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		 2,844 0
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John		 2,535 0
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William		 2,411 0
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Robert		 2,065 0
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Donald		 1,687 0
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James		 1,514 0
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Ronald		 1,121 +1
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George		 965 -1
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Kenneth		 746 0
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Charles		 666 0
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Thomas		 633 +1
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David		 542 +2
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Gordon		 541 0
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Douglas		 502 +1
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Edward		 490 -4
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Gerald		 428 0
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Harold		 417 -1
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Richard		 406 0
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Norman		 352 0
20.
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Raymond		 337 +2
21.
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Albert		 336 0
22.
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Walter		 326 +1
23.
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Frederick		 313 +1
24.
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Arthur		 305 -4
25.
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Peter		 277 +1
26.
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Baby		 267 +5
27.
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Frank		 264 +6
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Paul		 258 +3
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Stanley		 258 -3
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Francis		 247 0
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Roy		 234 -4
32.
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Harry		 225 +3
33.
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Lawrence		 223 +1
34.
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Bruce		 222 +5
35.
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Jack		 218 -7
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Ernest		 204 +1
37.
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Allan		 192 -8
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Alexander		 189 +6
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Ralph		 188 +4
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Leonard		 182 -2
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Henry		 181 -2
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Howard		 181 -5
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Michael		 174 +3
44.
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Lloyd		 168 -3
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Clifford		 156 +1
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Earl		 147 -2
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Clarence		 142 +2
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Alfred		 140 -6
49.
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Wilfred		 138 +12
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Murray		 129 -2
51.
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Herbert		 128 -1
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Lorne		 128 +4
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Carl		 125 +1
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Patrick		 122 +2
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Ross		 121 -4
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Keith		 116 -3
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Victor		 116 -5
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Alan		 113 +8
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Bernard		 110 0
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Daniel		 110 +1
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Louis		 110 -2
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Harvey		 107 +9
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Reginald		 104 +4
64.
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Hugh		 102 +5
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Russell		 102 -1
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Leo		 101 -8
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Andrew		 97 -4
68.
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Roger		 93 +11
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Maurice		 92 -4
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Arnold		 90 +9
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Leslie		 90 -8
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Edwin		 88 -5
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Fredrick		 87 +2
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Samuel		 85 -4
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Eric		 84 +9
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Barry		 82 new
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Glen		 81 0
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Jean		 79 -5
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Philip		 77 -7
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Ivan		 75 +4
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Allen		 74 -8
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Cecil		 73 -6
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Stephen		 69 -1
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Eugene		 68 -6
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Vernon		 66 +4
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Anthony		 65 +4
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Neil		 65 -3
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Dennis		 64 +3
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Glenn		 64 0
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Elmer		 63 +4
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Melvin		 62 -7
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Wallace		 62 -10
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Gilbert		 60 -2
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Ian		 56 +4
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Roland		 55 new
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Sidney		 55 new
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Alvin		 54 -13
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Vincent		 53 new
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Malcolm		 52 -5
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Martin		 52 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,405 0
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Marie		 2,111 0
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Margaret		 1,347 0
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Joan		 1,011 +3
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Shirley		 961 -1
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Barbara		 938 +2
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Helen		 819 -2
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Dorothy		 756 -2
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Betty		 654 0
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Patricia		 612 +2
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Jean		 582 0
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Elizabeth		 568 -2
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Joyce		 480 0
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Ruth		 458 0
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Marion		 435 0
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June		 426 +1
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Doreen		 377 +3
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Lois		 357 +3
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Marilyn		 348 +15
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Doris		 327 -4
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Audrey		 323 -3
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Norma		 313 -3
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Marjorie		 295 -1
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Florence		 288 0
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Alice		 282 +4
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Frances		 276 +2
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Evelyn		 268 -4
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Irene		 266 -3
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Annie		 257 -3
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Donna		 244 +3
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Eleanor		 241 -1
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Kathleen		 231 -5
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Edith		 208 +2
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Grace		 204 +4
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Anna		 203 +5
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Lillian		 203 -4
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Phyllis		 195 +2
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Mildred		 189 +5
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Catherine		 188 -4
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Beverley		 187 +11
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Muriel		 179 +1
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Baby		 178 +4
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Gladys		 175 -6
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Agnes		 168 +10
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Gloria		 166 -13
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Elsie		 160 +4
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Rose		 159 -7
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Bernice		 157 -3
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Edna		 154 -6
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Nancy		 153 +3
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Beatrice		 149 +1
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Violet		 140 -5
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Rita		 135 -5
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Ethel		 133 +4
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Ann		 124 +16
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Anne		 121 -1
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Eileen		 121 -7
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Janet		 121 +4
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Jacqueline		 120 +6
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Lorraine		 119 -2
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Ruby		 119 +16
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Beverly		 117 +24
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Sylvia		 116 +33
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Verna		 115 +13
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Gertrude		 112 +3
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Theresa		 112 -9
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Marguerite		 110 -4
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Vera		 110 -5
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Constance		 109 +9
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Lorna		 109 0
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Eva		 107 +4
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Thelma		 106 -15
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Dolores		 105 +18
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Geraldine		 105 -4
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Pauline		 104 -3
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Laura		 102 -11
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Sheila		 102 -4
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Josephine		 101 +1
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Marlene		 101 new
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Hazel		 98 -16
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Marian		 95 -2
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Ellen		 94 -15
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Vivian		 92 +2
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Reta		 84 -1
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Jessie		 83 +3
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Clara		 82 -14
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Yvonne		 81 -26
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Francis		 80 new
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Olive		 78 -7
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Stella		 76 0
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Carol		 75 new
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Pearl		 72 new
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Virginia		 72 -6
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Ida		 70 new
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Jane		 69 new
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Mabel		 69 -6
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Maureen		 69 new
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Elaine		 68 new
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Hilda		 68 -17
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Maria		 68 -1
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Sarah		 68 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada