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		 128 +5
29.
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Albert		 260 -2
61.
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Alexander		 121 -3
53.
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Alfred		 139 -7
32.
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Allan		 234 +1
76.
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Allen		 87 -1
96.
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Alvin		 59 -12
79.
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Andrew		 86 -10
81.
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Anthony		 85 +7
88.
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Arnold		 72 -26
25.
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Arthur		 292 -1
20.
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Baby		 382 +3
51.
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Barry		 142 +21
68.
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Bernard		 99 -18
44.
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Brian		 156 +22
30.
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Bruce		 238 +2
43.
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Carl		 172 -6
98.
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Cecil		 55 -3
15.
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Charles		 549 -2
71.
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Clarence		 95 -7
48.
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Clifford		 145 +2
46.
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Daniel		 155 -6
8.
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David		 998 +1
63.
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Dennis		 114 +6
6.
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Donald		 1,290 0
13.
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Douglas		 570 +3
64.
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Earl		 113 -14
11.
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Edward		 625 0
85.
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Edwin		 78 -4
76.
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Eric		 87 +10
42.
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Ernest		 188 +1
91.
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Eugene		 65 +6
40.
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Francis		 190 -6
35.
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Frank		 197 -1
23.
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Frederick		 334 -1
89.
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Fredrick		 71 -11
65.
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Garry		 108 +23
22.
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Gary		 338 +8
9.
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George		 880 -1
17.
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Gerald		 514 -2
62.
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Glen		 119 +14
93.
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Glenn		 64 -2
14.
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Gordon		 551 0
27.
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Harold		 286 -2
39.
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Harry		 192 +1
60.
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Harvey		 125 +4
54.
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Henry		 137 +5
59.
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Herbert		 127 -10
49.
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Howard		 143 -2
72.
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Hugh		 94 -1
94.
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Ian		 61 -8
100.
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Ivan		 52 -6
47.
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Jack		 152 -8
5.
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James		 1,639 0
73.
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Jean		 91 +1
3.
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John		 2,504 0
1.
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Joseph		 2,740 0
57.
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Keith		 132 +2
10.
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Kenneth		 850 0
41.
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Larry		 189 +3
28.
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Lawrence		 261 0
70.
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Leo		 96 -2
33.
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Leonard		 213 +9
83.
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Leslie		 84 -1
51.
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Lloyd		 142 -3
66.
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Lorne		 107 -5
86.
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Louis		 77 +2
100.
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Malcolm		 52 new
94.
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Martin		 61 -3
87.
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Marvin		 75 -8
84.
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Maurice		 79 -2
74.
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Melvin		 90 +5
25.
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Michael		 292 +4
49.
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Murray		 143 -4
90.
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Neil		 70 +8
24.
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Norman		 311 -4
44.
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Patrick		 156 +11
18.
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Paul		 409 0
18.
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Peter		 409 +1
69.
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Philip		 98 +3
34.
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Ralph		 203 +2
21.
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Raymond		 363 -1
75.
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Reginald		 89 +18
16.
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Richard		 532 +1
2.
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Robert		 2,622 0
55.
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Roger		 136 -5
7.
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Ronald		 1,071 0
56.
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Ross		 135 +1
36.
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Roy		 196 +2
81.
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Russell		 85 -4
91.
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Samuel		 65 +4
38.
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Stanley		 193 -7
76.
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Stephen		 87 +8
97.
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Terrance		 57 new
12.
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Thomas		 620 0
67.
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Victor		 102 -12
98.
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Wallace		 55 +1
31.
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Walter		 236 -5
36.
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Wayne		 196 +14
79.
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Wilfred		 86 -12
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William		 2,234 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Agnes		 76 -25
36.
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Alice		 213 +4
53.
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Ann		 147 -2
54.
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Anna		 143 0
47.
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Anne		 171 -1
74.
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Annie		 105 -13
67.
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Arlene		 115 -2
35.
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Audrey		 215 -5
20.
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Baby		 324 +3
4.
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Barbara		 1,129 +1
81.
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Beatrice		 96 -5
75.
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Bernice		 103 -10
14.
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Betty		 427 +3
16.
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Beverley		 369 +4
30.
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Beverly		 246 -5
11.
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Carol		 544 +2
43.
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Carole		 190 +1
57.
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Carolyn		 135 +16
33.
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Catherine		 228 +6
76.
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Constance		 101 +21
82.
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Deanna		 95 +10
92.
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Diana		 84 new
55.
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Diane		 140 +2
11.
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Donna		 544 +1
26.
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Doreen		 257 -4
41.
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Doris		 197 -7
13.
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Dorothy		 491 -2
51.
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Edith		 164 -2
85.
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Edna		 91 -29
66.
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Eileen		 116 -4
58.
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Elaine		 134 -5
31.
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Eleanor		 237 -2
10.
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Elizabeth		 600 -2
86.
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Ellen		 90 -6
62.
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Elsie		 123 -4
67.
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Ethel		 115 +15
86.
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Eva		 90 +3
45.
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Evelyn		 183 -14
44.
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Florence		 188 -6
25.
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Frances		 268 -2
49.
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Gail		 169 +20
73.
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Geraldine		 107 -6
67.
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Gladys		 115 -8
38.
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Gloria		 208 +7
61.
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Grace		 126 -11
8.
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Helen		 652 +1
38.
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Irene		 208 -5
45.
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Jacqueline		 183 +7
77.
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Jane		 100 +8
42.
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Janet		 192 -7
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Janice		 75 new
19.
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Jean		 327 -4
79.
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Jeanette		 97 -6
7.
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Joan		 798 0
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Joanne		 111 -4
17.
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Joyce		 352 +2
32.
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Judith		 231 +32
28.
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June		 248 +9
95.
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Katherine		 78 +5
38.
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Kathleen		 208 -6
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Laura		 97 +16
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Leona		 83 new
48.
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Lillian		 170 0
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Linda		 78 new
24.
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Lois		 282 -3
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Lorna		 109 +7
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Lorraine		 130 -4
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Margaret		 1,222 0
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Marie		 2,272 0
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Marilyn		 622 +1
21.
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Marion		 307 -3
27.
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Marjorie		 251 -1
18.
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Marlene		 350 -2
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Mary		 2,238 0
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Maureen		 122 +17
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Mildred		 100 -5
56.
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Muriel		 136 +4
65.
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Myrna		 121 +5
23.
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Nancy		 283 +4
28.
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Norma		 248 0
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Patricia		 953 0
70.
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Pauline		 114 +17
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Phyllis		 152 -5
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Rita		 93 -12
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Roberta		 92 +2
97.
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Rosalie		 77 new
49.
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Rose		 169 -6
15.
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Ruth		 398 -1
22.
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Sandra		 293 +19
62.
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Sharon		 123 +16
34.
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Sheila		 220 +2
5.
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Shirley		 997 -1
36.
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Sylvia		 213 +6
98.
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Theresa		 76 0
88.
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Vera		 88 +10
90.
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Verna		 85 +3
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Violet		 86 -7
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Virginia		 79 0
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Wilma		 85 new
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Yvonne		 128 +2
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Popularity extremes for Canada