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	3,095	+1	-22	-0.7%
2.	John	3,038	-1	-101	-3.2%
3.	Robert	3,002	0	-13	-0.4%
4.	William	2,435	0	-229	-8.6%
5.	James	2,205	0	-85	-3.7%
6.	David	1,782	0	+29	+1.7%
7.	Donald	1,426	0	-83	-5.5%
8.	Ronald	1,245	0	-177	-12.4%
9.	Richard	1,169	+1	+173	+17.4%
10.	Kenneth	1,101	-1	-18	-1.6%
11.	Thomas	844	+1	-3	-0.4%
12.	George	841	+1	-5	-0.6%
13.	Douglas	838	-2	-56	-6.3%
14.	Gary	806	0	+81	+11.2%
15.	Michael	759	+1	+101	+15.3%
16.	Paul	702	+3	+80	+12.9%
17.	Wayne	670	+6	+106	+18.8%
18.	Brian	646	+2	+31	+5.0%
19.	Peter	618	-2	-9	-1.4%
20.	Edward	615	-5	-85	-12.1%
21.	Gordon	578	-3	-47	-7.5%
22.	Charles	560	0	-20	-3.4%
23.	Gerald	486	-2	-119	-19.7%
24.	Dennis	408	+2	-21	-4.9%
25.	Larry	405	-1	-52	-11.4%
26.	Raymond	390	-1	-66	-14.5%
27.	Lawrence	360	0	-38	-9.5%
28.	Bruce	353	+6	+42	+13.5%
29.	Frederick	347	0	-14	-3.9%
30.	Norman	337	-2	-34	-9.2%
31.	Harold	329	+1	+4	+1.2%
32.	Allan	309	+1	-9	-2.8%
33.	Barry	301	-2	-25	-7.7%
34.	Arthur	300	-4	-36	-10.7%
35.	Daniel	290	+7	+67	+30.0%
36.	Garry	258	+4	+24	+10.3%
37.	Roger	256	+1	+10	+4.1%
38.	Walter	249	+1	+14	+6.0%
39.	Baby	247	-4	-40	-13.9%
40.	Stephen	234	+11	+50	+27.2%
41.	Albert	227	-4	-20	-8.1%
42.	Leonard	213	+2	-4	-1.8%
42.	Murray	213	+12	+39	+22.4%
44.	Alan	208	+9	+30	+16.9%
44.	Stanley	208	-8	-47	-18.4%
46.	Roy	207	-3	-15	-6.8%
47.	Francis	201	-6	-25	-11.1%
48.	Patrick	198	0	+4	+2.1%
49.	Ralph	191	-3	-13	-6.4%
50.	Keith	177	-3	-18	-9.2%
51.	Frank	175	-6	-31	-15.0%
52.	Ernest	161	0	-19	-10.6%
53.	Howard	158	-3	-27	-14.6%
53.	Lloyd	158	+4	-7	-4.2%
55.	Carl	157	+1	-15	-8.7%
56.	Eric	155	+1	-10	-6.1%
56.	Ross	155	+3	+6	+4.0%
58.	Clifford	148	-4	-26	-14.9%
59.	Victor	140	+5	0	0.0%
60.	Harry	136	-12	-58	-29.9%
61.	Allen	131	+13	+16	+13.9%
62.	Bernard	130	+14	+16	+14.0%
62.	Jack	130	-2	-16	-11.0%
62.	Philip	130	+11	+14	+12.1%
65.	Alexander	123	0	-15	-10.9%
65.	Ian	123	+9	+8	+7.0%
67.	Henry	122	-5	-19	-13.5%
68.	Andrew	120	+9	+7	+6.2%
68.	Russell	120	+11	+9	+8.1%
70.	Terrance	118	-4	-19	-13.9%
71.	Bryan	114	+15	+21	+22.6%
72.	Herbert	110	-2	-17	-13.4%
73.	Alfred	108	-4	-24	-18.2%
74.	Leslie	107	-13	-37	-25.7%
75.	Glen	106	-8	-30	-22.1%
75.	Melvin	106	+6	-2	-1.9%
77.	Harvey	104	-9	-31	-23.0%
77.	Lorne	104	-15	-37	-26.2%
79.	Terry	101	+9	+13	+14.8%
80.	Jean	99	+14	+16	+19.3%
81.	Glenn	97	-3	-15	-13.4%
82.	Earl	96	-10	-24	-20.0%
83.	Hugh	95	-1	-12	-11.2%
83.	Neil	95	0	-3	-3.1%
85.	Terrence	93	-15	-34	-26.8%
86.	Edwin	91	-3	-7	-7.1%
87.	Reginald	89	-7	-20	-18.3%
88.	Martin	87	+5	+1	+1.2%
89.	Fredrick	86	-2	-6	-6.5%
90.	Grant	84	0	-3	-3.4%
91.	Anthony	79	-1	-8	-9.2%
92.	Maurice	78	-7	-19	-19.6%
93.	Clarence	75	-3	-12	-13.8%
93.	Denis	75	new	new	new
93.	Wilfred	75	-5	-13	-14.8%
96.	Ivan	74	new	new	new
97.	Eugene	73	new	new	new
98.	Arnold	68	0	-3	-4.2%
98.	Jerry	68	-3	-14	-17.1%
100.	Marvin	65	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	2,420	+1	-65	-2.6%
2.	Mary	2,301	-1	-248	-9.7%
3.	Margaret	1,344	0	-80	-5.6%
4.	Patricia	1,207	0	-108	-8.2%
5.	Sharon	1,130	0	-119	-9.5%
6.	Barbara	1,110	0	-92	-7.7%
7.	Judith	1,094	+1	+49	+4.7%
8.	Linda	1,089	+2	+188	+20.9%
9.	Carol	1,058	-2	-91	-7.9%
10.	Sandra	959	-1	-30	-3.0%
11.	Donna	851	0	+3	+0.4%
12.	Shirley	705	0	-34	-4.6%
13.	Marilyn	696	+2	+33	+5.0%
14.	Elizabeth	692	-1	-37	-5.1%
15.	Joan	660	-1	-50	-7.0%
16.	Nancy	553	+1	+25	+4.7%
17.	Diane	532	-1	-17	-3.1%
18.	Susan	505	+4	+77	+18.0%
19.	Karen	502	0	+3	+0.6%
20.	Helen	476	-2	-48	-9.2%
21.	Gail	451	0	+17	+3.9%
22.	Dorothy	418	-2	-56	-11.8%
23.	Janet	404	+2	+18	+4.7%
24.	Gloria	369	0	-35	-8.7%
25.	Ruth	367	+1	-16	-4.2%
26.	Carolyn	347	-3	-60	-14.7%
27.	Lynda	330	+6	+33	+11.1%
28.	Betty	313	-1	-34	-9.8%
29.	Joyce	307	+1	-24	-7.3%
30.	Beverley	306	-2	-35	-10.3%
31.	Marion	297	+6	+20	+7.2%
32.	Catherine	289	+2	-7	-2.4%
32.	Jean	289	-3	-49	-14.5%
34.	Frances	279	-3	-33	-10.6%
34.	Kathleen	279	+4	+3	+1.1%
36.	Bonnie	261	+4	+16	+6.5%
37.	Lois	251	+3	+6	+2.4%
38.	Marlene	248	-3	-35	-12.4%
39.	Cheryl	243	new	new	new
40.	Dianne	240	-8	-64	-21.1%
41.	Elaine	236	+7	+23	+10.8%
42.	Sheila	234	-3	-25	-9.7%
43.	Brenda	227	+4	+12	+5.6%
43.	Carole	227	-7	-55	-19.5%
45.	Joanne	221	+3	+8	+3.8%
46.	Heather	216	-2	-4	-1.8%
47.	Marjorie	214	-2	-5	-2.3%
48.	Evelyn	202	-5	-22	-9.8%
49.	Irene	194	+14	+25	+14.8%
49.	Norma	194	+7	+4	+2.1%
51.	Beverly	193	-9	-43	-18.2%
52.	Maureen	187	-4	-26	-12.2%
53.	Eleanor	186	-7	-32	-14.7%
54.	Jane	185	+17	+45	+32.1%
55.	Darlene	184	+20	+49	+36.3%
56.	Baby	178	-5	-31	-14.8%
57.	Sylvia	176	+1	-6	-3.3%
58.	Jacqueline	175	0	-7	-3.8%
59.	Ann	170	-2	-18	-9.6%
60.	Phyllis	169	+5	+9	+5.6%
61.	Wendy	166	+5	+9	+5.7%
62.	Alice	164	+2	-2	-1.2%
63.	Anne	163	-10	-41	-20.1%
63.	Rose	163	-8	-28	-14.7%
65.	Doreen	162	-13	-44	-21.4%
66.	Lorraine	161	-12	-39	-19.5%
67.	Doris	153	-6	-21	-12.1%
68.	Janice	147	0	-1	-0.7%
69.	June	144	-9	-35	-19.6%
70.	Diana	141	-9	-33	-19.0%
71.	Judy	138	+3	+2	+1.5%
72.	Pauline	136	+1	-2	-1.4%
73.	Pamela	131	new	new	new
74.	Florence	130	-4	-12	-8.5%
75.	Sharron	129	+8	+14	+12.2%
76.	Louise	126	+9	+13	+11.5%
77.	Geraldine	125	+14	+22	+21.4%
78.	Valerie	122	+4	+3	+2.5%
79.	Lillian	120	+2	0	0.0%
80.	Katherine	115	-3	-11	-8.7%
80.	Virginia	115	-9	-25	-17.9%
82.	Audrey	114	-16	-43	-27.4%
83.	Kathryn	113	+4	+3	+2.7%
84.	Edith	108	-6	-17	-13.6%
85.	Constance	107	-1	-7	-6.1%
86.	Eileen	106	-17	-38	-26.4%
87.	Lorna	102	+5	+2	+2.0%
88.	Caroline	100	+6	+2	+2.0%
88.	Lynn	100	+8	+5	+5.3%
88.	Rosemary	100	+11	+11	+12.4%
91.	Rita	99	-6	-14	-12.4%
92.	Arlene	98	-13	-23	-19.0%
93.	Lynne	95	new	new	new
94.	Ellen	94	-5	-14	-13.0%
95.	Theresa	93	new	new	new
96.	Grace	91	-20	-38	-29.5%
97.	Charlotte	90	new	new	new
97.	Roberta	90	-9	-19	-17.4%
99.	Suzanne	88	new	new	new
100.	Gladys	87	0	-1	-1.1%

Popularity extremes for Canada