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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Robert		 4,265 +1
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John		 4,233 -1
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Joseph		 3,541 0
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William		 3,038 0
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David		 3,022 +1
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James		 2,904 -1
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Richard		 2,007 0
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Donald		 1,806 0
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Ronald		 1,768 0
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Kenneth		 1,393 0
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Brian		 1,349 +1
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Michael		 1,343 +2
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Douglas		 1,335 -2
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Thomas		 1,155 -1
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Paul		 1,088 +1
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Wayne		 1,054 +1
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Gary		 993 -2
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George		 949 0
19.
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Peter		 911 0
20.
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Larry		 769 +4
21.
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Edward		 763 +1
22.
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Gordon		 750 -2
23.
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Dennis		 670 0
24.
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Gerald		 669 -3
25.
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Charles		 619 0
26.
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Bruce		 579 0
27.
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Daniel		 541 +2
28.
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Raymond		 521 -1
29.
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Allan		 508 -1
30.
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Barry		 496 0
31.
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Lawrence		 491 0
32.
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Stephen		 474 +2
33.
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Frederick		 406 -1
34.
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Norman		 389 +1
35.
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Patrick		 372 +1
36.
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Garry		 348 -3
37.
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Gregory		 343 +6
38.
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Baby		 335 +2
39.
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Harold		 331 -2
40.
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Arthur		 316 +1
41.
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Roger		 307 -3
42.
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Alan		 290 -4
43.
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Leonard		 288 -1
44.
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Roy		 280 0
45.
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Keith		 278 +5
46.
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Terry		 261 +6
47.
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Murray		 247 -1
48.
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Walter		 246 -1
49.
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Glenn		 235 +10
49.
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Philip		 235 +17
51.
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Terrance		 232 -2
52.
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Frank		 228 -4
53.
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Ian		 225 +21
54.
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Albert		 224 -4
55.
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Stanley		 219 -10
56.
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Francis		 218 0
57.
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Harry		 214 -3
58.
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Bryan		 211 +3
59.
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Eric		 205 +3
60.
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Howard		 198 -2
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Christopher		 196 +19
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Ernest		 196 -4
63.
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Andrew		 194 +15
64.
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Ralph		 192 -11
65.
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Glen		 191 +6
66.
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Lloyd		 184 -4
67.
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Lorne		 182 +3
68.
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Steven		 181 +24
69.
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Timothy		 176 +10
70.
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Jack		 174 +3
71.
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Leslie		 173 -6
72.
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Carl		 167 -4
73.
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Allen		 166 -5
74.
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Clifford		 165 -14
74.
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Ross		 165 -19
76.
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Russell		 158 -1
77.
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Alexander		 157 -13
78.
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Terrence		 151 -11
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Henry		 135 +12
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Martin		 128 +15
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Victor		 128 -9
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Earl		 127 -1
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Mark		 124 +10
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Danny		 122 new
85.
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Hugh		 118 0
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Reginald		 118 -3
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Dale		 117 +3
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Herbert		 117 -3
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Anthony		 115 -7
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Neil		 115 -1
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Alfred		 114 -15
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Bernard		 112 -16
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Edwin		 110 new
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Denis		 104 new
94.
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Fredrick		 104 -7
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Harvey		 104 -8
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Grant		 101 +2
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Warren		 100 -1
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Rodney		 99 -10
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Terence		 96 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Linda		 3,578 +2
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Mary		 2,859 -1
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Marie		 2,706 -1
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Patricia		 1,999 0
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Barbara		 1,988 0
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Sharon		 1,614 0
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Margaret		 1,554 0
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Susan		 1,343 +3
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Judith		 1,335 0
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Carol		 1,324 -2
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Sandra		 1,264 -1
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Donna		 1,196 0
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Nancy		 897 +2
14.
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Lynda		 893 +8
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Shirley		 837 -2
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Elizabeth		 834 -2
17.
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Karen		 732 +1
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Marilyn		 686 -1
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Diane		 673 0
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Joan		 624 -4
21.
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Janet		 543 0
22.
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Gail		 511 -2
23.
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Heather		 499 +1
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Bonnie		 496 +4
25.
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Catherine		 476 +2
26.
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Helen		 462 -3
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Brenda		 442 +9
28.
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Dianne		 419 -3
29.
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Cheryl		 416 -4
30.
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Kathleen		 412 +8
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Dorothy		 400 +2
32.
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Carolyn		 396 -2
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Janice		 396 +3
34.
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Wendy		 377 +12
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Frances		 370 +1
36.
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Sheila		 367 +4
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Gloria		 366 -9
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Beverley		 361 -6
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Ruth		 361 -7
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Betty		 360 -6
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Maureen		 358 0
42.
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Joanne		 335 -1
43.
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Jane		 333 +2
44.
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Joyce		 330 0
45.
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Jean		 327 -6
46.
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Beverly		 321 +3
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Marlene		 297 +3
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Elaine		 288 0
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Pamela		 275 +22
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Anne		 274 -4
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Darlene		 271 +4
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Lorraine		 269 -1
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Jacqueline		 267 +5
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Lois		 266 -1
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Marion		 264 -12
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Ann		 257 +8
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Judy		 257 -1
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Valerie		 256 +9
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Lynn		 255 -5
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Diana		 252 -8
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Evelyn		 239 +1
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Marjorie		 229 -1
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Baby		 225 -6
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Kathryn		 221 +8
65.
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Suzanne		 218 -6
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Norma		 209 -6
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Irene		 207 -3
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Doreen		 206 -2
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Christine		 196 +25
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Rose		 194 -7
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June		 192 -4
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Rosemary		 192 +7
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Alice		 190 0
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Louise		 179 +2
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Eleanor		 175 -1
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Sylvia		 175 -1
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Pauline		 169 +6
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Phyllis		 167 -8
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Constance		 166 +4
80.
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Lynne		 163 +5
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Virginia		 161 -1
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Katherine		 160 -3
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Ellen		 156 +5
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Laura		 156 +15
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Sharron		 152 +4
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Carole		 146 -17
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Leslie		 143 +12
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Arlene		 142 +7
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Eileen		 142 -2
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Geraldine		 138 0
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Doris		 137 -14
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Lorna		 135 -1
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Florence		 133 +6
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Theresa		 131 -2
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Audrey		 129 -15
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Victoria		 126 new
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Janis		 125 new
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Edith		 121 -16
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Rita		 120 -3
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Roberta		 117 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada