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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Joseph		 3,123 0
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John		 3,067 0
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Robert		 3,067 +1
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William		 2,662 0
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James		 2,203 0
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David		 1,548 0
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Donald		 1,389 0
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Ronald		 1,257 0
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Kenneth		 1,036 +1
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Richard		 915 +1
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George		 870 -2
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Thomas		 821 0
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Douglas		 803 +2
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Gary		 767 -1
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Edward		 674 -1
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Gordon		 623 +5
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Paul		 614 +1
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Peter		 605 +1
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Michael		 601 +1
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Charles		 557 -4
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Gerald		 546 -4
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Brian		 485 +7
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Wayne		 474 -1
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Raymond		 403 +4
25.
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Larry		 401 -2
26.
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Dennis		 379 +9
27.
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Barry		 368 +4
28.
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Frederick		 365 -4
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Bruce		 362 +3
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Lawrence		 359 -5
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Norman		 354 -6
32.
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Harold		 321 -5
33.
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Arthur		 319 +1
34.
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Allan		 289 +2
35.
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Baby		 282 -5
36.
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Walter		 261 -3
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Albert		 249 0
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Leonard		 224 +12
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Stanley		 216 +3
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Garry		 215 +7
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Roger		 215 -2
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Patrick		 211 +2
43.
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Daniel		 209 -3
44.
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Frank		 206 -3
45.
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Roy		 201 -2
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Stephen		 199 +17
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Francis		 198 -8
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Ernest		 184 -4
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Harry		 176 -2
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Murray		 172 -1
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Ralph		 171 -5
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Lloyd		 163 -1
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Keith		 158 +8
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Carl		 157 +3
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Clifford		 156 -3
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Jack		 154 -3
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Victor		 152 -3
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Howard		 147 -3
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Philip		 146 -1
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Alan		 145 -4
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Lorne		 142 0
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Ross		 137 +4
63.
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Alexander		 133 +1
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Alfred		 132 +1
65.
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Earl		 129 +3
66.
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Henry		 128 -7
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Leslie		 125 +12
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Reginald		 124 +3
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Andrew		 123 +8
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Herbert		 119 -11
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Bernard		 117 0
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Hugh		 113 +16
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Harvey		 110 -6
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Ian		 107 +21
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Wilfred		 104 -2
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Clarence		 103 0
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Arnold		 99 +16
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Allen		 97 -1
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Anthony		 96 +8
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Bryan		 96 new
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Melvin		 96 -4
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Glen		 95 -13
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Eric		 93 +2
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Glenn		 93 +5
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Leo		 89 +12
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Grant		 86 -1
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Neil		 86 -2
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Russell		 86 -12
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Edwin		 82 -10
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Maurice		 81 +1
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Fredrick		 80 -10
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Terrance		 79 new
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Terrence		 76 -11
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Terry		 76 new
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Jean		 73 -3
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Franklin		 72 -13
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Eugene		 69 -7
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Louis		 68 -4
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Samuel		 67 -1
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Winston		 67 -30
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Marie		 2,503 0
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Mary		 2,281 0
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Margaret		 1,335 0
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Patricia		 1,298 0
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Barbara		 1,134 0
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Carol		 1,041 0
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Judith		 861 +2
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Sandra		 839 +3
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Sharon		 799 +7
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Donna		 798 +2
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Shirley		 791 -3
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Joan		 728 -5
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Marilyn		 714 0
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Elizabeth		 650 -4
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Linda		 591 +2
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Helen		 541 -2
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Diane		 489 +2
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Dorothy		 481 -3
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Gloria		 435 +2
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Nancy		 430 0
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Karen		 426 +15
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Gail		 394 +3
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Carolyn		 386 +7
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Ruth		 384 -6
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Joyce		 366 -1
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Janet		 362 +3
27.
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Betty		 359 -4
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Carole		 353 +9
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Beverley		 321 -7
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Frances		 314 -3
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Jean		 314 -4
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Marion		 303 0
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Susan		 297 +12
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Marlene		 279 -7
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Catherine		 268 -4
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Dianne		 257 +15
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Kathleen		 250 -2
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Sheila		 246 -4
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Lois		 243 -6
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Eleanor		 226 +2
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Norma		 220 +7
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Alice		 215 +7
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Beverly		 212 +1
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June		 212 -3
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Anne		 210 +2
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Joanne		 210 +13
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Baby		 207 -8
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Irene		 206 -10
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Marjorie		 206 -5
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Ann		 205 +4
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Doreen		 202 -6
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Evelyn		 202 -10
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Bonnie		 194 +2
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Elaine		 194 +7
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Maureen		 193 +8
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Brenda		 190 -7
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Audrey		 189 -4
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Heather		 188 +7
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Sylvia		 188 -6
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Rose		 182 -3
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Lynda		 181 +14
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Doris		 176 -3
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Lorraine		 170 -3
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Diana		 165 0
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Jacqueline		 160 -9
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Florence		 158 -6
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Phyllis		 155 -1
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Wendy		 149 +25
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Lillian		 141 0
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Edith		 135 -2
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Jane		 134 -2
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Darlene		 131 +28
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Caroline		 128 new
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Lorna		 120 +4
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Pauline		 118 +2
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Virginia		 118 -2
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Ellen		 114 -2
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Janice		 114 +3
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Arlene		 113 -5
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Geraldine		 113 -12
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Louise		 110 +10
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Edna		 108 +8
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Katherine		 107 0
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Grace		 104 +8
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Anna		 103 -6
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Mildred		 103 new
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Rosemary		 102 0
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Rita		 101 new
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Elsie		 98 0
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Jeanette		 98 +11
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Roberta		 98 -18
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Eileen		 97 +3
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Muriel		 97 -8
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Sharron		 95 new
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Charlotte		 92 new
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Yvonne		 92 -15
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Judy		 90 new
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Gladys		 89 -14
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Bernice		 88 -15
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Beatrice		 85 -2
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Theresa		 85 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada