Top Names of 2006
The most popular names recorded in 2006 were Emma for girls and Jacob for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emma | 2,140 |
| 2 | Emily | 1,659 |
| 3 | Sarah | 1,594 |
| 4 | Olivia | 1,569 |
| 5 | Ava | 1,499 |
| 6 | Chloe | 1,258 |
| 7 | Hannah | 1,249 |
| 8 | Madison | 1,223 |
| 9 | Abigail | 1,097 |
| 10 | Isabella | 1,035 |
| 11 | Ella | 980 |
| 12 | Julia | 930 |
| 13 | Grace | 907 |
| 14 | Maya | 896 |
| 15 | Sophia | 892 |
| 16 | Samantha | 844 |
| 17 | Hailey | 763 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 761 |
| 19 | Jessica | 758 |
| 20 | Victoria | 754 |
| 21 | Megan | 722 |
| 22 | Rachel | 709 |
| 23 | Gabrielle | 700 |
| 24 | Alyssa | 697 |
| 25 | Zoe | 693 |
| 26 | Lauren | 686 |
| 27 | Mia | 684 |
| 28 | Jade | 681 |
| 29 | Sara | 679 |
| 30 | Charlotte | 678 |
| 31 | Lea | 631 |
| 32 | Alexandra | 629 |
| 33 | Sophie | 629 |
| 34 | Mackenzie | 626 |
| 35 | Taylor | 590 |
| 36 | Lily | 586 |
| 37 | Sydney | 581 |
| 38 | Kayla | 580 |
| 39 | Anna | 578 |
| 40 | Brooklyn | 576 |
| 41 | Ashley | 574 |
| 42 | Keira | 555 |
| 43 | Paige | 555 |
| 44 | Avery | 554 |
| 45 | Brooke | 552 |
| 46 | Jasmine | 552 |
| 47 | Alexis | 542 |
| 48 | Mya | 537 |
| 49 | Sofia | 526 |
| 50 | Isabelle | 525 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 2,237 |
| 2 | Nathan | 2,163 |
| 3 | William | 2,155 |
| 4 | Ethan | 2,143 |
| 5 | Noah | 1,911 |
| 6 | Samuel | 1,856 |
| 7 | Matthew | 1,835 |
| 8 | Joshua | 1,777 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 1,589 |
| 10 | Ryan | 1,522 |
| 11 | Alexander | 1,483 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,443 |
| 13 | Lucas | 1,441 |
| 14 | Thomas | 1,431 |
| 15 | Zachary | 1,414 |
| 16 | Liam | 1,407 |
| 17 | Logan | 1,394 |
| 18 | Justin | 1,376 |
| 19 | Gabriel | 1,361 |
| 20 | Owen | 1,341 |
| 21 | Nicholas | 1,266 |
| 22 | Michael | 1,221 |
| 23 | Anthony | 1,181 |
| 24 | Adam | 1,179 |
| 25 | Evan | 1,151 |
| 26 | Andrew | 1,105 |
| 27 | Jack | 1,088 |
| 28 | Dylan | 1,065 |
| 29 | James | 1,058 |
| 30 | Tyler | 1,014 |
| 31 | David | 1,012 |
| 32 | Tristan | 1,002 |
| 33 | Carter | 946 |
| 34 | Xavier | 929 |
| 35 | Austin | 893 |
| 36 | Connor | 886 |
| 37 | Jeremy | 869 |
| 38 | Aiden | 861 |
| 39 | Aidan | 860 |
| 40 | Cole | 801 |
| 41 | Alexis | 773 |
| 42 | Joseph | 773 |
| 43 | Jordan | 753 |
| 44 | Cameron | 750 |
| 45 | Felix | 736 |
| 46 | Antoine | 721 |
| 47 | Alexandre | 711 |
| 48 | Christopher | 702 |
| 49 | Nicolas | 702 |
| 50 | Brandon | 691 |