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Liam And Olivia Still Saskatchewan’s Most Popular Baby Names In 2020

Released on January 29, 2021

A list of the top 20 baby names for 2020 was released by eHealth Saskatchewan today.  Liam was once again the most popular name for baby boys for the 11th year in a row, and Olivia was the most popular name for baby girls for the sixth year in a row.  The second most popular boy name was Jack and the second most popular girl name was Emma.

There were 63 baby boys named Liam in 2020, followed by Jack, Hudson, Noah and Oliver.  There were 69 baby girls named Olivia, followed by Emma, Amelia, Sophia and Emily.

Some new names debuted on the top 20 lists.  Bennett tied at number 17 on the list of boy names and Aurora debuted at number 12 on the list of girl names.  Maverick debuted in 2019 tied at number 19 on the boy’s list, and saw a significant rise in popularity in 2020; it now sits in the eighth spot.

Several of the most popular baby boy names from 2019 did not reappear on the 2020 top 20 list, including Emmett, Logan, Ethan, Asher, Thomas and Jackson.  This was also the first time in more than 10 years that the name Alexander did not make the list of top boy names.  The baby girl names that did not carry over from 2019 were Chloe, Ella, Everly, Hannah, Brielle, Violet and Aria.

As of December 9, 2020, 12,044 live births were registered in Saskatchewan.  The final count will be completed in March.  The number of live births registered in 2019 was 14,668.  This does not include Saskatchewan mothers who gave birth outside of the province.

Top 20 Girl Names   Top 20 Boy Names
Rank Name Total Named   Rank Name Total Named
1 OLIVIA 69   1 LIAM 63
2 EMMA 45   2 JACK 48
3 AMELIA 43   3 HUDSON 43
4 SOPHIA 39   4 NOAH 43
5 EMILY 37   5 OLIVER 43
6 HARPER 34   6 WILLIAM 42
7 ADDISON 31   7 THEODORE 39
8 AVA 31   8 MAVERICK 37
9 ELLIE 31   9 BENJAMIN 36
10 ISLA 30   10 LINCOLN 36
11 SCARLETT 30   11 LUKE 36
12 AURORA 28   12 LUCAS 35
13 ABIGAIL 27   13 WYATT 35
14 CHARLOTTE 27   14 HENRY 34
15 HAZEL 25   15 OWEN 34
16 QUINN 22   16 LEVI 33
17 ELIZABETH 21   17 BENNETT 32
18 IVY 21   18 HUNTER 32
19 NORA 21   19 LEO 32
20 SADIE 21   20 JAMES 29

*Please note that these are preliminary lists created with live birth data up to December 9, 2020. eHealth is still completing the birth registrations from the remainder of December 2020. The final lists will be completed in March and will be available at eHealthSask.ca under Health Data and Analytics, along with the final lists of popular baby names from previous years. 

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For more information, contact:

Lisa Triantafyllou
eHealth Saskatchewan
Regina
Phone: 306-581-7342
Email: Lisa.Triantafyllou@eHealthSask.ca

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