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
3,123 0
2.
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John
3,067 0
2.
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Robert
3,067 +1
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William
2,662 0
5.
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James
2,203 0
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David
1,548 0
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Donald
1,389 0
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Ronald
1,257 0
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Kenneth
1,036 +1
10.
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Richard
915 +1
11.
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George
870 -2
12.
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Thomas
821 0
13.
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Douglas
803 +2
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Gary
767 -1
15.
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Edward
674 -1
16.
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Gordon
623 +5
17.
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Paul
614 +1
18.
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Peter
605 +1
19.
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Michael
601 +1
20.
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Charles
557 -4
21.
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Gerald
546 -4
22.
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Brian
485 +7
23.
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Wayne
474 -1
24.
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Raymond
403 +4
25.
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Larry
401 -2
26.
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Dennis
379 +9
27.
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Barry
368 +4
28.
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Frederick
365 -4
29.
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Bruce
362 +3
30.
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Lawrence
359 -5
31.
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Norman
354 -6
32.
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Harold
321 -5
33.
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Arthur
319 +1
34.
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Allan
289 +2
35.
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Baby
282 -5
36.
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Walter
261 -3
37.
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Albert
249 0
38.
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Leonard
224 +12
39.
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Stanley
216 +3
40.
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Garry
215 +7
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Roger
215 -2
42.
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Patrick
211 +2
43.
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Daniel
209 -3
44.
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Frank
206 -3
45.
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Roy
201 -2
46.
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Stephen
199 +17
47.
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Francis
198 -8
48.
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Ernest
184 -4
49.
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Harry
176 -2
50.
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Murray
172 -1
51.
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Ralph
171 -5
52.
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Lloyd
163 -1
53.
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Keith
158 +8
54.
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Carl
157 +3
55.
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Clifford
156 -3
56.
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Jack
154 -3
57.
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Victor
152 -3
58.
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Howard
147 -3
59.
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Philip
146 -1
60.
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Alan
145 -4
61.
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Lorne
142 0
62.
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Ross
137 +4
63.
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Alexander
133 +1
64.
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Alfred
132 +1
65.
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Earl
129 +3
66.
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Henry
128 -7
67.
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Leslie
125 +12
68.
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Reginald
124 +3
69.
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Andrew
123 +8
70.
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Herbert
119 -11
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Bernard
117 0
72.
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Hugh
113 +16
73.
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Harvey
110 -6
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Ian
107 +21
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Wilfred
104 -2
76.
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Clarence
103 0
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Arnold
99 +16
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Allen
97 -1
79.
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Anthony
96 +8
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Bryan
96 new
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Melvin
96 -4
82.
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Glen
95 -13
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Eric
93 +2
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Glenn
93 +5
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Leo
89 +12
86.
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Grant
86 -1
86.
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Neil
86 -2
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Russell
86 -12
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Edwin
82 -10
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Maurice
81 +1
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Fredrick
80 -10
92.
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Terrance
79 new
93.
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Terrence
76 -11
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Terry
76 new
95.
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Jean
73 -3
96.
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Franklin
72 -13
97.
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Eugene
69 -7
98.
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Louis
68 -4
99.
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Samuel
67 -1
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Winston
67 -30
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Marie
2,503 0
2.
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Mary
2,281 0
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Margaret
1,335 0
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Patricia
1,298 0
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Barbara
1,134 0
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Carol
1,041 0
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Judith
861 +2
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Sandra
839 +3
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Sharon
799 +7
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Donna
798 +2
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Shirley
791 -3
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Joan
728 -5
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Marilyn
714 0
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Elizabeth
650 -4
15.
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Linda
591 +2
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Helen
541 -2
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Diane
489 +2
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Dorothy
481 -3
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Gloria
435 +2
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Nancy
430 0
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Karen
426 +15
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Gail
394 +3
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Carolyn
386 +7
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Ruth
384 -6
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Joyce
366 -1
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Janet
362 +3
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Betty
359 -4
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Carole
353 +9
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Beverley
321 -7
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Frances
314 -3
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Jean
314 -4
32.
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Marion
303 0
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Susan
297 +12
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Marlene
279 -7
35.
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Catherine
268 -4
36.
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Dianne
257 +15
37.
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Kathleen
250 -2
38.
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Sheila
246 -4
39.
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Lois
243 -6
40.
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Eleanor
226 +2
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Norma
220 +7
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Alice
215 +7
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Beverly
212 +1
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June
212 -3
45.
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Anne
210 +2
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Joanne
210 +13
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Baby
207 -8
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Irene
206 -10
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Marjorie
206 -5
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Ann
205 +4
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Doreen
202 -6
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Evelyn
202 -10
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Bonnie
194 +2
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Elaine
194 +7
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Maureen
193 +8
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Brenda
190 -7
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Audrey
189 -4
58.
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Heather
188 +7
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Sylvia
188 -6
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Rose
182 -3
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Lynda
181 +14
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Doris
176 -3
63.
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Lorraine
170 -3
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Diana
165 0
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Jacqueline
160 -9
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Florence
158 -6
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Phyllis
155 -1
68.
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Wendy
149 +25
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Lillian
141 0
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Edith
135 -2
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Jane
134 -2
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Darlene
131 +28
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Caroline
128 new
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Lorna
120 +4
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Pauline
118 +2
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Virginia
118 -2
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Ellen
114 -2
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Janice
114 +3
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Arlene
113 -5
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Geraldine
113 -12
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Louise
110 +10
82.
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Edna
108 +8
83.
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Katherine
107 0
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Grace
104 +8
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Anna
103 -6
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Mildred
103 new
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Rosemary
102 0
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Rita
101 new
89.
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Elsie
98 0
89.
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Jeanette
98 +11
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Roberta
98 -18
92.
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Eileen
97 +3
92.
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Muriel
97 -8
94.
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Sharron
95 new
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Charlotte
92 new
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Yvonne
92 -15
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Judy
90 new
98.
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Gladys
89 -14
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Bernice
88 -15
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Beatrice
85 -2
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Theresa
85 new