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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Joseph		 2,731 0
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William		 2,669 +1
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John		 2,660 -1
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Robert		 1,895 0
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James		 1,551 +1
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Donald		 1,516 -1
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George		 1,124 0
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Kenneth		 803 0
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Baby		 722 +7
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Charles		 688 +1
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Thomas		 672 -1
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Ronald		 636 +3
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Gordon		 616 -4
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Edward		 575 -1
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Harold		 528 -3
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Douglas		 517 -2
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David		 492 0
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Norman		 432 +3
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Gerald		 421 +3
20.
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Arthur		 419 -1
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Albert		 389 -1
22.
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Frederick		 387 -4
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Walter		 374 0
24.
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Richard		 335 +1
25.
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Raymond		 332 -1
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Francis		 308 +3
27.
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Peter		 292 +5
28.
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Jack		 290 -1
29.
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Harry		 288 +2
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Frank		 282 0
30.
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Roy		 282 -4
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Stanley		 279 -4
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Ernest		 246 +1
34.
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Allan		 238 +2
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Leonard		 236 -2
36.
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Howard		 218 +1
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Lawrence		 217 0
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Henry		 213 -1
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Lloyd		 210 +1
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Paul		 207 +9
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Herbert		 189 +3
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Alfred		 183 0
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Clifford		 181 -9
44.
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Bruce		 180 -1
45.
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Ralph		 174 -4
46.
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Alexander		 171 +1
47.
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Victor		 162 +7
48.
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Murray		 160 +2
49.
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Clarence		 158 +3
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Earl		 156 -6
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Wilfred		 154 0
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Ross		 151 -6
53.
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Bernard		 147 +1
54.
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Michael		 144 -6
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Patrick		 138 +12
56.
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Carl		 136 -3
57.
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Louis		 135 +6
58.
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Hugh		 123 +2
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Maurice		 123 +14
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J		 121 -3
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Lorne		 120 -3
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Keith		 118 +3
63.
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Daniel		 114 +15
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Andrew		 113 +1
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Reginald		 110 -9
66.
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Russell		 109 -5
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Leslie		 107 +4
68.
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Cecil		 106 +1
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Leo		 102 -10
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Alan		 101 -3
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Harvey		 98 +3
72.
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Samuel		 97 +1
73.
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Jean		 91 -3
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Edwin		 85 -10
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Philip		 85 +10
76.
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Eugene		 84 +4
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Vernon		 84 -1
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Alvin		 81 +10
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Glen		 78 +13
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Allen		 77 -2
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Arnold		 77 -19
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Elmer		 76 -7
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Ivan		 76 -1
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Wallace		 73 -1
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Eric		 70 -10
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Roger		 70 +3
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Melvin		 68 -1
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Neil		 66 +9
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Fredrick		 62 new
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Stephen		 62 new
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Gilbert		 59 -9
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Milton		 56 new
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Fred		 55 -2
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Vincent		 55 -9
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Malcolm		 54 +4
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Anthony		 52 new
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Floyd		 52 -6
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Roland		 51 new
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Mike		 50 new
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Ian		 49 -6
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,472 0
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Marie		 2,054 0
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Margaret		 1,357 0
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Dorothy		 1,091 0
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Shirley		 1,007 0
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Helen		 926 0
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Betty		 671 +1
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Elizabeth		 651 +2
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Jean		 635 -2
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Barbara		 607 +3
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Baby		 588 +8
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Ruth		 556 -3
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Joan		 550 +4
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Marion		 516 -2
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Doris		 494 -1
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Audrey		 483 -5
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Joyce		 456 +1
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Patricia		 422 +5
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June		 421 -4
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Doreen		 365 +7
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Evelyn		 364 -1
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Lois		 356 +7
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Marjorie		 350 -7
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Norma		 349 -3
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Florence		 334 -3
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Irene		 313 -1
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Frances		 298 -3
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Annie		 295 -2
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Alice		 290 +3
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Lillian		 276 -2
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Gladys		 260 +6
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Muriel		 253 -1
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Kathleen		 248 -3
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Eleanor		 240 0
35.
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Edith		 239 -2
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Phyllis		 239 0
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Mildred		 234 +4
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Catherine		 228 0
39.
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Grace		 223 -3
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Anna		 220 -1
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Rose		 200 +7
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Eileen		 188 +7
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Vera		 186 +9
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Beatrice		 185 -2
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Gloria		 185 +6
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Elsie		 178 +1
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Edna		 175 -7
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Bernice		 174 -3
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Violet		 173 -6
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Agnes		 168 -5
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Ethel		 168 +1
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Thelma		 166 -8
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Theresa		 154 0
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M		 153 +2
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Eva		 146 +5
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Hazel		 145 -2
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Marguerite		 144 -2
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Rita		 143 +3
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Olive		 137 +7
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Laura		 136 +1
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Donna		 132 +9
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Ruby		 129 -3
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Gertrude		 128 -7
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Pauline		 120 +12
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Verna		 120 -8
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Beverley		 114 +16
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Ellen		 114 -2
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Geraldine		 112 -3
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Lorraine		 110 -3
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Nancy		 109 +10
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Clara		 106 +8
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Myrtle		 104 +19
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Jacqueline		 103 +9
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Lorna		 101 +2
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Anne		 98 new
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Marian		 98 -5
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Pearl		 98 -12
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Viola		 94 +4
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Jessie		 93 -10
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Maria		 93 +2
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Sarah		 92 +16
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Dolores		 89 new
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Josephine		 89 +3
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Reta		 87 -14
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Marilyn		 85 new
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Sheila		 82 +11
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Olga		 81 new
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Velma		 81 -17
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Janet		 80 +2
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Wilma		 80 +4
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Yvonne		 80 new
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Alma		 79 +8
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Bertha		 78 +7
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Ida		 78 -19
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Gwendolyn		 77 new
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May		 76 -9
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Sylvia		 75 new
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Beverly		 73 new
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Constance		 71 -5
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Georgina		 71 -5
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Hilda		 71 -25
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Isabel		 71 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada