Check out the region's 2018 most popular baby names

The Ontario government is celebrating 100 years of recording baby names in the province. 

Marie and Joseph rank as the most popular names for girls and boys born in Ontario over the past 100 years. Since the Roaring Twenties, Marie ranked as the most popular girls name for four decades, followed closely by Mary. Joseph ranked first in boy names over a 30-year period.

The most popular baby name for boys in 2017 was Noah, which replaced Benjamin, while Olivia remained the most popular baby name for girls.

The top name in Sault Ste. Marie this year for boys was Maverick, while for girls it was Olivia.

Top baby boy names in Northern Ontario: 

1. Benjamin                          
2. Jack / Jackson / Noah       
3. Logan                               
4. William                             
5. Lincoln                             

Top baby girl names in Northern Ontario:

1. Emma                              
2. Olivia                                
3. Amelia                              
4. Sophia         
5. Charlotte