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
- Emma, 382 baby girls
- Mia
- Sophia
- Olivia
- Isabella
- Amelia
- Leah (ranked 53rd for girls nationally in 2023)
- Chloe (26th)
- Luna
- Sofia (12th)
Boy names
- Liam, 743 baby boys
- Noah
- David (ranked 27th for boys nationally in 2023)
- Lucas
- Jacob (36th)
- Ethan (25th)
- Joseph (29th)
- Dylan (34th)
- Michael [tie] (16th)
- 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 press release also mentioned dozens of other Big Apple baby names, including…
| Girl names | Boy 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:
- Health Department Announces Top Baby Names in New York City – NYC Health
- Donlevy, Katherine. “These are the top baby names in NYC in 2023: Did yours make the list?” New York Post 27 Dec. 2024.
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