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 · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 2,713 0
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William		 2,474 0
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J		 1,465 +4
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Robert		 1,425 -1
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James		 1,393 0
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George		 1,278 0
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Joseph		 1,235 -3
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Donald		 936 0
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Charles		 746 0
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Thomas		 698 +2
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Gordon		 673 -1
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Harold		 665 -1
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Kenneth		 615 0
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Edward		 520 +1
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Baby		 517 +50
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Arthur		 476 -2
17.
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Albert		 461 -1
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Norman		 419 -1
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Douglas		 406 0
20.
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Frederick		 393 -2
21.
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Walter		 387 0
22.
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David		 347 -2
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Francis		 335 +1
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Harry		 318 -2
24.
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Roy		 318 +1
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Lloyd		 303 0
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Jack		 295 -4
28.
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Howard		 280 +7
28.
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Stanley		 280 +3
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Ernest		 263 -3
31.
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Raymond		 261 -2
32.
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Frank		 260 -4
33.
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Gerald		 257 +3
34.
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Ronald		 249 +6
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Henry		 246 -3
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Alfred		 228 -3
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Herbert		 228 +2
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Leonard		 228 -2
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Richard		 228 -6
40.
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Clarence		 212 -3
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Earl		 204 -2
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Alexander		 184 +2
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Bruce		 178 +6
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Ralph		 177 +2
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Clifford		 176 -4
46.
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Wilfred		 174 -4
47.
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Peter		 169 -2
48.
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Lawrence		 166 -1
49.
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Paul		 165 +2
50.
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Allan		 160 -7
51.
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Murray		 154 +7
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Michael		 143 +4
53.
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Victor		 140 +4
54.
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Leo		 139 +4
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Ross		 139 0
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Cecil		 138 +7
57.
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Lorne		 134 +4
58.
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Russell		 132 -8
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Bernard		 126 -4
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Leslie		 120 -12
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Samuel		 120 +6
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Carl		 118 +4
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Louis		 116 -10
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Reginald		 114 -4
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Hugh		 113 -13
66.
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Wallace		 112 +10
67.
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Edwin		 108 +1
68.
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Daniel		 103 +9
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Harvey		 101 -5
70.
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Andrew		 98 0
71.
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Maurice		 88 +3
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Keith		 87 +18
73.
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Jean		 86 +8
74.
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Elmer		 85 0
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Vernon		 84 -7
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Allen		 83 +4
77.
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Patrick		 80 -15
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Arnold		 79 -5
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Eric		 72 -1
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Wilbert		 72 +13
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Alan		 71 +6
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Eugene		 71 +6
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Edgar		 68 -11
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Percy		 68 -1
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Alvin		 66 -3
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Philip		 64 -7
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Fredrick		 62 -16
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Ivan		 60 +7
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Garnet		 58 new
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Gilbert		 55 +6
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Malcolm		 53 new
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Morris		 53 +5
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Sidney		 52 -7
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Melvin		 50 -3
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Glen		 49 -8
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Hubert		 49 +3
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Stephen		 48 +1
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Fred		 47 -6
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Lewis		 46 new
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Vincent		 46 -15
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,132 0
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M		 1,654 +2
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Margaret		 1,543 -1
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Dorothy		 1,233 -1
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Helen		 1,061 +1
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Marie		 811 -1
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Jean		 657 0
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Doris		 628 0
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Ruth		 600 0
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Marion		 528 +1
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Elizabeth		 506 +1
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Florence		 490 -2
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Audrey		 425 0
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Annie		 383 +4
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Betty		 368 +13
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Marjorie		 368 -1
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Baby		 366 new
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Irene		 363 -1
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Evelyn		 356 -4
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Kathleen		 352 -4
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Gladys		 338 -1
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Shirley		 337 +13
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Norma		 320 +7
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Frances		 315 +3
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Mildred		 313 0
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Edith		 312 -5
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Alice		 298 -8
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Lillian		 291 -4
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Muriel		 291 -6
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Grace		 267 -4
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Phyllis		 261 -2
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Edna		 254 -9
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Anna		 236 -1
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Ethel		 230 -3
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Beatrice		 222 +6
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Hazel		 221 -3
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Catherine		 219 +8
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Violet		 198 -2
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Barbara		 197 +3
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Elsie		 197 -5
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Vera		 194 -2
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Eileen		 188 +6
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June		 188 +8
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Agnes		 184 -7
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Joan		 180 +3
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Thelma		 179 -3
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Marguerite		 173 +3
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Olive		 173 -9
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Rita		 171 +4
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Ruby		 170 -4
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Joyce		 169 +3
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Eva		 168 0
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Eleanor		 166 -13
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Gertrude		 164 -10
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Bernice		 146 +8
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Rose		 144 +9
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Verna		 144 +10
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Mabel		 140 -2
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Laura		 139 +2
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Lois		 139 +8
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Doreen		 138 +10
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Jessie		 132 -16
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Patricia		 132 -5
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Hilda		 131 -9
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Myrtle		 131 -1
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Reta		 130 -4
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Ellen		 126 0
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Ida		 116 +6
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Sarah		 115 -10
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Pearl		 110 -12
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Marjory		 109 -2
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Clara		 107 -13
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Gloria		 104 +6
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Bertha		 98 -2
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Viola		 95 +9
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Winnifred		 92 -3
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Maria		 91 +16
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Pauline		 91 +16
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Janet		 86 new
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Alma		 84 +1
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Bessie		 84 +6
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Vivian		 84 -5
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Marian		 83 +9
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Stella		 79 -7
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Esther		 76 +5
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Dora		 75 new
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Emma		 75 +12
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Katherine		 75 -3
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Nora		 75 0
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Velma		 73 -2
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Blanche		 72 +2
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Josephine		 72 -21
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Madeline		 72 new
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May		 72 -15
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Olga		 71 new
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Emily		 70 -11
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Constance		 69 -20
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Lorna		 67 new
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Leona		 66 new
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Martha		 64 -12
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Nancy		 64 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada