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		 4,162 +1
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Joseph		 4,083 +2
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John		 4,021 0
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David		 3,944 -3
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Michael		 2,980 +1
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William		 2,797 +1
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James		 2,770 -2
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Richard		 2,439 0
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Brian		 1,902 0
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Paul		 1,747 +1
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Donald		 1,693 -1
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Peter		 1,589 +1
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Ronald		 1,500 +1
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Kenneth		 1,433 +1
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Douglas		 1,407 -3
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Thomas		 1,339 0
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Stephen		 1,332 +1
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Gary		 1,328 -1
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Mark		 1,326 +1
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Daniel		 1,310 -1
21.
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Steven		 921 +1
22.
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Kevin		 856 +5
23.
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Gordon		 833 +1
24.
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Wayne		 804 -3
25.
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Edward		 785 +1
26.
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George		 767 -1
27.
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Bruce		 766 -4
28.
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Gregory		 752 0
29.
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Timothy		 731 +2
30.
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Christopher		 721 +3
31.
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Jeffrey		 625 +6
32.
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Charles		 601 -3
33.
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Patrick		 574 +3
34.
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Gerald		 566 -5
35.
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Larry		 550 -3
36.
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Raymond		 549 -1
37.
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Alan		 507 +1
38.
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Lawrence		 483 +3
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Dennis		 480 -5
40.
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Terry		 471 0
41.
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Barry		 459 -2
42.
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Allan		 448 0
43.
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Baby		 426 0
44.
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Randy		 419 +4
45.
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Norman		 392 +1
46.
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Glenn		 388 -2
47.
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Ian		 363 +3
48.
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Frank		 362 -1
49.
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Randall		 361 -1
50.
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Andrew		 353 +7
51.
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Keith		 347 -6
52.
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Roger		 332 -2
53.
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Bradley		 327 +3
53.
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Philip		 327 0
55.
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Dale		 322 +4
56.
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Frederick		 313 -4
57.
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Anthony		 311 -3
58.
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Glen		 308 0
59.
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Leonard		 292 +1
60.
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Arthur		 279 +5
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Eric		 279 -5
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Martin		 276 +2
63.
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Scott		 268 +16
64.
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Walter		 262 -1
65.
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Henry		 260 +4
66.
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Harold		 245 -5
66.
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Ralph		 245 +1
68.
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Murray		 243 -6
69.
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Craig		 239 +4
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Roy		 239 -3
71.
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Garry		 235 -1
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Stanley		 235 +1
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Russell		 219 +8
74.
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Leslie		 214 +3
75.
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Neil		 212 -8
76.
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Ross		 211 +13
77.
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Danny		 207 0
78.
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Rodney		 205 +6
79.
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Alexander		 201 +4
80.
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Albert		 198 0
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Howard		 191 -6
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Francis		 190 -11
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Terrance		 187 +1
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Ricky		 183 new
85.
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Carl		 179 -9
86.
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Harry		 178 -12
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Micheal		 177 +3
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Victor		 177 0
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Grant		 176 -7
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Randolph		 174 +2
91.
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Guy		 171 +8
92.
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Allen		 167 +8
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Michel		 164 -7
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Robin		 164 +1
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Terrence		 163 +2
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Jack		 159 -2
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Bryan		 158 -1
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Denis		 158 +1
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Ernest		 156 -6
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Bernard		 152 -9
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Kim		 152 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Marie		 2,882 +1
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Mary		 2,685 -1
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Susan		 2,535 +1
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Deborah		 2,460 -1
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Linda		 1,917 0
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Karen		 1,831 +2
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Patricia		 1,733 -1
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Catherine		 1,608 +1
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Debra		 1,575 -2
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Barbara		 1,473 0
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Nancy		 1,332 0
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Sandra		 1,284 0
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Donna		 1,272 0
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Sharon		 1,136 +4
15.
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Brenda		 1,113 0
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Margaret		 1,069 0
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Wendy		 1,033 -3
18.
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Carol		 971 -1
19.
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Elizabeth		 940 0
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Janet		 928 0
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Janice		 843 0
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Cheryl		 808 +2
23.
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Diane		 797 -1
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Heather		 747 +1
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Judith		 733 -2
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Joanne		 709 0
27.
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Cynthia		 664 +12
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Christine		 620 +1
29.
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Kathleen		 605 -1
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Darlene		 545 0
31.
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Marilyn		 538 -4
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Pamela		 529 -1
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Katherine		 522 +2
34.
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Kathryn		 519 +4
35.
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Anne		 495 +1
36.
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Gail		 491 -3
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Bonnie		 479 -5
38.
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Shirley		 465 +2
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Joan		 454 -6
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Jane		 453 -3
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Laurie		 444 +19
42.
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Lynn		 435 +4
43.
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Laura		 430 +9
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Denise		 410 0
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Helen		 400 0
46.
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Maureen		 399 -3
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Kim		 394 +41
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Colleen		 383 +6
49.
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Teresa		 368 +3
50.
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Maria		 364 +7
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Cindy		 361 new
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Valerie		 356 -11
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Judy		 355 -11
54.
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Elaine		 353 +1
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Suzanne		 353 +4
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Beverly		 349 -6
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Lorraine		 345 -8
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Sheila		 342 -7
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Dianne		 338 -11
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Shelley		 332 +12
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Ruth		 327 -14
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Leslie		 322 +2
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Baby		 319 -1
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Ann		 316 -8
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Diana		 312 +4
66.
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Theresa		 304 -1
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Jennifer		 300 +6
68.
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Anna		 291 -5
69.
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Dorothy		 282 -10
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Lynda		 281 -3
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Louise		 280 -10
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Lori		 272 +23
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Sherry		 260 -2
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Jacqueline		 259 -6
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Marlene		 256 -9
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Betty		 245 -1
77.
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Joyce		 243 +2
78.
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Carolyn		 241 +3
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Julie		 239 +7
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Robin		 236 +7
81.
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Irene		 235 -3
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Victoria		 235 -4
83.
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Rosemary		 220 -7
84.
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Frances		 215 -2
85.
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Jean		 213 -15
86.
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Dawn		 209 +4
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Rita		 199 -7
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Cathy		 197 -4
89.
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Sylvia		 191 +10
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Rose		 190 -5
91.
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Anita		 189 new
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Beverley		 189 +1
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Ellen		 189 +5
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Gloria		 183 -12
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Evelyn		 177 -4
96.
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Kathy		 175 new
97.
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Yvonne		 171 +2
98.
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Rhonda		 168 new
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Lois		 160 -25
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Marion		 160 -6
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Michele		 160 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada