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Canadian favorites the US overlooks
19 names · 10 girls · 9 boys · records through 2025
Canada and the US share a border and most of a name pool — which makes the differences fascinating: the names Canadians love that Americans walk right past.
This guide has 19 names: 10 girl names and 9 boy names. Current Canada top-100 names ranked outside the US top-300 (or unranked), by Canadian rank. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
Every pick below is a current Canadian top-100 name still uncommon in US records — near-identical culture, distinctly different choice.
Girl names
10 names
- Florence#28 in Canada · #391 in the US
- Beatrice#53 in Canada · #508 in the US
- Livia#66 in Canada · #819 in the US
- Lea#69 in Canada · #848 in the US
- Romy#76 in Canada · #694 in the US
- Rehmat#78 in Canada · #2076 in the US
- Asees#84 in Canada · #2387 in the US
- Maryam#88 in Canada · #351 in the US
- Billie#93 in Canada · #691 in the US
- Fatima#100 in Canada · #330 in the US
Boy names
9 names
- Raphael#56 in Canada · #394 in the US
- Edouard#58 in Canada · unranked in the US
- Emile#65 in Canada · #2091 in the US
- Ali#70 in Canada · #306 in the US
- Zorawar#74 in Canada · #1886 in the US
- Jules#78 in Canada · #1393 in the US
- Ibrahim#84 in Canada · #351 in the US
- Laurent#99 in Canada · #5861 in the US
- Mohamed#100 in Canada · #527 in the US
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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