Canada's top 100 for Girls - 2013

After searching, I found the Today’s Parent list of [name_f]Canada[/name_f]'s top 100 names in 2013. (Top 100 baby names in Canada 2013 - Today's Parent - Today's Parent ) A lot of them have [name_m]French[/name_m] influences, or an English version and [name_m]French[/name_m] version combined, because our second biggest province is [name_m]Quebec[/name_m], which speaks mostly [name_m]French[/name_m].

I was definitely shocked to see some of these on our list:

[name_f]Alice[/name_f] (16th)
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] (24th)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (46th)
[name_f]Megan[/name_f] (25th)
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] (34th)
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] (39th)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (46th)
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] (60th)
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] (64th)
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f] (75th)
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] (83rd)
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f] (84th)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] (85th)
[name_f]Kate[/name_f] (86th)
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] (87th)
[name_f]Maude[/name_f] (99th)

I was incredibly shocked to see some of these on the list at all, and some I was shocked at how high they were sitting on the list.

What do you think of [name_f]Canada[/name_f]'s top 100 for girls?

I think it’s a lovely top. Parents in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] definitely have some style. I was happy to see [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Justine[/name_f] there. :slight_smile:

I think because we are bilingual, names like [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Justine[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Maude[/name_f], etc are more used in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] than anywhere else, but I was definitely happy to see a lot of the names on there :slight_smile: [name_f]My[/name_f] area definitely needs to check out the country’s top list before they select a name :wink: hahaha

It’s definitely surprising to see some of the [name_m]French[/name_m] names that are popular. In my opinion, [name_f]Florence[/name_f] and [name_f]Maude[/name_f] are so lovely in [name_m]French[/name_m], but a bit clunky in English. I’m swooning over [name_f]Maelie[/name_f], [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], and [name_f]Camille[/name_f]… and [name_u]Maxime[/name_u] on the boys list.

I like that they combine spellings, but some of them are a bit weird to combine ([name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Maya[/name_f], for example, and [name_m]Alexandre[/name_m]/[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] since those are pronounced differently). I wish we had a 1000-name list like the Americans though! :slight_smile:

I love a lot of the ones that are likely used more in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] than here, [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] seems to have the more vintage style (looking at the [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] list anyways). I found that a bit odd too - [name_m]Alexandre[/name_m]/[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] makes sense to me, as one’s the [name_m]French[/name_m] counterpart to the other, but [name_f]Mia[/name_f]/[name_f]Maya[/name_f] didn’t - the two aren’t even connected at all.

I wish that as well, but it might be like [name_f]Scotland[/name_f] or Northern [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] - we don’t have enough babies to have a top 1000 :stuck_out_tongue:

Great top! Only a handful I really dislike high up ([name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_u]Payton[/name_u], [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f], [name_f]Maude[/name_f]).

I adore: [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Adele[/name_f]

I’m grateful we have the [name_m]French[/name_m] influence in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] in regard to baby names. It makes the list a little more interesting and a little less generic. :slight_smile: Thanks for posting!

Really surprised to see [name_f]Lea[/name_f]/h in the top 10 & [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] in the top 20!

I find the [name_f]Maya[/name_f]/[name_f]Mia[/name_f] thing a bit weird–they feel like drastically different names to me! Useful as “playground” statistics are, I’m kind of glad that the US data is by individual spelling.

Great to see [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] ranked #26 (for the boys) - that’s definitely the [name_m]French[/name_m] influence right there!