Of confirmed candidates in Election 41, here are the most common first names. The overwhelming majority are Biblical, of course. And, yes, there are no women’s names in the Top 20 (although Claude is technically gender-neutral).
| John | 34 |
| David | 26 |
| Pierre | 21 |
| Mike | 18 |
| Mark | 17 |
| Peter | 17 |
| Robert | 17 |
| Andrew | 16 |
| Paul | 16 |
| Jim | 14 |
| Michael | 14 |
| Brian | 12 |
| Bob | 10 |
| Claude | 10 |
| François | 10 |
| Joe | 10 |
| Kevin | 10 |
| Matthew | 10 |
| Richard | 10 |
| Scott | 10 |
And the one-offs:
| abraham | 1 |
| Adrian | 1 |
| Adriana | 1 |
| Adriane | 1 |
| Adrianne | 1 |
| Agop | 1 |
| Aijaz | 1 |
| Akil | 1 |
| Alberteen | 1 |
| Alexandra | 1 |
| Alexandre | 1 |
| Alexandrine | 1 |
| Alicia | 1 |
| Alishia | 1 |
| Alon | 1 |
| Alonzo | 1 |
| Alyssa | 1 |
| Ana | 1 |
| Anastasia | 1 |
| Andrea | 1 |
| Angelo | 1 |
| Ann | 1 |
| AnnaMaria | 1 |
| Annick | 1 |
| Annie | 1 |
| Antoni | 1 |
| Ard | 1 |
| Artem | 1 |
| Attila | 1 |
| Avtaar | 1 |
| Bahman | 1 |
| Baird | 1 |
| Bal | 1 |
| Barbara | 1 |
| Benjamin | 1 |
| Berend | 1 |
| Bertin | 1 |
| Betsy | 1 |
| Betty | 1 |
| Billy | 1 |
| Blaine | 1 |
| Blaize | 1 |
| Blake | 1 |
| Bobbi | 1 |
| Borys | 1 |
| Brennan | 1 |
| Bruno | 1 |
| Bryon | 1 |
| Byron | 1 |
| Cailin | 1 |
| Caitlin | 1 |
| Cam | 1 |
| Cameron | 1 |
| Candice | 1 |
| Carey | 1 |
| Carmen | 1 |
| Caroline | 1 |
| Carolyn | 1 |
| Carrie | 1 |
| Cecil | 1 |
| Chang-Tao | 1 |
| Charles-Olivier | 1 |
| Charmaine | 1 |
| Chester | 1 |
| Christa | 1 |
| Christelle | 1 |
| Christian-Simon | 1 |
| Christiane | 1 |
| Christophe | 1 |
| Chungsen | 1 |
| Clara | 1 |
| Claudia | 1 |
| Claudine | 1 |
| Clay | 1 |
| Clément | 1 |
| Clive | 1 |
| Clyde | 1 |
| Colette | 1 |
| Collin | 1 |
| Connie | 1 |
| Constantin | 1 |
| Cora | 1 |
| Corina | 1 |
| Corneliu | 1 |
| Costas | 1 |
| Crédible | 1 |
| Cynthia | 1 |
| Dagmar | 1 |
| Dale | 1 |
| Damian | 1 |
| Danielle | 1 |
| Danielle-Maude | 1 |
| Danny | 1 |
| Dany | 1 |
| Darcy | 1 |
| Darien | 1 |
| Darrell | 1 |
| Darryl | 1 |
| Daryl | 1 |
| Deepak | 1 |
| Denali | 1 |
| Derek | 1 |
| Derrick | 1 |
| Devinder | 1 |
| Dick | 1 |
| Dietrich | 1 |
| Dimitri | 1 |
| Dimitris | 1 |
| Dino | 1 |
| Djaouida | 1 |
| Dominic | 1 |
| Dona | 1 |
| Dorian | 1 |
| Dorothy-Jean | 1 |
| Drew | 1 |
| Duncan | 1 |
| Dylan | 1 |
| Earl | 1 |
| Edith | 1 |
| Eduard | 1 |
| Eduardo | 1 |
| Eileen | 1 |
| Élaine | 1 |
| Eli | 1 |
| Elie | 1 |
| Élise | 1 |
| Eliza | 1 |
| Ella | 1 |
| Emma | 1 |
| Enver | 1 |
| Erich | 1 |
| Erin | 1 |
| Etienne | 1 |
| Eva | 1 |
| Eve | 1 |
| Ève | 1 |
| Ève-Mary | 1 |
| Evelyne | 1 |
| Fabian | 1 |
| Farah | 1 |
| Félix | 1 |
| Fernand | 1 |
| Fin | 1 |
| Francois | 1 |
| Françoise | 1 |
| Frans | 1 |
| G.J. | 1 |
| Gabe | 1 |
| Gabriel | 1 |
| Gabrielle | 1 |
| Gaëtan | 1 |
| Garnet | 1 |
| Garry | 1 |
| Garth | 1 |
| Gaston | 1 |
| Gavan | 1 |
| Gayle | 1 |
| Geneviève | 1 |
| Geoff | 1 |
| Geoffrey | 1 |
| Georgina | 1 |
| Germain | 1 |
| German | 1 |
| Gilbert | 1 |
| Gin | 1 |
| Ginette | 1 |
| Giulio | 1 |
| Gregor | 1 |
| Greig | 1 |
| Guillaume | 1 |
| Gurbax | 1 |
| Gwen | 1 |
| Hardy | 1 |
| Harry | 1 |
| Hec | 1 |
| Hedy | 1 |
| Heidi | 1 |
| Helena | 1 |
| Helmi | 1 |
| Henry | 1 |
| Henryk | 1 |
| Hilary | 1 |
| Hoang | 1 |
| Holly | 1 |
| Hugo | 1 |
| Ilona | 1 |
| Irek | 1 |
| Irma | 1 |
| Irwin | 1 |
| J. | 1 |
| Jace | 1 |
| Jackie | 1 |
| Jacqueline | 1 |
| Jacquie | 1 |
| Jagmeet | 1 |
| Jagtar | 1 |
| Jamilé | 1 |
| Janna | 1 |
| Jared | 1 |
| Jasbir | 1 |
| Jay | 1 |
| Jaymini | 1 |
| Jean-Claude | 1 |
| Jean-Guy | 1 |
| Jean-Luc | 1 |
| Jean-Marc | 1 |
| Jean-Maurice | 1 |
| Jean-Olivier | 1 |
| Jean-Patrick | 1 |
| Jean-Paul | 1 |
| Jean-Pierre | 1 |
| Jean-Serge | 1 |
| Jeffrey | 1 |
| Jen | 1 |
| Jeremy | 1 |
| Jerome | 1 |
| Jerry | 1 |
| Jessica | 1 |
| Jilian | 1 |
| Jinny | 1 |
| Joanie | 1 |
| Joanne | 1 |
| Jocelyne | 1 |
| Johan | 1 |
| Johany | 1 |
| John Andrew | 1 |
| John C. | 1 |
| John R.A. | 1 |
| Johnny | 1 |
| José | 1 |
| Josh | 1 |
| Josipa | 1 |
| Joy | 1 |
| Jule | 1 |
| Jules | 1 |
| Julien | 1 |
| Karine | 1 |
| Kash | 1 |
| Kassandra | 1 |
| Kate | 1 |
| Kathy | 1 |
| Katy | 1 |
| Kellie | 1 |
| Kelvin | 1 |
| Kennedy | 1 |
| Kerry-Lynne | 1 |
| Kettly | 1 |
| Kevan | 1 |
| Kévan | 1 |
| Kim | 1 |
| Kimball | 1 |
| Kimberley | 1 |
| Kirk | 1 |
| Kirsty | 1 |
| Konrad | 1 |
| Kornelis | 1 |
| Krista | 1 |
| Larissa | 1 |
| Larry R. | 1 |
| Laura-Leah | 1 |
| Laurie | 1 |
| Laurin | 1 |
| LaVar | 1 |
| Léandre | 1 |
| Leanna | 1 |
| Leon | 1 |
| Leona | 1 |
| Léonie | 1 |
| Lewis | 1 |
| Lewis Clarke | 1 |
| Libby | 1 |
| Lillian | 1 |
| Lloyd | 1 |
| Louis James | 1 |
| Louis-Philippe | 1 |
| Loyola | 1 |
| Lucie | 1 |
| Lui | 1 |
| Luke | 1 |
| Lyn | 1 |
| Lyndon | 1 |
| Lyndsey | 1 |
| Lyne | 1 |
| Lynette | 1 |
| Lynn | 1 |
| Lysane | 1 |
| M.J. | 1 |
| Madeleine | 1 |
| Maggie | 1 |
| Malcolm | 1 |
| Mandeep | 1 |
| Mani | 1 |
| Manjit | 1 |
| Manon | 1 |
| Manuel | 1 |
| Marcos | 1 |
| Marie-France | 1 |
| Marie-Josée | 1 |
| Marielle | 1 |
| Marilyn | 1 |
| Marjolaine | 1 |
| Marjory | 1 |
| Marney Jeanne | 1 |
| Martha | 1 |
| Marty | 1 |
| Mason | 1 |
| Massimo | 1 |
| Matthew Martin | 1 |
| Maude | 1 |
| Maureen | 1 |
| Mauril | 1 |
| Max | 1 |
| Maxime | 1 |
| Meena | 1 |
| Megan | 1 |
| Mehdi | 1 |
| Meili | 1 |
| Melanie | 1 |
| Mélisa | 1 |
| Melissa | 1 |
| Merv | 1 |
| Michael David | 1 |
| Michel-Eric | 1 |
| Mick | 1 |
| Miguel | 1 |
| Mikaël | 1 |
| Mikkel | 1 |
| Moe | 1 |
| Mohamed | 1 |
| Mohamedali | 1 |
| Monica | 1 |
| Monika | 1 |
| Monique | 1 |
| Murray | 1 |
| Myk | 1 |
| Mylène | 1 |
| Myrna | 1 |
| Myron | 1 |
| Nao | 1 |
| Naomi | 1 |
| Nathan | 1 |
| Navdeep | 1 |
| Neil | 1 |
| Nelson | 1 |
| Nettie | 1 |
| Nic | 1 |
| Nicholas | 1 |
| Niki | 1 |
| Nikki | 1 |
| Nina | 1 |
| Noah | 1 |
| Nolan | 1 |
| Nora | 1 |
| Norm | 1 |
| Norris | 1 |
| Noushig | 1 |
| Nycole | 1 |
| Olivia | 1 |
| Pablo | 1 |
| Pam | 1 |
| Parm | 1 |
| Pascal-Pierre | 1 |
| Patricia | 1 |
| Paule | 1 |
| Paulina | 1 |
| Pauline | 1 |
| Peter G. | 1 |
| Phil | 1 |
| Pier-Luc | 1 |
| Pierre-Luc | 1 |
| Piotr | 1 |
| Polyvios | 1 |
| Priti | 1 |
| Qais | 1 |
| Rachelle | 1 |
| Rana | 1 |
| Randall | 1 |
| Rathika | 1 |
| Ravi | 1 |
| Rem | 1 |
| Rémi | 1 |
| Rhéal | 1 |
| Riccardo | 1 |
| Rish | 1 |
| Rita | 1 |
| Roberta | 1 |
| Robyn | 1 |
| Rodger | 1 |
| Rodney | 1 |
| Rodolphe | 1 |
| Rodrigo | 1 |
| Roland | 1 |
| Roma | 1 |
| Ronna-Rae | 1 |
| Rosane | 1 |
| Roseanne | 1 |
| Rosemary | 1 |
| Ross | 1 |
| Roxane | 1 |
| Roxanne | 1 |
| Royal | 1 |
| Ruby | 1 |
| Ruth | 1 |
| Sacha | 1 |
| Sadia | 1 |
| Saleh | 1 |
| Sameer | 1 |
| Samuel Frank | 1 |
| Sana | 1 |
| Sandra | 1 |
| Sandrine | 1 |
| Sandy | 1 |
| Sangeeta | 1 |
| Saulie | 1 |
| Scot | 1 |
| Sébastien | 1 |
| Shafik | 1 |
| Shama | 1 |
| Shan | 1 |
| Sharon | 1 |
| Shaunna | 1 |
| Shelley | 1 |
| Shelly | 1 |
| Shinder | 1 |
| Sid | 1 |
| Siobhan | 1 |
| Sonny | 1 |
| Stan | 1 |
| Steeve | 1 |
| Stephanie | 1 |
| Stewart | 1 |
| Sue | 1 |
| Sukh | 1 |
| Susanne | 1 |
| Suzie | 1 |
| Svetlana | 1 |
| Sydney | 1 |
| Sylvia | 1 |
| Sylvio | 1 |
| Taleeb | 1 |
| Tammy | 1 |
| Tania | 1 |
| Taras | 1 |
| Tarik | 1 |
| Taylor | 1 |
| Terence | 1 |
| Theodore | 1 |
| Theresa | 1 |
| Thierry | 1 |
| Tilly | 1 |
| Tisha | 1 |
| Tiziana | 1 |
| Todd | 1 |
| Tommy | 1 |
| Tomy | 1 |
| Trang | 1 |
| Travis | 1 |
| Trey | 1 |
| Trifon | 1 |
| Trish | 1 |
| Troy | 1 |
| Tunya | 1 |
| Tyler | 1 |
| Tyrone | 1 |
| Ujjal | 1 |
| Unblind | 1 |
| Valérie | 1 |
| Valery | 1 |
| Vanessa | 1 |
| Véronique | 1 |
| Vic | 1 |
| Victoria | 1 |
| Vivian | 1 |
| Wai | 1 |
| Wally | 1 |
| Wanda | 1 |
| Waseem | 1 |
| Wendell | 1 |
| Wes | 1 |
| Widler | 1 |
| Wladyslaw | 1 |
| Yaneisy | 1 |
| Yasmin | 1 |
| Yvonne | 1 |
| Zack | 1 |
| Zaki | 1 |
| Zenaida | 1 |