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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Joseph		 2,797 0
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Robert		 2,464 0
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John		 2,451 0
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William		 2,103 0
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James		 1,634 0
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Donald		 1,279 0
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David		 1,039 +1
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Ronald		 952 -1
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George		 937 0
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Kenneth		 740 0
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Thomas		 674 +1
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Edward		 650 -1
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Richard		 554 +3
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Douglas		 545 -1
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Gerald		 530 +2
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Charles		 521 -1
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Baby		 471 +3
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Gordon		 459 -4
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Peter		 455 -1
20.
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Paul		 414 -2
21.
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Gary		 399 +1
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Michael		 385 +3
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Frederick		 330 0
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Raymond		 316 -3
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Wayne		 310 +11
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Norman		 303 -2
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Harold		 289 0
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Arthur		 279 -3
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Lawrence		 279 0
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Allan		 243 +2
31.
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Bruce		 241 -1
32.
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Walter		 235 -1
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Larry		 231 +8
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Albert		 230 -5
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Barry		 207 +16
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Stanley		 204 +2
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Roy		 190 -1
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Frank		 187 -3
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Francis		 185 +1
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Patrick		 178 +4
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Brian		 177 +3
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Dennis		 175 +21
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Ernest		 158 -1
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Keith		 158 +14
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Ralph		 158 -9
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Jack		 155 +1
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Roger		 154 +8
48.
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Carl		 152 -5
49.
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Leonard		 151 -16
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Daniel		 149 -4
51.
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Harry		 148 -12
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Clifford		 143 -4
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Murray		 143 -3
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Henry		 141 0
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Ross		 137 +1
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Alan		 133 +2
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Howard		 133 -7
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Lloyd		 129 -7
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Alfred		 121 -6
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Bernard		 118 +8
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Alexander		 116 0
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Harvey		 108 -2
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Earl		 106 +1
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Victor		 105 +3
65.
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Herbert		 103 -6
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Glen		 100 -4
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Allen		 99 +9
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Lorne		 99 -1
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Wilfred		 99 +12
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Melvin		 98 +4
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Russell		 94 +10
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Stephen		 93 +4
73.
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Andrew		 91 +6
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Clarence		 91 -2
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Maurice		 87 +9
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Fredrick		 85 +13
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Leslie		 85 +7
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Philip		 83 -9
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Arnold		 82 +9
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Glenn		 80 +13
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Hugh		 80 -8
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Anthony		 79 -1
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Garry		 79 -17
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Neil		 79 +8
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Reginald		 78 -10
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Eugene		 76 +5
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Ian		 75 +7
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Edwin		 73 -3
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Leo		 73 -18
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Infant		 71 new
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Cecil		 69 +7
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Louis		 69 -5
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Eric		 67 -17
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Samuel		 66 -3
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Jean		 64 -22
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Terrence		 64 new
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Franklin		 61 new
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Alvin		 59 -2
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Grant		 58 new
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Marvin		 58 -12
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Terrance		 58 -2
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Marie		 2,275 0
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Mary		 2,047 0
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Margaret		 1,306 0
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Barbara		 1,094 0
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Patricia		 1,012 +1
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Shirley		 809 -1
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Joan		 798 0
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Elizabeth		 747 +2
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Marilyn		 640 0
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Carol		 608 +1
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Helen		 581 -3
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Donna		 564 -1
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Dorothy		 477 0
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Ruth		 370 +1
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Betty		 367 -1
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Judith		 365 +16
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Baby		 364 +3
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Sandra		 361 +4
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Nancy		 350 +4
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Joyce		 328 -3
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Marion		 318 0
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Marlene		 304 -4
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Beverley		 297 -7
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Jean		 296 -5
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Frances		 273 0
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Janet		 253 +16
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Gail		 249 +22
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Marjorie		 249 0
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Catherine		 236 +4
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Norma		 234 -2
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Eleanor		 230 0
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Lois		 224 -8
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Sheila		 221 +1
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Irene		 219 +4
35.
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Doreen		 217 -9
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Kathleen		 214 +2
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Sharon		 209 +25
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Doris		 208 +3
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June		 204 -11
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Evelyn		 203 +5
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Sylvia		 200 -5
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Beverly		 197 -12
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Diane		 195 +12
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Rose		 190 +5
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Audrey		 188 -10
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Carole		 182 -3
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Alice		 178 -11
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Anne		 173 -1
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Florence		 170 -5
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Jacqueline		 170 -4
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Ann		 168 +2
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Gloria		 162 -14
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Phyllis		 157 -1
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Carolyn		 149 +3
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Linda		 141 +40
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Elaine		 139 +2
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Lillian		 138 -9
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Grace		 131 +3
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Elsie		 128 +3
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Joanne		 122 +11
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Brenda		 121 new
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Anna		 120 -8
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Arlene		 119 +4
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Lorraine		 118 -5
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Edith		 115 -14
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Geraldine		 113 +7
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Maureen		 112 -3
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Jane		 108 +9
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Gladys		 107 -2
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Muriel		 107 -13
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Annie		 105 +3
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Eileen		 103 -6
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Lorna		 102 -1
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Mildred		 101 +3
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Edna		 100 +10
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Constance		 97 0
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Myrna		 96 -12
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Yvonne		 96 -17
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Jeanette		 95 0
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Virginia		 95 +15
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Bernice		 90 -6
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Diana		 90 +11
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Louise		 90 new
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Pauline		 89 -14
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Susan		 87 new
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Beatrice		 86 -5
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Marguerite		 85 new
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Theresa		 83 +10
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Deanna		 82 -7
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Hazel		 82 new
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Roberta		 81 -7
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Ethel		 78 -25
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Loretta		 78 new
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Caroline		 76 new
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Laura		 76 -15
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Rita		 76 -11
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Vera		 76 -6
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Katherine		 75 -3
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Violet		 74 -10
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Agnes		 73 -2
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Anita		 73 new
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Dianne		 73 new
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Karen		 73 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada