Popular baby names in Michigan, 2016
The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2016 were Ava for girls (578 babies) and Noah for boys (510). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 89,812 babies born in Michigan in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Michigan in 2016
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: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Jana: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Mariam: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Aya: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Jenna: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Mara: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Maryam: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Elyse: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Amiya: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Marissa: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Boys
- Hussein: 27 babies, 8.7× the national rate
- Hassan: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Henrik: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Ali: 125 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Ameer: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Ahmed: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Mohammed: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Deandre: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Lennon: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Mohamed: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2016
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | 578 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 2 | Olivia | 556 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 3 | Emma | 536 | – | 1 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 471 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 5 | Sophia | 395 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 6 | Amelia | 389 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 7 | Harper | 385 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 377 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 9 | Isabella | 337 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 10 | Abigail | 307 | – | 8 |
| 11 | Madison | 298 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 12 | Mia | 274 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 13 | Brooklyn | 273 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 14 | Grace | 272 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 15 | Avery | 269 | – | 16 |
| 16 | Ella | 268 | – | 17 |
| 17 | Lillian | 264 | – | 28 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 246 | ↓7 | 13 |
| 19 | Riley | 243 | ↑12 | 22 |
| 20 | Aubrey | 239 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 21 | Nora | 236 | ↑9 | 36 |
| 22 | Layla | 226 | ↑4 | 30 |
| 23 | Scarlett | 225 | ↑18 | 18 |
| 24 | Emily | 220 | ↓5 | 9 |
| 25 | Addison | 219 | ↓5 | 29 |
| 26 | Aria | 219 | ↓3 | 23 |
| 27 | Skylar | 217 | ↓3 | 42 |
| 28 | Natalie | 215 | ↓6 | 31 |
| 29 | Chloe | 211 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 30 | Zoey | 200 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 31 | Hannah | 195 | ↓2 | 33 |
| 32 | Claire | 188 | ↓4 | 40 |
| 33 | Lucy | 185 | ↑6 | 55 |
| 34 | Penelope | 183 | ↑10 | 27 |
| 35 | Stella | 181 | ↑2 | 45 |
| 36 | Autumn | 178 | ↑6 | 65 |
| 37 | Audrey | 177 | new | 39 |
| 38 | Lily | 177 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 39 | Hazel | 171 | new | 52 |
| 40 | Mackenzie | 170 | new | 85 |
| 41 | Eleanor | 169 | ↑7 | 41 |
| 42 | Violet | 166 | ↓10 | 47 |
| 43 | Paisley | 163 | ↑4 | 46 |
| 44 | Piper | 163 | new | 67 |
| 45 | Kennedy | 162 | ↓12 | 59 |
| 46 | Peyton | 153 | ↓10 | 81 |
| 47 | Mila | 152 | ↓1 | 48 |
| 48 | Savannah | 149 | ↓10 | 38 |
| 49 | Quinn | 144 | new | 79 |
| 50 | Anna | 143 | ↓5 | 49 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 510 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Mason | 499 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 3 | Benjamin | 482 | ↑4 | 6 |
| 4 | Liam | 461 | ↓2 | 2 |
| 5 | Elijah | 453 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 6 | Carter | 450 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 7 | Oliver | 432 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 8 | Lucas | 419 | ↓3 | 14 |
| 9 | James | 415 | ↑6 | 5 |
| 10 | Owen | 381 | – | 24 |
| 11 | William | 381 | ↑3 | 3 |
| 12 | Jacob | 380 | ↓6 | 7 |
| 13 | Logan | 373 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 14 | Jackson | 370 | ↓6 | 17 |
| 15 | Michael | 369 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 16 | Henry | 367 | ↑3 | 22 |
| 17 | Alexander | 360 | – | 11 |
| 18 | Jack | 345 | ↑6 | 38 |
| 19 | Wyatt | 343 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 20 | Aiden | 333 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 21 | Grayson | 328 | ↑20 | 37 |
| 22 | Joseph | 328 | – | 20 |
| 23 | Levi | 321 | ↑4 | 42 |
| 24 | Ethan | 307 | ↓8 | 10 |
| 25 | Lincoln | 307 | ↑7 | 51 |
| 26 | Andrew | 289 | ↓3 | 34 |
| 27 | Luke | 289 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 28 | Gabriel | 285 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 29 | Isaac | 285 | ↓8 | 31 |
| 30 | Anthony | 269 | – | 30 |
| 31 | Hunter | 267 | ↓5 | 45 |
| 32 | Landon | 266 | ↓4 | 53 |
| 33 | Cameron | 263 | ↑4 | 57 |
| 34 | Connor | 261 | ↑1 | 54 |
| 35 | Jaxon | 259 | ↑7 | 41 |
| 36 | Samuel | 256 | ↑7 | 21 |
| 37 | Matthew | 251 | ↑7 | 15 |
| 38 | Eli | 250 | new | 50 |
| 39 | Nolan | 242 | ↑8 | 67 |
| 40 | David | 241 | ↓6 | 19 |
| 41 | Isaiah | 238 | ↑7 | 47 |
| 42 | Charles | 235 | new | 52 |
| 43 | Easton | 234 | new | 66 |
| 44 | Daniel | 233 | ↓6 | 13 |
| 45 | John | 231 | ↓9 | 28 |
| 46 | Caleb | 228 | ↓13 | 44 |
| 47 | Ryan | 226 | new | 40 |
| 48 | Hudson | 217 | new | 61 |
| 49 | Brayden | 216 | ↓3 | 64 |
| 50 | Colton | 216 | ↓21 | 68 |
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