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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Alan		 102 -2
27.
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Albert		 278 -1
58.
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Alexander		 109 -7
46.
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Alfred		 134 +3
33.
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Allan		 214 -2
75.
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Allen		 81 -1
84.
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Alvin		 69 +13
69.
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Andrew		 90 +5
88.
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Anthony		 67 +7
62.
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Arnold		 104 +12
24.
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Arthur		 297 +1
23.
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Baby		 320 +9
72.
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Barry		 83 -8
50.
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Bernard		 123 +6
66.
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Brian		 95 +14
32.
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Bruce		 226 -4
37.
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Carl		 177 +5
95.
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Cecil		 62 -7
13.
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Charles		 564 0
64.
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Clarence		 98 -5
50.
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Clifford		 123 +4
40.
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Daniel		 159 +12
9.
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David		 907 +1
69.
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Dennis		 90 -3
6.
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Donald		 1,336 0
16.
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Douglas		 479 -1
50.
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Earl		 123 +5
11.
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Edward		 678 -2
81.
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Edwin		 72 -1
86.
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Eric		 68 +5
43.
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Ernest		 157 -5
97.
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Eugene		 61 -8
34.
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Francis		 202 +6
34.
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Frank		 202 -5
22.
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Frederick		 322 +1
78.
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Fredrick		 76 0
88.
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Garry		 67 +4
30.
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Gary		 239 +7
8.
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George		 963 0
15.
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Gerald		 483 +1
76.
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Glen		 80 -7
91.
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Glenn		 66 -5
14.
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Gordon		 488 0
25.
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Harold		 290 -3
40.
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Harry		 159 -2
64.
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Harvey		 98 -6
59.
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Henry		 108 -12
49.
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Herbert		 126 +7
47.
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Howard		 132 -2
71.
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Hugh		 86 +2
86.
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Ian		 68 +3
94.
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Ivan		 64 -2
39.
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Jack		 160 -4
5.
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James		 1,504 0
74.
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Jean		 82 +4
3.
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John		 2,240 -1
1.
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Joseph		 2,770 0
59.
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Keith		 108 -11
10.
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Kenneth		 721 +1
44.
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Larry		 144 +22
28.
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Lawrence		 253 -1
68.
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Leo		 92 -5
42.
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Leonard		 158 -6
82.
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Leslie		 71 -5
48.
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Lloyd		 128 -2
61.
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Lorne		 106 0
88.
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Louis		 67 -19
91.
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Martin		 66 +3
79.
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Marvin		 74 -10
82.
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Maurice		 71 -13
79.
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Melvin		 74 +8
29.
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Michael		 250 +1
45.
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Murray		 135 -2
98.
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Neil		 60 -3
20.
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Norman		 326 -1
55.
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Patrick		 122 -11
18.
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Paul		 352 0
19.
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Peter		 346 +1
72.
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Philip		 83 +11
36.
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Ralph		 193 +5
20.
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Raymond		 326 +1
93.
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Reginald		 65 -28
17.
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Richard		 455 0
2.
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Robert		 2,356 +1
50.
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Roger		 123 +2
7.
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Ronald		 1,036 0
57.
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Ross		 113 -7
38.
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Roy		 168 -4
77.
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Russell		 78 -11
95.
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Samuel		 62 -10
31.
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Stanley		 229 +2
84.
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Stephen		 69 +13
12.
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Thomas		 587 0
99.
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Vernon		 54 new
55.
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Victor		 122 +5
99.
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Wallace		 54 new
26.
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Walter		 280 -2
50.
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Wayne		 123 +33
67.
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Wilfred		 93 +15
4.
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William		 1,968 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
73.
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Agnes		 96 +3
40.
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Alice		 194 -5
100.
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Anita		 66 new
51.
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Ann		 138 -2
54.
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Anna		 128 +1
46.
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Anne		 160 +2
61.
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Annie		 115 -9
65.
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Arlene		 107 +2
30.
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Audrey		 232 +2
23.
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Baby		 259 +17
5.
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Barbara		 1,041 0
76.
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Beatrice		 93 -12
65.
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Bernice		 107 -5
17.
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Betty		 355 -4
20.
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Beverley		 319 +1
25.
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Beverly		 257 +12
13.
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Carol		 404 +3
44.
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Carole		 166 +17
73.
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Carolyn		 96 +20
39.
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Catherine		 196 -3
97.
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Constance		 73 -2
92.
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Deanna		 78 new
57.
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Diane		 124 +22
95.
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Dolores		 74 -27
12.
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Donna		 486 +7
22.
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Doreen		 263 +1
34.
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Doris		 216 -6
11.
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Dorothy		 499 -2
49.
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Edith		 145 -5
56.
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Edna		 125 0
62.
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Eileen		 114 -4
53.
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Elaine		 134 +28
29.
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Eleanor		 235 -5
8.
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Elizabeth		 647 +3
80.
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Ellen		 89 -10
58.
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Elsie		 122 -5
82.
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Ethel		 85 -16
89.
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Eva		 80 +5
31.
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Evelyn		 224 -2
38.
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Florence		 197 -4
23.
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Frances		 259 +7
69.
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Gail		 104 +15
67.
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Geraldine		 105 -3
59.
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Gladys		 118 +4
45.
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Gloria		 165 -4
50.
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Grace		 141 +4
100.
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Hazel		 66 0
9.
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Helen		 635 -1
33.
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Irene		 217 -2
52.
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Jacqueline		 137 -5
85.
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Jane		 84 -10
35.
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Janet		 209 +10
15.
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Jean		 357 -3
73.
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Jeanette		 96 new
7.
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Joan		 814 -1
67.
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Joanne		 105 +16
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Josephine		 66 new
19.
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Joyce		 329 -5
64.
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Judith		 108 +20
37.
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June		 202 -11
100.
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Katherine		 66 0
32.
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Kathleen		 218 +1
95.
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Laura		 74 -9
48.
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Lillian		 149 -3
21.
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Lois		 278 -3
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Lorna		 90 0
55.
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Lorraine		 127 -5
76.
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Louise		 93 +14
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Margaret		 1,226 +1
82.
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Marguerite		 85 +6
88.
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Marian		 81 -11
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Marie		 2,212 0
10.
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Marilyn		 557 0
18.
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Marion		 335 -1
26.
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Marjorie		 254 +1
16.
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Marlene		 356 +8
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Mary		 2,107 0
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Maureen		 86 -10
72.
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Mildred		 98 -13
60.
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Muriel		 117 -9
70.
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Myrna		 100 +30
27.
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Nancy		 252 -5
28.
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Norma		 236 -8
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Patricia		 890 +1
87.
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Pauline		 82 -18
47.
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Phyllis		 153 -5
71.
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Rita		 99 +11
86.
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Roberta		 83 +2
43.
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Rose		 180 -5
89.
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Ruby		 80 +3
14.
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Ruth		 381 +1
41.
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Sandra		 193 +21
78.
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Sharon		 91 new
36.
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Sheila		 205 +7
4.
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Shirley		 1,094 -1
42.
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Sylvia		 182 -3
91.
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Thelma		 79 -19
98.
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Theresa		 71 -3
98.
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Vera		 71 -24
93.
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Verna		 77 -21
82.
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Violet		 85 -4
94.
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Virginia		 76 new
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Yvonne		 114 -6
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Popularity extremes for Canada