Skip to main content
Home
Health Extranet
User account menu
  • Log in
Main navigation
  • Forms
  • Financial Management
  • Local Health Area Profiles
  • Geographies
  • Assisted Living Registry
    • Registered Residences
    • Unregistered Residences
  • Vital Statistics
    • Baby Names
    • Marriage Commissioners
    • Marriage License Issuers

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Most Popular Baby Names In British Columbia
  3. Baby's Most Chosen Names In British Columbia

Primary tabs

  • B.C.'s Most Popular Baby Names Toggle tabs as a menu
  • Compare Baby Name Popularity in B.C.

Select Year:

  • 2009
  • 2019
  • 2024
  • 2025

Baby's Most Chosen Names in B.C., 1978

  • (-) 1941
  • (-) 1978
  • 1926
  • 1927
  • 1928
  • 1929
  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932
  • 1933
  • 1934
  • 1935
  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1938
  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944
  • 1945
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • 2025

*Only names whose frequency occurs 5 or more times are listed.

Filter by gender:

Select first letter:

  • All
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z
  • 0-9

Top 10 Boys

RYAN 502
WILLIAM 346
WILLIAM 146
WAYNE 69
WESLEY 56
WALTER 52
VINCENT 34
WILFRED 31
WAYNE 29
WADE 19

Top 10 Girls

WENDY 42
VIRGINIA 25
YVONNE 22
YVONNE 22
VIVIAN 17
VIOLET 17
TARYN 16
VIVIAN 15
VIRGINIA 15
WILMA 14
Footer menu
  • Ministry of Health
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy