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Popular baby names in Saskatchewan (Canada), 2013

Flag of Saskatchewan
Flag of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan’s top baby names of 2013 were announced last week.

According to data from eHealth Saskatchewan, the most popular baby names last year were Emma and Liam.

Here are Saskatchewan’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2013:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Emma, 80 baby girls
2. Sophia, 72
3. Emily, 64
4. Olivia, 64
5. Lily, 53
6. Ava, 52
7. Brooklyn, 45
8. Zoey, 43
9. Brielle, 40
10. Avery, 38
11. Grace, 38
12. Hannah, 38
13. Mia, 37
14. Hailey, 37
15. Isabella, 37
16. Aubrey, 33
17. Ella, 33
18. Abigail, 33
19. Sadie, 32
20. Chloe, 30		1. Liam, 92 baby boys
2. Carter, 69
3. Noah, 65
4. Lucas, 65
5. Ethan, 60
6. Jacob, 55
7. Mason, 54
8. William, 52
9. Owen, 52
10. Jace, 50
11. Alexander, 49
12. Jaxon, 49
13. Bentley, 47
14. Benjamin, 45
15. Jase, 45
16. Logan, 44
17. Hudson, 43
18. Ryder, 42
19. Hunter, 42
20. Samuel, 40

New to the boys’ top 20 are Jace, Jaxon, Jase and Samuel. (Gone are Jack, Dominic, Aiden and Blake.)

Notably, if you combine totals for Jace and Jase, the resulting 95 puts Jace/Jase above Liam’s 92.

Saskatchewan’s 2012 list was also topped by Emma and Liam.

Sources: Liam and Emma most popular Saskatchewan baby names in 2013, Most Popular Baby Names in Saskachewan in 2013

Image: Adapted from Flag of Saskatchewan (public domain)

Popular baby names in Prince Edward Island (Canada), 2013

Prince Edward Island’s top baby names of 2013 were announced recently.

According to provisional data from PEI’s vital statistics office, the most popular baby names in the province are Brooklyn and Liam.

Between January 1 and December 6, a total of 1,255 babies were born on the island and 746 different baby names were registered. Here are several hundred of those names, grouped by usage:

Girl names

  1. Brooklyn, 9 baby girls
  2. Olivia, 8
  3. Ellie and Madison, 7 each [tie]
  4. Claire, Ella, Emma, Lydia, and Sophia, 6 each [5-way tie]
  5. Alexis, Callie, Julia, Lauren, Mackenzie, and Sophie, 5 each [6-way tie]
  6. Abigail, Amelia, Ava, Charlotte, Layla, Lily, Sadie, Summer, and Victoria, 4 each [9-way tie]
  7. Alexa, Anna, Annie, Aria, Aubree, Danica, Elizabeth, Felicity, Grace, Hannah, Harper, Jessica, Jordyn, Keira, Kinsley, Lexi, Lucy, Madelyn, Molly, Mya, Paisley, Peyton, Piper, Quinn, Sarah, Scarlett, Stella, Tessa, and Violet, 3 each [29-way tie]
  8. Aaralyn, Adalyn, Aleah, Alice, Alyson, Amy, Anabelle, Averie, Avery, Ayla, Brooke, Brooklynn, Casey, Charlie, Elle, Elly, Emersyn, Evelyn, Fiona, Georgia, Gracie, Hailey, Isabella, Isla, Izabella, Jaelyn, Kate, Katherine, Kathryn, Kayla, Kyleigh, Leah, Lylah, Macie, Maggie, Marley, Mary, Meredith, Mila, Nevaeh, Paige, Rebekah, Ruby, Ryleigh, Samantha, Savannah, Selena, Serena, Serenity, Taylor, and Zoey, 2 each [51-way tie]
  9. Adalay, Aislinn, Arista, Avalon, Avurri, Bonnie, Brae-Lynn, Brantley, Breagh, Brenya, Carling, Daelynn, Dawsyn, Ellavine, Elliet, Ellowyn, Erda, Felix, Georgie, Iola, Iona, Ivy, Jayla, Jozee, Keiannah, Khloey, Lewyn, Maeryn, Mataya, Meah, Merleah, Misk, Myrissa, Nahala, Naiomee, Penny, Primrose, Reenie, Rilynn, Ronnie, Rora, Soraya, Theia, and Zadie, 1 each (a small selection)

Boy names

  1. Liam, 11 baby boys
  2. Hunter, 10
  3. Connor and Jack, 9 each [tie]
  4. Cohen, Jaxon, and John, 8 each [3-way tie]
  5. Landon, Owen, and William, 7 each [3-way tie]
  6. Benjamin, Caleb, Henry, Lucas, Mason, and Noah, 6 each [6-way tie]
  7. Alex, Alexander, Carter, Charlie, David, Jackson, James, Jase, Joseph, and Wyatt, 5 each [10-way tie]
  8. Austin, Camden, Cameron, Emmett, Griffin, Harrison, Hudson, Jace, Jonah, Kingston, Lincoln, Marcus, Nash, Nathan, Oliver, Parker, Ryan, Ryder, Seth, and Xavier, 4 each [20-way tie]
  9. Charles, Clark, Cooper, Daniel, Drake, Dylan, Edward, Eli, Elijah, Emerson, Evan, Felix, Gabriel, Gavin, Gus, Isaac, Isaiah, Jacob, Jax, Jonathan, Joshua, Kai, Kaiden, Malcolm, Michael, Nathaniel, Riley, Sawyer, Thomas, and Tristan, 3 each [30-way tie]
  10. Antonio, Beau, Beckett, Brayden, Caden, Casey, Cash, Clarke, Dawson, Declan, Dominic, Drew, Elliot, Elliott, Ethan, Ezra, Gage, Grayson, Hayden, Jaxson, Jayden, Kole, Levi, Logan, Luke, Matthew, Morgan, Nate, Nicholas, Nolan, Peter, Ryker, Rylan, Sebastian, Simon, Tanner, Taylor, Theo, Turner, Ty, and Tye, 2 each [41-way tie]
  11. Abel, Aeros, Attwood, Blaiz, Boe, Canaan, Clive, Davud, Draeson, Fynn, Hadwin, Haitao, Jaece, Jedrek, Kessel, Montgomery, Neeko, Odell, Reethym, Rigon, Sudta, Toffer, Tylan, Wesdon, and Zyler, 1 each (a small selection)

I’m not sure when the finalized version of PEI’s 2013 list will be released, but I’ll be on the lookout for it.

Update, Jan. 2015: The 2014 list for PEI just came out, and it included a link to the 2013 data…which is exactly the same as the above. So it looks like PEI doesn’t release finalized lists.

Sources:

Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2012

Flag of North Dakota
Flag of North Dakota

The most popular baby names in North Dakota are out.

According to the North Dakota Department of Health, the state’s top names were Liam for boys and Emma for girls.

Here are the top 14 girl names and top 14 boy names of 2012:

Girl Names

  1. Emma, 57 baby girls
  2. Olivia, 54
  3. Sophia, 49
  4. Harper, 46
  5. Ava, 41
  6. Avery, 39
  7. Ella, 38
  8. Zoey, 36
  9. Grace, 34
  10. Brooklyn, 32
  11. Isabella, 31
  12. Aubrey, 30
  13. Abigail, 27
  14. Addison, 26

Boy Names

  1. Liam, 59 baby boys
  2. Mason, 54
  3. Ethan, 53
  4. Noah, 50
  5. Jacob, 44
  6. Elijah, 43
  7. Eli, 42
  8. James, 41
  9. Isaac, 40
  10. Aiden, 38
  11. Carter, 37
  12. Jack, 37
  13. Jaxon, 37
  14. William, 37

Source: North Dakota Fast Facts 2012 (pdf)

Image: Adapted from Flag of North Dakota (public domain)

Popular baby names in Northern Kentucky, 2012

In 2012, more than 4,500 babies were born in Northern Kentucky (specifically: Boone, Kenton, Campbell and Grant counties).

According to Kentucky’s Vital Statistics Office, the region’s top baby names were Liam for boys and Emma for girls.

Here are Northern Kentucky’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2012:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Emma
2. Sophia
3. Ava
4. Abigail
5. Olivia
6. Isabella
7. Ella
8. Harper
9. Aubrey
10. Chloe & Madison (tie)		1. Liam
2. Elijah
3. Carter
4. Mason
5. Jackson
6. Logan
7. Michael
8. Samuel
9. Colton
10. Benjamin, Ethan & Noah (tie)

Here are the top baby names for the nearby city of Cincinnati, if you’d like to compare.

Source: Most popular Northern Ky. baby names in 2012 – Fox19