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Popular baby names in New York City, 2023

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Last year, New York City welcomed 98,389 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma (for the seventh year in a row) and Liam (for the eighth year in a row), according to the New York City Health Department.

Here are NYC’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 382 baby girls
  2. Mia
  3. Sophia
  4. Olivia
  5. Isabella
  6. Amelia
  7. Leah (ranked 53rd for girls nationally in 2023)
  8. Chloe (26th)
  9. Luna
  10. Sofia (12th)

Boy names

  1. Liam, 743 baby boys
  2. Noah
  3. David (ranked 27th for boys nationally in 2023)
  4. Lucas
  5. Jacob (36th)
  6. Ethan (25th)
  7. Joseph (29th)
  8. Dylan (34th)
  9. Michael [tie] (16th)
  10. Muhammad [tie] (272nd)

In the girls’ top 10, Chloe and Sofia replaced Ava and Esther.

In the boys’ top 10, Dylan, Michael, and Muhammad replaced Aiden, Daniel, and Alexander.

Both Dylan and Muhammad — which was the #1 boy name in England and Wales last year — are new to NYC’s top 10. Michael, on the other hand, was a “favorite among New Yorkers from 1980 to 2006.”

The Health Department’s news release also mentioned dozens of other Big Apple baby names, including…

Girl namesBoy names
Esther (ranked 12th), Miriam (15th), Aurora (41st), Violet (45th), Rose (52nd), Eleanor (56th), Gemma (78th), Athena (79th), Savannah (85th), Iris (87th), Daisy (93rd), Sage (100th)Alexander (ranked 17th), Zion (62nd), Leonardo (65th), Milan (70th), Adonis (76th), Amari (78th)

Finally, here’s a link to New York City’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to check them out.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of New York (public domain)

Popular baby names in Houston (Texas), 2023

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Flag of Texas

Last year, Houston — Texas’ largest city in terms of both population and area — welcomed over 60,840 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Liam (again), according to provisional data released in late December, 2023, by the Houston Health Department’s Bureau of Vital Statistics.

Here are Houston’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emma
  2. Mia
  3. Camila
  4. Olivia
  5. Isabella
  6. Sofia
  7. Sophia
  8. Amelia
  9. Charlotte
  10. Emily

Boy names

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. Mateo
  4. Santiago
  5. Sebastian
  6. Dylan
  7. Elijah
  8. Lucas
  9. Oliver
  10. Daniel

In the girls’ top 10, Emily replaced Ava.

In the boys’ top 10, Lucas replaced Ethan.

Here are Houston’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Source: Houston Health Department reveals city’s top baby names for 2023 (Dec. 28, 2023)

Image: Adapted from Flag of Texas (public domain)

Popular baby names in the Dominican Republic, 2022 & 2021

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Flag of the Dominican Republic

The country of the Dominican Republic is located on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. It shares Hispaniola with the country of Haiti, and nearby islands include Cuba and Jamaica (to the west) and Puerto Rico (to the east).

In 2022, the Dominican Republic welcomed 170,069 babies. What were the most popular names among these babies? Abigaíl and Sebastián.

Here are DR’s top 15 girl names and top 15 boy names of 2022:

Girl names, 2022

  1. Abigaíl, 460 baby girls
  2. Charlotte, 410
  3. Esther, 408
  4. Camila, 402
  5. Isabella, 380
  6. Ashley, 372
  7. Valentina, 350
  8. Génesis, 328
  9. Alaia, 310 (tie)
  10. Emma, 310 (tie)
  11. Elianny, 298 (tie)
  12. Nashla, 298 (tie)
  13. Daniela, 284
  14. Elizabeth, 260
  15. Alexandra, 242

Boy names, 2022

  1. Sebastián, 335 baby boys
  2. Emmanuel, 288
  3. Alexander, 282
  4. Adriel, 271
  5. Liam, 262
  6. Samuel, 261
  7. Daniel, 255
  8. Dylan, 244
  9. Aarón, 235
  10. Isaac, 235 (tie)
  11. Ismael, 235 (tie)
  12. Jayden, 221
  13. Dariel, 219
  14. Yadiel, 217
  15. Gael, 214

One year earlier, the Dominican Republic welcomed 170,520 babies. Here are DR’s top 5 girl names and top 5 boy names of 2021:

Girl names, 2021

  1. Abigaíl, 212 baby girls
  2. Charlotte, 188
  3. Isabella, 174
  4. Nashla, 157
  5. Camila, 149

Boy names, 2021

  1. Adriel, 274 baby boys
  2. Sebastián, 247
  3. Liam, 241
  4. Dylan, 224
  5. Samuel, 211

The curious name Nashla was likely influenced by Dominican actress Nashla Bogaert, who was a judge on both seasons of Dominicana’s Got Talent (2019-2021). The name Nashla is also seeing usage in the U.S. — mainly in New York and New Jersey, the two states in which more than half of all Dominican Americans reside.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of the Dominican Republic (public domain)

[Latest update: Aug. 2025]

Popular baby names in Puerto Rico, 2023

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Flag of Puerto Rico

The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico welcomes roughly 19,000 babies per year.

Last year, the most popular baby names in Puerto Rico were Valentina and Thiago.

Here are Puerto Rico’s top 50 girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Valentina, 177 baby girls
  2. Aurora, 113 (tie)
  3. Emma, 113 (tie)
  4. Victoria, 100
  5. Catalina, 94 (tie)
  6. Luna, 94 (tie)
  7. Amaia, 89 (tie)
  8. Gianna, 89 (tie)
  9. Isabella, 88
  10. Alaia, 82
  11. Mia, 80
  12. Mikaela, 78
  13. Ainara, 75 (tie)
  14. Amira, 75 (tie)
  15. Milena, 70
  16. Amalia, 68
  17. Amanda, 66
  18. Antonella, 65
  19. Camila, 62
  20. Amelia, 61
  21. Elena, 57 (tie)
  22. Leah, 57 (tie)
  23. Paula, 56
  24. Sofia, 54
  25. Kamila, 50
  26. Gia, 47
  27. Stella, 42
  28. Mila, 41
  29. Ainhoa, 40
  30. Sophia, 39
  31. Adara, 38
  32. Lia, 36
  33. Alana, 35
  34. Amirah, 32 (4-way tie)
  35. Nahia, 32 (4-way tie)
  36. Nahiara, 32 (4-way tie)
  37. Valeria, 32 (4-way tie)
  38. Andrea, 31
  39. Paulette, 30
  40. Alanna, 29 (tie)
  41. Brianna, 29 (tie)
  42. Adhara, 28 (4-way tie)
  43. Amahia, 28 (4-way tie)
  44. Ana, 28 (4-way tie)
  45. Gabriela, 28 (4-way tie)
  46. Paulina, 27
  47. Amaya, 25 (4-way tie)
  48. Arlet, 25 (4-way tie)
  49. Katalina, 25 (4-way tie)
  50. Mariana, 25 (4-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Thiago, 290 baby boys
  2. Liam, 264
  3. Noah, 201
  4. Mateo, 156
  5. Sebastian, 146
  6. Lucas, 140
  7. Dylan, 119
  8. Ian, 115
  9. Matias, 94
  10. Adrian, 89 (tie)
  11. Elian, 89 (tie)
  12. Jayden, 84
  13. Mauro, 79
  14. Angel, 77
  15. Milan, 76
  16. Ethan, 74
  17. Nicolas, 70
  18. Jacob, 67
  19. Fabian, 66
  20. Diego, 65
  21. Elias, 63
  22. Gael, 59
  23. Aaron, 56
  24. Isaac, 51
  25. Eithan, 50 (tie)
  26. Eliam, 50 (tie)
  27. Gian, 49
  28. Enzo, 48
  29. Evan, 45 (tie)
  30. Luis, 45 (tie)
  31. Isaias, 44 (tie)
  32. Matteo, 44 (tie)
  33. Daniel, 42
  34. Julian, 40
  35. Caleb, 37
  36. Eiden, 36 (3-way tie)
  37. Gabriel, 36 (3-way tie)
  38. Matthew, 36 (3-way tie)
  39. Carlos, 34 (tie)
  40. Santiago, 34 (tie)
  41. Aiden, 33 (3-way tie)
  42. Damian, 33 (3-way tie)
  43. Dario, 33 (3-way tie)
  44. Alejandro, 32 (tie)
  45. Amir, 32 (tie)
  46. Alan, 30
  47. Alvaro, 29 (3-way tie)
  48. Keyden, 29 (3-way tie)
  49. Ryan, 29 (3-way tie)
  50. Iker, 28 (3-way tie)
  51. Jose, 28 (3-way tie)
  52. Zaid, 28 (3-way tie)

Eiden on the boys’ list caught my attention, as Eiden was also mentioned in the SSA’s news release this year. It’s on the rise both in the U.S. and in Puerto Rico right now.

The person who wrote the news release theorized that the rise of Eiden was being fueled by Wisconsin-based influencer Wyatt Eiden. But the name’s increasing popularity in Puerto Rico — plus the fact that 40% of Eiden’s U.S. usage occurred in four states with large Spanish-speaking populations (TX, CA, NY, and FL) — makes me think the name is being used primarily among U.S.-based Latin Americans (who are probably not watching Wyatt Eiden’s English-language interview/trivia videos on TikTok).

(And now I’m thinking of a recent comment by alex, who noticed that “names that have seen some use in Caribbean Latin America for 20+ years” are starting to pop up in the U.S. data, and wondered if Venezuelan immigration might have something to do with it…)

In 2022, the top names in Puerto Rico were Valentina and Liam.

Finally, what were the most popular baby names in all the other U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands) combined last year? Olivia and Elijah.

Sources: Popular Names by Territory – SSA, State and Territorial Data – National Center for Health Statistics – CDC

Image: Adapted from Flag of Puerto Rico (public domain)