Top five girl names
Olivia, Charlotte, Emma, Amelia, and Sophia.
CA ranking · 2024
Most popular baby names in Canada in 2024.
Olivia and Noah lead the 2024 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Girls OliviaBoys Noah100 ranked names74,640 recorded usesSource checked 6 August 2026
The short answer
Olivia and Noah were the most popular girl and boy names in Canada in 2024.
Top five
The 2024 leaders.
Top five boy names
Noah, Liam, Theodore, Leo, and William.
Compared with 2023
What changed in 2024?
Names are matched by publisher spelling and category. A rise means a better source-derived rank than in the previous annual release.
Girl-name risers
- Clara#31 to #20
- Elizabeth#30 to #23
- Eleanor#36 to #31
- Violet#21 to #17
New to this top 50: Eliana, Ayla, Georgia, Penelope.
Boy-name risers
- Samuel#32 to #24
- Luke#47 to #39
- Bennett#49 to #41
- Miles#45 to #38
New to this top 50: Wesley, Wyatt, Asher, Ezra, Austin.
Top girl names in 2024
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Canada. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 1,639 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 1,528 |
| 3 | Emma | 1,358 |
| 4 | Amelia | 1,123 |
| 5 | Sophia | 1,086 |
| 6 | Sofia | 921 |
| 7 | Mia | 905 |
| 8 | Chloe | 868 |
| 9 | Lily | 794 |
| 10 | Ava | 782 |
| 11 | Mila | 773 |
| 12 | Alice | 756 |
| 13 | Isla | 746 |
| 14 | Nora | 724 |
| 15 | Evelyn | 688 |
| 16 | Maya | 680 |
| 17 | Violet | 677 |
| 18 | Ellie | 676 |
| 19 | Sophie | 671 |
| 20 | Clara | 646 |
| 21 | Zoe | 620 |
| 22 | Aria | 610 |
| 23 | Elizabeth | 607 |
| 24 | Isabella | 601 |
| 25 | Abigail | 597 |
| 26 | Ella | 586 |
| 27 | Hazel | 573 |
| 28 | Florence | 569 |
| 29 | Hannah | 562 |
| 30 | Charlie | 559 |
| 31 | Eleanor | 550 |
| 32 | Eva | 549 |
| 33 | Ivy | 539 |
| 34 | Aurora | 538 |
| 35 | Harper | 522 |
| 36 | Emily | 521 |
| 37 | Luna | 508 |
| 38 | Rose | 503 |
| 39 | Victoria | 494 |
| 40 | Emilia | 469 |
| 41 | Scarlett | 465 |
| 42 | Grace | 461 |
| 43 | Eliana | 452 |
| 44 | Ayla | 442 |
| 45 | Georgia | 435 |
| 46 | Maeve | 432 |
| 47 | Julia | 431 |
| 48 | Elena | 427 |
| 49 | Penelope | 422 |
| 50 | Layla | 419 |
Top boy names in 2024
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Canada. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 2,115 |
| 2 | Liam | 1,694 |
| 3 | Theodore | 1,429 |
| 4 | Leo | 1,410 |
| 5 | William | 1,367 |
| 6 | Oliver | 1,244 |
| 7 | Lucas | 1,183 |
| 8 | James | 1,131 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 1,090 |
| 10 | Thomas | 1,061 |
| 11 | Jack | 1,039 |
| 12 | Henry | 1,019 |
| 13 | Nathan | 991 |
| 14 | Adam | 962 |
| 15 | Ethan | 954 |
| 16 | Levi | 909 |
| 17 | Theo | 896 |
| 18 | Arthur | 883 |
| 19 | Jacob | 875 |
| 20 | Logan | 829 |
| 21 | Luca | 815 |
| 22 | Owen | 803 |
| 23 | Gabriel | 749 |
| 24 | Samuel | 723 |
| 25 | Jackson | 721 |
| 26 | Muhammad | 716 |
| 27 | Hudson | 707 |
| 28 | Daniel | 683 |
| 29 | Felix | 660 |
| 30 | Charles | 653 |
| 31 | Louis | 639 |
| 32 | Maverick | 626 |
| 33 | Elijah | 618 |
| 34 | Nolan | 586 |
| 35 | Caleb | 579 |
| 36 | Isaac | 573 |
| 37 | Alexander | 559 |
| 38 | Miles | 547 |
| 39 | Luke | 540 |
| 40 | Wesley | 534 |
| 41 | Bennett | 528 |
| 42 | Wyatt | 527 |
| 43 | Jayden | 520 |
| 44 | Mason | 511 |
| 45 | Ryan | 502 |
| 46 | David | 499 |
| 47 | Asher | 490 |
| 48 | Ezra | 489 |
| 49 | Austin | 483 |
| 50 | Beau | 475 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
- Publisher
- Statistics Canada
- Reviewed data
- Publisher artifact
- Geographic scope
- Canada
- Release
- Latest reviewed release for 2024
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- Statistics Canada Open Licence
- Source review
- Checked 6 August 2026
- Source methodology
- Canadian Vital Statistics Birth Database national aggregate by mother's residence; 2024 is preliminary. Frequencies below five are excluded, accents are stripped, and hyphens are retained. All-uppercase source spellings are deterministically converted to Unicode title case for the shared product identity. Rows pair official Frequency and Rank indicators and include every rank through 50, including ties.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
- What are the most popular baby names in Canada?
- Olivia is the number-one girl name and Noah is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2024 release.
- What area does this list cover?
- It covers Canada exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
- How are tied names shown?
- The reviewed data does not contain a tied position within the ranks shown on this page.
- How complete is the page?
- The page includes every reviewed row through rank 50 for both categories: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Counts are retained from the source; display-casing normalization is documented in the methodology.