Sophia and Jackson — spelled in a variety of different ways — are the most popular baby names in Ontario.
The names beat out previous top choices Olivia and Liam when different spellings of a name were combined and treated as one entry.
It’s the first time the province has calculated the popularity of baby names in such a way, in an effort to reflect the impact of non-traditional spellings.
Overall in Canada — the top baby names were Emma and Liam.
The baby name lists reflect date collected in 2014.
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The top boys names in Ontario are:
1.Jackson/Jaxson/Jaxen/Jaxxon/Jaxyn/Jaxon
2. Liam
3. Lucas
4. Jacco/Jakob/Jaycob
5. Ethan
The top girls names in Ontario are:
1. Sophia/Sofiya/Sofia
2. Olivia
3. Emma/Ema
4. Ava/Avah
5. Charlotte