The 100 Most Popular Baby Names In Quebec In 2021
Prior faves Olivia and Liam have been pushed from the top spots. 👶
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Quebecers are somewhat conservative when it comes to naming babies. There's no Apple or X Æ A-12 rounding out this year's Retraite Québec list of most-favoured monikers. Instead, Emma and Noah took the top spots in 2021, pushing out the previous year's faves, Olivia and Liam.
Most of 2021's top titles are surprisingly Anglo. Emma is a Latin name meaning "universal" that originated in the U.K. and made its way to North America in the 1990s. It can be used as a standalone name or as a nickname for Emily. It also had the top spot in Quebec in 2018. Presumably, parents were inspired last year by feminist icon Emma Watson or award-winning actor Emma Stone when considering what to call their baby girls.
Noah stems from the Biblical figure and means "rest" or "peace" in Hebrew. The name has been growing in favour since 2016, surpassing the supremely popular William, which remains in second place.
Over the last 20 years, William has dominated the charts, taking the top spot 14 times and second place the other six years.
Liam, a thinly veiled variation of William, took first place in 2020 and 2019. It has since dropped to the fifth position.
The first name Jacob has made a notable rise, from the ninth in 2020 to the sixth position in 2021. Zoe and Felix have both rejoined the top 10, pushing out Clara and Logan from the list. Among the more unusual names in the top 100 is Oceane at position 42 and Maelie at 50 for girls, and Mayson at 50 for boys.
The top names for girls in the province in 2021 were:
- Emma
- Olivia
- Alice
- Florence
- Charlie
- Livia
- Charlotte
- Lea
- Romy
- Zoe
- Clara
- Juliette
- Rosalie
- Beatrice
- Rose
- Chloe
- Eva
- Sofia
- Mia
- Mila
- Victoria
- Jade
- Julia
- Leonie
- Maeva
- Raphaelle
- Jeanne
- Camille
- Amelia
- Flavie
- Ophelie
- Elizabeth
- Elena
- Adele
- Eleonore
- Sophia
- Jasmine
- Laurence
- Lexie
- Alicia
- Lily
- Oceane
- Ellie
- Sarah
- Anna
- Flora
- Simone
- Noelie
- Sophie
- Maelie
For boys' names, the top 50 were:
- Noah
- William
- Thomas
- Leo
- Liam
- Jacob
- Nathan
- Arthur
- Edouard
- Felix
- Logan
- Emile
- Louis
- Charles
- Raphael
- James
- Arnaud
- Theo
- Victor
- Adam
- Elliot
- Alexis
- Henri
- Jules
- Benjamin
- Samuel
- Gabriel
- Milan
- Olivier
- Laurent
- Theodore
- Nolan
- Jackson
- Jayden
- Lucas
- Antoine
- Zack
- Eloi
- Ethan
- Matheo
- Axel
- Jake
- Eli
- Mathis
- Hubert
- Xavier
- Zachary
- Leonard
- Loic
- Mayson
Retraite Québec compiles the yearly list of in-vogue baby names from data collected from providing financial assistance to families.
