According to the Vital Statistics Office at Service New Brunswick, the most popular baby names in the province last year were Olivia and Liam.
Here are New Brunswick’s top 10+ girl names and top 10 boy names of 2020:
Girl Names
- Olivia
- Amelia
- Emma
- Charlotte
- Violet
- Ella
- Scarlet
- Ellie
- Ava
- Sophie
- Mia
Boy Names
- Liam
- Noah
- Jack
- Jackson
- Benjamin
- Lincoln
- William
- Oliver
- Thomas
- Jacob
These preliminary rankings were published on the last day of 2020. I’m not sure how much of the year they cover, but the press release mentioned that they account for “1,026 different names given to boys and 1,174 different names given to girls.”
In 2019, the top two names were Olivia and William. (I didn’t blog about the 2019 rankings, but I did post the 2018 rankings.)
Source: New Brunswick’s birth numbers and top baby names for 2020