Popular baby names in Michigan, 2006

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2006 were Ava for girls (763 babies) and Jacob for boys (865). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 101,395 babies born in Michigan in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 2006

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

Girls

Malak: 26 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Mariam: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alivia: 106 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Taniya: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clare: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Alaina: 98 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joslyn: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Madalynn: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alayna: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cecelia: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Hussein: 37 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Hadi: 34 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Ali: 143 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Hassan: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Mohammed: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mohamed: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ahmed: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kamari: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antoine: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deshawn: 40 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Ava	763	↑4	5
2	Emma	700	↓1	2
3	Madison	667	–	3
4	Olivia	646	–	7
5	Emily	604	↓3	1
6	Isabella	537	↑3	4
7	Grace	507	↓1	16
8	Hannah	503	–	8
9	Sophia	478	↑2	9
10	Abigail	457	↓3	6
11	Alexis	418	↓1	14
12	Ella	400	↑3	21
13	Elizabeth	373	↑1	11
14	Lauren	363	↓1	24
15	Samantha	343	↓3	10
16	Chloe	342	↑3	18
17	Natalie	342	↓1	17
18	Alyssa	330	–	19
19	Addison	329	new	28
20	Lillian	298	↑12	38
21	Sarah	290	↑2	15
22	Nevaeh	281	↑18	43
23	Morgan	279	↑1	35
24	Anna	278	↓7	22
25	Taylor	269	↓4	23
26	Hailey	267	↓4	25
27	Brianna	265	↑6	20
28	Sydney	253	↓8	34
29	Mackenzie	248	↑1	53
30	Lily	244	↑1	33
31	Kayla	240	↓5	26
32	Brooke	234	↓3	44
33	Savannah	225	↑9	30
34	Ashley	224	↓9	12
35	Mia	221	↑13	13
36	Megan	220	↓8	60
37	Paige	216	↓10	77
38	Allison	215	–	47
39	Brooklyn	215	↑7	66
40	Gabrielle	215	↓5	63
41	Avery	213	↑6	52
42	Isabelle	210	new	84
43	Julia	207	↓7	31
44	Makayla	205	↓7	45
45	Jenna	201	↓11	88
46	Kaylee	200	↓2	42
47	Faith	196	↓4	62
48	Autumn	195	new	95
49	Rachel	190	↓8	48
50	Kaitlyn	187	↓5	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	865	–	1
2	Ethan	737	↑1	4
3	Michael	667	↑2	2
4	Logan	666	↑8	20
5	Andrew	665	↓3	7
6	Alexander	639	↑2	12
7	Noah	631	↑7	15
8	Joshua	611	↓4	3
9	Tyler	600	↓2	18
10	Joseph	582	↓4	11
11	Matthew	571	↓2	5
12	Nicholas	517	↓1	17
13	Anthony	513	↑2	9
14	William	493	↑5	10
15	Nathan	489	↓2	23
16	Benjamin	486	–	24
17	Ryan	484	↓7	14
18	James	482	↑5	16
19	Evan	456	↑3	42
20	Jack	456	↓3	36
21	Daniel	442	–	6
22	Zachary	441	↓2	33
23	Aiden	434	↑5	32
24	Dylan	425	–	26
25	Christopher	417	↑4	8
26	David	415	↓8	13
27	Gavin	412	↑4	38
28	Owen	398	↑10	58
29	Cameron	396	↑4	52
30	Luke	394	–	43
31	Austin	393	↓6	41
32	Samuel	388	↑3	25
33	Lucas	375	↑6	59
34	Christian	374	↑3	21
35	Caleb	372	↓8	34
36	Gabriel	369	↓2	28
37	Connor	362	↓11	53
38	Landon	360	new	50
39	John	359	↓7	19
40	Jordan	357	↑2	46
41	Hunter	353	↓5	54
42	Mason	350	↓1	40
43	Elijah	338	↑2	29
44	Brandon	337	↓4	27
45	Robert	326	↓2	47
46	Isaac	323	new	48
47	Aidan	322	↓3	44
48	Carter	316	↑1	75
49	Thomas	315	↓3	51
50	Jackson	282	new	35

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