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Canada’s province of Alberta has just released baby name statistics for 2009. Here are the top names for each gender, followed by some of the names that were used only once last year.
Boys
Girls
Popular Names
Ethan
Liam
Jacob
Logan
Noah
Olivia
Isabella
Ava
Emma
Hailey
Unique names
Alias
Bison
Crazyhorse
Dat
Edgerrin*
Folly-Noah
Guch
Hawkar
Iex
Jhazriel
Kduss
Lightning**
Maxxwel
Neptune
Owies
Philopateer
Qron
Rayon
Seige
Thunder**
Uyohoini
Voltaire
Wrath
Xayden
Yak
Zenry
Albertarose
Beauty
Cred
Dessarhey
Eloquence
Fury
Gallary
Heart
Ibiza
Joy-Joviale***
Kwynn
Lashes
Manhattan
Noof
Ortal
Poetic
Qhloe
RoyLe
Society
Temprance
Uniqua
Veditha
Weency
Xanet
Yejee
Zimmel
*Possibly after American football player Edgerrin James.
**These kids need to have a play date together one day.
***Joviale is French for jovial. [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Sports, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names | Also tagged albertarose, alias, beauty, bison, crazyhorse, cred, dat, dessarhey, edgerrin, eloquence, emma, eric, ericlindross, ethan, folly-noah, fury, gallary, guch, hailey, hawkar, heart, ibiza, iex, isabella, jacob, jhazriel, joy-joviale, kduss, kwynn, lashes, liam, lightning, logan, manhattan, maxxwel, neptune, noah, noof, olivia, ortal, owies, philopateer, poetic, qhloe, qron, rayon, royle, seige, society, temprance, thunder, uniqua, uyohoini, veditha, voltaire, weency, wrath, xanet, xayden, yak, yejee, zenry, zimmel
Here are some of the most popular baby names of 2009 in various places (hospitals, cities, states, etc.) around the USA and elsewhere. I’ll add to this list as I spot other articles and press releases. In the meanwhile, if you see something that I’ve missed, please comment or e-mail me (with the source).
Location
Girl [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names | Also tagged addison, aidan, alexander, alice, anthony, benjamin, carter, charlotte, chloe, daan, ellie, emily, emma, harry, isabella, jack, jacob, lexi, liam, logan, lucas, marie, martina, mary, matthew, maximilian, oliver, olivia, ruby, samuel, sophia, william
Scotland’s most popular baby names of 2009 have been released. The top five boy names are Jack, Lewis, James, Liam and Logan. The top five girl names are Sophie, Olivia, Ava, Emily and Lucy. The biggest climbers since last year are Owen and Miley.
And here are some baby names that were used just once:
Girls
Boys
Apple
Bonnique
Comfort
Demi-Star
Inca
Jools
Jorga
Jubilee
Juno
KT
Paris-Montana
Renesme
Vanilla
Argyll
Atholl
Elvis
Fidelis
Great
Jock
Mungo
Orpheus
Ringo
Soul
Supreme
Sweetie
Tresor
Didn’t take [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names, Unique Baby Names | Also tagged apple, argyl, atholl, bonnique, comfort, demi-star, elvis, emily, fidelis, grat, inca, jack, james, jock, jools, jorga, jubilee, juno, kt, lewis, liam, logan, lucy, miley, mungo, olivia, orpheus, owen, paris-montana, renesme, renesmee, ringo, sophie, supreme, sweetie, tresor, vanilla
A reader named Kendra writes:
My husband and I are pregnant with our first child and have decided on the name Lilyanne. The only problem is that we can’t think of a really good middle name.
The baby’s surname will sound like Schmidt.
Kendra didn’t mention that she was looking for a particular type of name, so any [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Girl Names, Middle Names | Also tagged audrey, caitlin, camilla, cassandra, danielle, daphne, davina, gemma, karen, kendra, lilyanne, marlene, melanie, rachel, rebecca, talia
A reader named Antoinette is expecting her second baby in November, and she’d like some help coming up with names (both male and female).
The names should:
Work with the surname O’Reilly, and
Be relatively short. (Case in point: Antoinette’s son’s full first name is Zach.)
On Antoinette’s short list right now are the names Harry and Charlie for [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Boy Names, Girl Names | Also tagged adam, alex, alfie, andy, archie, belle, blake, carl, charlie, daisy, eric, eva, evan, gemma, grace, graham, greta, harry, hazel, helen, henry, hugh, iris, isaac, ivy, jake, james, jane, josie, kate, katie, lane, leah, lucy, luke, mark, matt, maya, nina, noah, nora, oreilly, sadie, sara, simon, stella, tess, toby, will, zach, zoe
And…here they are!
Top Boy Names
Top Girl Names
Jacob (no change)
Michael (always #2!)
Ethan (no change)
Joshua (no change)
Daniel (no change)
Alexander (was #11)
Anthony (no change)
William (no change)
Christopher (was #6)
Matthew (was #9)
Emma (was #2 in 2007)
Isabella (no change)
Emily (was #1)
Madison (was #5)
Ava (was #4)
Olivia (was #7)
Sophia (was #6)
Abigail (no change)
Elizabeth (was #10)
Chloe (was #16)
The first thing I had to check [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names | Also tagged abigail, alexander, andrew, anthony, chloe, daniel, emily, emma, ethan, hannah, isabella, jacob, joshua, madison, matthew, michael, olivia, sophia, william
Popular and Unique Baby Names in Alberta, Canada in 2009