The most popular baby names in Quebec were announced a little while ago.
According to the Régie des rentes du Québec, the province’s top names last year were Emma and William.
Here are the top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:
Girl Names
- Emma (505 baby girls)
- Lea (474)
- Olivia (458)
- Florence (439)
- Alice (386)
- Zoe (385)
- Rosalie (377)
- Juliette (358)
- Camille (348)
- Mia (344)
- Laurence (335)
- Charlie (317)
- Jade (293)
- Alicia (292)
- Anais (292)
- Victoria (288)
- Maelie (287)
- Beatrice (285)
- Eva (282)
- Chloe (278)
Boy Names
- William (855 baby boys)
- Nathan (839)
- Olivier (798)
- Alexis (746)
- Samuel (737)
- Gabriel (731)
- Thomas (707)
- Jacob (706)
- Felix (702)
- Raphael (590)
- Antoine (560)
- Liam (522)
- Noah (462)
- Benjamin (446)
- Xavier (444)
- Emile (440)
- Mathis (417)
- Adam (412)
- Justin (405)
- Zachary (389)
Check out Charlie in 12th place for girls. For boys, it’s all the way down in 145th place.
Charlie is being used more and more often as a girl name in the U.S. as well.
The next-most-popular Charl- names for each gender were Charlotte in 24th place and Charles in 21st place. (Though, if you count the hundreds of baby boys with a Charles combination-name, e.g., Charles-Antoine, the total for Charles jumps to over 750, putting the name in 4th place.)
And what about the less-common names?
First, some stats:
- Of the 9,074 girl names bestowed last year…
- 6,686 (74%) of them were given to 1 baby girl, and
- 8058 (89%) of them were given to 1, 2, 3 or 4 baby girls.
- Of the 7,921 boy names bestowed last year…
- 6,107 (77%) were given to 1 baby boy, and
- 7121 (90%) were given to 1, 2, 3 or 4 baby boys.
Here are some of Quebec’s unique names (used only once):
Unique Girl Names | Unique Boy Names |
---|---|
Ayagutaq Becky Tillikasak Cocolo Desneiges Euphelie Fleurange Garrissa Ietohrhuostha Justinique Katsitsenhawitha Lyora Lyssandre Maisie Inuusiq Nephthalia Elani Orlguine Paglianie Stacy Qullik Qupanuaq Roldyanna Stephanie Daystar Tally-Ann Uapikuniss Vinuki Sethlini Wazberly Windflower Yvedianah Zaely Hyacinthia | Aws Brudginel-Bryan Christian Braveheart Davinnsly Enbo Fougnigue Ghemsley Nollens Hichembentaiba Ittulaaq Judley Klyf Lafleche William Manhattan-Zola Nyrlberson Olmo Centeotl Perseus Koperqualuk Quindlley Raniehtenha Wi Shaquille-Shanqi Tiesto Uqittuk Victor-Sam Ikuagasak Wa’kenhrawakon Yanga Zack Browndly |
Among the girl names given to two babies last year, I spotted both Chaya Mushka and Katniss.
P.S. Want to compare the top Quebec baby names of 2012 with those of 2009, or 2006?
Source: List of Baby Names – Retraite Québec, Emma usurps Lea for top spot on Quebec’s baby name list
Image: Adapted from Flag of Quebec (public domain)