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Liam Tops List Of Popular Baby Names Again

If you had a newborn in 2021 and named them Liam, it turns out you were not alone.

It was the most popular baby name again in New Brunswick for the seventh straight year.

According to the province, a total of 379 children have been named Liam since 2015.

There were a total of 5,560 births registered in the province from Jan. 1 to Dec. 17, down from 6,222 babies in 2020.

Other popular baby names in 2021 included William, Charlotte, Oliver, Benjamin, Noah, Owen, Levi, Thomas, Jackson, Henry, Olivia, Jacob, Hudson, Jack, James, Theodore, Sophia, Logan, Ellie, Gabriel, Paisley, Lincoln, Eli, Sophie, Willow, Isla, Emma, Ella, Abigail, Lucas and Jaxon.

The 10 most popular names in 2020 were Liam, Olivia, Jack, Noah, Jackson, Amelia, Oliver, William, Lincoln and Charlotte.

  • Brad Perry is an award-winning news anchor and reporter and a 2013 graduate of the NBCC journalism program. Based in New Brunswick, he is also the assistant national news director for Acadia Broadcasting. Contact Brad at perry.brad@radioabl.ca.

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