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		 2,836 0
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John		 2,833 +1
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William		 2,735 -1
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Robert		 1,955 0
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James		 1,673 0
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Donald		 1,593 0
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George		 1,156 0
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Kenneth		 810 0
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Ronald		 800 +3
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Charles		 692 0
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Thomas		 660 0
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Edward		 584 +2
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David		 583 +4
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Gordon		 568 -1
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Harold		 568 +1
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Douglas		 565 0
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Arthur		 441 +3
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Norman		 428 0
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Gerald		 400 0
20.
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Richard		 383 +4
21.
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Frederick		 372 +1
22.
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Albert		 360 -1
23.
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Raymond		 329 +2
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Walter		 311 -1
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Roy		 297 +5
26.
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Stanley		 290 +6
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Francis		 281 -1
28.
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Frank		 270 +2
29.
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Jack		 261 -1
30.
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Harry		 260 -1
31.
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Peter		 250 -4
32.
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Lawrence		 226 +5
33.
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Allan		 218 +1
34.
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Baby		 217 -25
35.
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Ralph		 215 +10
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Howard		 214 0
37.
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Ernest		 213 -4
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Paul		 212 +2
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Henry		 205 -1
40.
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Bruce		 203 +4
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Leonard		 195 -6
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Lloyd		 192 -3
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Clifford		 184 0
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Alfred		 180 -2
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Earl		 179 +5
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Murray		 175 +2
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Alexander		 173 -1
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Michael		 172 +6
49.
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Carl		 157 +7
50.
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Victor		 151 -3
51.
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Ross		 149 +1
52.
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Wilfred		 144 -1
53.
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Herbert		 137 -12
54.
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Hugh		 129 +4
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Keith		 127 +7
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Harvey		 126 +15
57.
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Bernard		 125 -4
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Lorne		 125 +4
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Maurice		 125 +1
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Reginald		 123 +5
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Clarence		 121 -12
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Louis		 119 -5
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Leo		 113 +6
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Patrick		 113 -8
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Alan		 112 +5
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Samuel		 112 +7
67.
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Cecil		 110 +1
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Russell		 104 -2
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Daniel		 102 -6
70.
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Glen		 101 +9
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Andrew		 100 -7
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Edwin		 96 +2
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Leslie		 96 -5
74.
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Arnold		 90 +6
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Allen		 89 +5
76.
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Ivan		 86 +6
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Jean		 86 -3
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Philip		 82 -4
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Fredrick		 81 +10
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Roger		 76 +5
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Melvin		 74 +6
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Dennis		 73 new
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Eric		 73 +3
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Eugene		 72 -8
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Vernon		 72 -8
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Elmer		 67 -4
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Wallace		 67 -2
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Jos		 61 new
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Alvin		 59 -11
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Floyd		 59 +7
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Edgar		 57 new
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Martin		 57 new
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Gilbert		 56 -2
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Morris		 56 new
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Vincent		 56 0
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Roland		 55 +2
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Stephen		 55 -7
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Anthony		 54 -2
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Fred		 54 -5
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Neil		 53 -12
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,596 0
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Marie		 2,170 0
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Margaret		 1,494 0
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Shirley		 1,063 +1
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Dorothy		 993 -1
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Helen		 991 0
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Betty		 769 0
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Joan		 762 +5
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Barbara		 724 +1
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Jean		 638 -1
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Elizabeth		 617 -3
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Ruth		 551 0
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Marion		 528 +1
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Joyce		 522 +3
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Patricia		 513 +3
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Audrey		 436 0
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June		 426 +2
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Doris		 421 -3
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Doreen		 396 +1
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Marjorie		 373 +3
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Norma		 372 +3
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Lois		 367 0
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Evelyn		 320 -2
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Irene		 318 +2
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Florence		 311 0
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Frances		 304 +1
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Alice		 303 +2
28.
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Lillian		 286 +2
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Annie		 277 -1
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Eleanor		 271 +4
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Kathleen		 254 +2
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Anna		 233 +8
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Phyllis		 233 +3
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Muriel		 232 -2
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Edith		 231 0
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Catherine		 224 +2
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Gladys		 220 -6
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Mildred		 218 -1
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Grace		 204 0
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Gloria		 200 +4
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Rose		 191 0
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Marilyn		 187 +43
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Elsie		 185 +3
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Edna		 182 +3
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Bernice		 177 +3
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Donna		 175 +15
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Violet		 174 +2
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Eileen		 172 -6
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Agnes		 171 +1
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Ethel		 166 0
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Baby		 161 -40
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Beatrice		 155 -8
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Beverley		 152 +13
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Nancy		 150 +16
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Rita		 150 +4
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Lorraine		 145 +13
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Thelma		 142 -5
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Hazel		 139 -2
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Theresa		 135 -6
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Eva		 128 -5
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Vera		 125 -18
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Dolores		 123 +20
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Marguerite		 122 -6
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Jacqueline		 120 +9
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Verna		 120 0
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Josephine		 112 +16
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Geraldine		 111 +1
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Janet		 110 +21
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Ruby		 110 -6
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Sheila		 110 +18
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Anne		 109 +4
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Pauline		 108 -8
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Clara		 103 -2
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Lorna		 103 +1
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Olive		 102 -16
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Yvonne		 102 +14
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Jessie		 101 +2
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Laura		 101 -17
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Hilda		 98 +20
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Gertrude		 97 -17
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Ellen		 96 -15
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Marian		 93 -7
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Maria		 91 -4
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Myrtle		 90 -12
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Reta		 88 -1
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Beverly		 87 +12
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Gwendolyn		 87 +9
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Sarah		 86 -7
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Georgina		 85 +10
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Olga		 85 -2
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Pearl		 85 -14
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Jane		 82 new
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Mabel		 80 new
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Stella		 80 new
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Leona		 78 new
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Ann		 76 new
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Wilma		 76 -7
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Velma		 75 -11
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Isabel		 74 0
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May		 74 -3
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Popularity extremes for Canada