 +4
97.
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Bessie		 75 new
9.
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Betty		 560 +4
38.
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Catherine		 236 +4
75.
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Clara		 94 +5
93.
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Constance		 78 -3
46.
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Doreen		 220 +1
7.
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Doris		 599 +1
4.
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Dorothy		 1,235 0
32.
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Edith		 277 -5
33.
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Edna		 268 -2
42.
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Eileen		 230 -1
39.
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Eleanor		 235 -5
12.
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Elizabeth		 504 -1
69.
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Ellen		 106 -4
44.
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Elsie		 225 +4
40.
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Ethel		 232 0
57.
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Eva		 170 -3
16.
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Evelyn		 398 0
15.
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Florence		 425 -1
31.
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Frances		 282 -7
97.
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Georgina		 75 +3
82.
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Geraldine		 89 +5
58.
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Gertrude		 158 -5
29.
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Gladys		 296 -3
53.
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Gloria		 181 +13
40.
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Grace		 232 -1
76.
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Gwendolyn		 93 new
45.
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Hazel		 224 -10
5.
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Helen		 1,014 +1
62.
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Hilda		 141 +2
73.
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Ida		 97 -3
23.
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Irene		 338 0
99.
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Isabel		 73 -26
88.
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Janet		 85 +10
6.
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Jean		 781 +1
65.
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Jessie		 125 -3
30.
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Joan		 292 +6
76.
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Josephine		 93 -4
34.
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Joyce		 266 +17
24.
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June		 333 +8
94.
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Katherine		 77 new
19.
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Kathleen		 388 +1
63.
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Laura		 131 -6
20.
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Lillian		 350 +9
35.
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Lois		 250 +1
80.
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Lorna		 90 -6
20.
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M		 350 -15
65.
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Mabel		 125 +1
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Margaret		 1,604 -1
61.
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Marguerite		 142 -6
80.
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Maria		 90 -2
83.
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Marian		 88 +3
2.
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Marie		 2,045 +1
8.
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Marion		 586 +2
14.
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Marjorie		 440 +1
79.
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Marjory		 91 +2
1.
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Mary		 2,394 0
90.
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May		 83 +3
28.
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Mildred		 301 -3
27.
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Muriel		 308 +1
71.
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Myrtle		 101 -13
85.
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Nellie		 86 new
94.
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Nora		 77 -12
18.
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Norma		 392 +2
85.
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Olga		 86 +8
56.
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Olive		 174 -7
43.
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Patricia		 228 +6
85.
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Pauline		 86 +6
67.
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Pearl		 122 +4
35.
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Phyllis		 250 -5
64.
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Reta		 128 +2
54.
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Rita		 180 +7
52.
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Rose		 184 +7
60.
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Ruby		 155 0
11.
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Ruth		 516 -2
68.
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Sarah		 117 +1
10.
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Shirley		 541 +8
74.
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Stella		 96 +13
55.
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Thelma		 176 -13
76.
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Velma		 93 +3
49.
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Vera		 209 +3
59.
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Verna		 156 +4
70.
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Viola		 102 +6
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Violet		 204 -5
96.
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Virginia		 76 new
89.
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Vivian		 84 -5
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Wilma		 82 +5
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Winnifred		 88 0
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Popularity extremes for Canada