NYC’s most popular baby names

For all the expecting New Yorkers out there, here’s a list that should help you decide what not to name your newborn child.

New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released the city’s most popular baby names for 2006. Here are the top three girls and boys names both citywide and by ethnicity.

Citywide

Girls	Boys
Ashley	Michael
Emily	Daniel
Isabella	Matthew

By Ethnicity

Girls

Hispanic	Black	White	Asian & Pacific Islander
Ashley	Kayla	Sarah	Emily
Emily	Madison	Rachel	Sophia
Isabella	Jada	Ava	Chloe

Boys

Hispanic	Black	White	Asian & Pacific Islander
Angel	Joshua	Michael	Ryan
Christopher	Jayden	Joseph	Jason
Justin	Justin	Daniel & Matthew	Kevin

There seems to be a trend here: Are Hispanics having more baby girls than any other ethnicity, and are Whites having more boys? Hmmm.

Update:

The Times went a bit further in their investigation (as they should) and discovered that the most popular boy name in New York City is, in fact, Jayden.

It fails to reach the No.1 spot because of the different ways it’s spelled: Jayden, Jaden, Jaiden, Jaydin, Jaeden, Jaydon and Jadyn.

I’m sure this has nothing to do with Will Smith’s kid.

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