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
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 2,303 |
| 2 | Sarah | 2,245 |
| 3 | Jessica | 1,818 |
| 4 | Emma | 1,685 |
| 5 | Hannah | 1,551 |
| 6 | Megan | 1,423 |
| 7 | Madison | 1,412 |
| 8 | Samantha | 1,169 |
| 9 | Mackenzie | 1,122 |
| 10 | Taylor | 1,117 |
| 11 | Olivia | 1,077 |
| 12 | Victoria | 1,067 |
| 13 | Alexandra | 1,059 |
| 14 | Julia | 1,049 |
| 15 | Ashley | 1,012 |
| 16 | Rachel | 925 |
| 17 | Sydney | 912 |
| 18 | Lauren | 897 |
| 19 | Alyssa | 890 |
| 20 | Nicole | 888 |
| 21 | Rebecca | 857 |
| 22 | Gabrielle | 854 |
| 23 | Chloe | 812 |
| 24 | Kayla | 749 |
| 25 | Elizabeth | 715 |
| 26 | Grace | 696 |
| 27 | Kaitlyn | 690 |
| 28 | Sabrina | 690 |
| 29 | Amanda | 682 |
| 30 | Jade | 665 |
| 31 | Brianna | 659 |
| 32 | Jenna | 649 |
| 33 | Catherine | 639 |
| 34 | Stephanie | 619 |
| 35 | Vanessa | 612 |
| 36 | Hailey | 604 |
| 37 | Sara | 598 |
| 38 | Jasmine | 590 |
| 39 | Camille | 582 |
| 40 | Cassandra | 576 |
| 41 | Abigail | 548 |
| 42 | Amy | 544 |
| 43 | Katherine | 533 |
| 44 | Melissa | 533 |
| 45 | Laura | 532 |
| 46 | Jennifer | 524 |
| 47 | Anna | 523 |
| 48 | Sophie | 520 |
| 49 | Emilie | 517 |
| 50 | Audrey | 503 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 2,702 |
| 2 | Joshua | 2,454 |
| 3 | Jacob | 2,267 |
| 4 | William | 2,210 |
| 5 | Samuel | 2,135 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 2,095 |
| 7 | Michael | 2,014 |
| 8 | Ryan | 1,848 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 1,685 |
| 10 | Zachary | 1,625 |
| 11 | Tyler | 1,565 |
| 12 | Ethan | 1,536 |
| 13 | Justin | 1,530 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,529 |
| 15 | Brandon | 1,517 |
| 16 | Alexander | 1,496 |
| 17 | Dylan | 1,465 |
| 18 | Andrew | 1,456 |
| 19 | David | 1,421 |
| 20 | Thomas | 1,362 |
| 21 | Noah | 1,356 |
| 22 | Nathan | 1,290 |
| 23 | Gabriel | 1,285 |
| 24 | Jordan | 1,283 |
| 25 | Anthony | 1,275 |
| 26 | Christopher | 1,272 |
| 27 | Kyle | 1,225 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 1,122 |
| 29 | Cameron | 1,097 |
| 30 | Jeremy | 1,092 |
| 31 | Liam | 1,089 |
| 32 | Adam | 1,085 |
| 33 | James | 1,084 |
| 34 | Nicolas | 970 |
| 35 | Joseph | 968 |
| 36 | Austin | 962 |
| 37 | Kevin | 951 |
| 38 | Alexandre | 915 |
| 39 | Eric | 904 |
| 40 | Lucas | 841 |
| 41 | Connor | 803 |
| 42 | John | 791 |
| 43 | Evan | 778 |
| 44 | Olivier | 771 |
| 45 | Vincent | 768 |
| 46 | Tristan | 744 |
| 47 | Simon | 709 |
| 48 | Cole | 702 |
| 49 | Logan | 673 |
| 50 | Riley | 662 |