It looks like the names Lucas and Olivia are on track to become the most popular baby names for 2016. The Ministry of Health says those are the preliminary results up until December 12th, but they won't have the final results until next year.
Meantime based on information from Vital Statistics they have confirmed what the top names for 2015 were. It turns out for the first time Oliver took the top spot for boys born in B.C. Other top names were Ethan, Liam, Benjamin and Lucas.
For the past 5 years Olivia and Emma were the top girls names, but in 2015 Emma took the top spot, with Olivia falling to second. Other popular girls names were Emily, Sophia, and Ava.
There were 44,405 babies born in BC in 2015 -- just over 1230 more boys than girls.