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Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2024

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Flag of Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island likely welcomed more than 9,000* babies last year.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Charlotte and Liam, according to provisional data released in late December, 2024, by the Rhode Island Department of Health’s Center for Vital Records.

Here are Rhode Island’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Charlotte
  2. Mia
  3. Amelia
  4. Emma
  5. Olivia
  6. Sophia
  7. Ava
  8. Violet
  9. Maeve
  10. Isla

Boy names

  1. Liam
  2. Lucas
  3. Noah
  4. Theodore
  5. Luca
  6. Henry
  7. Oliver
  8. Michael
  9. James
  10. Owen

In the girls’ top 10, Ava, Violet and Maeve — a trio of names with the letter v — replaced Nora, Luna, and Isabella.

And in the boys’ top 10, Oliver and Owen — a pair of o-names — replaced Julian and Benjamin.

Finally, if you’d like to see Rhode Island’s projected rankings for 2023, you can find them in this post.

*The state welcomed 9,271 babies in 2023.

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Image: Adapted from Flag of Rhode Island (public domain)

Popular baby names in Australia, 2023

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Flag of Australia

In 2023, the country of Australia welcomed 286,998 babies: 139,576 girls and 147,422 boys.

What were the most popular names among Australia’s newborns that year?

We don’t know for sure, because Australia doesn’t release baby name rankings that cover the entire country. But we can look at eight sets of regional Australian rankings — representing Australia’s six states and two most populous territories — and make a guess about the country’s top names overall.

Here are the rankings, ordered by total number of births per region (highest to lowest):

New South Wales

In 2023, New South Wales welcomed 90,000 (31.4%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (NSW, 2023)Top boy names (NSW, 2023)
1. Isla, 403
2. Amelia, 399
3. Olivia, 381
4. Mia, 347
5. Charlotte, 338
6. Ava, 284
7. Lily, 279
8. Evelyn, 267 (tie)
9. Sophia, 267 (tie)
10. Matilda, 261		1. Oliver, 555
2. Noah, 537
3. Leo, 409
4. Henry, 404
5. Theodore, 400
6. Luca, 398
7. Hudson, 385
8. William, 371
9. Lucas, 322
10. Charlie, 308

Victoria

In 2023, Victoria welcomed 72,906 (25.4%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Victoria, 2023)Top boy names (Victoria, 2023)
1. Amelia, 333
2. Charlotte, 319
3. Olivia, 306
4. Mia, 289
5. Isla, 280
6. Hazel, 266
7. Matilda, 256
8. Ava, 254 (tie)
9. Grace, 254 (tie)
10. Ella, 234		1. Oliver, 514
2. Noah, 461
3. Henry, 374
4. Leo, 357
5. Charlie, 337
6. Luca, 302
7. Jack, 295
8. Archie, 285
9. Hudson, 273
10. Thomas, 270

Queensland

In 2023, Queensland welcomed 58,549 (20.4%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Queensland, 2023)Top boy names (Queensland, 2023)
1. Isla, 285
2. Charlotte, 279
3. Amelia, 271
4. Harper, 235
5. Olivia, 232
6. Matilda, 207
7. Ivy, 205
8. Mia, 203
9. Willow, 199
10. Ava, 196		1. Oliver, 451
2. Noah, 385
3. Henry, 341
4. Theodore, 328
5. Hudson, 322
6. William, 269
7. Leo, 262
8. Luca, 259
9. Charlie, 246
10. Jack, 244

Western Australia

In 2023, Western Australia welcomed 32,027 (11.2%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (WA, 2023)Top boy names (WA, 2023)
1. Isla, 169
2. Olivia, 152
3. Mia, 145
4. Charlotte, 139
5. Amelia, 136
6. Lily, 127
7. Harper, 110
8. Ava, 105 (tie)
9. Matilda, 105 (tie)
10. Ella, 103		1. Oliver, 231
2. Noah, 210
3. Leo, 156
4. Henry, 143
5. Jack, 142
6. Theodore, 135
7. Hudson, 130
8. Levi, 124
9. William, 123
10. Luca/Thomas, 122 each (tie)

South Australia

In 2023, South Australia welcomed 18,556 (6.5%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (SA, 2023)Top boy names (SA, 2023)
1. Isla, 112
2. Charlotte, 104
3. Olivia, 86
4. Ava, 77
5. Ivy, 73
6. Amelia, 67 (3-way tie)
7. Grace, 67 (3-way tie)
8. Hazel, 67 (3-way tie)
9. Harper, 64 (tie)
10. Mia, 64 (tie)		1. Oliver, 155
2. Henry, 112
3. Leo, 109
4. Noah, 92
5. Theodore, 87
6. Luca, 85
7. Elijah, 84
8. Charlie, 81
9. William, 76
10. Archie/Jack, 73 each (tie)

Australian Capital Territory

In 2023, the ACT (Canberra) welcomed 6,102 (2.1%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (ACT, 2023)Top boy names (ACT, 2023)
1. Amelia (tie)
2. Charlotte (tie)
3. Ava
4. Chloe
5. Evelyn
6. Eleanor (2-way tie)
7. Violet (2-way tie)
8. Isla (2-way tie)
9. Olivia (2-way tie)
10. Harper/Mia (tie)		1. Henry
2. Oliver
3. Theodore (tie)
4. William (tie)
5. Alexander
6. Oscar
7. Jack (tie)
8. Noah (tie)
9. Thomas
10. Charlie/Hudson/Muhammad (3-way tie)

Tasmania

In 2023, Tasmania welcomed 5,567 (1.9%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Tasmania, 2023)Top boy names (Tasmania, 2023)
1. Hazel
2. Elsie
3. Charlotte
4. Willow
5. Ruby
6. Ivy
7. Daisy
8. Evelyn
9. Matilda
10. Evie		1. Oliver
2. Charlie
3. Theodore
4. Noah
5. Arlo
6. Henry
7. Leo
8. Archie
9. George
10. Lucas

Northern Territory

In 2023, Northern Territory welcomed 3,282 (1.1%) of Australia’s babies.

[Unfortunately, NT’s 2023 rankings haven’t been released yet. As soon as they are, though, I’ll add them to the post!]

map of Australia

Australia overall

Using the data above, let’s make a guess about Australia’s top baby names overall.

Here’s what I came up with:

Possible top girl names (Australia, 2023)Possible top boy names (Australia, 2023)
1. Isla
2. Amelia
3. Charlotte
4. Olivia
5. Mia		1. Oliver
2. Noah
3. Henry
4. Leo
5. Theodore

What are your thoughts on these? (Which names would you have put at the top?)

P.S. I guessed that Charlotte and Oliver were the #1 names in the country in 2022…

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Australia (public domain)
Map: Adapted from Australia location map by NordNordWest under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Popular baby names in Arizona, 2024

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Flag of Arizona

The state of Arizona will likely welcome more than 77,000 babies in 2024.

What will the top baby names of the year be? Olivia and Liam, according to provisional data released in late December, 2024, by the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Here are Arizona’s projected top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Olivia
  2. Emma
  3. Isabella
  4. Sophia
  5. Amelia
  6. Mia
  7. Camila
  8. Charlotte
  9. Sofia
  10. Luna
  11. Evelyn
  12. Aurora
  13. Aria
  14. Violet
  15. Ava
  16. Gianna
  17. Penelope
  18. Eliana
  19. Elena
  20. Ellie
  21. Valentina
  22. Hazel
  23. Layla
  24. Mila
  25. Lily
  26. Emily
  27. Harper
  28. Ivy
  29. Scarlett
  30. Chloe
  31. Emilia
  32. Leilani
  33. Delilah
  34. Eleanor
  35. Elizabeth
  36. Victoria
  37. Nora
  38. Avery
  39. Maria
  40. Abigail
  41. Nova
  42. Ella
  43. Madison
  44. Liliana
  45. Grace
  46. Daisy
  47. Natalia
  48. Genesis
  49. Athena
  50. Maya

Boy names

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. Mateo
  4. Sebastian
  5. Oliver
  6. Elijah
  7. Alexander
  8. Benjamin
  9. Daniel
  10. Julian
  11. Santiago
  12. Michael
  13. James
  14. Ethan
  15. Aiden
  16. David
  17. Angel
  18. Logan
  19. Mason
  20. Jacob
  21. Ezra
  22. Gabriel
  23. William
  24. Adrian
  25. Isaac
  26. Levi
  27. Anthony
  28. Lucas
  29. Joseph
  30. Ezekiel
  31. Wyatt
  32. Elias
  33. Luke
  34. Samuel
  35. Jose
  36. Henry
  37. Isaiah
  38. Jackson
  39. Matthew
  40. Jayden
  41. Jesus
  42. Luis
  43. Jack
  44. Theodore
  45. Dylan
  46. Carter
  47. Owen
  48. Andrew
  49. Lincoln
  50. Grayson

In the girls’ top 10, Sofia replaced Evelyn.

In the boys’ top 10, Alexander, Daniel, and Julian replaced Santiago, Ezra, and Levi.

And Juniper, which was the #1 girl name in Arizona’s Coconino County in 2022, only managed to rank 90th state-wide in 2024.

If you’d like to see Arizona’s projected rankings for 2023, you can find them in this post.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Arizona (public domain)

Popular baby names in New York City, 2023

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Flag of New York

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.

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