Popular baby names in Michigan, 2018

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2018 were Olivia for girls (509 babies) and Noah for boys (510). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 86,137 babies born in Michigan in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 2018

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

Girls

Denver: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Joslyn: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Noor: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Mariam: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luella: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aya: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Dallas: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lauryn: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Morgan: 109 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maryam: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Hussein: 30 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Abbas: 30 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Henrik: 44 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ameer: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Ali: 129 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hassan: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deandre: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mohamed: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ahmed: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Abdullah: 27 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	509	↑2	2
2	Ava	497	–	3
3	Emma	487	↓2	1
4	Charlotte	448	–	6
5	Amelia	408	–	8
6	Harper	399	↑2	9
7	Sophia	381	–	5
8	Evelyn	360	↓2	10
9	Isabella	348	–	4
10	Ella	260	↑1	15
11	Mila	250	↑12	14
12	Aria	245	↑8	19
13	Mia	242	↑11	7
14	Avery	237	–	16
15	Abigail	235	↓2	11
16	Scarlett	226	↑5	20
17	Grace	222	↓7	24
18	Elizabeth	221	–	13
19	Lillian	221	↓2	34
20	Madison	219	↓1	22
21	Nora	217	↓9	30
22	Eleanor	215	↑11	32
23	Layla	209	↑5	27
24	Violet	205	↑16	43
25	Zoey	205	–	29
26	Aubrey	194	–	37
27	Riley	194	↓12	28
28	Stella	191	↑4	38
29	Brooklyn	189	↓7	47
30	Chloe	187	↓3	25
31	Aurora	180	↑15	44
32	Natalie	176	↑6	39
33	Quinn	176	↑14	85
34	Nova	172	new	55
35	Claire	169	↓4	50
36	Kennedy	169	↑3	59
37	Penelope	165	–	26
38	Hannah	164	↑3	33
39	Lucy	164	↑9	51
40	Emily	162	↓24	12
41	Willow	162	new	60
42	Paisley	161	↓6	52
43	Autumn	158	↑1	77
44	Addison	156	↓15	35
45	Hazel	154	↓15	42
46	Kinsley	154	↓4	63
47	Luna	154	new	23
48	Gabriella	153	new	69
49	Lily	149	↓14	31
50	Savannah	144	↓7	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Noah	510	↑1	2
2	Oliver	496	↑1	5
3	Liam	472	↓2	1
4	Benjamin	445	↑2	6
5	William	427	↑6	3
6	Lucas	421	↓2	8
7	Henry	405	↑1	16
8	Elijah	397	↑5	7
9	Logan	386	↓2	10
10	Jackson	381	↑9	17
11	Mason	375	↓6	9
12	Owen	375	–	25
13	James	371	↓3	4
14	Michael	361	↑1	14
15	Carter	355	↑2	24
16	Jack	345	↑6	28
17	Wyatt	334	↓8	27
18	Lincoln	332	↓4	41
19	Levi	328	↑6	33
20	Jacob	321	↓4	13
21	Alexander	305	↓3	11
22	Ethan	284	↑1	12
23	Grayson	280	↓3	32
24	Joseph	280	↓3	23
25	Theodore	275	↑15	44
26	Samuel	268	↑11	21
27	Aiden	253	↓3	19
28	Jaxon	253	↑1	39
29	Hunter	252	↑3	56
30	Luke	252	↓2	30
31	Gabriel	250	↓4	35
32	Colton	243	↓1	68
33	Daniel	243	↑9	15
34	Isaac	241	↓8	34
35	Hudson	239	↑8	55
36	John	235	↑5	26
37	Charles	226	↓7	53
38	Andrew	218	↓3	43
39	Landon	218	↓5	61
40	Thomas	218	↑8	49
41	Matthew	217	↓2	20
42	Connor	213	↓6	58
43	Leo	213	new	50
44	Cameron	212	↓11	69
45	David	210	↓1	22
46	Adam	209	new	78
47	Easton	205	–	66
48	Isaiah	201	new	51
49	Asher	199	new	47
50	Nolan	199	↓5	65

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