So my province has released it’s top baby names for 2012!! Inlcluding a small list of Unusual names… (Hey, personally I love [name]Icarus[/name]!)
[name]Liam[/name] and [name]Emma[/name] were the top names given to [name]Alberta[/name] babies in 2012, a record-breaking year for the number of births in the province.
Last year, there were 52,398 births, which surpassed the previous record of 51,505 in 2009.
[name]Liam[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] topped the 2011 list.
The province also shared some of the most unusual names bestowed by parents last year: [name]Precious[/name], Dancing-Sunflower, Rhaney-[name]Day[/name], Shy-[name]Angel[/name], Beautiful and Skeeter for girls; Thunderbolt, [name]Little[/name], [name]Horizon[/name], Brave and [name]Icarus[/name] for boys.
The top names last year according to Service [name]Alberta[/name]: (^) indicates having gone up, (v) indicates a drop (-) indicates no change
Girls:
- [name]Emma[/name] (^)
- [name]Olivia[/name] (v)
- [name]Emily[/name] (^)
- [name]Sophia[/name] (v)
- [name]Ava[/name] (-)
- [name]Lily[/name] (v)
- [name]Ella[/name] [name]New[/name]
- [name]Isabella[/name] [name]New[/name]
- [name]Abigail[/name] (v)
- [name]Chloe[/name] (v)
([name]Brooklyn[/name] and [name]Sophie[/name] were knocked off the list!)
Boys:
- [name]Liam[/name] (-)
- [name]Ethan[/name] (-)
- [name]Jacob/name
- [name]Logan[/name] (^)
- [name]Mason[/name] (v)
- [name]Benjamin[/name] (^)
- [name]Lucas[/name] (v)
- [name]Alexander[/name] (v)
- [name]Carter[/name] [name]New[/name]
- [name]Noah[/name] (v)
([name]William[/name] made room for [name]Carter[/name] this year!)
And Copies of the Top tens going back decades, and lists of every baby named for the past twenty years or so if you are interested!