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	2,837	+1	-2	-0.1%
2.	William	2,815	-1	-48	-1.7%
3.	Joseph	2,672	0	+838	+45.7%
4.	Robert	1,725	0	+55	+3.3%
5.	James	1,529	0	-78	-4.9%
6.	George	1,315	0	-15	-1.1%
7.	Donald	1,190	0	+104	+9.6%
8.	Kenneth	751	+4	+48	+6.8%
9.	Charles	707	0	-42	-5.6%
10.	Gordon	693	0	-44	-6.0%
11.	Thomas	683	0	-28	-3.9%
12.	Harold	615	+1	-46	-7.0%
13.	Edward	596	+1	+4	+0.7%
14.	Arthur	550	+2	+25	+4.8%
15.	Baby	463	0	-65	-12.3%
16.	Albert	461	+1	-36	-7.2%
17.	Norman	448	+3	+38	+9.3%
18.	Douglas	433	0	-26	-5.7%
19.	David	431	0	+13	+3.1%
20.	Frederick	393	+1	-10	-2.5%
21.	Walter	377	+1	-2	-0.5%
22.	Jack	351	+4	+26	+8.0%
23.	Gerald	350	+5	+32	+10.1%
24.	Ronald	341	+7	+56	+19.6%
25.	Richard	325	+7	+42	+14.8%
26.	Roy	324	-1	-5	-1.5%
27.	Francis	313	-3	-22	-6.6%
28.	Raymond	307	+6	+29	+10.4%
29.	Harry	305	-6	-35	-10.3%
30.	Frank	301	-1	-10	-3.2%
31.	Stanley	295	-4	-27	-8.4%
32.	Ernest	278	-2	-9	-3.1%
33.	Howard	270	+2	+21	+8.4%
34.	Henry	253	-2	-30	-10.6%
35.	Leonard	250	+2	+10	+4.2%
36.	Lloyd	239	0	-5	-2.0%
37.	Peter	233	+2	+6	+2.6%
38.	Alfred	221	+3	+5	+2.3%
39.	Earl	209	+9	+24	+13.0%
39.	Herbert	209	+2	-7	-3.2%
41.	Alexander	206	+2	-4	-1.9%
42.	Clarence	205	+2	+1	+0.5%
43.	J	204	-35	-838	-80.4%
44.	Clifford	202	-6	-27	-11.8%
44.	Wilfred	202	+3	+7	+3.6%
46.	Ralph	199	0	+2	+1.0%
47.	Lawrence	198	+2	+21	+11.9%
48.	Allan	187	-8	-33	-15.0%
49.	Paul	185	+1	+11	+6.3%
50.	Bruce	183	-5	-20	-9.9%
51.	Lorne	160	+6	+23	+16.8%
52.	Murray	150	+3	+5	+3.4%
53.	Leslie	147	+6	+16	+12.2%
54.	Leo	138	+6	+9	+7.0%
54.	Victor	138	-2	-20	-12.7%
56.	Michael	133	0	-5	-3.6%
57.	Bernard	132	-4	-21	-13.7%
58.	Ross	129	-4	-19	-12.8%
58.	Russell	129	-7	-37	-22.3%
60.	Reginald	126	+2	+4	+3.3%
61.	Edwin	121	+1	-1	-0.8%
62.	Carl	119	+4	+4	+3.5%
62.	Hugh	119	+3	+2	+1.7%
62.	Louis	119	-1	-9	-7.0%
65.	Cecil	116	-7	-17	-12.8%
66.	Maurice	113	+7	+19	+20.2%
67.	Andrew	109	0	-1	-0.9%
68.	Patrick	105	+2	0	0.0%
69.	Harvey	101	+2	0	0.0%
70.	Alan	100	+7	+13	+14.9%
71.	Arnold	98	+4	+7	+7.7%
71.	Keith	98	+4	+7	+7.7%
73.	Allen	97	+6	+24	+32.9%
73.	Eric	97	-6	-13	-11.8%
75.	Philip	96	+8	+27	+39.1%
76.	Daniel	94	+2	+14	+17.5%
76.	Samuel	94	-12	-24	-20.3%
78.	Edgar	90	+4	+19	+26.8%
79.	Ivan	88	+2	+16	+22.2%
79.	Jean	88	-10	-21	-19.3%
81.	Alvin	87	+2	+18	+26.1%
81.	Wallace	87	-9	-11	-11.2%
83.	Vernon	86	-4	+13	+17.8%
84.	Elmer	81	-11	-13	-13.8%
85.	Fredrick	74	-2	+5	+7.2%
86.	Fred	71	+5	+12	+20.3%
86.	Gilbert	71	+12	+17	+31.5%
88.	Melvin	70	+2	+10	+16.7%
89.	Percy	67	0	+5	+8.1%
90.	Sidney	66	-7	-3	-4.3%
91.	Vincent	61	-4	-4	-6.2%
92.	Glen	60	new	new	new
93.	Eugene	59	-5	-5	-7.8%
94.	Stephen	56	new	new	new
95.	Milton	54	0	-2	-3.6%
96.	Stewart	53	new	new	new
96.	Wilbert	53	-2	-4	-7.0%
98.	Clayton	51	-5	-7	-12.1%
98.	Warren	51	new	new	new
100.	Gerard	50	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	2,394	0	-99	-4.0%
2.	Marie	2,045	+1	+727	+55.2%
3.	Margaret	1,604	-1	-2	-0.1%
4.	Dorothy	1,235	0	-46	-3.6%
5.	Helen	1,014	+1	-35	-3.3%
6.	Jean	781	+1	+78	+11.1%
7.	Doris	599	+1	-78	-11.5%
8.	Marion	586	+2	+5	+0.9%
9.	Betty	560	+4	+91	+19.4%
10.	Shirley	541	+8	+130	+31.6%
11.	Ruth	516	-2	-113	-18.0%
12.	Elizabeth	504	-1	-45	-8.2%
13.	Audrey	491	-1	-9	-1.8%
14.	Marjorie	440	+1	-3	-0.7%
15.	Florence	425	-1	-25	-5.6%
16.	Evelyn	398	0	-19	-4.6%
17.	Annie	396	+2	-5	-1.2%
18.	Norma	392	+2	+16	+4.3%
19.	Kathleen	388	+1	+12	+3.2%
20.	Lillian	350	+9	+41	+13.3%
20.	M	350	-15	-783	-69.1%
22.	Baby	347	-6	-70	-16.8%
23.	Irene	338	0	-14	-4.0%
24.	June	333	+8	+52	+18.5%
25.	Alice	328	-3	-27	-7.6%
26.	Barbara	312	+12	+72	+30.0%
27.	Muriel	308	+1	-6	-1.9%
28.	Mildred	301	-3	-38	-11.2%
29.	Gladys	296	-3	-28	-8.6%
30.	Joan	292	+6	+43	+17.3%
31.	Frances	282	-7	-60	-17.5%
32.	Edith	277	-5	-44	-13.7%
33.	Edna	268	-2	-25	-8.5%
34.	Joyce	266	+17	+60	+29.1%
35.	Lois	250	+1	+1	+0.4%
35.	Phyllis	250	-5	-50	-16.7%
37.	Anna	245	-4	-14	-5.4%
38.	Catherine	236	+4	+9	+4.0%
39.	Eleanor	235	-5	-21	-8.2%
40.	Ethel	232	0	-2	-0.9%
40.	Grace	232	-1	-6	-2.5%
42.	Eileen	230	-1	+2	+0.9%
43.	Patricia	228	+6	+20	+9.6%
44.	Elsie	225	+4	+14	+6.6%
45.	Hazel	224	-10	-28	-11.1%
46.	Doreen	220	+1	+7	+3.3%
47.	Agnes	218	-1	+1	+0.5%
48.	Beatrice	211	-4	-14	-6.2%
49.	Vera	209	+3	+12	+6.1%
50.	Violet	204	-5	-19	-8.5%
51.	Bernice	198	+4	+28	+16.5%
52.	Rose	184	+7	+26	+16.5%
53.	Gloria	181	+13	+47	+35.1%
54.	Rita	180	+7	+27	+17.6%
55.	Thelma	176	-13	-51	-22.5%
56.	Olive	174	-7	-34	-16.3%
57.	Eva	170	-3	-4	-2.3%
58.	Gertrude	158	-5	-17	-9.7%
59.	Verna	156	+4	+14	+9.9%
60.	Ruby	155	0	-1	-0.6%
61.	Marguerite	142	-6	-28	-16.5%
62.	Hilda	141	+2	+1	+0.7%
63.	Laura	131	-6	-29	-18.1%
64.	Reta	128	+2	-6	-4.5%
65.	Jessie	125	-3	-26	-17.2%
65.	Mabel	125	+1	-9	-6.7%
67.	Pearl	122	+4	+1	+0.8%
68.	Sarah	117	+1	-11	-8.6%
69.	Ellen	106	-4	-32	-23.2%
70.	Viola	102	+6	+2	+2.0%
71.	Myrtle	101	-13	-58	-36.5%
72.	Bertha	98	+4	-2	-2.0%
73.	Ida	97	-3	-29	-23.0%
74.	Stella	96	+13	+11	+12.9%
75.	Clara	94	+5	-1	-1.1%
76.	Gwendolyn	93	new	new	new
76.	Josephine	93	-4	-21	-18.4%
76.	Velma	93	+3	-5	-5.1%
79.	Marjory	91	+2	-3	-3.2%
80.	Lorna	90	-6	-13	-12.6%
80.	Maria	90	-2	-9	-9.1%
82.	Geraldine	89	+5	+4	+4.7%
83.	Marian	88	+3	+2	+2.3%
83.	Winnifred	88	0	-3	-3.3%
85.	Nellie	86	new	new	new
85.	Olga	86	+8	+7	+8.9%
85.	Pauline	86	+6	+3	+3.6%
88.	Janet	85	+10	+10	+13.3%
89.	Vivian	84	-5	-6	-6.7%
90.	May	83	+3	+4	+5.1%
91.	Wilma	82	+5	+6	+7.9%
92.	Alma	79	-17	-23	-22.5%
93.	Constance	78	-3	-6	-7.1%
94.	Katherine	77	new	new	new
94.	Nora	77	-12	-15	-16.3%
96.	Virginia	76	new	new	new
97.	Bessie	75	new	new	new
97.	Georgina	75	+3	+1	+1.4%
99.	Anne	73	new	new	new
99.	Isabel	73	-26	-39	-34.8%

Popularity extremes for Canada