According to the Régie des Rentes du Québec, Léa and William were the most popular names given to the babies of Quebec born in 2011, as out of 88,500 babies, 935 were named William and 439 were named Léa.
Interestingly, more boys were born (45,300) than girls (43,200) in 2011, which represents a bit less than 105 boys for 100 girls.
Here are the 20 most popular names of 2011.
Descending order of frequency |
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Girls |
Boys |
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1 |
LÉA |
439 |
WILLIAM |
935 |
2 |
EMMA |
437 |
THOMAS |
795 |
3 |
FLORENCE |
435 |
OLIVIER |
780 |
4 |
ZOÉ |
424 |
ALEXIS |
768 |
5 |
JULIETTE |
394 |
NATHAN |
767 |
6 |
ALICE |
377 |
SAMUEL |
754 |
7 |
OLIVIA |
371 |
FÉLIX |
735 |
8 |
ROSALIE |
357 |
JACOB |
724 |
9 |
CHLOÉ |
344 |
GABRIEL |
678 |
10 |
CAMILLE |
328 |
ANTOINE |
586 |
11 |
JADE |
327 |
RAPHAËL |
524 |
12 |
MIA |
310 |
XAVIER |
476 |
13 |
LAURENCE |
305 |
MATHIS |
448 |
14 |
CHARLIE |
295 |
ZACHARY |
433 |
15 |
ALICIA |
279 |
BENJAMIN |
414 |
16 |
ANAÏS |
276 |
NOAH |
400 |
17 |
MAÉLIE |
276 |
JUSTIN |
393 |
18 |
CHARLOTTE |
274 |
ÉMILE |
385 |
19 |
SARAH |
273 |
CHARLES |
369 |
20 |
NOÉMIE |
270 |
ALEXANDRE |
367 |
The popularity of William and Léa is not new since, for at least eight years, these two names made it to the top of the list, except for William who came second in 2008, overrun by the name Thomas. In total, since 2006, 5,737 William and 2,846 Léa were born in Quebec. You can imagine how many of them will be together in class in the next few years!
Most popular names in 2006-2011 |
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Girls |
Boys |
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LÉA |
2846 |
WILLIAM |
5737 |
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FLORENCE |
2333 |
THOMAS |
4048 |
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ROSALIE |
1948 |
NATHAN |
3764 |
|
EMMA |
1918 |
ALEXIS |
2995 |
|
JADE |
1193 |
SAMUEL |
2522 |
|
JULIETTE |
1158 |
GABRIEL |
2473 |
On the Régie’s website, you can see all names given to children born in Quebec over the last 6 years, in order of popularity. If you are looking for a name for you baby, do not hesitate to consult our list of names and our articles to help you find inspiration!