Popular baby names in Michigan, 2000

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2000 were Emily for girls (942 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,570). Social Security records list 111,310 babies born in Michigan in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 2000

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, 3.5× the national rate
Alaina: 80 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brooklynn: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alivia: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lena: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kennedy: 149 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Elise: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate
India: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alayna: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Taryn: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Hussein: 37 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Ali: 112 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Hassan: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brendan: 383 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Keegan: 100 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mohamed: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brenden: 116 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaylin: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brennen: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 225 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	942	–	1
2	Hannah	900	–	2
3	Madison	868	↑1	3
4	Alexis	758	↓1	6
5	Olivia	648	↑6	16
6	Lauren	604	↑3	11
7	Samantha	593	↓2	7
8	Sarah	590	↓1	5
9	Taylor	566	↓3	10
10	Kayla	550	↑5	13
11	Ashley	546	↓3	4
12	Megan	530	↓2	18
13	Alyssa	528	↓1	12
14	Grace	514	↑8	19
15	Emma	502	↑1	17
16	Abigail	486	↑1	14
17	Elizabeth	484	↓3	9
18	Sydney	464	↑3	23
19	Jessica	455	↓6	8
20	Morgan	441	↓1	25
21	Anna	435	↑2	22
22	Rachel	434	↓4	21
23	Brianna	389	↓3	15
24	Haley	366	↑4	28
25	Julia	332	↑2	29
26	Hailey	329	↑19	35
27	Kaitlyn	323	↓1	30
28	Mackenzie	323	↑3	43
29	Chloe	314	new	38
30	Jenna	295	↑4	63
31	Nicole	293	↓6	31
32	Allison	291	–	44
33	Destiny	289	↑3	24
34	Gabrielle	288	↑1	49
35	Paige	279	↓6	69
36	Natalie	263	↑4	34
37	Amanda	259	↓13	32
38	Alexandra	256	↓1	36
39	Jasmine	256	↑8	27
40	Rebecca	254	↓2	39
41	Brooke	250	↓8	51
42	Victoria	250	↓12	20
43	Madeline	237	new	56
44	Katelyn	232	new	54
45	Katherine	231	↑3	33
46	Danielle	229	↓7	48
47	Autumn	225	↓6	77
48	Jordan	219	new	50
49	Savannah	218	new	37
50	Shelby	216	↓1	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	1,570	–	1
2	Joshua	1,016	↑3	4
3	Michael	996	↓1	2
4	Nicholas	970	↓1	6
5	Andrew	941	↑1	7
6	Tyler	910	↓2	10
7	Matthew	892	–	3
8	Zachary	850	↑1	15
9	Joseph	803	↑1	8
10	Ryan	745	↑2	13
11	Alexander	706	↑3	20
12	Austin	687	↓4	23
13	Justin	681	↑2	19
14	Brandon	651	↓3	12
15	Noah	647	↑2	27
16	Christopher	636	–	5
17	Benjamin	633	↑7	26
18	Nathan	620	↑4	30
19	Ethan	594	↑16	25
20	Kyle	585	↓7	37
21	James	583	↓2	18
22	Hunter	579	↑5	35
23	Dylan	566	–	24
24	Anthony	564	↓6	17
25	David	541	↓5	16
26	John	536	↓1	14
27	William	528	↓1	11
28	Daniel	520	↓7	9
29	Cameron	504	–	31
30	Logan	501	↑3	40
31	Jordan	470	↓3	36
32	Robert	469	↓2	29
33	Thomas	468	↓2	33
34	Christian	447	↑2	22
35	Samuel	418	↓3	28
36	Adam	393	↑3	45
37	Brendan	383	↓3	>100
38	Jack	382	↑3	46
39	Jonathan	379	↓2	21
40	Caleb	375	–	38
41	Aaron	373	↓3	41
42	Evan	362	↑2	55
43	Connor	321	↑2	50
44	Jared	316	↓1	56
45	Devin	308	↑1	69
46	Trevor	301	↑1	75
47	Kevin	291	↑1	32
48	Eric	290	↓6	42
49	Luke	288	new	59
50	Jason	277	↓1	39

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