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Emma and Liam top most popular baby names list in NYC
BY MARK HALLUM
mhallum@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
If you named your child
Emma or Liam in 2018, you’re
not alone.
The city Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene listed
the top 10 baby names in
New York City for 2018, some
of which are repeats from years
prior.
Liam, which has made the
list since 2016, was chosen for
about 779 boys last year, while
about 501 Emmas will be walking
around in a few months’
time. Emma was a top favorite
for 2017 as well.
More pioneering parents –
about 10 families – went with
names like Aminah, Ida or
Zadie for daughters and Bentley,
Lucian or Warren for sons.
Births across the city were
down 2.3 percent from 2017,
going from 117,013 births
in 2017 to 114,296 in 2018,
according to the DHMH. Th is
breaks down to 58,442 boys and
55,854 girls.
Angel, Avery and Blake were
just a few popular names that
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crossed over between genders,
DHMH said.
By borough, the top names
made slight changes. Check out
the following charts, courtesy
of the DHMH, to see the top
names by borough and overall.
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