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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David		 4,360 +2
2.
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Robert		 4,306 -1
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John		 4,110 -1
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Joseph		 3,803 0
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James		 2,978 0
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Michael		 2,779 +1
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William		 2,771 -1
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Richard		 2,408 0
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Brian		 1,732 0
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Donald		 1,707 0
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Paul		 1,624 0
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Douglas		 1,488 0
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Peter		 1,464 +4
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Ronald		 1,459 0
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Kenneth		 1,371 -2
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Thomas		 1,338 -1
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Gary		 1,320 -1
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Stephen		 1,310 0
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Daniel		 1,185 0
20.
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Mark		 1,049 +1
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Wayne		 852 +2
22.
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Steven		 812 +4
23.
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Bruce		 797 -1
24.
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Gordon		 791 -4
25.
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George		 786 -1
26.
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Edward		 744 -1
27.
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Kevin		 668 +5
28.
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Gregory		 653 +1
29.
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Charles		 627 -2
29.
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Gerald		 627 +2
31.
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Timothy		 607 +4
32.
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Larry		 591 -4
33.
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Christopher		 569 +3
34.
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Dennis		 534 -4
35.
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Raymond		 515 -1
36.
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Patrick		 513 -3
37.
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Jeffrey		 496 +7
38.
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Alan		 485 0
39.
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Barry		 475 -2
40.
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Terry		 460 +1
41.
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Lawrence		 450 -2
42.
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Allan		 418 -3
43.
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Baby		 403 0
44.
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Glenn		 395 -2
45.
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Keith		 375 +3
46.
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Norman		 374 +1
47.
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Frank		 370 +5
48.
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Randall		 359 +1
48.
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Randy		 359 +6
50.
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Ian		 351 +1
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Roger		 351 -4
52.
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Frederick		 342 -2
53.
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Philip		 341 -8
54.
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Anthony		 332 +5
55.
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Eric		 315 +9
56.
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Bradley		 301 +7
57.
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Andrew		 300 -4
58.
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Glen		 288 -2
59.
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Dale		 286 -4
60.
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Leonard		 280 -3
61.
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Harold		 272 +5
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Murray		 271 -3
63.
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Walter		 258 -4
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Martin		 254 -6
65.
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Arthur		 248 0
66.
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Roy		 244 +2
67.
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Neil		 235 +2
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Ralph		 235 0
69.
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Henry		 234 +2
70.
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Garry		 226 0
71.
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Francis		 221 +3
72.
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Stanley		 220 -10
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Craig		 212 +2
74.
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Harry		 204 +8
75.
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Howard		 199 -2
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Carl		 198 +8
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Danny		 197 +2
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Leslie		 197 -1
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Scott		 193 +10
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Albert		 192 -8
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Russell		 191 -1
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Grant		 190 +6
83.
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Alexander		 186 -3
84.
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Rodney		 179 -7
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Terrance		 179 +10
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Michel		 178 new
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Victor		 174 -2
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Clifford		 173 -3
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Ross		 169 -11
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Micheal		 163 +3
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Bernard		 159 -2
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Randolph		 156 0
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Ernest		 155 -2
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Jack		 154 0
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Robin		 154 +4
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Bryan		 153 -13
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Terrence		 152 +3
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Denis		 151 new
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Guy		 150 0
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Allen		 149 -13
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Kim		 149 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,907 0
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Marie		 2,788 0
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Deborah		 2,492 0
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Susan		 2,443 0
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Linda		 1,971 0
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Patricia		 1,788 0
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Debra		 1,670 +2
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Karen		 1,620 0
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Catherine		 1,438 +2
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Barbara		 1,437 -3
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Nancy		 1,292 -1
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Sandra		 1,220 +1
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Donna		 1,186 -1
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Wendy		 1,149 +3
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Brenda		 1,125 0
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Margaret		 1,102 -2
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Carol		 1,059 +2
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Sharon		 999 -2
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Elizabeth		 938 -1
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Janet		 921 +2
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Janice		 904 -1
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Diane		 902 +1
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Judith		 863 -2
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Cheryl		 756 +2
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Heather		 665 0
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Joanne		 660 +2
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Marilyn		 643 -3
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Kathleen		 642 -1
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Christine		 574 0
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Darlene		 528 +6
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Pamela		 526 +1
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Bonnie		 513 +3
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Gail		 497 -3
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Joan		 497 -2
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Katherine		 482 +4
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Anne		 448 0
37.
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Jane		 445 +1
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Kathryn		 443 -5
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Cynthia		 441 +6
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Shirley		 422 -6
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Valerie		 403 +3
42.
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Judy		 399 +1
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Maureen		 394 -1
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Denise		 393 +7
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Helen		 391 -4
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Lynn		 390 +2
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Ruth		 387 -1
48.
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Dianne		 384 -1
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Lorraine		 358 +9
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Beverly		 348 -10
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Sheila		 338 +2
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Laura		 337 +5
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Teresa		 337 +11
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Colleen		 335 +8
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Elaine		 326 -4
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Ann		 323 -2
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Maria		 317 +3
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Suzanne		 304 -8
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Dorothy		 290 +2
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Laurie		 289 +19
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Louise		 287 +3
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Baby		 285 -3
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Anna		 283 +2
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Leslie		 282 +8
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Theresa		 279 +12
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Marlene		 277 -11
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Lynda		 276 -12
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Jacqueline		 269 -19
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Diana		 258 -1
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Jean		 257 -4
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Sherry		 251 +14
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Shelley		 250 +10
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Jennifer		 246 0
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Lois		 241 +14
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Betty		 239 +5
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Rosemary		 238 -3
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Victoria		 230 +6
78.
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Irene		 229 -7
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Joyce		 226 -2
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Rita		 216 +7
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Carolyn		 214 -12
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Frances		 208 -15
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Gloria		 208 -13
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Cathy		 204 new
85.
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Rose		 203 -4
86.
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Julie		 202 +7
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Robin		 197 +12
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Kim		 191 new
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Terry		 191 new
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Dawn		 190 new
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Evelyn		 189 -2
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Beverley		 188 -19
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Marion		 186 -9
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Paula		 183 new
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Lori		 178 new
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Ellen		 169 -10
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Pauline		 164 0
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Penny		 164 new
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Sylvia		 163 -8
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Yvonne		 163 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada