Canada’s top baby names are now in one searchable online database
Global News
Move over, baby name books. There's a new tool in town, in the form of an online searchable database.
Canadian parents can finally let go of those baby name books.
Statistics Canada has introduced a searchable baby name database, allowing expectant parents to browse names for their newest addition to the family, as well as compare how each name stacks up in terms of popularity.
The Baby Names Observatory not only lists the top 20 most popular names for each sex over the course of any given year, but shows how popularity for each name has waxed and waned over time.
Statistics Canada demographer Claudine Provencher said the agency developed the site after receiving many requests from the public.
“We mainly did that to serve the purpose of providing another tool for the public to search for their future newborn’s names. It’s just a fun product to provide for Canadians,” Provencher told The Canadian Press.
For many years, individual provinces and territories have tracked baby name data, resulting in wildly popular articles each time the most-used monikers list is shared with the public.
But now, we’re getting a coast-to-coast snapshot of trends in baby naming.
In 2021, the latest timeframe available, Canada recorded 367,684 births and approximately 90 per cent of those are captured in the new tool.
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