Which names were the trendiest among baby girls born in Canada last year?
Below you’ll find Canada’s fastest-rising and highest-debuting girl names of 2024.
Rises (absolute)
Here are the girl names that saw the biggest increases in usage in terms of absolute change (number of babies) from 2023 to 2024:
- Lainey, rose from 193 to 341 baby girls (+148)
- Charlotte, 1,418 to 1,528 (+110)
- Eliana, 343 to 452 (+109)
- Asees, 180 to 272 (+92)
- Clara, 558 to 646 (+88)
- Arzoyi, 40 to 127 (+87)
- Scottie, 97 to 181 (+84)
- Lara, 133 to 210 (+77)
- Arzoi, 69 to 144 (+75) [tie]
- Ayla, 367 to 442 (+75) [tie]
Lainey, the second-fastest-rising girl name a year earlier, continues to be influenced by country singer Lainey Wilson. (In the U.S., Lainey was similarly one of the fastest-rising girl names in both 2023 and 2024.)
Rises (relative)
Here are the girl names that saw the biggest increases in usage in terms of relative change (percentage of babies) from 2023 to 2024:
- Sada, rose from 6 to 29 baby girls (383% increase)
- Arjoi, 5 to 19 (280%)
- Ambar, 7 to 26 (271%)
- Raha, 16 to 59 (269%)
- Elody, 6 to 22 (267%)
- Jaap, 11 to 40 (264%)
- Clea, 7 to 25 (257%)
- Ayleen, 5 to 17 (240%)
- Haneen, 6 to 20 (233%)
- Brie, 5 to 16 (220%) [tie]
- Hidayah, 5 to 16 (220%) [tie]
Debuts
Finally, here are the girl names that debuted most impressively in Canada’s baby name data in 2024:
- Yashna, 28 baby girls
- Lewhat, 17
- Riyasat, 16
- Jeevat, 14
- Sukoon, 13
- Kamsiyochukwu, 12 [3 -way tie]
- Sanjog, 12 [3 -way tie]
- Solenne, 12 [3 -way tie]
- Fiora, 11 [5-way tie]
- Jasnaaz, 11 [5-way tie]
- Jeeva, 11 [5-way tie]
- Pranvi, 11 [5-way tie]
- Raaya, 11 [5-way tie]
Yashna may have been influenced by a character in the Indian movie Hi Nanna, released in late 2023. (In the U.S., Yashna was the top girl-name debut of 2024 as well.)
Other girl-name debuts in the Canadian data included Apollonia (6), Galadriel (5), and Happy (5).
Do you have thoughts/theories about any of the names above?
Sources: First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number) – Statistics Canada, Canada’s most popular baby names in 2024 (Sept. 2025)
Image: Adapted from Turkey-2036 by Dennis Jarvis under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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It looks like a mix of Indian and African names, probably reflecting immigration.
According to Behind the Name, Arzoyi and Arzoi are different spellings of the same name and are Punjabi. Arzoi pops up in the American data at 31 uses and Arzoyi at 19 uses for 2024. What character named Arzoi appeared on TV or movies last year? Asees is also Punjabi. Ambar is probably used by Spanish speakers.
Some of the others also rose in use with English speakers in the U.S. in 2024: Lainey, Scottie, Ayla.
Arzoi — “heartfelt desire or wish,” an Indian fashion brand, a 2022 film. I’ve never met anyone with the name but I’m sure it is very trendy!
Arzoyi is kind of pretty. I have been loving Indian names the last few years.