Popular baby names in Michigan, 1997

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1997 were Emily for girls (1,074 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,752). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,265 babies born in Michigan in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1997

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: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mariam: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alayna: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
India: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nichole: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alexandrea: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diamond: 115 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maranda: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paige: 319 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Mackenzie: 282 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Mohamad: 31 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ali: 102 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Hassan: 44 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jaylin: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brendan: 477 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jalen: 127 babies, 4× the national rate
Mohamed: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deangelo: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brenden: 106 babies, 3× the national rate
Jaylen: 42 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	1,074	–	1
2	Hannah	858	↑4	5
3	Samantha	797	↓1	6
4	Sarah	787	–	4
5	Taylor	781	↑3	7
6	Ashley	733	↓1	3
7	Jessica	695	↓4	2
8	Alexis	694	↑1	8
9	Rachel	646	↓2	13
10	Madison	612	↑2	10
11	Megan	588	–	11
12	Kayla	575	↓2	12
13	Alyssa	540	↑2	15
14	Lauren	536	–	14
15	Elizabeth	512	↓2	9
16	Brianna	449	↑4	17
17	Nicole	441	–	21
18	Olivia	439	↑3	27
19	Amanda	437	↓3	16
20	Morgan	421	↑2	22
21	Brittany	419	↓2	20
22	Abigail	374	↑9	26
23	Sydney	372	↑13	35
24	Amber	352	↑1	29
25	Rebecca	346	↓1	25
26	Courtney	344	↓8	28
27	Anna	342	↑8	33
28	Allison	338	↑6	39
29	Brooke	336	↑3	45
30	Paige	319	↓2	64
31	Emma	309	new	36
32	Haley	306	↓5	31
33	Danielle	298	↓7	34
34	Victoria	295	↓1	19
35	Katherine	290	↑7	32
36	Shelby	289	↓13	43
37	Alexandra	284	↓7	30
38	Mackenzie	282	↑2	71
39	Kelsey	277	↓10	57
40	Gabrielle	276	↑4	51
41	Kaitlyn	266	↓4	41
42	Stephanie	262	↓4	23
43	Jennifer	259	–	18
44	Jordan	252	↑3	40
45	Jasmine	249	↓4	24
46	Julia	241	new	37
47	Chelsea	240	↓8	73
48	Jenna	239	–	76
49	Savannah	239	new	47
50	Sierra	239	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	1,752	–	2
2	Michael	1,374	–	1
3	Austin	1,226	↑2	9
4	Tyler	1,178	↓1	10
5	Nicholas	1,101	↓1	6
6	Joshua	1,040	↑1	5
7	Andrew	1,030	↑1	7
8	Matthew	1,018	↓2	3
9	Brandon	973	–	8
10	Zachary	930	–	13
11	Joseph	873	–	12
12	Kyle	827	↑1	24
13	Christopher	806	↓1	4
14	Ryan	794	–	16
15	Alexander	720	↑1	22
16	Justin	708	↓1	20
17	Anthony	668	↑2	18
18	David	665	↓1	14
19	James	659	↓1	17
20	Daniel	650	–	11
21	John	606	↑1	15
22	Robert	585	↓1	23
23	Jordan	576	↑4	26
24	William	515	↑2	19
25	Benjamin	512	↓2	29
26	Nathan	482	↓2	34
27	Brendan	477	new	>100
28	Aaron	470	–	33
29	Dylan	456	↑4	30
30	Thomas	447	↓1	31
31	Noah	446	↑6	38
32	Christian	416	–	25
33	Adam	402	↓3	39
34	Cody	400	↓9	36
35	Jonathan	397	↓4	21
36	Samuel	395	↓1	27
37	Logan	366	↑1	42
38	Eric	362	↓2	35
39	Kevin	360	↓5	28
40	Cameron	352	↓1	45
41	Hunter	347	↑3	44
42	Devin	337	↑5	59
43	Trevor	337	↑5	62
44	Steven	334	↓3	40
45	Caleb	322	↑1	47
46	Jared	314	new	56
47	Mitchell	307	↓7	96
48	Ethan	300	new	46
49	Alex	297	new	55
50	Timothy	296	↓5	43

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