Released on February 11, 2015
eHealth Saskatchewan released the top 20 baby names for 2014 today. Liam was the most popular baby name for the fifth year in a row for baby boys and Emma was the most popular girl’s name for the last six years for babies born in Saskatchewan. The second most popular names were William and Olivia.
There were 79 baby boys named Liam in 2014, followed by William, Noah, Mason and Jacob. There were 75 baby girls named Emma, followed by Olivia, Sophia, Emily and Ava.
To date there are 15,773 live births registered in Saskatchewan in 2014, which is an increase from 15,222 births in 2013. These numbers do not include Saskatchewan mothers who gave birth outside of the province.
The 15,773 live births of 2014 is the highest since 1990, when 16,094 were registered.
Top 20 Girl Names Top 20 Boy Names
|
Name
|
Total Named
|
|
|
Name
|
Total Named
|
1
|
EMMA
|
75
|
|
1
|
LIAM
|
79
|
2
|
OLIVIA
|
71
|
|
2
|
WILLIAM
|
63
|
3
|
SOPHIA
|
69
|
|
3
|
NOAH
|
63
|
4
|
EMILY
|
66
|
|
4
|
MASON
|
59
|
5
|
AVA
|
53
|
|
5
|
JACOB
|
58
|
6
|
BROOKLYN
|
48
|
|
6
|
LOGAN
|
57
|
7
|
AVERY
|
48
|
|
7
|
CARTER
|
56
|
8
|
SADIE
|
43
|
|
8
|
HUDSON
|
55
|
9
|
ELLA
|
41
|
|
9
|
LUCAS
|
55
|
10
|
LILY
|
41
|
|
10
|
ALEXANDER
|
54
|
11
|
CHLOE
|
38
|
|
11
|
JACK
|
54
|
12
|
ZOEY
|
36
|
|
12
|
JAXON
|
53
|
13
|
ISABELLA
|
36
|
|
13
|
OLIVER
|
51
|
14
|
ABIGAIL
|
35
|
|
14
|
HUNTER
|
50
|
15
|
SARAH
|
34
|
|
15
|
LUKE
|
50
|
16
|
ARIA
|
34
|
|
16
|
LINCOLN
|
48
|
17
|
HARPER
|
34
|
|
17
|
SAMUEL
|
46
|
18
|
HANNAH
|
34
|
|
18
|
OWEN
|
45
|
19
|
CLAIRE
|
32
|
|
19
|
BENJAMIN
|
44
|
20
|
ELLIE
|
32
|
|
20
|
ETHAN
|
41
|
For more information on the most popular baby names and to see the list of popular names from previous years, visit the eHealth Saskatchewan’s website at
http://www.ehealthsask.ca/vitalstats/births/BabyNames/Pages/default.aspx.
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For more information, contact:
Lisa Adam
eHealth Saskatchewan
Regina
Phone: 306-337-0976
Email: Lisa.Adam@ehealthsask.ca
Cell: 306-540-5816