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NAMEY

Ontario, Canada baby name data

Explore Ontario baby name popularity from 1913 to 2024, based on birth registration statistics published by the Government of Ontario.

Namey holds 9,267 distinct names and 11,148,697 birth registrations from this dataset, covering 1913 to 2024. Registrations peaked in 1960 with 147,457 births.

Provider: Government of Ontario — Office of the Registrar General

Licence: Open Government Licence – Ontario

Covers births registered in Ontario only, not all of Canada. Names given fewer than five times in a year are suppressed. Female data starts in 1913, male in 1917.

Last imported: 9/1/2026

Years covered

1913–2024

Distinct names

9,267

Births recorded

11,148,697

Boys share

53%

Girls share

47%

In 1913 the dataset records 13 births; in 2024, 114,342.

Top boys' names in Ontario, Canada

  1. 1Joseph185,815
  2. 2John181,165
  3. 3Robert166,283
  4. 4Michael147,568
  5. 5William147,479
  6. 6David146,023
  7. 7James139,827
  8. 8Christopher78,900
  9. 9Daniel74,391
  10. 10Richard69,511
  11. 11Matthew67,621
  12. 12Thomas65,098
  13. 13Donald64,123
  14. 14Paul62,832
  15. 15Andrew60,799
  16. 16Brian50,524
  17. 17Ryan50,300
  18. 18Mark50,040
  19. 19George49,500
  20. 20Kenneth49,318
  21. 21Peter49,098
  22. 22Ronald48,993
  23. 23Kevin47,474
  24. 24Jason46,430
  25. 25Steven42,953
  26. 26Douglas42,092
  27. 27Stephen41,294
  28. 28Alexander40,037
  29. 29Joshua39,031
  30. 30Charles38,442
  31. 31Adam37,455
  32. 32Jeffrey36,154
  33. 33Edward35,378
  34. 34Nicholas34,778
  35. 35Jacob31,525
  36. 36Benjamin30,278
  37. 37Timothy30,048
  38. 38Gordon30,023
  39. 39Scott29,297
  40. 40Patrick29,123
  41. 41Eric28,712
  42. 42Justin28,368
  43. 43Anthony27,813
  44. 44Gregory27,152
  45. 45Gary27,067
  46. 46Kyle26,610
  47. 47Tyler26,479
  48. 48Jonathan26,347
  49. 49Nathan24,572
  50. 50Jack23,479

Top girls' names in Ontario, Canada

  1. 1Marie127,429
  2. 2Mary118,175
  3. 3Jennifer61,722
  4. 4Margaret60,023
  5. 5Elizabeth51,716
  6. 6Sarah50,967
  7. 7Patricia50,049
  8. 8Susan47,597
  9. 9Linda45,404
  10. 10Barbara44,116
  11. 11Karen40,566
  12. 12Jessica38,786
  13. 13Sandra36,955
  14. 14Catherine36,644
  15. 15Lisa35,187
  16. 16Emily34,679
  17. 17Michelle34,048
  18. 18Laura33,677
  19. 19Amanda32,825
  20. 20Nancy32,461
  21. 21Helen31,608
  22. 22Nicole31,374
  23. 23Donna30,353
  24. 24Deborah29,998
  25. 25Stephanie29,555
  26. 26Heather29,411
  27. 27Christine28,877
  28. 28Emma28,469
  29. 29Melissa27,675
  30. 30Dorothy27,518
  31. 31Shirley27,370
  32. 32Carol26,697
  33. 33Sharon25,904
  34. 34Ashley25,593
  35. 35Olivia25,018
  36. 36Samantha24,384
  37. 37Victoria24,096
  38. 38Kathleen23,329
  39. 39Brenda23,308
  40. 40Katherine23,228
  41. 41Joan21,648
  42. 42Rebecca21,524
  43. 43Anna21,476
  44. 44Judith20,719
  45. 45Angela20,711
  46. 46Kelly20,612
  47. 47Maria20,610
  48. 48Janet20,600
  49. 49Ruth20,402
  50. 50Julia20,243

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