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 +/-
1.
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Joseph
2,779 0
2.
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John
2,717 +1
3.
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Robert
2,518 -1
4.
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William
2,267 0
5.
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James
1,717 0
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Donald
1,275 0
7.
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David
1,261 0
8.
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Ronald
1,051 0
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George
930 0
10.
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Kenneth
783 0
11.
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Thomas
711 0
12.
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Richard
678 +1
13.
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Edward
627 -1
14.
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Charles
559 +2
15.
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Gerald
556 0
16.
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Gary
554 +5
17.
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Douglas
551 -3
18.
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Gordon
523 0
19.
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Paul
495 +1
20.
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Peter
476 -1
21.
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Baby
470 -4
22.
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Michael
435 0
23.
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Raymond
364 +1
24.
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Frederick
355 -1
25.
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Norman
329 +1
26.
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Wayne
325 -1
27.
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Harold
309 0
28.
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Lawrence
306 0
29.
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Arthur
292 -1
30.
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Bruce
289 +1
31.
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Walter
281 +1
32.
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Larry
275 +1
33.
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Brian
262 +8
34.
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Barry
245 +1
35.
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Allan
241 -5
36.
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Albert
223 -2
36.
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Dennis
223 +6
38.
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Stanley
205 -2
39.
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Frank
196 -1
40.
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Leonard
193 +9
41.
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Francis
187 -2
42.
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Roy
185 -5
43.
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Daniel
177 +7
43.
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Ralph
177 0
45.
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Lloyd
171 +13
46.
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Ernest
170 -3
47.
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Patrick
164 -7
48.
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Roger
163 -1
49.
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Alexander
160 +12
49.
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Murray
160 +3
51.
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Harry
156 0
52.
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Carl
151 -4
53.
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Clifford
148 -1
54.
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Henry
144 0
55.
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Jack
143 -9
55.
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Ross
143 0
57.
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Howard
141 -1
58.
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Keith
140 -15
59.
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Alfred
137 0
60.
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Stephen
130 +12
61.
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Reginald
129 +24
62.
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Herbert
125 +3
62.
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Philip
125 +16
64.
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Garry
122 +18
65.
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Bernard
118 -5
65.
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Victor
118 -1
67.
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Alan
115 -11
68.
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Earl
109 -5
69.
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Hugh
106 +11
70.
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Harvey
104 -8
71.
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Andrew
100 +2
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Clarence
100 +2
73.
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Allen
97 -6
74.
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Leslie
93 +2
75.
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Glen
92 -9
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Maurice
90 -1
77.
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Wilfred
88 -10
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Glenn
85 +2
79.
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Lorne
84 -12
80.
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Russell
83 -9
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Edwin
81 +7
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Eric
78 +11
83.
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Anthony
77 -1
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Fredrick
77 -7
85.
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Arnold
76 -6
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Melvin
75 -16
87.
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Louis
74 +4
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Samuel
74 +7
89.
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Eugene
72 -3
90.
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Ian
71 -3
91.
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Cecil
69 0
91.
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Jean
69 +4
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Jerry
69 new
94.
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Neil
68 -12
95.
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Leo
67 -7
95.
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Marvin
67 +4
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Terrence
67 0
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Martin
62 new
99.
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Grant
59 0
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Infant
59 -9
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Marie
2,238 0
2.
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Mary
2,169 0
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Margaret
1,320 0
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Patricia
1,177 +1
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Barbara
1,053 -1
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Joan
778 +1
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Shirley
746 -1
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Carol
729 +2
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Elizabeth
702 -1
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Marilyn
648 -1
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Judith
599 +5
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Donna
598 0
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Helen
595 -2
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Sandra
538 +4
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Dorothy
475 -2
16.
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Nancy
395 +3
17.
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Jean
393 +7
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Ruth
370 -4
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Betty
363 -4
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Joyce
362 0
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Gail
329 +6
22.
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Gloria
323 +30
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Marion
323 -1
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Baby
313 -7
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Beverley
313 -1
26.
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Sharon
301 +11
27.
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Linda
298 +28
28.
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Frances
295 -3
29.
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Lois
283 +3
30.
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Diane
277 +13
31.
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Marlene
274 -9
32.
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Janet
271 -6
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Eleanor
258 -2
34.
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Carole
251 +12
35.
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Beverly
244 +7
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Marjorie
233 -9
37.
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Alice
230 +10
38.
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Catherine
229 -9
38.
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Kathleen
229 -2
40.
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Irene
227 -6
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Norma
225 -11
42.
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Sheila
217 -9
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Sylvia
217 -1
44.
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Evelyn
216 -4
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Audrey
214 0
46.
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Doreen
211 -11
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Ann
208 +4
48.
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June
204 -9
49.
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Anne
198 -1
50.
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Brenda
194 +11
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Carolyn
190 +3
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Jacqueline
187 -3
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Rose
187 -8
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Doris
175 -16
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Florence
169 -6
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Elaine
165 0
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Susan
165 +29
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Lorraine
159 +6
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Phyllis
155 -6
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Lillian
148 -3
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Maureen
141 +6
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Joanne
138 -2
63.
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Edith
135 +2
64.
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Geraldine
130 +2
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Muriel
128 +4
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Myrna
126 +11
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Eileen
125 +5
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Bonnie
123 new
69.
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Pauline
122 +15
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Heather
120 new
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Jane
118 -3
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Anna
116 -10
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Diana
116 +9
74.
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Dianne
111 +26
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Arlene
110 -12
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Lorna
110 -2
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Mildred
108 -3
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Elsie
105 -19
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Karen
104 +21
80.
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Grace
103 -22
81.
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Edna
102 -6
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Virginia
100 -3
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Gladys
98 -14
84.
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Annie
97 -13
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Ethel
96 +7
86.
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Deanna
95 +3
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Yvonne
95 -9
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Constance
94 -12
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Ellen
91 new
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Jeanette
90 -11
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Roberta
90 +1
92.
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Valerie
89 new
93.
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Beatrice
88 -7
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Louise
87 -13
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Rosemary
85 new
96.
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Lynda
84 new
97.
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Marguerite
83 -10
98.
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Theresa
82 -10
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Loretta
81 -7
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Bernice
80 -19
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Janice
80 new
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Laura
80 -6