Quebec Has Revealed The 100 Most Popular Baby Names In The Province In 2020

The top two aren't all that surprising.
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Retraite Québec has unveiled its list of Quebec's most popular baby names of 2020 and the top two are exactly the same as in 2019: Olivia and Liam. 

That means you can expect to see a lot of little Olivias and Liams running around in the near future. While the top two names aren't exactly a surprise, that doesn't mean there wasn't anything unexpected in the mix.

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Retraite Québec separates the names by boys and girls. These were the top 50 for each in 2020.

Retraite Québec

Here's a reminder of the top 20 names in 2019 in Quebec.

Retraite Québec

For a full list of all 17,241 baby names registered in the Quebec database for 2020 in order of popularity, as well as top names from previous years, check out the Retraite Québec website

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