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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William		 2,637 0
61.
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Wilfred		 115 -9
23.
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Walter		 356 +1
81.
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Wallace		 66 +5
51.
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Victor		 136 -1
89.
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Vernon		 57 -5
12.
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Thomas		 613 -1
82.
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Stephen		 65 +14
25.
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Stanley		 317 +1
70.
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Samuel		 97 -5
63.
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Russell		 110 +5
27.
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Roy		 272 -2
51.
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Ross		 136 0
8.
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Ronald		 869 +1
79.
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Roger		 69 +1
4.
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Robert		 2,049 0
18.
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Richard		 447 +2
67.
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Reginald		 102 -7
22.
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Raymond		 364 +1
43.
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Ralph		 167 -8
72.
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Philip		 89 +6
26.
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Peter		 280 +5
31.
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Paul		 247 +7
56.
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Patrick		 125 +7
19.
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Norman		 400 -1
83.
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Neil		 64 +17
48.
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Murray		 153 -2
96.
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Morris		 52 -3
46.
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Michael		 164 +2
84.
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Melvin		 62 -3
65.
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Maurice		 108 -8
94.
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Malcolm		 54 new
57.
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Louis		 124 +5
55.
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Lorne		 127 +2
41.
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Lloyd		 200 +1
62.
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Leslie		 112 +10
38.
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Leonard		 211 +3
58.
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Leo		 123 +5
34.
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Lawrence		 231 -2
97.
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Laurence		 50 new
9.
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Kenneth		 767 -1
53.
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Keith		 135 +2
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Joseph		 2,818 0
2.
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John		 2,808 0
73.
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Jean		 85 +3
6.
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James		 1,556 -1
28.
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Jack		 263 +1
84.
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Ivan		 62 -8
100.
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Infant		 47 new
98.
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Ian		 49 new
69.
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Hugh		 101 -15
36.
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Howard		 214 0
50.
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Herbert		 139 +3
39.
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Henry		 202 0
71.
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Harvey		 96 -15
35.
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Harry		 222 -5
16.
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Harold		 451 -2
13.
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Gordon		 612 +1
88.
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Glenn		 61 new
77.
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Glen		 75 -7
91.
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Gilbert		 55 +2
16.
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Gerald		 451 +3
7.
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George		 1,128 0
75.
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Fredrick		 84 +4
24.
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Frederick		 341 -3
33.
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Frank		 246 -5
30.
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Francis		 251 -3
91.
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Floyd		 55 -2
78.
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Eugene		 73 +6
37.
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Ernest		 212 0
84.
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Eric		 62 -2
94.
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Elmer		 54 -8
67.
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Edwin		 102 +5
11.
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Edward		 622 +1
98.
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Edgar		 49 -7
44.
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Earl		 166 +1
15.
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Douglas		 559 +1
5.
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Donald		 1,692 +1
91.
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Dennis		 55 -9
14.
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David		 580 -1
60.
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Daniel		 116 +9
46.
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Clifford		 164 -3
49.
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Clarence		 146 +12
10.
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Charles		 642 0
76.
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Cecil		 80 -9
54.
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Carl		 132 -5
39.
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Bruce		 202 +1
59.
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Bernard		 122 -2
31.
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Baby		 247 +3
20.
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Arthur		 396 -3
79.
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Arnold		 69 -5
90.
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Anthony		 56 +8
63.
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Andrew		 110 +8
84.
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Alvin		 62 +5
73.
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Allen		 85 +2
29.
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Allan		 254 +4
42.
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Alfred		 199 +2
44.
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Alexander		 166 +3
21.
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Albert		 395 +1
66.
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Alan		 105 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
61.
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Yvonne		 122 +14
93.
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Wilma		 76 +3
85.
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Vivian		 88 new
86.
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Virginia		 87 new
47.
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Violet		 170 0
91.
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Viola		 78 new
77.
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Verna		 98 -13
62.
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Vera		 120 -1
83.
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Velma		 90 +15
56.
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Theresa		 136 +3
57.
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Thelma		 133 0
96.
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Sylvia		 74 new
90.
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Stella		 81 +3
4.
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Shirley		 984 0
72.
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Sheila		 105 -4
14.
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Ruth		 506 -2
76.
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Ruby		 100 -8
40.
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Rose		 196 +1
48.
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Rita		 168 +6
83.
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Reta		 90 +2
39.
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Phyllis		 201 -7
72.
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Pauline		 105 0
12.
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Patricia		 563 +3
82.
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Olive		 94 -7
95.
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Olga		 75 -6
19.
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Norma		 381 +2
53.
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Nancy		 157 +1
100.
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Myrtle		 69 -16
42.
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Muriel		 192 -8
43.
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Mildred		 191 -5
99.
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May		 70 0
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Mary		 2,478 0
22.
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Marjorie		 321 -2
15.
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Marion		 446 -2
34.
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Marilyn		 218 +8
2.
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Marie		 2,149 0
79.
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Marian		 96 +3
97.
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Maria		 73 -14
63.
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Marguerite		 119 0
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Margaret		 1,420 0
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Mabel		 83 +4
58.
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Lorraine		 131 -2
69.
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Lorna		 108 +4
21.
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Lois		 350 +1
31.
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Lillian		 235 -3
98.
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Leona		 71 -3
65.
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Laura		 115 +12
27.
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Kathleen		 275 +4
17.
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June		 402 0
13.
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Joyce		 540 +1
79.
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Josephine		 96 -13
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Joan		 860 +1
88.
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Jessie		 84 -11
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Jean		 607 -1
60.
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Janet		 129 +8
65.
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Jacqueline		 115 -1
25.
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Irene		 290 -1
81.
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Hilda		 95 -2
5.
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Helen		 899 +1
64.
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Hazel		 118 -6
93.
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Gwendolyn		 76 -7
38.
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Grace		 202 +1
32.
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Gloria		 230 +8
37.
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Gladys		 203 0
68.
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Gertrude		 109 +12
69.
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Geraldine		 108 -2
28.
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Frances		 267 -2
24.
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Florence		 303 +1
23.
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Evelyn		 316 0
75.
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Eva		 104 -15
58.
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Ethel		 131 -8
50.
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Elsie		 164 -7
67.
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Ellen		 112 +14
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Elizabeth		 631 +1
30.
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Eleanor		 250 0
49.
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Eileen		 166 -1
43.
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Edna		 191 +1
35.
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Edith		 209 0
6.
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Dorothy		 871 -1
16.
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Doris		 407 +2
20.
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Doreen		 370 -1
33.
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Donna		 225 +13
91.
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Dolores		 78 -29
78.
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Constance		 97 new
72.
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Clara		 105 +1
35.
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Catherine		 209 +1
86.
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Beverly		 87 0
51.
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Beverley		 162 +2
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Betty		 708 -2
45.
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Bernice		 187 0
52.
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Beatrice		 159 0
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Barbara		 839 +1
46.
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Baby		 181 +5
18.
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Audrey		 399 -2
26.
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Annie		 288 +3
55.
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Anne		 137 +16
40.
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Anna		 196 -8
71.
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Ann		 107 +25
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Alice		 261 -2
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Agnes		 155 -5
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Popularity extremes for Canada