Names - Most Popular:

The Popular Baby Names web site listed below has lists of the most popular names in the United States each year from 1880 on. You can also view the most popular names by decade (starting from 1900) on this site.

The National Statistics - Baby Names site has lists of the most popular names for the past five years.

Top ten names in Alberta (1995)

Boys: Matthew, Brandon, Tyler, Michael, Jordan/Ryan (tie), Austin, Joshua, Justin, Kyle, Daniel

Girls: Jessica, Sarah, Emily, Taylor, Nicole, Samantha, Ashley, Megan, Courtney, Brittany

For the most popular baby names in Alberta from 1996 to the present, contact the library, or see the Top 10 Baby Names (Alberta) web site listed below.

The National Post article (listed under Sources) compares the most popular names across the provinces.

The other web sites listed (Baby Zone and BabyCenter provide lots of general information on names, including meanings)

The Baby Name Wizard web site tracks the popularity of names from the beginning of the 1900s on.

Online:

Popular Baby Names

Alberta's Top Baby Names

National Statistics - Baby Names

Baby Zone

BabyCenter

Baby Name Wizard's Name Voyager

Sources:

ACN Today web site. .

Edmonton Journal. February 28, 2000. C1.

National Post. February 27, 1999. B2.

Edmonton Journal . April 7, 1990. C5.

Edmonton Journal . February 3, 1995. A1.

. Edmonton Journal. January 3, 2007. A5.

. Edmonton Journal. January 30, 2007. A1, A16.

. Edmonton Journal. January 29, 2008. A3.

. Edmonton Journal. February 14, 2009. A3.

. CBC News. February 18, 2010. .

Notes:

For further information contact the Information Division at the Edmonton Public Library.