Overview
Each year Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, the provincial department responsible for vital statistics, publishes a list of Alberta’s top baby names. The list of the most popular girls' and boys' names is compiled from the birth information provided by parents and registered by the department for a particular year.
More statistical information about Alberta births, marriages, deaths, stillbirths and legal changes of name can be found on the Open Government portal.
Below are the most popular baby names in Alberta, by year.
Top baby names
2022
Boys: Noah, Liam, Theodore, Oliver, Jack, William, Benjamin, James, Henry, Lucas
All boy names in 2022
Girls: Olivia, Sophia, Emma, Amelia, Harper, Charlotte, Ava, Isla, Lily, Chloe
All girl names in 2022
2021
Boys: Noah, Jack, Oliver, Liam, Theodore, William, Ethan, Levi, Benjamin, Henry
All boy names in 2021
Girls: Olivia, Charlotte, Ava, Emma, Amelia, Sophia, Isla, Abigail, Chloe, Evelyn
All girl names in 2021
2020
Boys: Noah, Oliver, Liam, Benjamin, William, Jack, Lucas, Theodore, Levi, Owen
All boy names in 2020
Girls: Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Ava, Sophia, Amelia, Isla, Emily, Lily, Abigail
All girl names in 2020
2019
Boys: Noah, Liam, Oliver, Ethan, Jack, William, Lucas, Owen, Benjamin, Jacob
All boy names in 2019
Girls: Olivia, Charlotte, Sophia, Emma, Ava, Amelia, Emily, Abigail, Hannah, Elizabeth
All girl names in 2019
2018
Boys: Liam, Oliver, Noah, Ethan, Logan, Lucas, Jacob, William, Benjamin, Jack
All boy names in 2018
Girls: Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Emily, Ava, Abigail, Harper, Sophia, Amelia, Elizabeth
All girl names in 2018
2017
Boys: Noah, Liam, Benjamin, Logan, Lucas, William, Ethan, Oliver, Jack, Jacob
All boy names in 2017
Girls: Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Ava, Sophia, Emily, Abigail, Amelia, Isabella, Aria
All girl names in 2017
2016
Boys: Liam, Benjamin, Lucas, Oliver, Noah, William, Ethan, Jack, Lincoln, Owen
All boy names in 2016
Girls: Olivia, Emma, Sophia, Ava, Emily, Charlotte, Amelia, Abigail, Chloe, Aria
All girl names in 2016
2015
Boys: Liam, Noah, Ethan, Benjamin, Lucas, William, Oliver, Mason, Logan, Alexander
All boy names in 2015
Girls: Olivia, Emma, Emily, Sophia, Ava, Chloe, Abigail, Ella, Avery, Amelia
All girl names in 2015
2014
Boys: Liam, Ethan, Benjamin, William, Logan, Noah, Jacob, Oliver, Lucas, Carter
All boy names in 2014
Girls: Olivia, Emma, Emily, Sophia, Ava, Isabella, Abigail, Ella, Charlotte, Hannah
All girl names in 2014
2013
Boys: Liam, Lucas, Ethan, Noah, Logan, Benjamin, William, Jacob, Mason, Carter
All boy names in 2013
Girls: Olivia, Emma, Emily, Sophia, Ava, Avery, Abigail, Charlotte, Chloe, Lily
All girl names in 2013
2012
Boys: Liam, Ethan, Jacob, Logan, Mason, Benjamin, Lucas, Alexander, Carter, Noah
All boy names in 2012
Girls: Emma, Olivia, Emily, Sophia, Ava, Lily, Ella, Isabella, Abigail, Chloe
All girls names in 2012
2011
Boys: Liam, Ethan, Mason, Lucas, Jacob, Alexander, Benjamin, Noah, William, Logan
All boy names in 2011
Girls: Olivia, Sophia, Emma, Emily, Ava, Chloe, Abigail, Lily, Brooklyn, Sophie
All girl names in 2011
1990 to 2010
For baby names before 2010, see our baby names records:
Baby boy names registered by year
Contact
Connect with the Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Contact Centre:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-7013 (Edmonton and area)
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Fax: 780-422-4225
For the deaf or hard-of-hearing:
TTY: 780-427-9999 (Edmonton and area)
Toll free TTY: 1-800-232-7215 (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]
Mail:
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P.O. Box 2023
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4W7
Courier:
Vital Statistics
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