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
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 2,291 |
| 2 | Sarah | 2,131 |
| 3 | Emma | 1,795 |
| 4 | Madison | 1,702 |
| 5 | Hannah | 1,523 |
| 6 | Jessica | 1,520 |
| 7 | Megan | 1,413 |
| 8 | Olivia | 1,250 |
| 9 | Samantha | 1,160 |
| 10 | Julia | 1,132 |
| 11 | Mackenzie | 1,065 |
| 12 | Taylor | 1,059 |
| 13 | Ashley | 1,038 |
| 14 | Alexandra | 1,006 |
| 15 | Chloe | 1,003 |
| 16 | Victoria | 985 |
| 17 | Alyssa | 973 |
| 18 | Rachel | 893 |
| 19 | Lauren | 871 |
| 20 | Gabrielle | 868 |
| 21 | Nicole | 849 |
| 22 | Abigail | 832 |
| 23 | Grace | 832 |
| 24 | Sydney | 812 |
| 25 | Elizabeth | 803 |
| 26 | Rebecca | 786 |
| 27 | Jade | 712 |
| 28 | Kayla | 709 |
| 29 | Jenna | 704 |
| 30 | Brianna | 696 |
| 31 | Kaitlyn | 660 |
| 32 | Sabrina | 650 |
| 33 | Hailey | 642 |
| 34 | Amanda | 636 |
| 35 | Sara | 618 |
| 36 | Catherine | 616 |
| 37 | Audrey | 579 |
| 38 | Isabella | 577 |
| 39 | Camille | 567 |
| 40 | Vanessa | 561 |
| 41 | Jasmine | 557 |
| 42 | Anna | 552 |
| 43 | Emilie | 538 |
| 44 | Amy | 535 |
| 45 | Melissa | 533 |
| 46 | Laura | 521 |
| 47 | Jennifer | 517 |
| 48 | Sophie | 510 |
| 49 | Stephanie | 504 |
| 50 | Zoe | 499 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 2,510 |
| 2 | Jacob | 2,403 |
| 3 | Joshua | 2,317 |
| 4 | Samuel | 2,135 |
| 5 | William | 2,089 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 2,000 |
| 7 | Ethan | 1,988 |
| 8 | Michael | 1,953 |
| 9 | Justin | 1,820 |
| 10 | Ryan | 1,782 |
| 11 | Benjamin | 1,713 |
| 12 | Zachary | 1,700 |
| 13 | Dylan | 1,548 |
| 14 | Gabriel | 1,543 |
| 15 | Thomas | 1,480 |
| 16 | Alexander | 1,468 |
| 17 | Daniel | 1,417 |
| 18 | Tyler | 1,410 |
| 19 | Nathan | 1,359 |
| 20 | Andrew | 1,345 |
| 21 | Anthony | 1,315 |
| 22 | Brandon | 1,300 |
| 23 | David | 1,281 |
| 24 | Liam | 1,227 |
| 25 | Noah | 1,202 |
| 26 | Jordan | 1,192 |
| 27 | Christopher | 1,157 |
| 28 | Adam | 1,147 |
| 29 | Jeremy | 1,080 |
| 30 | Cameron | 1,056 |
| 31 | Logan | 1,054 |
| 32 | Kyle | 1,038 |
| 33 | James | 1,036 |
| 34 | Jonathan | 995 |
| 35 | Nicolas | 982 |
| 36 | Austin | 956 |
| 37 | Connor | 953 |
| 38 | Joseph | 919 |
| 39 | Lucas | 892 |
| 40 | Alexandre | 870 |
| 41 | Evan | 859 |
| 42 | Eric | 812 |
| 43 | Cole | 811 |
| 44 | Kevin | 811 |
| 45 | John | 775 |
| 46 | Olivier | 771 |
| 47 | Tristan | 760 |
| 48 | Vincent | 746 |
| 49 | Riley | 732 |
| 50 | Jack | 715 |