Oh baby! Here are the top newborn names for Ontario in 2022

The list of the most popular baby names in 2022 in Ontario was released by the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery on Monday.

Those who are fans of the name of Olivia will be pleased to find out that it holds the top spot among newborns for the 14th straight year. Charlotte, Amelia, Emma and Sophia completed the top five.

The lone newcomer to the list was Chloe, which cracked the top 10 for the first time, tying with Isla at number seven. Ava was in sixth spot, with Evelyn, Lily and Mia finishing eighth, ninth and 10th, respectively.

On the boys’ side, it was the exact same 10 names from 2021, while Noah continued to be the most popular name for male babies for the fourth straight year.

Liam finished in second place, followed by Oliver, Jack and Benjamin. Theodore, Lucas, William, Ethan and Leo completed the top 10 list.

The Ontario government provided Global News with local results for many regions of the province as well, with most areas seeing a few slight differences from the provincial list.

In Toronto and central Ontario, the lone exception to list was the addition of Muhammad, which finished third locally.

In the nation’s capital, the list was also very similar, although several different girls’ names cracked the top 10, including Naomi, Ivy, Maeve and Maryam.

In Kingston, the top spot on the girls’ side was shared by four names — Scarlett, Lily, Abigail and Elizabeth — while Owen, Theodore and Liam were tops among boys’ names.

In Guelph, Amelia is number one, followed by Charlotte, and Olivia and Evelyn are tied for third place among girls’ names. Jack and Liam share the top spot for most popular boy names in the Royal City.

What follows is a list of the top names for some communities across Ontario as provided by the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery:

Top baby names for central Ontario and Metro Toronto

Girls:

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Charlotte
4. Sophia
5. Emma
6. Ava
7. Mia
8. Chloe
9. Isabella
10. Evelyn

Boys:

1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Muhammad
4. Oliver
5. Lucas
6. Benjamin
7. Ethan
8. Theodore
9. Leo
10. Jack

Top baby names for eastern Ontario

Girls:

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Emma
4. Ava
5. Amelia
6. Isla / Evelyn
7. Lily
8. Sophia
9. Nora / Violet
10. Chloe

Boys:

1. Noah
2. Theodore
3. William
4. Jack
5. Oliver
6. Liam
7. Hudson
8. Owen
9. Benjamin
10. Henry

Top baby names for Ottawa

Girls:

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Eleanor
4. Amelia
5. Sofia
6. Mila / Ayla
7. Lily / Ivy / Sophie
8. Alice / Sophia / Emma / Evelyn
9. Nora / Maeve / Maryam / Grace
10. Naomi / Amira / Abigail / Chloe

Boys:

1. Oliver
2. Noah / Liam
3. Samuel / Theodore
4. Ethan / Benjamin / Gabriel
5. Nathan / Adam / Amir / William / Jack
6. Ali / Alexander / Leo / Isaac
7. Daniel / Thomas / Felix / Muhammad
8. Lucas / Henry / Wesley / Jacob / Zachary / Elijah / Joshua
9. Dominic / Owen / Charles / Mateo / Leo / Aiden / Jayden / Zayn
10. Luca / Luke / Leon / James / Logan /  Hudson / Omar / Miles / Kai

Top baby names for Kingston

Girls:

1. Scarlett / Lily / Abigail / Elizabeth

Boys:

1.  Owen / Theodore / Liam
2. Jack / Oliver / Noah / Ezra / Mason

Top baby names for southwestern Ontario

Girls:

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Sophia / Amelia
4. Emma
5. Isla
6. Nora / Ava
7. Evelyn
8. Isabella
9. Lily / Abigail
10. Harper.

Boys:

1. Jack
2. Noah
3. Theodore
4. Oliver
5. Liam
6. Benjamin
7. Owen
8. Hudson
9. James
10. Henry

Top baby names for London

Girls:

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia / Emma
3. Sophia
4. Isabella
5. Mila
6. Ava
7. Amelia / Lily / Hannah / Eleanor / Evelyn
8. Chloe / Sofia
9. Sophie / Aurora
10. Elizabeth / Ellie / Claire / Luna / Mia / Harper

Boys:

1. Adam
2. Benjamin
3. Oliver
4. Theodore
5. Noah
6. Liam
7. Henry
8. Owen / Jack
9. James
10. Grayson / Ethan / Leo / Hudson / Samuel

Top baby names for Hamilton

Girls:

1. Olivia / Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Evelyn / Audrey
4. Lily / Mila
5. Maya / Nora / Scarlett
6. Aurora / Isla / Emilia
7. Ayla / Eleanor
8. Avery / Violet / Mia / Ella / Chloe / Mackenzie / Madison / Emma / Grace
9. Sofia / Abigail / Sophie / Eliana / Maeve / Lucy / Sophia / Naomi / Aria / Emily / Isabella
10. Valentina / Elena / Ava / Ellie / Layla / Madeline / Victoria / Athena / Eden / Isabelle

Boys:

1. Noah
2. Oliver
3. Theodore
4. Jack / Logan
5. William / Adam
6. James
7. Owen
8. Levi / Carter / Max
9. Mason / Benjamin / Hudson / Leo
10. Isaac / Gabriel / Ezekiel

Top baby names for Kitchener

Girls:

1. Emma
2. Sofia
3. Sophia / Amelia / Eliana / Abigail
4. Isabella / Maya
5. Isla / Evelyn
6. Olivia / Nora / Lily / Aurora / Emilia
7. Naomi / Mia / Scarlett / Zoey / Lucy / Emily
8. Sarah / Stella / Quinn / Zoe / Violet / Layla / Hannah / Maeve / Hazel / Avery / Clara / Ella

Boys:

1. Noah
2. Theodore
3. Liam / Benjamin / Daniel / Adam
4. Owen
5. Muhammad
6. Nathan
7. Jack
8. Oliver / Henry / James
9. Theo / Samuel / Levi / Luca / Mateo / Leo / Joshua
10. Zain / William / Omar / Luke / Ethan / Carter

Top baby names for Guelph

Girls:

1. Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Olivia / Evelyn
4. Sophie / Nora / Maya / Abigail / Emily / Isla / Emma / Luna

Boys:

1. Jack / Liam
2. William / Hudson
3. Theodore / Henry / Thomas / Maverick
4. Oliver / Caleb / Logan