Continuing the investigation of how naming trends in 2009 compared in Canada and the U.S. See the look at the girls here. (Thanks again to Today's Parent.)
The Gents
1 Ethan (2)
2 Jacob, Jakob (1)
3 Nathan (24)
4 William (5)
5 Alexander, Alexandre (4)
6 Noah (9)
7 Matthew, Mathieu (13)
8 Samuel (27)
9 Benjamin (20)
10 Lucas, Lukas (39)
11 Joshua (6)
12 Gabriel (22)
13 Liam (49)
14 Logan (17)
15 Nicholas, Nikolas (32)
16 Ryan (19)
17 Daniel (7)
18 Owen (51)
19 Thomas (57)
20 Evan (35)
21 Jaiden, Jayden (8)
22 Jack (42)
23 Aidan, Aiden (12)
24 Adam (74)
25 Alex, Alexis (83)
26 Michael (3)
27 Anthony (10)
28 Zachary (53)
29 Oliver, Olivier (98)
30 James (18)
31 Dylan (29)
32 Mathias, Mattias (786)
33 Andrew (15)
34 Felix (339)
35 Xavier (68)
36 Tyler (28)
37 Justin (46)
38 Antoine (794)
39 Cameron (59)
40 Tristan (80)
41 Maxim (735)
42 Raphael (634)
43 Elliot (297)
44 Charles (64)
45 Vincent (119)
46 Emile (not in top 1000)
47 David (14)
48 Jeremy (139)
49 Isaac (40)
50 Simon (263)
51 Edward, Edouard (137)
52 Austen, Austin (63)
53 Carter (50)
54 Mason (34)
55 Jordan (45)
56 Julian, Julien (62)
57 Christopher (11)
58 Conner, Connor (52)
59 Hunter (56)
60 Cole (82)
61 Riley (107)
62 Kayden (103)
63 Hayden (91)
64 Brodie, Brody (77)
65 Jonathan (30)
66 Caleb, Kaleb (31)
67 Victor (117)
68 Brandon (38)
69 Jackson (25)
70 Gavin (33)
71 Joseph (16)
72 Kevin (44)
73 Damian, Damien (127)
74 Jason (66)
75 Brayden, Braydon (47)
76 Henri, Henry (71)
77 Luke (48)
78 Wyatt (60)
79 Tyson (238)
80 Dominic, Dominick (81)
81 Nolan (122)
82 Jaxon (126)
83 Seth (140)
84 Eric, Erik (95)
85 Parker (96)
86 Cohen (323)
87 Carson (86)
88 Marcus (123)
89 Rylan (195)
90 Blake (89)
91 Aaron (54)
92 Kyle (100)
93 Nathaniel (76)
94 Levi (88)
95 Elijah (21)
96 Ryder (145)
97 Chase (61)
98 Brady (109)
99 Colton (93)
100 Cooper (84)
On the whole, the discrepancies between the two boys lists aren't that large, especially not when compared to the girls. In fact, most of the names in the top 100 are at least in the top 200 in the U.S. This isn't surprising as parents generally take more risks with girls names, and the most popular girls' names generally account for a smaller percentage than the most popular boys' names.
With that said, there are still some large differences. If you don't mind a top 100 name but wanted to keep it out of the top 25, you could still use Christopher, Joseph or Elijah, which are much more popular in the U.S. than in Canada (11 vs 57; 16 vs 71; and 21 vs 95 respectively). Elliot, Simon and Tyson are all out of the top 200 in the U.S. but top 100 here. Felix and Cohen are generally considered obscure, but are surprisingly in the top 100 in Canada. And Antoine, Mathias, Maxim and Raphael are all top 50, although they're not top 500 across the border. Emile is the only name not to rank across the border, but I suspect it's largely the result of Quebec, so not that surprising.
You can really see the difference between the two countries in terms of the names that AREN'T in the top 100 in Canada (and how they can be classified).
Spanish Favourites (We have our French names)
Angel
Carlos
Diego
Jesus
Jose
Josiah
Juan
Luis
Miguel
Biblical Names
Christian
Eli
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Other
Adrian
Brian/Bryan
Ian
John
Landon
Robert
Sean
Sebastian
I really love Sebastian, so it's a bit of a relief to see that it's not in the top 100 here. I also like Eli, Miguel, Christian and Robert. I'm shocked at the exclusion of John. I wonder how far out of the top 100 it is.
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