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		 145 +11
37.
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Albert		 258 -1
64.
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Alexander		 124 -15
65.
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Alfred		 123 -6
36.
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Allan		 263 -1
77.
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Allen		 97 -4
96.
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Alvin		 67 new
77.
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Andrew		 97 -6
87.
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Anthony		 81 -4
93.
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Arnold		 74 -8
34.
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Arthur		 273 -5
30.
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Baby		 306 -9
31.
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Barry		 295 +3
71.
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Bernard		 112 -6
29.
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Brian		 338 +4
32.
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Bruce		 291 -2
57.
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Carl		 143 -5
16.
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Charles		 598 -2
76.
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Clarence		 98 -5
52.
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Clifford		 154 +1
40.
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Daniel		 198 +3
6.
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David		 1,321 +1
35.
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Dennis		 266 +1
7.
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Donald		 1,316 -1
15.
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Douglas		 620 +2
68.
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Earl		 116 0
14.
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Edward		 635 -1
79.
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Edwin		 91 +2
85.
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Eric		 82 -3
44.
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Ernest		 179 +2
90.
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Eugene		 77 -1
39.
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Francis		 200 +2
41.
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Frank		 186 -2
83.
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Franklin		 87 new
24.
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Frederick		 379 0
81.
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Fredrick		 90 +2
47.
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Garry		 167 +17
13.
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Gary		 636 +3
9.
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George		 902 0
17.
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Gerald		 582 -2
69.
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Glen		 115 +6
88.
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Glenn		 79 -10
21.
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Gordon		 492 -3
85.
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Grant		 82 +14
27.
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Harold		 351 0
47.
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Harry		 167 +4
67.
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Harvey		 118 +3
59.
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Henry		 133 -5
59.
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Herbert		 133 +3
55.
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Howard		 147 +2
88.
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Hugh		 79 -19
95.
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Ian		 71 -5
100.
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Ivan		 61 new
53.
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Jack		 150 +2
5.
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James		 1,833 0
92.
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Jean		 75 -1
2.
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John		 2,763 0
1.
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Joseph		 2,975 0
61.
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Keith		 130 -3
10.
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Kenneth		 901 0
23.
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Larry		 393 +9
25.
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Lawrence		 364 +3
97.
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Leo		 66 -2
50.
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Leonard		 163 -10
79.
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Leslie		 91 -5
51.
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Lloyd		 159 -6
61.
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Lorne		 130 +18
94.
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Louis		 72 -7
99.
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Martin		 62 -1
91.
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Maurice		 76 -15
75.
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Melvin		 103 +11
20.
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Michael		 496 +2
49.
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Murray		 166 0
84.
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Neil		 86 +10
25.
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Norman		 364 0
44.
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Patrick		 179 +3
18.
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Paul		 543 +1
19.
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Peter		 523 +1
58.
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Philip		 138 +4
46.
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Ralph		 175 -3
28.
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Raymond		 349 -5
71.
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Reginald		 112 -10
11.
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Richard		 765 +1
3.
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Robert		 2,728 0
38.
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Roger		 220 +10
8.
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Ronald		 1,202 0
66.
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Ross		 121 -11
43.
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Roy		 181 -1
74.
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Russell		 104 +6
98.
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Samuel		 64 -11
42.
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Stanley		 183 -4
63.
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Stephen		 128 -3
82.
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Terrence		 89 +13
12.
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Thomas		 763 -1
54.
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Victor		 148 +11
33.
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Walter		 275 -2
22.
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Wayne		 412 +4
73.
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Wilfred		 108 +4
4.
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William		 2,406 0
69.
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Winston		 115 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Agnes		 88 new
49.
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Alice		 199 -12
54.
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Ann		 184 -7
79.
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Anna		 108 -7
47.
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Anne		 201 +2
100.
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Annie		 83 -16
74.
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Arlene		 123 +1
53.
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Audrey		 191 -8
39.
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Baby		 225 -15
5.
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Barbara		 1,119 0
98.
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Beatrice		 85 -5
84.
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Bernice		 102 +16
23.
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Betty		 358 -4
22.
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Beverley		 366 +2
44.
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Beverly		 207 -9
55.
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Bonnie		 182 +13
49.
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Brenda		 199 +1
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Carol		 858 +2
37.
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Carole		 231 -3
30.
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Carolyn		 285 +21
31.
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Catherine		 278 +7
88.
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Constance		 98 0
100.
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Darlene		 83 new
97.
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Deanna		 87 -11
64.
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Diana		 155 +8
19.
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Diane		 411 +11
51.
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Dianne		 197 +23
12.
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Donna		 623 0
45.
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Doreen		 203 +1
59.
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Doris		 170 -5
15.
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Dorothy		 501 0
68.
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Edith		 133 -5
90.
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Edna		 96 -9
95.
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Eileen		 89 -28
60.
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Elaine		 165 -4
42.
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Eleanor		 210 -9
10.
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Elizabeth		 709 -1
75.
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Ellen		 120 +14
89.
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Elsie		 97 -11
41.
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Evelyn		 214 +3
60.
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Florence		 165 -5
27.
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Frances		 304 +1
25.
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Gail		 326 -4
67.
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Geraldine		 138 -3
84.
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Gladys		 102 -1
21.
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Gloria		 382 +1
92.
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Grace		 93 -12
65.
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Heather		 144 +5
14.
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Helen		 541 -1
38.
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Irene		 228 +2
56.
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Jacqueline		 180 -4
69.
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Jane		 132 +2
29.
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Janet		 299 +3
80.
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Janice		 106 +20
26.
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Jean		 310 -9
100.
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Jeanette		 83 -10
7.
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Joan		 764 -1
58.
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Joanne		 177 +4
24.
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Joyce		 337 -4
9.
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Judith		 729 +2
40.
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June		 215 +8
36.
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Karen		 239 +43
83.
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Katherine		 104 new
35.
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Kathleen		 241 +3
94.
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Laura		 91 +6
69.
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Lillian		 132 -9
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Linda		 477 +10
33.
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Lois		 256 -4
78.
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Lorna		 110 -3
60.
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Lorraine		 165 -2
91.
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Louise		 95 +3
75.
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Lynda		 120 +21
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Margaret		 1,325 0
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Marian		 84 new
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Marie		 2,303 0
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Marilyn		 592 -3
32.
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Marion		 268 -10
43.
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Marjorie		 208 -7
27.
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Marlene		 304 +4
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Mary		 2,231 0
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Maureen		 162 -2
84.
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Muriel		 102 -19
82.
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Myrna		 105 -16
20.
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Nancy		 393 -4
48.
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Norma		 200 -7
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Patricia		 1,253 0
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Pauline		 113 -8
66.
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Phyllis		 141 -7
71.
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Roberta		 128 +19
57.
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Rose		 179 -5
87.
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Rosemary		 99 +8
18.
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Ruth		 421 0
11.
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Sandra		 663 +3
16.
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Sharon		 494 +10
34.
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Sheila		 253 +8
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Shirley		 746 -1
45.
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Susan		 203 +11
52.
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Sylvia		 195 -10
72.
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Valerie		 125 +20
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Virginia		 124 +9
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Wendy		 92 new
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Yvonne		 106 +6
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Popularity extremes for Canada