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Popular baby names in New Zealand, 2013

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Flag of New Zealand

New Zealand’s top baby names of 2013 were announced last week.

According to NZ’s Department of Internal Affairs, the country’s most popular names of 2013 were Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are the top 25 girl names and top 25 boy names of 2013:

Girl Names

  1. Charlotte
  2. Emily
  3. Ruby
  4. Sophie
  5. Olivia
  6. Isla
  7. Amelia
  8. Ava
  9. Isabella
  10. Ella
  11. Chloe
  12. Grace
  13. Mia
  14. Lily
  15. Emma
  16. Sophia
  17. Lucy
  18. Mila
  19. Harper
  20. Zoe
  21. Georgia
  22. Paige
  23. Hannah
  24. Aria
  25. Jessica

Boy Names

  1. Oliver
  2. Jack
  3. James
  4. William
  5. Mason
  6. Liam
  7. Samuel
  8. Lucas
  9. Noah
  10. Thomas
  11. Hunter
  12. Ethan
  13. Jacob
  14. Benjamin
  15. Daniel
  16. Max
  17. Joshua
  18. Ryan
  19. Cooper
  20. Blake
  21. Lachlan
  22. Charlie
  23. Levi
  24. Leo
  25. Elijah

Girl names on the rise include Isla, Mila, Aria, Eden (30th), Willow (33rd) and Pippa (44th).

Boy names on the rise include Hunter and Elijah.

Another boy name — Braxton — debuted at #28 on the NZ top 100 in 2012 and was still going strong in 2013 at 29th. The explanation for Braxton’s sudden popularity could be the Australian soap opera Home and Away, which is popular in NZ. In 2011, the show introduced a trio of brothers named Darryl “Brax” Braxton, Heath Braxton and Casey Braxton. The eldest, Brax, seems to have emerged as the favorite Braxton brother.

Sources: The baby names NZ loves, Most Popular Male and Female First Names

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

Popular baby names in New York City, 2012

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Flag of New York

Two years ago, New York City welcomed 123,231 babies — 63,231 baby boys and exactly 60,000 (!) baby girls.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sophia and Jayden, according to New York City’s Health Department.

Here are NYC’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2012:

Girl names

  1. Sophia, 607 baby girls
  2. Isabella, 565
  3. Emma, 480
  4. Olivia, 475
  5. Emily, 474
  6. Mia, 436
  7. Chloe, 401
  8. Madison, 392
  9. Leah, 379
  10. Ava, 339
  11. Sarah, 333
  12. Abigail, 311
  13. Sofia, 300
  14. Victoria, 265
  15. Ashley, 250
  16. Elizabeth, 248
  17. Rachel, 243
  18. Samantha, 236
  19. Zoe, 234
  20. Esther, 232
  21. Ella, 227
  22. Maya, 220
  23. Gabriella, 212
  24. Hailey, 211
  25. Grace, 182
  26. Hannah, 181 (tie)
  27. Sara, 181 (tie)
  28. Kayla, 177
  29. Chaya, 175
  30. Brianna, 172
  31. Camila, 171
  32. Alexandra, 170
  33. Amelia, 168
  34. Arianna, 167
  35. Miriam, 164
  36. Charlotte, 163
  37. Lily, 161
  38. Kaylee, 158
  39. Chana, 157
  40. Sophie, 156
  41. Melanie, 154
  42. Nicole, 147
  43. Anna, 145
  44. Michelle, 144
  45. Alexa, 142
  46. Evelyn, 141
  47. Eva, 140
  48. Angelina, 139 (tie)
  49. Genesis, 139 (tie)
  50. Aaliyah, 137

Boy names

  1. Jayden, 760 baby boys
  2. Ethan, 732
  3. Jacob, 651
  4. Daniel, 626
  5. Matthew, 596
  6. Michael, 592
  7. Aiden, 591
  8. David, 578
  9. Ryan, 565
  10. Alexander, 546
  11. Joseph, 541
  12. Justin, 465
  13. Mason, 459
  14. Noah, 451
  15. Dylan, 447
  16. Anthony, 433
  17. Joshua, 429
  18. Liam, 399
  19. Lucas, 396
  20. Benjamin, 356
  21. William, 355
  22. Samuel, 354
  23. Christopher, 352
  24. Andrew, 349
  25. Aaron, 348
  26. Kevin, 346
  27. Christian, 342
  28. Jonathan, 339
  29. James, 338
  30. Nicholas, 336
  31. Sebastian, 311
  32. Gabriel, 305
  33. Brandon, 292
  34. Jason, 286
  35. John, 283
  36. Jeremiah, 280
  37. Elijah, 267
  38. Adrian, 257 (3-way tie)
  39. Angel, 257 (3-way tie)
  40. Tyler, 257 (3-way tie)
  41. Adam, 255
  42. Isaac, 254
  43. Nathan, 244
  44. Moshe, 243
  45. Henry, 242
  46. Jack, 238
  47. Evan, 231 (tie)
  48. Julian, 231 (tie)
  49. Eric, 216
  50. Jeremy, 213

The top baby names within specific ethnic/racial groups were…

Top girl namesTop boy names
Hispanic1. Isabella, 327
2. Sophia, 236
3. Mia, 207
4. Emily, 186
5. Sofia, 165		1. Jayden, 364
2. Jacob, 293
3. Matthew, 279
4. Ethan, 254
5. Angel, 236
Asian and Pacific Islander1. Chloe, 172
2. Sophia, 144
3. Olivia, 132
4. Emily, 110
5. Emma, 97		1. Ryan, 197
2. Ethan, 187 (tie)
3. Jayden, 187 (tie)
4. Lucas, 129
5. Justin, 125
White, non-Hispanic1. Emma, 228
2. Leah, 219
3. Sarah, 209
4. Olivia, 198 (tie)
5. Sophia, 198 (tie)		1. Joseph, 300
2. David, 289
3. Michael, 245
4. Jacob, 242
5. Moshe, 238
Black, non-Hispanic1. Madison, 159
2. London, 87
3. Taylor, 71
4. Chloe, 70
5. Abigail, 66		1. Jayden, 171
2. Aiden, 156
3. Ethan, 151
4. Jeremiah, 141
5. Joshua, 124

Among the names given to just 10 babies each in NYC two years ago were the girl names Aura, Gina, Nashla, Sabine, and Zi, and the boy names Cheskel, Howard, Jencarlos, Nikolai, and Warren.

One year earlier, in 2011, NYC’s top names (overall) were Isabella and Jayden.

Sources:

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

[Latest update: Jan. 2026]

Popular baby names in British Columbia (Canada), 2012

British Columbia published its most recent list of popular baby names several days ago.

According to the B.C. Vital Statistics Agency, the province’s top names of 2012 were Ethan for boys and Olivia for girls.

Here are the top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:

Baby Girl NamesBaby Boy Names
1. Olivia, 274 baby girls
2. Emma, 265
3. Sophia, 232
4. Emily, 195
5. Ava, 187
6. Ella, 175
7. Chloe, 143
8. Isabella, 142
9. Avery, 138
10. Hannah, 130
11. Sophie, 127
12. Abigail, 126
13. Charlotte, 122
14. Lily, 121
15. Brooklyn, 113
16. Madison, 112
17. Isla, 111
18. Grace, 101
19. Maya, 99
20. Amelia, 96		1. Ethan, 297 baby boys
2. Liam, 264
3. Lucas, 231
4. Mason, 207
5. Logan, 203
6. Noah, 193
7. Alexander, 190
8. Benjamin, 176
9. Jacob, 168
10. Jack, 163
11. Owen, 157
12. Ryan, 152
13. Daniel, 150
14. Oliver, 150
15. James, 147
16. Nathan, 147
17. Jayden, 146
18. Samuel, 140
19. Matthew, 139
20. William, 133

Here are more of B.C.’s popular baby names of 2012, and here’s an interactive graph showing how various baby names have fared over time in B.C.

Source: What were the top baby names for 2012?

Popular baby names in Prince Edward Island (Canada), 2013

Prince Edward Island’s top baby names of 2013 were announced recently.

According to provisional data from PEI’s vital statistics office, the most popular baby names in the province are Brooklyn and Liam.

Between January 1 and December 6, a total of 1,255 babies were born on the island and 746 different baby names were registered. Here are several hundred of those names, grouped by usage:

Girl names

  1. Brooklyn, 9 baby girls
  2. Olivia, 8
  3. Ellie and Madison, 7 each [tie]
  4. Claire, Ella, Emma, Lydia, and Sophia, 6 each [5-way tie]
  5. Alexis, Callie, Julia, Lauren, Mackenzie, and Sophie, 5 each [6-way tie]
  6. Abigail, Amelia, Ava, Charlotte, Layla, Lily, Sadie, Summer, and Victoria, 4 each [9-way tie]
  7. Alexa, Anna, Annie, Aria, Aubree, Danica, Elizabeth, Felicity, Grace, Hannah, Harper, Jessica, Jordyn, Keira, Kinsley, Lexi, Lucy, Madelyn, Molly, Mya, Paisley, Peyton, Piper, Quinn, Sarah, Scarlett, Stella, Tessa, and Violet, 3 each [29-way tie]
  8. Aaralyn, Adalyn, Aleah, Alice, Alyson, Amy, Anabelle, Averie, Avery, Ayla, Brooke, Brooklynn, Casey, Charlie, Elle, Elly, Emersyn, Evelyn, Fiona, Georgia, Gracie, Hailey, Isabella, Isla, Izabella, Jaelyn, Kate, Katherine, Kathryn, Kayla, Kyleigh, Leah, Lylah, Macie, Maggie, Marley, Mary, Meredith, Mila, Nevaeh, Paige, Rebekah, Ruby, Ryleigh, Samantha, Savannah, Selena, Serena, Serenity, Taylor, and Zoey, 2 each [51-way tie]
  9. Adalay, Aislinn, Arista, Avalon, Avurri, Bonnie, Brae-Lynn, Brantley, Breagh, Brenya, Carling, Daelynn, Dawsyn, Ellavine, Elliet, Ellowyn, Erda, Felix, Georgie, Iola, Iona, Ivy, Jayla, Jozee, Keiannah, Khloey, Lewyn, Maeryn, Mataya, Meah, Merleah, Misk, Myrissa, Nahala, Naiomee, Penny, Primrose, Reenie, Rilynn, Ronnie, Rora, Soraya, Theia, and Zadie, 1 each (a small selection)

Boy names

  1. Liam, 11 baby boys
  2. Hunter, 10
  3. Connor and Jack, 9 each [tie]
  4. Cohen, Jaxon, and John, 8 each [3-way tie]
  5. Landon, Owen, and William, 7 each [3-way tie]
  6. Benjamin, Caleb, Henry, Lucas, Mason, and Noah, 6 each [6-way tie]
  7. Alex, Alexander, Carter, Charlie, David, Jackson, James, Jase, Joseph, and Wyatt, 5 each [10-way tie]
  8. Austin, Camden, Cameron, Emmett, Griffin, Harrison, Hudson, Jace, Jonah, Kingston, Lincoln, Marcus, Nash, Nathan, Oliver, Parker, Ryan, Ryder, Seth, and Xavier, 4 each [20-way tie]
  9. Charles, Clark, Cooper, Daniel, Drake, Dylan, Edward, Eli, Elijah, Emerson, Evan, Felix, Gabriel, Gavin, Gus, Isaac, Isaiah, Jacob, Jax, Jonathan, Joshua, Kai, Kaiden, Malcolm, Michael, Nathaniel, Riley, Sawyer, Thomas, and Tristan, 3 each [30-way tie]
  10. Antonio, Beau, Beckett, Brayden, Caden, Casey, Cash, Clarke, Dawson, Declan, Dominic, Drew, Elliot, Elliott, Ethan, Ezra, Gage, Grayson, Hayden, Jaxson, Jayden, Kole, Levi, Logan, Luke, Matthew, Morgan, Nate, Nicholas, Nolan, Peter, Ryker, Rylan, Sebastian, Simon, Tanner, Taylor, Theo, Turner, Ty, and Tye, 2 each [41-way tie]
  11. Abel, Aeros, Attwood, Blaiz, Boe, Canaan, Clive, Davud, Draeson, Fynn, Hadwin, Haitao, Jaece, Jedrek, Kessel, Montgomery, Neeko, Odell, Reethym, Rigon, Sudta, Toffer, Tylan, Wesdon, and Zyler, 1 each (a small selection)

I’m not sure when the finalized version of PEI’s 2013 list will be released, but I’ll be on the lookout for it.

Update, Jan. 2015: The 2014 list for PEI just came out, and it included a link to the 2013 data…which is exactly the same as the above. So it looks like PEI doesn’t release finalized lists.

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