Popular baby names in Michigan, 2017
The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2017 were Emma for girls (538 babies) and Liam for boys (512). Social Security records list 87,691 babies born in Michigan in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Michigan in 2017
Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Layan: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
- Ellery: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Noor: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Jana: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Joslyn: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Monroe: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Marianna: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Mariam: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
- Avah: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
- Jenna: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Boys
- Hussein: 34 babies, 10.7× the national rate
- Henrik: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Ameer: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Ali: 134 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Ahmed: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Hassan: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Yousef: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Deandre: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Mohamed: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
- Mohammed: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2017
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2016 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 538 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 2 | Ava | 532 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 3 | Olivia | 510 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 422 | – | 7 |
| 5 | Amelia | 414 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 6 | Evelyn | 401 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 7 | Sophia | 373 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 8 | Harper | 370 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 9 | Isabella | 368 | – | 4 |
| 10 | Grace | 284 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 11 | Ella | 272 | ↑5 | 16 |
| 12 | Nora | 266 | ↑9 | 29 |
| 13 | Abigail | 261 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 14 | Avery | 252 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 15 | Riley | 240 | ↑4 | 25 |
| 16 | Emily | 236 | ↑8 | 12 |
| 17 | Lillian | 234 | – | 27 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 233 | – | 13 |
| 19 | Madison | 228 | ↓8 | 17 |
| 20 | Aria | 222 | ↑6 | 20 |
| 21 | Scarlett | 221 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 22 | Brooklyn | 218 | ↓9 | 39 |
| 23 | Mila | 216 | ↑24 | 30 |
| 24 | Mia | 215 | ↓12 | 6 |
| 25 | Zoey | 210 | ↑5 | 28 |
| 26 | Aubrey | 204 | ↓6 | 31 |
| 27 | Chloe | 204 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 28 | Layla | 204 | ↓6 | 26 |
| 29 | Addison | 200 | ↓4 | 34 |
| 30 | Hazel | 199 | ↑9 | 43 |
| 31 | Claire | 196 | ↑1 | 49 |
| 32 | Stella | 195 | ↑3 | 42 |
| 33 | Eleanor | 194 | ↑8 | 36 |
| 34 | Skylar | 189 | ↓7 | 48 |
| 35 | Lily | 188 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 36 | Paisley | 188 | ↑7 | 45 |
| 37 | Penelope | 184 | ↓3 | 24 |
| 38 | Natalie | 176 | ↓10 | 35 |
| 39 | Kennedy | 174 | ↑6 | 58 |
| 40 | Violet | 174 | ↑2 | 47 |
| 41 | Hannah | 172 | ↓10 | 32 |
| 42 | Kinsley | 170 | new | 59 |
| 43 | Savannah | 166 | ↑5 | 38 |
| 44 | Autumn | 164 | ↓8 | 75 |
| 45 | Ellie | 164 | new | 44 |
| 46 | Aurora | 157 | new | 51 |
| 47 | Quinn | 150 | ↑2 | 76 |
| 48 | Lucy | 149 | ↓15 | 52 |
| 49 | Anna | 145 | ↑1 | 53 |
| 50 | Peyton | 140 | ↓4 | 89 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2016 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 512 | ↑3 | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 486 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 3 | Oliver | 466 | ↑4 | 10 |
| 4 | Lucas | 438 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 5 | Mason | 436 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 6 | Benjamin | 435 | ↓3 | 6 |
| 7 | Logan | 428 | ↑6 | 5 |
| 8 | Henry | 393 | ↑8 | 19 |
| 9 | Wyatt | 386 | ↑10 | 25 |
| 10 | James | 384 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 11 | William | 380 | – | 3 |
| 12 | Owen | 378 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 13 | Elijah | 374 | ↓8 | 8 |
| 14 | Lincoln | 373 | ↑11 | 41 |
| 15 | Michael | 372 | – | 12 |
| 16 | Jacob | 369 | ↓4 | 9 |
| 17 | Carter | 367 | ↓11 | 24 |
| 18 | Alexander | 365 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 19 | Jackson | 338 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 20 | Grayson | 325 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 21 | Joseph | 324 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 22 | Jack | 323 | ↓4 | 36 |
| 23 | Ethan | 312 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 24 | Aiden | 308 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 25 | Levi | 305 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 26 | Isaac | 270 | ↑3 | 32 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 264 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 28 | Luke | 261 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 29 | Jaxon | 257 | ↑6 | 43 |
| 30 | Charles | 249 | ↑12 | 48 |
| 31 | Colton | 249 | ↑19 | 70 |
| 32 | Hunter | 249 | ↓1 | 53 |
| 33 | Cameron | 247 | – | 60 |
| 34 | Landon | 244 | ↓2 | 57 |
| 35 | Andrew | 241 | ↓9 | 40 |
| 36 | Connor | 241 | ↓2 | 56 |
| 37 | Samuel | 234 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 38 | Anthony | 229 | ↓8 | 33 |
| 39 | Matthew | 229 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 40 | Theodore | 229 | new | 61 |
| 41 | John | 226 | ↑4 | 27 |
| 42 | Daniel | 220 | ↑2 | 15 |
| 43 | Hudson | 220 | ↑5 | 64 |
| 44 | David | 216 | ↓4 | 22 |
| 45 | Nolan | 214 | ↓6 | 67 |
| 46 | Caleb | 213 | – | 50 |
| 47 | Easton | 209 | ↓4 | 66 |
| 48 | Thomas | 204 | new | 49 |
| 49 | Joshua | 202 | new | 38 |
| 50 | Eli | 200 | ↓12 | 54 |
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