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		 290 +1
70.
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Albert		 179 -20
68.
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Alexander		 184 +5
88.
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Alfred		 126 +1
31.
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Allan		 454 -2
74.
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Allen		 166 -4
71.
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Andrew		 176 +4
81.
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Anthony		 151 +2
38.
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Arthur		 295 +1
37.
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Baby		 337 +1
32.
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Barry		 423 0
95.
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Bernard		 116 -10
12.
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Brian		 1,307 +1
23.
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Bruce		 716 +2
62.
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Bryan		 198 -4
75.
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Carl		 165 -3
24.
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Charles		 697 +2
48.
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Christopher		 245 +2
79.
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Clifford		 156 -11
69.
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Dale		 180 +7
26.
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Daniel		 661 +1
85.
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Danny		 134 +3
4.
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David		 3,020 0
96.
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Denis		 112 -4
28.
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Dennis		 585 -5
8.
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Donald		 1,720 0
13.
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Douglas		 1,272 -1
97.
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Earl		 106 -11
22.
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Edward		 764 0
55.
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Eric		 219 +1
76.
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Ernest		 160 -12
56.
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Francis		 217 -9
53.
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Frank		 226 +7
36.
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Frederick		 350 -1
39.
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Garry		 290 -3
18.
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Gary		 874 -1
17.
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George		 889 +3
25.
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Gerald		 669 -1
58.
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Glen		 214 +4
59.
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Glenn		 212 +10
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Gordon		 826 +2
88.
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Grant		 126 +7
34.
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Gregory		 385 +3
47.
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Harold		 255 -6
62.
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Harry		 198 -1
84.
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Henry		 135 +7
66.
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Howard		 195 0
86.
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Hugh		 130 new
48.
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Ian		 245 +11
82.
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Jack		 142 -1
6.
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James		 2,680 0
88.
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Jean		 126 +12
2.
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John		 3,950 0
3.
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Joseph		 3,110 0
42.
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Keith		 289 +3
11.
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Kenneth		 1,417 0
21.
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Larry		 813 -2
30.
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Lawrence		 457 +1
43.
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Leonard		 274 0
65.
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Leslie		 197 +12
76.
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Lloyd		 160 +2
73.
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Lorne		 171 -6
52.
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Mark		 232 +4
87.
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Martin		 129 -6
9.
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Michael		 1,583 +1
99.
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Micheal		 101 new
51.
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Murray		 239 -5
72.
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Neil		 172 +12
35.
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Norman		 362 -2
33.
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Patrick		 420 +1
15.
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Paul		 1,163 0
16.
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Peter		 935 +2
44.
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Philip		 269 0
93.
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Phillip		 123 -3
62.
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Ralph		 198 -8
93.
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Randall		 123 +6
29.
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Raymond		 523 +1
91.
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Reginald		 125 -4
7.
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Richard		 1,916 0
1.
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Robert		 3,997 0
91.
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Rodney		 125 +5
39.
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Roger		 290 +3
10.
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Ronald		 1,523 -1
67.
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Ross		 191 -2
46.
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Roy		 257 +3
80.
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Russell		 153 0
53.
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Stanley		 226 +2
27.
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Stephen		 650 +1
45.
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Steven		 259 +25
98.
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Terence		 105 new
61.
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Terrance		 203 -9
78.
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Terrence		 159 -16
50.
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Terry		 244 -3
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Thomas		 1,212 0
60.
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Timothy		 204 +13
83.
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Victor		 139 -4
57.
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Walter		 215 -4
100.
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Warren		 99 -4
20.
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Wayne		 822 -4
5.
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William		 2,860 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
83.
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Alice		 149 +8
64.
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Ann		 214 -4
58.
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Anne		 275 -10
96.
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Arlene		 128 -1
93.
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Audrey		 132 0
59.
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Baby		 261 -3
5.
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Barbara		 1,603 -1
41.
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Betty		 332 +1
52.
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Beverley		 298 -19
50.
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Beverly		 299 0
23.
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Bonnie		 561 +2
15.
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Brenda		 798 +6
11.
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Carol		 1,128 -1
44.
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Carolyn		 319 -5
17.
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Catherine		 689 +3
31.
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Cheryl		 418 -2
42.
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Christine		 323 +17
73.
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Colleen		 176 +4
68.
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Constance		 196 +13
93.
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Cynthia		 132 new
55.
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Darlene		 282 -2
40.
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Deborah		 335 +22
96.
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Denise		 128 new
61.
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Diana		 234 +5
19.
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Diane		 640 0
39.
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Dianne		 336 -5
10.
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Donna		 1,135 +2
87.
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Doreen		 143 -14
100.
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Doris		 124 0
38.
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Dorothy		 340 -2
50.
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Elaine		 299 -6
91.
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Eleanor		 141 -1
14.
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Elizabeth		 847 0
90.
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Ellen		 142 -4
70.
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Evelyn		 187 -7
46.
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Frances		 314 -1
25.
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Gail		 541 +1
96.
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Gayle		 128 new
49.
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Gloria		 301 -6
27.
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Heather		 505 -3
30.
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Helen		 445 -2
75.
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Irene		 172 +12
53.
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Jacqueline		 290 +5
36.
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Jane		 356 +4
21.
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Janet		 602 0
28.
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Janice		 474 +3
86.
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Janis		 146 -8
57.
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Jean		 278 -16
96.
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Jennifer		 128 new
26.
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Joan		 526 -5
34.
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Joanne		 359 +2
60.
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Joyce		 242 -6
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Judith		 1,356 +1
45.
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Judy		 317 +16
92.
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June		 136 -21
16.
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Karen		 740 -1
66.
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Katherine		 206 +19
29.
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Kathleen		 472 +1
47.
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Kathryn		 308 +18
82.
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Laura		 150 +2
87.
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Leslie		 143 -4
84.
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Lillian		 147 +8
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Linda		 3,407 0
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Lois		 211 -10
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Lorraine		 290 -7
67.
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Louise		 202 +1
22.
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Lynda		 594 -6
63.
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Lynn		 219 -6
71.
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Lynne		 186 +5
7.
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Margaret		 1,416 0
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Marie		 2,476 -1
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Marilyn		 557 -6
62.
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Marion		 223 +2
79.
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Marjorie		 159 -9
56.
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Marlene		 279 -9
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Mary		 2,757 +1
35.
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Maureen		 358 +1
13.
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Nancy		 969 0
72.
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Norma		 182 -3
43.
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Pamela		 320 +8
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Patricia		 1,590 -1
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Pauline		 153 +7
93.
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Penny		 132 +6
77.
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Phyllis		 163 +2
78.
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Rose		 161 -4
74.
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Rosemary		 175 -7
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Ruth		 366 -1
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Sandra		 1,085 -1
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Sharon		 1,338 -1
37.
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Sheila		 348 -2
18.
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Shirley		 662 -1
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Susan		 1,703 +2
48.
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Suzanne		 304 +4
76.
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Sylvia		 166 -2
87.
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Teresa		 143 new
69.
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Theresa		 190 +3
32.
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Valerie		 411 +17
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Victoria		 157 +8
84.
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Virginia		 147 -4
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Wendy		 616 +7
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Popularity extremes for Canada