Top Names of 2000

The most popular names recorded in 2000 were Emily for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Emily2,303
2Sarah2,245
3Jessica1,818
4Emma1,685
5Hannah1,551
6Megan1,423
7Madison1,412
8Samantha1,169
9Mackenzie1,122
10Taylor1,117
11Olivia1,077
12Victoria1,067
13Alexandra1,059
14Julia1,049
15Ashley1,012
16Rachel925
17Sydney912
18Lauren897
19Alyssa890
20Nicole888
21Rebecca857
22Gabrielle854
23Chloe812
24Kayla749
25Elizabeth715
26Grace696
27Kaitlyn690
28Sabrina690
29Amanda682
30Jade665
31Brianna659
32Jenna649
33Catherine639
34Stephanie619
35Vanessa612
36Hailey604
37Sara598
38Jasmine590
39Camille582
40Cassandra576
41Abigail548
42Amy544
43Katherine533
44Melissa533
45Laura532
46Jennifer524
47Anna523
48Sophie520
49Emilie517
50Audrey503

Boys

#NameBabies
1Matthew2,702
2Joshua2,454
3Jacob2,267
4William2,210
5Samuel2,135
6Nicholas2,095
7Michael2,014
8Ryan1,848
9Benjamin1,685
10Zachary1,625
11Tyler1,565
12Ethan1,536
13Justin1,530
14Daniel1,529
15Brandon1,517
16Alexander1,496
17Dylan1,465
18Andrew1,456
19David1,421
20Thomas1,362
21Noah1,356
22Nathan1,290
23Gabriel1,285
24Jordan1,283
25Anthony1,275
26Christopher1,272
27Kyle1,225
28Jonathan1,122
29Cameron1,097
30Jeremy1,092
31Liam1,089
32Adam1,085
33James1,084
34Nicolas970
35Joseph968
36Austin962
37Kevin951
38Alexandre915
39Eric904
40Lucas841
41Connor803
42John791
43Evan778
44Olivier771
45Vincent768
46Tristan744
47Simon709
48Cole702
49Logan673
50Riley662