Popular baby names in Michigan, 2012

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2012 were Emma for girls (648 babies) and Mason for boys (659). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,812 babies born in Michigan in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 2012

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

Girls

Noor: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joslyn: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mariam: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Aya: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emersyn: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Charleigh: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Alaina: 121 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cecelia: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Emelia: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Corinne: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Hussein: 34 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Mohamad: 34 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Ali: 129 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hassan: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Deangelo: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brennen: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Demetrius: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kareem: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ahmed: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brennan: 72 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	648	↑2	2
2	Sophia	645	–	1
3	Ava	562	↑2	5
4	Olivia	529	↓3	4
5	Isabella	480	↓1	3
6	Madison	411	–	9
7	Abigail	346	–	7
8	Ella	342	–	12
9	Aubrey	324	↑8	15
10	Brooklyn	313	↓1	29
11	Grace	299	↑4	21
12	Lillian	298	↑2	25
13	Emily	293	↓2	6
14	Addison	289	↓4	14
15	Chloe	274	↓3	11
16	Lily	271	–	16
17	Amelia	266	↑5	23
18	Charlotte	260	↑6	19
19	Mia	254	↑7	8
20	Zoey	254	↑7	20
21	Avery	251	↓1	13
22	Elizabeth	249	↓9	10
23	Harper	248	new	24
24	Natalie	245	↓6	17
25	Hannah	241	↑8	22
26	Evelyn	239	↓3	27
27	Layla	238	↓2	31
28	Claire	216	↑2	45
29	Nevaeh	202	↓8	39
30	Alexis	200	↓11	40
31	Gabriella	196	↓3	37
32	Morgan	193	↑7	82
33	Anna	188	↑2	34
34	Savannah	183	↑4	43
35	Peyton	180	↑11	53
36	Leah	176	↓7	33
37	Lauren	175	–	72
38	Mackenzie	175	↑2	71
39	Riley	168	↓5	47
40	Hailey	163	↓9	32
41	Samantha	160	↓9	26
42	Autumn	156	↑7	68
43	Aubree	151	new	60
44	Kennedy	149	↓3	84
45	Sofia	147	new	18
46	Taylor	146	↓10	46
47	Faith	144	new	75
48	Audrey	143	↓1	41
49	Payton	143	↑1	>100
50	Aaliyah	140	↓8	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	659	–	2
2	Liam	570	↑3	6
3	Noah	567	–	4
4	Jacob	559	↓2	1
5	Carter	510	↑4	36
6	Ethan	480	↑1	3
7	Michael	455	↓1	7
8	Logan	426	↓4	22
9	Elijah	425	↑4	13
10	Aiden	423	↑1	10
11	Alexander	422	↓3	9
12	Lucas	422	↓2	27
13	William	421	↑10	5
14	Jackson	402	↓2	21
15	Benjamin	400	↓1	16
16	Landon	376	–	35
17	Andrew	362	↓2	18
18	James	361	↑4	14
19	Owen	357	↑1	38
20	Blake	350	↑16	71
21	Gabriel	346	↑8	24
22	Gavin	345	↓4	40
23	Joshua	335	↓6	17
24	Jayden	333	↓3	8
25	Joseph	329	↓6	19
26	Isaac	317	↑14	30
27	Brayden	314	↓2	39
28	Caleb	313	↑2	32
29	Matthew	311	↓2	12
30	Daniel	310	↑12	11
31	Anthony	300	↓7	15
32	David	298	↑3	20
33	Luke	296	↑4	37
34	Wyatt	290	↑5	41
35	Cameron	288	↓3	54
36	Ryan	283	↓8	26
37	Austin	282	↑9	58
38	Jack	279	↓7	46
39	Dylan	276	new	31
40	Evan	276	↓14	47
41	Samuel	273	↓3	25
42	Hunter	268	↑7	45
43	Henry	264	↑4	44
44	Christopher	263	–	23
45	Tyler	263	↓12	50
46	Connor	259	↓5	59
47	Christian	258	↓4	33
48	Levi	257	new	55
49	Isaiah	255	new	42
50	Nolan	249	new	89

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