Popular baby names in Canada (2008)

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Popular baby names in Canada (2008)

Popular baby names in Canada:
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

The rank of baby girl name Ava from 1998 to 2020 in British Columbia, Canada

In 2008, Ethan and Ava were the leading baby names in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. In Quebec, Thomas (with 947 births) and Lea (with 460 births) were the most popular choices.

Other leading names: Ethan, Emma for Ontario and Ethan, Emily for Manitoba.

Top 100 baby names in British Columbia, Canada (2008)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Ethan(287)	Ava(235)
2	Nathan(227) +10	Emma(230) +3
3	Jacob(211) -1	Emily(227) -1
4	Lucas(211) +8	Olivia(213) -1
5	Logan(208) +2	Sophia(197) -1
6	Matthew(200) -1	Chloe(162) +5
7	Benjamin(197) +7	Isabella(160) +1
8	Joshua(196) -2	Hannah(151) -2
9	James(194) +8	Abigail(150) +6
10	Liam(193) -6	Madison(143)
11	Noah(191) -8	Ella(142) -4
12	Ryan(188) -3	Sophie(139)
13	Owen(180) -5	Sarah(130) -4
14	Alexander(164) -1	Brooklyn(122) +2
15	Jack(159)	Lily(122) -1
16	William(155)	Taylor(122) +3
17	Daniel(150) -7	Maya(113) +6
18	Evan(148) +5	Grace(107) -5
19	Jayden(146)	Hailey(105) -1
20	Samuel(139) +2	Elizabeth(101) +1
21	Aiden(134)	Samantha(101) -2
22	Mason(130) +34	Avery(91) +12
23	Tristan(128) +9	Alexis(90) +16
24	Oliver(120) +8	Lauren(85) +4
25	Nicholas(116) -7	Anna(84) +1
26	Carter(113) +6	Mia(83) +15
27	Dylan(113) -3	Julia(82) -9
28	Riley(113) +11	Jessica(81) -3
29	Tyler(113) -6	Claire(80) -8
30	Connor(106)	Keira(80) +4
31	Isaac(106) +11	Alyssa(77) +3
32	Justin(106) -3	Kaitlyn(77) -8
33	Gabriel(105) +15	Paige(77) +12
34	Gavin(105) -8	Brooke(72) +10
35	Jackson(105) +2	Isabelle(72) -5
36	Michael(105) -2	Charlotte(69) +5
37	Austin(100) -9	Natalie(68) -3
38	Cole(99) -2	Ashley(66) +9
39	Zachary(97) +5	Payton(66) +39
40	Hunter(96) +12	Mya(65) +4
41	Caleb(95) -2	Amelia(64) +11
42	Hayden(95) +12	Jasmine(64) +13
43	Andrew(94) -17	Sydney(64) -10
44	Joseph(93) +12	Addison(63) -5
45	Marcus(90) -1	Sienna(62) -8
46	Ryder(89) -3	Mackenzie(61) -15
47	Tyson(89) +5	Megan(61) +2
48	Adam(88) +5	Nevaeh(61) +11
49	Jordan(88) -19	Peyton(61) +58*
50	Aidan(84) -13	Sofia(61) +7
51	David(84) -6	Kayla(58) -24
52	Kai(83) +21	Zoe(58) +15
53	Thomas(83) -13	Sadie(53) -3
54	Cameron(81) -10	Alexandra(52)
55	Wyatt(81) +8	Isla(52) +107*
56	Anthony(80) -6	Leah(52) +34
57	Chase(77) +5	Victoria(52) -4
58	Luke(77) +11	Summer(51) +49*
59	Jonathan(75) -3	Audrey(50) -2
60	Brandon(74) +7	Savannah(50) +18
61	Brody(73) +12	Kate(49) -17
62	Aaron(70) -3	Lucy(49) +16
63	John(70) -3	Eva(48) -1
64	Brayden(67) -23	Madeline(48) +59*
65	Nathaniel(67) +11	Rachel(47) -35
66	Christopher(66) -17	Alexa(46) +11
67	Levi(66) +42*	Georgia(46) -17
68	Lukas(66) -4	Madeleine(46) +31
69	Elijah(65) +17	Sierra(45) +4
70	Ashton(64) +13	Amy(44) +18
71	Carson(64) -9	Naomi(44) +7
72	Nolan(62) -17	Rebecca(44) +3
73	Parker(62) +21	Sara(44) -8
74	Cohen(61) +11	Violet(44) +41*
75	Kyle(61) -8	Kaylee(43) -19
76	Landon(60) -5	Kylie(43) +2
77	Robert(59) -2	Morgan(43) -13
78	Dominic(58) -13	Katherine(42) +7
79	Henry(57) +48*	Faith(41) +18
80	Jesse(57) +11	Gabriella(41) -12
81	Rylan(57) +2	Brianna(40) -24
82	Eric(56) -14	Gabrielle(40) -10
83	Jason(56) -12	Katelyn(40) -14
84	Isaiah(55) +2	Madelyn(40) +80*
85	Charles(54) +8	Autumn(39) +42*
86	Blake(53) -9	Isabel(39) -12
87	Jonah(53) +43*	Molly(39) -2
88	Sean(52) +11	Jordyn(38) -21
89	Lincoln(51) +23*	Makayla(37) +15*
90	Micah(51) +69*	Maria(37) +8
91	Max(49) -10	Hayden(36) +162*
92	Seth(48) -9	Ruby(36) -34
93	Colton(47) +10*	Vanessa(36) -3
94	Jake(47) +12*	Angela(35) +21*
95	Kevin(47) +5	Angelina(35) -27
96	Cooper(46) -5	Layla(35) +76*
97	Jaden(45) -19	Stella(35) -9
98	Brady(44) +71*	Nicole(34) -61
99	Hudson(44) -5	Riley(34) +17*
100	Christian(43) +22*	Katie(33) -12
	Jaxon(43) +40*
	Kaleb(43) -22
	Kayden(43) -29
	Sebastian(43) -12

Source: BC Vital Statistics Agency * new entry in top100

Top 100 baby names in Quebec (2008)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Thomas(957) +5	Lea(467)
2	William(937) -1	Emma(388) +9
3	Gabriel(936)	Rosalie(388) +1
4	Samuel(860) -2	Florence(382) +3
5	Olivier(749) +2	Jade(374) -3
6	Alexis(744) -1	Sarah(374) +1
7	Nathan(744) -2	Laurence(369) +7
8	Felix(712)	Gabrielle(353) -4
9	Antoine(663)	Juliette(349) -4
10	Xavier(609) +2	Maika(330) -2
11	Mathis(559) +2	Camille(312) -1
12	Zachary(538) -1	Charlotte(311) +1
13	Alexandre(537) +1	Noemie(303) -1
14	Raphael(522) +2	Chloe(296) +3
15	Jacob(516) +4	Mia(294) +5
16	Anthony(479) -1	Alexia(274) +3
17	Justin(477) -7	Laurie(273) +14
18	Adam(433) +6	Megane(273) -2
19	Nicolas(432) +2	Emilie(267) -3
20	Emile(428) -2	Zoe(267) +13
21	Noah(427) -1	Oceane(266)
22	Benjamin(404) +1	Elodie(261) +26
23	Vincent(393) -1	Coralie(258) -14
24	Lucas(383) +4	Maelie(257) +14
25	Maxime(360) +2	Annabelle(255)
26	Jeremy(353) -9	Marianne(253) +9
27	Charles(352) -2	Justine(249) -2
28	Loic(346) +1	Alicia(241) -10
29	Etienne(331) +2	Anais(241) +6
30	Tristan(324) -4	Olivia(237) +11
31	Edouard(297) +1	Alice(236) -2
32	Simon(274) -2	Delphine(230) +49
33	David(257) +3	Eve(217) -6
34	Liam(236) +7	Emy(212) -11
35	Alex(235) +2	Maya(209) -13
36	Mathieu(233) -3	Ariane(207) -12
37	Elliot(230) +7	Jasmine(206) +7
38	Victor(222)	Elizabeth(202) -1
39	Philippe(219) -5	Charlie(201) +3
40	Dylan(218)	Sara(201) +8
41	Julien(216) -2	Victoria(199) -2
42	Guillaume(209) -7	Maeva(192) +12
43	Louis(198)	Raphaelle(192) +8
44	Isaac(195) +2	Oceanne(188) +14
45	Hugo(192) -3	Mathilde(187) +9
46	Malik(173) +21	Sofia(185) -3
47	Michael(167) +4	Melodie(183) +13
48	Christopher(165) +9	Audrey(182) -15
49	Mathias(165) +1	Maude(182) +3
50	Derek(157) +4	Eva(179) -5
51	Zack(155) +25	Rose(176) -22
52	Leo(153) -7	Frederique(175) -24
53	Ryan(153)	Alexandra(174) -1
54	Cedric(152) -6	Clara(173) -14
55	Maxim(147)	Megan(173) -9
56	Ludovic(146) +8	Marilou(172) +1
57	Zackary(146) +6	Daphnee(168) -8
58	Damien(145) +2	Beatrice(158) +4
59	Laurent(143) +8	Leanne(156) -3
60	Jayden(139) +29	Sophie(154) -7
61	James(138) -12	Amelia(150) +10
62	Theo(136) +33	Aurelie(144) +1
63	Rafael(134) +4	Alycia(142) +6
64	Tommy(134) -17	Alyssa(142) +11
65	Mikael(133) +6	Julia(142) +2
66	Rayan(130) +4	Jeanne(141) -2
67	Jonathan(124) -9	Yasmine(140) +11
68	Loik(120) +37*	Eliane(139) -7
69	Ethan(118) -4	Eloise(135) -10
70	Jordan(118) -10	Emily(134) -1
71	Luca(118) -17	Leonie(134) +1
72	Logan(116) -16	Amelie(133) -36
73	Daniel(115) -13	Mya(130)
74	Arnaud(113) +2	Sophia(130) -6
75	Eliot(113) +14	Lina(125) +2
76	Matthew(112) -5	Julianne(123) -10
77	Charles-Antoine(108) +2	Magalie(122) +3
78	Kevin(108) -2	Kelly-Ann(113) -2
79	Arthur(106) +12	Anabelle(111) +5
80	Joshua(105) -2	Catherine(108) -12
81	Louka(104) -1	Melody(108) +36*
82	Eloi(103) +4	Elisabeth(101) +11
83	Mathys(103) -16	Sandrine(100) +13
84	Jerome(99) -10	Lily-Rose(99) +17*
85	Marc-Antoine(99) -22	Alyson(97) +2
86	Alexander(98) -2	Amy(97) -1
87	Remi(98) -5	Kayla(97) +6
88	Evan(96) +4	Maria(95) -4
89	Matis(96) -15	Naomie(93) +5
90	Eliott(95) +2	Ophelie(92) +6
91	Cedrik(93) +38*	Sabrina(91) -1
92	Christophe(93) -2	Lily(90) +31*
93	Mohamed(93) +20*	Laura(88) -19
94	Nathaniel(93) -5	Arianne(87) -13
95	Jason(89) +6*	Maely(87) +83*
96	Cedrick(88) +12*	Daphne(86) -8
97	Andrew(86) -2	Lydia(85) +16*
98	Elie(86) +8*	Melina(84) +1
99	Joseph(86) +7*	Aya(83) +4*
100	Brandon(84) -1	Rebecca(83) -3

Source: Quebec Vital Statistics Agency * new entry

Top 50 baby names in Alberta (2008)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Ethan (366)	Ava (236)
2	Jacob (258)	Olivia (236) +4
3	Alexander (251) +3	Emma (212) -1
4	Joshua (238) +1	Emily (203) -2
5	Liam (231) +4	Sarah (188) -1
6	Logan (217) -3	Isabella (180) +5
7	Nathan (216) +3	Sophia (174) +2
8	Matthew (204)	Madison (170) -1
9	Noah (201) -5	Hannah (167) -3
10	Owen (195) -3	Chloe (163) +1
11	Benjamin (193) +5	Grace (154) +6
12	Evan (189) +2	Taylor (152) +3
13	Lucas (188) +5	Ella (145) +1
14	Daniel (183) +5	Abigail (142) -6
15	Jack (182) +2	Brooklyn (138) -4
16	William (178) -1	Brooke (137)
17	Jayden (165) +4	Sophie (127) +2
18	Carter (164) +2	Hailey (123) -8
19	Ryan (163) -7	Addison (115) -1
20	Aiden (158) +7	Elizabeth (113) +2
21	Samuel (157) -10	Avery (110)
22	Mason (151) +12	Samantha (110) -1
23	Austin (149) -10	Alexis (106) +4
24	James (143) +2	Lily (106)
25	Tristan (139) +9	Sydney (105) +4
26	Riley (137) -3	Anna (97) -3
27	Hunter (132) +6	Isabelle (97)
28	Zachary (129) -6	Alyssa (94) -3
29	Cole (128)	Julia (91) +6
30	Connor (127) +9	Maya (91) +5
31	Jackson (124) +1	Claire (90) -3
32	Adam (121) +4	Paige (88) +1
33	Nicholas (121) -8	Sadie (87) -3
34	Dylan (120) -10	Mya (86) +4
35	Gavin (119) +9	Keira (82) -3
36	Hayden (119) +7	Peyton (80) +29
37	Ryder (118) +2	Kayla (79) +14
38	Andrew (117) -8	Megan (76) -2
39	Chase (115) +20	Leah (75) +22
40	Brody (114) +11	Rachel (75) +2
41	Gabriel (113) -13	Payton (74) +58
42	Joseph (113) +6	Natalie (73) +11
43	Caleb (110) -7	Jessica (71) -13
44	Tyler (110) +4	Victoria (70) +1
45	David (104) -6	Kate (68) +3
46	Michael (104)	Lauren (67) +7
47	Brayden (103) +2	Kaitlyn (66) -2
48	Luke (102) -17	Mackenzie (65) -6
49	Seth (101) +3	Nevaeh (65) -8
50	Isaac (100) -7	Sara (65) -6

Source: Alberta Vital Statistics Agency

Top 100 baby names in Ontario (2008)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Ethan(1015)	Emma(914)
2	Jacob(892)	Olivia(913)
3	Matthew(851)	Ava(759)
4	Nathan(835) +4	Emily(681)
5	Noah(794) -1	Isabella(606)
6	Joshua(738) -1	Sophia(587) +3
7	Ryan(736)	Abigail(582)
8	Alexander(733) +5	Sarah(519) -2
9	Lucas(729) +1	Madison(491) +1
10	Daniel(685) -4	Ella(458) +1
11	Liam(683) +7	Hannah(447) -3
12	Logan(675) -1	Sophie(436) +3
13	Owen(668) -4	Chloe(435) +1
14	William(662) +1	Grace(429) -1
15	Benjamin(637) -3	Julia(429) -2
16	Jack(598) +1	Maya(384) +3
17	Michael(564) -2	Victoria(381) +1
18	Nicholas(559) -4	Lauren(366) +4
19	Evan(551) +1	Samantha(366) -1
20	James(499) +4	Alyssa(365) -4
21	Samuel(458)	Lily(363) -1
22	Andrew(456) -3	Hailey(337) +1
23	Aiden(449) +3	Alexis(336) +13
24	Adam(435) -2	Leah(327) +28
25	Jayden(425) +3	Charlotte(313) +3
26	Dylan(420) -1	Avery(307) -5
27	Carter(408) +13	Addison(298) +4
28	Cameron(406) -1	Claire(289) +5
29	Tyler(400) -6	Sofia(289) -3
30	Gabriel(396)	Elizabeth(282) -1
31	Anthony(368) -2	Jessica(275) -7
32	David(363) +1	Mia(264) +3
33	Joseph(359) -3	Mackenzie(248)
34	Jackson(351) +10	Keira(242) +3
35	Justin(348) +1	Rachel(242) -8
36	Aidan(342) -3	Brooke(241) +6
37	Gavin(342) +5	Isabelle(240) -7
38	Thomas(334) +1	Sydney(239) -11
39	Zachary(334) -6	Sara(237) +1
40	Connor(326) -5	Taylor(235) -1
41	Cole(318) +1	Alexandra(225) -9
42	Hayden(311) +10	Brooklyn(223) +9
43	Tristan(309) +5	Mya(222) +1
44	Caleb(299) +2	Kayla(217) -3
45	Austin(297) -8	Vanessa(216) +2
46	Luke(292) +7	Paige(215) +3
47	Mason(290)	Kaitlyn(209) -4
48	Christopher(276) -5	Brianna(208) +5
49	Christian(271) +1	Anna(207) -4
50	Nolan(264) +1	Jasmine(203) +6
51	Hunter(263) +7	Natalie(202) -5
52	John(263) -6	Ashley(195) -4
53	Jordan(258) -15	Eva(189) +14
54	Aaron(255) -5	Audrey(186) +16
55	Isaac(248) +1	Nevaeh(183) +11
56	Kyle(243) -2	Amelia(181) -2
57	Oliver(240) +21	Megan(176) -2
58	Jonathan(238) -3	Madeline(170) +16
59	Marcus(238) +4	Gabrielle(169) -9
60	Eric(237)	Maria(169) +5
61	Sebastian(234) +2	Zoe(169) +2
62	Brayden(225) +4	Peyton(168) +51*
63	Nathaniel(224) -4	Gabriella(166) -3
64	Chase(222) +7	Katherine(164) +9
65	Xavier(219) +5	Nicole(164) -27
66	Luca(217) +2	Sienna(160) -10
67	Brody(212) +18	Angelina(156) -5
68	Riley(212) -6	Kate(155) +1
69	Brandon(209) -12	Makayla(150) +7
70	Julian(201) -7	Rebecca(150) -10
71	Muhammad(200) +11	Morgan(146) -3
72	Matteo(189) +4	Naomi(146) +1
73	Robert(189) +1	Savannah(143) -15
74	Carson(187) -7	Sierra(142) -12
75	Adrian(186) -2	Sadie(141) -4
76	Jason(186) -12	Layla(138) +23
77	Kevin(174) -5	Evelyn(135) +37*
78	Elijah(173) -3	Madelyn(134) +67*
79	Landon(173) +8	Katelyn(129) +9
80	Wyatt(165) +14	Lillian(129) +14
81	Alex(164) +12	Alexa(124) -5
82	Charles(164) +2	Jenna(124) -16
83	Isaiah(163) -15	Payton(123) +46*
84	Max(163) +31*	Kylie(118) +1
85	Cooper(161) +14	Ruby(118) +17*
86	Jake(160) -3	Madeleine(117) +13
87	Nicolas(154) -7	Autumn(116) +34*
88	Simon(154) +4	Jade(116) -6
89	Henry(153) +12*	Amy(114) -10
90	Jesse(153) -3	Kaylee(114) +21*
91	Blake(149) -10	Mikayla(114) -13
92	Colton(146) +36*	Riley(114) +4
93	Tyson(146) -6	Faith(112) -11
94	Seth(142) +4	Arianna(109) +10*
95	Colin(140) -3	Isabel(109) -19
96	Patrick(140) +4	Georgia(107) -13
97	Parker(139) +8*	Christina(106) -2
98	Sean(135) -19	Sabrina(106) -14
99	Ali(134) +4*	Allison(105) +3*
100	Spencer(134) -22	Michelle(105) -13

Source: ServiceOntario * new entry

Top 20 baby names in Saskatchewan (2008)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Ethan(87)	Ava(80)
2	Noah(66) +2	Hannah(71) +1
3	Jacob(58) +4	Emily(69) +2
4	Alexander(57) +2	Emma(69) -1
5	Lucas(56) +10	Madison(55) +1
6	Joshua(55) +11	Olivia(52) -2
7	Mason(52) new	Taylor(50) +3
8	Brody(51) +8	Hailey(48) -1
9	Liam(51) +5	Abigail(43) +2
10	Benjamin(50) new	Brooke(43) new
11	Carter(49) -6	Ella(41) +7
12	Logan(48) -10	Brooklyn(40) -4
13	William(48) -4	Alexis(39) +2
14	Owen(47) -1	Chloe(39) -2
15	Jayden(46) +2	Isabella(39) new
16	Aiden(45) -6	Lily(39) new
17	Hayden(43)	Sophie(38) new
18	Matthew(43) -14	Julia(36) new
19	Hunter(42) -9	Nevaeh(34) -8
20	Wyatt(41) new	Sadie(34) new

Source: Saskatchewan Vital Statistics

Top 20 baby names in Nova Scotia (2008)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Jacob(71) +6	Ava(67) +2
2	Liam(69) +1	Olivia(65) +1
3	Logan(66) +2	Emma(56) -2
4	Ethan(62) -2	Sophie(54) +8
5	William(59) +4	Abigail(53) +3
6	Alexander(58) +2	Emily(53) -3
7	Noah(58) -5	Ella(52) +2
8	Owen(57) -2	Hannah(52)
9	Jack(54) -6	Madison(48) -4
10	Ryan(51) +4	Sophia(46)
11	Matthew(49) +3	Lily(45) new
12	Lucas(48) +4	Brooklyn(42) +3
13	Aiden(45) new	Brooke(38)
14	Benjamin(42) -2	Lauren(36) +5
15	Carter(42) +4	Sarah(36)
16	Nathan(41) -5	Chloe(35) -10
17	Cameron(40) -5	Alexis(30) new
18	Connor(39) -1	Paige(30) new
19	Joshua(38) -1	Julia(28) -2
20	James(37) new	Taylor(28) new

Source: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics

Top 10 baby names in Manitoba (2008)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Ethan(90)	Emily(78) +1
2	Noah(85)	Emma(69) +3
3	Aiden(75) new	Ava(66) -2
4	Liam(73) +3	Hannah(66) +1
5	Alexander(72)	Olivia(59) +4
6	Joshua(67)	Abigail(56) +1
7	Jayden(65) new	Madison(56) -3
8	Evan(59) new	Hailey(52) new
9	Logan(58) -6	Taylor(49) new
10	Benjamin(57) -3	Brooklyn(46) -4

Source: Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency

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