For the sixth year in a row, Olivia is the most popular name for a girl.

Noah has returned as the most popular boy name for the second time in three years, previously topping the list back in 2017. 

The Alberta Government is out with its most popular baby names for 2019.

There were 51,598 babies born in Alberta last year with 26,328 being boys and 25,270 girls. 

Some of the other popular names for boys were Liam, Oliver, Ethan and Jack and the top five names for girls were Charlotte, Sophia, Emma and Ava. 

There were 13,718 different names recorded in our province with some of them being inspired by pop culture including names from Game of Thrones (Khaleesi, Sansa, Brienne), Lord of the Rings (Arwen, Eowyn, Theoden), and Marvel comics (Loki, Rogue, Xavier-Charles).

Some parents in Alberta chose names referencing Greek (Artemis, Apollo, Persephone, Zeus) and Roman (Juno, Mars, Venus, Neptune) mythology, while others chose names referring to geographic locations (Arizona, Memphis, Salem, Jerusalem).

Some interesting points from 2019: 

Hannah has reappeared on the top 10 list for girls' names for the first time since 2014.

Logan dropped down to 12th place on the boys' names list after appearing in the top five in 2017 & 2018.

The highest annual birth count in our province remains at 56,744, back in 2015.

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