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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Robert		 4,275 0
2.
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David		 4,178 +2
3.
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Joseph		 4,124 -1
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John		 4,104 -1
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Michael		 3,223 0
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James		 2,845 +1
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William		 2,591 -1
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Richard		 2,523 0
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Brian		 1,961 0
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Paul		 1,801 0
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Ronald		 1,687 +2
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Donald		 1,668 -1
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Peter		 1,625 -1
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Stephen		 1,526 +3
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Douglas		 1,509 0
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Mark		 1,507 +3
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Kenneth		 1,459 -3
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Thomas		 1,391 -2
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Daniel		 1,347 +1
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Gary		 1,220 -2
21.
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Steven		 1,089 0
22.
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Kevin		 968 0
23.
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Timothy		 875 +6
24.
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Gordon		 833 -1
25.
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George		 826 +1
26.
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Gregory		 825 +2
27.
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Christopher		 812 +3
28.
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Wayne		 784 -4
29.
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Bruce		 765 -2
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Edward		 737 -5
31.
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Jeffrey		 734 0
32.
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Charles		 620 0
33.
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Gerald		 577 +1
34.
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Patrick		 576 -1
35.
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Larry		 573 0
35.
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Raymond		 573 +1
35.
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Terry		 573 +5
38.
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Barry		 509 +3
39.
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Alan		 495 -2
40.
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Dennis		 493 -1
41.
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Randy		 459 +3
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Keith		 444 +9
43.
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Lawrence		 437 -5
44.
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Frank		 422 +4
45.
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Ian		 412 +2
46.
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Allan		 405 -4
47.
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Baby		 400 -4
48.
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Glenn		 397 -2
49.
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Andrew		 396 +1
50.
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Bradley		 389 +3
51.
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Anthony		 387 +6
52.
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Philip		 362 +1
53.
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Dale		 354 +2
54.
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Scott		 345 +9
55.
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Martin		 343 +7
56.
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Randall		 337 -7
57.
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Frederick		 319 -1
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Norman		 319 -12
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Roger		 317 -7
60.
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Glen		 297 -2
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Leonard		 283 -2
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Eric		 275 -2
63.
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Ralph		 270 +3
64.
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Walter		 263 0
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Murray		 259 +3
66.
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Roy		 256 +3
67.
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Russell		 238 +6
68.
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Arthur		 235 -8
69.
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Carl		 229 +16
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Neil		 229 +6
71.
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Craig		 225 -2
72.
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Danny		 222 +5
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Henry		 222 -7
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Harold		 209 -8
75.
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Ross		 205 +1
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Stanley		 205 -4
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Alexander		 201 +2
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Garry		 201 -6
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Leslie		 200 -5
80.
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Howard		 198 +1
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Grant		 194 +8
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Albert		 192 -2
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Micheal		 187 +4
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Guy		 185 +7
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Harry		 185 +2
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Francis		 183 -4
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Terrance		 183 -3
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Robin		 181 +5
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Ricky		 179 -5
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Michel		 178 +3
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Dean		 176 new
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Perry		 175 new
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Rodney		 172 -15
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Denis		 168 +3
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Ernest		 168 +5
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Clifford		 167 new
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Brent		 161 new
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Bryan		 159 -1
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Victor		 158 -12
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Bernard		 154 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Marie		 2,993 0
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Mary		 2,847 0
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Susan		 2,542 0
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Deborah		 2,308 0
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Karen		 2,027 +1
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Linda		 1,775 -1
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Catherine		 1,709 +1
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Patricia		 1,681 -1
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Debra		 1,511 0
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Brenda		 1,481 +5
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Barbara		 1,367 -1
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Nancy		 1,293 -1
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Sandra		 1,286 -1
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Donna		 1,211 -1
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Carol		 1,081 +3
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Cynthia		 1,063 +11
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Margaret		 1,061 -1
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Sharon		 1,043 -4
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Wendy		 995 -2
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Elizabeth		 987 -1
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Janet		 909 -1
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Cindy		 856 +29
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Cheryl		 852 -1
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Diane		 847 -1
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Janice		 799 -4
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Joanne		 710 0
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Heather		 709 -3
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Judith		 693 -3
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Christine		 690 -1
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Kathleen		 679 -1
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Katherine		 580 +2
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Kathryn		 562 +2
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Kim		 522 +14
34.
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Darlene		 507 -4
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Maria		 507 +16
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Pamela		 502 -4
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Anne		 497 -2
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Denise		 483 +6
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Laura		 466 +4
40.
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Laurie		 465 +1
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Joan		 458 -2
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Jane		 446 -2
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Lorraine		 442 +14
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Lynn		 440 -2
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Bonnie		 436 -8
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Marilyn		 428 -15
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Gail		 426 -11
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Teresa		 424 +1
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Shirley		 413 -11
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Lori		 397 +22
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Diana		 386 +14
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Valerie		 378 0
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Maureen		 377 -7
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Dianne		 376 +5
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Helen		 372 -10
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Leslie		 365 +6
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Colleen		 363 -9
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Judy		 363 -4
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Carolyn		 345 +19
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Ann		 344 +4
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Ruth		 338 0
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Julie		 337 +17
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Anna		 333 +5
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Suzanne		 328 -10
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Shelley		 327 -5
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Beverly		 324 -10
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Sheila		 324 -8
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Baby		 323 -5
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Jennifer		 322 -2
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Elaine		 321 -16
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Theresa		 304 -5
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Lynda		 283 -2
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Jacqueline		 280 +1
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Louise		 278 -3
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Sherry		 271 -2
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Dorothy		 269 -7
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Victoria		 253 +4
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Marlene		 238 -3
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Rosemary		 230 +4
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Kimberley		 225 new
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Jean		 223 +4
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Sylvia		 219 +7
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Dawn		 218 +3
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Betty		 211 -8
85.
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Frances		 210 -1
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Irene		 210 -4
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Cathy		 209 +1
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Joyce		 206 -11
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Robin		 205 -9
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Anita		 203 +1
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Marion		 202 +8
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Debbie		 201 new
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Kimberly		 199 new
94.
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Marianne		 198 new
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Rita		 198 -7
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Angela		 194 new
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Tracy		 191 new
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Lisa		 188 new
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Beverley		 185 -8
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Gloria		 183 -6
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Popularity extremes for Canada