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)
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
92.
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Alan
63 -2
16.
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Albert
573 -1
41.
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Alexander
235 -7
29.
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Alfred
309 +2
43.
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Allan
209 +5
73.
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Allen
104 +2
78.
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Alvin
89 +3
58.
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Andrew
148 +7
98.
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Angus
56 new
95.
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Archibald
61 +2
78.
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Arnold
89 -8
14.
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Arthur
614 -2
55.
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Bernard
152 +8
53.
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Bruce
154 +5
68.
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Carl
116 -1
49.
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Cecil
171 0
9.
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Charles
915 -2
39.
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Clarence
244 -3
100.
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Clayton
53 0
37.
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Clifford
255 +1
90.
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Cyril
66 0
76.
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Daniel
96 -5
20.
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David
443 +1
8.
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Donald
933 0
18.
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Douglas
498 +1
38.
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Earl
251 +3
82.
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Edgar
79 0
15.
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Edward
605 -2
66.
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Edwin
126 -10
67.
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Elmer
119 +12
75.
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Eric
97 -9
28.
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Ernest
333 0
91.
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Eugene
65 -8
22.
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Francis
395 +3
27.
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Frank
345 0
84.
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Fred
77 +6
19.
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Frederick
485 -3
89.
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Fredrick
67 -1
6.
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George
1,428 0
32.
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Gerald
287 +6
94.
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Gilbert
62 -7
99.
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Glen
54 new
12.
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Gordon
714 -1
11.
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Harold
754 -1
23.
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Harry
378 -1
64.
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Harvey
128 -2
33.
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Henry
286 -3
36.
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Herbert
259 -1
35.
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Howard
271 -2
51.
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Hugh
158 +2
80.
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Ivan
83 +10
7.
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J
936 -4
25.
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Jack
370 -2
5.
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James
1,588 -1
73.
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Jean
104 +11
1.
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John
3,079 0
3.
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Joseph
1,951 +14
87.
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Keith
72 -10
13.
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Kenneth
620 +1
46.
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Lawrence
198 -2
65.
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Leo
127 -4
40.
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Leonard
236 0
61.
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Leslie
139 -7
88.
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Lewis
69 +8
26.
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Lloyd
346 0
52.
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Lorne
157 -2
56.
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Louis
149 +4
70.
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Maurice
108 +4
95.
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Melvin
61 -6
50.
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Michael
166 +9
97.
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Morris
59 new
63.
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Murray
133 +1
17.
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Norman
513 +1
69.
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Patrick
111 -1
60.
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Paul
147 -10
81.
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Percy
81 -9
44.
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Peter
207 +2
71.
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Philip
105 +2
47.
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Ralph
190 -3
34.
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Raymond
283 +3
62.
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Reginald
134 -7
30.
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Richard
289 +2
4.
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Robert
1,618 +1
42.
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Ronald
233 +1
56.
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Ross
149 +12
24.
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Roy
374 0
48.
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Russell
179 -1
58.
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Samuel
148 -1
82.
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Sidney
79 -3
31.
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Stanley
288 -2
92.
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Stephen
63 +8
10.
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Thomas
847 -1
77.
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Vernon
94 0
53.
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Victor
154 -1
86.
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Vincent
74 0
71.
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Wallace
105 +4
21.
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Walter
426 -1
85.
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Wilbert
75 +9
45.
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Wilfred
201 -4
2.
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William
2,955 0
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
92.
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Ada
82 -10
43.
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Agnes
219 -2
17.
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Alice
435 +2
75.
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Alma
121 -4
41.
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Anna
230 -5
14.
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Annie
458 +1
23.
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Audrey
390 +3
46.
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Barbara
211 +8
32.
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Beatrice
280 +1
59.
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Bernice
151 +11
73.
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Bertha
122 -7
85.
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Bessie
94 -8
30.
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Betty
284 +13
97.
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Blanche
75 -5
34.
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Catherine
273 +5
97.
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Charlotte
75 new
64.
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Clara
144 -4
76.
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Constance
118 +12
85.
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Dora
94 +6
77.
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Doreen
101 new
8.
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Doris
609 0
3.
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Dorothy
1,413 0
16.
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Edith
448 +2
22.
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Edna
394 -2
38.
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Eileen
240 +4
43.
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Eleanor
219 +7
12.
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Elizabeth
491 -2
81.
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Ella
97 +6
68.
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Ellen
133 -10
36.
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Elsie
258 -5
87.
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Emma
86 +13
89.
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Esther
83 +5
29.
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Ethel
288 -6
40.
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Eva
233 +5
18.
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Evelyn
429 -5
10.
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Florence
564 -1
24.
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Frances
368 +5
77.
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Francis
101 new
97.
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Geraldine
75 new
48.
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Gertrude
203 -10
21.
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Gladys
406 -4
27.
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Grace
344 +1
35.
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Hazel
271 -5
5.
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Helen
1,159 -1
55.
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Hilda
173 -6
65.
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Ida
139 0
20.
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Irene
410 -6
94.
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Isabel
80 -16
88.
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Janet
84 -8
7.
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Jean
712 -1
97.
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Jennie
75 new
52.
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Jessie
178 -4
61.
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Joan
149 -8
80.
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Josephine
99 -5
65.
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Joyce
139 +7
63.
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June
145 +1
15.
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Kathleen
451 -3
58.
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Laura
165 -1
95.
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Leona
79 new
83.
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Lilian
95 -4
25.
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Lillian
362 -4
62.
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Lois
148 +14
93.
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Lorna
81 new
6.
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M
905 -5
54.
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Mabel
175 -8
89.
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Madeline
83 +8
2.
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Margaret
1,936 0
47.
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Marguerite
209 -3
79.
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Maria
100 +11
96.
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Marian
76 +1
4.
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Marie
1,350 +23
11.
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Marion
530 0
13.
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Marjorie
479 +3
69.
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Marjory
130 0
1.
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Mary
2,599 +4
83.
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May
95 -10
19.
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Mildred
411 +3
26.
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Muriel
361 -2
51.
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Myrtle
186 +5
71.
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Nellie
124 +12
82.
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Nora
96 +4
37.
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Norma
254 0
38.
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Olive
240 -4
50.
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Patricia
189 +11
89.
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Pauline
83 +4
56.
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Pearl
166 -4
31.
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Phyllis
282 +1
70.
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Reta
129 +3
49.
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Rita
199 +2
56.
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Rose
166 +7
45.
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Ruby
215 +2
9.
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Ruth
571 -2
67.
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Sarah
138 -5
53.
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Shirley
177 +5
32.
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Thelma
280 +8
42.
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Vera
228 -7
59.
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Verna
151 -4
73.
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Viola
122 -7
28.
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Violet
297 -3
72.
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Winnifred
123 -4