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
100.	Infant	47	new	new	new
98.	Edgar	49	-7	-8	-14.0%
98.	Ian	49	new	new	new
97.	Laurence	50	new	new	new
96.	Morris	52	-3	-4	-7.1%
94.	Elmer	54	-8	-13	-19.4%
94.	Malcolm	54	new	new	new
91.	Dennis	55	-9	-18	-24.7%
91.	Floyd	55	-2	-4	-6.8%
91.	Gilbert	55	+2	-1	-1.8%
90.	Anthony	56	+8	+2	+3.7%
89.	Vernon	57	-5	-15	-20.8%
88.	Glenn	61	new	new	new
84.	Alvin	62	+5	+3	+5.1%
84.	Eric	62	-2	-11	-15.1%
84.	Ivan	62	-8	-24	-27.9%
84.	Melvin	62	-3	-12	-16.2%
83.	Neil	64	+17	+11	+20.8%
82.	Stephen	65	+14	+10	+18.2%
81.	Wallace	66	+5	-1	-1.5%
79.	Arnold	69	-5	-21	-23.3%
79.	Roger	69	+1	-7	-9.2%
78.	Eugene	73	+6	+1	+1.4%
77.	Glen	75	-7	-26	-25.7%
76.	Cecil	80	-9	-30	-27.3%
75.	Fredrick	84	+4	+3	+3.7%
73.	Allen	85	+2	-4	-4.5%
73.	Jean	85	+3	-1	-1.2%
72.	Philip	89	+6	+7	+8.5%
71.	Harvey	96	-15	-30	-23.8%
70.	Samuel	97	-5	-15	-13.4%
69.	Hugh	101	-15	-28	-21.7%
67.	Edwin	102	+5	+6	+6.3%
67.	Reginald	102	-7	-21	-17.1%
66.	Alan	105	-1	-7	-6.3%
65.	Maurice	108	-8	-17	-13.6%
63.	Andrew	110	+8	+10	+10.0%
63.	Russell	110	+5	+6	+5.8%
62.	Leslie	112	+10	+16	+16.7%
61.	Wilfred	115	-9	-29	-20.1%
60.	Daniel	116	+9	+14	+13.7%
59.	Bernard	122	-2	-3	-2.4%
58.	Leo	123	+5	+10	+8.8%
57.	Louis	124	+5	+5	+4.2%
56.	Patrick	125	+7	+12	+10.6%
55.	Lorne	127	+2	+2	+1.6%
54.	Carl	132	-5	-25	-15.9%
53.	Keith	135	+2	+8	+6.3%
51.	Ross	136	0	-13	-8.7%
51.	Victor	136	-1	-15	-9.9%
50.	Herbert	139	+3	+2	+1.5%
49.	Clarence	146	+12	+25	+20.7%
48.	Murray	153	-2	-22	-12.6%
46.	Clifford	164	-3	-20	-10.9%
46.	Michael	164	+2	-8	-4.7%
44.	Alexander	166	+3	-7	-4.0%
44.	Earl	166	+1	-13	-7.3%
43.	Ralph	167	-8	-48	-22.3%
42.	Alfred	199	+2	+19	+10.6%
41.	Lloyd	200	+1	+8	+4.2%
39.	Bruce	202	+1	-1	-0.5%
39.	Henry	202	0	-3	-1.5%
38.	Leonard	211	+3	+16	+8.2%
37.	Ernest	212	0	-1	-0.5%
36.	Howard	214	0	0	0.0%
35.	Harry	222	-5	-38	-14.6%
34.	Lawrence	231	-2	+5	+2.2%
33.	Frank	246	-5	-24	-8.9%
31.	Baby	247	+3	+30	+13.8%
31.	Paul	247	+7	+35	+16.5%
30.	Francis	251	-3	-30	-10.7%
29.	Allan	254	+4	+36	+16.5%
28.	Jack	263	+1	+2	+0.8%
27.	Roy	272	-2	-25	-8.4%
26.	Peter	280	+5	+30	+12.0%
25.	Stanley	317	+1	+27	+9.3%
24.	Frederick	341	-3	-31	-8.3%
23.	Walter	356	+1	+45	+14.5%
22.	Raymond	364	+1	+35	+10.6%
21.	Albert	395	+1	+35	+9.7%
20.	Arthur	396	-3	-45	-10.2%
19.	Norman	400	-1	-28	-6.5%
18.	Richard	447	+2	+64	+16.7%
16.	Gerald	451	+3	+51	+12.8%
16.	Harold	451	-2	-117	-20.6%
15.	Douglas	559	+1	-6	-1.1%
14.	David	580	-1	-3	-0.5%
13.	Gordon	612	+1	+44	+7.7%
12.	Thomas	613	-1	-47	-7.1%
11.	Edward	622	+1	+38	+6.5%
10.	Charles	642	0	-50	-7.2%
9.	Kenneth	767	-1	-43	-5.3%
8.	Ronald	869	+1	+69	+8.6%
7.	George	1,128	0	-28	-2.4%
6.	James	1,556	-1	-117	-7.0%
5.	Donald	1,692	+1	+99	+6.2%
4.	Robert	2,049	0	+94	+4.8%
3.	William	2,637	0	-98	-3.6%
2.	John	2,808	0	-25	-0.9%
1.	Joseph	2,818	0	-18	-0.6%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Myrtle	69	-16	-21	-23.3%
99.	May	70	0	-4	-5.4%
98.	Leona	71	-3	-7	-9.0%
97.	Maria	73	-14	-18	-19.8%
96.	Sylvia	74	new	new	new
95.	Olga	75	-6	-10	-11.8%
93.	Gwendolyn	76	-7	-11	-12.6%
93.	Wilma	76	+3	0	0.0%
91.	Dolores	78	-29	-45	-36.6%
91.	Viola	78	new	new	new
90.	Stella	81	+3	+1	+1.3%
89.	Mabel	83	+4	+3	+3.8%
88.	Jessie	84	-11	-17	-16.8%
86.	Beverly	87	0	0	0.0%
86.	Virginia	87	new	new	new
85.	Vivian	88	new	new	new
83.	Reta	90	+2	+2	+2.3%
83.	Velma	90	+15	+15	+20.0%
82.	Olive	94	-7	-8	-7.8%
81.	Hilda	95	-2	-3	-3.1%
79.	Josephine	96	-13	-16	-14.3%
79.	Marian	96	+3	+3	+3.2%
78.	Constance	97	new	new	new
77.	Verna	98	-13	-22	-18.3%
76.	Ruby	100	-8	-10	-9.1%
75.	Eva	104	-15	-24	-18.8%
72.	Clara	105	+1	+2	+1.9%
72.	Pauline	105	0	-3	-2.8%
72.	Sheila	105	-4	-5	-4.5%
71.	Ann	107	+25	+31	+40.8%
69.	Geraldine	108	-2	-3	-2.7%
69.	Lorna	108	+4	+5	+4.9%
68.	Gertrude	109	+12	+12	+12.4%
67.	Ellen	112	+14	+16	+16.7%
65.	Jacqueline	115	-1	-5	-4.2%
65.	Laura	115	+12	+14	+13.9%
64.	Hazel	118	-6	-21	-15.1%
63.	Marguerite	119	0	-3	-2.5%
62.	Vera	120	-1	-5	-4.0%
61.	Yvonne	122	+14	+20	+19.6%
60.	Janet	129	+8	+19	+17.3%
58.	Ethel	131	-8	-35	-21.1%
58.	Lorraine	131	-2	-14	-9.7%
57.	Thelma	133	0	-9	-6.3%
56.	Theresa	136	+3	+1	+0.7%
55.	Anne	137	+16	+28	+25.7%
54.	Agnes	155	-5	-16	-9.4%
53.	Nancy	157	+1	+7	+4.7%
52.	Beatrice	159	0	+4	+2.6%
51.	Beverley	162	+2	+10	+6.6%
50.	Elsie	164	-7	-21	-11.4%
49.	Eileen	166	-1	-6	-3.5%
48.	Rita	168	+6	+18	+12.0%
47.	Violet	170	0	-4	-2.3%
46.	Baby	181	+5	+20	+12.4%
45.	Bernice	187	0	+10	+5.6%
43.	Edna	191	+1	+9	+4.9%
43.	Mildred	191	-5	-27	-12.4%
42.	Muriel	192	-8	-40	-17.2%
40.	Anna	196	-8	-37	-15.9%
40.	Rose	196	+1	+5	+2.6%
39.	Phyllis	201	-7	-32	-13.7%
38.	Grace	202	+1	-2	-1.0%
37.	Gladys	203	0	-17	-7.7%
35.	Catherine	209	+1	-15	-6.7%
35.	Edith	209	0	-22	-9.5%
34.	Marilyn	218	+8	+31	+16.6%
33.	Donna	225	+13	+50	+28.6%
32.	Gloria	230	+8	+30	+15.0%
31.	Lillian	235	-3	-51	-17.8%
30.	Eleanor	250	0	-21	-7.7%
29.	Alice	261	-2	-42	-13.9%
28.	Frances	267	-2	-37	-12.2%
27.	Kathleen	275	+4	+21	+8.3%
26.	Annie	288	+3	+11	+4.0%
25.	Irene	290	-1	-28	-8.8%
24.	Florence	303	+1	-8	-2.6%
23.	Evelyn	316	0	-4	-1.3%
22.	Marjorie	321	-2	-52	-13.9%
21.	Lois	350	+1	-17	-4.6%
20.	Doreen	370	-1	-26	-6.6%
19.	Norma	381	+2	+9	+2.4%
18.	Audrey	399	-2	-37	-8.5%
17.	June	402	0	-24	-5.6%
16.	Doris	407	+2	-14	-3.3%
15.	Marion	446	-2	-82	-15.5%
14.	Ruth	506	-2	-45	-8.2%
13.	Joyce	540	+1	+18	+3.4%
12.	Patricia	563	+3	+50	+9.7%
11.	Jean	607	-1	-31	-4.9%
10.	Elizabeth	631	+1	+14	+2.3%
9.	Betty	708	-2	-61	-7.9%
8.	Barbara	839	+1	+115	+15.9%
7.	Joan	860	+1	+98	+12.9%
6.	Dorothy	871	-1	-122	-12.3%
5.	Helen	899	+1	-92	-9.3%
4.	Shirley	984	0	-79	-7.4%
3.	Margaret	1,420	0	-74	-5.0%
2.	Marie	2,149	0	-21	-1.0%
1.	Mary	2,478	0	-118	-4.5%

Popularity extremes for Canada