Ottawa's most popular baby names: Olivia and Benjamin
Ottawa's most popular baby names favour traditional spellings, with Olivia and Emma topping the girl's list and Benjamin and William topping the boy's list from 2014.
Province-wide trend toward untraditional spellings absent from Ottawa top five
New Ottawa parents favoured classic names with traditional spellings, with Olivia and Emma topping the girl's list and Benjamin and William topping the boy's list, according to the Ontario government.
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Here's the full list of popular girl names:
- Olivia
- Emma
- Charlotte
- Maya
- Ava
Here's the full list of popular boy names:
- Benjamin
- William
- Noah
- Samuel
- Liam
Olivia and Liam, which were the most popular names across Ontario for the past several years, are both present on the Ottawa list.
The lists reflect data collected by the provincial government in 2014.