The numbers in brackets indicate the numbers of babies named that particular name last year.
Boys:Ethan (292)
Joshua (265)
Matthew (241)
Jacob (222)
Nathan (206)
Ryan (206)
Alexander (202)
Liam (180)
Nicholas (179)
Noah (179)
Daniel (174)
Benjamin (172)
James (164)
William (159)
Owen (154)
Dylan (153)
Logan (153)
Evan (152)
Tyler (149)
Jack (143)
Girls:Emma (245)
Emily (233)
Olivia (202)
Hannah (189)
Madison (177)
Ava (172)
Sarah (160)
Ella (151)
Isabella (149)
Grace (137)
Sophia (134)
Samantha (130)
Maya (118)
Abigail (117)
Jessica (114)
Hailey (112)
Chloe (107)
Megan (97)
Julia (96)
Lauren (93)
In addition to the Top 20, our statisticians are lovely and gracious enough to list
all other names used five or more times in our province in any given year. I looked up my family's names:
Miranda: 21
Jean Hope: less than 5, 15
Carole-Anne: less than 5, 8
Dennis James: 10, 164
The full list may be found here:
http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/babynames/baby2005.html.
EDIT: It cut off my post!
This message was edited 5/11/2006, 1:00 AM