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	2,844	0	+26	+0.9%
2.	John	2,535	0	-273	-9.7%
3.	William	2,411	0	-226	-8.6%
4.	Robert	2,065	0	+16	+0.8%
5.	Donald	1,687	0	-5	-0.3%
6.	James	1,514	0	-42	-2.7%
7.	Ronald	1,121	+1	+252	+29.0%
8.	George	965	-1	-163	-14.5%
9.	Kenneth	746	0	-21	-2.7%
10.	Charles	666	0	+24	+3.7%
11.	Thomas	633	+1	+20	+3.3%
12.	David	542	+2	-38	-6.6%
13.	Gordon	541	0	-71	-11.6%
14.	Douglas	502	+1	-57	-10.2%
15.	Edward	490	-4	-132	-21.2%
16.	Gerald	428	0	-23	-5.1%
17.	Harold	417	-1	-34	-7.5%
18.	Richard	406	0	-41	-9.2%
19.	Norman	352	0	-48	-12.0%
20.	Raymond	337	+2	-27	-7.4%
21.	Albert	336	0	-59	-14.9%
22.	Walter	326	+1	-30	-8.4%
23.	Frederick	313	+1	-28	-8.2%
24.	Arthur	305	-4	-91	-23.0%
25.	Peter	277	+1	-3	-1.1%
26.	Baby	267	+5	+20	+8.1%
27.	Frank	264	+6	+18	+7.3%
28.	Paul	258	+3	+11	+4.5%
28.	Stanley	258	-3	-59	-18.6%
30.	Francis	247	0	-4	-1.6%
31.	Roy	234	-4	-38	-14.0%
32.	Harry	225	+3	+3	+1.4%
33.	Lawrence	223	+1	-8	-3.5%
34.	Bruce	222	+5	+20	+9.9%
35.	Jack	218	-7	-45	-17.1%
36.	Ernest	204	+1	-8	-3.8%
37.	Allan	192	-8	-62	-24.4%
38.	Alexander	189	+6	+23	+13.9%
39.	Ralph	188	+4	+21	+12.6%
40.	Leonard	182	-2	-29	-13.7%
41.	Henry	181	-2	-21	-10.4%
41.	Howard	181	-5	-33	-15.4%
43.	Michael	174	+3	+10	+6.1%
44.	Lloyd	168	-3	-32	-16.0%
45.	Clifford	156	+1	-8	-4.9%
46.	Earl	147	-2	-19	-11.4%
47.	Clarence	142	+2	-4	-2.7%
48.	Alfred	140	-6	-59	-29.6%
49.	Wilfred	138	+12	+23	+20.0%
50.	Murray	129	-2	-24	-15.7%
51.	Herbert	128	-1	-11	-7.9%
51.	Lorne	128	+4	+1	+0.8%
53.	Carl	125	+1	-7	-5.3%
54.	Patrick	122	+2	-3	-2.4%
55.	Ross	121	-4	-15	-11.0%
56.	Keith	116	-3	-19	-14.1%
56.	Victor	116	-5	-20	-14.7%
58.	Alan	113	+8	+8	+7.6%
59.	Bernard	110	0	-12	-9.8%
59.	Daniel	110	+1	-6	-5.2%
59.	Louis	110	-2	-14	-11.3%
62.	Harvey	107	+9	+11	+11.5%
63.	Reginald	104	+4	+2	+2.0%
64.	Hugh	102	+5	+1	+1.0%
64.	Russell	102	-1	-8	-7.3%
66.	Leo	101	-8	-22	-17.9%
67.	Andrew	97	-4	-13	-11.8%
68.	Roger	93	+11	+24	+34.8%
69.	Maurice	92	-4	-16	-14.8%
70.	Arnold	90	+9	+21	+30.4%
70.	Leslie	90	-8	-22	-19.6%
72.	Edwin	88	-5	-14	-13.7%
73.	Fredrick	87	+2	+3	+3.6%
74.	Samuel	85	-4	-12	-12.4%
75.	Eric	84	+9	+22	+35.5%
76.	Barry	82	new	new	new
77.	Glen	81	0	+6	+8.0%
78.	Jean	79	-5	-6	-7.1%
79.	Philip	77	-7	-12	-13.5%
80.	Ivan	75	+4	+13	+21.0%
81.	Allen	74	-8	-11	-12.9%
82.	Cecil	73	-6	-7	-8.8%
83.	Stephen	69	-1	+4	+6.2%
84.	Eugene	68	-6	-5	-6.8%
85.	Vernon	66	+4	+9	+15.8%
86.	Anthony	65	+4	+9	+16.1%
86.	Neil	65	-3	+1	+1.6%
88.	Dennis	64	+3	+9	+16.4%
88.	Glenn	64	0	+3	+4.9%
90.	Elmer	63	+4	+9	+16.7%
91.	Melvin	62	-7	0	0.0%
91.	Wallace	62	-10	-4	-6.1%
93.	Gilbert	60	-2	+5	+9.1%
94.	Ian	56	+4	+7	+14.3%
95.	Roland	55	new	new	new
95.	Sidney	55	new	new	new
97.	Alvin	54	-13	-8	-12.9%
98.	Vincent	53	new	new	new
99.	Malcolm	52	-5	-2	-3.7%
99.	Martin	52	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	2,405	0	-73	-2.9%
2.	Marie	2,111	0	-38	-1.8%
3.	Margaret	1,347	0	-73	-5.1%
4.	Joan	1,011	+3	+151	+17.6%
5.	Shirley	961	-1	-23	-2.3%
6.	Barbara	938	+2	+99	+11.8%
7.	Helen	819	-2	-80	-8.9%
8.	Dorothy	756	-2	-115	-13.2%
9.	Betty	654	0	-54	-7.6%
10.	Patricia	612	+2	+49	+8.7%
11.	Jean	582	0	-25	-4.1%
12.	Elizabeth	568	-2	-63	-10.0%
13.	Joyce	480	0	-60	-11.1%
14.	Ruth	458	0	-48	-9.5%
15.	Marion	435	0	-11	-2.5%
16.	June	426	+1	+24	+6.0%
17.	Doreen	377	+3	+7	+1.9%
18.	Lois	357	+3	+7	+2.0%
19.	Marilyn	348	+15	+130	+59.6%
20.	Doris	327	-4	-80	-19.7%
21.	Audrey	323	-3	-76	-19.0%
22.	Norma	313	-3	-68	-17.8%
23.	Marjorie	295	-1	-26	-8.1%
24.	Florence	288	0	-15	-5.0%
25.	Alice	282	+4	+21	+8.0%
26.	Frances	276	+2	+9	+3.4%
27.	Evelyn	268	-4	-48	-15.2%
28.	Irene	266	-3	-24	-8.3%
29.	Annie	257	-3	-31	-10.8%
30.	Donna	244	+3	+19	+8.4%
31.	Eleanor	241	-1	-9	-3.6%
32.	Kathleen	231	-5	-44	-16.0%
33.	Edith	208	+2	-1	-0.5%
34.	Grace	204	+4	+2	+1.0%
35.	Anna	203	+5	+7	+3.6%
35.	Lillian	203	-4	-32	-13.6%
37.	Phyllis	195	+2	-6	-3.0%
38.	Mildred	189	+5	-2	-1.0%
39.	Catherine	188	-4	-21	-10.0%
40.	Beverley	187	+11	+25	+15.4%
41.	Muriel	179	+1	-13	-6.8%
42.	Baby	178	+4	-3	-1.7%
43.	Gladys	175	-6	-28	-13.8%
44.	Agnes	168	+10	+13	+8.4%
45.	Gloria	166	-13	-64	-27.8%
46.	Elsie	160	+4	-4	-2.4%
47.	Rose	159	-7	-37	-18.9%
48.	Bernice	157	-3	-30	-16.0%
49.	Edna	154	-6	-37	-19.4%
50.	Nancy	153	+3	-4	-2.5%
51.	Beatrice	149	+1	-10	-6.3%
52.	Violet	140	-5	-30	-17.6%
53.	Rita	135	-5	-33	-19.6%
54.	Ethel	133	+4	+2	+1.5%
55.	Ann	124	+16	+17	+15.9%
56.	Anne	121	-1	-16	-11.7%
56.	Eileen	121	-7	-45	-27.1%
56.	Janet	121	+4	-8	-6.2%
59.	Jacqueline	120	+6	+5	+4.3%
60.	Lorraine	119	-2	-12	-9.2%
60.	Ruby	119	+16	+19	+19.0%
62.	Beverly	117	+24	+30	+34.5%
63.	Sylvia	116	+33	+42	+56.8%
64.	Verna	115	+13	+17	+17.3%
65.	Gertrude	112	+3	+3	+2.8%
65.	Theresa	112	-9	-24	-17.6%
67.	Marguerite	110	-4	-9	-7.6%
67.	Vera	110	-5	-10	-8.3%
69.	Constance	109	+9	+12	+12.4%
69.	Lorna	109	0	+1	+0.9%
71.	Eva	107	+4	+3	+2.9%
72.	Thelma	106	-15	-27	-20.3%
73.	Dolores	105	+18	+27	+34.6%
73.	Geraldine	105	-4	-3	-2.8%
75.	Pauline	104	-3	-1	-1.0%
76.	Laura	102	-11	-13	-11.3%
76.	Sheila	102	-4	-3	-2.9%
78.	Josephine	101	+1	+5	+5.2%
78.	Marlene	101	new	new	new
80.	Hazel	98	-16	-20	-16.9%
81.	Marian	95	-2	-1	-1.0%
82.	Ellen	94	-15	-18	-16.1%
83.	Vivian	92	+2	+4	+4.5%
84.	Reta	84	-1	-6	-6.7%
85.	Jessie	83	+3	-1	-1.2%
86.	Clara	82	-14	-23	-21.9%
87.	Yvonne	81	-26	-41	-33.6%
88.	Francis	80	new	new	new
89.	Olive	78	-7	-16	-17.0%
90.	Stella	76	0	-5	-6.2%
91.	Carol	75	new	new	new
92.	Pearl	72	new	new	new
92.	Virginia	72	-6	-15	-17.2%
94.	Ida	70	new	new	new
95.	Jane	69	new	new	new
95.	Mabel	69	-6	-14	-16.9%
95.	Maureen	69	new	new	new
98.	Elaine	68	new	new	new
98.	Hilda	68	-17	-27	-28.4%
98.	Maria	68	-1	-5	-6.8%
98.	Sarah	68	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Canada