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 +/-
52.
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Gary		 125 +27
81.
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Marvin		 72 +15
46.
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Clarence		 139 +13
53.
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Daniel		 122 +12
85.
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Floyd		 68 +12
42.
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Clifford		 154 +11
73.
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Arnold		 85 +11
78.
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Cecil		 77 +10
54.
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Victor		 119 +8
64.
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Leslie		 94 +8
70.
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Jean		 89 +8
75.
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Dennis		 83 +8
93.
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Wayne		 55 new
94.
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Brian		 54 new
95.
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Grant		 52 new
29.
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Lawrence		 217 +5
39.
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Henry		 165 +5
41.
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Murray		 159 +5
61.
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Maurice		 99 +5
64.
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Russell		 94 +5
66.
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Philip		 93 +5
96.
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Edgar		 51 new
85.
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Ivan		 68 +4
97.
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Stephen		 50 new
10.
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Thomas		 601 +3
23.
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Paul		 294 +3
44.
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Herbert		 146 +3
13.
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Douglas		 519 +2
35.
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Leonard		 190 +2
36.
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Ernest		 188 +2
47.
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Alexander		 134 +2
83.
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Neil		 70 +2
5.
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James		 1,537 +1
11.
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David		 581 +1
16.
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Richard		 452 +1
21.
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Arthur		 306 +1
23.
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Walter		 294 +1
27.
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Baby		 243 +1
60.
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Roger		 100 +1
71.
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Andrew		 87 +1
73.
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Glenn		 85 +1
76.
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Allen		 80 +1
100.
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Garnet		 49 new
1.
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Joseph		 2,639 0
2.
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John		 2,403 0
3.
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William		 2,193 0
4.
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Robert		 1,978 0
7.
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Ronald		 1,053 0
8.
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George		 975 0
9.
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Kenneth		 668 0
14.
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Gordon		 498 0
18.
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Harold		 376 0
19.
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Norman		 348 0
20.
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Raymond		 323 0
30.
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Frank		 210 0
32.
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Francis		 207 0
33.
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Harry		 202 0
40.
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Michael		 162 0
6.
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Donald		 1,465 -1
17.
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Gerald		 413 -1
22.
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Frederick		 295 -1
26.
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Peter		 249 -1
28.
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Roy		 224 -1
31.
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Bruce		 208 -1
49.
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Lloyd		 128 -1
55.
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Bernard		 117 -1
12.
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Charles		 564 -2
25.
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Albert		 264 -2
37.
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Jack		 181 -2
38.
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Allan		 168 -2
45.
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Alfred		 142 -2
57.
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Patrick		 115 -2
62.
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Hugh		 98 -2
69.
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Leo		 91 -2
89.
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Ian		 65 -3
92.
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Vernon		 59 -3
15.
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Edward		 481 -4
43.
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Ralph		 148 -4
49.
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Ross		 128 -4
56.
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Keith		 116 -4
66.
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Reginald		 93 -4
83.
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Eric		 70 -4
97.
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Martin		 50 -4
34.
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Stanley		 200 -5
47.
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Carl		 134 -5
91.
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Alvin		 64 -5
80.
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Samuel		 73 -6
82.
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Fredrick		 71 -6
97.
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Eugene		 50 -6
63.
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Harvey		 95 -7
88.
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Barry		 66 -7
100.
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Gilbert		 49 -7
58.
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Earl		 112 -8
59.
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Lorne		 106 -8
89.
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Melvin		 65 -8
68.
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Alan		 92 -10
51.
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Howard		 126 -11
79.
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Louis		 75 -12
77.
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Edwin		 78 -13
71.
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Wilfred		 87 -14
85.
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Glen		 68 -15
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
36.
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Carol		 183 +33
78.
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Joanne		 92 new
80.
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Arlene		 88 new
73.
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Constance		 97 +18
60.
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Yvonne		 118 +17
85.
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Louise		 80 new
53.
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Ann		 137 +14
46.
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Beverly		 159 +13
86.
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Maureen		 79 +13
40.
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Sylvia		 177 +11
70.
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Ruby		 99 +10
92.
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Gwendolyn		 74 new
80.
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Josephine		 88 +8
93.
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Virginia		 73 new
20.
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Donna		 301 +7
42.
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Janet		 169 +7
57.
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Lorraine		 129 +6
67.
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Rita		 105 +6
26.
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Florence		 256 +5
48.
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Gladys		 152 +4
58.
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Violet		 125 +4
68.
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Hazel		 104 +4
70.
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Lorna		 99 +4
75.
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Marguerite		 96 +4
3.
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Shirley		 1,198 +3
35.
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Catherine		 185 +3
38.
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Nancy		 182 +3
41.
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Phyllis		 170 +3
47.
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Marlene		 156 +3
13.
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Joyce		 398 +2
19.
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Audrey		 307 +2
25.
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Evelyn		 259 +2
33.
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Edith		 203 +2
45.
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Rose		 161 +2
99.
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Carole		 67 new
8.
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Patricia		 701 +1
10.
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Elizabeth		 533 +1
11.
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Jean		 471 +1
16.
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Marilyn		 371 +1
17.
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Lois		 335 +1
22.
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Norma		 287 +1
29.
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Kathleen		 240 +1
32.
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Beverley		 212 +1
42.
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Gloria		 169 +1
55.
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Jacqueline		 130 +1
84.
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Elaine		 82 +1
1.
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Mary		 2,206 0
2.
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Marie		 1,993 0
7.
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Helen		 753 0
14.
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Ruth		 387 0
34.
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Lillian		 188 0
58.
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Bernice		 125 0
66.
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Theresa		 106 0
77.
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Ellen		 93 0
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Margaret		 1,167 -1
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Barbara		 1,012 -1
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Joan		 1,005 -1
9.
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Dorothy		 652 -1
21.
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Doris		 297 -1
38.
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Anna		 182 -1
88.
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Jessie		 76 -1
12.
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Betty		 463 -2
15.
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Marion		 374 -2
18.
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June		 333 -2
24.
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Marjorie		 271 -2
27.
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Frances		 251 -2
28.
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Alice		 246 -2
31.
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Eleanor		 216 -2
55.
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Anne		 130 -2
65.
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Ethel		 107 -2
98.
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Stella		 68 -2
99.
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Georgina		 67 -2
63.
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Agnes		 115 -3
79.
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Pauline		 91 -3
23.
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Doreen		 276 -4
36.
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Annie		 183 -4
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Sheila		 149 -4
72.
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Verna		 98 -4
60.
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Edna		 118 -5
96.
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Marian		 71 -5
30.
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Irene		 220 -6
51.
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Mildred		 143 -6
76.
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Laura		 95 -6
87.
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Wilma		 78 -6
94.
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Olive		 72 -6
48.
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Grace		 152 -7
44.
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Baby		 168 -8
89.
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Gertrude		 75 -8
89.
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Jane		 75 -8
63.
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Beatrice		 115 -9
80.
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Eva		 88 -9
94.
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Clara		 72 -10
97.
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Maria		 69 -11
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Muriel		 140 -12
69.
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Vera		 101 -12
73.
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Geraldine		 97 -12
53.
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Elsie		 137 -14
62.
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Eileen		 117 -14
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Dolores		 75 -15
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Thelma		 87 -20
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Popularity extremes for Canada