Ever wonder what the top baby names in Yukon are?
Me too, so I looked them up.
Turns out the sparsely populated Canadian territory — which is next door to Alaska, larger than California, and home to only about 34,000 people — releases baby name lists that cover 5 years at a time. So let’s roll the four most recent lists (i.e., 20 years of popular names) into a single post, shall we?
According to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics, the most popular baby names were…
- Ashley/Brittany/Samantha and Michael from 1991 to 1995,
- Emily and Alexander from 1996 to 2000,
- Emily and Logan from 2001 to 2005, and
- Madison and James from 2006 to 2010.
Here are Yukon’s top ten girl names for each five-year period:
| Girl Names 1991-1995 |
Girl Names 1996-2000 |
Girl Names 2001-2005 |
Girl Names 2006-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Ashley, 14 2. Brittany, 14 3. Samantha, 14 4. Kayla, 13 5. Sarah, 13 6. Emily, 12 7. Jessica, 12 8. Heather, 10 9. Megan, 9 10. Nicole, 9 |
1. Emily, 15 2. Samantha, 14 3. Sarah, 14 4. Hannah, 11 5. Jessica, 11 6. Taylor, 10 7. Emma, 9 8. Erin, 8 9. Jasmine, 8 10. Sydney, 8 |
1. Emily, 13 2. Hannah, 12 3. Emma, 11 4. Madison, 10 5. Olivia, 10 6. Alyssa, 7 7. Sarah, 7 8. Brooke, 6 9. Jessica, 6 10. Morgan, 6 [11. Taylor, 6] |
1. Madison, 11 2. Olivia, 9 3. Brooklyn, 8 4. Emma, 8 5. Lily, 8 6. Mia, 8 7. Avery, 7 8. Chloe, 7 9. Isabelle, 7 10. Sophie, 7 |
And here are Yukon’s top ten boy names for each five-year period:
| Boy Names 1991-1995 |
Boy Names 1996-2000 |
Boy Names 2001-2005 |
Boy Names 2006-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Michael, 28 2. Ryan, 19 3. Cody, 18 4. Kyle, 18 5. Matthew, 18 6. Joshua, 17 7. Tyler, 16 8. James, 15 9. Daniel, 14 10. David, 14 [11. Logan, 14] |
1. Alexander, 17 2. Brandon, 16 3. Joshua, 16 4. Jacob, 15 5. Matthew, 14 6. Andrew, 13 7. Benjamin, 13 8. David, 12 9. William, 12 10. Jordan, 11 [11. Kyle, 11] [12. Tyler, 11] |
1. Logan, 12 2. Ethan, 11 3. Andrew, 10 4. Daniel, 10 5. James, 10 6. Joshua, 10 7. Tristan, 10 8. Cameron, 9 9. Jacob, 9 10. Adam, 8 [11. Christopher, 8] [12. Cole, 8] [13. Liam, 8] [14. Michael, 8] [15. Nathan, 8] [16. Nicholas, 8] |
1. James, 11 2. Liam, 10 3. Logan, 10 4. Gabriel, 9 5. Jacob, 9 6. Matthew, 9 7. Noah, 9 8. Ryan, 7 9. Alexander, 7 10. Daniel, 7 [11. Oliver, 7] [12. Samuel, 7] [13. William, 7] |
Finally, some data on unique baby names in Yukon:
- 78.8% of the 586 girl names and 70.9% of the 478 boy names bestowed from 2001 to 2005 were used only once.
- 79.7% of the 601 girl names and 71.9% of the 559 boy names bestowed from 2006 to 2010 were used only once.
Sources: Yukon Baby Names 2001-2005 [pdf], Yukon Baby Names 2006-2010 [pdf]
From the Yukon Monthly Statistical Review, November 2012 (pdf):