Stop the presses: the annual list of hot Quebec baby names is out.
Léa was the most popular girl’s name in 2006 and William was the top boy’s name. The one that always surprises me is Océane (number 9 this year; last year it was 13th). Océane? There’s a database here that lets you look up names. Last year, for example, 44 unfortunate boys were named Andy.
Anyway, here’s the 2006 list, from the Régie des Rentes du Québec:
Filles Garçons
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Prénom de Prénom
l’enfant Fréquence de l’enfant Fréquence
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1 LEA 540 1 WILLIAM 857
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2 JADE 401 2 SAMUEL 796
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3 ROSALIE 390 3 ALEXIS 704
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4 FLORENCE 363 4 NATHAN 665
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5 LAURIE 321 5 THOMAS 665
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6 GABRIELLE 317 6 ANTOINE 648
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7 SARAH 312 7 GABRIEL 633
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8 CAMILLE 300 8 JUSTIN 616
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9 OCEANE 298 9 OLIVIER 611
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10 LAURENCE 295 10 FELIX 587
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11 NOEMIE 287 11 ZACHARY 582
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12 EMMA 283 12 XAVIER 569
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13 EMILIE 282 13 JEREMY 556
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14 JULIETTE 273 14 ALEXANDRE 536
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15 MAIKA 272 15 MATHIS 528
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16 CORALIE 268 16 ANTHONY 504
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17 JUSTINE 262 17 JACOB 500
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18 MEGANE 255 18 RAPHAEL 466
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19 ARIANE 246 19 EMILE 438
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20 EMY 246 20 VINCENT 435
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2 Comments
April 19, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Ryan and Emma top the list in Nova Scotia. Again. But Brooklyn (for girls) is big here too.
This is a very cool site to track the popularity of names.
http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
Certain girls’ names starting with C, I and S all seem to have peaked in popularity between 1880 and 1910. Of course, a certain boys’ name starting with C doesn’t make the list at all. Go figure.
Should there be a prize for anyone who decodes this?
April 20, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Found good resource for baby names at http://www.abc-baby-names.com/