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	2,639	0	+1	+0.0%
2.	John	2,403	0	-101	-4.0%
3.	William	2,193	0	-36	-1.6%
4.	Robert	1,978	0	+32	+1.6%
5.	James	1,537	+1	+111	+7.8%
6.	Donald	1,465	-1	-214	-12.7%
7.	Ronald	1,053	0	-66	-5.9%
8.	George	975	0	-25	-2.5%
9.	Kenneth	668	0	-88	-11.6%
10.	Thomas	601	+3	+57	+10.5%
11.	David	581	+1	+27	+4.9%
12.	Charles	564	-2	-49	-8.0%
13.	Douglas	519	+2	+32	+6.6%
14.	Gordon	498	0	-4	-0.8%
15.	Edward	481	-4	-91	-15.9%
16.	Richard	452	+1	+38	+9.2%
17.	Gerald	413	-1	-22	-5.1%
18.	Harold	376	0	-16	-4.1%
19.	Norman	348	0	-30	-7.9%
20.	Raymond	323	0	-10	-3.0%
21.	Arthur	306	+1	-16	-5.0%
22.	Frederick	295	-1	-36	-10.9%
23.	Paul	294	+3	+19	+6.9%
23.	Walter	294	+1	+13	+4.6%
25.	Albert	264	-2	-48	-15.4%
26.	Peter	249	-1	-30	-10.8%
27.	Baby	243	+1	-7	-2.8%
28.	Roy	224	-1	-32	-12.5%
29.	Lawrence	217	+5	0	0.0%
30.	Frank	210	0	-12	-5.4%
31.	Bruce	208	-1	-14	-6.3%
32.	Francis	207	0	-14	-6.3%
33.	Harry	202	0	-18	-8.2%
34.	Stanley	200	-5	-41	-17.0%
35.	Leonard	190	+2	-15	-7.3%
36.	Ernest	188	+2	+11	+6.2%
37.	Jack	181	-2	-33	-15.4%
38.	Allan	168	-2	-39	-18.8%
39.	Henry	165	+5	+18	+12.2%
40.	Michael	162	0	-6	-3.6%
41.	Murray	159	+5	+15	+10.4%
42.	Clifford	154	+11	+33	+27.3%
43.	Ralph	148	-4	-23	-13.5%
44.	Herbert	146	+3	+6	+4.3%
45.	Alfred	142	-2	-6	-4.1%
46.	Clarence	139	+13	+30	+27.5%
47.	Alexander	134	+2	+6	+4.7%
47.	Carl	134	-5	-18	-11.8%
49.	Lloyd	128	-1	-4	-3.0%
49.	Ross	128	-4	-18	-12.3%
51.	Howard	126	-11	-42	-25.0%
52.	Gary	125	+27	+52	+71.2%
53.	Daniel	122	+12	+23	+23.2%
54.	Victor	119	+8	+15	+14.4%
55.	Bernard	117	-1	-3	-2.5%
56.	Keith	116	-4	-6	-4.9%
57.	Patrick	115	-2	-4	-3.4%
58.	Earl	112	-8	-13	-10.4%
59.	Lorne	106	-8	-18	-14.5%
60.	Roger	100	+1	-7	-6.5%
61.	Maurice	99	+5	+1	+1.0%
62.	Hugh	98	-2	-10	-9.3%
63.	Harvey	95	-7	-23	-19.5%
64.	Leslie	94	+8	+13	+16.0%
64.	Russell	94	+5	+6	+6.8%
66.	Philip	93	+5	+10	+12.0%
66.	Reginald	93	-4	-11	-10.6%
68.	Alan	92	-10	-18	-16.4%
69.	Leo	91	-2	-2	-2.2%
70.	Jean	89	+8	+14	+18.7%
71.	Andrew	87	+1	+6	+7.4%
71.	Wilfred	87	-14	-30	-25.6%
73.	Arnold	85	+11	+15	+21.4%
73.	Glenn	85	+1	+5	+6.3%
75.	Dennis	83	+8	+12	+16.9%
76.	Allen	80	+1	+4	+5.3%
77.	Edwin	78	-13	-24	-23.5%
78.	Cecil	77	+10	+13	+20.3%
79.	Louis	75	-12	-18	-19.4%
80.	Samuel	73	-6	-7	-8.8%
81.	Marvin	72	+15	+18	+33.3%
82.	Fredrick	71	-6	-8	-10.1%
83.	Eric	70	-4	-3	-4.1%
83.	Neil	70	+2	+2	+2.9%
85.	Floyd	68	+12	+16	+30.8%
85.	Glen	68	-15	-18	-20.9%
85.	Ivan	68	+4	+5	+7.9%
88.	Barry	66	-7	-6	-8.3%
89.	Ian	65	-3	0	0.0%
89.	Melvin	65	-8	-7	-9.7%
91.	Alvin	64	-5	-1	-1.5%
92.	Vernon	59	-3	-4	-6.3%
93.	Wayne	55	new	new	new
94.	Brian	54	new	new	new
95.	Grant	52	new	new	new
96.	Edgar	51	new	new	new
97.	Eugene	50	-6	-12	-19.4%
97.	Martin	50	-4	-8	-13.8%
97.	Stephen	50	new	new	new
100.	Garnet	49	new	new	new
100.	Gilbert	49	-7	-9	-15.5%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	2,206	0	-46	-2.0%
2.	Marie	1,993	0	-35	-1.7%
3.	Shirley	1,198	+3	+244	+25.6%
4.	Margaret	1,167	-1	-81	-6.5%
5.	Barbara	1,012	-1	-27	-2.6%
6.	Joan	1,005	-1	+22	+2.2%
7.	Helen	753	0	-30	-3.8%
8.	Patricia	701	+1	+112	+19.0%
9.	Dorothy	652	-1	-79	-10.8%
10.	Elizabeth	533	+1	-9	-1.7%
11.	Jean	471	+1	-10	-2.1%
12.	Betty	463	-2	-87	-15.8%
13.	Joyce	398	+2	+3	+0.8%
14.	Ruth	387	0	-20	-4.9%
15.	Marion	374	-2	-68	-15.4%
16.	Marilyn	371	+1	+13	+3.6%
17.	Lois	335	+1	-10	-2.9%
18.	June	333	-2	-43	-11.4%
19.	Audrey	307	+2	-12	-3.8%
20.	Donna	301	+7	+56	+22.9%
21.	Doris	297	-1	-30	-9.2%
22.	Norma	287	+1	-6	-2.0%
23.	Doreen	276	-4	-56	-16.9%
24.	Marjorie	271	-2	-26	-8.8%
25.	Evelyn	259	+2	+14	+5.7%
26.	Florence	256	+5	+37	+16.9%
27.	Frances	251	-2	-15	-5.6%
28.	Alice	246	-2	-10	-3.9%
29.	Kathleen	240	+1	+20	+9.1%
30.	Irene	220	-6	-65	-22.8%
31.	Eleanor	216	-2	-14	-6.1%
32.	Beverley	212	+1	+7	+3.4%
33.	Edith	203	+2	+3	+1.5%
34.	Lillian	188	0	-14	-6.9%
35.	Catherine	185	+3	-3	-1.6%
36.	Annie	183	-4	-25	-12.0%
36.	Carol	183	+33	+79	+76.0%
38.	Anna	182	-1	-7	-3.7%
38.	Nancy	182	+3	+10	+5.8%
40.	Sylvia	177	+11	+42	+31.1%
41.	Phyllis	170	+3	+7	+4.3%
42.	Gloria	169	+1	+2	+1.2%
42.	Janet	169	+7	+30	+21.6%
44.	Baby	168	-8	-26	-13.4%
45.	Rose	161	+2	+11	+7.3%
46.	Beverly	159	+13	+38	+31.4%
47.	Marlene	156	+3	+18	+13.0%
48.	Gladys	152	+4	+18	+13.4%
48.	Grace	152	-7	-20	-11.6%
50.	Sheila	149	-4	-7	-4.5%
51.	Mildred	143	-6	-14	-8.9%
52.	Muriel	140	-12	-36	-20.5%
53.	Ann	137	+14	+31	+29.2%
53.	Elsie	137	-14	-42	-23.5%
55.	Anne	130	-2	-2	-1.5%
55.	Jacqueline	130	+1	+3	+2.4%
57.	Lorraine	129	+6	+21	+19.4%
58.	Bernice	125	0	+1	+0.8%
58.	Violet	125	+4	+15	+13.6%
60.	Edna	118	-5	-10	-7.8%
60.	Yvonne	118	+17	+27	+29.7%
62.	Eileen	117	-14	-24	-17.0%
63.	Agnes	115	-3	-1	-0.9%
63.	Beatrice	115	-9	-15	-11.5%
65.	Ethel	107	-2	-1	-0.9%
66.	Theresa	106	0	-1	-0.9%
67.	Rita	105	+6	+10	+10.5%
68.	Hazel	104	+4	+4	+4.0%
69.	Vera	101	-12	-24	-19.2%
70.	Lorna	99	+4	+6	+6.5%
70.	Ruby	99	+10	+13	+15.1%
72.	Verna	98	-4	-7	-6.7%
73.	Constance	97	+18	+22	+29.3%
73.	Geraldine	97	-12	-14	-12.6%
75.	Marguerite	96	+4	+7	+7.9%
76.	Laura	95	-6	-8	-7.8%
77.	Ellen	93	0	+2	+2.2%
78.	Joanne	92	new	new	new
79.	Pauline	91	-3	-1	-1.1%
80.	Arlene	88	new	new	new
80.	Eva	88	-9	-13	-12.9%
80.	Josephine	88	+8	+12	+15.8%
83.	Thelma	87	-20	-21	-19.4%
84.	Elaine	82	+1	0	0.0%
85.	Louise	80	new	new	new
86.	Maureen	79	+13	+12	+17.9%
87.	Wilma	78	-6	-6	-7.1%
88.	Jessie	76	-1	-3	-3.8%
89.	Dolores	75	-15	-18	-19.4%
89.	Gertrude	75	-8	-9	-10.7%
89.	Jane	75	-8	-9	-10.7%
92.	Gwendolyn	74	new	new	new
93.	Virginia	73	new	new	new
94.	Clara	72	-10	-11	-13.3%
94.	Olive	72	-6	-4	-5.3%
96.	Marian	71	-5	-4	-5.3%
97.	Maria	69	-11	-11	-13.8%
98.	Stella	68	-2	-2	-2.9%
99.	Carole	67	new	new	new
99.	Georgina	67	-2	-2	-2.9%

Popularity extremes for Canada