How popular is the baby name Paisley in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Paisley.
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I wasn’t planning to post baby name rankings for any individual U.S. state before the release of the SSA’s official national rankings (in May), but Wyoming’s were just too interesting to ignore.
Last year, landlocked Wyoming — the least populous U.S. state — welcomed 6,050 babies. The top names among these babies were Charlotte and Noah, according to Wyoming’s Department of Health.
Here are Wyoming’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Charlotte
Olivia
Emma (tie)
Hazel (tie)
Harper
Evelyn
Paisley
Eleanor (tie)
Isabella (tie)
Nova (tie)
Boy Names
Noah
Henry
Hudson
Owen
William (tie)
Wyatt (tie)
Benjamin (4-way tie)
Bridger (4-way tie)
John (4-way tie)
Oliver (4-way tie)
Bridger! That’s a name I wasn’t expecting.
According to the SSA’s state-specific data, Bridger’s best showing in Wyoming so far (through 2021) was 20 baby boys in 2016. It ranked 16th state-wide that year.
Bridger is also seeing relatively strong usage in nearby states such as Idaho, North Dakota, and Utah.
On a national level, Bridger isn’t anywhere near the top 10, but it does regularly rank within the boys’ top 1,000. Interestingly, usage jumped in 2021:
2021: 356 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 721st]
2020: 239 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 929th]
2019: 242 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 901st]
2018: 229 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 925th]
Here’s a visual:
I’m not sure what accounts for the sudden increase. The TV series Bridgerton? The Star Wars character Ezra Bridger? (Any ideas?)
What are your thoughts on the name Bridger? Where do you think Bridger ranked nationally in 2022?
Canada might be the second-largest country in terms of area, but it isn’t very large in terms of population. In fact, it’s one of the least densely populated places in the world.
In 2021, Canada (excluding Yukon) welcomed over 367,684 babies. By comparison, the U.S. state of Texas recorded 373,340 births the same year.
What were the most popular names among Canada’s 2021 babies?
Well…we don’t know for sure. Because Canada doesn’t release baby name rankings that cover the entire country.
I’d love to give you the next-best thing — sets of regional Canadian rankings representing Canada’s ten provinces and three territories — but, as of right now, two of the provinces and all three territories have not released rankings for 2021. (Yukon hasn’t even reported an official number of births yet.)
So I’ll give you the third-best thing: Eight sets of provincial Canadian rankings, all gathered into a single post, followed by a guess about the country’s top five names per gender.
Here are the rankings, ordered by total number of births per region (highest to lowest):
Ontario
In 2021, Ontario welcomed 141,766 babies. Here are Ontario’s top baby names of 2021:
Girl Names, Ont.
Boy Names, Ont.
1. Olivia 2. Emma 3. Charlotte 4. Amelia 5. Ava 6. Sophia 7. Isla 8. Evelyn 9. Mia 10. Ella
1. Noah 2. Liam 3. Oliver 4. Jack 5. Benjamin 6. Theodore 7. Lucas 8. William 9. Ethan 10. Leo
In 2020, the top names in Ontario were also Olivia and Noah.
Quebec
In 2021, Quebec welcomed 83,335 babies. Here are Quebec’s top baby names of 2021:
In 2020, the top two names in P.E.I. were Nora/Charlotte (tie) and Hudson.
Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
In 2021, N.W.T. and Nunavut welcomed 628 babies and 462 babies, respectively. (Yukon likely welcomed a few hundred babies as well.)
None of the territories have released baby name rankings for 2021.
Canada
Using the data we have from the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth most populous provinces — which, together, welcomed over 90% of the country’s 2021 babies — we can make a guess about Canada’s top baby names overall:
Possible Top Girl Names
Possible Top Boy Names
1. Olivia 2. Emma 3. Charlotte 4. Amelia 5. Ava
1. Noah 2. Liam 3. Benjamin 4. Oliver 5. Jack
I’m only moderately confident about these guesses, primarily because the most populous province, Ontario, didn’t include raw numbers with its rankings.
I placed Benjamin higher than both Oliver and Jack because it was the only one of the three to reach the top 50 in Quebec, Canada’s second-most-populous province. (Benjamin even ranked slightly higher than Olivier, the French form of Oliver, in Quebec.)
If Manitoba, Newfoundland, or any of the territories release 2021 rankings in the coming months, I’ll come back and revise this post.
What are your thoughts on Canada’s top baby names of 2021?
Z-names (over 26,900): Zion, Zachary, Zayden, Zane, Zayn, Zander
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