Popular baby names in Michigan, 2020
The most popular baby names in Michigan in 2020 were Charlotte for girls (458 babies) and Oliver for boys (498). Charlotte ranked #5 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 80,564 babies born in Michigan in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Michigan in 2020
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: 53 babies, 10.2× the national rate
- Malak: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Noor: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Joelle: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Mariam: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
- Aya: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
- Avah: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Hunter: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Vada: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Mavis: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Boys
- Mahdi: 22 babies, 13.9× the national rate
- Hussein: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
- Ali: 136 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Henrik: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Ameer: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Hassan: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Mohamed: 54 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Yousef: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
- Mohammed: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Brady: 85 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 2020
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2019 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | 458 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 2 | Amelia | 451 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 3 | Olivia | 450 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | Ava | 406 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Emma | 400 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Evelyn | 362 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 7 | Sophia | 359 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 8 | Harper | 310 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 9 | Isabella | 278 | – | 7 |
| 10 | Nora | 249 | ↑4 | 30 |
| 11 | Eleanor | 242 | – | 22 |
| 12 | Mia | 232 | ↑6 | 8 |
| 13 | Ella | 231 | – | 15 |
| 14 | Madison | 210 | ↑16 | 23 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 205 | ↑5 | 16 |
| 16 | Mila | 203 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 17 | Grace | 199 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 18 | Layla | 198 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 19 | Abigail | 197 | ↓9 | 12 |
| 20 | Avery | 196 | ↓4 | 19 |
| 21 | Gianna | 189 | new | 13 |
| 22 | Chloe | 187 | ↑9 | 25 |
| 23 | Nova | 185 | ↑26 | 38 |
| 24 | Hazel | 184 | ↓3 | 31 |
| 25 | Violet | 184 | ↓6 | 37 |
| 26 | Lillian | 180 | ↓9 | 46 |
| 27 | Luna | 178 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 28 | Aurora | 177 | ↓3 | 36 |
| 29 | Riley | 177 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 30 | Paisley | 175 | ↑14 | 49 |
| 31 | Stella | 175 | ↑3 | 42 |
| 32 | Penelope | 173 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 33 | Scarlett | 170 | ↓10 | 21 |
| 34 | Lucy | 168 | ↓5 | 50 |
| 35 | Willow | 168 | ↑2 | 48 |
| 36 | Isla | 165 | new | 44 |
| 37 | Zoey | 164 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 38 | Brooklyn | 157 | ↓11 | 54 |
| 39 | Everly | 154 | ↑2 | 43 |
| 40 | Aria | 151 | ↓16 | 27 |
| 41 | Kinsley | 150 | ↓5 | 59 |
| 42 | Hannah | 148 | ↓2 | 39 |
| 43 | Natalie | 145 | ↓4 | 51 |
| 44 | Claire | 143 | ↓6 | 58 |
| 45 | Lily | 140 | – | 35 |
| 46 | Kennedy | 138 | ↑4 | 72 |
| 47 | Skylar | 138 | ↓14 | 64 |
| 48 | Ellie | 137 | ↓6 | 29 |
| 49 | Josephine | 131 | new | 87 |
| 50 | Ivy | 130 | new | 57 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2019 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver | 498 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 2 | Noah | 482 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Liam | 472 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | Henry | 439 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 5 | Benjamin | 405 | ↑4 | 7 |
| 6 | Elijah | 404 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 7 | William | 356 | ↑3 | 5 |
| 8 | James | 344 | – | 6 |
| 9 | Owen | 334 | ↑3 | 22 |
| 10 | Lucas | 331 | ↓4 | 8 |
| 11 | Jack | 327 | ↓4 | 21 |
| 12 | Mason | 324 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 13 | Lincoln | 322 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 14 | Theodore | 320 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 15 | Levi | 312 | – | 18 |
| 16 | Michael | 308 | ↑4 | 12 |
| 17 | Grayson | 305 | ↑1 | 35 |
| 18 | Wyatt | 296 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 19 | Logan | 291 | ↓5 | 16 |
| 20 | Alexander | 285 | ↑4 | 10 |
| 21 | Hudson | 276 | ↑7 | 43 |
| 22 | Carter | 274 | ↓9 | 33 |
| 23 | Jackson | 272 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 24 | Joseph | 249 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 25 | Leo | 237 | ↑4 | 36 |
| 26 | Ethan | 233 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 27 | Asher | 230 | new | 32 |
| 28 | Colton | 225 | ↓2 | 66 |
| 29 | Isaac | 225 | ↑5 | 39 |
| 30 | Luke | 223 | ↓3 | 31 |
| 31 | Aiden | 215 | – | 24 |
| 32 | Jacob | 209 | ↓10 | 15 |
| 33 | Maverick | 207 | ↑8 | 50 |
| 34 | Ezra | 204 | new | 44 |
| 35 | John | 202 | – | 27 |
| 36 | Charles | 198 | ↑4 | 46 |
| 37 | Samuel | 195 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 38 | Nolan | 193 | ↑5 | 61 |
| 39 | Daniel | 192 | ↓6 | 14 |
| 40 | Easton | 191 | new | 73 |
| 41 | Gabriel | 187 | ↓11 | 38 |
| 42 | Eli | 186 | new | 60 |
| 43 | Isaiah | 185 | ↑1 | 51 |
| 44 | David | 181 | ↑2 | 28 |
| 45 | Jaxon | 181 | ↓13 | 48 |
| 46 | Thomas | 181 | ↓7 | 45 |
| 47 | Landon | 178 | ↑3 | 69 |
| 48 | Miles | 175 | new | 59 |
| 49 | Josiah | 171 | new | 49 |
| 50 | Hunter | 170 | new | 68 |
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