If you haven’t already met someone named Emma or Liam, you’re bound to do so sometime soon. These names secured the top spots as the most popular choices for baby girls and boys in Houston in 2023.
The city’s most popular baby names for 2023 are Emma, Mia and Camila and Liam, Noah and Mateo, the Houston Health Department announced Thursday.
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According to the Bureau of Vital Statistics within the department, Mia has now claimed the second-place position for girls, pushing Olivia to the fourth spot in 2023. This marks the first time Olivia has fallen out of the top three rankings since at least 2018. Olivia, which secured the top spot in 2019, 2020, and 2021, slipped to second place in 2022 before dropping further in 2023.
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From 2020 to 2022, the most popular baby names in Houston were Emma, Olivia, and Camila. Mia claimed the fourth spot both last year and in 2018.
Regarding boys’ names, Liam, Noah, and Mateo have consistently dominated the top three spots since 2019.
Most popular girls’ names in 2023
- Emma
- Mia
- Camila
- Olivia
- Isabella
- Sofia
- Sophia
- Amelia
- Charlotte
- Emily
Most popular boys’ names in 2023
- Liam
- Noah
- Mateo
- Santiago
- Sebastian
- Dylan
- Elijah
- Lucas
- Oliver
- Daniel
So far this year, the Houston Health Department has recorded 60,840 births. It recorded 64,622 births in 2022, 61,458 in 2021, 61,400 in 2020, 63,095 in 2019 and 64,475 in 2018.
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