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)
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
58.
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Alan
110 0
23.
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Albert
312 -2
49.
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Alexander
128 -11
43.
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Alfred
148 +5
36.
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Allan
207 +1
77.
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Allen
76 +4
86.
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Alvin
65 +11
72.
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Andrew
81 -5
95.
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Anthony
55 -9
84.
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Arnold
70 -14
22.
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Arthur
322 +2
28.
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Baby
250 -2
81.
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Barry
72 -5
54.
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Bernard
120 +5
30.
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Bruce
222 +4
42.
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Carl
152 +11
88.
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Cecil
64 -6
10.
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Charles
613 0
59.
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Clarence
109 -12
53.
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Clifford
121 -8
65.
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Daniel
99 -6
12.
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David
554 0
83.
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Dennis
71 +5
5.
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Donald
1,679 0
15.
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Douglas
487 -1
50.
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Earl
125 -4
11.
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Edward
572 +4
64.
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Edwin
102 +8
79.
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Eric
73 -4
38.
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Ernest
177 -2
91.
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Eugene
62 -7
97.
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Floyd
52 new
32.
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Francis
221 -2
30.
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Frank
222 -3
98.
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Franklin
48 new
21.
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Frederick
331 +2
76.
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Fredrick
79 -3
79.
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Gary
73 new
8.
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George
1,000 0
16.
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Gerald
435 0
93.
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Gilbert
58 0
70.
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Glen
86 +7
74.
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Glenn
80 +14
14.
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Gordon
502 -1
18.
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Harold
392 -1
33.
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Harry
220 -1
56.
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Harvey
118 +6
44.
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Henry
147 -3
47.
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Herbert
140 +4
40.
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Howard
168 +1
60.
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Hugh
108 +4
86.
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Ian
65 +8
89.
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Ivan
63 -9
35.
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Jack
214 0
6.
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James
1,426 0
78.
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Jean
75 0
2.
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John
2,504 0
98.
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Jos
48 new
1.
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Joseph
2,638 0
52.
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Keith
122 +4
9.
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Kenneth
756 0
34.
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Lawrence
217 -1
67.
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Leo
93 -1
37.
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Leonard
205 +3
72.
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Leslie
81 -2
48.
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Lloyd
132 -4
51.
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Lorne
124 0
67.
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Louis
93 -8
93.
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Martin
58 +6
96.
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Marvin
54 new
66.
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Maurice
98 +3
81.
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Melvin
72 +10
40.
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Michael
168 +3
46.
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Murray
144 +4
85.
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Neil
68 +1
19.
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Norman
378 0
55.
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Patrick
119 -1
26.
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Paul
275 +2
25.
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Peter
279 0
71.
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Philip
83 +8
39.
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Ralph
171 0
20.
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Raymond
333 0
62.
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Reginald
104 +1
17.
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Richard
414 +1
4.
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Robert
1,946 0
61.
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Roger
107 +7
7.
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Ronald
1,119 0
45.
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Ross
146 +10
27.
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Roy
256 +4
69.
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Russell
88 -5
74.
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Samuel
80 0
100.
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Sidney
47 -5
29.
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Stanley
241 -1
13.
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Thomas
544 -2
89.
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Vernon
63 -4
62.
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Victor
104 -6
92.
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Vincent
60 +6
24.
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Walter
281 -2
57.
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Wilfred
117 -8
3.
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William
2,229 0
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
60.
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Agnes
116 -16
26.
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Alice
256 -1
100.
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Anita
66 new
67.
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Ann
106 -12
37.
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Anna
189 -2
53.
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Anne
132 +3
32.
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Annie
208 -3
21.
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Audrey
319 0
36.
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Baby
194 +6
4.
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Barbara
1,039 +2
54.
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Beatrice
130 -3
58.
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Bernice
124 -10
10.
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Betty
550 -1
33.
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Beverley
205 +7
59.
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Beverly
121 +3
69.
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Carol
104 +22
38.
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Catherine
188 +1
84.
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Clara
83 +2
91.
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Constance
75 -22
74.
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Dolores
93 -1
27.
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Donna
245 +3
19.
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Doreen
332 -2
20.
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Doris
327 0
8.
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Dorothy
731 0
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Edith
200 -2
55.
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Edna
128 -6
48.
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Eileen
141 +8
85.
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Elaine
82 +13
29.
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Eleanor
230 +2
11.
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Elizabeth
542 +1
77.
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Ellen
91 +5
39.
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Elsie
179 +7
63.
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Ethel
108 -9
71.
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Eva
101 0
27.
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Evelyn
245 0
31.
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Florence
219 -7
25.
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Frances
266 +1
97.
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Georgina
69 new
61.
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Geraldine
111 +12
81.
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Gertrude
84 -16
52.
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Gladys
134 -9
43.
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Gloria
167 +2
41.
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Grace
172 -7
72.
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Hazel
100 +8
7.
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Helen
783 0
93.
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Hilda
74 +5
24.
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Irene
285 +4
56.
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Jacqueline
127 +3
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Jane
84 +14
49.
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Janet
139 +7
12.
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Jean
481 -1
87.
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Jessie
79 -2
5.
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Joan
983 -1
88.
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Josephine
76 -10
15.
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Joyce
395 -2
16.
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June
376 0
30.
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Kathleen
220 +2
70.
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Laura
103 +6
34.
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Lillian
202 +1
18.
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Lois
345 0
74.
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Lorna
93 -5
63.
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Lorraine
108 -3
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Margaret
1,248 0
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Marguerite
89 -12
86.
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Maria
80 +12
91.
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Marian
75 -10
2.
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Marie
2,028 0
17.
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Marilyn
358 +2
13.
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Marion
442 +2
22.
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Marjorie
297 +1
50.
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Marlene
138 +28
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Mary
2,252 0
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Maureen
67 -4
45.
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Mildred
157 -7
40.
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Muriel
176 +1
41.
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Nancy
172 +9
94.
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Nora
71 new
23.
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Norma
293 -1
88.
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Olive
76 +1
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Patricia
589 +1
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Pauline
92 -1
44.
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Phyllis
163 -7
94.
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Reta
71 -10
73.
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Rita
95 -20
47.
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Rose
150 0
80.
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Ruby
86 -20
14.
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Ruth
407 0
46.
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Sheila
156 +30
6.
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Shirley
954 -1
96.
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Stella
70 -6
51.
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Sylvia
135 +12
63.
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Thelma
108 +9
66.
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Theresa
107 -1
97.
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Velma
69 new
57.
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Vera
125 +10
68.
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Verna
105 -4
62.
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Violet
110 -10
88.
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Vivian
76 -5
81.
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Wilma
84 new
77.
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Yvonne
91 +10