Popular baby names in Michigan, 2008

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2008 were Olivia for girls (683 babies) and Jacob for boys (772). Olivia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 95,864 babies born in Michigan in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 2008

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

Girls

Nour: 32 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Malak: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Aya: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mariam: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alivia: 133 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alaina: 98 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alayna: 77 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Myla: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paris: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brooklynn: 103 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Hussein: 37 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Mahdi: 26 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Hadi: 26 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Hassan: 60 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ali: 115 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ahmed: 49 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mohamed: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kamari: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deangelo: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deshawn: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Olivia	683	↑3	4
2	Ava	643	↓1	5
3	Emma	635	–	1
4	Madison	610	↓2	6
5	Sophia	496	↑2	7
6	Isabella	492	↓1	2
7	Abigail	439	↑2	8
8	Addison	411	↓2	12
9	Emily	392	↓1	3
10	Alexis	377	↑6	15
11	Chloe	372	↑4	10
12	Grace	365	↓2	21
13	Elizabeth	361	↓1	9
14	Samantha	313	↑4	11
15	Ella	309	↓1	19
16	Hannah	294	↓5	17
17	Taylor	289	↑9	22
18	Alyssa	286	↓5	16
19	Lillian	282	↑1	29
20	Lily	280	↑1	24
21	Brooklyn	276	↑7	48
22	Natalie	274	↓5	13
23	Anna	272	↑7	26
24	Lauren	261	↓5	30
25	Nevaeh	256	↓2	34
26	Sarah	242	↓4	20
27	Morgan	232	↓2	46
28	Aubrey	226	↑13	42
29	Avery	224	↑11	38
30	Riley	217	↑13	39
31	Hailey	214	↓7	25
32	Claire	210	↑6	62
33	Makayla	210	↑4	37
34	Kayla	209	↓7	28
35	Mia	209	↓3	14
36	Madelyn	201	new	64
37	Leah	197	new	40
38	Allison	196	↓5	32
39	Amelia	190	new	68
40	Kaylee	190	↑6	31
41	Brooke	187	↑3	52
42	Sydney	187	↓3	49
43	Audrey	185	new	44
44	Savannah	185	↓15	33
45	Gabriella	183	↓11	35
46	Mackenzie	183	↓10	65
47	Gabrielle	180	↓16	79
48	Layla	177	new	55
49	Brianna	169	↓7	23
50	Julia	169	↓15	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Jacob	772	–	1
2	Ethan	632	–	3
3	Michael	600	–	2
4	Alexander	566	↑3	6
5	Logan	561	↓1	19
6	Aiden	530	↑5	16
7	Andrew	519	↓1	12
8	Noah	517	↓3	15
9	Joseph	506	–	13
10	Joshua	495	–	4
11	Benjamin	476	↑4	25
12	Matthew	474	–	10
13	Tyler	470	↓5	28
14	Jayden	462	↑12	11
15	William	461	↓2	8
16	Anthony	454	↑3	7
17	Ryan	439	↓1	18
18	Gavin	428	↑2	30
19	James	418	↓2	17
20	Jack	412	↓2	39
21	Evan	407	↑2	38
22	Nathan	401	↓8	21
23	Christopher	390	↑8	9
24	Elijah	390	↑10	22
25	Caleb	387	↑2	34
26	Nicholas	382	↓5	29
27	Daniel	375	↑1	5
28	David	370	↓3	14
29	Landon	362	↑6	45
30	Dylan	359	↑6	31
31	Cameron	356	↓7	53
32	Jackson	356	↑9	32
33	Gabriel	355	–	24
34	Owen	354	↓12	58
35	Lucas	351	↓5	46
36	Luke	351	↑3	43
37	Carter	339	↑11	65
38	Zachary	335	↓9	47
39	Connor	331	↑7	57
40	Mason	331	↓8	35
41	Christian	330	↓3	23
42	Samuel	327	–	27
43	John	315	–	20
44	Austin	313	↓7	55
45	Hunter	296	↓5	54
46	Brayden	293	new	51
47	Wyatt	284	new	62
48	Chase	278	new	67
49	Robert	278	new	49
50	Brandon	267	↓1	33

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