Ontario Popularity by Year
Follow Ontario across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Ontario birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boys | 7 | #9,894 | Down 71 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 7 | #9,823 | Down 3,791 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 14 | #6,032 | Up 2,707 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 8 | #8,739 | Up 3,406 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Down 3,326 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 8 | #8,819 | Up 1,956 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Down 3,170 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 10 | #7,605 | Up 525 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 9 | #8,130 | Up 2,598 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 6 | #10,728 | Up 42 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 6 | #10,770 | Down 4,825 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 14 | #5,945 | Up 753 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 12 | #6,698 | Up 1,612 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 9 | #8,310 | Down 3,596 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 20 | #4,714 | Up 1,187 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 14 | #5,901 | Down 1,036 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 18 | #4,865 | Down 401 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 19 | #4,464 | Up 2,056 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 11 | #6,520 | Down 1,705 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 16 | #4,815 | Up 104 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 15 | #4,919 | Down 1,407 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 24 | #3,512 | Up 1,273 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 15 | #4,785 | Down 1,506 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 24 | #3,279 | Up 429 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 19 | #3,708 | Down 805 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 26 | #2,903 | Down 313 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 29 | #2,590 | Up 510 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 22 | #3,100 | Up 994 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 15 | #4,094 | Down 726 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 19 | #3,368 | Up 91 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 18 | #3,459 | Down 1,364 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 35 | #2,095 | Up 1,214 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 18 | #3,309 | Down 1,064 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 30 | #2,245 | Up 958 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 16 | #3,203 | Down 478 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 19 | #2,725 | Down 365 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 23 | #2,360 | Down 3 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 22 | #2,357 | Up 172 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 19 | #2,529 | Down 121 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 20 | #2,408 | Up 1,074 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 12 | #3,482 | Down 1,064 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 20 | #2,418 | Down 256 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 24 | #2,162 | Up 148 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 21 | #2,310 | Down 242 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 23 | #2,068 | Up 842 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 14 | #2,910 | Down 402 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 17 | #2,508 | Down 443 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 22 | #2,065 | Up 394 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 16 | #2,459 | Down 531 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 22 | #1,928 | Up 731 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 13 | #2,659 | Up 999 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 8 | #3,658 | Up 178 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 7 | #3,836 | Up 99 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Up 31 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | — |