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		 4,125 0
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Robert		 4,106 0
3.
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David		 3,469 +1
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Joseph		 3,428 -1
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William		 2,845 0
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James		 2,812 0
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Richard		 2,319 0
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Michael		 2,141 0
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Donald		 1,655 0
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Brian		 1,607 0
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Kenneth		 1,514 +1
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Douglas		 1,453 +1
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Paul		 1,445 +1
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Ronald		 1,422 -3
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Thomas		 1,345 +1
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Gary		 1,313 -1
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Peter		 1,094 0
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Stephen		 937 +2
19.
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George		 902 0
20.
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Daniel		 893 +3
21.
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Gordon		 878 -1
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Wayne		 813 -4
23.
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Edward		 770 +1
24.
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Larry		 769 +1
25.
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Bruce		 765 -3
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Charles		 728 0
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Dennis		 625 +1
28.
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Gerald		 592 -1
29.
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Mark		 569 +6
30.
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Gregory		 568 0
31.
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Raymond		 560 -2
32.
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Patrick		 505 0
33.
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Steven		 486 +5
34.
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Allan		 485 0
35.
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Barry		 476 -4
36.
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Lawrence		 457 -3
37.
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Christopher		 450 0
38.
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Alan		 420 -2
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Norman		 397 0
40.
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Timothy		 395 +5
41.
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Philip		 366 +1
42.
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Baby		 362 +2
43.
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Frederick		 360 -3
44.
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Roger		 335 +2
45.
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Glen		 331 -2
46.
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Keith		 320 -5
47.
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Ian		 310 +1
48.
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Leonard		 302 +5
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Murray		 301 0
50.
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Terry		 298 +7
51.
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Arthur		 290 -4
52.
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Walter		 288 -2
53.
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Glenn		 285 -1
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Eric		 276 +2
55.
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Frank		 273 +6
56.
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Harold		 269 -5
57.
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Stanley		 267 -2
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Randall		 247 +17
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Andrew		 244 -1
60.
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Garry		 238 -6
61.
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Anthony		 233 +9
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Roy		 233 -3
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Martin		 222 +10
64.
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Francis		 219 -4
65.
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Kevin		 217 +15
66.
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Jeffrey		 212 +11
67.
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Dale		 211 +1
68.
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Albert		 210 -6
69.
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Howard		 204 0
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Leslie		 204 -5
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Ralph		 200 -4
72.
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Neil		 195 -6
73.
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Alexander		 194 -1
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Henry		 194 +12
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Randy		 194 +24
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Jack		 190 +13
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Ross		 190 -13
78.
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Harry		 186 -13
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Clifford		 183 -9
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Carl		 180 +8
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Terrance		 169 -1
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Craig		 168 +13
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Russell		 165 +3
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Danny		 159 +5
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Ernest		 159 -5
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Allen		 156 -11
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Bryan		 155 -3
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Lloyd		 154 -5
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Lorne		 152 +5
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Bernard		 150 +1
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Denis		 149 -13
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Terrence		 143 -10
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Jean		 136 new
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Terence		 136 -19
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Grant		 131 -2
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Bradley		 130 new
97.
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Victor		 128 -11
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Warren		 127 +2
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Alfred		 126 -3
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Micheal		 124 -2
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Rodney		 124 -9
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,827 0
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Linda		 2,694 0
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Marie		 2,470 0
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Susan		 2,158 +1
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Patricia		 1,861 -1
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Barbara		 1,566 0
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Deborah		 1,557 +1
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Margaret		 1,265 -1
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Nancy		 1,213 +2
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Judith		 1,180 -2
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Donna		 1,142 -1
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Brenda		 1,137 +1
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Sharon		 1,104 +2
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Elizabeth		 1,102 +2
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Catherine		 1,096 +3
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Karen		 1,068 -2
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Carol		 1,061 -5
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Sandra		 986 -1
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Janice		 888 0
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Janet		 844 0
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Diane		 822 0
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Wendy		 737 0
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Marilyn		 649 +4
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Bonnie		 596 -1
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Heather		 578 +3
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Kathleen		 574 0
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Shirley		 571 -3
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Joanne		 560 +5
29.
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Joan		 556 0
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Gail		 553 -5
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Christine		 509 +6
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Kathryn		 506 -2
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Debra		 503 +31
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Anne		 460 -3
35.
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Cheryl		 442 +5
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Helen		 440 -1
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Darlene		 434 +5
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Valerie		 431 -1
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Jane		 425 -3
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Pamela		 424 -6
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Lynda		 416 -9
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Sheila		 365 +5
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Maureen		 364 +2
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Dianne		 354 -5
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Ruth		 354 -3
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Judy		 353 -3
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Katherine		 350 +8
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Beverly		 335 0
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Ann		 329 +7
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Dorothy		 325 -1
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Marlene		 298 +2
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Beverley		 297 -8
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Lynn		 296 -1
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Colleen		 292 +2
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Jacqueline		 292 +13
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Lorraine		 290 +2
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Suzanne		 288 +3
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Elaine		 282 -12
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Carolyn		 279 0
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Betty		 276 -9
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Irene		 274 +3
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Joyce		 269 +4
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Laura		 269 +9
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Gloria		 267 -14
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Frances		 264 -4
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Diana		 259 +2
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Baby		 251 -13
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Jean		 248 -7
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Lois		 239 -8
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Denise		 234 +2
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Louise		 234 -1
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Theresa		 232 -2
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Marion		 226 +4
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Rosemary		 217 +4
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Jennifer		 216 +1
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Victoria		 215 -3
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Teresa		 190 +4
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Pauline		 189 +9
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Cynthia		 187 +11
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Leslie		 187 +17
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Ellen		 171 +4
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Evelyn		 168 -9
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Norma		 167 -4
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Constance		 165 -9
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June		 162 -5
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Marjorie		 162 -1
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Rose		 157 +4
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Alice		 156 -5
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Shelley		 155 new
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Anna		 153 +4
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Penny		 153 -3
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Virginia		 153 new
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Laurie		 151 new
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Lynne		 151 -11
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Rita		 151 -1
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Arlene		 144 +1
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Lorna		 142 new
98.
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Janis		 136 -1
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Yvonne		 135 new
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Martha		 132 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada