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		 115 -11
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Albert		 223 -2
49.
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Alexander		 160 +12
59.
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Alfred		 137 0
35.
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Allan		 241 -5
73.
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Allen		 97 -6
71.
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Andrew		 100 +2
83.
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Anthony		 77 -1
85.
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Arnold		 76 -6
29.
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Arthur		 292 -1
21.
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Baby		 470 -4
34.
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Barry		 245 +1
65.
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Bernard		 118 -5
33.
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Brian		 262 +8
30.
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Bruce		 289 +1
52.
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Carl		 151 -4
91.
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Cecil		 69 0
14.
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Charles		 559 +2
71.
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Clarence		 100 +2
53.
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Clifford		 148 -1
43.
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Daniel		 177 +7
7.
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David		 1,261 0
36.
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Dennis		 223 +6
6.
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Donald		 1,275 0
17.
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Douglas		 551 -3
68.
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Earl		 109 -5
13.
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Edward		 627 -1
81.
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Edwin		 81 +7
82.
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Eric		 78 +11
46.
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Ernest		 170 -3
89.
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Eugene		 72 -3
41.
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Francis		 187 -2
39.
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Frank		 196 -1
24.
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Frederick		 355 -1
83.
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Fredrick		 77 -7
64.
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Garry		 122 +18
16.
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Gary		 554 +5
9.
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George		 930 0
15.
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Gerald		 556 0
75.
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Glen		 92 -9
78.
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Glenn		 85 +2
18.
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Gordon		 523 0
99.
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Grant		 59 0
27.
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Harold		 309 0
51.
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Harry		 156 0
70.
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Harvey		 104 -8
54.
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Henry		 144 0
62.
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Herbert		 125 +3
57.
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Howard		 141 -1
69.
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Hugh		 106 +11
90.
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Ian		 71 -3
99.
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Infant		 59 -9
55.
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Jack		 143 -9
5.
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James		 1,717 0
91.
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Jean		 69 +4
91.
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Jerry		 69 new
2.
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John		 2,717 +1
1.
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Joseph		 2,779 0
58.
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Keith		 140 -15
10.
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Kenneth		 783 0
32.
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Larry		 275 +1
28.
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Lawrence		 306 0
95.
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Leo		 67 -7
40.
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Leonard		 193 +9
74.
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Leslie		 93 +2
45.
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Lloyd		 171 +13
79.
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Lorne		 84 -12
87.
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Louis		 74 +4
98.
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Martin		 62 new
95.
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Marvin		 67 +4
76.
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Maurice		 90 -1
86.
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Melvin		 75 -16
22.
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Michael		 435 0
49.
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Murray		 160 +3
94.
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Neil		 68 -12
25.
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Norman		 329 +1
47.
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Patrick		 164 -7
19.
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Paul		 495 +1
20.
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Peter		 476 -1
62.
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Philip		 125 +16
43.
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Ralph		 177 0
23.
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Raymond		 364 +1
61.
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Reginald		 129 +24
12.
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Richard		 678 +1
3.
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Robert		 2,518 -1
48.
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Roger		 163 -1
8.
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Ronald		 1,051 0
55.
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Ross		 143 0
42.
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Roy		 185 -5
80.
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Russell		 83 -9
87.
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Samuel		 74 +7
38.
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Stanley		 205 -2
60.
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Stephen		 130 +12
95.
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Terrence		 67 0
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Thomas		 711 0
65.
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Victor		 118 -1
31.
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Walter		 281 +1
26.
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Wayne		 325 -1
77.
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Wilfred		 88 -10
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William		 2,267 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
37.
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Alice		 230 +10
47.
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Ann		 208 +4
72.
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Anna		 116 -10
49.
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Anne		 198 -1
84.
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Annie		 97 -13
75.
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Arlene		 110 -12
45.
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Audrey		 214 0
24.
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Baby		 313 -7
5.
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Barbara		 1,053 -1
93.
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Beatrice		 88 -7
100.
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Bernice		 80 -19
19.
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Betty		 363 -4
24.
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Beverley		 313 -1
35.
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Beverly		 244 +7
68.
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Bonnie		 123 new
50.
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Brenda		 194 +11
8.
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Carol		 729 +2
34.
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Carole		 251 +12
51.
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Carolyn		 190 +3
38.
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Catherine		 229 -9
88.
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Constance		 94 -12
86.
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Deanna		 95 +3
72.
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Diana		 116 +9
30.
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Diane		 277 +13
74.
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Dianne		 111 +26
12.
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Donna		 598 0
46.
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Doreen		 211 -11
54.
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Doris		 175 -16
15.
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Dorothy		 475 -2
63.
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Edith		 135 +2
81.
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Edna		 102 -6
67.
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Eileen		 125 +5
56.
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Elaine		 165 0
33.
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Eleanor		 258 -2
9.
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Elizabeth		 702 -1
89.
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Ellen		 91 new
78.
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Elsie		 105 -19
85.
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Ethel		 96 +7
44.
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Evelyn		 216 -4
55.
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Florence		 169 -6
28.
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Frances		 295 -3
21.
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Gail		 329 +6
64.
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Geraldine		 130 +2
83.
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Gladys		 98 -14
22.
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Gloria		 323 +30
80.
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Grace		 103 -22
70.
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Heather		 120 new
13.
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Helen		 595 -2
40.
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Irene		 227 -6
52.
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Jacqueline		 187 -3
71.
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Jane		 118 -3
32.
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Janet		 271 -6
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Janice		 80 new
17.
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Jean		 393 +7
90.
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Jeanette		 90 -11
6.
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Joan		 778 +1
62.
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Joanne		 138 -2
20.
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Joyce		 362 0
11.
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Judith		 599 +5
48.
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June		 204 -9
79.
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Karen		 104 +21
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Kathleen		 229 -2
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Laura		 80 -6
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Lillian		 148 -3
27.
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Linda		 298 +28
29.
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Lois		 283 +3
99.
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Loretta		 81 -7
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Lorna		 110 -2
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Lorraine		 159 +6
94.
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Louise		 87 -13
96.
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Lynda		 84 new
3.
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Margaret		 1,320 0
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Marguerite		 83 -10
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Marie		 2,238 0
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Marilyn		 648 -1
22.
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Marion		 323 -1
36.
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Marjorie		 233 -9
31.
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Marlene		 274 -9
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Mary		 2,169 0
61.
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Maureen		 141 +6
77.
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Mildred		 108 -3
65.
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Muriel		 128 +4
66.
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Myrna		 126 +11
16.
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Nancy		 395 +3
41.
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Norma		 225 -11
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Patricia		 1,177 +1
69.
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Pauline		 122 +15
59.
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Phyllis		 155 -6
90.
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Roberta		 90 +1
52.
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Rose		 187 -8
95.
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Rosemary		 85 new
18.
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Ruth		 370 -4
14.
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Sandra		 538 +4
26.
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Sharon		 301 +11
42.
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Sheila		 217 -9
7.
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Shirley		 746 -1
56.
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Susan		 165 +29
42.
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Sylvia		 217 -1
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Theresa		 82 -10
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Valerie		 89 new
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Virginia		 100 -3
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Yvonne		 95 -9
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Popularity extremes for Canada