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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John		 2,930 0
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William		 2,809 0
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Robert		 1,583 +1
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Joseph		 1,578 -1
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James		 1,497 0
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George		 1,392 0
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J		 1,113 0
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Donald		 926 0
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Charles		 820 0
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Gordon		 726 +2
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Harold		 711 0
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Thomas		 683 -2
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Kenneth		 659 0
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Arthur		 646 0
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Edward		 579 0
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Albert		 487 0
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Norman		 474 0
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Frederick		 433 +1
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Douglas		 417 -1
20.
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David		 395 0
21.
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Walter		 387 0
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Harry		 384 +1
23.
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Jack		 368 +2
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Francis		 365 -2
25.
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Roy		 349 -1
26.
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Lloyd		 322 0
27.
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Ernest		 316 +1
28.
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Frank		 302 -1
29.
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Raymond		 301 +5
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Richard		 297 0
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Stanley		 285 0
32.
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Henry		 279 +1
33.
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Alfred		 259 -4
34.
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Leonard		 246 +6
35.
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Howard		 238 0
36.
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Gerald		 235 -4
37.
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Clarence		 232 +2
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Herbert		 229 -2
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Earl		 228 -1
40.
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Ronald		 225 +2
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Clifford		 222 -4
42.
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Wilfred		 216 +3
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Allan		 207 0
44.
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Alexander		 205 -3
45.
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Peter		 199 -1
46.
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Ralph		 189 +1
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Lawrence		 185 -1
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Leslie		 176 +13
49.
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Bruce		 174 +4
50.
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Russell		 151 -2
51.
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Paul		 150 +9
52.
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Hugh		 148 -1
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Louis		 146 +3
54.
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Ross		 145 +2
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Bernard		 142 0
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Michael		 140 -6
57.
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Victor		 139 -4
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Leo		 136 +7
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Murray		 136 +5
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Reginald		 134 +2
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Lorne		 127 -9
62.
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Patrick		 125 +7
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Cecil		 124 -14
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Harvey		 121 0
65.
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Baby		 118 new
66.
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Carl		 116 +2
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Samuel		 116 -8
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Edwin		 108 -2
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Vernon		 108 +9
70.
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Andrew		 106 -12
71.
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Fredrick		 103 +18
72.
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Edgar		 102 +10
73.
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Arnold		 100 +5
74.
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Elmer		 98 -7
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Maurice		 98 -4
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Wallace		 93 -5
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Daniel		 91 -1
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Eric		 88 -3
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Philip		 86 -8
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Allen		 83 -7
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Jean		 79 -8
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Alvin		 76 -4
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Percy		 76 -1
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Vincent		 73 +2
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Cyril		 72 +5
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Sidney		 71 -4
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Alan		 70 +5
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Eugene		 70 +4
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Glen		 70 +12
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Keith		 68 -3
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Melvin		 67 +4
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Fred		 63 -8
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Wilbert		 63 -7
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Wesley		 61 new
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Ivan		 60 -15
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Gilbert		 58 -2
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Morris		 58 +1
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Hubert		 55 new
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Stephen		 55 -6
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Franklin		 54 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,638 0
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Margaret		 1,776 0
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Dorothy		 1,347 0
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M		 1,235 +2
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Marie		 1,118 -1
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Helen		 1,017 -1
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Jean		 731 0
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Doris		 605 0
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Ruth		 599 0
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Florence		 561 0
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Marion		 516 0
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Elizabeth		 510 0
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Audrey		 492 +10
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Marjorie		 467 -1
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Evelyn		 420 +3
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Kathleen		 412 -1
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Irene		 404 +3
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Annie		 401 -4
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Alice		 399 -2
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Gladys		 391 +1
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Edith		 375 -5
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Muriel		 361 +4
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Edna		 345 -1
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Lillian		 341 +1
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Mildred		 332 -6
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Grace		 325 +1
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Frances		 321 -3
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Betty		 318 +2
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Phyllis		 301 +2
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Norma		 297 +7
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Ethel		 284 -2
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Anna		 277 +9
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Hazel		 273 +2
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Elsie		 253 +2
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Shirley		 252 +18
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Violet		 248 -8
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Agnes		 236 +6
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Olive		 233 0
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Vera		 223 +3
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Eleanor		 222 +3
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Beatrice		 220 -9
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Barbara		 218 +4
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Thelma		 206 -11
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Gertrude		 202 +4
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Catherine		 195 -11
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Jessie		 194 +6
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Ruby		 194 -1
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Eileen		 189 -10
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Joan		 189 +13
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June		 185 +13
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Marguerite		 185 -3
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Eva		 183 -12
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Rita		 178 -4
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Joyce		 161 +11
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Hilda		 159 0
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Mabel		 158 -2
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Patricia		 155 -7
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Pearl		 150 -2
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Clara		 147 +5
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Sarah		 147 +8
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Laura		 146 -3
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Reta		 144 +8
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Bernice		 141 -4
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Myrtle		 141 -12
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Rose		 137 -9
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Verna		 131 -7
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Ellen		 129 +1
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Lois		 129 -5
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Marjory		 125 0
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Josephine		 119 +10
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Doreen		 109 +6
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Bertha		 108 +1
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Winnifred		 107 -1
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Ida		 106 -9
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Vivian		 102 new
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May		 100 +7
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Constance		 98 -1
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Stella		 98 new
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Ada		 97 +13
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Gloria		 97 new
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Alma		 94 -6
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Geraldine		 93 +15
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Katherine		 92 new
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Viola		 91 -11
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Emily		 90 new
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Bessie		 89 -1
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Nora		 89 -4
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Martha		 88 new
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Velma		 88 new
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Esther		 87 -1
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Julia		 87 new
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Marian		 85 +4
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Blanche		 84 +4
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Maria		 84 -14
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Pauline		 84 -4
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Isabel		 83 -2
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Lilian		 81 -14
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Emma		 80 -11
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Francis		 80 -21
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Virginia		 80 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada