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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Joseph		 2,802 0
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John		 2,784 0
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William		 2,699 0
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Robert		 1,770 0
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Donald		 1,465 +1
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James		 1,452 -1
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George		 1,267 0
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Kenneth		 830 0
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Gordon		 713 +1
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Thomas		 664 +1
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Charles		 644 -2
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Harold		 586 0
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Edward		 566 0
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Douglas		 532 0
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Ronald		 520 +1
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Baby		 489 +1
17.
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David		 452 +4
18.
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Frederick		 392 +1
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Arthur		 391 -4
20.
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Albert		 390 -2
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Norman		 385 -2
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Gerald		 379 +1
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Walter		 371 +1
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Raymond		 350 -2
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Richard		 338 +4
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Roy		 293 0
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Jack		 286 +3
28.
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Stanley		 285 -3
29.
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Francis		 272 -1
30.
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Frank		 265 +2
31.
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Harry		 246 -4
32.
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Peter		 232 -1
33.
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Leonard		 231 +5
34.
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Clifford		 225 +3
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Ernest		 225 0
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Allan		 211 +3
37.
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Henry		 209 -2
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Howard		 209 -4
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Lawrence		 209 +10
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Lloyd		 207 -4
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Ralph		 200 +5
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Alfred		 195 0
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Bruce		 190 -3
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Earl		 187 -4
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Herbert		 187 +1
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Ross		 183 +5
47.
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Alexander		 181 -4
48.
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Michael		 177 +1
49.
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Paul		 175 -5
50.
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Murray		 165 +2
51.
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Wilfred		 162 -2
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Clarence		 151 -4
53.
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Carl		 140 +4
54.
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Bernard		 139 +6
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Victor		 139 0
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Reginald		 136 +13
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J		 135 0
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Lorne		 130 -5
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Leo		 127 -3
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Hugh		 123 +2
61.
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Arnold		 119 +15
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Russell		 119 -6
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Louis		 118 -1
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Edwin		 117 +2
65.
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Andrew		 115 +5
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Keith		 115 +2
67.
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Alan		 112 +3
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Patrick		 112 -8
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Cecil		 111 -4
70.
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Jean		 109 +4
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Leslie		 107 -7
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Maurice		 95 -4
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Samuel		 89 -1
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Harvey		 87 -13
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Elmer		 85 +5
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Eric		 85 +4
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Vernon		 85 +14
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Allen		 84 -5
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Daniel		 84 -1
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Eugene		 78 -2
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Ivan		 75 0
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Gilbert		 73 +5
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Wallace		 70 +3
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Philip		 66 -3
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Vincent		 66 +7
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Melvin		 65 +2
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Glenn		 64 +10
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Alvin		 63 -5
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Roger		 63 new
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Floyd		 62 +10
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Fred		 58 +5
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Glen		 57 -18
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Percy		 55 0
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Ian		 54 new
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Sidney		 54 -9
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Ray		 53 new
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Neil		 52 new
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Garnet		 51 +2
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Malcolm		 49 new
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Clayton		 45 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,372 0
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Marie		 2,071 0
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Margaret		 1,400 0
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Dorothy		 1,103 0
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Shirley		 947 +1
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Helen		 925 -1
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Jean		 708 0
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Betty		 673 0
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Ruth		 600 0
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Elizabeth		 581 +1
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Audrey		 545 +2
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Marion		 511 -2
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Barbara		 503 +1
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Doris		 484 -2
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June		 443 +9
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Marjorie		 406 -1
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Joan		 402 +9
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Joyce		 391 -1
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Baby		 390 -1
20.
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Evelyn		 369 +1
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Norma		 368 -5
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Florence		 363 -3
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Patricia		 341 +4
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Frances		 326 +5
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Irene		 321 -5
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Annie		 316 -4
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Doreen		 315 +8
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Lillian		 312 0
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Lois		 304 -6
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Kathleen		 288 -5
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Muriel		 270 +3
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Alice		 262 -2
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Edith		 252 0
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Eleanor		 242 +2
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Phyllis		 237 -4
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Grace		 235 +2
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Gladys		 233 -5
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Catherine		 223 +3
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Anna		 216 0
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Edna		 211 0
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Mildred		 200 -5
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Beatrice		 194 0
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Violet		 191 +9
44.
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Thelma		 190 +1
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Agnes		 187 +6
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Bernice		 187 -3
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Elsie		 185 +1
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Rose		 184 +6
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Eileen		 180 -2
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Gloria		 178 0
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Ethel		 174 -7
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Vera		 171 -3
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Theresa		 163 +7
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Hazel		 156 -1
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Marguerite		 152 +1
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Gertrude		 141 -1
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M		 141 -11
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Verna		 141 +7
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Ruby		 137 0
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Eva		 132 +1
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Laura		 125 +5
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Rita		 125 -3
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Pearl		 115 +9
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Ellen		 113 +4
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Geraldine		 112 +9
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Lorraine		 111 +20
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Olive		 111 -9
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Mabel		 110 -6
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Jessie		 108 -2
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Donna		 105 +11
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Marian		 105 +19
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Reta		 105 0
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Velma		 105 +7
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Hilda		 103 -9
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Ida		 103 +22
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Lorna		 102 +5
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Pauline		 102 -12
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Vivian		 100 +11
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Clara		 99 -10
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Nancy		 92 new
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Maria		 90 +7
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Beverley		 89 -4
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Jacqueline		 89 -3
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Viola		 89 -11
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Josephine		 88 -10
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Leona		 87 +11
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Katherine		 83 new
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May		 83 +4
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Nora		 81 -4
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Stella		 81 new
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Janet		 80 new
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Myrtle		 80 -12
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Wilma		 79 new
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Constance		 78 -18
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Georgina		 78 new
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Therese		 77 +1
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Esther		 76 new
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Sarah		 76 -16
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Sheila		 76 new
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Alma		 74 -3
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Bertha		 74 -8
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Martha		 74 new
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Winnifred		 74 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada