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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 British Columbia (Canada), 2012

British Columbia published its most recent list of popular baby names several days ago.

According to the B.C. Vital Statistics Agency, the province’s top names of 2012 were Ethan for boys and Olivia for girls.

Here are the top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:

Baby Girl NamesBaby Boy Names
1. Olivia, 274 baby girls
2. Emma, 265
3. Sophia, 232
4. Emily, 195
5. Ava, 187
6. Ella, 175
7. Chloe, 143
8. Isabella, 142
9. Avery, 138
10. Hannah, 130
11. Sophie, 127
12. Abigail, 126
13. Charlotte, 122
14. Lily, 121
15. Brooklyn, 113
16. Madison, 112
17. Isla, 111
18. Grace, 101
19. Maya, 99
20. Amelia, 96		1. Ethan, 297 baby boys
2. Liam, 264
3. Lucas, 231
4. Mason, 207
5. Logan, 203
6. Noah, 193
7. Alexander, 190
8. Benjamin, 176
9. Jacob, 168
10. Jack, 163
11. Owen, 157
12. Ryan, 152
13. Daniel, 150
14. Oliver, 150
15. James, 147
16. Nathan, 147
17. Jayden, 146
18. Samuel, 140
19. Matthew, 139
20. William, 133

Here are more of B.C.’s popular baby names of 2012, and here’s an interactive graph showing how various baby names have fared over time in B.C.

Source: What were the top baby names for 2012?

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:

Why did Braxton debut as a girl name in 1994?

Toni Braxton's self-titled album (1993)
Toni Braxton album

The surname Braxton — which has a long history of usage as a boy name in the U.S. — started popping up in the data as a girl name in the mid-1990s:

  • 1996: 25 baby girls named Braxton
  • 1995: 27 baby girls named Braxton
  • 1994: 17 baby girls named Braxton [debut]
  • 1993: unlisted
  • 1992: unlisted

(Hundreds of baby boys were also being named Braxton during these years.)

Why?

Because of R&B singer Toni Braxton, who released her successful debut album, Toni Braxton, in mid-1993.

The album’s first single, “Another Sad Love Song”, peaked at #7 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in late 1993. The second single, “Breathe Again,” peaked at #3 in early 1994. Also in early 1994, she won her first two Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best R&B Vocal Performance (for her first single).

Despite Toni’s influence, the name Braxton never became as popular for girls as it was for boys:

Graph of the usage of the baby name Braxton in the U.S. since 1880.
Usage of the baby name Braxton

The year it saw peak usage as a female name — in 2004, with 53 baby girls — it was still picking up steam as a male name. Braxton’s trendiness as a boy name topped out in the mid-2010s, when the name was getting close to the top 100.

Prior to going solo, Toni Braxton was part of a quintet called The Braxtons with her four younger sisters, all of whom have T-names: Traci, Towanda, Trina, and Tamar.

What are your thoughts on Braxton as baby name? (Do you prefer it for girls, or for boys?)

Sources: Toni Braxton – Wikipedia, Toni Braxton – Billboard, Tamar Braxton shares Vincent Herbert love story

P.S. In 2013, Toni’s youngest sister Tamar Braxton welcomed a son in 2013 with then-husband Vincent Herbert. They named him Logan Vincent — in part for the initials “L.V.” On the talk show Bethenny, Tamar explained: “It gives me lots of reasons to buy Louis Vuitton.”