Last year, our neighbor to the north welcomed 365,737 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah, for the fourth year in a row.
Here are Canada’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Olivia, 1,639 baby girls
- Charlotte, 1,528
- Emma, 1,358
- Amelia, 1,123
- Sophia, 1,086
- Sofia, 921
- Mia, 905
- Chloe, 868
- Lily, 794
- Ava, 782
- Mila, 773
- Alice, 756
- Isla, 746
- Nora, 724
- Evelyn, 688
- Maya, 680
- Violet, 677
- Ellie, 676
- Sophie, 671
- Clara, 646
- Zoe, 620
- Aria, 610
- Elizabeth, 607
- Isabella, 601
- Abigail, 597
- Ella, 586
- Hazel, 573
- Florence, 569
- Hannah, 562
- Charlie, 559
- Eleanor, 550
- Eva, 549
- Ivy, 539
- Aurora, 538
- Harper, 522
- Emily, 521
- Luna, 508
- Rose, 503
- Victoria, 494
- Emilia, 469
- Scarlett, 465
- Grace, 461
- Eliana, 452
- Ayla, 442
- Georgia, 435
- Maeve, 432
- Julia, 431
- Elena, 427
- Penelope, 422
- Layla, 419
Boy names
- Noah, 2,115 baby boys
- Liam, 1,694
- Theodore, 1,429
- Leo, 1,410
- William, 1,367
- Oliver, 1,244
- Lucas, 1,183
- James, 1,131
- Benjamin, 1,090
- Thomas, 1,061
- Jack, 1,039
- Henry, 1,019
- Nathan, 991
- Adam, 962
- Ethan, 954
- Levi, 909
- Theo, 896
- Arthur, 883
- Jacob, 875
- Logan, 829
- Luca, 815
- Owen, 803
- Gabriel, 749
- Samuel, 723
- Jackson, 721
- Muhammad, 716
- Hudson, 707
- Daniel, 683
- Felix, 660
- Charles, 653
- Louis, 639
- Maverick, 626
- Elijah, 618
- Nolan, 586
- Caleb, 579
- Isaac, 573
- Alexander, 559
- Miles, 547
- Luke, 540
- Wesley, 534
- Bennett, 528
- Wyatt, 527
- Jayden, 520
- Mason, 511
- Ryan, 502
- David, 499
- Asher, 490
- Ezra, 489
- Austin, 483
- Beau, 475
Among Canada’s fastest-rising baby names were the girl names Lainey, Charlotte, and Eliana and the boy names Arjan, Zorawar, and Samuel.
And what about the names at the other end of the spectrum? Here’s a selection of the baby names that were given to just 5 babies each in Canada last year:
| Rare girl names | Rare boy names |
| Anica, Boshra, Celestina, Daneen, Elilta, Floraly, Georgette, Hazelyn, Iriza, Juana, Kateri, Laylin, Miela, Navika, Ovee, Pessy, Quynh, Ramneek, Sedona, Tarini, Urwah, Vaya, Winsley, Yuvika, Zuha | Alazar, Birpartap, Clint, Drayce, Ender, Famien, Gaspar, Haoyu, Iktaj, Jove, Kipling, Ludwig, Modibo, North, Oleg, Pinchas, Qudus, Rapha, Savio, Tylan, Udham, Vidit, Wilbert, Yiheng, Zeeshan |
Finally, here are Canada’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number) – Statistics Canada, Canada’s most popular baby names in 2024 (Sept. 2025)
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