Popular baby names in Michigan, 2009

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2009 were Olivia for girls (661 babies) and Jacob for boys (716). Olivia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 92,099 babies born in Michigan in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 2009

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: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mariam: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alaina: 97 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alivia: 123 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joslyn: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lauryn: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Myah: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brooklynn: 117 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kennedy: 167 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alayna: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Hussein: 32 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Ameer: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ali: 119 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hassan: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mohammed: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mohamed: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deshawn: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brenden: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nolan: 241 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Deandre: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Olivia	661	–	3
2	Isabella	643	↑4	1
3	Ava	625	↓1	5
4	Emma	596	↓1	2
5	Madison	511	↓1	7
6	Sophia	495	↓1	4
7	Abigail	414	–	8
8	Chloe	379	↑3	9
9	Addison	374	↓1	12
10	Ella	371	↑5	15
11	Alexis	353	↓1	13
12	Emily	342	↓3	6
13	Grace	315	↓1	17
14	Elizabeth	301	↓1	11
15	Lillian	297	↑4	27
16	Natalie	273	↑6	16
17	Anna	255	↑6	28
18	Samantha	253	↓4	14
19	Brooklyn	252	↑2	37
20	Nevaeh	251	↑5	34
21	Lily	243	↓1	18
22	Leah	234	↑15	29
23	Taylor	228	↓6	22
24	Alyssa	217	↓6	19
25	Hannah	216	↓9	23
26	Lauren	213	↓2	46
27	Morgan	212	–	57
28	Avery	210	↑1	32
29	Hailey	210	↑2	25
30	Peyton	208	new	42
31	Aubrey	206	↓3	41
32	Mia	205	↑3	10
33	Riley	205	↓3	38
34	Amelia	204	↑5	55
35	Brooke	198	↑6	54
36	Makayla	193	↓3	44
37	Kaylee	188	↑3	26
38	Madelyn	187	↓2	59
39	Sydney	183	↑3	48
40	Claire	182	↓8	53
41	Layla	179	↑7	45
42	Savannah	179	↑2	39
43	Allison	168	↓5	30
44	Gabriella	168	↑1	33
45	Sarah	168	↓19	21
46	Kennedy	167	new	>100
47	Evelyn	164	new	40
48	Kayla	164	↓14	35
49	Brianna	162	–	24
50	Audrey	160	↓7	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Jacob	716	–	1
2	Ethan	605	–	2
3	Logan	549	↑2	17
4	Noah	538	↑4	9
5	Aiden	533	↑1	12
6	Michael	508	↓3	3
7	Alexander	506	↓3	4
8	Joshua	501	↑2	6
9	Andrew	467	↓2	16
10	Joseph	465	↓1	15
11	William	465	↑4	5
12	Benjamin	441	↓1	19
13	Jayden	439	↑1	8
14	Caleb	420	↑11	31
15	Carter	418	↑22	50
16	Jackson	404	↑16	27
17	Gavin	403	↑1	33
18	Evan	400	↑3	35
19	Ryan	391	↓2	20
20	Anthony	377	↓4	11
21	Owen	376	↑13	51
22	Tyler	368	↓9	28
23	Gabriel	366	↑10	22
24	Landon	366	↑5	36
25	Matthew	364	↓13	13
26	Nathan	359	↓4	25
27	Lucas	354	↑8	39
28	Mason	354	↑12	34
29	David	347	↓1	14
30	James	347	↓11	18
31	Elijah	345	↓7	21
32	Cameron	341	↓1	58
33	Brayden	340	↑13	48
34	Connor	329	↑5	52
35	Daniel	327	↓8	7
36	Christian	324	↑5	23
37	Christopher	323	↓14	10
38	Jack	323	↓18	42
39	Dylan	320	↓9	30
40	Nicholas	312	↓14	32
41	Blake	297	new	89
42	Liam	297	new	49
43	Wyatt	294	↑4	60
44	Jordan	291	new	45
45	John	282	↓2	26
46	Samuel	278	↓4	24
47	Luke	276	↓11	47
48	Isaac	274	new	40
49	Hunter	269	↓4	56
50	Austin	268	↓6	63

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