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Popular baby names in Prince Edward Island (Canada), 2016

According to provisional data released yesterday by Prince Edward Island’s Vital Statistics, the most popular baby names on the island in 2016 were Olivia and William.

Here are PEI’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10+ boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Olivia, 10 baby girls
2. Ellie, 8 (tie)
3. Charlotte, 8 (tie)
4. Harper, 7
5. Sophia, 6 (6-way tie)
6. Ivy, 6 (6-way tie)
7. Sadie, 6 (6-way tie)
8. Abigail, 6 (6-way tie)
9. Chloe, 6 (6-way tie)
10. Kylie, 6 (6-way tie)

Boy Names
1. William, 13 baby boys
2. Oliver, 12
3. Emmett, 11
4. Jack, 10 (tie)
5. Hudson, 10 (tie)
6. Ethan, 9
7. Wyatt, 7 (5-way tie)
8. Jacob, 7 (5-way tie)
9. Liam, 7 (5-way tie)
10. Hunter, 7 (5-way tie)
11. Thomas, 7 (5-way tie)

On the girls’ list, Olivia replaced the 5-way tie (Charlotte, Emily, Emma, Leah, and Sadie) that held the top spot in 2015.

On the boys’ list, William replaced former #1 name Oliver.

This data covers Prince Edward Island births through December 21.

Source: Here are P.E.I.’s top baby names in 2016

Popular baby names in New York City, 2015

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Last year, New York City welcomed 121,673 babies — 59,218 girls and 62,455 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Ethan, according to data from New York City’s Department of Health.

Here are NYC’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, given to nearly 600 baby girls
  2. Sophia
  3. Emma (tie)
  4. Mia (tie)
  5. Isabella
  6. Leah
  7. Emily
  8. Ava
  9. Chloe
  10. Madison

Boy names

  1. Ethan, given to more than 700 baby boys
  2. Liam
  3. Noah
  4. Jacob
  5. Jayden
  6. Matthew
  7. David
  8. Daniel (tie)
  9. Dylan (tie)
  10. Aiden

The most popular baby names within specific ethnic/racial groups were…

Top girl namesTop boy names
Hispanic1. Isabella, 307
2. Sophia, 269
3. Mia, 257
4. Emma, 196
5. Camila, 180		1. Liam, 356
2. Dylan, 339
3. Ethan, 332
4. Matthew, 308
5. Noah, 297
Asian and Pacific Islander1. Olivia, 188
2. Chloe, 119
3. Sophia, 104
4. Emily, 99
5. Emma, 74		1. Jayden, 190
2. Ethan, 172
3. Ryan, 171
4. Muhammad, 154
5. Aiden, 133
White, non-Hispanic1. Emma, 225 (tie)
2. Olivia, 225 (tie)
3. Leah, 220
4. Sarah, 208
5. Esther, 206		1. David, 299
2. Joseph, 279
3. Moshe, 254
4. Jacob, 236
5. Benjamin, 234
Black, non-Hispanic1. Madison, 128
2. Skylar, 91
3. Ava, 87
4. Olivia, 82
5. Mia, 61		1. Noah, 163
2. Liam, 129
3. Aiden, 123
4. Jeremiah, 113
5. Ethan/Josiah, 111 each (tie)

Among the names given to just 10 babies each in NYC last year were the girl names Damaris, Eunice, and Shirin, and the boy names Dimitri, Immanuel, and Ousmane.

One year earlier, in 2014, NYC’s top names (overall) were Sophia and Ethan.

P.S. The news release also mentioned that NYC’s baby name data goes back as far back as 1898. That year, the top girl names were Mary, Catherine, and Margaret, and the top boy names were John, William, and Charles.

Sources:

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

[Latest update: Feb. 2026]

Popular baby names in Arizona, 2016

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According to provisional data released yesterday by the Arizona Department of Health Services, the most popular baby names in the state in 2016 were Emma and Liam.

Here are Arizona’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 419 baby girls
  2. Sophia, 411
  3. Olivia, 385
  4. Mia, 382
  5. Isabella, 345
  6. Ava, 267
  7. Emily, 267
  8. Sofia, 263
  9. Abigail, 242
  10. Charlotte, 234

Boy names

  1. Liam, 404 baby boys
  2. Noah, 394
  3. Daniel, 322
  4. Sebastian, 309
  5. Alexander, 298
  6. Michael, 295
  7. Julian, 285
  8. Oliver, 268
  9. Benjamin, 267
  10. Mason, 267

In the girls’ top 10, Charlotte replaced Victoria.

In the boys’ top 10, Oliver, Benjamin and Mason replaced Ethan, Jacob, and Aiden.

The Arizona Daily Sun also notes that…

A decade ago, before Arizona approved one of the harshest laws in the nation aimed at those here illegally, names like Angel, Jose, Jesus and Juan were among the Top 20. In fact in 2005 Jose was the top name for all boys born in the state.

Now Angel has dropped to 26, Jose to 34, Jesus to 37 and Juan to 78.

The law referred to here is the controversial Arizona Senate Bill 1070.

In 2015 the top baby names in Arizona were Sophia and Noah.

Finalized 2016 data for Arizona will be available in February of 2017.

Sources: Liam, Emma top Arizona baby names for 2016, Top Baby Names in Arizona 2016

Image: Adapted from Flag of Arizona (public domain)

Popular baby names in Nova Scotia (Canada), 2016

According to provisional data released yesterday by Nova Scotia’s Registry of Vital Statistics, the most popular baby names in the province in 2016 were Olivia and William.

Here are Nova Scotia’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Olivia, 48 baby girls
2. Abigail, 40
3. Ava and Emma, 38 each (tie)
4. Charlotte, 35
5. Violet, 34
6. Amelia, 32
7. Sophie, 30
8. Claire, 29
9. Sophia, 28
10. Evelyn and Isla and Lily, 27 each (tie)

Boy Names
1. William, 62 baby boys
2. Benjamin and Oliver, 47 each (tie)
3. Noah, 40
4. Liam, 39
5. Owen, 37
6. Ethan, 36
7. Hunter and Jacob and Logan and Mason, 35 each (tie)
8. Lucas, 34
9. Henry, 32
10. Emmett and Jack and John, 31 each (tie)

These rankings/numbers cover births in the province through December 19.

In 2015 the top names were Ava and Owen.

Finally, did you know that Nova Scotia began formally registering births way back in 1864? The top names that year were Mary and John.

Sources: Most Popular Baby Names in Nova Scotia in 2016, Nova Scotia’s top baby names of 2016, Nova Scotia Open Data