Popular baby names in Michigan, 1996

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1996 were Emily for girls (1,079 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,687). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,634 babies born in Michigan in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1996

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Micah: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Asha: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jayla: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Breanne: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mara: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diamond: 126 babies, 2.5× the national rate
India: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Asia: 97 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Janae: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lea: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Martez: 30 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Ali: 99 babies, 6× the national rate
Jalen: 169 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mohamed: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ahmed: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jaylen: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dangelo: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ahmad: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Juwan: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mitchell: 323 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	1,079	–	1
2	Samantha	826	↑2	5
3	Jessica	810	–	2
4	Sarah	787	↑2	4
5	Ashley	786	↓3	3
6	Hannah	782	↑3	7
7	Rachel	777	–	9
8	Taylor	777	↓3	6
9	Alexis	715	↑3	8
10	Kayla	664	↓2	11
11	Megan	641	↓1	12
12	Madison	590	↑15	15
13	Elizabeth	564	↑1	10
14	Lauren	537	↑1	16
15	Alyssa	525	↑3	23
16	Amanda	511	↓5	13
17	Nicole	447	↓1	22
18	Courtney	446	↓1	21
19	Brittany	443	↓6	14
20	Brianna	412	↑1	17
21	Olivia	407	↑10	34
22	Morgan	403	↓2	25
23	Shelby	401	–	35
24	Rebecca	388	–	24
25	Amber	381	↓3	27
26	Danielle	375	↓7	29
27	Haley	357	↑12	30
28	Paige	339	↓2	65
29	Kelsey	335	↑1	36
30	Alexandra	332	↓5	26
31	Abigail	325	↑7	32
32	Brooke	307	↑8	45
33	Victoria	307	↑1	18
34	Allison	304	↓5	38
35	Anna	297	–	33
36	Sydney	290	–	39
37	Kaitlyn	288	↑5	40
38	Stephanie	279	↓10	20
39	Chelsea	272	↓7	55
40	Mackenzie	268	new	75
41	Jasmine	264	↓4	28
42	Katherine	260	↑4	31
43	Jennifer	259	↓10	19
44	Gabrielle	252	↓3	54
45	Katelyn	252	–	64
46	Mariah	252	new	63
47	Jordan	240	↑3	49
48	Jenna	235	new	83
49	Erin	234	↓6	51
50	Sara	227	↓6	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	1,687	–	3
2	Michael	1,391	–	1
3	Tyler	1,255	–	7
4	Nicholas	1,248	–	6
5	Austin	1,208	↑1	9
6	Matthew	1,126	↓1	2
7	Joshua	1,090	–	5
8	Andrew	1,041	–	10
9	Brandon	1,001	–	8
10	Zachary	990	–	14
11	Joseph	905	–	12
12	Christopher	880	–	4
13	Kyle	870	–	25
14	Ryan	837	–	16
15	Justin	754	↑1	20
16	Alexander	752	↓1	22
17	David	727	↑1	13
18	James	719	↑2	17
19	Anthony	715	–	19
20	Daniel	693	↓3	11
21	Robert	634	↑2	23
22	John	614	↓1	15
23	Benjamin	577	↑7	29
24	Nathan	554	↑3	37
25	Cody	549	↓3	31
26	William	535	↑3	18
27	Jordan	522	↓2	27
28	Aaron	492	↓4	34
29	Thomas	461	↓1	28
30	Adam	452	↓4	39
31	Jonathan	425	↑2	21
32	Christian	410	↑14	24
33	Dylan	405	↑1	33
34	Kevin	396	↓2	26
35	Samuel	387	↑5	30
36	Eric	371	↓5	35
37	Noah	362	new	50
38	Logan	340	↑11	42
39	Cameron	334	↑8	49
40	Mitchell	323	↓2	88
41	Steven	320	↓6	38
42	Evan	319	–	65
43	Jason	319	↑7	41
44	Hunter	307	new	47
45	Timothy	306	↓9	40
46	Caleb	305	new	48
47	Devin	295	↓3	60
48	Trevor	293	↓11	63
49	Charles	292	new	43
50	Travis	288	↓11	73

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