Liam, Ava most popular baby names

With 2018 underway, The Guardian took a look at the most popular baby names across the Island last year.

The top name for baby boys in 2017 was Liam, while Ava took the tops spot for baby girls.

British Royal Family names were also popular on P.E.I., as William and Henry both made the list, tying for number two.

Emma and Elizabeth tied for the second spot among the girls’ names.

There seemed to be a trend with girls names ending in vowels, particularly “A” — Ella, Sophia, Isla, Amelia and Lydia also made the list.

For boys, names like Jackson, Hudson and Grayson made the cut.

Charlottetown residents Cassandra and Colin McNaughton’s baby, William, was born in the summer of 2017.

He was not, however, named after the Royals.

William Joseph McNaughton, born in Charlottetown on Aug. 17, was named after Colin’s great-grandfather and Cassandra’s grandfather, respectively.

Joseph, as it happens, also made the list of popular boys names.

Cassandra said she will never forget the day she got to finally meet her baby.

“The first time I saw him, my mind just went blank and I stared at him,” she told The Guardian. “I couldn’t believe that he was ours. I still sometimes can’t believe it.”

Things are quite different now that their family of two has become three.

“Our lives have completely changed with him being here, but for the better,” said Cassandra. “We are never bored now.”