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.	Joseph	2,823	+2	+135	+5.0%
2.	John	2,735	-1	-11	-0.4%
3.	William	2,557	-1	-176	-6.4%
4.	Robert	1,734	0	+21	+1.2%
5.	James	1,440	0	-25	-1.7%
6.	Donald	1,299	+1	+161	+14.1%
7.	George	1,193	-1	+7	+0.6%
8.	Kenneth	748	+1	+71	+10.5%
9.	Charles	658	-1	-30	-4.4%
10.	Gordon	655	0	-11	-1.7%
11.	Thomas	638	0	0	0.0%
12.	Harold	546	0	-56	-9.3%
13.	Edward	539	0	-35	-6.1%
14.	Douglas	468	+1	-15	-3.1%
15.	Arthur	466	+2	+31	+7.1%
16.	Ronald	451	+6	+95	+26.7%
17.	Baby	450	-3	-47	-9.5%
18.	Albert	410	+2	+10	+2.5%
19.	Frederick	400	0	-15	-3.6%
19.	Norman	400	-3	-39	-8.9%
21.	David	392	-3	-30	-7.1%
22.	Raymond	359	+3	+32	+9.8%
23.	Gerald	353	0	+11	+3.2%
24.	Walter	339	-3	-22	-6.1%
25.	Stanley	333	+1	+14	+4.4%
26.	Roy	324	-2	-8	-2.4%
27.	Harry	310	+3	+21	+7.3%
28.	Francis	294	+1	+1	+0.3%
29.	Richard	290	-2	-22	-7.1%
30.	Jack	277	-2	-32	-10.4%
31.	Peter	265	+7	+55	+26.2%
32.	Frank	254	0	-17	-6.3%
33.	Howard	252	0	+1	+0.4%
34.	Ernest	236	-3	-47	-16.6%
35.	Henry	234	-1	+3	+1.3%
36.	Lloyd	227	0	+1	+0.4%
37.	Clifford	221	-2	-7	-3.1%
38.	Leonard	209	-1	-16	-7.1%
39.	Allan	196	+10	+27	+16.0%
40.	Bruce	193	+3	+5	+2.7%
40.	Earl	193	-1	-14	-6.8%
42.	Alfred	187	-1	-6	-3.1%
43.	Alexander	182	0	-6	-3.2%
44.	Paul	181	+3	+8	+4.6%
45.	Herbert	177	-5	-26	-12.8%
46.	Ralph	173	-3	-15	-8.0%
47.	Lawrence	170	0	-3	-1.7%
48.	Clarence	167	-6	-24	-12.6%
49.	Michael	159	+9	+37	+30.3%
49.	Wilfred	159	-3	-28	-15.0%
51.	Ross	151	0	+6	+4.1%
52.	Murray	145	+1	+3	+2.1%
53.	Lorne	139	0	-3	-2.1%
54.	Victor	136	+5	+17	+14.3%
55.	Russell	134	0	0	0.0%
56.	Leo	133	+1	+9	+7.3%
57.	Carl	131	+2	+12	+10.1%
57.	J	131	-7	-21	-13.8%
59.	Patrick	129	+4	+20	+18.3%
60.	Bernard	127	+3	+18	+16.5%
61.	Harvey	122	+7	+20	+19.6%
62.	Hugh	119	0	+5	+4.4%
62.	Louis	119	-6	-13	-9.8%
64.	Leslie	118	+1	+11	+10.3%
65.	Cecil	111	-14	-34	-23.4%
66.	Edwin	109	+6	+15	+16.0%
67.	Keith	107	+9	+18	+20.2%
68.	Maurice	105	-1	-1	-0.9%
69.	Reginald	102	-4	-5	-4.7%
70.	Alan	98	+9	+17	+21.0%
70.	Andrew	98	-2	-4	-3.9%
72.	Samuel	96	-11	-19	-16.5%
73.	Allen	94	0	+1	+1.1%
74.	Glen	88	+5	+7	+8.6%
74.	Jean	88	-3	-8	-8.3%
76.	Arnold	85	-6	-15	-15.0%
77.	Daniel	84	0	-3	-3.4%
78.	Eugene	79	+5	+4	+5.3%
79.	Eric	77	-1	-5	-6.1%
80.	Elmer	76	-7	-17	-18.3%
81.	Ivan	74	+7	+11	+17.5%
81.	Philip	74	+5	+6	+8.8%
83.	Alvin	73	-1	-3	-3.9%
83.	Edgar	73	+14	+22	+43.1%
85.	Sidney	72	+5	+13	+22.0%
86.	Wallace	70	-5	-10	-12.5%
87.	Gilbert	66	+2	+5	+8.2%
88.	Melvin	61	-4	-13	-17.6%
89.	Vernon	60	-16	-33	-35.5%
90.	Fredrick	58	-3	-8	-12.1%
91.	Vincent	55	-6	-17	-23.6%
92.	Milton	53	new	new	new
93.	Anthony	52	new	new	new
93.	Morris	52	+5	+2	+4.0%
93.	Percy	52	+1	-2	-3.7%
96.	Fred	51	-5	-7	-12.1%
97.	Glenn	50	new	new	new
98.	Nelson	49	new	new	new
98.	Wilbert	49	new	new	new
100.	Floyd	48	-7	-7	-12.7%
100.	Garnet	48	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	2,407	0	-64	-2.6%
2.	Marie	2,099	0	+88	+4.4%
3.	Margaret	1,388	0	-46	-3.2%
4.	Dorothy	1,132	0	+1	+0.1%
5.	Helen	937	0	-12	-1.3%
6.	Shirley	816	+1	+137	+20.2%
7.	Jean	687	-1	-26	-3.6%
8.	Betty	638	+2	+67	+11.7%
9.	Ruth	590	+2	+34	+6.1%
10.	Marion	570	+2	+29	+5.4%
11.	Elizabeth	533	-3	-53	-9.0%
12.	Doris	529	-3	-50	-8.6%
13.	Audrey	464	0	+16	+3.6%
14.	Barbara	419	+11	+108	+34.7%
15.	Marjorie	383	-1	-23	-5.7%
16.	Norma	371	0	-16	-4.1%
17.	Joyce	370	+11	+75	+25.4%
18.	Baby	365	-4	-41	-10.1%
19.	Florence	361	-2	-12	-3.2%
20.	Irene	358	-1	+12	+3.5%
21.	Evelyn	349	-3	-22	-5.9%
22.	Annie	346	-1	+1	+0.3%
23.	Lois	335	+10	+78	+30.4%
24.	June	332	-5	-14	-4.0%
25.	Kathleen	320	-2	-3	-0.9%
26.	Joan	318	-4	-10	-3.0%
27.	Patricia	309	+1	+14	+4.7%
28.	Lillian	296	-2	-4	-1.3%
29.	Frances	290	+1	-4	-1.4%
30.	Alice	283	-6	-39	-12.1%
31.	Phyllis	280	+7	+43	+18.1%
32.	Gladys	275	-5	-21	-7.1%
33.	Edith	267	+1	+17	+6.8%
34.	Muriel	253	-3	-29	-10.3%
35.	Doreen	249	+2	+7	+2.9%
36.	Eleanor	239	+6	+27	+12.7%
36.	Mildred	239	-4	-29	-10.8%
38.	Grace	224	-3	-23	-9.3%
39.	Anna	220	+7	+16	+7.8%
40.	Edna	217	-4	-28	-11.4%
41.	Catherine	215	-1	-16	-6.9%
42.	Beatrice	202	+1	-6	-2.9%
42.	Bernice	202	+10	+27	+15.4%
44.	Ethel	201	-3	-12	-5.6%
45.	M	191	-6	-45	-19.1%
45.	Thelma	191	-1	-15	-7.3%
47.	Eileen	190	+2	-1	-0.5%
48.	Elsie	188	-1	-12	-6.0%
49.	Vera	185	+4	+12	+6.9%
50.	Gloria	177	+1	-6	-3.3%
51.	Agnes	172	-1	-13	-7.0%
52.	Violet	167	-7	-38	-18.5%
53.	Hazel	164	-5	-33	-16.8%
54.	Rose	163	+5	+24	+17.3%
55.	Gertrude	161	+5	+25	+18.4%
56.	Marguerite	157	+2	+15	+10.6%
57.	Olive	154	0	+2	+1.3%
58.	Rita	153	-2	-2	-1.3%
59.	Ruby	151	-5	-8	-5.0%
60.	Theresa	149	+9	+38	+34.2%
61.	Eva	148	-7	-11	-6.9%
62.	Mabel	138	+4	+22	+19.0%
63.	Verna	136	-3	0	0.0%
64.	Pauline	128	+7	+19	+17.4%
65.	Hilda	122	-3	-6	-4.7%
66.	Laura	114	-2	-10	-8.1%
67.	Jessie	113	-4	-12	-9.6%
68.	Ellen	108	-2	-8	-6.9%
69.	Clara	107	+4	+6	+5.9%
70.	Reta	100	-2	-13	-11.5%
71.	Viola	98	+6	+7	+7.7%
72.	Anne	97	+15	+21	+27.6%
72.	Pearl	97	0	-10	-9.3%
74.	Geraldine	96	+6	+10	+11.6%
75.	Josephine	95	+1	0	0.0%
76.	Constance	93	-7	-18	-16.2%
77.	Velma	88	+5	+3	+3.5%
78.	Beverley	86	new	new	new
79.	Jacqueline	85	+10	+10	+13.3%
79.	Myrtle	85	-14	-35	-29.2%
81.	Donna	82	new	new	new
81.	Gwendolyn	82	new	new	new
81.	Lorna	82	-8	-19	-18.8%
81.	Sarah	82	+2	-1	-1.2%
85.	Nora	81	new	new	new
86.	Lorraine	80	new	new	new
86.	Marjory	80	+1	+4	+5.3%
88.	Maria	79	-9	-8	-9.2%
89.	Marian	78	new	new	new
89.	Vivian	78	+3	+6	+8.3%
91.	May	77	+1	+5	+6.9%
92.	Bertha	76	+3	+5	+7.0%
92.	Jane	76	new	new	new
92.	Teresa	76	+5	+6	+8.6%
95.	Olga	75	-4	+2	+2.7%
96.	Ida	74	-12	-8	-9.8%
97.	Alma	72	-24	-29	-28.7%
97.	Isabel	72	-5	0	0.0%
97.	Leona	72	-11	-7	-8.9%
97.	Therese	72	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Canada