A total of 216 babies were registered under the name Oliverin 2024, while 172 were named Olivia and 166 were named Liam.
Call it an Oliver twist, as the name came out on top in 2024 — followed by Olivia, Liam, Noah, Theodore, Charlotte, Lucas, Isla, Amelia and Leo, the B.C. government says Tuesday.
A total of 216 babies were registered under the name Oliver this year, while 172 were named Olivia and 166 were named Liam,, when the top names for babies born in B.C. were Noah, Oliver, Olivia, Theodore, Liam, Jack, Emma, Sophia, Ethan and Leo. But none of those names come close to Robert, which was bestowed on only 14 B.C. babies in 2024, but reigns as the most popular name over the past 100 years, being used 36,065 times.
Close behind is David on 35,364, while the most popular traditional girl’s name since 1925 is Jennifer, used 15,959 times., and only names that occur five or more times are listed, reads a statement from the province this week.On Wednesday, B.C.’s New Year’s baby “will represent the first of the approximately 40,000 babies expected to be born in British Columbia in 2025,” the province adds.
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