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	2,797	0	+57	+2.1%
2.	Robert	2,464	0	-158	-6.0%
3.	John	2,451	0	-53	-2.1%
4.	William	2,103	0	-131	-5.9%
5.	James	1,634	0	-5	-0.3%
6.	Donald	1,279	0	-11	-0.9%
7.	David	1,039	+1	+41	+4.1%
8.	Ronald	952	-1	-119	-11.1%
9.	George	937	0	+57	+6.5%
10.	Kenneth	740	0	-110	-12.9%
11.	Thomas	674	+1	+54	+8.7%
12.	Edward	650	-1	+25	+4.0%
13.	Richard	554	+3	+22	+4.1%
14.	Douglas	545	-1	-25	-4.4%
15.	Gerald	530	+2	+16	+3.1%
16.	Charles	521	-1	-28	-5.1%
17.	Baby	471	+3	+89	+23.3%
18.	Gordon	459	-4	-92	-16.7%
19.	Peter	455	-1	+46	+11.2%
20.	Paul	414	-2	+5	+1.2%
21.	Gary	399	+1	+61	+18.0%
22.	Michael	385	+3	+93	+31.8%
23.	Frederick	330	0	-4	-1.2%
24.	Raymond	316	-3	-47	-12.9%
25.	Wayne	310	+11	+114	+58.2%
26.	Norman	303	-2	-8	-2.6%
27.	Harold	289	0	+3	+1.0%
28.	Arthur	279	-3	-13	-4.5%
28.	Lawrence	279	0	+18	+6.9%
30.	Allan	243	+2	+9	+3.8%
31.	Bruce	241	-1	+3	+1.3%
32.	Walter	235	-1	-1	-0.4%
33.	Larry	231	+8	+42	+22.2%
34.	Albert	230	-5	-30	-11.5%
35.	Barry	207	+16	+65	+45.8%
36.	Stanley	204	+2	+11	+5.7%
37.	Roy	190	-1	-6	-3.1%
38.	Frank	187	-3	-10	-5.1%
39.	Francis	185	+1	-5	-2.6%
40.	Patrick	178	+4	+22	+14.1%
41.	Brian	177	+3	+21	+13.5%
42.	Dennis	175	+21	+61	+53.5%
43.	Ernest	158	-1	-30	-16.0%
43.	Keith	158	+14	+26	+19.7%
43.	Ralph	158	-9	-45	-22.2%
46.	Jack	155	+1	+3	+2.0%
47.	Roger	154	+8	+18	+13.2%
48.	Carl	152	-5	-20	-11.6%
49.	Leonard	151	-16	-62	-29.1%
50.	Daniel	149	-4	-6	-3.9%
51.	Harry	148	-12	-44	-22.9%
52.	Clifford	143	-4	-2	-1.4%
52.	Murray	143	-3	0	0.0%
54.	Henry	141	0	+4	+2.9%
55.	Ross	137	+1	+2	+1.5%
56.	Alan	133	+2	+5	+3.9%
56.	Howard	133	-7	-10	-7.0%
58.	Lloyd	129	-7	-13	-9.2%
59.	Alfred	121	-6	-18	-12.9%
60.	Bernard	118	+8	+19	+19.2%
61.	Alexander	116	0	-5	-4.1%
62.	Harvey	108	-2	-17	-13.6%
63.	Earl	106	+1	-7	-6.2%
64.	Victor	105	+3	+3	+2.9%
65.	Herbert	103	-6	-24	-18.9%
66.	Glen	100	-4	-19	-16.0%
67.	Allen	99	+9	+12	+13.8%
67.	Lorne	99	-1	-8	-7.5%
67.	Wilfred	99	+12	+13	+15.1%
70.	Melvin	98	+4	+8	+8.9%
71.	Russell	94	+10	+9	+10.6%
72.	Stephen	93	+4	+6	+6.9%
73.	Andrew	91	+6	+5	+5.8%
73.	Clarence	91	-2	-4	-4.2%
75.	Maurice	87	+9	+8	+10.1%
76.	Fredrick	85	+13	+14	+19.7%
76.	Leslie	85	+7	+1	+1.2%
78.	Philip	83	-9	-15	-15.3%
79.	Arnold	82	+9	+10	+13.9%
80.	Glenn	80	+13	+16	+25.0%
80.	Hugh	80	-8	-14	-14.9%
82.	Anthony	79	-1	-6	-7.1%
82.	Garry	79	-17	-29	-26.9%
82.	Neil	79	+8	+9	+12.9%
85.	Reginald	78	-10	-11	-12.4%
86.	Eugene	76	+5	+11	+16.9%
87.	Ian	75	+7	+14	+23.0%
88.	Edwin	73	-3	-5	-6.4%
88.	Leo	73	-18	-23	-24.0%
90.	Infant	71	new	new	new
91.	Cecil	69	+7	+14	+25.5%
91.	Louis	69	-5	-8	-10.4%
93.	Eric	67	-17	-20	-23.0%
94.	Samuel	66	-3	+1	+1.5%
95.	Jean	64	-22	-27	-29.7%
95.	Terrence	64	new	new	new
97.	Franklin	61	new	new	new
98.	Alvin	59	-2	0	0.0%
99.	Grant	58	new	new	new
99.	Marvin	58	-12	-17	-22.7%
99.	Terrance	58	-2	+1	+1.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	2,275	0	+3	+0.1%
2.	Mary	2,047	0	-191	-8.5%
3.	Margaret	1,306	0	+84	+6.9%
4.	Barbara	1,094	0	-35	-3.1%
5.	Patricia	1,012	+1	+59	+6.2%
6.	Shirley	809	-1	-188	-18.9%
7.	Joan	798	0	0	0.0%
8.	Elizabeth	747	+2	+147	+24.5%
9.	Marilyn	640	0	+18	+2.9%
10.	Carol	608	+1	+64	+11.8%
11.	Helen	581	-3	-71	-10.9%
12.	Donna	564	-1	+20	+3.7%
13.	Dorothy	477	0	-14	-2.9%
14.	Ruth	370	+1	-28	-7.0%
15.	Betty	367	-1	-60	-14.1%
16.	Judith	365	+16	+134	+58.0%
17.	Baby	364	+3	+40	+12.3%
18.	Sandra	361	+4	+68	+23.2%
19.	Nancy	350	+4	+67	+23.7%
20.	Joyce	328	-3	-24	-6.8%
21.	Marion	318	0	+11	+3.6%
22.	Marlene	304	-4	-46	-13.1%
23.	Beverley	297	-7	-72	-19.5%
24.	Jean	296	-5	-31	-9.5%
25.	Frances	273	0	+5	+1.9%
26.	Janet	253	+16	+61	+31.8%
27.	Gail	249	+22	+80	+47.3%
27.	Marjorie	249	0	-2	-0.8%
29.	Catherine	236	+4	+8	+3.5%
30.	Norma	234	-2	-14	-5.6%
31.	Eleanor	230	0	-7	-3.0%
32.	Lois	224	-8	-58	-20.6%
33.	Sheila	221	+1	+1	+0.5%
34.	Irene	219	+4	+11	+5.3%
35.	Doreen	217	-9	-40	-15.6%
36.	Kathleen	214	+2	+6	+2.9%
37.	Sharon	209	+25	+86	+69.9%
38.	Doris	208	+3	+11	+5.6%
39.	June	204	-11	-44	-17.7%
40.	Evelyn	203	+5	+20	+10.9%
41.	Sylvia	200	-5	-13	-6.1%
42.	Beverly	197	-12	-49	-19.9%
43.	Diane	195	+12	+55	+39.3%
44.	Rose	190	+5	+21	+12.4%
45.	Audrey	188	-10	-27	-12.6%
46.	Carole	182	-3	-8	-4.2%
47.	Alice	178	-11	-35	-16.4%
48.	Anne	173	-1	+2	+1.2%
49.	Florence	170	-5	-18	-9.6%
49.	Jacqueline	170	-4	-13	-7.1%
51.	Ann	168	+2	+21	+14.3%
52.	Gloria	162	-14	-46	-22.1%
53.	Phyllis	157	-1	+5	+3.3%
54.	Carolyn	149	+3	+14	+10.4%
55.	Linda	141	+40	+63	+80.8%
56.	Elaine	139	+2	+5	+3.7%
57.	Lillian	138	-9	-32	-18.8%
58.	Grace	131	+3	+5	+4.0%
59.	Elsie	128	+3	+5	+4.1%
60.	Joanne	122	+11	+11	+9.9%
61.	Brenda	121	new	new	new
62.	Anna	120	-8	-23	-16.1%
63.	Arlene	119	+4	+4	+3.5%
64.	Lorraine	118	-5	-12	-9.2%
65.	Edith	115	-14	-49	-29.9%
66.	Geraldine	113	+7	+6	+5.6%
67.	Maureen	112	-3	-10	-8.2%
68.	Jane	108	+9	+8	+8.0%
69.	Gladys	107	-2	-8	-7.0%
69.	Muriel	107	-13	-29	-21.3%
71.	Annie	105	+3	0	0.0%
72.	Eileen	103	-6	-13	-11.2%
73.	Lorna	102	-1	-7	-6.4%
74.	Mildred	101	+3	+1	+1.0%
75.	Edna	100	+10	+9	+9.9%
76.	Constance	97	0	-4	-4.0%
77.	Myrna	96	-12	-25	-20.7%
77.	Yvonne	96	-17	-32	-25.0%
79.	Jeanette	95	0	-2	-2.1%
79.	Virginia	95	+15	+16	+20.3%
81.	Bernice	90	-6	-13	-12.6%
81.	Diana	90	+11	+6	+7.1%
81.	Louise	90	new	new	new
84.	Pauline	89	-14	-25	-21.9%
85.	Susan	87	new	new	new
86.	Beatrice	86	-5	-10	-10.4%
87.	Marguerite	85	new	new	new
88.	Theresa	83	+10	+7	+9.2%
89.	Deanna	82	-7	-13	-13.7%
89.	Hazel	82	new	new	new
91.	Roberta	81	-7	-11	-12.0%
92.	Ethel	78	-25	-37	-32.2%
92.	Loretta	78	new	new	new
94.	Caroline	76	new	new	new
94.	Laura	76	-15	-21	-21.6%
94.	Rita	76	-11	-17	-18.3%
94.	Vera	76	-6	-12	-13.6%
98.	Katherine	75	-3	-3	-3.8%
99.	Violet	74	-10	-12	-14.0%
100.	Agnes	73	-2	-3	-3.9%
100.	Anita	73	new	new	new
100.	Dianne	73	new	new	new
100.	Karen	73	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Canada