According to Nova Scotia’s Registry of Vital Statistics, the most popular baby names in the province in 2020 were Olivia and Oliver.
Here are Nova Scotia’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2020:
Girl Names
- Olivia, 54 baby girls
- Charlotte, 41
- Ivy, 37
- Ava, 36
- Nora, 33
- Amelia, 30
- Sophie, 28
- Evelyn, 27 [3-way tie]
- Isla, 27 [3-way tie]
- Sophia, 27 [3-way tie]
Boy Names
- Oliver, 56 baby boys
- Benjamin, 48 [tie]
- William, 48 [tie]
- Jack, 47
- Levi, 41 [tie]
- Noah, 41 [tie]
- Henry, 35
- Liam, 33 [tie]
- Owen, 33 [tie]
- Luke, 32
These 2020 rankings are based on provisional data covering the year up to December 29th; by that time, Nova Scotia had 6,856 registered births.
In 2019, the top two names were Charlotte and Jack. (I didn’t blog about the 2019 rankings, but I did post the 2018 rankings.)
Finally, here’s an interesting fact: “The province began formally registering births in 1864.” That year, the top names were (predictably) Mary and John.