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Olivia tops 2020 BC baby name list
Published 1:03 PST, Mon January 4, 2021
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The race for the top baby name in British Columbia in 2020 came to a close last week, and Olivia once again took the lead for the most popular name for babies born last year.
Olivia is followed by Liam, Oliver, Noah, Lucas, Emma, Theodore, Benjamin, Ethan and Charlotte, according to the Vital Statistics Agency's preliminary figures from Jan. 1 to Dec. 17, 2020. Olivia was also the top choice in 2019, followed by Oliver, Liam, Lucas, Ethan, Noah, William, Benjamin, Charlotte and Theodore. For eight of the past nine years, Olivia has been among the favourite names for babies born in British Columbia.
From Jan. 1 to Dec. 17, 2020, 39,322 babies were born in BC.
To view the statistics on BC’s most popular baby names, click here.