June 10, 2024
Alice, Florence and Noah are the favorite first names in Quebec in 2023, according to the new list from Retraite Québec. This is a first for Alice and Florence, and a third year in a row for Noah. The first names Emma, Olivia and William are also at the top of the list, marking a certain stability in the rankings in recent years.
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For boys, Liam, Léo, Thomas, William and Édouard were the most frequent first names after Noah. After Alice and Florence, among the ten most popular names for girls are Emma, Olivia, Charlie and Charlotte. There are 465 little girls named Alice, the same number named Florence, and 613 boys named Noah.
The 2023 list is almost identical to that of the previous year. Only the first name Rose has disappeared from the list to make way for Béatrice.
The most popular first names in 2023
The clouds present the first names most commonly given to boys and girls born in Quebec in 2023. The size of the bubbles indicates the respective popularity of the first names, with larger bubbles corresponding to the most popular first names.
Find out how many people share your first name using our search tool. Only first names that have been assigned at least 100 times since 1980 are listed in our database.
The big winners since 1980
The big losers since 1980
Originals, Quebecers?
Do Quebec parents lack originality? After a peak towards the end of the 2000s, the diversity of first names has diminished over the past ten years.