Popular baby names in Michigan, 2005

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2005 were Emma for girls (742 babies) and Jacob for boys (962). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 102,089 babies born in Michigan in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 2005

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

Girls

Aya: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Joslyn: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alivia: 84 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alayna: 82 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Quinn: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mariam: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kennedi: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kendal: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
India: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Madelynn: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Hussein: 29 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Ali: 108 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Hassan: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mohamed: 56 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ahmed: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Keagan: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Braylon: 77 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mohammed: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brenden: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Deshawn: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emma	742	–	2
2	Emily	701	↑1	1
3	Madison	689	↓1	3
4	Olivia	657	–	5
5	Ava	655	↑11	9
6	Grace	587	↑2	14
7	Abigail	580	–	4
8	Hannah	507	↓3	7
9	Isabella	487	↑3	6
10	Alexis	482	↓4	13
11	Sophia	431	↑4	12
12	Samantha	426	↓2	8
13	Lauren	417	↓2	21
14	Elizabeth	412	↓5	11
15	Ella	377	↓2	23
16	Natalie	373	↑9	18
17	Anna	364	↑1	22
18	Alyssa	336	↓4	16
19	Chloe	333	↑4	19
20	Sydney	321	–	30
21	Taylor	301	–	24
22	Hailey	300	↑4	26
23	Sarah	294	↓6	15
24	Morgan	293	↓2	33
25	Ashley	289	↓1	10
26	Kayla	283	↓7	25
27	Paige	279	–	60
28	Megan	272	↑1	41
29	Brooke	267	↑2	47
30	Mackenzie	258	–	51
31	Lily	254	↑11	39
32	Lillian	242	↑9	50
33	Brianna	241	↓5	20
34	Jenna	240	↓2	62
35	Gabrielle	239	↑10	55
36	Julia	238	↑3	31
37	Makayla	227	–	44
38	Allison	225	↓5	45
39	Jessica	221	↓5	27
40	Nevaeh	218	new	69
41	Rachel	213	↓6	38
42	Savannah	212	↑8	35
43	Faith	207	↓3	49
44	Kaylee	204	new	40
45	Kaitlyn	203	↓1	34
46	Brooklyn	200	new	78
47	Avery	196	new	67
48	Mia	195	new	17
49	Destiny	184	new	32
50	Victoria	181	↓12	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jacob	962	–	1
2	Andrew	820	↑2	6
3	Ethan	784	↓1	5
4	Joshua	693	↑1	3
5	Michael	680	↓2	2
6	Joseph	658	–	9
7	Tyler	652	↑3	16
8	Alexander	635	↑4	13
9	Matthew	629	↓2	4
10	Ryan	624	↓2	14
11	Nicholas	607	↓2	15
12	Logan	598	↑1	26
13	Nathan	538	↑1	20
14	Noah	535	↑5	23
15	Anthony	529	–	8
16	Benjamin	509	–	25
17	Jack	496	↑11	34
18	David	481	↑7	12
19	William	477	↓1	11
20	Zachary	471	↓9	29
21	Daniel	457	↑1	7
22	Evan	453	↑4	39
23	James	453	↓3	17
24	Dylan	444	↓7	24
25	Austin	434	↑7	38
26	Connor	428	↓2	48
27	Caleb	421	↓4	35
28	Aiden	413	↑20	50
29	Christopher	411	↓8	10
30	Luke	406	↓1	41
31	Gavin	403	↓1	47
32	John	398	↓5	18
33	Cameron	396	↑2	52
34	Gabriel	388	↑7	28
35	Samuel	378	↓1	21
36	Hunter	376	↑8	53
37	Christian	372	↓1	22
38	Owen	356	↑2	60
39	Lucas	353	↑7	58
40	Brandon	352	↓9	27
41	Mason	344	new	42
42	Jordan	340	↓5	46
43	Robert	335	–	37
44	Aidan	327	↓11	43
45	Elijah	325	–	31
46	Thomas	322	↓4	40
47	Kyle	310	↓8	69
48	Justin	304	↓10	36
49	Carter	296	new	77
50	Charles	284	new	56

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