Top Girls & Boys Names in British Columbia

How common is your name? Search British Columbia records from 1900 to the present using the Vancouver Sun's searchable database of boys' and girls' names.

All-time Rankings

Rank	Name	Occurrences
1	Robert	39444
2	David	35649
3	John	35099
4	Michael	33361
5	James	30661
6	William	29123
7	Richard	18103
8	Christopher	17935
9	Daniel	15538
10	Jennifer	14822
11	Mary	14236
12	Matthew	13545
13	Kenneth	13022
14	Ryan	12896
15	Donald	12347
16	Kevin	11739
17	Margaret	11626
18	Thomas	11588
19	Jason	11324
20	Brian	11320
21	Patricia	11261
22	Sarah	10433
23	Andrew	10424
24	Linda	10202
25	Ronald	9931

Data is from the B.C. Vital Statistics Agency. Additional research on twentieth century
names by P.A. Dunae, T. Blogg and A. Speed of Malaspina University College. Special
thanks to Ryan Jabs of the Public Affairs Bureau/Ministry of Health.

From the Vancouver Sun