PREGNANCY

Your little one has finally arrived — and so has your chance to give her the perfect name! See what other popular names Canadian parents have been giving their new arrivals in the past year! We've also broken down the top baby names for each province*.

1 Emma 2 Emily, Emilee, Emilie, Émilie 3 Sarah/Sara 4 Olivia 5 Madison, Maddison, Madisen, Madisyn, Madyson 6 Hannah, Hana, Hanna 7 Megan, Meagan, Meaghan, Megane, Meghan 8 Abbigail, Abbigale, Abbygail, Abigail, Abigale, Abigayle 9 Chloe, Chloé, Chloë, Cloe, Kloé 10 Hailee, Hailie, Hailey, Haleigh, Haley, Halle, Hallie, Haylee, Haylie, Hayley 11 Jessica, Jessika 12 Julia 13 Grace 14 Sophia, Sofia, Sofiya 15 Isabela, Isabella, Izabella 16 Maya, Maia, Maiya, Mayah 17 Lauren, Lauryn 18 Elisabeth, Elizabeth 19 Victoria, Viktoria 20 Rachael, Rachel 21 Samantha 22 Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Kaitlynn, Katelyn, Katelynn 23 Ava, Ayva 24 Alissa, Allyssa, Alysa, Alyssa 25 Lea, Leah		1 Mathew, Mathieu, Matthew, Matthieu 2 Jacob, Jakob, Jakub 3 Ethan 4 Alexander, Alexandre, Alexzander 5 Nathan, Nathen 6 William 7 Nicolas, Nicholas, Nickolas, Nikolas 8 Joshua 9 Zack, Zachary, Zachery, Zackary, Zackery, Zakary, Zakery 10 Samuel 11 Ryan 12 Noah 13 Benjamin 14 Michael, Michaël, Micheal, Mickael, Mikael 15 Justin 16 Aidan, Aiden, Aden, Aedan, Aidin, Aidyn, Aydan, Ayden, Aydin 17 Tomas, Thomas 18 Liam 19 Lucas, Lukas 20 Daniel 21 Owen 22 Logan 23 Dillan, Dillon, Dylan, Dylon 24 Anthony 25 Adam

Be sure to read on for the next 25!

Top Baby Names by province and territory

• Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland & Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Quebec • Saskatchewan • Yukon Territory

*Please note that the top 100 Canadian baby names were compiled from provincial resources where available.

Originally published in Todaysparent.com, February 2008