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

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,930	0	-149	-4.8%
2.	William	2,809	0	-146	-4.9%
3.	Robert	1,583	+1	-35	-2.2%
4.	Joseph	1,578	-1	-373	-19.1%
5.	James	1,497	0	-91	-5.7%
6.	George	1,392	0	-36	-2.5%
7.	J	1,113	0	+177	+18.9%
8.	Donald	926	0	-7	-0.8%
9.	Charles	820	0	-95	-10.4%
10.	Gordon	726	+2	+12	+1.7%
11.	Harold	711	0	-43	-5.7%
12.	Thomas	683	-2	-164	-19.4%
13.	Kenneth	659	0	+39	+6.3%
14.	Arthur	646	0	+32	+5.2%
15.	Edward	579	0	-26	-4.3%
16.	Albert	487	0	-86	-15.0%
17.	Norman	474	0	-39	-7.6%
18.	Frederick	433	+1	-52	-10.7%
19.	Douglas	417	-1	-81	-16.3%
20.	David	395	0	-48	-10.8%
21.	Walter	387	0	-39	-9.2%
22.	Harry	384	+1	+6	+1.6%
23.	Jack	368	+2	-2	-0.5%
24.	Francis	365	-2	-30	-7.6%
25.	Roy	349	-1	-25	-6.7%
26.	Lloyd	322	0	-24	-6.9%
27.	Ernest	316	+1	-17	-5.1%
28.	Frank	302	-1	-43	-12.5%
29.	Raymond	301	+5	+18	+6.4%
30.	Richard	297	0	+8	+2.8%
31.	Stanley	285	0	-3	-1.0%
32.	Henry	279	+1	-7	-2.4%
33.	Alfred	259	-4	-50	-16.2%
34.	Leonard	246	+6	+10	+4.2%
35.	Howard	238	0	-33	-12.2%
36.	Gerald	235	-4	-52	-18.1%
37.	Clarence	232	+2	-12	-4.9%
38.	Herbert	229	-2	-30	-11.6%
39.	Earl	228	-1	-23	-9.2%
40.	Ronald	225	+2	-8	-3.4%
41.	Clifford	222	-4	-33	-12.9%
42.	Wilfred	216	+3	+15	+7.5%
43.	Allan	207	0	-2	-1.0%
44.	Alexander	205	-3	-30	-12.8%
45.	Peter	199	-1	-8	-3.9%
46.	Ralph	189	+1	-1	-0.5%
47.	Lawrence	185	-1	-13	-6.6%
48.	Leslie	176	+13	+37	+26.6%
49.	Bruce	174	+4	+20	+13.0%
50.	Russell	151	-2	-28	-15.6%
51.	Paul	150	+9	+3	+2.0%
52.	Hugh	148	-1	-10	-6.3%
53.	Louis	146	+3	-3	-2.0%
54.	Ross	145	+2	-4	-2.7%
55.	Bernard	142	0	-10	-6.6%
56.	Michael	140	-6	-26	-15.7%
57.	Victor	139	-4	-15	-9.7%
58.	Leo	136	+7	+9	+7.1%
58.	Murray	136	+5	+3	+2.3%
60.	Reginald	134	+2	0	0.0%
61.	Lorne	127	-9	-30	-19.1%
62.	Patrick	125	+7	+14	+12.6%
63.	Cecil	124	-14	-47	-27.5%
64.	Harvey	121	0	-7	-5.5%
65.	Baby	118	new	new	new
66.	Carl	116	+2	0	0.0%
66.	Samuel	116	-8	-32	-21.6%
68.	Edwin	108	-2	-18	-14.3%
68.	Vernon	108	+9	+14	+14.9%
70.	Andrew	106	-12	-42	-28.4%
71.	Fredrick	103	+18	+36	+53.7%
72.	Edgar	102	+10	+23	+29.1%
73.	Arnold	100	+5	+11	+12.4%
74.	Elmer	98	-7	-21	-17.6%
74.	Maurice	98	-4	-10	-9.3%
76.	Wallace	93	-5	-12	-11.4%
77.	Daniel	91	-1	-5	-5.2%
78.	Eric	88	-3	-9	-9.3%
79.	Philip	86	-8	-19	-18.1%
80.	Allen	83	-7	-21	-20.2%
81.	Jean	79	-8	-25	-24.0%
82.	Alvin	76	-4	-13	-14.6%
82.	Percy	76	-1	-5	-6.2%
84.	Vincent	73	+2	-1	-1.4%
85.	Cyril	72	+5	+6	+9.1%
86.	Sidney	71	-4	-8	-10.1%
87.	Alan	70	+5	+7	+11.1%
87.	Eugene	70	+4	+5	+7.7%
87.	Glen	70	+12	+16	+29.6%
90.	Keith	68	-3	-4	-5.6%
91.	Melvin	67	+4	+6	+9.8%
92.	Fred	63	-8	-14	-18.2%
92.	Wilbert	63	-7	-12	-16.0%
94.	Wesley	61	new	new	new
95.	Ivan	60	-15	-23	-27.7%
96.	Gilbert	58	-2	-4	-6.5%
96.	Morris	58	+1	-1	-1.7%
98.	Hubert	55	new	new	new
98.	Stephen	55	-6	-8	-12.7%
100.	Franklin	54	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	2,638	0	+39	+1.5%
2.	Margaret	1,776	0	-160	-8.3%
3.	Dorothy	1,347	0	-66	-4.7%
4.	M	1,235	+2	+330	+36.5%
5.	Marie	1,118	-1	-232	-17.2%
6.	Helen	1,017	-1	-142	-12.3%
7.	Jean	731	0	+19	+2.7%
8.	Doris	605	0	-4	-0.7%
9.	Ruth	599	0	+28	+4.9%
10.	Florence	561	0	-3	-0.5%
11.	Marion	516	0	-14	-2.6%
12.	Elizabeth	510	0	+19	+3.9%
13.	Audrey	492	+10	+102	+26.2%
14.	Marjorie	467	-1	-12	-2.5%
15.	Evelyn	420	+3	-9	-2.1%
16.	Kathleen	412	-1	-39	-8.6%
17.	Irene	404	+3	-6	-1.5%
18.	Annie	401	-4	-57	-12.4%
19.	Alice	399	-2	-36	-8.3%
20.	Gladys	391	+1	-15	-3.7%
21.	Edith	375	-5	-73	-16.3%
22.	Muriel	361	+4	0	0.0%
23.	Edna	345	-1	-49	-12.4%
24.	Lillian	341	+1	-21	-5.8%
25.	Mildred	332	-6	-79	-19.2%
26.	Grace	325	+1	-19	-5.5%
27.	Frances	321	-3	-47	-12.8%
28.	Betty	318	+2	+34	+12.0%
29.	Phyllis	301	+2	+19	+6.7%
30.	Norma	297	+7	+43	+16.9%
31.	Ethel	284	-2	-4	-1.4%
32.	Anna	277	+9	+47	+20.4%
33.	Hazel	273	+2	+2	+0.7%
34.	Elsie	253	+2	-5	-1.9%
35.	Shirley	252	+18	+75	+42.4%
36.	Violet	248	-8	-49	-16.5%
37.	Agnes	236	+6	+17	+7.8%
38.	Olive	233	0	-7	-2.9%
39.	Vera	223	+3	-5	-2.2%
40.	Eleanor	222	+3	+3	+1.4%
41.	Beatrice	220	-9	-60	-21.4%
42.	Barbara	218	+4	+7	+3.3%
43.	Thelma	206	-11	-74	-26.4%
44.	Gertrude	202	+4	-1	-0.5%
45.	Catherine	195	-11	-78	-28.6%
46.	Jessie	194	+6	+16	+9.0%
46.	Ruby	194	-1	-21	-9.8%
48.	Eileen	189	-10	-51	-21.3%
48.	Joan	189	+13	+40	+26.8%
50.	June	185	+13	+40	+27.6%
50.	Marguerite	185	-3	-24	-11.5%
52.	Eva	183	-12	-50	-21.5%
53.	Rita	178	-4	-21	-10.6%
54.	Joyce	161	+11	+22	+15.8%
55.	Hilda	159	0	-14	-8.1%
56.	Mabel	158	-2	-17	-9.7%
57.	Patricia	155	-7	-34	-18.0%
58.	Pearl	150	-2	-16	-9.6%
59.	Clara	147	+5	+3	+2.1%
59.	Sarah	147	+8	+9	+6.5%
61.	Laura	146	-3	-19	-11.5%
62.	Reta	144	+8	+15	+11.6%
63.	Bernice	141	-4	-10	-6.6%
63.	Myrtle	141	-12	-45	-24.2%
65.	Rose	137	-9	-29	-17.5%
66.	Verna	131	-7	-20	-13.2%
67.	Ellen	129	+1	-4	-3.0%
67.	Lois	129	-5	-19	-12.8%
69.	Marjory	125	0	-5	-3.8%
70.	Josephine	119	+10	+20	+20.2%
71.	Doreen	109	+6	+8	+7.9%
72.	Bertha	108	+1	-14	-11.5%
73.	Winnifred	107	-1	-16	-13.0%
74.	Ida	106	-9	-33	-23.7%
75.	Vivian	102	new	new	new
76.	May	100	+7	+5	+5.3%
77.	Constance	98	-1	-20	-16.9%
77.	Stella	98	new	new	new
79.	Ada	97	+13	+15	+18.3%
79.	Gloria	97	new	new	new
81.	Alma	94	-6	-27	-22.3%
82.	Geraldine	93	+15	+18	+24.0%
83.	Katherine	92	new	new	new
84.	Viola	91	-11	-31	-25.4%
85.	Emily	90	new	new	new
86.	Bessie	89	-1	-5	-5.3%
86.	Nora	89	-4	-7	-7.3%
88.	Martha	88	new	new	new
88.	Velma	88	new	new	new
90.	Esther	87	-1	+4	+4.8%
90.	Julia	87	new	new	new
92.	Marian	85	+4	+9	+11.8%
93.	Blanche	84	+4	+9	+12.0%
93.	Maria	84	-14	-16	-16.0%
93.	Pauline	84	-4	+1	+1.2%
96.	Isabel	83	-2	+3	+3.8%
97.	Lilian	81	-14	-14	-14.7%
98.	Emma	80	-11	-6	-7.0%
98.	Francis	80	-21	-21	-20.8%
98.	Virginia	80	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Canada