Name Legacy

Baby names in Michigan, 2000s

2000–2009 · 1,025,291 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Michigan across the 2000s, with 10,770 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,025,291 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Michigan in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Zeinab21116×
Batoul7716×
Zahraa16316×
Hussein36914×
Kassem3412×
Hussien4511×
Hadi25011×
Mahdi183

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob10,770
#2Michael7,517
#3Madison7,513
#4Ethan7,347
#5Andrew7,297
#6Joshua7,234
#7Emma6,843
#8Emily6,783
#9Olivia6,768
#10Tyler6,577
#11Joseph6,565
#12Matthew6,498
#13Nicholas6,378
#14Logan6,231
#15Alexander6,183
#16Ryan6,012
#17Hannah5,617
#18Noah5,607
#19Zachary5,509
#20Alexis5,419
#21Anthony5,315
#22Nathan5,230
#23Benjamin5,201
#24Abigail5,110
#25Jordan5,104

Other decades in Michigan

All Michigan names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org