BC's Most Popular Baby Names For 2022 Have Been Revealed & There's A New Front-Runner

Step aside, Olivia.

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The most popular baby names in 2022 for B.C. have been revealed and a new name has made its mark at the top, which is different from the previous years.

On December 30, the Government of B.C. shared some of the most popular names across the province last year, using data from the Vital Statistics Agency’s preliminary figures for 2022.

According to its website, the agency registers all births, marriages, deaths and name changes across the province.

Here are the most popular baby names in 2022:

  • Noah
  • Olivia
  • Oliver
  • Liam
  • Theodore
  • Jack
  • Emma
  • Lucas
  • Leo
  • Sofia

"Noah" overtaking "Olivia" for the most popular baby name of 2022 was one of the more notable changes to last year's list. In fact, according to the Government’s website, "Olivia" was the most popular baby name in both 2021 and 2020.

Although there are some new additions, many of 2022's popular baby names overlapped with data collected in 2021.

The most popular baby names in 2021 were:

  • Olivia
  • Liam
  • Noah
  • Emma
  • Jack
  • Theodore
  • Benjamin
  • Charlotte
  • Oliver
  • Ava

Between January 1 and December 8, 2022, a total of 37,801 babies were born across the province, which is actually less than the number of babies born in the previous year.

Compared to the total of 44,073 babies born in the province in 2021.

For those interested in avoiding their baby sharing names with kids their age, the Government of B.C. has a tool on its website where you can analyze baby name popularity across the province, with data going all the way back to 1921.

So if you are curious or even want to be inspired by names that were popular 100 years ago, you can totally do so.

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