These Are NYC's Top Baby Names

NEW YORK, NY — Emma's taken the crown from Olivia as New York City's most popular name for girls. For boys, Liam remains king for the third year.

You're much less likely to meet a girl called Artemis, Tzippy or Reizy or, for boys, Azriel, Zeus or Thaddeus. They're the names least commonly handed out during 2017, the most recent year that the city's Department of Health has records.

During that year, there were 117,013 babies born in the city.

Emma rose from third place in 2016 to take the top spot for girls, with 571 getting the name. There was 734 Liams.

Many of the most popular names were also featured in the top 10 of 2016, though David and Jayden made a new appearance on the list for boys and Madison dropped out of the top 10 for girls, replaced by Abigail.

Here's the list:

GIRLS:

1: Emma

2: Olivia

3: Mia

4: Sophia

5: Isabella

6: Ava

7: Leah

8: Emily

9: Sarah

10: Abigail

Boys:

1: Liam

2: Noah

3:Jacob

4:Ethan

5: David

6: Lucas

7: Matthew

8: Jayden

9: Aiden

10: Daniel

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