Top Names of 1991
The most popular names recorded in 1991 were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 5,261 |
| 2 | Stephanie | 3,596 |
| 3 | Sarah | 3,338 |
| 4 | Samantha | 2,717 |
| 5 | Ashley | 2,593 |
| 6 | Amanda | 2,515 |
| 7 | Melissa | 2,404 |
| 8 | Jennifer | 2,141 |
| 9 | Brittany | 1,909 |
| 10 | Alexandra | 1,806 |
| 11 | Nicole | 1,780 |
| 12 | Kayla | 1,733 |
| 13 | Rebecca | 1,671 |
| 14 | Vanessa | 1,568 |
| 15 | Megan | 1,560 |
| 16 | Catherine | 1,557 |
| 17 | Emily | 1,551 |
| 18 | Michelle | 1,453 |
| 19 | Laura | 1,262 |
| 20 | Danielle | 1,203 |
| 21 | Rachel | 1,182 |
| 22 | Melanie | 1,059 |
| 23 | Kelsey | 1,007 |
| 24 | Valerie | 1,002 |
| 25 | Lauren | 999 |
| 26 | Victoria | 996 |
| 27 | Chelsea | 988 |
| 28 | Audrey | 930 |
| 29 | Emilie | 925 |
| 30 | Julie | 919 |
| 31 | Courtney | 917 |
| 32 | Marie | 917 |
| 33 | Elizabeth | 913 |
| 34 | Cassandra | 911 |
| 35 | Sara | 902 |
| 36 | Alyssa | 890 |
| 37 | Sabrina | 885 |
| 38 | Katherine | 879 |
| 39 | Christina | 856 |
| 40 | Natasha | 836 |
| 41 | Jenna | 799 |
| 42 | Shelby | 795 |
| 43 | Amy | 779 |
| 44 | Caroline | 775 |
| 45 | Erin | 765 |
| 46 | Andrea | 750 |
| 47 | Christine | 731 |
| 48 | Marie-Pier | 728 |
| 49 | Julia | 720 |
| 50 | Lindsay | 707 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,291 |
| 2 | Matthew | 4,204 |
| 3 | Christopher | 3,438 |
| 4 | David | 3,325 |
| 5 | Ryan | 2,927 |
| 6 | Jonathan | 2,901 |
| 7 | Andrew | 2,887 |
| 8 | Kyle | 2,838 |
| 9 | Joshua | 2,734 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,684 |
| 11 | Jordan | 2,673 |
| 12 | Kevin | 2,541 |
| 13 | Justin | 2,440 |
| 14 | Tyler | 2,392 |
| 15 | Brandon | 2,063 |
| 16 | James | 2,063 |
| 17 | Alexandre | 2,025 |
| 18 | Maxime | 1,987 |
| 19 | Alexander | 1,911 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 1,902 |
| 21 | Steven | 1,733 |
| 22 | Robert | 1,717 |
| 23 | Eric | 1,662 |
| 24 | Adam | 1,650 |
| 25 | Joseph | 1,568 |
| 26 | Samuel | 1,568 |
| 27 | Patrick | 1,562 |
| 28 | Mathieu | 1,499 |
| 29 | Cody | 1,472 |
| 30 | William | 1,377 |
| 31 | Anthony | 1,356 |
| 32 | Jesse | 1,337 |
| 33 | John | 1,336 |
| 34 | Dylan | 1,316 |
| 35 | Thomas | 1,305 |
| 36 | Jason | 1,282 |
| 37 | Benjamin | 1,265 |
| 38 | Simon | 1,225 |
| 39 | Vincent | 1,123 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 1,103 |
| 41 | Scott | 1,094 |
| 42 | Mark | 1,092 |
| 43 | Francis | 1,074 |
| 44 | Jacob | 1,071 |
| 45 | Aaron | 1,049 |
| 46 | Jeremy | 1,048 |
| 47 | Jeffrey | 1,035 |
| 48 | Nathan | 1,032 |
| 49 | Zachary | 964 |
| 50 | Sebastien | 946 |