If You Had an Olivia or Noah in 2023, You Were in Good Company

Father and mother with their newborn baby at home in a file photo. Olivia and Noah keep topping baby name lists in Canada. Shutterstock/NDAB Creativity

If you welcomed a bouncing bundle of joy in Alberta in 2023, chances are you might have named her Olivia if it was a girl—and Noah if it was a boy.

“Olivia has set a record-setting streak as the most popular girls name in our province for the 11th year in a row, having first taken the crown in 2013,” said Dale Nally, Minister of Service Alberta.