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 +/-
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Alan		 81 -9
20.
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Albert		 400 -4
43.
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Alexander		 188 -2
41.
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Alfred		 193 -3
49.
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Allan		 169 -1
73.
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Allen		 93 0
82.
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Alvin		 76 -1
68.
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Andrew		 102 -1
70.
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Arnold		 100 +1
17.
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Arthur		 435 -3
14.
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Baby		 497 +1
63.
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Bernard		 109 -6
43.
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Bruce		 188 +7
59.
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Carl		 119 +3
51.
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Cecil		 145 +14
8.
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Charles		 688 +1
42.
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Clarence		 191 0
92.
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Clayton		 57 +6
35.
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Clifford		 228 +9
77.
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Daniel		 87 -1
18.
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David		 422 +1
7.
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Donald		 1,138 0
15.
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Douglas		 483 +3
39.
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Earl		 207 0
97.
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Edgar		 51 -19
13.
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Edward		 574 0
72.
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Edwin		 94 -11
73.
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Elmer		 93 +11
78.
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Eric		 82 -5
31.
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Ernest		 283 +1
83.
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Eugene		 75 +10
93.
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Floyd		 55 new
29.
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Francis		 293 -2
32.
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Frank		 271 -2
91.
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Fred		 58 -5
19.
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Frederick		 415 +1
87.
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Fredrick		 66 -2
6.
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George		 1,186 0
23.
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Gerald		 342 0
89.
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Gilbert		 61 -3
79.
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Glen		 81 +13
10.
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Gordon		 666 0
12.
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Harold		 602 0
30.
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Harry		 289 -1
68.
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Harvey		 102 +1
34.
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Henry		 231 0
40.
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Herbert		 203 -1
33.
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Howard		 251 0
62.
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Hugh		 114 0
88.
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Ivan		 63 -9
50.
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J		 152 -7
28.
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Jack		 309 -6
5.
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James		 1,465 0
71.
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Jean		 96 +8
1.
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John		 2,746 0
3.
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Joseph		 2,688 0
76.
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Keith		 89 -5
9.
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Kenneth		 677 -1
98.
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Laurence		 50 new
47.
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Lawrence		 173 0
57.
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Leo		 124 -3
37.
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Leonard		 225 -2
65.
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Leslie		 107 -12
36.
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Lloyd		 226 0
53.
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Lorne		 142 -2
56.
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Louis		 132 +6
98.
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Martin		 50 new
67.
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Maurice		 106 -1
98.
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Melville		 50 new
84.
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Melvin		 74 +4
58.
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Michael		 122 -2
98.
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Morris		 50 new
53.
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Murray		 142 -1
16.
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Norman		 439 +1
63.
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Patrick		 109 +5
47.
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Paul		 173 +2
94.
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Percy		 54 -5
38.
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Peter		 210 -1
86.
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Philip		 68 -11
43.
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Ralph		 188 +3
25.
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Raymond		 327 +3
65.
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Reginald		 107 -5
27.
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Richard		 312 -2
4.
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Robert		 1,713 0
95.
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Roger		 52 new
22.
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Ronald		 356 +2
51.
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Ross		 145 +7
24.
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Roy		 332 +2
55.
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Russell		 134 +3
61.
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Samuel		 115 +15
90.
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Sidney		 59 0
26.
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Stanley		 319 +5
95.
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Stewart		 52 +1
11.
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Thomas		 638 0
73.
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Vernon		 93 +10
59.
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Victor		 119 -5
85.
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Vincent		 72 +6
81.
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Wallace		 80 0
21.
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Walter		 361 0
46.
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Wilfred		 187 -2
2.
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William		 2,733 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
50.
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Agnes		 185 -3
24.
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Alice		 322 +1
73.
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Alma		 101 +19
46.
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Anna		 204 -9
87.
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Anne		 76 +12
21.
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Annie		 345 -4
13.
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Audrey		 448 0
14.
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Baby		 406 +8
25.
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Barbara		 311 +1
43.
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Beatrice		 208 +5
52.
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Bernice		 175 -1
95.
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Bertha		 71 -23
10.
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Betty		 571 -1
40.
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Catherine		 231 -2
73.
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Clara		 101 +2
69.
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Constance		 111 +24
90.
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Dora		 74 new
37.
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Doreen		 242 +9
9.
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Doris		 579 -2
4.
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Dorothy		 1,131 0
34.
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Edith		 250 -2
36.
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Edna		 245 -3
49.
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Eileen		 191 -7
42.
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Eleanor		 212 -3
8.
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Elizabeth		 586 +4
66.
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Ellen		 116 +3
47.
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Elsie		 200 -3
41.
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Ethel		 213 -1
54.
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Eva		 159 +3
18.
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Evelyn		 371 -2
17.
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Florence		 373 -2
30.
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Frances		 294 +1
100.
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Francis		 67 new
98.
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Georgina		 69 -1
80.
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Geraldine		 86 +2
60.
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Gertrude		 136 -2
27.
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Gladys		 296 +2
51.
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Gloria		 183 +2
35.
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Grace		 247 +5
48.
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Hazel		 197 -3
5.
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Helen		 949 0
62.
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Hilda		 128 0
84.
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Ida		 82 -11
19.
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Irene		 346 +4
92.
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Isabel		 72 +7
89.
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Jacqueline		 75 new
85.
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Janet		 81 +3
6.
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Jean		 713 0
63.
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Jessie		 125 +2
22.
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Joan		 328 +8
76.
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Josephine		 95 0
28.
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Joyce		 295 +6
19.
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June		 346 +5
23.
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Kathleen		 323 -4
64.
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Laura		 124 -1
86.
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Leona		 79 new
26.
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Lillian		 300 -6
33.
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Lois		 257 +2
73.
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Lorna		 101 +7
39.
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M		 236 -19
66.
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Mabel		 116 -1
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Margaret		 1,434 0
58.
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Marguerite		 142 +3
79.
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Maria		 87 +1
2.
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Marie		 2,011 0
12.
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Marion		 541 -4
14.
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Marjorie		 406 0
87.
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Marjory		 76 -8
1.
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Mary		 2,471 0
92.
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May		 72 -2
32.
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Mildred		 268 -4
31.
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Muriel		 282 -4
65.
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Myrtle		 120 +6
16.
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Norma		 387 +2
91.
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Olga		 73 -6
57.
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Olive		 152 -1
28.
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Patricia		 295 +15
71.
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Pauline		 109 +14
72.
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Pearl		 107 -5
38.
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Phyllis		 237 -3
68.
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Reta		 113 -4
56.
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Rita		 155 -2
59.
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Rose		 139 -7
54.
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Ruby		 159 +6
11.
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Ruth		 556 0
83.
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Sarah		 83 -15
7.
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Shirley		 679 +3
80.
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Stella		 86 -6
97.
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Teresa		 70 new
44.
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Thelma		 206 +11
69.
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Theresa		 111 new
82.
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Velma		 85 -6
53.
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Vera		 173 -4
60.
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Verna		 136 -1
77.
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Viola		 91 -7
45.
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Violet		 205 +5
99.
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Virginia		 68 -3
92.
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Vivian		 72 -3
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Wilma		 91 +14
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Winnifred		 71 -12
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Popularity extremes for Canada