Popular names in Canada

The latest top baby names and the most common surnames, from Statistics Canada.

Top baby names

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Girls

  1. 1CharlotteFrench
  2. 2OliviaLatin
  3. 3EmmaGermanic
  4. 4SophiaGreek
  5. 5AmeliaGermanic
  6. 6SofiaGreek
  7. 7ChloeGreek
  8. 8MiaScandinavian/Italian
  9. 9LilyEnglish
  10. 10NoraIrish

Boys

  1. 1NoahHebrew
  2. 2TheodoreGreek
  3. 3LiamIrish
  4. 4LeoLatin
  5. 5WilliamGermanic
  6. 6OliverLatin
  7. 7JackEnglish
  8. 8BenjaminHebrew
  9. 9ThomasAramaic
  10. 10LucasGreek

Source: Statistics Canada. Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

Most common surnames

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RankSurnameOrigin & meaningPeople
1SmithEnglish · “metalworker”192,145
2BrownEnglish · “brown-haired or brown-skinned”108,859
3TremblayFrench · “place of aspen trees”106,668
4MartínEnglish/French · “from given name Martin”91,680
5RoyFrench · “king”90,417
6GagnonFrench85,120
7LeeEnglish/Chinese/Korean · “plum tree”83,424
8WilsonEnglish · “son of Will”82,768
9JohnsonEnglish · “son of John”79,492
10MacdonaldScottish · “son of Donald”78,766

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.