Popular baby names in Michigan, 1998

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1998 were Emily for girls (1,094 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,764). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,210 babies born in Michigan in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1998

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: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alivia: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jayla: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alaina: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maddison: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Taya: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Amari: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Savanah: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paige: 304 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dana: 87 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Nicklas: 36 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Hassan: 51 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ali: 110 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brendan: 506 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brenden: 140 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaylin: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jaylen: 68 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Javon: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mohamed: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jalen: 128 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	1,094	–	1
2	Hannah	857	–	2
3	Alexis	821	↑5	6
4	Samantha	757	↓1	3
5	Taylor	752	–	7
6	Madison	749	↑4	9
7	Sarah	710	↓3	4
8	Ashley	630	↓2	5
9	Megan	628	↑2	13
10	Jessica	578	↓3	8
11	Rachel	573	↓2	15
12	Alyssa	542	↑1	11
13	Kayla	536	↓1	12
14	Elizabeth	526	↑1	10
15	Olivia	524	↑3	21
16	Lauren	517	↓2	14
17	Emma	436	↑14	22
18	Abigail	421	↑4	18
19	Brianna	412	↓3	17
20	Morgan	412	–	23
21	Nicole	359	↓4	24
22	Amanda	353	↓3	19
23	Anna	348	↑4	31
24	Sydney	348	↓1	28
25	Allison	339	↑3	38
26	Victoria	319	↑8	16
27	Julia	309	↑19	32
28	Haley	306	↑4	36
29	Kaitlyn	304	↑12	35
30	Paige	304	–	63
31	Brittany	299	↓10	25
32	Alexandra	295	↑5	27
33	Amber	295	↓9	37
34	Brooke	290	↓5	46
35	Courtney	287	↓9	39
36	Rebecca	287	↓11	30
37	Gabrielle	273	↑3	47
38	Jordan	273	↑6	42
39	Mackenzie	264	↓1	64
40	Jenna	263	↑8	65
41	Destiny	262	new	34
42	Danielle	260	↓9	41
43	Madeline	251	new	50
44	Autumn	248	new	77
45	Katelyn	245	new	58
46	Natalie	244	new	40
47	Shelby	240	↓11	49
48	Jasmine	239	↓3	26
49	Kelsey	233	↓10	56
50	Mariah	233	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	1,764	–	2
2	Michael	1,198	–	1
3	Joshua	1,078	↑3	4
4	Austin	1,068	↓1	10
5	Nicholas	1,052	–	6
6	Tyler	1,049	↓2	8
7	Matthew	1,025	↑1	3
8	Brandon	925	↑1	7
9	Andrew	924	↓2	9
10	Zachary	903	–	16
11	Joseph	873	–	11
12	Kyle	796	–	24
13	Ryan	753	↑1	17
14	Alexander	732	↑1	22
15	Christopher	730	↓2	5
16	Justin	679	–	20
17	Anthony	656	–	19
18	Noah	641	↑13	29
19	James	629	–	18
20	Daniel	618	–	12
21	David	602	↓3	13
22	John	580	↓1	15
23	Nathan	563	↑3	34
24	Jordan	545	↓1	27
25	Robert	530	↓3	23
26	Brendan	506	↑1	99
27	Dylan	504	↑2	25
28	Hunter	504	↑13	36
29	William	494	↓5	14
30	Benjamin	482	↓5	30
31	Cameron	470	↑9	35
32	Logan	431	↑5	44
33	Aaron	422	↓5	37
34	Samuel	414	↑2	28
35	Thomas	410	↓5	31
36	Eric	386	↑2	39
37	Caleb	366	↑8	42
38	Adam	362	↓5	45
39	Christian	355	↓7	26
40	Jonathan	355	↓5	21
41	Ethan	354	↑7	38
42	Connor	349	new	47
43	Cody	348	↓9	43
44	Trevor	342	↓1	58
45	Devin	337	↓3	62
46	Kevin	321	↓7	32
47	Jared	312	↓1	51
48	Jason	306	new	40
49	Jack	287	new	61
50	Evan	283	new	63

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