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Noah and Mia Top New York City's Official 2024 Baby Names List

The Health Department highlights a turn toward gender‑neutral choices in its annual snapshot.

Overview

  • The New York City Department of Health released the 2024 rankings covering 65,222 births, with Noah chosen 722 times and Mia 422.
  • Liam and Emma, No. 1 since 2016 and 2017, respectively, moved to second place in the latest list.
  • Top five girls’ names were Mia, Emma, Sophia, Leah and Isabella, while the boys’ top five were Noah, Liam, Ethan, David and Lucas.
  • Officials noted rising use of gender‑neutral names, including Angel, Riley, Cameron, Charlie, Jordan/Jordyn, Amari and Remy/Remi.
  • A vintage tilt showed up with Esther at No. 10 for girls, and Muhammad appeared in the boys’ top 10 again, tied for ninth with Dylan.