Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1979

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Jennifer	690
2	2Melissa	323
3	3Sarah	316
4	4Amanda	310
5	5Nicole	270
6	6Lisa	266
7	7Michelle	266
8	8Angela	224
9	9Erin	221
10	10Jessica	203
11	11Heather	180
12	12Christina	174
13	13Shannon	173
14	14Andrea	165
15	15Crystal	159
16	16Kimberly	158
17	17Tanya	152
18	18Christine	145
19	19Amy	136
20	20Laura	135
21	21Stephanie	129
22	22Rebecca	126
23	23Kelly	123
24	24Tara	121
25	25Amber	119
26	26Lindsay	112
27	27Danielle	110
28	28Elizabeth	104
29	29Karen	101
30	30Julie	97
31	31Katherine	93
32	32Cheryl	89
33	33Kristy	86
34	34Megan	82
35	35Rachel	82
36	36Sara	82
37	37Krista	80
38	38Melanie	78
39	39Emily	74
40	40Leah	73
41	41Leanne	71
42	42Tracy	71
43	43Jamie	69
44	44Pamela	69
45	45Tamara	69
46	46Patricia	66
47	47Tammy	65
48	48Allison	64
49	49Anna	64
50	50Sabrina	64
51	51Natalie	63
52	52Teresa	63
53	53Jacqueline	61
54	54Dawn	60
55	55Stacey	60
56	56Vanessa	59
57	57Susan	58
58	58Carrie	56
59	59Kristina	56
60	60April	55
61	61Alison	54
62	62Catherine	54
63	63Natasha	53
64	64Kathryn	52
65	65Sandra	52
66	66Samantha	50
67	67Maria	49
68	68Kimberley	48
69	69Alicia	47
70	70Carmen	47
71	71Colleen	47
72	72Jaime	46
73	73Wendy	45
74	74Kathleen	44
75	75Kirsten	44
76	76Mary	44
77	77Meghan	44
78	78Robyn	44
79	79Erica	43
80	80Lori	43
81	81Cindy	42
82	82Denise	42
83	83Holly	42
84	84Brooke	40
85	85Shawna	40
86	86Theresa	40
87	87Tiffany	40
88	88Candice	39
89	89Naomi	39
90	90Victoria	38
91	91Deanna	37
92	92Jenny	37
93	93Jody	37
94	94Julia	37
95	95Monica	37
96	96Nancy	37
97	97Tina	37
98	98Anita	36
99	99Carla	35
100	100Heidi	35

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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