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.	Robert	3,995	0	-2	-0.1%
2.	John	3,863	0	-87	-2.2%
3.	Joseph	3,243	0	+133	+4.3%
4.	David	3,074	0	+54	+1.8%
5.	William	2,718	0	-142	-5.0%
6.	James	2,619	0	-61	-2.3%
7.	Richard	1,976	0	+60	+3.1%
8.	Michael	1,758	+1	+175	+11.1%
9.	Donald	1,693	-1	-27	-1.6%
10.	Ronald	1,503	0	-20	-1.3%
11.	Brian	1,390	+1	+83	+6.4%
12.	Kenneth	1,355	-1	-62	-4.4%
13.	Douglas	1,275	0	+3	+0.2%
14.	Thomas	1,216	0	+4	+0.3%
15.	Paul	1,202	0	+39	+3.4%
16.	Gary	1,125	+2	+251	+28.7%
17.	Peter	950	-1	+15	+1.6%
18.	George	851	-1	-38	-4.3%
19.	Wayne	810	+1	-12	-1.5%
20.	Larry	759	+1	-54	-6.6%
21.	Edward	745	+1	-19	-2.5%
22.	Gordon	728	-3	-98	-11.9%
23.	Daniel	718	+3	+57	+8.6%
24.	Charles	687	0	-10	-1.4%
25.	Bruce	676	-2	-40	-5.6%
26.	Dennis	659	+2	+74	+12.6%
27.	Stephen	632	0	-18	-2.8%
28.	Gerald	618	-3	-51	-7.6%
29.	Raymond	495	0	-28	-5.4%
30.	Gregory	480	+4	+95	+24.7%
31.	Allan	469	0	+15	+3.3%
32.	Patrick	448	+1	+28	+6.7%
33.	Lawrence	443	-3	-14	-3.1%
34.	Barry	423	-2	0	0.0%
35.	Baby	377	+2	+40	+11.9%
36.	Mark	357	+16	+125	+53.9%
37.	Frederick	355	-1	+5	+1.4%
38.	Norman	354	-3	-8	-2.2%
39.	Alan	334	0	+44	+15.2%
40.	Steven	317	+5	+58	+22.4%
41.	Roger	305	-2	+15	+5.2%
42.	Christopher	283	+6	+38	+15.5%
43.	Garry	278	-4	-12	-4.1%
44.	Keith	277	-2	-12	-4.2%
45.	Glen	275	+13	+61	+28.5%
46.	Harold	268	+1	+13	+5.1%
47.	Eric	262	+8	+43	+19.6%
48.	Philip	261	-4	-8	-3.0%
49.	Arthur	259	-11	-36	-12.2%
50.	Terry	256	0	+12	+4.9%
51.	Leonard	251	-8	-23	-8.4%
52.	Ian	248	-4	+3	+1.2%
53.	Walter	246	+4	+31	+14.4%
54.	Murray	244	-3	+5	+2.1%
55.	Timothy	234	+5	+30	+14.7%
56.	Frank	233	-3	+7	+3.1%
57.	Stanley	227	-4	+1	+0.4%
58.	Francis	217	-2	0	0.0%
59.	Glenn	216	0	+4	+1.9%
60.	Leslie	211	+5	+14	+7.1%
61.	Roy	210	-15	-47	-18.3%
62.	Andrew	209	+9	+33	+18.8%
63.	Albert	207	+7	+28	+15.6%
64.	Ralph	204	-2	+6	+3.0%
65.	Ross	193	+2	+2	+1.0%
66.	Harry	191	-4	-7	-3.5%
67.	Terrance	174	-6	-29	-14.3%
68.	Bryan	169	-6	-29	-14.6%
68.	Jack	169	+14	+27	+19.0%
70.	Alexander	167	-2	-17	-9.2%
70.	Martin	167	+17	+38	+29.5%
72.	Clifford	162	+7	+6	+3.8%
73.	Ernest	160	+3	0	0.0%
74.	Dale	159	-5	-21	-11.7%
74.	Howard	159	-8	-36	-18.5%
76.	Allen	155	-2	-11	-6.6%
77.	Lloyd	153	-1	-7	-4.4%
78.	Terrence	149	0	-10	-6.3%
79.	Neil	145	-7	-27	-15.7%
80.	Randall	144	+13	+21	+17.1%
81.	Carl	141	-6	-24	-14.5%
81.	Lorne	141	-8	-30	-17.5%
83.	Victor	134	0	-5	-3.6%
84.	Anthony	132	-3	-19	-12.6%
85.	Danny	131	0	-3	-2.2%
86.	Henry	128	-2	-7	-5.2%
87.	Terence	127	+11	+22	+21.0%
88.	Russell	126	-8	-27	-17.6%
89.	Grant	121	-1	-5	-4.0%
90.	Bernard	118	+5	+2	+1.7%
91.	Denis	114	+5	+2	+1.8%
91.	Earl	114	+6	+8	+7.5%
93.	Alfred	113	-5	-13	-10.3%
94.	Rodney	111	-3	-14	-11.2%
95.	Jeffrey	107	new	new	new
95.	Roderick	107	new	new	new
97.	Craig	103	new	new	new
98.	Micheal	102	+1	+1	+1.0%
99.	Fredrick	101	new	new	new
99.	Harvey	101	new	new	new
99.	Herbert	101	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Linda	2,923	0	-484	-14.2%
2.	Mary	2,688	0	-69	-2.5%
3.	Marie	2,467	0	-9	-0.4%
4.	Susan	1,788	0	+85	+5.0%
5.	Patricia	1,665	+1	+75	+4.7%
6.	Barbara	1,530	-1	-73	-4.6%
7.	Margaret	1,356	0	-60	-4.2%
8.	Judith	1,226	0	-130	-9.6%
9.	Sharon	1,165	0	-173	-12.9%
10.	Donna	1,123	0	-12	-1.1%
11.	Carol	1,080	0	-48	-4.3%
12.	Nancy	1,050	+1	+81	+8.4%
13.	Brenda	1,040	+2	+242	+30.3%
14.	Sandra	997	-2	-88	-8.1%
15.	Elizabeth	865	-1	+18	+2.1%
16.	Catherine	841	+1	+152	+22.1%
17.	Karen	822	-1	+82	+11.1%
18.	Shirley	699	0	+37	+5.6%
19.	Wendy	692	+1	+76	+12.3%
20.	Janet	680	+1	+78	+13.0%
21.	Bonnie	646	+2	+85	+15.2%
22.	Diane	641	-3	+1	+0.2%
23.	Janice	629	+5	+155	+32.7%
24.	Marilyn	618	0	+61	+11.0%
25.	Deborah	583	+15	+248	+74.0%
26.	Joan	565	0	+39	+7.4%
26.	Lynda	565	-4	-29	-4.9%
28.	Heather	557	-1	+52	+10.3%
29.	Gail	465	-4	-76	-14.0%
30.	Kathleen	447	-1	-25	-5.3%
31.	Helen	426	-1	-19	-4.3%
32.	Jane	400	+4	+44	+12.4%
33.	Cheryl	387	-2	-31	-7.4%
34.	Dianne	378	+5	+42	+12.5%
35.	Maureen	374	0	+16	+4.5%
36.	Joanne	368	-2	+9	+2.5%
37.	Ruth	361	-4	-5	-1.4%
38.	Valerie	354	-6	-57	-13.9%
39.	Beverley	348	+13	+50	+16.8%
40.	Kathryn	345	+7	+37	+12.0%
41.	Christine	341	+1	+18	+5.6%
42.	Pamela	332	+1	+12	+3.8%
43.	Judy	325	+2	+8	+2.5%
44.	Darlene	323	+11	+41	+14.5%
45.	Dorothy	320	-7	-20	-5.9%
46.	Anne	319	+12	+44	+16.0%
47.	Betty	311	-6	-21	-6.3%
48.	Beverly	307	+2	+8	+2.7%
49.	Sheila	302	-12	-46	-13.2%
50.	Elaine	300	0	+1	+0.3%
51.	Carolyn	298	-7	-21	-6.6%
52.	Gloria	283	-3	-18	-6.0%
53.	Lynn	277	+10	+58	+26.5%
54.	Frances	275	-8	-39	-12.4%
55.	Marlene	274	+1	-5	-1.8%
56.	Katherine	273	+10	+67	+32.5%
57.	Suzanne	271	-9	-33	-10.9%
58.	Jean	268	-1	-10	-3.6%
59.	Joyce	266	+1	+24	+9.9%
60.	Diana	255	+1	+21	+9.0%
60.	Lorraine	255	-7	-35	-12.1%
62.	Irene	250	+13	+78	+45.3%
63.	Lois	237	+2	+26	+12.3%
64.	Baby	236	-5	-25	-9.6%
65.	Jacqueline	234	-12	-56	-19.3%
66.	Colleen	221	+7	+45	+25.6%
67.	Marion	217	-5	-6	-2.7%
68.	Ann	212	-4	-2	-0.9%
69.	Louise	210	-2	+8	+4.0%
70.	Laura	205	+12	+55	+36.7%
71.	Theresa	185	-2	-5	-2.6%
72.	Rosemary	181	+2	+6	+3.4%
73.	Constance	177	-5	-19	-9.7%
74.	Norma	172	-2	-10	-5.5%
75.	Arlene	167	+21	+39	+30.5%
76.	Evelyn	161	-6	-26	-13.9%
77.	Ellen	160	+13	+18	+12.7%
78.	Rose	156	0	-5	-3.1%
79.	Lynne	153	-8	-33	-17.7%
80.	Marjorie	152	-1	-7	-4.4%
81.	Pauline	151	0	-2	-1.3%
82.	Jennifer	148	+14	+20	+15.6%
82.	June	148	+10	+12	+8.8%
84.	Rita	146	new	new	new
85.	Phyllis	145	-8	-18	-11.0%
85.	Virginia	145	-1	-2	-1.4%
87.	Doreen	142	0	-1	-0.7%
88.	Teresa	141	-1	-2	-1.4%
89.	Denise	140	+7	+12	+9.4%
90.	Wanda	139	new	new	new
91.	Leslie	135	-4	-8	-5.6%
91.	Sylvia	135	-15	-31	-18.7%
93.	Victoria	131	-13	-26	-16.6%
94.	Cynthia	130	-1	-2	-1.5%
94.	Yvonne	130	new	new	new
96.	Alice	129	-13	-20	-13.4%
97.	Penny	126	-4	-6	-4.5%
98.	Doris	123	+2	-1	-0.8%
98.	Eleanor	123	-7	-18	-12.8%
98.	Geraldine	123	new	new	new
98.	Lorna	123	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Canada