Below I've collected some recent lists of top baby names for most* of the provinces and territories of Canada. Based on these lists, one can deduce that popular baby girl names in Canada include Sarah, Emma, Madison, Olivia, Emily and Hannah, and popular baby boy names include Ethan, Matthew, Joshua, Logan, Alexander, Jacob and Nathan.
Alberta (2007) | |
1. Ava 2. Emma 3. Emily 4. Olivia 5. Sarah 6. Hannah 7. Madison 8. Abigail 9. Sophia 10. Hailey | 1. Ethan 2. Jacob 3. Logan 4. Noah 5. Joshua 6. Owen 7. Alexander 8. Liam 9. Matthew 10. Nathan |
British Colombia (2006) | |
1. Emma 2. Emily 3. Ava 4. Olivia 5. Hannah 6. Sarah 7. Sophia 8. Ella 9. Isabella 10. Madison | 1. Ethan 2. Jacob 3. Matthew 4. Joshua 5. Nathan 6. Liam 7. Benjamin 8. Ryan 9. Logan 10. Daniel |
Manitoba (2004) | |
1. Emily 2. Emma 3. Madison 4. Hannah 5. Sarah 6. Abigail 7. Jessica 8. Hailey 9. Paige 10. Olivia | 1. Ethan 2. Matthew 3. Joshua 4. Noah 5. Logan 6. Dylan 7. Alexander 8. Tyler 9. Nathan 10. Ryan |
Nova Scotia (2007) | |
1. Emma 2. Emily 3. Ava 4. Olivia 5. Madison 6. Chloe 7. Hannah 8. Abigail 9. Ella 10. Sophia | 1. Noah 2. Ethan 3. Jack 4. Liam 5. Logan 6. Owen 7. Jacob 8. Alexander 9. William 10. Nicholas |
Ontario (2003) | |
1. Emma 2. Emily 3. Sarah 4. Olivia 5. Madison 6. Hannah 7. Jessica 8. Julia 9. Lauren 10. Abigail | 1. Matthew 2. Ethan 3. Joshua 4. Jacob 5. Ryan 6. Nicholas 7. Michael 8. Alexander 9. Daniel 10. Benjamin |
Quebec (2006) | |
1. Lea 2. Jade 3. Rosalie 4. Florence 5. Laurie 6. Gabrielle 7. Sarah 8. Camille 9. Oceane 10. Laurence | 1. William 2. Samuel 3. Alexis 4. Nathan 5. Thomas 6. Antoine 7. Gabriel 8. Justin 9. Olivier 10. Felix |
Saskatchewan (2007) | |
1. Ava 2. Emma 3. Hanna 4. Olivia 5. Emily 6. Madison 7. Hailey 8. Brooklyn 9. Sarah 10. Taylor | 1. Ethan 2. Logan 3. Matthew 4. Noah 5. Carter 6. Alexander 7. Jacob 8. William 9. Chase 10. Aiden |
Yukon (2001 to 2005) | |
1. Emily 2. Hannah 3. Emma 4. Madison, Olivia (tie) 6. Alyssa, Sarah (tie) 8. Brooke, Jessica, Morgan, Taylor (4-way tie) | 1. Logan 2. Ethan 3. Andrew, Daniel, James, Joshua, Tristan (5-way tie) 8. Cameron, Jacob (tie) 10. Adam, Christopher, Cole, Liam, Michael, Nathan, Nicholas (7-way tie) |
*I'm missing New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.