Muhammad has become one of Saskatchewan’s most popular baby boy names, tying for third place in the province’s 2025 baby-name rankings after appearing in the top 20 for the first time only two years earlier.
eHealth Saskatchewan released the annual list on April 28, based on a preliminary count of 13,408 live births registered in the province during the 2025 calendar year.
The name Muhammad was given to 44 baby boys in Saskatchewan in 2025, tying with Oliver and William. Noah ranked first with 49 boys, followed by Jack with 48. Hudson and Theodore followed with 41 each, while Levi had 40, Leo had 39, and Alexander, Henry, and Lucas each had 38.
The movement is notable because Muhammad was not a long-running fixture on the Saskatchewan list. In 2023, it entered the province’s top 20 boy names for the first time on record, ranking 19th with 27 babies. In 2024, it climbed to 13th with 35 babies. In 2025, it moved into a three-way tie for third with 44 babies.
That means the name gained 17 registered births from 2023 to 2025, a 63% increase over two years. The raw numbers remain small, but the rank movement is sharp because Saskatchewan’s most popular names are tightly clustered. In 2025, only five births separated first-place Noah from third-place Muhammad, Oliver, and William.
The province’s top boy name also changed again. Henry, which ranked first in 2024 with 53 babies, fell to 11th in 2025 with 38. Noah moved from fourth in 2024, when 46 boys received the name, to first in 2025 with 49. Jack moved from sixth to second, rising from 43 to 48.
On the girls’ side, Olivia returned to No. 1 with 43 babies after Sophia briefly ended its nine-year run in 2024. Lainey made the biggest jump, tying Nora for second with 37 babies after first appearing on the list in 2024 at 20th place. Amelia ranked fourth with 36, while Evelyn and Sophia tied at fifth with 35.
The 2025 list was based on 13,408 registered live births, up from 13,207 registered in 2024. The province said the count does not include babies born outside Saskatchewan.
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