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	2,713	0	-217	-7.4%
2.	William	2,474	0	-335	-11.9%
3.	J	1,465	+4	+352	+31.6%
4.	Robert	1,425	-1	-158	-10.0%
5.	James	1,393	0	-104	-6.9%
6.	George	1,278	0	-114	-8.2%
7.	Joseph	1,235	-3	-343	-21.7%
8.	Donald	936	0	+10	+1.1%
9.	Charles	746	0	-74	-9.0%
10.	Thomas	698	+2	+15	+2.2%
11.	Gordon	673	-1	-53	-7.3%
12.	Harold	665	-1	-46	-6.5%
13.	Kenneth	615	0	-44	-6.7%
14.	Edward	520	+1	-59	-10.2%
15.	Baby	517	+50	+399	+338%
16.	Arthur	476	-2	-170	-26.3%
17.	Albert	461	-1	-26	-5.3%
18.	Norman	419	-1	-55	-11.6%
19.	Douglas	406	0	-11	-2.6%
20.	Frederick	393	-2	-40	-9.2%
21.	Walter	387	0	0	0.0%
22.	David	347	-2	-48	-12.2%
23.	Francis	335	+1	-30	-8.2%
24.	Harry	318	-2	-66	-17.2%
24.	Roy	318	+1	-31	-8.9%
26.	Lloyd	303	0	-19	-5.9%
27.	Jack	295	-4	-73	-19.8%
28.	Howard	280	+7	+42	+17.6%
28.	Stanley	280	+3	-5	-1.8%
30.	Ernest	263	-3	-53	-16.8%
31.	Raymond	261	-2	-40	-13.3%
32.	Frank	260	-4	-42	-13.9%
33.	Gerald	257	+3	+22	+9.4%
34.	Ronald	249	+6	+24	+10.7%
35.	Henry	246	-3	-33	-11.8%
36.	Alfred	228	-3	-31	-12.0%
36.	Herbert	228	+2	-1	-0.4%
36.	Leonard	228	-2	-18	-7.3%
36.	Richard	228	-6	-69	-23.2%
40.	Clarence	212	-3	-20	-8.6%
41.	Earl	204	-2	-24	-10.5%
42.	Alexander	184	+2	-21	-10.2%
43.	Bruce	178	+6	+4	+2.3%
44.	Ralph	177	+2	-12	-6.3%
45.	Clifford	176	-4	-46	-20.7%
46.	Wilfred	174	-4	-42	-19.4%
47.	Peter	169	-2	-30	-15.1%
48.	Lawrence	166	-1	-19	-10.3%
49.	Paul	165	+2	+15	+10.0%
50.	Allan	160	-7	-47	-22.7%
51.	Murray	154	+7	+18	+13.2%
52.	Michael	143	+4	+3	+2.1%
53.	Victor	140	+4	+1	+0.7%
54.	Leo	139	+4	+3	+2.2%
54.	Ross	139	0	-6	-4.1%
56.	Cecil	138	+7	+14	+11.3%
57.	Lorne	134	+4	+7	+5.5%
58.	Russell	132	-8	-19	-12.6%
59.	Bernard	126	-4	-16	-11.3%
60.	Leslie	120	-12	-56	-31.8%
60.	Samuel	120	+6	+4	+3.4%
62.	Carl	118	+4	+2	+1.7%
63.	Louis	116	-10	-30	-20.5%
64.	Reginald	114	-4	-20	-14.9%
65.	Hugh	113	-13	-35	-23.6%
66.	Wallace	112	+10	+19	+20.4%
67.	Edwin	108	+1	0	0.0%
68.	Daniel	103	+9	+12	+13.2%
69.	Harvey	101	-5	-20	-16.5%
70.	Andrew	98	0	-8	-7.5%
71.	Maurice	88	+3	-10	-10.2%
72.	Keith	87	+18	+19	+27.9%
73.	Jean	86	+8	+7	+8.9%
74.	Elmer	85	0	-13	-13.3%
75.	Vernon	84	-7	-24	-22.2%
76.	Allen	83	+4	0	0.0%
77.	Patrick	80	-15	-45	-36.0%
78.	Arnold	79	-5	-21	-21.0%
79.	Eric	72	-1	-16	-18.2%
79.	Wilbert	72	+13	+9	+14.3%
81.	Alan	71	+6	+1	+1.4%
81.	Eugene	71	+6	+1	+1.4%
83.	Edgar	68	-11	-34	-33.3%
83.	Percy	68	-1	-8	-10.5%
85.	Alvin	66	-3	-10	-13.2%
86.	Philip	64	-7	-22	-25.6%
87.	Fredrick	62	-16	-41	-39.8%
88.	Ivan	60	+7	0	0.0%
89.	Garnet	58	new	new	new
90.	Gilbert	55	+6	-3	-5.2%
91.	Malcolm	53	new	new	new
91.	Morris	53	+5	-5	-8.6%
93.	Sidney	52	-7	-19	-26.8%
94.	Melvin	50	-3	-17	-25.4%
95.	Glen	49	-8	-21	-30.0%
95.	Hubert	49	+3	-6	-10.9%
97.	Stephen	48	+1	-7	-12.7%
98.	Fred	47	-6	-16	-25.4%
99.	Lewis	46	new	new	new
99.	Vincent	46	-15	-27	-37.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	2,132	0	-506	-19.2%
2.	M	1,654	+2	+419	+33.9%
3.	Margaret	1,543	-1	-233	-13.1%
4.	Dorothy	1,233	-1	-114	-8.5%
5.	Helen	1,061	+1	+44	+4.3%
6.	Marie	811	-1	-307	-27.5%
7.	Jean	657	0	-74	-10.1%
8.	Doris	628	0	+23	+3.8%
9.	Ruth	600	0	+1	+0.2%
10.	Marion	528	+1	+12	+2.3%
11.	Elizabeth	506	+1	-4	-0.8%
12.	Florence	490	-2	-71	-12.7%
13.	Audrey	425	0	-67	-13.6%
14.	Annie	383	+4	-18	-4.5%
15.	Betty	368	+13	+50	+15.7%
15.	Marjorie	368	-1	-99	-21.2%
17.	Baby	366	new	new	new
18.	Irene	363	-1	-41	-10.1%
19.	Evelyn	356	-4	-64	-15.2%
20.	Kathleen	352	-4	-60	-14.6%
21.	Gladys	338	-1	-53	-13.6%
22.	Shirley	337	+13	+85	+33.7%
23.	Norma	320	+7	+23	+7.7%
24.	Frances	315	+3	-6	-1.9%
25.	Mildred	313	0	-19	-5.7%
26.	Edith	312	-5	-63	-16.8%
27.	Alice	298	-8	-101	-25.3%
28.	Lillian	291	-4	-50	-14.7%
28.	Muriel	291	-6	-70	-19.4%
30.	Grace	267	-4	-58	-17.8%
31.	Phyllis	261	-2	-40	-13.3%
32.	Edna	254	-9	-91	-26.4%
33.	Anna	236	-1	-41	-14.8%
34.	Ethel	230	-3	-54	-19.0%
35.	Beatrice	222	+6	+2	+0.9%
36.	Hazel	221	-3	-52	-19.0%
37.	Catherine	219	+8	+24	+12.3%
38.	Violet	198	-2	-50	-20.2%
39.	Barbara	197	+3	-21	-9.6%
39.	Elsie	197	-5	-56	-22.1%
41.	Vera	194	-2	-29	-13.0%
42.	Eileen	188	+6	-1	-0.5%
42.	June	188	+8	+3	+1.6%
44.	Agnes	184	-7	-52	-22.0%
45.	Joan	180	+3	-9	-4.8%
46.	Thelma	179	-3	-27	-13.1%
47.	Marguerite	173	+3	-12	-6.5%
47.	Olive	173	-9	-60	-25.8%
49.	Rita	171	+4	-7	-3.9%
50.	Ruby	170	-4	-24	-12.4%
51.	Joyce	169	+3	+8	+5.0%
52.	Eva	168	0	-15	-8.2%
53.	Eleanor	166	-13	-56	-25.2%
54.	Gertrude	164	-10	-38	-18.8%
55.	Bernice	146	+8	+5	+3.5%
56.	Rose	144	+9	+7	+5.1%
56.	Verna	144	+10	+13	+9.9%
58.	Mabel	140	-2	-18	-11.4%
59.	Laura	139	+2	-7	-4.8%
59.	Lois	139	+8	+10	+7.8%
61.	Doreen	138	+10	+29	+26.6%
62.	Jessie	132	-16	-62	-32.0%
62.	Patricia	132	-5	-23	-14.8%
64.	Hilda	131	-9	-28	-17.6%
64.	Myrtle	131	-1	-10	-7.1%
66.	Reta	130	-4	-14	-9.7%
67.	Ellen	126	0	-3	-2.3%
68.	Ida	116	+6	+10	+9.4%
69.	Sarah	115	-10	-32	-21.8%
70.	Pearl	110	-12	-40	-26.7%
71.	Marjory	109	-2	-16	-12.8%
72.	Clara	107	-13	-40	-27.2%
73.	Gloria	104	+6	+7	+7.2%
74.	Bertha	98	-2	-10	-9.3%
75.	Viola	95	+9	+4	+4.4%
76.	Winnifred	92	-3	-15	-14.0%
77.	Maria	91	+16	+7	+8.3%
77.	Pauline	91	+16	+7	+8.3%
79.	Janet	86	new	new	new
80.	Alma	84	+1	-10	-10.6%
80.	Bessie	84	+6	-5	-5.6%
80.	Vivian	84	-5	-18	-17.6%
83.	Marian	83	+9	-2	-2.4%
84.	Stella	79	-7	-19	-19.4%
85.	Esther	76	+5	-11	-12.6%
86.	Dora	75	new	new	new
86.	Emma	75	+12	-5	-6.3%
86.	Katherine	75	-3	-17	-18.5%
86.	Nora	75	0	-14	-15.7%
90.	Velma	73	-2	-15	-17.0%
91.	Blanche	72	+2	-12	-14.3%
91.	Josephine	72	-21	-47	-39.5%
91.	Madeline	72	new	new	new
91.	May	72	-15	-28	-28.0%
95.	Olga	71	new	new	new
96.	Emily	70	-11	-20	-22.2%
97.	Constance	69	-20	-29	-29.6%
98.	Lorna	67	new	new	new
99.	Leona	66	new	new	new
100.	Martha	64	-12	-24	-27.3%
100.	Nancy	64	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Canada