Top Names of 2001

The most popular names recorded in 2001 were Emily for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Emily2,291
2Sarah2,131
3Emma1,795
4Madison1,702
5Hannah1,523
6Jessica1,520
7Megan1,413
8Olivia1,250
9Samantha1,160
10Julia1,132
11Mackenzie1,065
12Taylor1,059
13Ashley1,038
14Alexandra1,006
15Chloe1,003
16Victoria985
17Alyssa973
18Rachel893
19Lauren871
20Gabrielle868
21Nicole849
22Abigail832
23Grace832
24Sydney812
25Elizabeth803
26Rebecca786
27Jade712
28Kayla709
29Jenna704
30Brianna696
31Kaitlyn660
32Sabrina650
33Hailey642
34Amanda636
35Sara618
36Catherine616
37Audrey579
38Isabella577
39Camille567
40Vanessa561
41Jasmine557
42Anna552
43Emilie538
44Amy535
45Melissa533
46Laura521
47Jennifer517
48Sophie510
49Stephanie504
50Zoe499

Boys

#NameBabies
1Matthew2,510
2Jacob2,403
3Joshua2,317
4Samuel2,135
5William2,089
6Nicholas2,000
7Ethan1,988
8Michael1,953
9Justin1,820
10Ryan1,782
11Benjamin1,713
12Zachary1,700
13Dylan1,548
14Gabriel1,543
15Thomas1,480
16Alexander1,468
17Daniel1,417
18Tyler1,410
19Nathan1,359
20Andrew1,345
21Anthony1,315
22Brandon1,300
23David1,281
24Liam1,227
25Noah1,202
26Jordan1,192
27Christopher1,157
28Adam1,147
29Jeremy1,080
30Cameron1,056
31Logan1,054
32Kyle1,038
33James1,036
34Jonathan995
35Nicolas982
36Austin956
37Connor953
38Joseph919
39Lucas892
40Alexandre870
41Evan859
42Eric812
43Cole811
44Kevin811
45John775
46Olivier771
47Tristan760
48Vincent746
49Riley732
50Jack715