Top Names of 1996
The most popular names recorded in 1996 were Jessica for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 2,871 |
| 2 | Sarah | 2,670 |
| 3 | Emily | 2,262 |
| 4 | Samantha | 1,965 |
| 5 | Alexandra | 1,762 |
| 6 | Ashley | 1,522 |
| 7 | Nicole | 1,464 |
| 8 | Taylor | 1,456 |
| 9 | Rachel | 1,444 |
| 10 | Stephanie | 1,408 |
| 11 | Megan | 1,355 |
| 12 | Amanda | 1,318 |
| 13 | Rebecca | 1,310 |
| 14 | Sabrina | 1,258 |
| 15 | Melissa | 1,244 |
| 16 | Victoria | 1,084 |
| 17 | Courtney | 1,054 |
| 18 | Emma | 1,043 |
| 19 | Jennifer | 1,042 |
| 20 | Hannah | 1,012 |
| 21 | Madison | 997 |
| 22 | Catherine | 992 |
| 23 | Brittany | 990 |
| 24 | Julia | 910 |
| 25 | Vanessa | 909 |
| 26 | Kayla | 881 |
| 27 | Cassandra | 879 |
| 28 | Danielle | 864 |
| 29 | Laura | 829 |
| 30 | Gabrielle | 827 |
| 31 | Audrey | 819 |
| 32 | Lauren | 806 |
| 33 | Elizabeth | 793 |
| 34 | Alyssa | 790 |
| 35 | Sydney | 782 |
| 36 | Camille | 768 |
| 37 | Michelle | 765 |
| 38 | Emilie | 764 |
| 39 | Sara | 755 |
| 40 | Kelsey | 707 |
| 41 | Amy | 695 |
| 42 | Olivia | 678 |
| 43 | Katherine | 660 |
| 44 | Brooke | 639 |
| 45 | Jade | 625 |
| 46 | Natasha | 622 |
| 47 | Chelsea | 591 |
| 48 | Mackenzie | 585 |
| 49 | Chloe | 580 |
| 50 | Kaitlyn | 576 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 3,360 |
| 2 | Michael | 3,067 |
| 3 | Brandon | 2,531 |
| 4 | Samuel | 2,509 |
| 5 | Nicholas | 2,478 |
| 6 | Ryan | 2,370 |
| 7 | Joshua | 2,363 |
| 8 | Tyler | 2,119 |
| 9 | Daniel | 2,073 |
| 10 | Christopher | 2,047 |
| 11 | Jacob | 1,996 |
| 12 | Alexander | 1,983 |
| 13 | David | 1,942 |
| 14 | William | 1,934 |
| 15 | Jordan | 1,879 |
| 16 | Andrew | 1,865 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,857 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 1,771 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,661 |
| 20 | Austin | 1,600 |
| 21 | Kyle | 1,570 |
| 22 | Alexandre | 1,537 |
| 23 | Gabriel | 1,537 |
| 24 | Benjamin | 1,450 |
| 25 | Dylan | 1,392 |
| 26 | Anthony | 1,382 |
| 27 | James | 1,374 |
| 28 | Zachary | 1,328 |
| 29 | Adam | 1,251 |
| 30 | Eric | 1,241 |
| 31 | Joseph | 1,190 |
| 32 | Thomas | 1,161 |
| 33 | Maxime | 1,149 |
| 34 | Nathan | 1,108 |
| 35 | Nicolas | 1,095 |
| 36 | Jeremy | 1,085 |
| 37 | Connor | 1,065 |
| 38 | Cody | 1,042 |
| 39 | John | 1,038 |
| 40 | Jesse | 1,015 |
| 41 | Robert | 994 |
| 42 | Jason | 989 |
| 43 | Vincent | 983 |
| 44 | Mathieu | 968 |
| 45 | Patrick | 957 |
| 46 | Liam | 956 |
| 47 | Mitchell | 944 |
| 48 | Tristan | 938 |
| 49 | Aaron | 876 |
| 50 | Olivier | 857 |